FRONT PAGE A1 www.tooeletranscript.com TUESDAY GHS softbasoftballll continues domination See A10 TOOELETRANSCRIPT CHOSEN Best Small by the SOCIETY OF Newspaper PROFESSIONAL 2009 in Utah JOURNALISTS BULLETIN 2010& April 19, 2011 SERVING TOOELE COUNTY SINCE 1894 VOL. 117 NO. 93 50¢ Wet spring could breed heavy mosquito swarms by Lisa Christensen mosquito population this spring,” ter mosquitoes, lay their eggs in STAFF WRITER Brand said. “We didn’t anticipate dry ground throughout the sum- this much water.” mer with the expectation they will Along with May flowers, heavy Concerns revolve around two be revived by spring floods. The April showers could bring some- species. The first, a permanent mature mosquitoes of this species thing else: mosquitoes. water species, is the typical blood- feed at any time of day or night, The rainy spring weather has sucking insect that primarily feeds but do not carry disease. Their eggs caused pools of water in places that at dawn and dusk. This type of can lie dormant awaiting water for have remained dry since the mid- mosquito feeds on humans, birds up to seven years in some parts of 1980s, said Tooele Valley Mosquito and other mammals, and can the world. Abatement District Manager spread diseases such as West Nile “The ones we have here prob- Robert Brand. That moisture could Virus. The eggs of this species ably last about two or three years,” awaken the dormant eggs of flood- are laid each spring in bodies of Brand said, noting that some of water mosquitoes. water. Maegan Burr “We’re expecting an extensive The second species, floodwa- SEE MOSQUITO PAGE A5 ➤ A black-necked stilt wades in standing water in a field adjacent to SR-138 Monday afternoon. Mosquitoes are expected to be a problem this summer with rainy spring weather and water pooling in long-dry places. Sloan faces a Stirling challenge Grantsville man aims to hold officials accountable, increase fiscal scrutiny if elected Republican Party nize the party into commit- by Tim Gillie tees that will have people STAFF WRITER attend the meetings of every public body and report back A Grantsville financial on what our officials are professional with strong Tea doing.” Party backing is challenging Stirling, who works as the Tooele County Republican assistant controller for Utah Party chairman Chris Sloan Fabrication, a custom steel for the party’s top leadership fabrication company located post at its organizing con- in the Utah Industrial Depot, vention next week. also wants to take a closer Trent Stirling, 28, of look at the budgets of public Maegan Burr Grantsville, has been active entities. Pfc. Jared Abarca stands outside his Tooele home, which was decorated by friends and neighbors on Monday. Abarca just returned on leave from a year-long deploy- in the Tooele County 9/12 “Our officials pass budgets ment with the U.S. Army in Afghanistan. Project and is a member of and the public doesn’t know the Tea Party. He refers to what they are doing,” said himself as a “hard core con- Stirling. “I want the party to servative.” go over every public budget “I don’t want to detract and take a look at them by Soldier inspired by Afghan people from what Chris has done. line item and then decide if He has helped the party grow we can endorse their bud- The family welcomed them in, U.S. Army. Although he is glad they will give it to them.” and get organized,” said gets.” by Lisa Christensen offering their only chicken to to be again with his family and Abarca’s days in Afghanistan Stirling. “But now it is time Stirling, who comes from STAFF WRITER feed the soldiers. living in a land where running were long. Temperatures fluctu- to do something with that Taylorsville originally, gradu- “They were glad we had water and soft beds are plenti- ated between 125-degree sum- organization.” ated in 2008 from Utah State Pfc. Jared Abarca will never asked. I guess the Taliban had ful, he thinks about that fam- mers and 13-degree winters. Stirling has two spe- University with two bache- forget the family to whose come some time before us and ily and other Afghan villagers He lugged a 22-pound M249 cific plans to utilize the lor’s