FRONT PAGE A1 Local boys basketball teams play it up big See B1 TOOELETRANSCRIPT SERVING TOOELE COUNTY BULLETIN SINCE 1894 THURSDAY January 15, 2015 www.TooeleOnline.com Vol. 121 No. 66 $1.00 Citizens condemn plan to ban woodburning Residents say they will continue to ‘burn, burn, burn’ even if state prohibits woodburning from November to March by Emma Penrod Salt Lake,” he told representa- tions of Tooele Valley. STAFF WRITER tives of the Air Quality Board. “I Under the proposed ban, all say burn, burn, burn.” residents and commercial, indus- Some Tooele County residents Wednesday’s hearing, which trial and institutional facilities who attended the state’s first took place at the Tooele County will be barred from burning any public hearing on the matter say Health Department, was the solid source of fuel, such as wood the state’s Air Quality Board can first in a series of seven pub- or coal, in any device, includ- go ahead and pass its proposed lic hearings the state Air Quality ing stoves, fireplaces and firepits, woodburning ban. They’ll keep Board and Division of Air Quality from November to March of each burning anyway. is hosting across the Wasatch year. “So we’re going to lose if we Front. But the proposal was not pop- burn. I say burn anyway,” said The hearings are to gather ular with the roughly 120 citizens Pine Canyon resident Gordon opinions on a proposed seasonal from Tooele County and other Beals during Wednesday’s public woodburning ban in the state’s areas on the Wasatch Front who FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTO hearing. nonattainment areas, one of South Rim resident Jeremy Larsen holds up two of his propane bills at Wednesday’s public hearing on a proposed woodburn- “You guys need to go back to which includes populous por- SEE WOOD PAGE A9 ➤ ing ban from November to March. Larsen argued that burning wood is cheaper than using propane. School board opposes prison by Tim Gillie es the relocation of the Utah STAFF WRITER State Prison to Tooele County,” reads the resolution. The Tooele County School School board president Board joined the growing Maresa Manzione said the group of local governmental board wanted the resolution’s entities that formally oppose focus to be on how the prison a Utah State Prison in Tooele will impact local education. County. “Locating the prison at the The school board unani- Miller site would take property mously passed a resolution off the tax rolls,” she said. “We that objects to relocating the already have a low amount of prison to Tooele County dur- assessed property value and a ing a meeting Tuesday night. high tax rate.” “The Tooele County School The school board is also District Board of Education officially and formally oppos- SEE PRISON PAGE A7 ➤ FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTO Stansbury Park resident Don Helm selects a fuel grade before he fills up his car Wednesday. Helm is happy with the price drop because he has a long work commute. FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTO The Utah State Prison in Bluffdale is looking to relocate from its Salt Lake County home, but numerous local government entities, including Tooele Customers, station owners delighted and Grantsville cities, and now the Tooele County School Board, have passed formal resolutions of opposition to the relocation. with gas price’s continued plummet com, which tracks local gas prices in the By Steve Howe United States and Canada. That’s below SUN AND MOON SEVEN-DAY FORECAST FOR TOOELE City’s audit reportsUV INDEX the national average of $2.09 per gallon. The Sun Rise Set FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY STAFF WRITER Friday 7:50 a.m. 5:28 p.m. Even more striking is the difference in Saturday 7:50 a.m. 5:29 p.m. Tooele County residents are seeing price over the past year. Last January, the Sunday 7:49 a.m. 5:30 p.m. Monday 7:49 a.m. 5:31 p.m. strong fiscal position relief at the pumps as gas prices drop state average was more than $1 more per Tuesday 7:48 a.m. 5:32 p.m. nationwide. gallon at $3.11. Since Dec. 14, the price Wednesday 7:48 a.m. 5:33 p.m. by Emma Penrod the city maintained F Sa Su a strongM Tu W Th Regular gasoline prices have dipped per gallon has dropped 69 cents. Thursday 7:47 a.m. 5:35 p.m. The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ The Moon Rise Set STAFF WRITER overall financialnumber, the position greater the need and for eye and skin below $2 per gallon in Utah for the first