FRONT PAGE A1 www.tooeletranscript.com TUESDAY Photos from Downtown Trick-or-Treat See B1 TOOELETRANSCRIPT SPECIAL ELECTION BULLETIN ISSUE November 2, 2010 SERVING TOOELE COUNTY SINCE 1894 VOL. 117 NO. 45 50¢ TOOELE COUNTY COMMISSION HOUSE DISTRICT 21 Gowans era ends Sagers wrests House seat from 18-year legislative veteran by Tim Gillie STAFF WRITER Voters put an end to Jim Gowans’ 18-year run as a member of the state House of Representatives Tuesday night, electing Doug Sagers to fill the seat by a comfort- able margin. Sagers won 52 percent of the vote to Gowans’ 41 per- cent. Constitution Party candidate Jonathan Garrard held 7 percent of the vote. An undetermined number of absentee and provisional ballots remain to be counted. “I feel very grateful for the people of Tooele County that voted for me,” said Sagers. “Jim ran a good campaign and I thank him for his years of service to the county.” Toby Dillon, Tooele County Democratic party chair- man, said that Gowans fell victim to an anti-incumbent and anti-Democrat sentiment among voters. “I think we saw in the election results that many SEE GOWANS PAGE A12 ➤ Maegan Burr Tooele County Commissioner Bruce Clegg looks at results with his wife Janice Tuesday around midnight at their Erda home. Clegg retained his seat on the commission. Utah House – District 21 Tooele County 52% Commission – Seat B Clegg gets four more 41% 4,479 63% 3,472 6,967 years on commission by Tim Gillie reported $8,835. But that wasn’t enough to STAFF WRITER overcome a widespread sentiment among 37% county voters that incumbents nationally Bruce Clegg will get a second term as should be thrown out while local incum- 7% 4,106 county commissioner by winning 63 percent bents should be retained. of the vote over challenger Vicki Griffith in “It is time for a change,” said Jim Ciura, 604 Tuesday’s election. 50, after voting in Grantsville. “We have a few Griffith, despite an early start and out- good people serving locally, but it’s time to Jim Doug Jonathan spending her opponent, only garnered 37 replace a lot of our officials.” Gowans - D Sagers - R Garrard - C percent of the vote. Steve Lane, who voted at Settlement Vicki Griffith – D Bruce Clegg – R As of Oct. 26, Griffith reported campaign expenses of $11,645 compared to Clegg’s SEE CLEGG PAGE A12 ➤ ELECTION RESULTS Appeals court lifts barrier to RMP Statewide Races County Races Governor County Commission Seat A by Sarah Miley by 3rd District Court Judge Stephen what led to the preliminary injunction Peter Corroon - D ���������� 30% Jerry Edwards (write in) - D ������ 2% STAFF WRITER Henriod that prevented Tooele County being vacated,” said Tooele County from issuing a conditional use permit Attorney Doug Hogan. Gary Herbert - R ���������� 66% Jerry Hurst - R �������� 98% Rocky Mountain Power’s transmis- to RMP for the project. The CUP is According to the order, “A petition sion line project appears to be mov- now on the agenda for Wednesday’s for extraordinary relief may be grant- U.S. Senate County Clerk ing ahead again following a decision county planning commission meet- ed ‘where an inferior court, admin- Sam Granato - D ���������� 31% Wade Perry - D �������� 22% by the Utah Court of Appeals filed ing. istrative agency, or officer exercising Oct. 28. “The Court of Appeals granted judicial functions has exceeded its Mike Lee - R ���������� 63% Marilyn Gillette - R �������� 78% The court dissolved a preliminary Rocky Mountain Power’s writ request- ➤ Scott Bradley - I ��������� 6% injunction granted to Tooele City ing extraordinary relief and that’s SEE RMP PAGE A5 County Recorder Calleen Peshell - D �������� 41% Regional Races Jerry Houghton - R �������� 59% SUN AND MOON SEVEN-DAY FORECAST FOR TOOELE U.S. Congress – District 1 UV INDEX Sheriff The Sun Rise Set WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAYMorgan MONDAY Bowen - D TUESDAY��������� 24% POWER AT Wednesday 8:01 a.m. 6:24 p.m. Frank Park - D �������� 60% Thursday 8:02 a.m. 6:23 p.m. Rob Bishop - R ���������� 70% Friday 8:04 a.m. 6:21 p.m. Heinz Kopp - R �������� 40% Saturday 8:05 a.m. 6:20 p.m. 3 3 3 3 3 3 THE POLLS Kirk D. Pearson - C �������� 5% 2 Sunday 7:06 a.m. 5:19 p.m. Monday 7:07 a.m. 5:18 p.m. WedCounty Thu TreasurerFri Sat Sun Mon Tue Tuesday 7:08 a.m. 5:17 p.m. Maegan Burr The higherValerie the AccuWeather.com Lee - D UV Index™ �������� 49% The Moon Rise Set State Senate – District 12 number, the greater the need for eye and skin Wednesday 5:04 a.m. 4:36 p.m. Brent Goodfellow - D �������� 47% protection. 