Book provides tales of Jed from Ibapah See A8 TOOELETRANSCRIPT S T C BULLETIN S TUESDAY November 21, 2017 www.TooeleOnline.com Vol. 124 No. 50 $1.00 New president chosen for Tooele Tech Paul Hacking to take the school’s helm after Scott Snelson retires TIM GILLIE STAFF WRITER Tooele Technical College has a new leader. The Board of Trustees for the Utah System of Technical Colleges announced Thursday the selection of Paul Hacking to serve as the president of Tooele Technical College. Hacking replaces Scott SUE BUTTERFIELD/TTB PHOTO Snelson. Josh Hinton (left) and Kenna Duffin played Clara’s parents Saturday night in The Dance Centre’s production of “The Nutcracker.” Snelson announced in June 2017 that he would retire at the end of this year following a 30-year career in educa- After life-changing accident, Hinton tion. Snelson has served as president of Tooele Technical Paul Hacking College since it was founded by appears on stage in ‘The Nutcracker’ the state Legislature in 2009. Directors met in closed ses- The appointment of Hacking sions Thursday morning to was made during an open interview the two finalists for MARK WATSON meeting of the USTC Board the top spot. STAFF WRITER of Trustees held at Tooele Board leaders then con- Propelling his wheelchair Technical College. ferred together before the on stage, Josh Hinton per- “It was a hard decision,” said USTC Board of Trustees met formed in the First Act of “The Jim Evans, Chairman of the in a closed session for final Nutcracker” ballet on Friday USTC Board of Trustees. “We deliberations, according to Joe and Saturday at Stansbury had very good candidates. Our Demma, USTC assistant com- High School. decision was made after con- missioner for public affairs. “It was more of an acting sulting with the local board.” The name of applicants and role than a dancing role,” Both the USTC Board finalists, other than Hacking, Hinton said. “The Nutcracker of Trustees and the Tooele was awesome.” Technical College Board of SEE TATC PAGE A3 ® Charity Duersch, owner of The Dance Centre Studio in Stansbury Park and direc- tor of the local production of Tchaikovsky’s beloved holiday season ballet, praised Hinton’s effort. “Josh was incredible as always. He lights up the stage whenever he’s on it,” she said. “Josh choreographed some of the dances, and he teaches bal- School board let and ballroom dance at the ‘not a big fan’ SEE HINTON PAGE A7 ® of city’s RDA Board mulls participation in proposed Tooele City RDA project off of Main Street TIM GILLIE finance package for a 31-acre STAFF WRITER parcel on West 1000 North, The Tooele County School behind Wendy’s, according to District may be a hard sell Sant. when it comes to deferring Tax increment financing property tax revenue from freezes the amount of property a proposed retail center in tax paid to taxing entities to Tooele City. the amount collected in the SUN AND MOON SEVEN-DAY FORECAST FOR TOOELE The Tooele County School base year of the RDAUV project. INDEX The Sun Rise Set WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAYBoard hadMONDAY a discussion aboutTUESDAY Additional property tax col- Wednesday 7:24 a.m. 5:07 p.m. Thursday 7:25 a.m. 5:06 p.m. redevelopment agencies with lected over the base amount, Friday 7:26 a.m. 5:06 p.m. Randy Sant, Tooele City’s eco- called “increment,” goes to the Saturday 7:27 a.m. 5:05 p.m. Sunday 7:28 a.m. 5:05 p.m. nomic development consultant, RDA to pay for infrastructure, Monday 7:29 a.m. 5:04 p.m. Tooele City Councilman Scott incentives, andW otherTh projectsF Sa Su M Tu Tuesday 7:30 a.m. 5:04 p.m. Wardle, and councilwoman in the RDA area.The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ The Moon Rise Set number, the greater the need for eye and skin Wednesday 10:46 a.m. 8:42 p.m. and Tooele City Mayor-elect The schoolprotection. district’s 0-2 Low; will- 3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 Thursday 11:29 a.m. 9:35 p.m. Debbie Winn during the school ingness to participateVery High; 11+ Extreme in a Friday 12:08 p.m. 10:31 p.m. board’s Nov. 14 meeting. tax increment program for Saturday 12:44 p.m. 11:29 p.m. ALMANAC Sunday 1:17 p.m. none As council members, the retail centerStatistics isfor importantthe week ending Nov. 19. Sun and areas of high Mostly cloudy and Mild with sun and Monday 1:49 p.m. 12:29 a.m. Sun and some clouds Clouds andWinn sun and WardleMostly cloudy are also Partly sunnybecause theTemperatures school district is Tuesday 2:21 