www.tooeletranscript.com TUESDAY TOOELE RANSCRIPT Utah Opera T offers free Tooele performance See B1 BULLETIN January 30, 2007 SERVING TOOELE COUNTY SINCE 1894 VOL. 113 NO. 72 50¢ Wendover bets big: new $1.5 billion development planned Project will include two casino-hotels plus commercial and residential components by Suzanne Ashe real estate developer, confirmed anticipated to bring more than Silver Leaf plans a large commercial properties. A zon- large hotel and casino will that Hooters will be one of two 2,000 new jobs to the town. casino and hotel resort, The ing change was approved by employ 750 workers. When STAFF WRITER Wendover Will may stop new hotel-casinos coming to Sanders, the city’s first mayor SilverHorse Resort, on part of West Wendover City Council on the project is complete, it will pointing and start jumping for the Nevada side of Wendover as from 1991 to 2000, said he has the property. The 25-story hotel Jan. 16 allowing for residential employ 1,500 casino and hotel joy — Hooters is coming to part of a $1.5 billion mega-proj- been working on the massive tower will have 1,500 rooms. units. workers. The construction bud- town. ect that will include commer- project for a long time. The 200- The project will also include “We decided quite some time get for SilverHorse Resort is Walt Sanders, director of cial and retail space, as well as acre development will be at the 1,000 condos. ago to start with the housing $500 million. property development for single-family homes and luxury east end of town off of I-80 and The land was originally zoned projects first,” Sanders said. SEE WENDOVER ON A6 SilverLeaf, an Arizona-based condos. The project is also Wendover Boulevard. C-3, allowing casinos and other The building phase of the Bills aid WHITE ON WHITE Sen. Goodfellow ag students, champions Erda farmers, skydiving operation by Karen Hunt STAFF WRITER fishermen Stansbury Park resident Jack Guthrie hopes a bill by Karen Hunt sponsored by his senator could save his skydiving busi- STAFF WRITER ness. A group of students from Guthrie operates Skydive Utah at the Erda airport Grantsville High School got on property owned by the Salt Lake City Department nitty-gritty with the political pro- of Airports. He believes without some immunity from cess on Monday when Future lawsuits by skyjumpers, the insurance required to protect Farmers of America leader Grant municipal property owners like the airport authority may Peterson and seven of his stu- become unavailable. That’s why he contacted his state dents advocated for Rep. Ronda senator, Brent Goodfellow. Menlove’s bill to provide $50,000 Currently municipalities have immunity when other to fund agricultural education. high-risk activities take place on public land — like Menlove’s bill is one of three rodeos, skateboarding and BMX biking. Guthrie pro- that Tooele County’s elected offi- posed to Goodfellow that a similar policy be put in place cials on the hill are pushing that for skydiving. would help agriculture, farmers “He had an open door, he listened patiently, he gave and maybe even fishermen in the me more time than I thought I needed,” said Guthrie. county. Another bill sponsored “He played devil’s advocate and after that threw in some by Menlove could help farmer’s reasoning I hadn’t considered yet or that I hadn’t men- markets. A bill sponsored by tioned.” Sen. Peter Knudson would allow As a result of that conversation, Goodfellow introduced those with water rights at high SB 179 on “Immunity of Counties and Municipalities for elevation to lease them for up to Sky Diving Activities.” 10 years to increase trout pro- Goodfellow, who represents the Stansbury Park area duction. in addition to part of Salt Lake County, said Guthrie’s Peterson says Menlove’s leg- proposal just made sense. islation would not only support An aerial view of Tooele Valley from 6,500 feet looking towards the Oquirrh Mountains shows a thin layer of haze atop “What he’s doing is trying to cover insurance that’s the valley. Hazy conditions may linger until temperatures rise. SEE AG ON A6 SEE SKYDIVING ON A6 EnergySolutions pushes bill Hand stamping doesn’t to limit changes to license by Mark Watson Initial permitting process- sit well with schools STAFF WRITER es back in the 1990s required A bill being sent to the approval from the DRC, local Some educators object to singling Senate this week would allow government, the Legislature and out kids who lack lunch money EnergySolutions more freedom the governor. The state conduct- in deciding how to store waste ed a lengthy study of radioactive by Alleen Lang have to pull out of my daughter’s disposal laws for nearly three at its Tooele County facility. CORRESPONDENT backpack,” said Karrie Thorne, EnergySolutions stores low- years that resulted in