0-2 Low; 3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 Lois Lovell votes at the Thursday 6:18 a.m. 5:09 p.m. Very High;Jeremy 11+ Extreme Walker - R �������� 51% Grantsville Fire Station Friday 7:33 a.m. 5:46 p.m. Daniel Thatcher - R Saturday 8:47 a.m. 6:30 p.m. �������� 53% ALMANAC Tuesday afternoon. Sunday 8:56 a.m. 6:21 p.m. StatisticsSchool for the Districtweek ending – SeatNov. 1. 5 Mild with sunshine Cooler; chance of a Monday 9:58 a.m. 7:17 p.m. Mostly sunny A full day of sunshine Partly sunny and nice Mostly sunny Brilliant sunshine TemperaturesNeil Critchlow ������ 48% Tuesday 10:51 a.m. 8:19 p.m. and patchy clouds State Senatelittle p.m. – Districtrain 17 High/Low past week 68/31 Rick Kent - D �������� 18% New First Full Last Normal Karenhigh/low Nelson past week 59/35 ������ 52% 64 41 65 40 64 44 60 40 61 38 52 36 43 27 Average temp past week 48.4 Peter Knudson - R ��������� 71% Normal average temp past week 46.7 TOOELE COUNTY WEATHER Daily Temperatures High Low Nov 5 Nov 13 Nov 21 Nov 28 Shown is Wednesday’s Sherry Phipps - C �������� 10% Forecasts and graphics provided by weather. Temperatures are 68 Wednesday night’s lows and 60 64 59 62 AccuWeather, Inc. ©2010 Wednesday’s highs. 50 50 40 44 44 39 UTAH WEATHER 33 33 31 Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Logan BULLETIN BOARD A8 Grouse 62/32 Wendover PrecipitationINSIDE (in inches) Creek 60/33 Knolls Clive WEATHER Lake Point CLASSIFIEDS B5 65/31 63/39 63/40 64/42 16.43 HOMETOWN B1 Ogden Stansbury Park 14.13 64/44 Erda 64/42 Two casts to WHS, DHS knocked OBITUARIES A6 Grantsville Vernal 66/42 Pine Canyon OPEN FORUM A4 Salt Lake City 60/30 64/42 61/39 0.27 0.49 0.00 0.07 perform out of state Tooele 61/42 Bauer 64/41 Last Normal Month Normal Year Normal SPORTS A10 64/41 Tooele Week for week to date M-T-D to date Y-T-D ‘Odd Couple’ volleyball tourney Provo Roosevelt 64/41 63/33 62/37 See Stockton Snowfall (in inches) See A3 See A10 Price complete 64/40 64/37 0.5 Nephi forecast Rush Valley 66/37 64/39 Ophir on A9 60/38 Delta Manti 68/35 67/37 trace 0.0 Green River Last Month Season 68/38 Dugway Week to date to date Richfield Gold Hill 65/39 67/38 Moab 63/34 SNOWPACK Hanksville 71/39 Beaver 75/33 Vernon Tooele Valley-Vernon Creek Basin 71/36 Ibapah 65/38 66/33 Snow Water Equivalent as of 12 a.m. Monday Rocky Basin Mining Vernon Settlement Fork Creek Cedar City Blanding Snowcover 1.2 1.6 0.0 St. George 72/33 66/37 Average 1.5 1.4 0.5 76/49 Kanab 73/42 Eureka Percent of average 80% 114% 0% 64/37 Source: Utah Natural Resources Conservation Services A2 A2 TOOELE TRANSCRIPT-BULLETIN TUESDAY November 2, 2010 Turning truck causes power outage in Lake Point by Lisa Christensen STAFF WRITER A semitrailer in Lake Point accidentally hit a power pole, knocking out electricity for the entire township for nearly 15 hours Monday. The truck, owned by New Prime, was making a right turn at Canyon Road and Center Street at 7:03 a.m. when its trailer hit a power pole, said Lt. Troy Marx of the Utah Highway Patrol. The collision knocked out power in the area and shut off traffic lights at Saddleback Boulevard and SR-36, making traffic somewhat heavier for rush-hour commut- ers, Marx said. Three troopers were dis- patched to the intersection to control traffic and help it move along as fast as possible. Although tying up those troopers could have potentially hindered law enforcement efforts had another emergency occurred while the power to the traffic lights was out, Marx said keeping commut- ers moving as smoothly as pos- sible was also important. courtesy of Rick Van Komen “If we’re not there traffic would A semitrailer sits on the corner of Canyon Road and Center Street in Lake Point Monday morning. The trailer hit a pole while making a right hand-turn, knocking out power in the area. back up all the way to Tooele almost,” he said. said because of the severity of Oler said power was restored worries. referred to the Best Western in “The power company doesn’t The troopers directed traffic at the impact the pole itself had to the 432 customers affected at “We can’t even take any calls Tooele for the same price as their seem to respect local business- the intersection until about 9:30, to be replaced, causing power about 9:49 p.m.