p.m. 1:31 a.m. clouds and mild mild areas of high clouds SUE BUTTERFIELD/TTB PHOTOS members of the Tooele City the largest recipientHigh/Low past of week prop- 63/22 First Full Last New Redevelopment Agency Board. erty tax dollarsNormal in high/low the county. past week 49/31 Constanza Murphy and Evan Johnston (middle) dance as Sugar 61 41 62 45 60 40 61 43 61 40 56 36 55 41 Average temp past week 43.6 Wardle chairs the city’s RDA In 2017, Normal$69 out average of everytemp past week 40.0 Plum Fairy and Cavalier in the Grande Pas De Deux. Bailey Cook TOOELE COUNTY WEATHERboard. $100 paid inDaily property Temperatures tax High Low Nov 26 Dec 3 Dec 10 Dec 17 (above) played the role of the Snow Queen. Sage Duersch and Shown is Wednesday’s Tooele City’s RDA is look- in Tooele City will go to the ©2017; forecasts and graphics weather. Temperatures are Parker Reedy (above right) played the role of Clara and the provided by Wednesday’s highs and ing to ask the school board to Wednesday night’s lows. participate in a tax increment SEE RDA PAGE A3 ® Nutcracker Prince. Lauren Perrenoud and Hailey Murdock (right) hang out in the before the start of the ballet. UTAH WEATHER Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Logan BULLETIN BOARD B4 Grouse 57/36 Wendover PrecipitationINSIDE (in inches) Creek 54/33 Knolls Clive WEATHER Lake Point CLASSIFIEDS B6 56/35 56/37 59/39 60/42 Ogden Stansbury Park Tooele, Grantsville Fire destroys HOMETOWN A8 59/41 Erda 61/42 compete at swim motorhome OPEN FORUM A4 Vernal Grantsville 61/42 Pine Canyon Salt Lake City 56/31 62/43 51/38 0.67 0.44 0.76 1.21 16.92 17.73 meet SPORTS B1 Tooele 62/44 Bauer See A3 61/41 Last Normal Month Normal Year Normal 61/41 Tooele Week for week to date M-T-D to date Y-T-D Provo Roosevelt 61/41 See B1 58/32 59/34 See Stockton Snowfall (in inches) Price complete 61/41 62/34 Nephi forecast Rush Valley 62/38 61/40 Ophir on A7 56/38 Delta Manti 62/36 64/35 0.5 0.5 0.5 Green River Last Month Season 63/33 Dugway Week to date to date Richfield Gold Hill 61/41 65/38 Moab 56/34 SNOWPACK Hanksville 62/36 Beaver 60/35 Vernon Tooele Valley-Vernon Creek Basin 65/34 Ibapah 60/40 61/36 Snow Water Equivalent as of 12 a.m. Sunday Rocky Basin Mining Vernon Settlement Fork Creek Cedar City Blanding Snowcover 0.0 0.0 0.0 St. George 69/36 62/38 Average 0.0 0.0 0.0 73/47 Kanab 70/37 Eureka Percent of average -- -- -- 53/39 Source: Utah Natural Resources Conservation Services A2 TOOELE TRANSCRIPT BULLETIN TUESDAY November 21, 2017 Grantsville cracks down on commercial handbills STEVE HOWE rows heavily from the recent required personal informa- posed by the mailing to avoid The amendment also pro- with each instance starting STAFF WRITER one passed by the Tooele City tion and people who com- any First Amendment chal- hibits throwing handbills at a $299 fine. The original Grantsville City is cracking Council intended to solve the pleted the opt-out would still lenges. from moving vehicles, onto version of the ordinance only down on unwanted mailings, same problem. receive the mailings again, at The amendment to the vacant property or onto included an infraction as including the mailers arriving The Grantsville ordinance a later date. city code prohibits a person property marked with signs punishment and the amount in green bags every week at specifically mentioned the The language of the ordi- or business from throwing prohibiting soliciting or tres- would have been set at the residents’ homes, after the advertising materials in green nance specifically addresses or depositing a commercial passing. discretion of the court. The city council approved a new bags and complaints from the the delivery of the commer- handbill on public property, During Wednesday’s meet- state maximum for an infrac- ordinance on commercial community received by the cial material as offensive due including sidewalks, or pri- ing, the council agreed to tion is $750. handbills. council members and mayor. to the “nuisance, unsightly vate property without the stiffen the penalty to mirror [email protected] The new ordinance bor- It also mentioned the opt-out condition, or potential injury” owner’s consent. the city’s littering ordinance, Heavy traffic expected on Utah roads for holiday STEVE HOWE Gleason also said the heavi- STAFF WRITER est congestion is expected on Thanksgiving travelers Interstates 80 and 15, as the should plan to leave early major freeways in northern Tuesday and Wednesday if Utah.