FRONT PAGE A1 TOOELE Biting into RANSCR IPT the burgers of T Tooele County See B1 SERVING TOOELE COUNTY BULLETIN SINCE 1894 TUESDAY May 15, 2012 www.TooeleTranscript.com Vol. 118 No. 100 50¢ Tooele psychiatrist charged with prescribing drugs after license was revoked by Emma Penrod probable cause statement. Heap appearance in court on Monday STAFF WRITER allegedly wrote prescriptions on morning, but received a continu- six occasions after his license ance to allow his attorneys to file A Tooele psychiatrist has been was officially revoked by the for a change of venue that would charged in 3rd District Court with Utah Division of Professional move the hearing to Salt Lake City, writing prescriptions two months Licensing on May 4, 2010. The where Heap, his defense attorney, after his license to practice medi- drugs prescribed were Suboxone, Douglas Stowell, and the pros- cine was revoked by the state. which is used to treat opioid and ecutor, Assistant State Attorney The Utah Attorney General heroin addictions; Alprazolam, General Don Brown, reside. has charged Alan Heap, who an anxiety medication; amphet- Because the alleged prescrip- practiced psychiatry in Tooele amine, used to treat attention tions were issued in Heap’s Tooele for 15 years, with six third-degree deficit disorder; and lisdexam- office, the case was originally felony counts of distributing a fetamine, used to treat attention controlled substance without deficit hyperactivity disorder. Maegan Burr a valid license, according to a Heap was to make his initial SEE CHARGED PAGE A5 ➤ Clarke N. Johnsen Junior High science teacher Camille Clegg-Patch shows her class an owl pellet during a class scavenger hunt Monday morning. Clegg-Patch was selected as the Teacher of the Year for the 2011-12 school year by the Tooele County School District. Making Science Cool Junior high instructor named district’s Teacher of the Year. by Tim Gillie classroom,” said Small. STAFF WRITER Clegg-Patch, who greets her students at the door each day, has a knack for helping A 14-year veteran science teacher at students discover an interest in science, Clarke Johnsen Junior High School has been according to Small. named Teacher of the Year for 2012 by the “Many students enter my class at the Tooele County School District. beginning of the school year with a sour Camille Clegg-Patch was presented with taste in their mouth for science,” said Clegg- the award at the school district’s first Annual Patch. Employee Recognition Banquet held on Within days, Clegg-Patch said she is able May 10 at the Community Learning Center. to get those students interested in science Previously the recognition was presented by appealing to their individual interests. at a Tooele County School Board meet- Clegg-Patch believes science should be ing, but this year local businesses spon- rigorous, exciting and fun, whether that sored and the Tooele County School District means having students sit in a dunk tank for Foundation hosted an awards night, includ- an experiment to measure density or walk- ing dinner for the recipients of the district’s ing around outside and tearing open owl annual education awards. pellets to see what can be learned from the Maegan Burr It is Clegg-Patch’s relationship with stu- bone fragments found inside. dents that motivated Jared Small, CJJHS “Walking into her classroom is an experi- JoAnn Dixon looks at damage done to a fence and retaining wall Friday afternoon after a truck drove through her back yard principal, and assistant principal Mark ence,” said Small. “It is not just sit and lec- Thursday night near 400 South in Tooele. The driver of the truck has not yet been found. Brunsdale to nominate her for the Teacher ture. There are a lot of hands-on activities. of the Year award. Students are busy and actively engaged in “She has a good relationship with each of her students and helps them to be a suc- Runaway truck leaves Tooele cess and make them feel very wanted in her SEE TEACHER PAGE A5 ➤ woman’s back yard trashed Grantsville leads pack in Unidentified driver left trail of chicken feathers and hay by Emma Penrod just after midnight and lost con- then fled the scene. website transparency STAFF WRITER trol around 425 West, where it hit “It screams DUI or something,” a street sign. The truck continued said Lt. Adrian Day, of the Tooele A truck dropped into the north over a curb and into a back City Police Department. “But we transparency grade. West Elementary playground yard, then