Officials say the decrease in gasoline Friday 3:49 a.m. 2:07 p.m. found no protection.discrepancies0-2 Low; 3-5 Moderate; or 6-7 High; 8-10time since May 2009, according to the prices is tied to skyrocketing domestic Saturday 4:49 a.m. 2:59 p.m. Tooele City’s overall net errors withinVery High;the 11+ city’s Extreme inter- U.S. Energy Information Administration. oil production, which has doubled in the Sunday 5:48 a.m. 3:58 p.m. Monday 6:44 a.m. 5:04 p.m. value increased by nearly $1 nal records. ALMANAC That’s good news for Stansbury Park past six years. With the import market Tuesday 7:34 a.m. 6:15 p.m. million during the 2013-2014 AccordingStatistics to for thethe week endingaudit, Jan. 14. resident Don Helm, who commutes to flooded with U.S. oil, traditional oil pow- Intervals of clouds A brief afternoon Wednesday 8:20 a.m. 7:28 p.m. Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy Partly sunny Mostly sunny Mostly sunny Temperatures Thursday 9:01 a.m. 8:40 p.m. and sun shower or two fiscal year, despite a jump in the city’s total value, minus Nevada weekly for work. ers have had to lower prices to compete in liabilities on account of the its debts andHigh/Low other past weekfinancial 46/21 Helm, 71, said he drives about 400 the states and Asian markets. New First Full Last Normal high/low past week 39/22 42 26 41 28 46 30 43 27 42 27$20.7 million40 settlement22 with40 obligations,22 Average is temp$158 past million week 33.4miles a week and couldn’t remember the More fuel efficient vehicles and flagging Tooele Associates, — includingNormal the averagevalue temp of land,past week 30.6last time he’d seen prices that low. European economies are also reducing TOOELE COUNTY WEATHER The city’s 2014 independent buildings, Dailyinvestments Temperatures and High Low “I think it’s great as long as it stays this demand while the world supply grows. Jan 20 Jan 26 Feb 3 Feb 11 Shown is Friday’s weather. Temperatures are Friday’s audit, which was compiled other assets owned by the city. way,” he said. Danny Singh, 32, bought the Circle K Forecasts and graphics provided by FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTO highs and Friday night’s by Salt Lake City-based pub- The audit reported a $750,654 The lowest price for regular gasoline gas station at 230 E. Main St. in Grantsville AccuWeather, Inc. ©2015 lows. lic accounting firm Haynie in Tooele County on Wednesday was Premium Oil owner Robert Feuerbach talks about the unpre- and Company, reported that SEE AUDIT PAGE A5 ➤ $1.89 per gallon, according to GasBuddy. SEE GAS PAGE A7 ➤ dictable nature of today’s gas prices. Feuerbach has owned UTAH WEATHER the Tooele gas station since 1971. Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Logan BULLETIN BOARD B6 Grouse 36/27 Wendover PrecipitationAIR QUALITY (in inches) INSIDE Creek 37/23 Knolls Clive WEATHER Lake Point Thursday CLASSIFIEDS C4 39/23 39/28 40/28 43/30 HOMETOWN B1 Ogden Stansbury Park Good Keg Mountain Tooele 1-0 in 40/28 Erda 42/29 was the ideal region after OBITUARIES A8 Vernal Grantsville 42/26 Pine Canyon Friday Salt Lake City 35/20 43/28 35/22 KID SCOOP B8 Tooele 41/29 Bauer Good outlaw hideout beating Scots 42/26 Last Normal Month Normal Year Normal SPORTS A10 42/28 Tooele Week for week to date M-T-D to date Y-T-D Provo Roosevelt 42/26 38/20 See A6 See A10 39/24 See Stockton SnowfallSaturday (in inches) Price complete 42/28 42/26 Good Nephi forecast Rush Valley 44/26 41/25 Ophir on A9 38/24 Source: www.airquality.utah.gov Delta Manti 46/26 48/25 Green River Last Month Season 44/23 Dugway Week to date to date Richfield Gold Hill 41/25 50/26 Moab 42/25 SNOWPACK Hanksville 42/21 Beaver 42/23 Vernon Tooele Valley-Vernon Creek Basin 45/19 Ibapah 40/24 46/26 Snow Water Equivalent as of 12 a.m. Wednesday Rocky Basin Mining Vernon Settlement Fork Creek Cedar City Blanding Snowcover 8.1 6.9 3.1 St. George 50/21 41/23 Average 9.8 7.1 4.7 57/30 Kanab 50/22 Eureka Percent of average 83% 97% 66% 37/23 Source: Utah Natural Resources Conservation Services A2 A2 TOOELE TRANSCRIPT-BULLETIN THURSDAY January 15, 2015 Total delinquent property taxes make big decline from 2013 by Tim Gillie State law gives property tax- public a list of delinquent taxpay- This allows entities to prepare Fire District, Rush Valley Water public notice. STAFF WRITER payers five years to pay off their ers by Dec. 31 of each year. budgets without needing to make Conservancy, South Rim Special In 2002 the Legislature again late taxes.