new laws With children to dress and PTA president of Rose Springs level radioactive waste at its in 2004. During that revision, papers to check it’s no surprise Elementary. Clive facility approximately 50 EnergySolutions leaders point- parents often fail to keep on top Thorne, who moved to Utah miles west of Grantsville near ed out that a “grandfathering” of school lunch payments. But from Southern California, admits I-80. The disposal site has been clause was eliminated, which a practice used in some Tooele she was surprised the first time could render them vulnerable to photography / Troy Boman in operation for 18 years, first Senate Bill 155 would exempt an already-licensed radioactive waste County School District elementa- under the name Envirocare unnecessary scrutiny and pos- ry schools of placing a reminder sible changes to their original disposal facility, like EnergySolutions’s Clive facility, from additional and now under the leadership governmental restrictions. stamp on the hand of a child of Steve Creamer’s company operating license at Clive. who owes lunch money has some EnergySolutions. During those The company is pushing siting requirements. spokesman Greg Hopkins. people wondering if the mark 18 years, the facility has made Senate Bill 155, which exempts “After the Legislature had the The bill, sponsored by Sen. embarrasses kids. adjustments in their disposal a radioactive waste disposal task force on radioactive waste Darin Peterson, unanimous- In the absence of a district- operations to meet requirements facility license in effect on or two years ago, they changed ly passed the Senate Natural wide policy, each elementary has set by several government enti- before Dec. 31, 2006, from local a few things and took out the Resources, Agriculture and been left to make their own deci- ties. The facility is primarily government planning and zoning grandfather language. This bill Environmental Committee last sion on whether or not to stamp regulated by Utah’s Division of approval, legislative and guber- will restore the grandfather lan- hands. The schools themselves SEE LICENSE ON A3 Radiation Control (DRC). natorial approval, and certain guage,” said EnergySolutions are split on the practice, with approximately half stamping and half not. Waterskiing will be perk at new subdivision near Vernon “We do not stamp hands,” said Terry Liddiard, Grantsville by Mark Watson east corner of Tooele County, 1.5 miles north of Vernon, west Elementary lunchroom manager. STAFF WRITER “It singles children out, and that Several communities in Utah of SR-36 and south of the Pony is against the law.” photography / Troy Boman are intertwined with golf cours- Express road. Tooele County commission- Instead, Liddiard said she puts Some Tooele County students es, but none are constructed on ers approved a zoning change letters in teachers’ boxes to send have their hands stamped if they the shores of two private man- and development agreement last home with students to remind are overdue on lunch payments. made waterskiing lakes — a sit- week to allow Lybbert to pursue parents of outstanding debts. uation that is set to change this his dream. Since the letters come from the she saw the stamp on her child’s year with a new development Lybbert has worked as a teacher, a child’s peers don’t hand. But after working side- near Vernon. physical therapist for 10 years know what is inside the note. by-side with secretaries in Rose In July, Rick Lybbert of and plans to make the lakes Still, Liddiard said children will Springs Elementary, she has come Saratoga Springs, a community a haven for disabled waterski- sometimes ask lunch workers to to understand how the simple near Lehi on Utah Lake, expects ers. To help fund his project he mark their hands as a reminder stamp reminder can streamline to begin construction of a 16- plans to sell 15 lots measuring that funds are running low. If the the job of busy office workers. lot subdivision that will include .6-acres each. He plans to build student asks, lunch workers will While Thorne said her daugh- two lakes 2,200 feet long by 280 his own house on one of the mark their hands. photography courtesy of Steve Clawson “Personally, I think it’s fine, ter, who attends Rose Springs, Steve Clawson is a talented disabled waterskier in Utah. He is helping feet wide with a depth of 7 feet. lots. The physical therapist said it’s one less piece of paper I physical therapist Rick Lybbert with plans to build a 16-lot subdivision with The 81-acre community will be SEE STAMP ON A5 two lakes on land 1.5 miles north of Vernon in southeast Tooele County. tucked away in the far south- SEE VERNON ON A3 WEATHER OPEN FORUM A4 TV LISTINGS B2 INSIDE Mostly cloudy Tuesday OBITUARIES A8 THE BULLETIN BOARD B3 Buffs battle past Tigers.