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Blue Peak High School graduate Willbert Avalos shakes hands with school board member Julia Holt after receiving his diploma on Monday night.

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Shyann Fuwell receives her diploma and congratulations from school board member Scott Bryan Friday night at the Adult Education gradua-tion ceremony.

TIM GILLIEEDITOR

The first high school gradu-ation of 2019 added nine graduates to the county.

Tooele County School District’s Adult Education pro-gram held its graduation cer-emony Friday in the Blue Peak High School Gym.

Each of the nine gradu-ates completed the Utah State Board of Education’s and Tooele County School District’s requirements for high school graduation. During the cer-emony the graduates walked

across the stage and were pre-sented a diploma from Tooele County High School.

Caressa Burgess was the first of three graduates to speak during the ceremony.

Burgess said she dropped out of high school after having an argument with her mom and never graduated.

“I made a choice for a bet-ter and sober life,” she said. “I decided to start with a high school diploma. It took a lot of late nights and coffee.”

Graduation season begins for high schoolsSchool district’s Adult Educationawards 9 graduates with diplomas

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Parents, friends and other family members packed the Blue Peak High School gym on Monday night as the school graduated 28 students.

Chairs on the floor and the bleachers were full as the grad-uates marched into the gym with a quick pace, one at a time, to the start the ceremony.

Molly Downard, student speaker, told about her life choices that brought her to Blue Peak High School, Tooele County School District’s alter-

native high school.“When I was little, I loved

school and did well,” Downard said.

She said her parents divorced when she was 10 years old and that experience left a negative impact on her life.

Battling with her dad and his new family, while coping with the transition to junior high school, was difficult, according to Downard. Then a struggle with drugs, depres-

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THS: 2019 4A STATE SOFTBALL CHAMPS

The Tooele High softball team won its record-tying 10th state cham-pionship on Saturday, defeating Spanish Fork 3-1 in the second game of the Class 4A championship round at the Spanish Fork Sports Park.

The Buffaloes finished the season with a 26-3 overall record, including a perfect 12-0 mark in Region 11. Tooele didn’t lose a game against a fellow Class 4A team until a 5-2 loss to Spanish Fork in the first game of the championship round Saturday, but bounced back to beat the Dons in the clincher.

The Buffs are now tied with Manti for the most state titles in Utah history after capturing the top prize for the first time since 2010. Tooele also won champion-ships in 1991, 1992, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008.

The Tooele softball team shows off its Class 4A state championship trophy after defeating Spanish Fork 3-1 in the championship game Saturday at the Spanish Fork Sports Park.

Players pile on each other in celebration after recording the final out of Saturday’s win.

Tooele seniors Amber Lujan and Hope Weight (left) hold the championship tro-phy as their teammates rush to join them. Tooele sophomore pitcher Attlyn Johnston (right) shows her excitement after winning the final game of the season.

The Buffaloes (above) lead the crowd in a rendition of Tooele’s

school song. The team (right) celebrates with the champion-

ship trophy after winning its 10th state title, tied for the most of any school in Utah.

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Pay scale to be bumped up by $1,800 but salary still falls short of other school districtsTIM GILLIEEDITOR

Teachers in Tooele County School District will receive at least a $1,800 raise for the next school year, but it may not keep pace with increases offered in other school dis-tricts across the state.

The Tooele County School Board approved the negoti-ated agreement between the school district and the Tooele Education Association for the 2019-2020 school year dur-ing its May 14 meeting at the

school district office.The agreement calls

for pay levels on the sal-ary schedule to be adjusted upwards by $1,800, starting with the salary for a first year teacher increasing from $42,000 to $43,800.

The negotiated agreement calls for all teachers to be advanced by one level on the salary schedule.

The school district will also use funds from the state’s Teacher and Student Success Act to pay a one-time bonus

of roughly $285. TSSA funds will also pay

for three days of inservice training for teachers.

The bonus and the three-days of inservice with pay are only for employees that qualify for funding from the TSSA, which essentially are most classroom teachers, according to the negotiated agreement.

“We felt good about our negotiations,” said Tooele County School District Superintendent Scott Rogers.

“We have worked hard the last two years on teacher compensation. We know there is a second round of sal-ary wars, but we may not be able to get to the $50,0000 mark that is out there, but our goal may be not in one bite, but maybe two or three bites.”

The Canyons School District approved a $7,665 raise for all licensed employ-ees during its May 7 meeting, bringing the starting salary for a new teacher to $50,000.

“We appreciate the efforts that have been made and the work that has been done,” said Rick Harrison, Tooele Education Association presi-dent. “We do believe that we are making the best effort possible to provide our teach-ers with the best possible sal-ary. We will continue to work hard and when teachers work hard they do the best for their students and ultimately that is what this is about — our students.”[email protected]

County Sheriff’s Office recognizes its best employeesSTEVE HOWESTAFF WRITER

The Tooele County Sheriff’s Office took the time to honor some of its most exemplary members during an employee appreciation and award ban-quet last Thursday.

As in past years, the award banquet coincided with National Police Week and fol-lowed Peace Officers Memorial Day, which is May 15.

Tooele County Sheriff Paul Wimmer handed out a number of outstanding service awards to road deputies, corrections deputies, dispatchers, crossing guards and civilian employees.

Sgt. Heather Prescott was a recipient of the Sheriff’s Award for her work in the county’s dispatch center, which included a records audit, scanning docu-ments for electronic access and generally having knowledge, skills and dedication to ben-efit the agency. Wimmer said Prescott’s work on the audit ensured the sheriff’s office retains access to FBI databases.

“Without her maintaining and providing the informa-tion and seeing us through these audits, we would be up a creek,” Wimmer said. “And anytime she does something that benefits us in our entirety, which she does, I really can’t thank her enough.”

Bonnie Rasmussen, head nurse at the Tooele County Detention Center, also received the Sheriff’s Award after she networked with a new physi-cian for the jail, who recom-mended a new pharmacy provider that has saved the jail thousands of dollars. Since her promotion to head nurse, Rasmussen has brought new ideas, addressed concerns about distribution of medica-tion to inmates and improved the level of care, Wimmer said.

“Our medical program has changed remarkably since bringing on (Rasmussen), even before she was the lead nurse,” he said. “Just the ideas, just the willingness to take the hard jobs.”

Deputy Chad Evans was the recipient of the Lifesaving Award. He responded to an overdose call and found the male subject was having trou-ble breathing and gurgling at the mouth, Wimmer said.

Evans quickly recognized the surroundings and determined the man had overdosed on heroin and administered nal-oxone.The man was breathing normally and coherent shortly after the antidote was adminis-tered but could have died with-out quick action, Wimmer said.

Trent Fawson, a control room operator at the county jail, received an outstanding service award for his work ethic, pro-fessionalism and attentiveness on the job.

Crossing guard supervisor Holly Langston was honored for always providing help on shifts in Stansbury Park and ensuring the crossing guards have the proper equipment for the job.

“Keeping all the crossing guard positions filled is a very challenging endeavor,”

Wimmer said. “ … The fact I can drive around Stansbury Park and there’s always a cross guard where they need to be, when they need to be, and we don’t have to pull deputies off the road to do it is invaluable.”

The investigations division was also recognized with out-standing service awards for its ability to handle a challeng-ing workload, especially last October when investigators were tasked with investigating a shooting, and an officer-involved shooting for another agency within a week, in addi-tion to their existing case load. Detectives Shane Starks, David Bleazard and Chris Reyes, Sgt. Marshall Evans and Chief Deputy Brian White were the recipients.

Tooele County Sheriff’s Sgt. Norberto Aranda and Sgt. Richard Maroney received out-standing service awards after they stopped a drug smuggling operation at the county jail following a months-long inves-tigation and prevented the use

of weapons created in the jail, including a shank crafted from a hairbrush handle.

Deputy Mindy Millett was also recognized for her out-standing service after she sus-pected someone being booked into the jail was the victim of another crime. Due to Millett’s awareness, the victim received the services they needed and the suspect was arrested, Wimmer said.

Deputy Brandon Oborn received an outstanding service award for his willingness to take on other assignments and being an asset to the depart-ment. Oborn took on a leader-ship and training role with new deputies.

