Grantsville kicks off season Friday See A6 TOOELETRANSCRIPT S T C BULLETIN S THURSDAY August 12, 2021 www.TooeleOnline.com Vol. 128 No. 22 $1.00 Unofficial results reveal primary election winners 21% of eligible voters returned ballots TIM GILLIE council seats are all at-large EDITOR — everybody votes for all the Overall, 21% of the eligible candidates, no districts. Six registered voters returned a candidates filed to run for ballot of the Aug. 10 municipal Tooele City Council so in the primary election, according primary, voters voted for up to to the Tooele County Clerk’s two candidates and the four Office. candidates with the most votes Three municipalities — will advance to the general Tooele City, Grantsville, and election. Erda — held a primary election The top four vote-getters in on Tuesday to whittle down the Tooele City Council race the number of people running were incumbent city council for some of their positions in member Melodi Gochis, for- preparation for the November mer city council member Dave general election. McCall, current city council A primary is held for posi- member Maresa Mazione — tions when the number of can- appointed to fill the term of didates for a position is more Scott Wardle, and Tooele City than twice the number of seats planning commission member open for that position. Matt Robinson. For example in Tooele With 3,125 ballots cast in City there will be two people Tooele City, voter turnout was elected to the city council in November. Tooele City’s SEE RESULTS PAGE A8 ® Alayna Castagno shows her pig in the Tooele County Junior Livestock Show and Auction. North Valley 2021 JUNIOR Communities that TOOELE COUNTY LIVESTOCK SHOW Care looking for PHOTOS CLAYTON DUNN youth to recognize Tooele County’s 2021 Summer Nights included the CEILLY SUTTON ognize youth for their willing- STAFF WRITER Tooele County Junior Livestock ness to say “no” to drugs and The deadline to nominate reward them for their positive Show and Auction. An annual youth for the North Valley behaviors, so they created the Chloe Thomas (above left) and Wyatt Faddis (above right) showing their sheep. event, the Junior Livestock Show Communities that Care youth youth recognition awards. and auction preserves Tooele recognition awards is fast “The positive behaviors that County’s ranching heritage by approaching. youth could be engaging in providing an opportunity for North Valley Communities could be acts of service, aca- the upcoming generation to that Care is a substance pre- demic achievement, involve- experience animal husbandry vention coalition that serves ment with their community, or youth in the Erda, Stansbury just really anything positive,” with the 4-H and FFA-sponsored Park, and Lakepoint com- said Slade. show and sale. munities. It is affiliated with Recognition for positive The 2021 Junior Livestock the Tooele County Health behavior has been proven by show was held Aug. 4 - 7 at Department. researchers to be a factor that Deseret Peak Complex. Students “We just really want to build reduces youth problem behav- raise pigs, cows and sheep for a healthy community and pre- iors. the show. Local people and vent substance abuse among “You always see on the youth of our community,” Facebook where people are businesses buy the animals at said Jamie Slade, with North posting, ‘Oh, I saw these teens the auction and the youth pocket Valley Communities that Care. their earnings, minus their costs. The coalition wanted to rec- SEE YOUTH PAGE A8 ® Auctioneer Mike Evans from Grantsville. Tooele County schools join vape lawsuit TIM GILLIE the Salt Lake City-based law nicotine designed to create 23.2% of Tooele County School EDITOR firm of Kirton McConkie and addiction. District students surveyed Vaping is on the rise among the San Diego-based Frantz “It’s the tobacco lawsuit reported that they had tried students across the country Law Group in a mass action 2.0,” he said. vaping at least once, up from and the Tooele County School lawsuit against Juul Labs. He went on to explain that 18.8% in 2015. District has decided to jump According to William many people now addicted A total of 12.7% of the onboard a lawsuit against one Shinoff of the Frantz Law to nicotine through vaping students surveyed in 2019 of the vape industries largest Group, the lawsuit claims that started vaping as children and reported that they had vaped marketers. Juul Labs targeted children didn’t know it contained nico- in the last 30-days. Vaping is The Tooele County School and didn’t advise the public tine. replacing cigarettes and other Board voted during their meet- about the harm of their prod- According to the results COPYRIGHT C 2019 AMANI A/SHUTTERSTOCK ing on Tuesday night to engage uct which contains refined of the 2019 SHARP survey, Tooele County School District will join with other schools districts across SEE VAPE PAGE A8 ® the country in a lawsuit against Juul Labs. WEATHER FORECAST INSIDE