Stansbury rules the gridiron See A10 TOOELETRANSCRIPT S T C BULLETIN S TUESDAY September 17, 2019 www.TooeleOnline.com Vol. 126 No. 31 $1.00 Work to begin on Midvalley Highway by September 25 STEVE HOWE fill dirt placed at the site of STAFF WRITER the new overpass will need Startup work on the new to settle through 2020, with highway intended to ease con- most new construction work in gestion at the state Route 36 2021, according to UDOT. interchange with Interstate 80 Ames Construction of West is expected to begin this week, Valley City was awarded the according to Utah Department construction contract for the of Transportation. $74.4 million project. The total Equipment and machinery cost includes the environmen- should be moving into the area tal evaluation, design and con- of the Midvalley Highway by struction. the end of the week, accord- The initial phase of con- ing to a Facebook post from struction will create the inter- UDOT on Monday morning. change and 4.5 miles of single The future state Route 179 will lane roadway in each direc- connect with I-80 at approxi- tion, according to UDOT. A mately milepost 94, with the new intersection at Sheep Lane first phase connecting to state will also be constructed as Cami Andersen shakes Tooele Police Chief, Ron Kirby’s hand as she receives her graduation certificate Thursday night Route 138 near Sheep Lane. part of the Midvalley Highway at the Utah Peace Officer Standards and Training commencement exercises held at Tooele Technical College. The equipment should be project. moving earth by Sept. 25, according to the post. The SEE HIGHWAY PAGE A8 ® P.O.S.T. GRADUATION IN TOOELE PHOTOS SUE BUTTERFIELD Tooele Technical College gradu- ated their first class of Police Officer Standards and Training — POST — certified students on Thursday night. There were four graduates in the class. The POST program at Tooele Tech started in April 2019.The program pro- vides training for special function offi- cers, basic corrections officer, and law enforcement officers. At a POST training preview program held in January 2019 at Tooele Tech, local law enforcement agencies, said that the Tooele Tech POST program will help fill projected vacancies locally and statewide. “I’m very supportive of the POST Thomas Sinnott shakes Lt. Travis Scharmann’s hand as he receives his graduation certificate. SEE POLICE PAGE A8 ® Criminal charges over 24-hour trail Director Sheldon Riches presents Bailey Arthur (above) with his graduation certificate commencement exer- closures pending? cises. Robert Bassett (left) receives his graduation cer- tificate along side Officer Bassett and Director Sheldon Riches. TIM GILLIE The Ophir Canyon Seven EDITOR Mile Loop Trail was closed at Tooele County authorities the turnoff to South Fork, at are considering filing legal the south end of Box Springs, charges against landowners at the overlook turnoff, that barred travel on roads for and near the beginning of a 24-hour period that cross Silverado Canyon up from School District’s public meeting for their property. state Route 73. The Leo Ault family notified The property owners identi- the county by letter received fied in the letter were: Canyon on Sept. 7 that they would Meadows LLC., Silverslate LLC, $190M bond sees few in audience close the Jacob City Loop Trail LDA Trust, Leo and Virginia and the Ophir Canyon Seven Ault Family Trust, and Leo and TIM GILLIE held at Stansbury High School’s audito- after they are built, or if the school dis- Mile Loop trail at locations on Virginia Ault. EDITOR rium Monday night. trict will need to come back to taxpay- their property from 8 p.m on The closures were meant to The Tooele County School District’s Following a presentation by district ers for more money to pay for teachers, Sept. 11 to 8 p.m. on Sept. 12. comply with a state law that efforts to go public with its $190 mil- officials on the need, cost, and purpose principals, and other operating costs. The Jacob City Loop Trail requires property owners to lion bond request has been met with an of the bond, architects shared tentative “Will we have the revenue to fill the was closed just below Hidden shut down access to their prop- underwhelming response so far. conceptual drawings and discussed the rooms with teachers, hire principals, Treasure Mine going to Dry erty for a 24-hour period to One person spoke at the public hear- design process for the new schools dur- janitors and all the other costs that will Canyon, at the summit of maintain their property rights, ing on the bond request at last week’s ing the meeting. be needed for the new schools?” asked Jacob City, and at the descent according to an attorney for school board meeting and an audience One Stansbury resident wanted