Sgt. Dustin Long was recog-nized for being respectful to arrestees being booked into the jail and his great attitude and willingness to assist.

“As a sheriff you get feedback from other agencies that are booking people into jail and Sgt. Long and his crew are one of those crews that you get a lot

of compliments (for),” Wimmer said.

Dispatcher Lore Maloney received an award after receiv-ing a promotion and working to take on additional assignments and responsibility, including work to complete crisis inter-vention training.

Sgt. Shannon Gowans earned an outstanding service award after handling a difficult 911 call last July in a calm and professional manner, despite the nature of the call and the young age of the victim, in addition to her hard work and professionalism day-to-day.

A citizen nominated Deputy Brandon Roberts, who received an outstanding service award after he located a man who was injured on Stansbury Island and had not been located for several hours, taking him to proper medical care.

Employees were also recog-nized for five, 10, 15 and 25 years of service in law enforce-ment. [email protected]


Sheriff Paul Wimmer presents the Sheriff’s Award to Sgt. Heather Prescott Thursday night at the Sheriff’s Banquet.


Sheriff Paul Wimmer presents the Lifesaving Award to Deputy Chad Evans Thursday night at the Sheriff’s Banquet.


Sheriff Paul Wimmer presents the Sheriff’s Award to Bonnie Rasmussen Thursday night at the Sheriff’s Banquet.

STEVE HOWESTAFF WRITER

A Lake Point man died early Tuesday morning as a result of a single-vehicle rollover accident on state Route 36, according to the Utah Highway Patrol.

A black GMC Sierra was traveling northbound on SR-36 when it drifted off the right shoulder of the roadway, according to a release from UHP. The driver, identified as Michael S. Gollaher, 62, over-corrected to the left, causing the vehicle to slide.

Following the overcor-rection, the truck went over the dividing barrier and into

the southbound travel lanes, the release said. The truck continued northbound in the southbound travel lanes until it began to roll.

The vehicle rolled multiple times before going off the left shoulder of the roadway south of the intersection with Bates Canyon Road. Gollaher was ejected from the vehicle and suffered fatal injuries.

Following the fatal accident, both southbound lanes of SR-36 were temporarily closed at Bates Canyon Road, accord-ing to the Utah Department of Transportation. [email protected]

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The driver of this GMC Sierra, Michael S. Gollaher, of Lake Point, was ejected during an accident on SR-36 Tuesday morning and sustained fatal injuries.


The Tooele City Council took an initial look at raising cemetery fees during its work meeting last Wednesday.

The discussion-starting proposed increases presented by parks and recreation direc-tor Darwin Cook included a $200 increase for resident grave space to $700, a $100 increase for non-resident grave space to $1,000 and a $410 increase for disinter-ment of cremations to $500.

Opening and closing fees could also increase, with a $100 increase for resident grave sites to $300 and a $50 increase for cremation or baby burial sites to $200. Non-resident fees for opening and closing would increase by $150 and $50, respectively, under the early stage pro-posal.

Cook said the city planned for the eventual rise in fees when they were last increased three years ago, when resi-dent grave space jumped from $300 to $500. The priority change is to raise the cost of disinterment of cremations, which at $90 is greater than $300 cheaper than other cemeteries in the county or of similar size.

“Our sextant is saying that this is so low that people are not even batting an eye to move cremations at any time, at any will,” Cook said.

The City Council was provided with a spreadsheet that compared Tooele City’s cemetery fees to those in Stansbury and Grantsville, as well as other similarly-sized communities like American Fork or Kaysville.

City Councilman Scott Wardle said he’d rather see a less significant increase in cemetery fees for residents and proposed offsetting it by raising non-resident fees more. He said the resident grave space fee would be better at $600 than $700, as $600 is already more than any other cemetery in the county.

“We subsidize them because they pay property taxes,” Wardle said. “ … I just have trouble raising it on our citizens almost 40 percent.”

City Councilman Brad Pratt agreed and said by raising fees on space and opening and closing of a grave, makes for a substantial increase. He said he’d like to ease back on the resident grave space fee from the proposed $700.

“It may in the future be that, but I think for right now a step up, maybe halfway in between there, would be bet-ter for our residents,” Pratt said.

Cook also requested the City Council look at the requirements for determin-ing if someone purchasing a burial plot is a resident or not. Currently, residency is deter-

mined by whether the burial certificates are mailed to a Tooele City address.

Wardle said he wanted to make sure the residency poli-cy doesn’t preclude long-time residents who may spend their end-of-life with out-of-town relatives or in a care facility outside the city. Cook said those scenarios are the most common issues with the exist-ing residency requirement.

“That’s not their intention,” said Cook, of city cemetery staff. “They just want a clear policy so that they’re not the gatekeepers of it.”

The City Council was provided eight examples of residency requirements from other communities. The enforcement ranged from American Fork and Logan, which charge residents and non-residents the same fee, to Stansbury or Bountiful, which require an in-commu-nity address but no proof is required.

Wardle said he liked Springville City’s cemetery residency policy, which requires an address, but con-siders the deceased to be a resident if they lived in the city but moved to a care facil-ity or in with relatives.

Mayor Debbie Winn asked the City Council to review the residency requirement in other cities prior to the City Council’s next work meeting. [email protected]

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Some of the best shots in the state of Utah gathered at Dugway Proving Ground for the Tactical Top Shot 3-Gun Competition last Friday.

The annual event is hosted by Dugway’s Directorate of Emergency Services during

National Police Week, with local, state and regional law enforcement officers, military personnel and civilian competi-tors taking aim. There were 72 shooters competing in Friday’s event, held at Dugway’s Firearms Range Complex.

The three-gun competition tested participants’ abilities

with the rifle, shotgun and pistol.

Competitors tackled five dif-ferent courses, which included long-range rifle with targets up to 518 yards away, combined rifle and pistol, three gun, pistol and shotgun courses. The awards for the event were determined by combined time

over the five courses. There were two classes —

factory, with a pump shotgun and no optics, and practical, with a semi-automatic rifle with optics — and a men’s and women’s division in each class.

Kirk Holmer, with the Utah Army National Guard, was the top men’s shooter in the

factory class, while Ketrah Dekanich, a Tooele High School graduate in U.S. Army ROTC, won the women’s divi-sion.

The men’s division of the practical class was won by Phillip Vollmer with Unified Police Department and Tennille Chidester, a civilian

competitor, won the women’s division. Vollmer, who also won the practical class in 2018, completed the five courses with the fastest overall time of 198.16 seconds. [email protected]

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School district contracts with vendor for substitute servicesNationwide school staffing company to provide substitutesTIM GILLIEEDITOR

Tooele County School District is looking to an outside agency to provide substitute coverage for employees.

The Tooele County School Board approved the selection of ESS, a nationwide school management and staffing solu-tion company, to fill substitutes for the school district at its May 14 meeting at the school district office.

“We have challenges in the fact that we can’t get enough substitute teachers,” said Terry Christensen, Tooele County School District human resources director. “We have seen a steady decline in substi-tutes available or wanting to work, which has also been the national trend due to things outside of our control.”

Both the National Education Association and the American Association of School Administrators have referred to the current shortage of substi-tute teachers as a nationwide problem.

The shortage of substi-tute teachers is the result of increased demand coupled with a decrease in supply, according to the AASA.

Increased in-service train-ing and teacher contracts that offer additional personal leave during the day have contrib-uted to the increased demand. Today’s low unemployment rate and competitive job mar-ket has reduced the supply of substitute teachers, with many substitute teachers find-ing alternative employment, according to the AASA.

Locally, the school district has stepped up recruitment, increased pay, and made efforts to coordinate building-based in-service training dates, according to Tooele County School District Superintendent Scott Rogers.

To improve the fill rate for

substitute teachers, the school district put out a request for proposals for third-party vendors to supply substitute teachers.

Several large school districts in the state have started using third-party vendors for sub-stitute teachers, according to Christensen.

Washington County School District provided a reference letter for ESS, he said.

A school district commit-tee evaluated seven different vendors that responded to the request for proposals. ESS rated the highest on an inde-pendent scoring completed by members of the committee.

