FRONT PAGE A1 TOOELETRANSCRIPT Buffs beat Rams in summer SERVING league game TOOELE COUNTY SINCE 1894 See B1 BULLETIN TUESDAY June 21, 2016 www.TooeleOnline.com Vol. 123 No. 6 $1.00 High demand makes for few rental homes ‘Hot’ market for home sales is making ‘rentals disappear,’ local agent claims by Tim Gillie something, you get a lot of appli- STAFF WRITER cations from people that want to rent.” A tight residential rental mar- A hot market for home sales ket in Tooele County has become is making rentals disappear, even tighter since last year, according to Critchlow. according to local real estate “Years ago during the reces- agents. sion, people couldn’t sell their “It’s horrible,” said Sandy homes,” she said. “Now that Critchlow with Equity Real Estate home prices have gone up and TOOELE ARTS FESTIVAL and Property Management. they are selling fast, people that “There is nothing out there to rent and when you can find SEE RENTAL PAGE A9 ➤ FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTO The Tooele County housing market has rentals in high demand. PHOTOS SUE BUTTERFIELD Hundreds of residents (top) enjoyed the artists’ booths and food vendors at the Tooele Arts Festival Friday night. The band Drive (above left) topped Low well levels has off the night’s entertainment schedule. Melanie Taylor, Melinda Shelton and Afton Hanson (above) rock out to the band Jersey Street during the Rush Valley citizens festival. Bonnie and Londyn Petersen (left) trade bites of their roasted corn. Brothers Aiden and Camden Mitchell (bottom left) work on their worried about water vinyl creations at the Spin Art booth. Huntsville artist David Carrich (bot- tom right) puts a painted vinyl disc out to dry at the Spin Art booth. by Steve Howe and now can only run two wheel- STAFF WRITER lines. He said a well driller told him the water level in his 100- SEE FESTIVAL PAGE A12 ➤ When Jeremy Martin pur- foot deep well had dropped over chased his more than 120-acre 40 feet when he replaced the property in 2006, he was able to pump. run four irrigation wheel-lines at Sometimes water scarcity his alfalfa field in Rush Valley. would require Martin to shut After a couple years, Martin had to cut back to three lines SEE WELL PAGE A9 ➤ SUN AND MOON SEVEN-DAY FORECAST FOR TOOELE UV INDEX The Sun Rise Set WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY Wednesday 5:59 a.m. 9:03 p.m. City set to begin July Thursday 5:59 a.m. 9:04 p.m. Friday 6:00 a.m. 9:04 p.m. Saturday 6:00 a.m. 9:04 p.m. Sunday 6:00 a.m. 9:04 p.m. Monday 6:01 a.m. 9:04 p.m. Fourth events W FridayTh F Sa Su M Tu Tuesday 6:01 a.m. 9:04 p.m. The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ The Moon Rise Set number, the greater the need for eye and skin Wednesday 10:44 p.m. 8:16 a.m. by Jessica Henrie to registerprotection. at this0-2 Low; time, 3-5 Moderate; said Terra 6-7 High; 8-10 Thursday 11:25 p.m. 9:16 a.m. Sherwood,Very High;assistant 11+ Extreme director of Friday none 10:19 a.m. STAFF WRITER Saturday 12:02 a.m. 11:24 a.m. parks and recreation.ALMANAC Sunday 12:38 a.m. 12:29 p.m. Independence Day celebra- ParentsStatistics can for help the week a ending child June regis- 20. Partly sunny and hot Pleasant with plenty of Warmer with plenty of Very warm with times Monday 1:13 a.m. 1:36 p.m. Partly sunny and hot Sunshine and nice Partly sunny and hot Temperatures Tuesday 1:47 a.m. 2:44 p.m. with a shower sunshine sunshinetions beginof clouds this and week sun in Tooele ter online at www.tooelecity.org City. or at TooeleHigh/Low City past Hall. week All partici- 91/49 Last New First Full Normal high/low past week 83/58 93 70 93 66 87 55 78 55 91 66On Friday,94 the 67city will hold98 its 71pants shouldAverage meettemp past at week Tooele City 70.4 annual Tooele Tri Kids’ Triathlon Park, 200Normal W. Vine average Street, temp past at week 6 p.m. 70.5 TOOELE COUNTY WEATHER Daily Temperatures High Low June 27 July 4 July 11 July 19 for children ages 12 and under. Friday for the event. Shown is Wednesday’s Registration costs $15 for the first The Tooele Tri Sprint Triathlon Forecasts and graphics provided by weather. Temperatures are Wednesday’s highs and child and $10 for additional chil- for adults will take place Saturday, AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016 Wednesday night’s lows. dren in the same family. There is still room for a few more