FRONT PAGE A1 Dr. Rich is here to help your child grow up Pediatrician Dr. Steven Rich strong and healthy. Yay! will help you feel comfortable and confident every step of the way.Same-day appointments are usually available. Call 435-882-9035.TOOELE RANSCRIPT 196 E. 2000 North, SuiteTooele 100 T SERVING TOOELE COUNTY BULLETIN SINCE 1894 Steven Rich, D.O. TUESDAY March 18, 2014 www.TooeleOnline.com Vol. 120 No. 83 $1.00 2/6/14 12:45 PM 75208_MOUN_Yay_4x3c.indd 1 Roadside walk ends man’s life by Lisa Christensen STAFF WRITER A Tooele man was killed Monday morning when he was struck by a car while walking on an area roadway. James Wilson, 41, was struck and killed by a car near the intersection of Lodestone Way and Utah Avenue by Ninigret Industrial Depot at about 7 a.m. Chief Ron Kirby of the Tooele City Police Department said Wilson was wearing dark clothing and was difficult to see in the early, pre-dawn hour. The driver, also a local man, was report- edly on his way to Grantsville. Utah Avenue, between state Route 112 and the depot turn- off, was closed for more than two hours while officers attended to the scene and investi- SEE ROADSIDE PAGE A9 ➤ FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTO County’s Lory Crofts and Carol LaForge give a reader’s theater performance with the LaForge Encore Group as part of the festivities at the Luck of the Library community celebration held Monday. The celebration marked the extended library hours, which now includes Monday as well as the new self-checkout kiosks available for use by patrons. Library, patrons celebrate new operating schedule jobless rate Tooele’s facility one of the best-loved lowest in and most used libraries in the state by Emma Penrod reduced the number of addition- four years STAFF WRITER al staff needed to move toward a six-day schedule. Community officials gathered Though the library has a long, by Tim Gillie at the Tooele City Library Monday vibrant past, Carter said that last STAFF WRITER evening to celebrate what may be week marked the first time in a historical first — the library’s known history that the library Tooele County continues to decline in new six-day-a-week operating has opened for six days in a given unemployment despite a contraction in local schedule. week. jobs, according to new state statistics. Library patrons frequently The Tooele City Library, which Unemployment in Tooele County in requested that the library expand was originally located at 47 E. January 2014 was 4.9 percent, the lowest its operating hours and be open Vine St., was built in the early level in the last 50 months, according to data on Mondays, library director 1900s with funds from a $5,000 released last week by the Utah Department Jami Carter said during Monday’s Carnegie grant. Andrew Carnegie, of Workforce Services. The county’s unem- celebration. But financial diffi- a Scottish-American business- ployment rate has not been lower since culties resulting from the Great man, funded the construction of November 2008 when it reached 3.8 percent. Recession prevented the library more than 2,500 libraries in an Unemployment in the county has been from following through. effort to make them more avail- trending downward since January 2009 when A $39,000 grant from the able to the public. The library it spiked at 8.9 percent. However, the number Institute of Museum and Library moved to its current location of non-farm jobs in the county shrunk 1.1 Services made the expansion about 13 years ago. The old library percent from 15,390 in January 2013 to 15,214 possible by enabling the library building now houses a museum. in January 2014, a decrease of 176 jobs. FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTO to purchase a newly-installed Bern Hadzik reads to his grandson Edison Topham at the Luck of the Library community celebration self-checkout system. The system SEE LIBRARY PAGE A7 ➤ SEE JOBLESS PAGE A9 ➤ held on Monday. Legislative session Boy dies after motocross SUN AND MOON SEVEN-DAY FORECAST FOR TOOELE ends with flurryUV of INDEX crash at area racing event The Sun Rise Set WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY Wednesday 7:35 a.m. 7:40 p.m. by Lisa Christensen The boy later died as a result from Thursday 7:33 a.m. 7:41 p.m. those injuries in the hospital. Friday 7:31 a.m. 7:42 p.m. STAFF WRITER Saturday 7:30 a.m. 7:43 p.m. bills in final hours John Gardner, marketing and Sunday 7:28 a.m. 7:44 p.m. A 10-year-old boy died after a communications director for Miller Monday 7:26 a.m. 7:45 p.m. by Tim Gillie Among W theTh missionsF Sa accom-Su M Tu crash at a motocross event at Miller Motorsports Park, said the facility’s Tuesday 7:25 a.m. 7:46 p.m. The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ The Moon Rise Set STAFF WRITER plished number,was legislativethe greater the need approval for eye and skin Motorsports Park Saturday evening. motocross track was rented out to a Wednesday 11:04 p.m. 9:03 a.m. for Stericycleprotection. 