The scoring included an evaluation of each firm’s qual-ity and experience, profile, ref-erences and financial condition as well as costs.

ESS was the unanimous recommendation of the com-mittee.

With the board’s approval of ESS as a substitute vendor, district officials will work with ESS on contract details, which will be approved by the board at a future date.

Representatives of ESS at the May 14 board meeting said they would employ the dis-trict’s current substitutes at the same rate of pay and possibly a higher pay rate.

In addition to maintaining or increasing the pay rate, ESS will make benefits available to their substitute employees after 30 days of employment, according to the ESS represen-tatives at the board meeting.

ESS representative said they plan to continue to recruit substitute teachers from Tooele County.

One advantage ESS will have over the school district is that as ESS employees, retired teachers won’t have the restrictions imposed by the Utah Retirement System for reemployment by the school district. That will open up the pool of potential substitute teachers to include recently retired teachers, according to ESS officials.

“We needed some kind of solution,” Rogers said. “Simply recruiting more substitutes wasn’t going to work.”[email protected]

PHOTOS COURTESY PATRICK CARNAHAN

Ketrah Dekanich (top left) holds her award for winning the Women’s Factory Class at the Top Shot Competition. Phillip Vollmer (top right) with Unified Police Department won the Men’s Division of the Practical Class and had the fastest overall time of all competitors. Tennille Chidester (bottom left) was the winner in the Women’s Division of the Practical Class. Kirk Holmer (bottom right) with the Utah Army National Guard was the top shooter in the Men’s Factory Class.

PHOTOS COURTESY PATRICK CARNAHAN

Competitors take aim down the rifle range at the Tactical Top Shot 3-gun Competition last Friday at Dugway Proving Ground (above). Tennille Chidester (below) takes a shot during Friday’s competition.

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This week, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, two countries closely allied with the U.S. and Israel against Iran, announced that four commercial tankers had been “sabotaged” in Emirati waters. Frankly, I’ve seen worse damage to a bus in Paris when it sideswiped a Peugeot.

No one died. Nothing sank. No oil was spilled. There were no explo-sions or fires. There’s no attributable proof of attempted sabotage. But curiously, just last week, during a buildup of American military hard-ware in the region, the U.S. Maritime Administration issued a head-scratch-ing statement that “Iran or its proxies could respond by targeting commer-cial vessels, including oil tankers, or U.S. military vessels in the Red Sea, Bab-el-Mandeb Strait or the Persian Gulf,”

It’s all just a bit too convenient.Let’s not forget who’s leading the

anti-Iran clown show. U.S. President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, John Bolton, has given paid speeches at Iranian opposition rallies. Bolton wrote an op-ed for the New York Times in 2015 headlined, “To Stop Iran’s Bomb, Bomb Iran.”

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was asked by an interviewer in Jerusalem earlier this year whether he thought that Trump had been “raised ... to help save the Jewish people from the Iranian menace.”

“As a Christian, I certainly believe that’s possible,” Pompeo said.

Pompeo is busy making eyes roll in Europe and Russia this week by trying (and failing) to drum up opposition to Iran, while Bolton has ordered up Pentagon plans for war with Iran that could include up to 120,000 American troops.

Only Congress has the constitu-tional authority to declare war. Why has it failed to explicitly remind the Trump administration of this? And why is Trump, who claims to be anti-interventionist, continuing to indulge the two biggest hawks in the White House?

Last month, Trump designated Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organiza-tion — an initiative that Pompeo has spearheaded. It was the first time in history that America has labeled another country’s military as terror-ists. At the time, it seemed like a way to justify another war on terrorism by toying with semantics and redefin-ing terms. Those concerns now seem entirely justified.

Bolton released a statement ear-lier this month that lowered the bar

for America to send troops into yet another Middle Eastern quagmire, warning that “any attack on United States interests or on those of our allies will be met with unrelenting force. The United States is not seeking war with the Iranian regime, but we are fully prepared to respond to any attack, whether by proxy, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or regu-lar Iranian forces.”

Let’s break down how much that statement itself increases the likeli-hood of war. First, it’s problematic to suggest that “any attack” on the interests of America’s Middle Eastern allies could trigger U.S. military action in the same way that an attack on American interests would. There are U.S. interests and there are for-eign interests, which include allied interests. Those two things aren’t the same, and Bolton attempting to equate them doesn’t make it so.

Bolton also tries to redefine Iranian forces by including the word “proxy.” The reason for using proxies in war-fare is plausible deniability. Countries have long used them to reduce their footprint in conflicts. By design, there is often a lack of evidence to connect proxies or their actions to a sponsor country. This also makes it far too easy to attribute the actions of non-state actors to a rival nation. Pompeo

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It is well known the sale of Utah Motorsports Campus to Mitime Utah, LLC was beset with problems amplified by a lawsuit from a rebuffed buyer that postponed the sale’s completion for more than three years.

But as reported in last Thursday’s edition, a new state legislative audit has further defined those problems and says the Tooele County Commission mis-handled the entire process and may have cost the county $11.1 million in lost income from the final $18.55 million sale that occurred last December.

The audit also asserts the County Commission did not responsibly oversee the raceway’s finances during the sale’s postponement from 2015 through 2018. But the audit isn’t entirely negative. It says it found no evidence of improper business dealings between the County Commission and UMC, nor with companies doing business with UMC.

According to the audit, which was requested by Rep. Doug Sagers, R-Tooele, and done by the Office of the Legislative Auditor General, the County Commission may not have opened itself to criticism — and the lawsuit that halted the original $20 million offer from Mitime in 2015 — if it had followed “best practices” for selling public property.

Those best practices include the use of an appraiser to establish fair market value, publicly announce the property is for sale, listing the required contents of a qualified proposal, identifying the criteria that will be used to evaluate proposals, creating an independent panel to review proposals, and document-ing the decision-making process.

In a written response to the audit, Tooele County Commissioner Shawn Milne and Tooele County Attorney Scott Broadhead, both of whom were in office during the sale process, said all of those best practices couldn’t be fol-lowed, because the County Commission chose to expedite the sale to retain the racetrack’s value and keep a key vendor from leaving UMC.

Milne and Broadhead also called the audit’s calculated loss of $11.1 million as “sensational,” and that the audit doesn’t consider the benefits of keeping UMC open during litigation, including the retention of 150 direct jobs and other indirect jobs associated with the raceway.

The audit also listed recommendations for the county to adopt. They include transparency, records retention, internal financial controls and additional audits of management practices.

Those recommendations suggest that state auditors view the county as lack-ing in those areas. Wisely, the County Commission has responded accountably.

“Tooele County … welcomes the audit recommendations as a means of improving our operations,” said County Commission chairman Tom Tripp. “We are actively working to adhere to all recommendations. … We acknowledge that we can always do better.”

Although the audit could be considered as a necessary rebuke, it must be noted the audit doesn’t imply or claim that laws were broken. Hindsight being 20/20, UMC’s sale could have been handled better by the County Commission. Regrettably, several million dollars from the sale had to be used to cover losses and costs associated with keeping the racetrack open for three years, in addi-tion to a $1.55 million payout from the lawsuit.

Yet, as we wrote in an editorial last January about the sale, it’s not the deal of the century, but getting UMC off of county taxpayers’ backs is no small vic-tory, either.

The surprise about the big New York Times story on Donald Trump’s tax returns is that there are no real surprises.

Trump’s taxes have been an obsession of the left since he, in violation of a long-standing norm, reneged on his promise to release his returns during the 2016 cam-paign.

Democrats counted as one of the advantages of taking the House that they could demand Trump’s returns. The dispute resulting from the administration’s refusal to turn them over is now probably headed to the Supreme Court.

All the while, the expectation, or at least the suspicion, was that the returns contained some awful secret, perhaps evidence that he is a tool of the Russians.

And here, The New York Times has obtained Trump’s tax informa-tion spanning a decade from the mid-1980s to mid-1990s, and the revelation is that he wasn’t doing as well as he said in public and lost a boatload of money in a period that nearly destroyed him. In other words, exactly what anyone paying any attention would have expected.