children SEE JULY PAGE A7 ➤ UTAH WEATHER Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Logan BULLETIN BOARD A8 Grouse 92/52 Wendover PrecipitationAIR QUALITY (in inches) INSIDE Creek 93/66 Knolls Clive WEATHER Lake Point Tuesday CLASSIFIEDS B5 88/58 94/70 95/70 91/70 HOMETOWN A10 Ogden Stansbury Park Good Citizens volunteer Life in Tooele 93/64 Erda 92/70 a day to clean made Dayton OBITUARIES A6 Vernal Grantsville 93/71 Pine Canyon Wednesday Salt Lake City 94/63 94/70 83/63 OPEN FORUM A4 Tooele 95/70 Bauer Good Grantsville’s Clark Wittke the man he 93/70 Last Normal Month Normal Year Normal SPORTS B1 93/70 Tooele Week for week to date M-T-D to date Y-T-D Provo Roosevelt 93/70 Historic Farm is today 95/63 96/63 See Stockton PollenThursday Index Price complete 94/69 See A3 See A10 95/66 High Good Nephi forecast Rush Valley 95/62 94/66 Ophir Moderate on A9 89/66 Source:Low www.airquality.utah.gov Delta Manti Absent 96/67 94/57 Green River Tu W Th F Sa Su M 104/71 Dugway Source: Intermountain Allergy & Asthma Richfield Gold Hill 95/67 96/60 Moab 89/67 RIVERS AND LAKES Hanksville 106/74 Beaver 102/69 Vernon In feet as of 7 a.m. Monday 94/58 Ibapah 94/67 24-hour 94/60 Stage Change Vernon Creek at Vernon 0.87 -0.01 Cedar City Blanding South Willow Creek St. George 98/61 96/65 at Grantsville 1.62 none 108/76 Kanab 100/68 Eureka 90/63 Great Salt Lake Elevation at Saltair Boat Harbor 4190.54 A2 A2 TOOELE TRANSCRIPT-BULLETIN TUESDAY June 21, 2016 PONY EXPRESS RIDES AGAIN FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTOS Oakly Rogers (far left) rides in on his horse to Faust after completing a two-mile leg of the Pony Express reenactment on Sunday. Rogers rode four legs of the annual ride, carrying the traditional mochila. Thomas Brown (left) prepares to ride his leg of the Pony Express reenactment after receiving the mochila from Rogers. Rogers (above) takes the mochila from his horse to give to Brown. Sheriff investigating two bodies found at different locations by Steve Howe Sheriff’s Lt. Ron Johnson, one The second victim was nothing suspicious at the scene. is being investigated. thoughts of suicide, call the STAFF WRITER of the bodies was found about found near the northern end of The sheriff’s office believes The names of both men were National Suicide Prevention a mile south of Interstate 80 off Stansbury Island, to the west of the second victim is a 54-year- not released by the Tooele County Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK The Tooele County Sheriff’s the side of Skull Valley Road. The the mountains and off the side old male from Kearns who was Sheriff’s Office, due to pending (8255). If someone is in immedi- Office is investigating the dis- 42-year-old South Jordan man of the road. Johnson said the reported missing by the Unified autopsy reports and notification ate danger, including you, call covery of two bodies in separate inside the vehicle died from a sheriff’s office is still waiting on Police Department on May 13. of next-of-kin. 911. locations over the weekend. self-inflicted gunshot wound to the medical examiner’s report of Johnson said the man had left a Officials urge if you or some- [email protected] According to Tooele County the head, Johnson said. the cause of death, but there was message for his family; the note one you know is experiencing Erda man injured in mower mishap Tooele man charged with assault by Steve Howe his property at 1612 East Erda sheriff’s office said. The drive- by Steve Howe tim arrived at the hospital with According to the probable STAFF WRITER Way using a tractor with a pull- shaft broke and severed Shafer’s STAFF WRITER injuries. cause statement, the victim behind mower attachment. The leg below the knee. The nurse said the victim told believed Maestas was going to A 68-year-old Erda man suf- mower became stuck along some Shafer was flown by medical A Tooele man is charged with her she was too afraid to report kill her but did not report the fered extensive injuries when his vinyl fencing and Shafer got off helicopter to a Salt Lake-area aggravated assault and domes- the assault and police had not assault because her young son leg became trapped in a lawn- of the tractor to free the attach- hospital in serious condition. tic violence after he allegedly been notified at the time of the gets upset when Maestas goes to mowing accident Friday eve- ment.