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Tooele County Chamber of Commerce
Tooele Business News Volume 8, Number 1
Calendar of Events For a complete list of upcoming Chamber and community events, please check out our website www.tooelechamber.com
Chamber Luncheon Wednesday, February 9, 2011 from 12-1p.m. Sponsor: URS (Formerly EG&G Defense Materials) Speaker: Deseret Chemical Depot Commander Col. Mark Pomeroy Deseret Peak Convention Center 2930 West Hwy 112, Tooele $10 Members, $15 Non-members Please RSVP Monday, February 7th by 5p.m. Chamber Office 435-882-0690
Educational Breakfast Meeting Wednesday, February 16, 2011 @ 8a.m. “How the Health Care Reform Will Affect Your Business” Presented By: Kim Myers, Community Engagement Director Joint Information Center NO CHARGE for this event, but you must RSVP Please RSVP by Monday, February 14th by 5p.m. Chamber Office 435-882-0690
Ribbon Cutting Friday, February 25, 2011 at Noon Blue Rock Family Dental 1887 North Aaron Drive, Ste A, Tooele
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Macey’s chosen as Business of the year The Chamber Business of the Year Award recognizes a business that has made an impact on our community through their business expertise and community service. The award is judged on the businesses ability to demonstrate excellence in business practices through sales, quality of service, customer service, leadership and community involvement. The 2010 Tooele County Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year is Macey’s Food & Drug. Macey’s is a great place to shop for many reasons including their great service, competitive prices, and community involvement. When you walk into Macey’s you are not a customer, but a guest. Macey’s is very proud to sponsor and participate in many community events such as a $1 “all you can eat” pancake breakfast and all the proceeds go to the Special Education Department at Tooele High School, Armed Forces Day, Kids Safety Fair, and helping support the Chamber of Commerce with various events. Macey’s is very community oriented so they expanded their floral business to accommodate prom, homecoming, and Mother’s Day boutonniere and corsage orders so that you can shop locally. It is with great pride that the Tooele County Chamber of Commerce presents the 2010 Business of the Year to Macey’s Food & Drug.
Jolene Thurgood, Macey’s Store Manager, accepts Business of the Year Award on behalf of Maceys and their employees.
Ed Dalton named citizen of the year Since 1989, The Tooele County Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year Award as been given to an individual because of their outstanding accomplishments in their employment, civic accomplishments and
service to the community through voluntary efforts. Past award winners include individuals such as Dr. Wallace Johnson, Earl Tate, Maxine Grimm, Beverly White, Jim Gowans and several others.
Tooele County Legislative Caucus meetings The public is invited to attend. Tuesday, February 8, 2011@ 5:30p.m. Thursday, March 3, 2011 @ 5:30p.m. Utah State Capital House Building (West Building) #30
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Tooele County School District Superintendent Terry Linares presents the Citizen of the Year award to Ed Dalton.
This year the Chamber received many notable nominations and this year’s winner was nominated by more than one individual. We would like to honor Mr. Ed Dalton as the Tooele County Chamber of Commerce 2010 Citizen of the year. Ed has a passion for education and has a vision for educational opportunities in Tooele County. Ed was a science teacher for Tooele High School, and was President CEO of the National Energy Foundation. He currently heads the Tooele County School District Education Foundation and the Tooele County Alliance Partnership for education employment and economic development. Ed Dalton is certainly a great asset to our county. The Chamber is proud to present the 2010 Citizen of the Year Award to this educator and wonderful member of our community.
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Individual VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR Three years ago, the Tooele County Chamber of Commerce created a new award to be given to an individual or group who provided outstanding volunteer service to the community. This year, several nominations were received. As the Awards Committee members read through the nominations, it was evident that we have many people in our communities that give back tremendously to our residents. This year’s 2010 Volunteer of the Year award winner is Mrs. Cheryl Adams. For the past 17 years, our Volunteer of the Year has worked as the Miss Tooele
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County Pageant Director and also as the Dairy Princess Pageant Director. She also serves on the Tooele County Fair Board, New Reflection House Board, Tooele Valley Community Cooperative Board, Together With Youth Program, Race for the Cure, DARE Program, Tooele High School Community Council, Arts Festival, early voting volunteer worker, and the National Association of Mental Illness Committee. Thank you Cheryl for your many hours of volunteer service you have donated to our community.
