MMA fighters working for the win See B1 TOOELETRANSCRIPT S T C BULLETIN S THURSDAY August 8, 2019 www.TooeleOnline.com Vol. 126 No. 20 $1.00 Tooele City, Aposhian reach settlement in sod dispute City and sod farm agree to $840K settlement; proceeds from sod farm’s sale will be used for payment STEVE HOWE The city sold the 1,784-acre STAFF WRITER sod farm, located near Vernon, The Tooele City Council for $1.3 million to Six Mile approved a settlement with Ranch, Inc., of Grantsville. The the former Aposhian Sod Farm city retained the farm’s cer- during its meeting Wednesday tificated water rights of 4,181 Grantsville Police Officer David Parish presents Chloe Allred with a sticker at the Night Out held at Grantsville City Park Tuesday night. evening, ending a dispute that acre-feet (1.36 billion gallons) dates back to 2013. per year. The long-running disagree- An April 30 ruling in 3rd ment between the former District Court set the total A “NIGHT OUT” TO REMEMBER tenant of the Vernon-area sod market value of the sod crop PHOTOS SUE BUTTERFIELD farm and its former owner, at $1.51 million. The city was Tooele City, centered on the awarded $385,600 for attor- value of the crop when the ney fees, breach of contract lease agreement was termi- damages, waste damages and nated. holdover damages, for a net Following a July 23 media- obligation of $1.13 million. tion, the city and sod farm Both the city and sod farm agreed to a $840,000 payment appealed the decision, how- for the value of the sod, includ- ever, leading to the July 23 ing $112,851.37 already paid mediation organized by the by the city in May per an April appeals court. judgment in 3rd District Court. After determining it was The lump-sum payment from receiving no rent or other the city will be made using benefit under the particular funds from the sale of the sod farm last December. SEE APOSHIAN PAGE A9 ® Stansbury Service Agency candidates Agent Dean Adams (above) of Adult Probation and Parole teaches seven-year- share thoughts prior old Adelaide Hood how to breach a door. Seven-year-old EmmaLyn Stagg (right) to primary day dunks Tooele Police Corp. Casey Bronson. STEVE HOWE edited for length, spelling STAFF WRITER and grammar. Three candidates are Nobles did not return a vying for an open spot on the request for comment by dead- Stansbury Greenbelt Service line Thursday morning. Agency, while another four are competing for a What does the Stansbury single slot on the Stansbury Service Agency need to do Recreation Service Agency. to improve Stansbury Lake, Only two candidates in both the water and the each race will advance to the shoreline? What needs to general election, based upon be done differently in the the top vote getters in each management of the lake? primary election on Aug. 13. The candidates who advance Hinton: I believe the agen- will then compete for a spot cy has done many things to on the Stansbury Service make the lake more attractive Liam Wayman (above) checks Agency board in the general to the fishermen, as well as out the equipment in the election this November. boaters and swimmers. There Sheriff’s Civilian Rescue Vehicle. Running for the Stansbury are still more things that Greenbelt positions are need to be done with a lot of Michael Griffeth, Kasey hard work from all of us. The Utah Nobles and Stephen Nelson. Highway Patrol The four candidates for the Endicott: I believe that the displayed Stansbury Recreation posi- Stansbury Service Agency their 1958 tions are Brian Endicott, is doing a good job of tak- Ford Fairlane Jacob Zollinger, Devon ing care of the lake and the (above) at the Hansen, and Randall Hinton. shoreline. I encourage them Night Out. AirMed (right) The candidates were asked to keep working at it. They was a popular to provide written answers to have few employees to man- attraction at questions about issues impor- age the lake, parks, and golf the event. tant to Stansbury Park resi- course. If we could increase dents, with a 150-word limit the number of employees to respond. The responses then we could increase the from each candidate, ordered management and overall randomly, are included below. The responses were SEE CANDIDATES PAGE A6 ® INSIDE BULLETIN BOARD B5 CLASSIFIEDS B8 Fall prep sports Father Fast on the Flats HOMETOWN B1 start Vialpando - Speed Week OBITUARIES A8 See A10 moves to new returns SPORTS A10 position See A3 See A2 A2 TOOELE TRANSCRIPT BULLETIN THURSDAY August 8, 2019 St. Marguerite pastor appointed clergy vicar for Salt Lake Diocese TIM GILLIE priests new to the diocese, Lady of Guadalupe. EDITOR helps new priests adjust, over- Before receiving the call The Rev. Ken Vialpando will sees preliminary investigation to return home to Tooele in