BULLETIN BOARD B5 CLASSIFIEDS B6 THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY Cowboy Jerry OBITUARIES A4 Hurst honored SPORTS A6 See A3 92 94 95 95 89 85 80 64 66 67 65 62 58 57 Fox Hollow To I-80 Silver Fox Vegas Street Wal-Mart Fox Berry Industrial Park Circle Distribution Center Old Lincoln A2Highway TOOELE TRANSCRIPT BULLETIN THURSDAY August 12, 2021 BoundariesPicadilly realigned for Grantsville elementary schools Allie Ave 600 West Cooley SR Hale Burmester Road 138 New boundaries take effect in 2022 when Twenty Wells Elementary opens Wrathall Circle Wrathall Koester Clay Mack Canyon Road Bluegrass Wy TIM GILLIE Around 200 parents com- Willow Elementary with an EDITOR pleted the survey. ideal capacity of 675. North Street Race St Booth Taylor Rd Taylor Blaine Ave Clark Street Clark Street Grantsville City school par- The survey results showed Under Option 3 boundary, Aspen Wy The Village Hunter Wy ents now know how school that the responding parents which was adopted by the Grantsville City Bowry Hale Kearl Church Cooley Meadow Lark Cir Cemetery Center Main Street SR To Stansbury 138 boundaries in their town will had two priorities for boundar- - Main Street board unanimously, Erda stu Peach Peach West Sage Wood Cir be affected when Twenty Wells ies, according to Mark Ernst, dents will attend Twenty Wells Deseret CirDeseret 1160 West Apple Grantsville Eastmoor 900 East Quirk St Quirk Elementary Ln Orchard Plum Plum McMichael Ave Elementary school opens in assistant superintendent. Elementary school. Worthington Willow LaneMatthew Cherry Harris Grantsville East RanchEast Rd 2022. “They want to consider With each school having Cherry High School Vine SR The Tooele County School school capacity and keep room plenty of room for growth, par- 112 800 East Durfee Center Park Hale Durfee Board adopted new elemen- for growth and they want to ents would also be able to use West St West To Tooele Grantsville Saddle Rd Middle School tary school boundaries for maintain neighborhoods in the the open enrollment process to Cooley Valencia Ln Valencia Xiomara Ave Ranch Rd Grantsville area elementary same school,” he said. place their children in a school 400 S Pear Lacee Lane Saddle Rd Pear Hale schools during their meeting Option 3 received the most outside of their boundary Willow Elementary Paloma Lane Wrangler Way 550 South Cranberry St To Rush Vally on Tuesday night. votes as the number one school, but the parents would Hale South Street South Willow Rd Gold Dust Rd Gold Dust The new boundaries incor- ranked choice on the survey, need to provide transporta- Worthington Hale Quirk Street Quirk Willow Dristenna Rodeo Drive porate the new Twenty Wells according to Ernst. tion, several board members Williams Lane Elementary that is being School board member Scott noted. Nygreen Street built at the intersection of Bryan cautioned that the A groundbreaking ceremony Twenty Wells Elementary Worthington and Nygreen low survey participation rate for Twenty Wells Elementary streets in Grantsville. means the survey results might was held in May 2021. The Hollywood St Willow The school board reviewed not be a representative sample. school is expected to be com- Angus Cove Quirk St Barker Ln Shelley Ln four different options for Based on last year’s enroll- pleted in August 2022. Emily Wy Poplar Ln Poplar Christina Dr Ruben Ct boundaries developed by a ment data, Option 3 would School district officials Palamino Wy Heber committee. put 519 students in Grantsville anticipate having the principal Harvest Ln Cove Dr Premier Ln Legrand Kimberly Ln Kimberly Verls Ln Box Elder Dr Mustang Dr Just before the end of Elementary with an ideal for Twenty Wells Elementary Triple Crown Wy Heber Ln Peak View Sorrel Ln Davenport Dr Ln Choke capacity of 850. It would put selected in December 2021 Kimball Dr school in 2021, elementary Cherry Cr Alexander Ct Apricot Cr Trail Easement Donner Place Marciano Wy Marciano school parents in Grantsville 500 students in Twenty Wells with final staffing decisions Marciano Wy Mary Wy Box Elder Dr were asked to go online and Elementary, which has an ideal for school determined in mid- complete a survey about the capacity of 880 students. And March 2022. The adopted boundaries for Grantsville elementary schools starting August 2022. Blue = Grantsville Elementary. boundary options. 414 students would attend [email protected] Red = Willow Elementary. Green = Twenty Wells Elementary. Man steals motorcycle, barricades County nixes himself inside a home in Lake Point annexation CEILLY SUTTON STAFF WRITER A Tooele man who report- edly stole a motorcycle Wednesday morning and bar- isthmus ricaded himself inside a home TIM GILLIE of someone he didn’t know, EDITOR was arrested. The Tooele County Council threw a snag into plans to Tooele County sheriff depu- annex 102.1 acres into Grantsville during the Council’s ties and Utah Highway Patrol meeting on Tuesday night.