Shawn Milne accepts the Ambassador of the Year Award for the 2nd year in a row.
The mission of the Chamber Ambassador program is to serve as representatives and goodwill ambassadors welcoming new businesses to the area, nurturing and welcoming new Chamber members and attending Chamber events when possible. They also participate in all Chamber functions such as Business After Hours, Ribbon Cuttings, Grand Openings, Luncheons and events. Each year the Chamber recognizes an
individual who has gone above and beyond expectations in promoting and participating in the Chamber Ambassador Program. This year’s Ambassador of the Year award goes to Shawn Milne, owner of Click Audio Video. Shawn was asked to be part of the Ambassador program in the spring of 2009 when the program was struggling. Without hesitation, Shawn agreed to attend the Ambassador Meetings and was soon elected to chair the committee. Shawn did not serve as the chair in name only. He jumped right in and began to recruit other members, made plans to enhance the program, and attended nearly every Chamber event and function. Shawn did this with enthusiasm and a true commitment to serve where he was needed and with great dedication. He completed this task while running his own business. Shawn has been in business over 13 years and as owner and operator of Click Audio Video, a sales, service and installation business for electronics - as varied as home theaters to surveillance systems; residential, commercial and institutional. The Tooele County Chamber of Commerce is appreciative and proud to honor Shawn Milne as the 2010 Ambassador of the Year.
COME TOGETHER AWARD Jerry Houghton informs the audience of the many volunteer hours that Cheryl Adams has given back to the community as he presents her with the Volunteer of the Year award.
CUSTOMER SERVICE AWARD The purpose of the Customer Service Award is to recognize a business that has made exceptional contributions and exceeded expectations in delivering services of superior quality to its customers. Nominations were accepted for businesses that have demonstrated exceptional customer service techniques and have built customer oriented relationships. The 2010 Tooele County Chamber of Commerce Customer Service Award goes to Oquirrh Hills Golf Course in Tooele.
The Golf Course and Pro Shop is managed by Christian Scott. Chris Scott and his employees are superior in the customer service department. They go above and beyond when it comes to taking care of their customers and they are highly efficient in the way the coordinate the daily activities of the gold course so that the day can run smoothly for their customers. Chris has taught his employees the importance of great customer service and they have certainly accepted the responsibility to do so.
Corey and Amy Price accept the “Come Together” award in behalf of their business Upgrades Etcetera Computers.
This year the Chamber has a new award called the “Come Together Award.” This award is to recognize companies whose business model encourages residents to shop locally by offering competitive pricing, great service, and a willingness to satisfy the customer’s needs. The business that won the Come Together Award was nominated more than once for their outstanding service and support of the Come Together Campaign. The Tooele County Chamber of Commerce 2010 Come Together Award goes to Upgrades Etcetera Computers in Tooele. Upgrades Etc. is more than willing to help any customer that walks through their door. They will always try their very best to offer the most competitive prices
they can so that people are able to shop local. Commissioner Colleen Johnson said, “On a Saturday my computer started doing ‘strange’ things and I didn’t know what to do. We called Upgrades Etc. Computers and they said to bring it in. We took the computer to the store, 45 minutes later the computer was “wiped,” “upgraded,” and “protected” for a very reasonable fee. We wouldn’t have gotten that kind of service in Salt Lake City.” Thank you to Upgrades Etc. Computers for giving us the chance to shop locally and for taking care of their customers.
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Mayor Pat Dunlavy presents the Customer Service Award to Oquirrh Hills Golf Course staff.