Yes, the amount of the reported loss, $1.17 billion, is remarkable (although inflated for tax purpos-es) and some of the details memo-rable, but can anyone say that they are surprised?

Trump himself, the Washington Examiner notes, talked about his precarious financial state in this period on the first episode of “The Apprentice.” In fact, he may have exaggerated, saying that he had been “billions of dollars” in debt.

As for Trump’s use of tax loop-holes, he said in a debate with Hillary Clinton that if he didn’t owe any tax liability, that made him “smart.”

There really are no Trump mysteries. His flaws aren’t hidden away. He often attests to them himself, or demonstrates them publicly. For someone who cares so much about his image, and so

assiduously crafts it, he’s a relative open book.

No blockbuster report has more than a passing effect because each dispatch is, ultimately, another dot in a pointillist portrait of the presi-dent that was largely completed long ago.

This is also why the hope that we are one investigation, tax return or subpoena away from the revelation that will finally bring Trump down — or even make a difference — is almost certainly forlorn.

Obviously, it was news that he had paid off a porn star during the presidential campaign, and highly embarrassing. This is why Trump denied it for so long. But he’d already told us about his woman-izing in his own words, often on “The Howard Stern Show.”

Likewise, the most blameworthy conduct regarding Russia’s election interference in 2016 was out in the open — the Trump campaign was happy to derive any possible advantage from the WikiLeaks dis-closures, and Trump tried to deny the obvious Russian involvement.

We didn’t need a 400-page spe-cial counsel report to break this news.

None of this is to defend or excuse Trump’s business practices, or his conduct in office. It is merely to say that he’s an extravagantly known quantity, and will likely win or lose in 2020 based on what we already know rather than the fruits of further investigation and fact-finding.

Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review.

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Donald Trump is causing a con-stitutional crisis with his blan-ket refusal to respond to any subpoenas.

So what happens now? An impeach-ment inquiry in the House won’t send him packing before Election Day 2020 because Senate Republicans won’t convict him of impeachment.

So the practical political question is whether a House impeachment inquiry helps send him packing after Election Day. That seems unlikely.

Probably no more than a relative handful of Americans are still unsure of how they’ll vote on Nov. 3, 2020. An impeachment is unlikely to reveal so many more revolting details about Trump that these swing voters would be swayed to vote against him, and their votes wouldn’t make much of a difference anyway.

Besides, the inquiry probably wouldn’t reveal much that’s not already known, because House sub-poenas will get tangled up in the courts for the remainder of Trump’s term (even though courts give more deference to subpoenas in an impeach-ment inquiry).

Worse yet is the chance that an impeachment inquiry plays into Trump’s hands by convincing some wavering voters that Democrats and the “deep state” are out to get Trump, thereby giving him more votes than he’d otherwise get.

Does this mean House Democrats should avoid taking the political risk of impeaching Trump? Not at all.

Another question needs to be con-

sidered — not just the practical politi-cal effect on the 2020 election, but something more important over the long run.

It is whether an action designed to enforce our constitution is impor-tant for its own sake — even if it goes nowhere, even if it’s unpopular with many voters, even if it’s politically risky.

Every child in America is supposed to learn about the constitution’s basic principles of separation of powers, and checks and balances.

But these days, every child and every adult in America is learning from Donald Trump that these prin-ciples are bunk.

By issuing a blanket refusal to respond to any congressional subpoe-na, Trump is saying Congress has no constitutional authority to oversee the executive branch. He’s telling America that Congress is a subordinate branch of government rather than a co-equal branch. Forget separation of powers.

By spending money on his “wall” that Congress explicitly refused to authorize, Trump is saying that Congress no longer has any consti-tutional authority over spending. Goodbye, checks and balances.

By unilaterally shuttering the gov-ernment in order to get his way, Trump

is saying he has the constitutional right not to execute the laws whenever it suits him. Farewell, Congress.

By directing the attorney general, the justice department, the FBI and the secretary of the treasury to act in his own personal interest rather than in the interests of the American peo-ple, Trump is saying that a president can run the government on his own. Adios, Constitution.

By unilaterally threatening to cut off trade with the second-largest economy in the world, Trump is saying he has sole authority to endanger the entire American economy. (Make no mistake: If he goes through with his threat, the U.S. economy will go into a tailspin.)

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Robert ReichGUEST COLUMNIST


“Lions, tigers and bears, oh my!” To all of you who are graduating from middle school to high school, or from high school to college, or from college to graduate school, let me warn you about the lions, tigers and bears that you will encounter as you embark on your new journey.

Graduating from one level to another is definitely an exciting time, but it also comes with a feeling of sadness, and maybe even a feeling of fear, as you say “good-bye” to one chapter of your life and face a future that is unknown.

For the last few years, you’ve been living in “Kansas,” so to speak, surrounded by family, friends, classmates, teachers, etc., who have walked with you every step of the way and who have made you feel loved, appreciated and respected. When you walk down the aisle with all your classmates at your graduation ceremony, all of the people who have been in your life up to this point will flood your mind with positive memo-

ries, causing you to be filled with tears of joy and sadness at the same time.

Hold on to all those memo-ries because you will need them as you make the transi-tion from “Kansas” to the “Land of Oz,” or from your old school to a new school. For the last few years, you have been the Leaders of the Pack, the Upper Classmen, the Juniors and the Seniors. But now you will have to start all over as Freshman, living in a whole new world with sophomores, juniors and seniors.

Like Dorothy, who found herself in a strange world, there are going to be days when you will feel lost and all alone. But do not be afraid, because your family and friends who have guarded and protected you throughout your life will always be there to support

you. Do not be afraid, because your teachers who offered you wisdom and advice, will always be there to reach out to you. And do not be afraid, because our God who gave you life will always be there to fill you with strength and courage. “I have told you this so that you might have peace in me. In the world you will have trouble, but take courage, I have conquered the world.” John 16:32

Like Dorothy who found herself at the crossroads won-dering which road to take, you are going to find yourself with many forks in the road, with many paths to take, with many decisions to make. But know this: Deep within you, you have the greatest compass of all, none other than Jesus Christ himself. Do not be afraid, but continue to call upon the power of the Lord to go before you as your light, to stand beside you as your best friend, to walk behind you as your backbone support, and most importantly, to live within you as your Lord and Savior. “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not

lean on your own understand-ing. In all your ways, acknowl-edge Him and He will make your paths straight.” Proverbs 3:5

Like Dorothy, who ran into the Wicked Witch of the West, beware of the evil one in this “Land of Oz,” whom we call Satan or the devil, the one who is going to try and discourage you from going home to the Kingdom of Heaven. “Be sober and vigilant. Your opponent the devil is prowling around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, steadfast in your faith. … The God of all grace who called you to His eternal glory through Christ [Jesus] will Himself, restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you after you have suffered a little. To Him be dominion.” 2 Peter 5:8-10

In the Land of Oz there are going to be many times when you will fill like you are on top of the world. But I can also guarantee you that there will be times when you will feel like the “lion” without courage, like the “tin man” without a

heart, and like the “scarecrow” without a brain. But do not be afraid because among you is the Great and Holy One of Israel. Isaiah 12:6

If or when you end up feel-ing like the “lion” without cour-age, draw closer to the Lord with the words that St. Paul gave to Timothy: “For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice but rather of power and love and self- control.” 2 Timothy 2:7

If or when you end up feel-ing like the “tin man” without a heart, listen to the voice of God from the Book of the Prophet Ezekiel: “I will give you a new heart and place a new spirit within you, taking from your bodies your stony hearts and giving you natural hearts.” Ezekiel 36-26-27

And if or when you feel like the “scarecrow” without a brain, pray for the wisdom that God gave to Solomon in the Book of Kings when He told Solomon, “I will do as you requested. I give you a new heart so wise and understand-ing that there has never been

anyone like you up to now, and after you there will come no one to equal you in wisdom.” 1 Kings 3:12

Graduates of 2019, you are definitely going to run into some lions, tigers and bears along the way. But with the courage, the heart and the brains that you have been blessed with, get out there and show the world what you are made of. Let the world know that you are on the Yellow Brick Road of faith, and that no matter how many Wicked Witches of the West you run into, you have our Lord within you who is going to lead you to that rainbow and the Kingdom of Heaven!

