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Charter school vs. district about choices, not rivalry
With a new school year commencing, most students are gearing up for classes within designated district boundaries. But a few will continue to take the road less traveled by attending Tooele Valley...
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Valleywide animal shelter: an idea whose time has come
Tooele animal control officer Debra Bush recently made the case that Tooele Valley is in need of a large, centralized animal shelter (“Animal control officer pitches plan for valleywide shelter,” ...
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Charity shows measure of a community’s greatness
True acts of charity often go uncelebrated. I’d like to think that’s because they’re so common. In an age where “compassion” is just another puffed-up political mandate on the taxpayer’s dime, inn...
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Residents deserve answers in Grantsville vs. Tooele lawsuit
Grantsville sued Tooele in 2001 for breach of contract, claiming the city utilized land it gained from the Army to promote its own interests, instead of the interests of Tooele County. Nine years ...
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Stockton Bar is a treasure that must be saved
Meeting with Stockton’s Save Our Sandbar committee last week, I found citizens worried that their community was almost in the middle of a sand and gravel operation. Concerns for dust and noise see...
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Guest worker program seems sensible immigration fix
The long-argued question over immigration has grown bitterly divisive in recent months. Arizona appears to be the current standard bearer, and groups both in favor and opposed to the state’s law a...
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Arts Festival puts Tooele on map in the best way
by Matt Rowley
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A variety of things may come to mind when people think of Tooele County. Farms. Countryside. Hazardous waste. Out-of-staters often take interest in the county’s name — no, it isn’t pronounced “Too-...
Republicans ought to rethink closed primaries
by Matt Rowley
2 months ago | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
The state primaries are finally upon us, thank goodness. If those automated phone ads had grown more frequent, I may have needed a second line for live calls. The phone blurbs are a common, if irks...
Kids’ bicycle safety starts with parents, community
by Matt Rowley
2 months ago | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
I’ve developed a cautionary habit, driving through the youthful neighborhoods of Tooele. Every time I pass children on bikes, my foot instinctively lurches for the brake pedal. I follow speed limit...
Reading should be integral part of summer vacation
by Matt Rowley
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School is officially out, leaving youngsters everywhere footloose and fancy-free. Classroom cares have already been discarded by ecstatic youth, who for the next three months will turn their pursui...
Divisive hysteria following in wake of new Arizona law
by Matt Rowley
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Mention “the Arizona law” in a crowded room and you’re likely to evoke some pointed opinions. The border state’s new immigration policy has drawn the eye of the nation and, remarkably, much of the ...
More bike riding would benefit the community
by Matt Rowley
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Learning to ride a bike has long been a childhood right of passage. Most of us remember the exhilaration of speeding down the sidewalk for the first time without training wheels, and the seemingly ...
Transmission lines have no place in valley
by Brent Marshall
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I commend the Tooele Transcript Bulletin for its extensive coverage of the issues surrounding Rocky Mountain Power’s proposed location of transmission lines in Tooele Valley. However, the artic...
Graffiti bust was a victory in war we’re all fighting
by Matt Rowley
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Like most everyone in Tooele Valley, I was happy to hear of the graffiti ring bust a couple weeks back (“Police crack teen graffiti ring,” May 4). Tooele’s police department deserves congratulation...
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