TOOELE RANSCRIPT Stansbury T Stallions whip S Warriors T C See B1 BULLETIN S TUESDAY September 4, 2018 www.TooeleOnline.com Vol. 125 No. 27 $1.00 Serviceberry Canyon Road dispute heading to court TIM GILLIE “We hope to have a hear- Canyon to all traffic, including scheduled for Sept. 5, but will hikers and horsemen with no It starts north of Ophir, near STAFF WRITER ing soon which will decide motorized vehicles. now be rescheduled, accord- public motorized vehicles. where Ophir Canyon Road Serviceberry Canyon Road this case in its entirety,” However, two days later, ing to Broadhead. Tooele County also agreed turns from pavement to dirt. remains closed to public Broadhead said. “The attor- 3rd District Court Judge In the meantime, the to not take any final action It heads northwest up the wall access other than for hikers neys and the court are work- Matthew Bates issued a tem- county and owners of the with respect to public access of the canyon for approxi- and horsemen, pending a ing on scheduling that hear- porary restraining order stay- private land that Serviceberry to the road pending a decision mately two miles. It rises from future hearing on the issue in ing.” ing the county commission’s Canyon Road crosses entered by the court. the canyon floor to a saddle 3rd District Court, according The Tooele County decision until a full hearing into a stipulated agreement Serviceberry Canyon Road below Commadore Peak and to Tooele County Attorney Commission voted on Aug. could be held on the dispute. that calls for the road to has been the source of con- Scott Broadhead. 7 to open the road in Ophir That hearing was initially remain open but limited to tention for at least 20 years. SEE COURT PAGE A7 ® EnergySolutions wants to take DU from munitions Some of the DU EnergySolutions wants to accept is already stored in Tooele County TIM GILLIE office in Salt Lake City, agreed STAFF WRITER to a 30-day public com- Depleted uranium used in ment period before it acts on munitions stored at Tooele EnergySolution’s request. Dana Clark passes Mark Adams in the fifth race of the day in the Bonneville Vintage GP at Utah Motorsports Army Depot may find their The comment period Campus last weekend. Clark competed on a Honda motorcycle in the Vintage Superbike Lightweight divi- sion and Adams competed in the Classic 60s class. Both finished in third place in their class. final resting place in Tooele will start Thursday and run County’s West Desert. through Oct. 9, according to EnergySolutions has Scott Anderson, DWMRC direc- OLD MOTORCYCLES HIT THE TRACK AT UMC requested an exemption from tor. state administrative code to The U.S. Army Joint PHOTOS FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE allow it to dispose of depleted Munitions Command wants uranium from munitions at its to transport and dispose of 30 Utah Motorsports Campus Clive Facility in Tooele County. mm munitions containing solid hosted The American Historic The Utah Waste depleted uranium metal. The Racing Motorcycle Association’s Management and Radiation munitions, DU Penetrators, 13th annual Bonneville Vintage Control Board, in an emergen- will be disassembled to GP last weekend. The GP fea- cy meeting held Aug. 30 at 10 remove the depleted uranium tures motorcycles from the a.m. at the Utah Department 1940s through the 1980s, and of Environmental Quality’s SEE MUNITIONS PAGE A3 ® is hailed as the longest-running annual event at UMC. Riders raced their vintage bikes on UMC’s 2.2-mile long east course on Saturday and Sunday, preceded by check-in and a racing school on Friday. There was also a vendor and David Pierce (above) swap meet on Friday. competes in the Formula The AHRMA is a not-for- 250 on a Can-Am profit organization dedicated motorcycle on Sunday. to restoring and competing on William Dokianos (right) puts on his gear before classic motorcycles. It boasts his race with his 1975 more than 3,000 members. Yamaho RD 350. Richard According to AHRMA, the orga- Vanderstraten (far right) nization is the largest vintage checks his motorcyle racing group in North America after competing in two and one of the largest in the races on Sunday. world. FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTO Tooele County Sheriff Sergeant Heather Prescott waits for a 911 call in the Emergency Operation Center. Drought forces irrigation company County dispatch can to shut down distribution system now receive texts MARK WATSON during emergencies STAFF WRITER Severe drought conditions STEVE HOWE continue to persist in Tooele STAFF WRITER and phone number first. Valley with another month of Residents are encouraged to The sender should then below-normal precipitation call dispatch in an emergency include a detailed message and an irrigation company if they can, but text if they about