THS students acts, sings, directs and writes for the stage See B1 TOOELETRANSCRIPT S T C BULLETIN S TUESDAY February 5, 2019 www.TooeleOnline.com Vol. 125 No. 71 $1.00 Citizens give input on future roadway plans Open house on long-range transportation plan hears variety of concerns and hopes STEVE HOWE was available at the open STAFF WRITER house as well. The interac- A steady stream of tive map is available at residents interested in, wfrc.org/tvlrtp-2019-draft. or concerned with, the Public comment will be future of transportation in accepted through Feb. 13. Tooele County attended an There was a lot of inter- open house hosted by the est and a variety of com- Wasatch Front Regional ments expressed during the Council on Thursday. open house, according to The open house, held Wayne Bennion, director of at Tooele City Hall, ran short-range planning and from 4:30-6:30 p.m., with programming at Wasatch representatives from the Front Regional Council. regional council on hand to “Some people have answer questions about the expressed appreciation long-range transportation for the need for planning plan for Tooele Valley. Large ahead,” Bennion said. CAREER AND TECHNICAL maps of the proposed trans- “Others have expressed portation projects through concern about, you know, EDUCATION OPEN HOUSE 2040 were available for how is this going to affect review, and to place com- my property?” The CTE open house, held Monday at ments on. Bennion said some Stansbury High School, is an annual event The online, interactive meant to showcase career and technical educa- version of the project map SEE PLAN PAGE A9 ® tion programs for students and parents. This year Grantsville, Tooele and Stansbury High each hosted an open house giving students a chance to see what their school offered as well as pathways taught at the Community Learning Center. The school district offers over 30 different career and education programs that prepare students to enter a career field. Brianna Rounds (top) talks about programs offered at the Community Learning Center during the CTE Open House on Monday evening at Stansbury High School. Liz Dalton (right) helps student Ellie Reader with stitches during the open house, while Kayden Blake (below) sets up a virtual welder. Molly Ricks (below right) works on a color wheel in the classroom where students explored interior design, fashion and sewing. FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTOS FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTO UTA Strategic Planner Levi Roberts talks to Mike Zwahlen about using the bus system for his commute during an open house hosted by the Wasatch Front Regional Council on Thursday at Tooele City Hall. Vernon citizens happy with new school project Vernon School to collect School district ‘got community input on the new school’s design. it right,’ says town’s The school board voted in November 2018 to spend former mayor up to $2.5 million of the school district’s capital TIM GILLIE funds to build a new school EDITOR in Vernon instead of clos- In December 2017 ing the school and busing Vernon residents turned out Vernon students over an in mass numbers to defend hour to Dugway. their school from possible Tooele County School closure. Board President Maresa Monday night, in a meet- Manzione, Board Member ing held in the community’s Julia Holt, Superintendent 113-year-old school build- Scott Rogers, Director of ing, the same residents Operations Steve West, praised the Tooele County Construction Service School Board’s decision Director Michael Garcia, to build a new school in and Principal Jeff Wyatt Vernon. were among the school dis- School district officials trict officials that attended and representatives from the meeting in Vernon. the architectural firm that “This is something we FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTOS is designing a new Vernon have dreamed about,” Peter Webb (left) tries to walk while wearing drunk goggles at the criminal justice and law enforcement booth at the CTE open house. Quientin Oppenheimer (above) builds a bird- School, held a meeting house in the wood shop. Monday night at the old SEE VERNON PAGE A8 ® INSIDE BULLETIN BOARD B4 CLASSIFIEDS B6 Wiggins The Old GHS blows past HOMETOWN B1 entertains, Grantsville Morgan OBITUARIES A6 teaches third- Church opens See A10 OPEN FORUM A4 grade students “The Mousetrap” SPORTS A10 about science Thursday See A3 See A9 A2 TOOELE TRANSCRIPT BULLETIN TUESDAY February 5, 2019 School district surveys parents, students and teachers Feedback to be used for evaluations and improvement plans TIM GILLIE survey were developed by the strongly agree, somewhat EDITOR school district and were care- agree, neither agree nor dis- The Tooele County School fully reviewed for appropriate- agree, somewhat disagree, and District is gathering informa- ness and to screen for bias, strongly disagree. tion on school and teacher according to