Graduates of 2019, con-gratulations! You have defi-nitely earned your diplomas and degrees and are ready for the next major step in your life: jumping into the world with the rest of the big dogs.

Rev. Vialpando is the priest at St. Marguerite Catholic Church in Tooele.

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used this ploy during a trip to Paraguay a couple of weeks before the latest U.S.-backed coup attempt in Venezuela, telling Voice of America (with-out citing any actual evidence) that Iran was fomenting terror-ism in Latin America.

With Bolton and Pompeo redefining so many critical terms and parameters in order to lower the bar for war with

Iran, the world is a much more dangerous place.

Here’s one example. There’s an underreported battle cur-rently taking place in Idlib, Syria. The Syrian government is attempting to purge one of the final enclaves of unlawful combatants in that country, some of whom have enjoyed the support of the U.S. and its Middle Eastern allies in their fight to overthrow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The Syrian government has relied on Iranian ground support in its defense, yet by the current

U.S. definitions, Iranians are the terrorists in Syria. So the battle in Idlib could, theoreti-cally, trigger a war with Iran.

Pompeo and Bolton are leading America into a danger-ous house of mirrors. It’s long past time for Congress to close down the attraction.

Rachel Marsden is a colum-nist, political strategist and host of an independently produced French-language program that airs on Sputnik France. Her website can be found at www.rachelmarsden.com.

Marsdencontinued from page A4

By doing whatever he could to stop an investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, including fir-ing the head of the FBI, Trump has told America it’s OK for a president to obstruct justice. Goodbye, law.

The core purpose of the U.S. Constitution is to prevent tyr-anny. That’s why the framers of the Constitution distributed

power among the president, Congress and the judiciary. That’s why each of the three branches was designed to limit the powers of the other two.

In other words, the framers anticipated the possibility of a Donald Trump.

The framers also put in mechanisms to enforce the Constitution against a presi-dent who tries to usurp the powers of the other branches of government. Article I, Section 2 gives the House of Representatives the “sole power of impeachment.” Article I,

Section 3 gives the Senate the “sole power to try all impeach-ments.”

Trump surely appears to be usurping the powers of the other branches. Under these circumstances, the Constitution mandates that the House undertake an impeachment inquiry and present evidence to the Senate.

This may not be the practical political thing to do. But it is the right thing to do.

Robert Reich’s latest book is “The Common Good.”

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Danny Wayne Denton

Danny Wayne Denton’s last breath on earth and first breath with our Lord and Savior was on Wednesday, May 15, 2019, at his home in Tooele, Utah, by the side of his loving wife of 43 years. He began his journey Aug. 21, 1946, as the son of Eugene Sherrick Denton and Dorothy Mae Nunemaker Denton in Rochester, Indiana.

Danny was a Vietnam vet-eran who served with the 1st Calvary Airborne in the US Army.

Danny met the love of his life, Libby (Susan Lisabeth) Perry, in 1976 in Eagle Pass, Texas. While dancing their belt buckles hooked and two weeks later, they were mar-ried. Together they had two children, Danielle Renee and James Jared, along with the blessing of eight grandchil-dren.

Danny was a huge part of the community and gave back to those in need. He was a very active member of the Loyal Order of the Moose, as well as a member of the Fraternal Order of the Eagles. You could always find him participating in several golf scrambles, vol-unteering, and working around the golf course. His love for others, and golf, as well as his giving heart and spirit are what made Danny well respect-ed and loved. During the warmer months, you would always find Danny working on the local golf course keeping the grounds up; something he loved dearly.

He is preceded in death by his mother and father and his two brothers, Larry Eugene and Jerry Lee. He is survived by his loving wife, Libby; his daughter and son-in law, Danielle and Greg Johnson of Montgomery, Texas; his son and daughter-in law, James and Randi Denton of Durant,

Iowa; and his eight grandchil-dren, Shelbie Danelle, Tanner Lane, Savannah Lynn, Terrence Lynn, Hunter Ray, Daniel John, William David and Emily Kathleen.

Danielle and James want to thank the Tooele Community for loving on their father the last 20 years and treating him as their own.

Please join us in celebrating Danny’s life.

Texas: Saturday, June 8, 2019, 5–7 p.m., The Johnson Home (Danny’s daughter), 267 Carriage Trail, Montgomery, Texas. Please feel free to stop by anytime to share your sto-ries and love on the family. Food will be served.

Utah: Saturday, July 13, 2019, 11 a.m., The Moose Lodge, 1100 E. Vine St., Tooele, Utah.

In lieu of flowers, please donate to the Danny Denton Memorial Fund at America First Credit Union or mail checks made payable to the Danny Denton Memorial Fund to c/o Danielle Johnson, 267 Carriage Trail, Montgomery, Texas 77316. The funds will be used for an annual scholar-ship in Danny’s honor to a high school graduating senior that will be pursuing golf in college.

The family send their most sincere thanks for the out-pouring of love, support and prayers.

Carl KrieserCarl Fredrick Krieser, 90,

passed away May 15, 2019, after a brief illness. Carl was born April 24, 1929, in Green Bay, Wisconsin. He was the second child and only son of Carl Richard Krieser and Esther Edna Ruth.

Carl attended Kimberly High School in Kimberly, Wisconsin, and spoke at his graduation ceremony in 1947. The day after graduation he enlisted in the army. He served in Brooklyn, New York, and in Korea during the Korean War.

The first part of his life was dedicated to the study of music. He learned to play coro-net, saxophone, clarinet, and trumpet. He played in dance bands, high school band, and military bands in the United States and Korea. He loved music from the big-band era.

He studied at Lawrence Conservatory of Music at Appleton, Wisconsin, where he met his future wife Joyce Alberta Julia Glassnap. They were married Sept. 6, 1952 in Appleton, Wisconsin.

Carl followed in his father’s footsteps and worked for the railroad in the early years of their marriage. This was the basis for his lifelong passion for railroads and trains. From Wisconsin, his career took them to Kansas City, Missouri, in 1958 where he managed railroad transportation of grain. He lived in the Kansas City area for 35 years.

Carl and Joyce were blessed with two boys, Kurt Richard and Karl Eric. He enjoyed being a father and support-ing the boys in their interests and sports; he especially liked watching Eric wrestle.

Although Carl was not a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he supported both of his boys in serving missions for the church. He had many friends who were members and when Joyce was called on a mission to the inner-city area of Kansas City, Kansas, Carl accepted a calling to serve with her.

After both boys were mar-ried and living in Utah, he took an early retirement so he and Joyce could move to Layton, Utah, to be closer to their sons and their grandchildren. Carl was never one to sit around; in his retirement he volunteered

at Davis Hospital. He loved dogs and had a

number of pet dogs over the years. From his first dog Jippy when he was four years old to Foxy who passed just last August, he loved them all!

He was also an amateur radio enthusiast.

In 2013, he and Joyce moved to Stansbury Park, Utah, to be even closer to their family.

Carl is survived by his wife of 66 years, Joyce Krieser; sons Kurt (Maria) Krieser, and Eric (Elida) Krieser (all of whom live in Stansbury Park); as well as his grandchil-dren Kristy (Josh) Anderson, Robyn (David) Campbell, Seth Krieser, Xochitl Krieser, Mason Krieser, Abra (Matt) Trussell, Nyla Krieser and Emily Krieser; great-grandchildren Aaron, Samantha, Aidan, Adam and Sabrina Anderson; sister-in-law Dawn Renee Glassnap; nieces Sharon (Bill) Jackson and Carol Loveless. Carl was pro-ceeded in death by his parents Carl and Esther Krieser; sister Ruth Krieser Kumbier; and brother-in-law Leroy Kumbier.

A viewing will be held Thursday, May 23, 2019, 7–8 p.m., at the Tate Mortuary, 110 S. Main St., Tooele, Utah. A graveside service will be held Friday, May 24, 2019, at noon at the Stansbury Park Cemetery, Brigham Road, Stansbury Park, Utah. Friends and family are invited to the Krieser home following the graveside service for refresh-ments and visiting.