degrees, one in interna- humble Afghan home his pla- just taken their home for the often. machine gun everywhere. But Republican Party organiza- tional studies and economic toon came in search of shelter night,” Abarca said. “The man “I do find myself, when I’m despite the hardships, Abarca tion. development, the other in one night. was kind of older, and they had by myself, wondering what’s is glad he had the opportunity “It is time to hold our elect- business administration. As evening drew rapidly beat him too.” going on over there,” he said. to help those strangers in a for- ed officials accountable once upon them in a small Afghan Abarca, 21, returned to his “The people are very gener- eign land. they get elected to office,” village, the 15-man platoon Tooele home Monday on a ous. They live by old laws. If said Stirling. “I want to orga- SEE CHALLENGE PAGE A3 ➤ asked if they could spend the three-week leave after serving their enemy needs something ➤ SUN AND MOON SEVEN-DAY FORECAST FOR TOOELE night at the family’s tiny abode. a year in AfghanistanUV INDEX with the — food, someplace to sleep — SEE SOLDIER PAGE A5 The Sun Rise Set WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY Wednesday 6:44 a.m. 8:13 p.m. Thursday 6:42 a.m. 8:14 p.m. 7 7 6 Friday 6:41 a.m. 8:15 p.m. 5 5 4 5 Saturday 6:40 a.m. 8:16 p.m. Sunday 6:38 a.m. 8:17 p.m. Overlake businesses protest parking mandate Monday 6:37 a.m. 8:18 p.m. Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Tuesday 6:35 a.m. 8:19 p.m. The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ The Moon Rise Set number, the greater the need for eye and skin Wednesday 11:51 p.m. 8:21 a.m. Shopkeepers say neither theyprotection. nor0-2 Low; 3-5their Moderate; 6-7 customers High; 8-10 need additional asphalt stalls put in Thursday none 9:18 a.m. Very High; 11+ Extreme Friday 12:48 a.m. 10:19 a.m. Saturday 1:36 a.m. 11:22 a.m. by Tim Gillie building on theALMANAC Overlake round- parking spaces — three for each add six paved parking stalls com- Sunday 2:15 a.m. 12:26 p.m. Cloudy with about. StatisticsBrenda for the Knudsen week ending April opened 18. new chair in the salon. plete with stripes. Mostly cloudy with a Mostly cloudy with Cool with clouds and MostlySTAFF cloudy WRITER with Mainly cloudy and Monday 2:48 a.m. 1:27 p.m. Partly sunny thunderstorms Temperatures Tuesday 3:16 a.m. 2:27 p.m. passing shower showers sunshine showers and t-storms cooler JusTeeNz, a beauty salon, in the Last week, the Tooele City “It is ridiculous,” said Arko. “The possible Two new businesses trying to same buildingHigh/Low past last week month. The 65/30 Planning Commission deter- gravel parking is sufficient, our Last New First Full Normal high/low past week 62/37 59 41 58 40 52 36 58 42 58 39make a go59 of it37 in Tooele50 City 35two businessesAverage temp share past week a parking lot 49.7 mined that the large gravel park- customers have not complained. say the Tooele City Planning with nineNormal spaces. average temp past week 49.4 ing lot behind the building was I am afraid that if the proper- TOOELE COUNTY WEATHER Daily Temperatures High Low Apr 24 May 3 May 10 May 17 Commission is sabotaging their Knudsen originally opened her not sufficient and has required ty owner is required to pave the Shown is Wednesday’s efforts. salon with one chair for a stylist the property owner — Drew Hall, parking stalls he will have to pay Forecasts and graphics provided by weather. Temperatures are Maegan Burr Wednesday night’s lows and Dave Arko opened Arko’s but recently62 added another65 chair64 61 the developer of Overlake with for it somehow, most likely by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2011 58 60 Wednesday’s highs. Kolache, a bakery, last November and a nail station.48 That prompt- whom the city has been fighting Trent Stirling stands outside of Utah Fabrication in Tooele where he works Tuesday morning. Stirling is running to become the Tooele County in the former Jack’s Market ed Tooele City to require six 53new a nine-year-old legal battle — to SEE PARKING PAGE A6 ➤ 40 45 43 Republican Party chairman. 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