Denson. Each survey ends with space performance from parents, stu- Parents and students are for written feedback and com- dents and teachers. asked to complete two surveys, ments. An annual survey of the one on the overall school cli- “These are what we use to district’s stakeholders is being mate and one that is specific solicit feedback from various conducted during February, to the individual classroom stakeholder groups on school according to Marie Denson, the teacher. climate and individual class- school district’s communica- The surveys include around room experiences,” said tions director. eight statements each and asks Debra Bushek, the school dis- “This is a completely anony- the respondent to reply to each trict’s director of assessment, mous survey for parents, staff statement by selecting one accountability and research. and students and provides of five response choices that “They are also used as discus- valuable information about range from strongly agree to sion points for parts of teacher how we are doing as a district,” strongly disagree. and principal evaluations and she said. Some of the statements on for consideration of school The survey is mandated by the parents’ survey are: [School priorities as part of the school a state law that requires school name] is a safe place for my improvement planning pro- districts to conduct an annual child,” “[School name] seems cess.” survey concerning school cli- to do a good job of keeping stu- The surveys can be accessed mate. dents safe from bullying,” and from a link on the homepage Qualtrics is administer- “[Teacher’s name] challenges of the school district’s website, ing the survey for the school my child academically.” www.tooeleschools.org. SUE BUTTERFIELD/TTB PHOTO district. The questions on the Possible responses include: [email protected] In 2017, Liddy Bunton raises her hand in Hongqian Wu’s class at Northlake Elementary School. Gillie promoted to editor chair Erda man faces felony charge of Tooele Transcript Bulletin for allegedly selling heroin Staff Writer Tim Gillie was taught high school in the STEVE HOWE ously pleaded guilty to an he was sanctioned to serve promoted to editor of the Olympia, Washington, area STAFF WRITER amended count of third- 14 days in jail in August Tooele Transcript Bulletin last for five years before starting a An Erda man will make degree felony distribution 2016, according to court week after editor David Bern career with the Boy Scouts of his initial appearance in 3rd of a controlled substance in records. He remained in the stepped down due to family America as a district executive, District Court Tuesday morn- March 2016, according to program, and was sanctioned reasons. working in Washington and ing on a felony drug charge. court records. A charge of again on Sept. 19, 2016, with Gillie, 61, was hired as Utah from 1986 to 2007. Heath Dalton Hillyard, 22, misdemeanor manufacture a requirement to complete six a staff writer in 2007 and He also served a mission for is charged with first-degree or delivery of drug parapher- hours of community service. since then has garnered The Church of Jesus Christ of felony distribution of a con- nalia was dismissed without In October 2016, Dalton numerous awards from the Latter-day Saints in Scotland. trolled substance. prejudice. was ordered to be taken Utah Press Association and Transcript Bulletin Publisher Hillyard allegedly sold The charges stemmed into custody on a $25,000 Utah Headliners Chapter of Emeritus Joel Dunn was heroin to a confidential from a Nov. 24, 2015 inci- cash only bail, according to the Society of Professional Gillie’s mission president. informant on Dec. 21 during dent, in which Hillyard alleg- court records. The following Journalists. Gillie said his mission as a controlled buy monitored edly sold cocaine to a confi- month, Dalton’s probation His key news beats include editor is to “maintain the high by the Tooele City Police dential informant, the prob- was revoked and he was sen- Tooele County and state gov- level of journalistic integrity Department, according to a able cause statement said. tenced to a year in the county ernment, education, business and quality set by previous edi- probable cause statement. He was originally sen- jail, with credit for 42 days and social issues. tors while seeking innovative “Law enforcement has tenced to 36 months pro- served. Gillie was born in Everett, ways to continue to deliver Tim Gillie reason to believe that the bation in July 2016, after Dalton was released from Washington, and raised in local news and unique features defendant sells a substantial serving 45 days in the Tooele jail on May 26, 2017, and Lacey, Washington. He gradu- about our community that are editor and editor-at-large while amount of controlled sub- County Detention Center, his case was closed, after he ated with a degree in health unavailable from any other he cares for his family.