www.tooeletranscript.com TUESDAY TOOELE RANSCRIPT Tooele rolls to T decisive grid- iron victory over Grantsville at home See A12 BULLETIN October 24, 2006 SERVING TOOELE COUNTY SINCE 1894 VOL. 113 NO. 44 50 cents Upside down, but unhurt Large holes mark public, private divide in canyon by Jesse Fruhwirth filed against anyone for vandal- STAFF WRITER ism, but suspicions quickly turned The latest skirmish in a battle to a land-owning family that has between private landowners and been invovled in a dispute all sum- public access on the proposed mer with the county government Tooele County trails plan appears regarding public access to sev- to have left one backcountry road eral trails that pass through their looking like it was hit by mortar land. fire. Large pits, impassible even The director of Tooele County’s by all-terrian vehicles, have been engineering department, Jim dug into the road leading to his- Lawrence, was careful to avoid toric Jacob City just before the blaming anyone for the damage. first weekend of the deer hunt. “There are three very large County officials said the pits pits. I wouldn’t even call them interrupt access to public land holes. They are pits that are basi- and the roads will be repaired as cally impassible,” Lawrence said. soon as possible. Law enforce- “Whoever dug them, they picked ment officers said they received a strategic time to do it: right no official complaints about the before the deer hunt. That’s when pits and so no investigation has most people were going to be up been conducted. there.” The road in question leads up Bill Dixon, a former member of photography / Troy Boman the Tooele County trails commit- A vehicle traveling west bound on SR-138 overcorrected and rolled around 7 a.m. No serious injuries were reported. Dry Canyon south of Stockton to the historic mining town of Jacob City. No charges have been SEE TRAIL ON A2 Van Horn, Peterson diverge on key issues for state senate race Two political newcom- Horn responded to a questionaire year, a John McCloy fellow in if necessary, adjoining counties ers, Democrat Don Foutz and sent by the Transcript-Bulletin German Studies (2002), an Eagle through inter-county compact. Constitution Party candidate and their self-written introduc- Scout, and a graduate of Utah I would advocate for a change Gary R. Van Horn, are challeng- tions and answers appear below. State University. in the mandate of the Division of ing Republican incumbant Darin Foutz, who has describe his own Water management Water Rights only after careful Peterson for a seat in the Utah campaign effort as “a non-cam- Is there a role that the state consideration of Tooele County’s State Senate’s 24th District. The paign,” did not provide answers government ought to play in needs and projected growth. district encompasses Tooele City despite repeated attempts to Peterson: Utah water right tal RF communications. I am of six children. I have served for optimizing Tooele County’s south of 600 North, Stockton, contact him. water management? If so, what laws are based on several very Rush Valley, Wendover, Ibapah, running for the state Senate as four years in the Utah House important historical premises: Gary R. Van Horn a member of the Constitution of Representatives, two years in should that role be? Would you and Dugway, as well as Juab, I am an official U.S. and Utah advocate for a change in the priority date, beneficial use, Sanpete, Sevier, Piute and Wayne Party. the state Senate, and one term reuse and or recharge. taxpayer, and a former elec- on the Nephi City Council. I am mandate of the Division of Counties. In terms of land area, tronic engineer, now retired. I Darin Peterson Water Rights? When the state engineer prop- it is the third largest district in I am the husband of JoEllen a recipient of the Utah Farm am also a co-inventor listed on Bureau Farmer/Rancher of the Van Horn: No. That is the the state. Both Peterson and Van two patents in the field of digi- Beardall Peterson and the father role of county government and, SEE RACE ON A4 Parents worry as students cross unmarked Tooele intersection by Jesse Fruhwirth panels for the lights,” Dunlavy STAFF WRITER said. “We are working on getting Changes in school boundaries those up as quickly as possible. are forcing students to cross a Those kids’ safety is a top priority, dangerous road with little pro- of course.” tection, according to several Greg Dyson’s 2nd- and 3rd- concerned parents on Tooele’s grade children also cross 1000 northeast side. Many students North to go to Copper Canyon. from