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BUSINESS VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR Three years ago, the Tooele County Chamber of Commerce created a new award to be given to an individual or group who provided outstanding volunteer service to the community. This year, several nominations were received. So many businesses give back to our community in a number of ways. The 2010 Volunteer of the Year Award for a Business goes to Wal-Mart Logistics in Grantsville. Wal-Mart Logistics has supported the community with 584 hours of volunteer service. A few of the events that Wal-
Mart Logistics has volunteered for include: Assisting the Boy Scouts with a clean-up project for the Chamber of Commerce, Children’s Health Fair, Habitat for Humanity, Boys and Girls Club, Fighting for Hunger Campaign and Vernon Elementary for the Teachers Rewards Program. The associates at Wal-Mart Logistics put their hearts into every volunteer project they participate in. Wal-Mart Logistics, thank you for all you volunteer service and for giving back to your community.
Chamber Staff
Debbie Winn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Executive Director Danielle Winn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Office Assistant
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Joyce Hogan, 2009-2010 Board Chair, presents the Business Volunteer of the Year award to Jeff Loafman, Wal-Mart Logistics General Manager and his staff.
Kelly Duffin - Chair . .. . . . . . . . . . Mountain West Medical Center Berna Sloan - 1st Vice Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Group 1 Real Estate Jeff Loafman - 2nd Vice Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wal-Mart Logistics Jeff England - Secretary / Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . Axiom Financial Joyce Hogan - Past Chair. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .EnergySolutions Cari Gavin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jackrabbit Press Chris Scott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Oquirrh Hills Golf Course Dean Johnson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Zion’s Bank Jack Bell. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Quality Automotive Jed Winder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tooele Vision Center Jolene Thurgood.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Macey’s Food & Drug Kris King. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mountain America Credit Union Mike Fields. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . Beck N Call Mike Jensen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tooele County Shawn Milne. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Click Audio Video
Advisory Seats Mayor Patrick Dunlavy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tooele City Mayor Brent Marshall .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grantsville City Commissioner Colleen Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tooele County Scott Bryan. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .Tooele County School District Superintendent Terry Linares . . . . .Tooele County School District
Chamber Ambassadors Sandy Critchlow - Ambassador Chair. . . . Prudential Real Estate Kathy Boltz - 1st Vice Chair. . . . . . . . . HeritageWest Credit Union Bill Upton .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tooele First Assembly of God Carrie Cushman. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . Holiday Inn Express & Suites Chris Sloan. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Group 1 Real Estate Cindy Hollar . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .The UPS Store Deboni Sacre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Atmosphere ID Gloria Kershaw. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Scentsy Consultant Jennifer Bastian. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wal-Mart Logistics Kendall Bohman. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deseret Industries Kevin John. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Royal Wholesale Electric Marc Hicks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Wells Fargo Sharilyn Hunsaker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rocky Mountain Care Todd Castagno. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Willow Creek Lending Vicki Griffith. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prudential Real Estate Wendy Guay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Denny’s
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Chamber Business Renewals
The Tooele County Chamber of Commerce would like to thank the following members for their continued support and for renewing their memberships for 2011:
Gold
Detroit Diesel Remanufacturing, LLC Energy Solutions Grantsville City Miller Motorsports Park Tooele City Tooele County Utah Industrial Depot
Sustaining
