Doctor making house calls to elderly patients See A2 TOOELETRANSCRIPT S T C BULLETIN S THURSDAY April 9, 2020 www.TooeleOnline.com Vol. 126 No. 90 $1.00 Tooele County worried about distancing at recreation sites COURTESY DARWIN COOK Tooele City demolishes the building at the Tooele Wigwam in May 2019. The Tooele City Council decided to end the 75-year-old agreement for exclusive use of the property by Boy and Girl Scouts of the “Tooele district” during their April 1 meeting. City reclaims Wigwam property Resolution terminates 75 year agreement with Scout groups CEILLY SUTTON STAFF WRITER The Tooele City council FILE PHOTO terminated the City’s Wigwam Off-highway vehicle riders enjoying trails in Tooele County. Tooele County license with local boy and girl Health Department and Emergency Management staff encourage people scout groups during their April recreating in Tooele County on Easter weekend to stay in household 1 meeting. groups and maintain physical distance from other groups. The license, dated Oct. 1, 1945, gave no-cost exclusive TIM GILLIE the park is located. Herbert’s use of the Wigwam property to EDITOR directive also states that people “the Boy and Girl Scout organi- While the state is starting to should not congregate at trail- zations of the Tooele district.” collect health information from heads or other outdoor spaces. Following a reorganization people coming into the state, Tooele County has no state of the Boy Scout organization some Tooele County officials parks. Many of the popular locally and statewide that want to keep people out of the spots in the county are on fed- followed the Church of Jesus county. eral land. Christ of Latter-day Saints The county has been field- The Bureau of Land withdrawal of sponsorship ing phone calls from both Management Utah asks people of Scouting groups, there no in county and out of county to stay close to home and avoid longer is a Boy Scout Tooele residents about popular spots very popular or crowded loca- district. The Girl Scouts also CEILLY SUTTON/TTB PHOTO in the county for recreational tions where social distancing do not have a Tooele district vehicles and camping for may be difficult. They also ask organization, according to the Easter weekend. that group activities be limited resolution approved by the City “We’re just really asking to households. Tooele Wigwam Council. property (above) people to recreate in the coun- The Little Sahara Recreation The Wigwam property, a on April 8, 2020. ty that they live in at this time, Area in Juab County has been 9.66 acre parcel, is located The Tooele and not to travel to Tooele closed, but the Five Mile Pass below the Settlement Canyon Wigwam building County to recreate,” Bucky Recreation Area and the Knolls reservoir in Tooele City. (left) was demol- Whitehouse, Tooele County Off-Highway Vehicle Special In exchange for being able ished by Tooele Emergency Management direc- Recreation Management Area to hold camps at the property, City. Tooele City tor said. remain open. the Scouts agreed to take care owns the property. Gov. Gary Herbert’s “stay The closure of Little Sahara of the property and the facili- home, stay safe” directive has some county officials con- ties located there. allows for outdoor recreation, cerned that recreation areas The property and Wigwam but the state has also restricted in Tooele County may get the use of state parks to people SEE WIGWAM PAGE A7 ® COURTESY DARWIN COOK that live in the county where SEE OUTDOOR PAGE A7 ® Local auto repair shops take safety precautions DARREN VAUGHAN to make their customers’ expe- have doubled down on our SPORTS EDITOR rience as safe as possible. They cleaning and made sure things Even in the face of the regularly clean the showroom, are sanitized.” COVID-19 pandemic, cars still keeping tables and floors Miller said his store is also need regular maintenance, sanitized and providing hand picking up vehicles from cus- and repair shops across Tooele sanitizer for both customer and tomers’ homes and dropping County remain open to keep employee use. them off when services are customers’ vehicles running - “As far as Big O Tires on completed. with a number of safety proto- the corporate end, they were “We’ve also tried to make cols in place. pretty quick to respond as far it a little easier for customers Jay Miller, owner of the Big as getting some guidelines out who are a little more unsettled O Tires shop in Tooele, said he — store cleanliness and things CLAYTON DUNN/TTB PHOTO and his employees are working like that,” Miller said. “We SEE SHOPS PAGE A7 ® Jay Miller and Rob Cervana at the service counter of Tooele Big O Tires on April 7, 2020. INSIDE BULLETIN BOARD B1 CLASSIFIEDS B6 Liddiard’s