Copper and Middle Canyon He agreed the road has become Elementary Schools must now a hazard. cross 1000 North Street, where “The speed limit is 35 but you residents complain that cross- know they’re going a lot faster walks are not adequately marked, than that. What I don’t like is motorists race well above the 35- they don’t have [school zone] mph speed limit, and sidewalks lights up,” he said. and street lights have not been “A sign is supposed to stop installed. people?” he asked sarcastically. Only a pair of fluorescent green Ron Dale is a crossing guard signs precede the crosswalk at who works at the 1000 North 1000 North and 520 East, though and 520 East intersection. The during school hours orange traffic traffic he wrangles in the fast- cones are in the intersection as growing part of town, he said, is well. Residents say the crossing is dangerous. even more dangerous than notori- “The first day it was cold, ous Utah Avenue, where at least a a lady hadn’t cleared off her blinking yellow light warns drivers to reduce their speed to 20 mph windshield. She had two little around Northlake Elementary. peep holes that she was looking “I think 1000 North is worse through. I was going out, putting than Utah Avenue. It’s really hard the cones out and she couldn’t to get out on 1000 North,” said see me or anybody else,” Dale Trent Jorgenson whose 5th grader said. must cross the street to attend Dale said his old station near Copper Canyon Elementary. “If Overlake Elementary used to be you sat out here, you could catch photography / Troy Boman much better than 1000 North, but speeders all day.” Crossing guard Ron Dale insures safe passage for children from Middle and Copper Canyon Elementary schools on the corner of 520 East with the growth in that neighbor- Changes in school boundar- and 1000 North, one of the busier school crossings in Tooele. Dale is often there 30 minutes after school gets out. hood he said that crosswalk has ies meant that Jorgenson’s child school boundaries necessitate on Utah Avenue have already because other equipment has not become dangerous as well. ting the southeast corner of 1000 switched from Middle to Copper been delivered to the city. They Dunlavy said he could not say North and Broadway Avenue. more signs by state law. He said yet arrived. Canyon Elementary this year. The have not been installed at the exactly when the new lights will Tooele City Mayor Patrick blinking lights and school zone “We’ve already got the lights changes effected many children 520 East intersection, however, be installed. who live in the neighborhood abut- Dunlavy said the changes in the speed limit signs like the ones in. We’re waiting for the solar e-mail: [email protected] WEATHER OPEN FORUM A6,7 HOMETOWN B1 INSIDE Colder tomorrow and Thursday. PUZZLES A8 DOINGS B2,3 Tooele 4-H girls ride well Highs around 45. in state competition Overnight lows below 32. OBITUARIES A10 TV LISTINGS B4 See B1 Complete Forecast: A2 SPORTS A12 CLASSIFIEDS B5 A2 TUESDAY October 24, 2006 ETCETERA ... Corrections Valley Weather Forecast There was an error in Thursday’s print edition in the story “Nasty Local Weather storm blamed in death; second fatality alcohol-related.” Michael Wed 46/30 Brandon Parry’s caregivers 10/25 were not accurately reported. A few clouds early, otherwise Parry was taken to University mostly sunny. High 46F. Hospital via AirMed. Calls were made to media representatives at University Hospital and LDS Thu 50/34 Hospital but Parry’s location 10/26 could not be confirmed by press Sunny. Highs in the low 50s and lows in the mid 30s. time. The initial version at tooele- transcript.com also contained the error, but has since been updated. Fri The Tooele Transcript-Bulletin 57/37 10/27 regrets the error. Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s and lows in the upper 30s. Temps/Precipitation Date High Low (prec./inches) Oct. 19 58 40 Sat 61/41 Oct. 20 59 47 10/28 Oct. 21 53 33 Oct. 22 57 33 Abundant sunshine. Highs in the low 60s and lows in the low 40s. Oct. 23 60 32 Ned Bevan, Tooele’s weather observer for the National Weather Service, reports Sun 60/41 that his recording station at 139 S. Main 10/29 received no precipitation between Oct. 19 and Oct. 23 and a total of 1.54 so far Partly cloudy. Highs in the low 60s this month. The normal for October is 1.81 and lows in the low 40s. inches. ©2005 American Profile Hometown Content For the water year, which began Oct. Service 1, 2006, Tooele has received 1.54 inches of precipitation. The normal for the year is 18.49 inches of precipitation.