to Richard Davis, Stansbury Park. “Or will of the east summit of Jacob of 12 showed up for the first of three know if the district will have enough City. SEE TRAIL PAGE A8 ® planned public meetings on the bond revenue to operate the new schools SEE BOND PAGE A8 ® INSIDE BULLETIN BOARD B4 CLASSIFIEDS B6 Mapping the Cowboys roll Symphony HOMETOWN B1 moon for the past Wildcats Medical Spa OBITUARIES A6 Apollo 11 See A10 open at North OPEN FORUM A4 landing Pointe SPORTS A10 See B1 See A3 A2 TOOELE TRANSCRIPT BULLETIN TUESDAY September 17, 2019 Fire in South Willow Canyon destroys cabin Residents were away when blaze erupted Tuesday morning STEVE HOWE No one was hurt in the fire warm temperatures and strong STAFF WRITER and there are no mandatory winds. North Tooele Fire District evacuations in place, Smith In addition to NTFD, fire- firefighters remained on scene said. Investigators from the fighters from Grantsville Tuesday after an early morning state Fire Marshal’s Office are Volunteer Fire Department, wildfire destroyed an unoccu- on scene and the cause of the Tooele Army Depot Fire pied cabin. wildfire is under investigation. Department and state Division The initial call for a wildfire There is no estimate of the of Fire, Forestry and State in the canyon went out after acreage burned at this time. Lands responded to the wild- 1:30 a.m., according to North Much of Tooele County was fire. Fire crews remained on Tooele Fire District spokesman in a red flag warning through scene at press time on Tuesday. Jon Smith. The fire quickly 4 a.m., due to dry conditions Additional details on the fire spread and a cabin that was and high winds. The National are expected to be released by being used as a weekend Weather Service issues red North Tooele Fire District later residence was burned to its flag warnings when there are as more information is gath- COURTESY OF NORTH TOOELE FIRE DISTRICT foundation. It was unoccupied conditions conducive to fire ered through the investigation. A cabin in South Willow Canyon was destroyed by fire early Tuesday morning. during the time of the fire. starts, such as low humidity, [email protected] Pedestrian underpass at SR-138 delayed until spring STEVE HOWE The major delay to construc- STAFF WRITER tion dealt with getting approval After being cleared to move from the legal departments ahead on construction of a of various utilities to relocate pedestrian underpass of state their lines for the underpass, Route 138, the project will now Jensen said. Holes have been be delayed until next spring, bored for Centurylink, Sprint according to Stansbury Service and other utilities near the Agency general manager Gary future underpass; Dominion Jensen. Energy has permission from With a late season start, the service agency to move Stapp Construction, the the gas line at SR-138 through contractor on the project, is Porter Way Park. concerned it won’t have the Jensen said SR-138 chang- affected section of roadway ing from a state-owned road to completely repaved by winter, a county-owned road compli- Jensen said. The work will be cated matters with utilities, as delayed until late February or the state had more pull with early March, with completion the companies. The change in in April or May. ownership also required them The prefabricated concrete to start from scratch on the boxes for the underpass are right-of-way agreements with built and paid for, according the utilities. to Jensen. They’re waiting in Jensen said the total cost of Ogden until construction is the project, including utility able to begin next year. work and construction, will be The underpass, which will approximately $1 million. run under SR-138 near Porter Last September, the service Way Park, will require single agency received two bids on lane closures in each direction the project — $943,775 from of travel for approximately one Stapp Construction in North week during the anticipated Salt Lake and $986,898 from six weeks of construction. Probuild Construction of Salt The underpass would provide Lake City. Jensen said the cost FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTO safe pedestrian access under of the utility work would be Work has begun moving underground utilities in preparation for the pedestrian tunnel under SR-138. Construction of the tunnel will be delayed until spring 2020. SR-138 at Porter Way Park added to the accepted bid price and connect the trail system from Stapp Construction. Neil Smart said the service project, including $400,000 a Utah Outdoor Recreation $100,000 from the Tooele and parks on either side of the At the same meeting the bids agency will receive $650,000 in from the Utah Department of Grant through the state Office County Health Department.