Special thanks to the staff at Rocky Mountain Care center in Tooele for their professional and tender care of dad for the past 20 months while he resided there.

Mildred Dutson JordanFeb. 20, 1933 – May 18, 2019

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rounded by his family passed away in his Grantsville home the morning of Sunday, May 19, 2019.

Oneil was born April 21, 1937, in Lynndyl, Utah, to Barnabus and Selma Lake. Neil was second to the youngest of 12 children.

On March 18, 1958, Oneil married the love of his life, and beautiful wife of 62 years, Ada Simons. They were later sealed for all eternity in the LDS Temple. Together Neil and Ada were blessed with eight daugh-ters, 27 grandchildren, and 51 great-grandchildren.

Oneil was a very hard-work-ing man, and had various jobs throughout his life. Although Neil was most proud of his time as a police officer, and the mission he served for the LDS church.

Our loving dad, and grand-father, had so much love for anything outdoors, his beauti-ful yard, his grandkids, and his “little dog.”

Oneil is survived by his wife Ada; daughters Cindy Lake, Leann Jorgenson (Larry), Kathleen Hunt (Arnie),

Shonna Wilcox (Rory), Vickie Lake, Rebecca Lake, Jenny Mecham (Chad); and all of his grandchildren.

Oneil was preceded in death by his daughter Shanna; his great-grandsons Larry and Kaden; his mother; father; all of his siblings; and son in-law Steven.

Services will be held Tuesday May 28, 2019, at the 1st Ward LDS Chapel, 115 E. Cherry St., Grantsville, Utah, at 11 a.m., with a visitation one hour prior at the same location. Services entrusted with Didericksen Memorial.

Joe F. GarciaJoe F. Garcia (Pancho)

left this world to join his Heavenly Father on May 18, 2019. Joe was born Oct. 4, 1928, to Procopio and Odilia Garcia in Taos, New Mexico. He married his lovely wife, Cora Candelario, on Jan. 21, 1950, at St. Francis of Assissi Catholic Church in Taos. They were married 66 years.

After moving to Tooele, Joe began his 34-year career at Tooele Army Depot. He was also a sergeant with the Tooele City Police Department. Over the years, Joe and Cora raised their four children, teaching them to be good citizens of society and to pursue their goals. Joe was a true support-er of his family throughout his life. He was always the great-est fan at wrestling matches, baseball games and all activi-ties his family participated in.

He was a loving, caring and ethical man who had the respect of his family and a long list of friends. Some of his hobbies were hunting and fishing with his fam-ily, watching the Utah Jazz, Notre Dame, Utah Utes and Arizona Wildcats. Joe loved riding horses and telling sto-ries of being a ranch hand in Wyoming in his youth. He loved music and you could often catch him wearing his creased ball cap and whistling or singing along. Joe loved to grow his garden just so he could give away the veg-etables. The more he gave, the more they would grow.

Our loving father, grandfa-ther, mentor and friend will truly be missed, but what he

taught and inspired will carry on.

Joe is preceded in death by his parents, his wife Cora, his daughter Frances, his grand-son Pete, and his two brothers Juan and Junior Garcia.

He is survived by his three sisters Julia Romero, Cree Medina, and Maria (Ted) Trujillo; his three sons Rick (Karen), Anthony (Terri) and Greg (Ramona); 14 grandchil-dren, 26 great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grand-children; and many nieces, nephews and God children.

A visitation will be held at St. Marguerite Church on Thursday, May 23, from 6 to 8 p.m., with the Rosary at 7 p.m. The funeral mass will be Friday, May 24, at 11:30 a.m. at St. Marguerite Church, with visitation for an hour prior.

We would like to sincerely thank the staff at Rocky Mountain Care Center and the Emergency Staff at the Mountain West Medical Center for the excellent care they gave Pampa C.

Joseph B. ParkJoseph B. Park, 1926 –

2019, was born in Murray, Utah, to John W. and Ida Woolsey Park. Sealed to his wife, Cathy, in the Jordan River Temple. Joseph was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Joseph operated heavy equipment for the State of Utah for 41 years. He was a member of the Salt Lake County Sheriffs Posse for 30 years. He rode in the commem-oration of the National Pony Express for 19 years.

He is survived by his wife, Cathy; daughters, Kathy and Tammy; son, John; grandchil-dren, Tera, Tami, Cayton and Camden; sisters, Carole and Ruby; and brother, Glen.

Viewing will be held

Tuesday, May 21, 2019, from 6–8 p.m., at Tate Mortuary 110 S. Main St., Tooele, Utah. Graveside service will be held Wednesday, May 22, 2019, at 11 a.m., at Elysian Burial Gardens, 1075 E. 4580 South, Milcreek, Utah.

Jose L. Medina Jr.Born on Dec. 29, 1967,

in the town of Jacona, Michoacan, Mexico.

Son of Jose L. Medina Sr. and Maria del Carmen Balladares.

Jose was a loving father and a hard working man.

Survived by his daughter, Daniela G Medina.

God saw you getting tired and a cure was not to be.

He put His arms around you and whispered “Come to Me.”

With tearful eyes we watched you suffer and fade away.

Although we couldn’t bear to lose you, we could not ask you to stay.

A golden heart stopped beat-ing hard, working hands laid to rest.

God broke our hearts to prove to us that He only

takes the best.You took the path to Heaven

but you did not go alone.For part of us went with you

the day God called you home.

We will always remember you as a good and faithful man.

Myrna G. GreenMyrna Green, age 82, of

Grantsville, passed away May 18 at home. She has joined her husband, Merl, and son, Danny, who had preceded them both 50 years ago at age 13. Myrna was born in Vernon on April 17, 1937, to Henry and Winnie Gunderson. She married Merl Green in the Salt Lake Temple on Oct. 30, 1952. They had five boys together: Merle Gene (Chris), Roger (Becky), Danny (deceased), Larry and Tommy (Becky). She also raised grand-son, David Green.

She was a loving, car-ing mother, whose love also extended to her many friends with whom she stayed in close touch. Most of her life she spent as a homemaker, taking care of her family. Aside from her love of reading novels and play-ing “her games,” she enjoyed crocheting, and made countless afghans and baby blankets for family and friends. An active member of the LDS church, she loved the Relief Society and her church family.

She was preceded in death, not only by her husband and

son, but also her sister, Clarine, and brother, LaVar. She is survived by her brother, John; sisters, Carol and Diana; four sons; and numerous grandchil-dren and great-grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held Tuesday May 28, at 11 a.m., in the LDS chapel at 428 S. Hale St., in Grantsville. There will be a viewing for friends and family prior to the service from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Services entrusted to Didericksen Memorial in Grantsville.

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TUESDAY May 21, 2019

MARK WATSONCORRESPONDENT

Ancestors of Grantsville’s first mayor, Cyrus Wakefield Bates, gathered at the Grantsville Cemetery Saturday to dedicate a new headstone for the mayor and his wife Lydia Harrington Bates.

The great grandnephew of the mayor, Gordon Bates, of Farmington, offered a dedica-tory prayer.

“The new headstone was put in the week of Thanksgiving, but we waited until spring and some warmer weather to dedicate it,” he said. “Although today is a bit cold and rainy.”

Cyrus Wakefield Bates served two terms as Grantsville’s first mayor from 1867 to 1875. He was born Jan. 22, 1827, and died Jan. 16, 1895, at 67 years old.

Gordon Bates said records show that Cyrus Bates was a member of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. At age 17, he drove a team of horses from his home in New York to Nauvoo, Illinois, to meet the Prophet Joseph Smith in 1844.

After living in Wisconsin with his family for 12 years, the 35-year-old Cyrus Bates formed a wagon company and brought his family of five across the plains to first settle in Batesville (Erda), Utah.

Records show he soon moved westward to neighbor-ing Grantsville where he estab-lished a farm with pasture

land and built his house.According to “A History of

Tooele County 1998 Edition,” Cyrus Bates was elected the city’s first mayor when Grantsville was incorporated on Jan. 9, 1867.