proceeded through the just don’t know what factors were Sunshine Review revises marks upward After Grantsville Mayor Brent last Thursday night after tearing yard and another fence before involved.” Marshall learned in March that through a back yard to get there. falling five to six feet over a retain- after mayor spearheads changes his city had received a “C-” for The flatbed truck was appar- ing wall and landing on West its website from the Sunshine ently traveling east on 400 South Elementary grounds. The truck SEE TRASHES PAGE A6 ➤ by Tim Gillie made improvements to their Review, an Alexandria, Va., STAFF WRITER websites over the past two based non-profit group that months, but only Grantsville monitors and grades public Grantsville City, Tooele City improved enough to substan- websites nationwide, he con- NEW HOME FOR LUTHERAN CHURCH and Tooele County have all tially raise its national website tacted the group. “I wanted to find out what we SUN AND MOON SEVEN-DAY FORECAST FOR TOOELE UV INDEX had to do improve our transpar- The Sun Rise Set WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY Wednesday 6:11 a.m. 8:40 p.m. 9 9 9 9ency9 and get a better grade,” Thursday 6:10 a.m. 8:41 p.m. 8 7 said Marshall. Friday 6:10 a.m. 8:42 p.m. Saturday 6:09 a.m. 8:43 p.m. As a result, the Grantsville Sunday 6:08 a.m. 8:44 p.m. City website now lists individual Monday 6:07 a.m. 8:45 p.m. Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Moncontact Tue information for council Tuesday 6:06 a.m. 8:46 p.m. The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™members as well as identify- The Moon Rise Set number, the greater the need for eye and skin Maegan Burr Wednesday 3:44 a.m. 4:59 p.m. protection. 0-2 Low; 3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High;ing 8-10 Rachel Wright, Grantsville Thursday 4:12 a.m. 5:57 p.m. Very High; 11+ Extreme City recorder, as the city’s infor- Mountain of Friday 4:41 a.m. 6:55 p.m. Faith Pastor Saturday 5:14 a.m. 7:52 p.m. ALMANAC mation officer and the per- Sunday 5:51 a.m. 8:47 p.m. Statistics for the week ending May 14. son responsible for handling Rick Ehrheart Partly sunny and very Partly sunny and Not as warm; a p.m. Mostly cloudy and Monday 6:33 a.m. 9:39 p.m. Sunny and pleasant Mostly sunny and nice Mostly sunny Temperatures poses for a Tuesday 7:20 a.m. 10:28 p.m. warm remaining warm t-storm possible very warm requests for records filed under High/Low past week the 81/42 state’s Government Records photo in his New First Full Last Normal high/low past week 71/47 congregation’s 84 54 83 50 70 43 68 41 77 49 81 53 85 60 Average temp past week Access 61.1 and Management Act. Normal average temp past week The 58.9 site also now contains a new home on the south TOOELE COUNTY WEATHER Daily Temperatures Highnew Low tab with financial informa- May 20 May 28 June 4 June 11 Shown is Wednesday’s end of Tooele tion such as property and sales Forecasts and graphics provided by weather. Temperatures are Monday morn- Wednesday night’s lows and 79 tax81 rates levied by Grantsville 71 77 72 72 ing. See story AccuWeather, Inc. ©2012 Wednesday’s highs. Grantsville City website was recently upgraded to a “B-” by the Sunshine65 on A9. Review. The city had previously received a “C-” grade from the non-profit SEE WEBSITE PAGE A7 ➤ group that monitors and grades public websites. 59 51 UTAH WEATHER 45 50 43 42 48 Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Logan BULLETIN BOARD A8 Grouse 84/47 Wendover PrecipitationAIR QUALITY (in inches) INSIDE Creek 82/58 Knolls Clive WEATHER Lake Point Tuesday CLASSIFIEDS B5 80/48 85/57 84/56 83/58 9.07 HOMETOWN B1 Ogden Stansbury Park Moderate 6.35 GHS softball Rosewood Dental 84/55 Erda 83/58 AIR ACTION OBITUARIES A6 Grantsville whomps Payson in hosts free day of Vernal 86/56 Pine Canyon Wednesday0.56 1.13 Salt Lake City 81/48 83/57 71/48 0.00 0.15 OPEN FORUM A4 Tooele 83/58 Bauer Good state tourney dentistry 84/54 Last Normal Month Normal Year Normal SPORTS A10 81/54 Tooele Week for week to date M-T-D to date Y-T-D Provo Roosevelt 84/54 83/54 82/48 See Stockton Thursday See A10 See A2 Price complete 81/54 80/49 High Good Nephi forecast Rush Valley 84/48 81/53 Ophir Moderate on A9 72/50 Source:Low www.airquality.utah.gov Delta Manti Absent 84/56 81/50 Green River Tu W Th F Sa Su M 88/54 Dugway Source: Intermountain Allergy & Asthma Richfield Gold Hill 82/54 81/53 Moab 81/53 RIVERS AND LAKES Hanksville 88/56 Beaver 89/56 Vernon In feet as of 7 a.m.