MWMC parent Transcript OBITUARIES A6 lessons learned company writer plans See A2 restructures wedding during See A3 pandemic See A4 A2 TOOELE TRANSCRIPT BULLETIN THURSDAY April 9, 2020 Liddiard stays busy during pandemic DARREN VAUGHAN “If a husband and wife both shutdowns that have affected SPORTS EDITOR work in Salt Lake, it’s really Liddiard’s business, with Liddiard Home Furnishings easy for them to meet at my Whirlpool and La-Z-Boy among owner Frank Liddiard has competitor’s store, shop for fur- the factories that have endured weathered economic down- niture and go out to eat after,” temporary closures. Liddiard turns before, and the current he said. “Now, there’s really also noted that some of his one brought on by the COVID- nothing to do in Salt Lake. I store’s vendors in California 19 pandemic has put a dent in think we’ve picked up some and Mississippi have also had his business. of that business with us being to close, causing some custom- However, the lessons he local and people not having as ers’ orders to be delayed; how- learned from the 2008 reces- many options to go into Salt ever, he said most of them have sion have helped his store not Lake for. They’ve given us a been understanding. only survive, but thrive in the look, and I think that’s helped Liddiard said the store has current climate. our business for sure.” implemented a number of “I’ve been through a down- In fact, Liddiard said appli- changes that have made it turn before, and 2008-2013 ance sales have been “through easier for customers to shop CLAYTON DUNN/TTB PHOTO was probably the most valuable the roof,” particularly freezers. comfortably and safely during Frank Liddiard, owner/operator Liddiard Home Furnishings; Kalee Brunson, customer advocate and JoAnn Leonelli, decorator. Weathering downturns is not new to Liddiard. education of my entire life,” He said he has had customers the pandemic. Customers can Liddiard said. “I didn’t think I come from 90 miles away to browse the store’s inventory and have plenty of distance tomer requires in-home service. from the federal government would ever have to go through purchase a freezer from his online, take a video tour of the for themselves,” Liddiard said. Even then, those deliveries are will help motivate would-be another fallout as bad as that, store because they were unable showroom or speak with store “Our people are super care- made with an abundance of customers. and here we are. Honestly, this to find one along the Wasatch employees through video con- ful to make sure that not only caution. “It’s kind of day-by-day, hasn’t been as bad so far. Our Front. ferencing. In the store, Liddiard are we distancing ourselves “We make sure nobody’s week-by-week and see what sales have dropped, obviously, “The appliance industry said employees are observing from the customers, but we’re present and we take extreme happens,” he said. “It’s going but we haven’t gone from hero right now, as a whole, across social distancing rules both at distancing ourselves from each cautions there, also,” Liddiard to be interesting to see as this to zero overnight, which is the entire country is up sig- work and at home, and he is other, which is sometimes hard said. thing progresses, because I almost what happened in nificantly,” he said. “You can’t looking to create appointment- to do. It’s a hard habit to break. Liddiard said he is optimistic think there’s going to be a 2009.” even get a freezer today. Our only hours before and after At the end of the day, we don’t that his business and its 22 pent-up demand in multiple Liddiard speculated that manufacturers are out until the regular business hours for pro- want to put our customers in employees will continue to industries with the money the his business is doing well not end of April or the middle of spective customers to have the jeopardy and we don’t want to be able to weather the storm, government is putting into only because of online sales, May. I couldn’t get a customer store to themselves in order to put each other in jeopardy.” noting the flexibility the store homes. but also because more people a freezer if I had to today, and create a safer shopping envi- The store has also changed enjoys because it is a family- “I think in this country, we’re are staying in Tooele County I believe that most of my com- ronment. its delivery service. Instead of owned small business that going to work with each other during the pandemic instead of petitors are in the same situa- “Our foot traffic isn’t near in-home delivery, the store has can make changes on the fly and in a lot of ways, we’re commuting into the Salt Lake tion.” what a grocery store’s is, so shifted to curbside delivery in as necessary.