Evidence of additional and extended civil service to com-

munity is recorded in Cyrus Bates’ obituary:

“He has served as select-man of Tooele County two or three times, also as justice of the peace of that precinct; and when Grantsville was incor-porated he was elected mayor, serving two terms. He also

served several terms as one of the councilors of the city and was occupying that position at the time of his death.”

The mayor’s great-great grandnephew, Brian Bates, thanked the Grantsville Historical Preservation Committee, and Grantsville City Councilwoman Jewel Allen for making the event [email protected]

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OBITUARIES

Shirley Atkinson Beagley

Shirley Atkinson Beagley (grandma bread), passed away May 19, 2019, in Tooele, Utah, at the age of 83. She was born Oct. 31, 1935, to Melvin Sweeten Atkinson and Pauline Humpherys Atkinson in Malad, Idaho. She married John LaRay Beagley on June 4, 1959, in the Salt Lake Temple.

She was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Shirley held many callings in addi-tion to always playing the piano and organ. She served a mission at the church office building and enjoyed that for many years. Shirley graduated from BYU and was a substitute teacher while raising her fam-ily in Tooele. She was involved in many different activities throughout her life. Shirley taught 4-H cooking, played the piano for band solo contests and served as an election judge since the time of voting in homes. She rarely missed a city council meeting.

Great-grandchildren called her “Grandma Bread,” because she always made the best homemade bread. Shirley was most famously known for mak-ing homemade chocolates for over 40 years.

Shirley is survived by her daughter Cheryl Caldwell; sons Alan (Karen), Gary (Jessica),; sister Ruth (Ron) Kendrick; brother Wayne (Jan) Atkinson; and sister-in-law Jennifer Beagley.

She is preceded in death by her husband John; parents; sis-ters Irene Gage, Nola (Robert) Taylor; baby brother Robert; and son-in-law Greg Caldwell.

Shirley’s biggest specialty was service.

A visitation will be held Thursday, May 23, 2019, 11:30 a.m.–12:45 p.m., with a funeral following at 1 p.m., at the Tooele 14th ward building, 180 S. Coleman St., in Tooele, Utah. Interment will be in the Tooele City Cemetery.

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Barbara Bush Russell (Hardman)

Barbara Bush Russell (Hardman) went to join her husband Lyman (Swede) Russell, daughters Maureen Stoddard and Colleen Carroll, and sons Lyman Kay Russell and Lane Russell, in heaven where there will be much cel-ebration as she reunites with her loved ones. Also to greet her will be grandson Colt, granddaughter Jerrica, and great-grandson Kaden. She passed thru the veil May 15, 2019, at the age of 91.

She was born Jan. 11, 1928, to Wesley and Violet Bush in Santa Barbara, California. She graduated from Tooele High School in 1945. She married Swede on April 25, 1947. He passed away April, 1987. She later married Delyn Hardman, he passed away June, 2005. She was later sealed to Swede in the LDS Temple.

She worked for the federal government for over 30 years at Deseret Chemical, Ogden Arsenal, and retired from Dugway Proving Grounds.

She was a master artist winning many ribbons for her paintings. She was also a mem-ber of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers.

Barb had a sweetness about her that touched her many friends and family. But on the other hand, she was feisty and

had a quick wit that made for good laughter.

She is survived by daughter Janneen (Ron) Taylor; step-son Jeff (Diana) Jordon; many grandchildren, great- and great-great grandchildren; brother Don (Ann) Bush; sister Karen Harrison; and special sister-in-law Luana (Cal) Hutchins. She is preceded in death by her parents and brothers Wesley (Darrel) and Jack Bush.

Barb was a strong woman, but in the end after losing so many loved ones, it took a toll on her.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, May 25, at the 13th Ward Church, 1025 Southwest Drive, Tooele, Utah, viewing from 10 to 11 a.m., funeral fol-lowing immediately after at 11 a.m. Burial in Tooele City.

New headstone dedicated at grave of Grantsville’s first mayor


Gordon Bates, his family and history buffs prayed at the Grantsville Cemetery and shared family history as they rededicated the grave of their ancestors Harriet and Cyrus Bates. Cyrus Bates was the first mayor of Grantsville.


Caleb Barfuss touches the Bates grave marker at the Grantsville Cemetery. Cyrus Bates was the first mayor of Grantsville and Caleb’s fourth great grandpa.

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SportsSPORTS WRAP

Tooele tennis campTooele High School boys tennis coaches Lyle Nielson and Jerry Harward, along with members of the THS boys and girls var-sity and junior varsity tennis teams, will hold a camp May 28-31 at the THS tennis courts for students of all skill levels entering grades 2-9. Sessions will be from 8-10 a.m. for players in grades 2-5 and 10 a.m.-noon for players in grades 6-9. Players will be divided into ability groups, and will need to bring their own tennis racket and proper athletic attire and tennis shoes. They are encour-aged to bring their own water bottle and parents are welcome to stay and watch. Cost is $30, with a family discount of $5 off for each additional child. For more information or for a reg-istration form, email Nielson at [email protected] or call 541-274-0290.

Notable HS softball scoresThursdayClass 4A quarterfinalsTooele 10, Cedar 0, (6)Bear River 11, Snow Canyon 1, (5)

Class 4A one-loss bracketLogan 1, Lehi 0Mountain Crest 8, Uintah 4Ridgeline 5, Canyon View 1Spanish Fork 1, Payson 0Spanish Fork 6, Mountain Crest 4Ridgeline 11, Logan 1, (5)Ridgeline 5, Cedar 3Spanish Fork 10, Snow Canyon 3Class 5A second roundBountiful 8, East 1Farmington 8, Murray 4Roy 13, Wasatch 6West 10, Box Elder 2Class 5A one-loss bracketCottonwood 8, Olympus 7Maple Mountain 13, Alta 9Skyridge 5, Corner Canyon 4Springville 7, Timpview 0Class 6A second roundBingham 5, Fremont 4Copper Hills 7, Westlake 1Herriman 5, Kearns 3Layton 2, Pleasant Grove 0Class 6A one-loss bracketClearfield 10, Cyprus 3Davis 15, American Fork 0Riverton 6, Hunter 4Taylorsville 17, Granger 1, (3)FridayClass 4A semifinalTooele 1, Bear River 0Class 4A one-loss bracketSpanish Fork 5, Ridgeline 1SaturdayClass 4A championshipSpanish Fork 5, Tooele 2 (Game 1)Tooele 3, Spanish Fork 1 (Game 2)Class 4A semifinalSpanish Fork 8, Bear River 6, (8)

Notable HS baseball scoresThursdayClass 4A one-loss bracketDixie 4, Lehi 0Spanish Fork 7, Bear River 4FridayClass 6A one-loss bracketAm. Fork 15, Cyprus 5, (6)Bingham 10, Davis 5Herriman 9, Kearns 3SaturdayClass 5A one-loss bracketCorner Cyn. 4, Brighton 3, (8)Farmington 6, Roy 2Maple Mountain 7, Viewmont 3Olympus 3, Highland 2MondayClass 4A semifinalsDesert Hills 6, Salem Hills 3Dixie 3, Salem Hills 2Class 4A one-loss bracketDixie 8, Spanish Fork 1Class 5A quarterfinalsCottonwood 4, Timpanogos 1Jordan 10, Skyridge 1Class 5A one-loss bracketCorner Canyon 17, Olympus 3, (5)Maple Mtn. 6, Farmington 4Class 6A quarterfinalsSyracuse 8, Fremont 1Pl. Grove 12, Lone Peak 0Class 6A one-loss bracketWest Jordan 6, Riverton 2American Fork 11, Herriman 1Bingham 8, West Jordan 0

Notable HS boys soccer scoresFridayClass 5A quarterfinalsBrighton 2, West 1Olympus 3, Box Elder 0Skyridge 3, Jordan 0Wasatch 4, Roy 0Class 6A quarterfinalsCopper Hills 2, Lone Peak 1, OTGranger 1, Davis 0Pleasant Grove 1, Layton 0Weber 2, Cyprus 1

DARREN VAUGHANSPORTS EDITOR

Saturday was a long time coming for the Tooele softball team.