0-2officials Low; 3-5 Moderate; to begin 6-7 High; 8-10 The boy, Tyce Olsen of Riverton, private producer, RMX, and the first Thursday none 9:41 a.m. Air quality, defending Utah’s the processVery High; of 11+ seeking Extreme state and was participating in an amateur moto- event of its kind at the park. Friday 12:07 a.m. 10:25 a.m. Saturday 1:08 a.m. 11:15 a.m. constitutional definition of mar- local permits toALMANAC move their medi- cross competition at MMP’s moto- “The motorcross track was designed Sunday 2:07 a.m. 12:12 p.m. riage, Medicaid expansion and cal wasteStatistics incinerator for the week ending from March North 17. cross venue at about 6:50 p.m. when for both professional and amateur Partly sunny and Mostly sunny and Monday 3:01 a.m. 1:14 p.m. Partial sunshine Partly sunny Mostly sunny Plenty of sunshine Sunny Temperatures Tuesday 3:51 a.m. 2:20 p.m. warmer cooler education funding were some of Salt Lake to Tooele County. he went off a jump and crashed, said use,” he said. “This is the first time the top priorities heard as Utah A thirdHigh/Low prison past relocation week com- 65/26 Ryan Willden, public information offi- we’ve had a full-fledge points-paying Last New First Full Normal high/low past week 53/33 54 33 59 33 48 29 50 34 54 37legislators 57gathered38 in January58 41mission Averagein three temp pastyears week was also 44.1 cer for the North Tooele County Fire event. Other times it’s just [used for] for their 45-day annual general created. NormalThis averagetime tempthe past commis- week 43.4 District. practice.” TOOELE COUNTY WEATHER Daily Temperatures High Low Mar 23 Mar 30 Apr 7 Apr 15 session. sion was given the charge to Medical crews from Miller Gardner said more than 300 par- Shown is Wednesday’s Legislators went home on select a site or sites for a new FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTO Motorsports Park initially responded ticipants registered for more than 500 Forecasts and graphics provided by weather. Temperatures are Wednesday’s highs and March 13 with some missions state prison, with Tooele County Rep. Doug Sagers, R-Tooele, listens during a presentation at and were soon joined by NTCFD. The competition slots — a competitor can AccuWeather, Inc. ©2014 Wednesday night’s lows. accomplished and other work the State Legislative Session Jan. 29. Approval of Stericycle’s boy was transported to a Salt Lake delayed for another day. SEE LEGISLATIVE PAGE A6 ➤ relocation and a created commission for the state prison hospital by a medical helicopter. SEE MOTOCROSS PAGE A7 ➤ UTAH WEATHER relocation were among the results in this year’s session. Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Logan BULLETIN BOARD A8 Grouse 49/23 Wendover PrecipitationAIR QUALITY (in inches) INSIDE Creek 51/33 Knolls Clive WEATHER Lake Point Tuesday CLASSIFIEDS B5 49/28 55/32 54/32 53/36 HOMETOWN B1 Ogden Stansbury Park Good School Board GHS baseball 52/37 Erda 54/36 president splits round robin OBITUARIES A6 Vernal Grantsville 55/35 Pine Canyon Wednesday Salt Lake City 50/22 54/36 43/28 OPEN FORUM A4 Tooele 54/36 Bauer Good speaks multiple at Davis High 54/33 Last Normal Month Normal Year Normal SPORTS A10 52/32 Tooele Week for week to date M-T-D to date Y-T-D Provo Roosevelt 54/33 languages 54/25 See A10 50/31 See Stockton SnowfallThursday (in inches) Price complete 52/32 See B1 51/28 Good Nephi forecast Rush Valley 53/31 52/31 Ophir on A9 44/27 Source: www.airquality.utah.gov Delta Manti 55/39 52/28 Green River Last Month Season 57/30 Dugway Week to date to date Richfield Gold Hill 52/30 54/32 Moab 52/26 SNOWPACK Hanksville 59/34 Beaver 54/29 Vernon Tooele Valley-Vernon Creek Basin 53/28 Ibapah 51/30 56/30 Snow Water Equivalent as of 12 a.m. Monday Rocky Basin Mining Vernon Settlement Fork Creek Cedar City Blanding Snowcover 15.4 16.3 6.5 St. George 53/23 49/30 Average 19.7 16.9 10.0 63/42 Kanab 59/33 Eureka Percent of average 78% 96% 65% 47/30 Source: Utah Natural Resources Conservation Services A2 A2 TOOELE TRANSCRIPT-BULLETIN TUESDAY March 18, 2014 The flu season is fading, but new bacterial infection is spreading by Emma Penrod this year’s flu season began rored trends from the last several The virus’s activity seems to be and cough and cold etiquette in Pertussis is particularly dan- STAFF WRITER last September, said Louise years, with the viral activity pick- winding down at this point, but light of another potentially fatal gerous to infants, especially those Ekenstam, an epidemiology nurse ing up, peaking, and dropping off Ekenstam said it was still impor- infection that has begun to spread who are too young to be vac- Despite the rumored intensity with the Tooele County Health at roughly the same time of year.