celebrate his last mass as pas- and maintains updated infor- 2016, Vialpando served for 12 tor of St. Marguerite Church mation regarding possible civil years as pastor of St. Joseph on Sunday. litigation regarding clerics, Catholic Church in Ogden. Vialpando was appointed according to Vialpando. “It is very unusual for a as vicar for clergy in the Vialpando was born and priest to return to his home Catholioc Diocese of Salt Lake raised in Tooele City. He church,” Vialpando said. “I will City. attended Harris Elementary, miss my family, friends and He has been serving as vicar Tooele Junior High School and parishioners.” for clergy on a limited basis graduated from Tooele High Vialpondo said he may since February, working one School in 1979. return to Tooele as a substitute day a week at the pastoral After graduating from high for the new parish priest or center in Salt Lake City while school, Vialpando served in perform marriages or conduct he also served as pastor at St. the Marine Corps for three funerals as requested. Marguerite. After Sunday, he years before entering the During his three years at St. will work fulltime as vicar of seminary. After seminary, he Marguerite, Vialpando said clergy in the Diocese. served for one year as a Navy the parish worked successfully “I’ll be kind of like the chaplain and three years as a at bridging the gap between human resource person for 61 National Guard chaplain. between English speaking and priests and 68 deacons,” he He served as a religious Spanish speaking communities said. “I’ll be there for their joy- education teacher at Judge to become one community. ful times and in their sorrow- Memorial Catholic High “We all speak the lan- ful times.” School and as parochial vicar guage of the love of Christ,” The vicar for clergy attends at St. Therese of the Child Vialpando said. “We work and to the needs of clergy, deals Jesus and St. Ambrose parish- walk together in unity as one FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTO with complaints and com- es. He has been pastor of the body of Christ.” Rev. Kenneth Vialpando is moving from being pastor at Saint Marguerite Catholic Church to Vicar for Clergy at ments, welcomes and orients parishes of St. Pius X and Our [email protected] the Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City. Father Vialpando’s last mass as pastor will be Sunday, August 11. CORRECTIONS In the Aug. 1 edition of the Tooele Transcript Speedweek underway at Bonneville Salt Flats Bulletin, the caption for one of the photographs in “A game of pickleball on Elton Park’s new courts,” Annual record breaking speed trials incorrectly identified the person in the photo. The scheduled to run through Aug. 16 photograph with the cor- rect name is on page A8 of TIM GILLIE p.m. tomorrow. today’s paper. EDITOR Racing begins on Saturday In the Aug. 6 edition Since 1914 racers have ven- at 10 a.m. and will run until 7 of the Tooele Transcript tured to Tooele County’s salt p.m. Racing is scheduled to start Bulletin, the hospital in the flats near Wendover to try and at 7:30 a.m. Sunday through article, “Newborn at hospi- set new speed records. Friday. tal tests positive for opiates The Southern California Entry passes for specta- and amphetamines” was Timing Association’s Speed tors may be purchased at the incorrectly identified. The Week will return to the entrance to the salt. hospital where the child Bonneville Salt Flats this week- Spectators can walk through was born and treated was a end. the pits, view the vehicles, and Salt Lake-area hospital. Speed Week draws racers talk to the drivers and crew from all over the world who members. drive hot rods, roadsters, belly The SCTA advises spectators tankers, lakesters, motorcycles, to bring a hat, sunglasses, and streamliners, and even diesel shade. All semi-permanent spec- Your Local trucks that want to run the tator areas require a tarp floor- FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTO International Speedway in a ing as a covering on the salt. Driver Jerry Carbone stands next to his car getting a little shade while he waits in line to takes his turn running Community quest to have their name added Binoculars are also recom- the salt flats. to the list of record holders. mended as the race vehicles are News. Pits opened up at the salt a quarter mile way when they The spectacular scenery and The Bonneville Salt Flats 80 exit 4. Stay flats for set-up at 7 a.m. today, run the race course. racing conditions at Bonneville International Speedway is locat- Additional information about with inspection and registration Vendors will be available with make it one of the most popular ed north of Interstate 80 near Speedweek can be found at Informed.