the emergency. Nelson shutting down its system a can’t, now that Tooele County said the text process follows month early. offers text-to-911 in emergen- the standard questions you Tooele received .42 inches cy situations. would be asked by a dispatcher of precipitation in August com- The new capability went live when making a call. pared to a normal amount of in July, according to Tooele “We’re keeping it in line .92 inches, according to Ned County Sheriff Lt. Regina with our training,” she said. Bevan, local weather observer Nelson. Now anyone with a When texting 911, the dis- for the National Weather cell phone and an active text patch center does not receive Service. message plan can contact dis- the sender’s location automati- Tooele Valley has lagged patchers in the county without cally, though it does give the behind normal precipitation making a call. cell phone tower the text was totals for the past 11 months, To contact dispatch via text, sent from. It’s one reason it’s according to the Utah Climate simply type “911” into the “To” important to give your location and Water Report. field in a new text message in the initial text, according to Lack of available water with your message. Nelson Nelson. FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTO said an emergency text should Low water level at Settlement Canyon Reservoir forced Settlement Canyon Irrigation Company to shut SEE DROUGHT PAGE A7 ® SEE TEXTS PAGE A3 ® down the water distribution system Friday. include the sender’s location INSIDE BULLETIN BOARD B4 CLASSIFIEDS B6 Lake Point Fun times at Lakeside HOMETOWN A8 resident Labor Day Mountain Fire OBITUARIES A6 reminisces Music Festival burns 9,900 OPEN FORUM A4 about role in See A2 acres SPORTS B1 ‘The Sandlot’ See A2 See A8 A2 TOOELE TRANSCRIPT BULLETIN TUESDAY September 4, 2018 LABOR DAY MUSIC FESTIVAL SUE BUTTERFIELD/TTB PHOTO Lory Thatcher and Kim Jensen (top left) dance at the Labor Day Music Festival Monday night in Tooele. Dr. Scott Crane of the Superintendents of Rock (top right) played at the festival. Food vendor Floyd Bellinger (left) prepares his fried cabbage. Greg Cunningham and his puppy Snickers (middle) enjoy the music. Traci Winder and Steve Valerio (right) relax at the festival. Something On Your Mind? Fire burns 9,900 acres near U.S. Magnesium Write a Letter STEVE HOWE 9,900 acres, but hemmed in the to the Editor! STAFF WRITER fire with minimum resources, Tooele Transcript Bulletin A large wildfire that burned he said. thousands of acres in the area The Lakeside Fire is deemed P.O. Box 390 of Lakeside over the weekend is 100 percent contained and out, Tooele, UT 84074 now out, according to the state according to a state fire web- [email protected] Division of Forestry, Fire and site. The fire is believed to have State Lands. been caused by target shooters The fire, which was started and a state fire investigator around 3 p.m. Saturday, will follow-up on the fire today, came within miles of U.S. Vickers said. Magnesium, which complicated Another human-caused fire TOOELE TRANSCRIPT firefighting operations. Wasatch was sparked around noon on BULLETIN Front Area Fire Management Labor Day along eastbound Officer Dave Vickers said the Interstate 80 at Exit 99, accord- ADMINISTRATION possibility of chlorine gas near ing to North Tooele Fire District Scott C. Dunn Publisher the facility, a byproduct of mag- spokesman Ryan Willden. The Joel J. Dunn Publisher Emeritus nesium refining, meant they fire burned 5 acres and shut OFFICE couldn’t deploy firefighters in down the interstate for about Bruce Dunn Controller all the areas they wanted. 30 minutes. Chris Evans Office Manager Firefighters from North Crews battled the fire until Vicki Higgins Customer Service Tooele Fire District, Grantsville about 4 p.m., when it was fully EDITORIAL Fire Department, Tooele County contained, Willden said. NTFD David Bern Editor Fire Dan Walton, the Bureau firefighters checked on the fire Darren Vaughan Sports Editor of Land Management, and the site for flare-ups again Tuesday Francie Aufdemorte Photo Editor state battled the fire, as well morning. Tim Gillie Staff Writer as engines from Bluffdale and While the specific cause of Steve Howe Staff Writer Provo. the fire is unknown and under Mark Watson Staff Writer To contain the fire, crews investigation, Willden said small ADVERTISING burned a perimeter along wildfires were also sparked at Clayton Dunn Advertising Manager defensible space to box in the mileposts 105 and 107, likely Keith Bird Advertising Sales fire, Vickers said. The back burn from the same source. COURTESY OF JOLIE GORDON Dianna Bergen Advertising Sales & operation increased the area [email protected] A target shooter started a fire in the Lakeside area Saturday. The blaze came within miles U.S. Magnesium.