Christensen & Griffith Construction Deseret Chemical Depot Dugway Proving Ground URS US Magnesium, LLC Well’s Fargo Bank Zions Bank
Corporate
American Inn & Suites Hampton Inn Les Olson Company Macey’s Food & Drug Media One Nelson & Sons Inc. Tate Mortuary Tooele Applied Technology College USANA Health Sciences, Inc
Business
Allen Insurance Agency
Allied Waste Advanced Practice Medical Clinic B & V Lawn & Pest Control Beehive Homes CST Body & Paint Elizabeth’s Custom Catering Eye Health Professionals Factory Flooring Direct Farm Bureau Insurance Fields Quality Concrete& General Construction First American Title Gentle Touch Family Dentistry Grantsville Federal Credit Union Griffeth Vision Group Heritage Home Health High Uinta Pack Goats JL Johnson, CPA Lakeview Apartments Les Schwab Tires Moran Eye Center Mountainland Physical Therapy Phil’s Glass, Inc. Security Title Insurance Soelberg’s Tooele County Health Dept Tooele County School District Tooele County Stockpile Outreach Office Tooele Dental Associates
Community Nursing Services
Tooele Valley Spine Center Tooele Valley Urgent Care Turf-It Landscape
Small Business
435 Design Academy Mortgage Always Perfect Photography Arnie’s Produce Cygnus Labs D & J Ad-Vantage Embroidery J&J Jewelry Jackrabbit Press Meier& Marsh Professional Therapies Millpond Spa & Retreat R F Engraving Lana McKean Prudential UT, Ft Union Remington Park Apartments
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Ridgeline Land Survey, LLC Sports Depot, Inc The Driving School Tooele County Housing Authority Vine Street Courtyard
Non Profit
American Cancer Society Community Nursing Services K-9 P.I.T. Kiwanis Club of Tooele LDS Employment Resource Center Speirs Farm Tooele County Children’s Justice Center Valley Mental Health Veterans of Foreign Wars Individual Jim Gowans Beverly White
New Chamber Members The Tooele County Chamber of Commerce extends a warm welcome to our newest members: Café Rio Mexican Grill Corporate
1205 N. Main St. Tooele, UT 84074 435-228-9800 Cafe Rio serves the most delicious, award winning food that will leave you craving more!! We’re up with the sun, squeezing limes and scooping out avocados, baking our fresh desserts and making our signature sauces and salad dressings by hand. We’re not complaining, though. It’s just what we do – kind of like hand rolling every tortilla from scratch, and buying only USDA Choice meats. With no freezers or Microwaves in our restaurants, we are proud to offer the highest quality, freshest food you will find anywhere.
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Deseret Computer Solutions Small Business Jeremy Anderson 822 E. Nain St. Ste 11 Grantsville, UT 84029 435-884-1600 Business and Residential computer support; printers and toners, virus & spyware, repair & upgrades, DATA recovery, security and backup.
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Kim Ekins Tooele, UT 84074 435-248-2121 We rent inflatable bounce houses, water slides, obstacle course, giant slides for birthday parties and large events! We will set up and take down for no extra charge if the event is in Tooele. We have great prices, great bouncers and great service.
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Recently installed members of the 2011 Tooele County Chamber of Commerce Board includes from left to right: Joyce Hogan, EnergySolutions (Past-Chair); Tooele County School District Superintendent Terry Linares; Dean Johnson, Zions Bank; Grantsville City Mayor Brent Marshall; Jeff England, Axiom Financial (Secretary/Treasurer); Jeff Loafman, WalMart Logistics (2nd Vice Chair); Kris King, Mountain America Credit Union; Jolene Thurgood, Macey’s Food & Drug; Kelly Duffin, Mountain West Medical Center (Board Chair); Mike Fields, Beck-N- Call; Tooele City Mayor Pat Dunlavy; Chris Scott, Oquirrh Hills Golf Course and Pro Shop; Shawn Milne, Click Audio Video; Tooele County Commissioner Colleen Johnson; Mike Jensen, Tooele County Auditor; Debbie Winn, Chamber Executive Director; Cari Gavin, JackRabbit Press; Dr. Jed Winder, Tooele Vision Center. Absent from photo is Jack Bell, Quality Automotive Group and Berna Sloan, Group 1 Real Estate (1st Vice Chair).
2011 Chamber Board Installation Banquet The Tooele County Chamber of Commerce held their annual installation banquet on Saturday, January 29, 2011. 198 members and guests attended the event. The evening began with a welcome and speech on the state of the Chamber by 2009-2010 Board Chair, Joyce Hogan. Kelly Duffin, CEO Mountain West Medical Center and new 2011 Chamber Chairman of the Board, remarked about the future of the Chamber and what they plan to accomplish in the coming year. Awards were presented to Shawn Milne, Click Audio Video, for Ambassador of the Year for the second year in a row; Maceys, Business of the Year; Ed Dalton for Citizen of the year; Oquirrh Hills Golf Course for Customer Service of the Year, Cheryl Adams as Volunteer of the Year and WalMart Logistics as Business Volunteer of the year.