The Buffaloes hadn’t played in a state championship game since 2011, when their coach, Marissa Lowry, was wrapping up her illustrious prep career on her way to the University of Utah, and current seniors Amber Lujan and Hope Weight were wrapping up fourth grade. Tooele hadn’t won a title since 2010 after having won nine state championships over a 20-season span.

But when Weight fielded a grounder from Spanish Fork’s Marae Condie and flipped it to first baseman Kennedie Anderson for the final out of the Buffs’ 3-1 win over the Dons in Saturday’s Class 4A championship game at the Spanish Fork Sports Park, the wait was over for Tooele. After years of coming tantalizingly close, the Buffaloes finally had their 10th state title, tying Manti for the most in Utah high school softball history.

“This is so surreal — oh, man, I can’t even wrap my mind around it right now,”

Lujan said, wiping away tears of joy. “I’m really proud of everybody and all the work they’ve done. They’ve worked so hard for this. We deserve this.

“This is just unreal to me and I’m so thankful for these girls and everything they’ve done. They’ve taught me so

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The Tooele softball team celebrates its record-tying 10th state championship with a dogpile in the middle of the field after defeating Spanish Fork 3-1 in the second game of the Class 4A cham-pionship round Saturday at the Spanish Fork Sports Park. The victory gave Tooele its first softball state championship in nine years. The Buffaloes finished the season with a 26-3 overall record.

Buffaloes top Spanish Fork for first state championship in nine years


Tooele senior Amber Lujan makes contact during the championship round of the Class 4A state softball tournament Saturday in Spanish Fork. Lujan was one of two seniors on this year’s Buffaloes roster.

“This is so surreal — oh, man, I can’t even wrap my mind around it right now.”

— Amber Lujan, Tooele senior outfielder

FROM THE SIDELINES

It just seems right.For 20 years, Tooele was the standard-bearer for Utah high school softball, winning nine state champi-onships in that span. Six of those came between 2003 and 2010, and it seemed the titles would just keep coming.

Little did they know that Saturday’s championship win over Spanish Fork would be nearly a decade in the mak-ing. The Buffaloes hadn’t so much as played in the cham-pionship game since 2011, when current coach Marissa Lowry was a senior. They’d watched as other programs — Spanish Fork, Bear River, Stansbury and Grantsville among them — raised the big trophy. But as the sun set over Utah Lake on Saturday evening, the Buffs were right back where they belonged — atop Class 4A, and arguably atop the entire Utah high school softball landscape.

This was a special group of Buffaloes. Seniors Amber Lujan and Hope Weight had seen just about every pos-sible situation in their four years at THS. But it was the underclassmen that made Tooele go — juniors Bryerly Avina and Natalee Bevan

and sophomores Madi Baker, Kate Hogan, Attlyn Johnston, Paige Rydalch and Kennedie Anderson were all regular starters.

That means that the Buffaloes are set up to be one of the top teams in the state for years to come. Could this be the beginning of another Tooele dynasty — one that rivals the Buffs’ success of the early 2000s?

I present to you Exhibit A as evidence that it not only can be the start of something special, but it likely will be. That’s A, as in Tooele ace pitcher Attlyn Johnston. If she’s not the Class 4A Most Valuable Player and a strong candidate for overall state Player of the Year honors, then I don’t know what to tell you. She simply dominated teams all season long. The best part for the Buffs? She’s got two more years in purple

The Buffs are back where they belong

Darren VaughanSPORTS EDITOR

Darren Vaughan

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DARREN VAUGHANSPORTS EDITOR

Tooele County came away from the state track and field meet with a number of impres-sive performances, including a quartet of event championships.

Three of those title-winning performances came from Stansbury’s boys. On Friday at the Clarence F. Robison Track & Field Stadium at Brigham Young University in Provo, Stallions junior Josh Oblad won the Class 4A boys’ 3,200-meter run with a time of 9 minutes, 35.15 seconds. Later that after-noon, Brenden VanCooney,

Jet Richins, Xander Littlefieldand Carson Belnap won the 4A boys’ sprint medley title in 3:33.36, shortly after Grantsville’s Darin Sandberg, Daltyn Peasnall, Izaiah Sanders and Porter Whitworthwon the 3A title in 3:42.31.

Belnap earned Tooele County’s fourth event win of the weekend with a time of 4:19.71 in the 4A boys’ 1,600 on Saturday morn-ing.

The Stansbury boys had the

Grantsville, Stansbury win relay state titlesStallions’ Oblad, Belnap capture titles in 4A distance races


Stansbury’s Aubree Cheney (above) runs the 400-meter dash during the state track and field meet at Brigham Young University in Provo. Cheney finished third in the event. Grantsville’s Izaiah Sanders (right) takes the baton from teammate Daltyn Peasnall during the Cowboys’ victorious run in the Class 3A boys’ sprint medley relay.

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after capping her sophomore season with a state champi-onship.

I’ve been around enough championship-winning soft-ball teams over the years to know that great pitching is

the key to success. Tooele’s pitching is somehow better than great with Johnston in the circle.

And, oh, by the way, the Buffs are still dangerous offensively. Exhibit B: Bryerly Avina. When Avina hits a home run, she leaves no doubt. When she gets a base hit, she’s a terror on the base-

paths with her speed. Baker, Hogan, Anderson, Rydalch and Bevan all have power as well. The scary thing? I don’t know that we’ve seen the best out of these young players yet. They’ll soon receive their state championship rings, and then they’ll somehow be even better next year.

Look out, Beehive State.

The Buffaloes are back on top, and it looks like they’ll be staying there for a while.

Darren Vaughan is a vet-eran sports writer from Moab, Utah. He was impressed by Tooele’s resolve in winning its record-tying 10th state championship. Email him at [email protected].

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much over the years. I’m just so happy for all of us and so proud.”

The Buffs (26-3) came into the championship round as the only undefeated team left in the state tournament, having shut out Desert Hills, Spanish Fork, Cedar and Bear River over their first four games. But the Dons (28-8), playing in front of a rowdy, partisan crowd and having made an impressive run through the one-loss bracket after losing to the Buffs a week earlier, pushed Tooele to the brink by picking up a 5-2 win in the first game of the championship round. The Buffs committed four errors in that contest, which proved to be their only loss to a Class 4A opponent all season.

That lit a fire under Weight, the Buffs’ second baseman who had committed one of those errors and was looking for redemption. She got it with the championship hanging in the balance in the seventh inning of Game 2. First, Spanish Fork’s Samantha Cowden hit a screaming line drive toward the right side of the infield, only to have Weight rob her of a base hit with a diving grab to her left. Amanda Mitchell hit another ground ball that Weight handled effortlessly for the second out, and Condie’s groundout ended the contest.

“After the first game, I was upset that I didn’t get that (ball),” Weight said. “Most of the time, (pitcher Attlyn Johnston) strikes them out, so I never get the ball. I get thrilled when the ball comes to me, so I was glad I could get those three outs for my team.”

Lujan wasn’t surprised to see her fellow senior step up.

“I love her,” Lujan said. “She’s amazing. She’s always been amazing. She always comes up in the clutch and you can always count on her in the field. I’m so happy to have her with me.”

Lowry was also happy for Weight.

“Before the inning, I pulled them all aside and I said, ‘three outs, one out at a time, some-one needs to make that big play,’” Lowry said. “Hope did exactly that, so I’m proud of her. As a senior, she’s a quiet leader and she does what’s asked. She makes big plays like that all the time.

“From the very beginning, we talk about having short-term memory and having to play one pitch at a time. That’s what we did as soon as we lost the first game. We knew that we had to do the little things after we had three or four errors in the first game that cost us the game, so I told them that we just had to forget about it. That’s exactly what they did.”

Tooele took the lead in the second inning of the finale and never looked back. Natalee Bevan hit a leadoff double, and courtesy runner Taylor Valencia stole third and came home on a Spanish Fork error. Emma Higley singled and scored on a two-out RBI double to left by Bryerly Avina to extend the lead to 2-0.

The Buffs made it 3-0 in the top of the third inning, as Kate Hogan singled and scored on a two-out RBI single by Higley. It would have been 4-0 if not for a perfect throw to Dons catcher Oak

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