(See information on each award winner in this newsletter). The awards were followed by a fantastic dinner prepared and served by Sostanza. Dinner was served by volunteers from the Tooele High School Honor Society, who did a fantastic job of serving our guests. Beautiful framed photos of the 2011 Chamber Resource Directory were presented to the Gold Members of the Chamber. Those members include: EnergySolutions, Grantsville City, Quality Automotive, Mountain West Medical Center, Tooele City Corporation, Tooele County, Miller Motorsports Park, WalMart Logistics, Key Bank, Wasatch Heating and Air and Utah Industrial Depot. Framed certificates were also presented to the Sustaining Members of the Chamber which include: Ace Disposal, ATI
Rowley Operations, Cargill Salt, Carlisle Syntec/Hunter Panels, Christensen & Griffith, Clean Harbors, Click Audio Video, Comcast, Deseret Chemical Depot, Detroit Diesel, Dugway Proving Ground, URS, formerly EG&G Defense Materials, Fassio Egg Farm, Geneva Rock Products, Hales Oil Company, Heritage West Credit Union, Morton Salt, Prudential Utah Real Estate Tooele, Rocky Mountain Care, Rocky Mountain Power, Staker & Parson Companies, Tooele Army Depot, US Magnesium LLC, Utah Fabrication, Wal-Mart Super Center, Wells Fargo Bank, and Zions Bank. Collette Gunnel and Kara Egan, entrepreneurs and founders of Scentsy, were the featured guest presenters. Kara and Colette are sister-in-laws and
are the Original Co-Founders of Scentsy Inc. and shared the story of their incredible journey with Scentsy. Special thanks to This’N That Gifts for the beautiful centerpieces, JackRabbit Press for the printed programs, Rustic Falls Engraving for the beautiful awards, and the Deseret Peak Complex staff for their help in preparing the room for the event. Thanks to the Chamber Ambassadors who helped welcome our guests that evening; Sandy Critchlow, Kathy Boltz, Vicki Griffith, Carrie Cushman, Jennifer Bastian, Todd Castagno, Marc Hicks, Gloria Kershaw and Wendy Guay.
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County Commission Update: A Partisan Election System by Wade Mathews Public Information Officer The unfortunate and senseless shootings last month in Tucson, Arizona emphasized some historic constants found in politics: it is full of conflict and strife. There will always be two opposing views, two sides to every story, two equally important opinions. And that’s regardless of having a two-party system. Our nation’s Founding Fathers were inspired to create the type of government that exists in the United States. It then was, and still is, the best form of government in the world. But it’s not perfect. Political pundits are constantly criticizing a Presidential Administration and Congress for failing to reach across party lines more often. Closer to home, some people decry partisan politics when it comes to electing our county officials. After the elections, Commissioner Jerry Hurst discussed an idea to eliminate the two-party system for county officials. A recent Transcript Bulletin Editorial supported the idea of making county elections nonpartisan. Commissioner Hurst followed through with discussions of a possible change to the election process. The County Commission see COMMISSION page 13 ➤
Country Commissioners Bruce Clegg, Colleen Johnson and Jerry Hurst
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The New Face of the Business Resource Center
Ryan Murray, Tooele County Business Resource Center Director
The start of the New Year brought with it a new face to the Tooele County Business Resource Center. Ryan Murray is the new full time director of the center that is expanding to meet the growing demands of businesses in the county. The center has operated part time for nearly a year under the direction of Jason Yerka and was known for its support to small business. Whereas these same services will still continue to be offered as a free service to the community, the BRC will now offer an expanded array of resources to help the small business community grow and thrive. Already for this year, the BRC has launched the Community Business Education Series where once a month presenters from the center and around the valley will talk on issues specific to entrepreneurs. Other initiatives soon to come and include a BRC website that will serve as a one stop business resource for new and existing businesses as well as the launch of the Business Expansion and Retention (BEAR) program. The BEAR program will allow companies to network with multiple business resources to improve their own existing businesses. Ryan Murray, who holds an undergraduate degree in Finance and an MBA in Entrepreneurship, both from Westminster College, has run a successful food service business as well as provided business consulting to companies in Salt Lake and Davis County. He came to Tooele because he sees it as the hottest area for entrepreneurship in the state, due to its proximity to Salt Lake and potential for growth. Ryan envisions major innovations coming from Tooele and believes that the BRC is poised to give businesses the start they need. The center is open Mon-Thurs 7am-6pm or by appointment and is located in the county building at 47 South Main Street. All services are free and open to the public and are designed for new start-ups and existing businesses alike. Areas of service including:
• Business Plan Developmentcreating a business plan to apply for a loan, get investment, or develop a strategy • Marketing-understanding your customers, who they are and how to reach them effectively • Pro Forma Financials-building a congruent set of Income, Cash Flow, and Balance Sheet statements • Business Feasibility-using tools to test ideas for new businesses or expanding your current business • Business Networking-connecting you with the right people to help make your business a success • Business Consulting-consulting services that address the specific needs of your business To contact Ryan Murray or the Business Resource Center please call 435-843-3129 or email rmurray@co.tooele.ut.us
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Cafe Rio opens new location in Tooele
Brenda Ricks, Café Rio Director of Public Relations, presents a $2,500 check to the Tooele County School District as part of their recent ribbon cutting ceremony sponsored by the Tooele County Chamber of Commerce. Many Chamber members and community leaders attended the event to welcome Café Rio to Tooele.
January 19, 2011, Cafe Rio Mexican Grill opened their new restaurant in Tooele, at 1205 N. Main St. The Tooele County Chamber of Commerce celebrated the grand opening with a ribbon cutting ceremony attended by Tooele County School District Superintendent Terry Linares, Assistant Superintendent Ken Luke, Tooele City Mayor Pat Dunlavy and several Chamber Members. The company made a $2,500 donation to the Tooele County School District.
Café Rio has 39 locations in Utah, Nevada, Idaho, California, Colorado and Arizona. Cafe Rio serves the most delicious, award winning food that will leave you craving more!! We’re up with the sun, squeezing limes and scooping out avocados, baking our fresh desserts and making our signature sauces and salad dressings by hand. We’re not complaining, though. It’s just what we do – kind of like hand rolling every tortilla
Chamber Executive Committee Officer 2011 Chairman of the Board “The Chamber of Commerce has a significant influence on the economic growth and success of businesses in Tooele County. I look forward to working closely with the Chamber Board of Directors, the Ambassadors, and Chamber members at-large during this coming year. Our success is closely tied to our collaborative working relationships with our advisory Board members who represent our government and educational entities in the County, and I’m optimistic about the Chamber’s future.” Kelly Duffin
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“I’m very excited to continue my Chamber service in 2011. We have a great new Board of Directors with many ideas to improve an already great Chamber. I’ve really enjoyed meeting all of the new Chamber members while I’ve served. I love trying to make my community better!” Berna Sloan
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“We as individuals and businesses have seen challenging times these past few years. By serving on the Chamber Board, I have seen the great synergy when Chamber members come together as a whole. The benefit of being a Chamber member allows us to draw together our strengths to more fully support one another. Over the years, it has been my privilege to work side by side with many of our great community and business leaders who are so devoted to the Chamber, and most importantly, the community. As I continue on in the position of secretary/treasurer for 2011 I hope we as members continue to see the good in the community and be willing to make it an even better place to shop, work and raise our families.” Jeff England
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Tooele County Community Hero Awards On December 15, 2010 an award celebration was held for the Tooele County Community Hero Awards, sponsored by chamber member R.F. Engraving. The program was designed to recognize individuals within Tooele County making a positive difference. At the event, the nominees along with the following award recipients were recognized: Leonard Tayon (Grantsville) - EMT James May (Tooele) - Police Officer Rex Walters (Tooele) – Firefighter Jessica Gunderson (Grantsville) – Good Citizen Corey Grua (Grantsville) – Teacher Ryan Castagno (Grantsville) – Student/ Sportsmanship Cody Reeder (Grantsville) – Student/ Sportsmanship Baneza Montalvo, Mayra Rojas and Esmeralda Arreola (Wendover) – Group Award for Student/Sportsmanship The evening featured: Master of Ceremonies: Kimberly Houk Former student of Grantsville High School and current ABC4 News Reporter Keynote Speaker: Mike Schlappi - Gold Medalist, Author and Motivational Speaker R.F. Engraving partnered with approximately 40 local businesses to make the program possible and to provide the recipient of each winning award a gift package worth approximately $650 in gift certificates, products, educational funds, etc. Feedback about the program has been very positive and R.F. Engraving plans to sponsor the program again in 2011 as long as local organizations will continue to support contributions to the prize baskets for the award recipients. Any businesses or organizations that would like to be a part of the 2011 program are encouraged to contact Janet Liddiard, Owner – R.F. Engraving, at the email address of ContactUs@RFEngraving.com.
(above) Baneza Montalvo, Mayra Rojas and Esmeralda Arreola (Wendover High School Students) receive the Group Award for Student/ Sportsmanship and are pictured with Keynote Speaker Mike Schlappi Gold Medalist, Author and Motivational Speaker. (left) Rex Walters (Tooele City Volunteer Fire Department) receives the Firefighter Award at the Community Hero Awards Event.
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Employee of the Month
Rita LaFleur Rita LaFleur, employee at Denny’s in Tooele, is the January 2011 Employee of the Month. She was nominated by the management team at Denny’s who had this to say about Rita:
Rita LaFleur is originally from Houston Texas and moved to Utah in 2006. She started working for Dennys shortly after she arrived. Customers have really taken a liking to Rita’s southern hospitality. Her service is one of a kind, from her personal greeting of “Hi sunshine” to her specialty drinks that she comes up with. She gives excellent customer service that keeps customers coming back. Rita LaFleur is dedicated to her job and is willing to lend a hand whenever she is needed. During the past year she has made a difference in the community by helping raise over two hundred meals for the homeless and the home bound and volunteering her time to help serve. Customer service is not just a job for Rita; she has made it a life long career. We appreciate Rita because she goes the extra mile to help make our business successful. Rita deserves to be employee of the month because she cares about customers and her level of performance. We would like to take this opportunity to recognize Rita and let her know that her hard work does not go un-noticed. Thank you, Management Team at Denny’s Wendy Guay Lisa LaFluer Tammy Howell
Congratulations Rita, for going above and beyond your job description! Denny’s is the 2011 sponsor for the Tooele County Chamber of Commerce employee of the month. All Chamber members may nominate an employee to receive this award. Winners will receive a $20 gift card from Denny’s along with a t-shirt and other gift items. Nominate your great employees today by fax: 435-833-0946, by phone at 435-882-0690 or email chamber@tooelechamber.com
Rita LaFleur (center) is awarded the January Employee of the Month from Denny’s managers Wendy Guay, left and Lisa LaFleur, right.
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tasked County Attorney Doug Hogan with researching the issue and presenting the options to the Commission. Attorney Hogan discovered something very interesting. “We learned that it’s against the law to abolish the two-party system in county elections,” Commissioner Hurst said. Utah State Code, 17-52-402, regulates plans proposing to change forms of county government. The Code says planned changes after May 1, 2000 may not, among other things, “provide for the nonpartisan election of elected officers…” In other words, state law requires partisan elections for county offices. However, two of Utah’s 29 counties currently do have a nonpartisan election process. Morgan and Grand counties both have non-partisan systems which were in place before the law went into effect, thereby “Grandfathering” them in. Commissioner Hurst says Representative Ronda Menlove will research the idea further for him. “There are pros and cons to both types of elections,” Hurst said. “The county caucuses at the capitol would be a good forum for interested citizens to discuss this with their state representatives.” The current state code may be disappointing to some people. But a partisan election process has many benefits for citizens and candidates. It unites people with common principals, ideals and goals. It provides educational resources for people to learn about political issues and candidates. It provides a simple and inexpensive method for refilling a midterm vacancy. It provides support to a candidate who otherwise may not have the means to run for an office. It provides a network of contacts from state government and political party leadership to local officials and grassroots-level leaders. It also encourages elected officials to keep in line with the constituents’ common political leanings. Finally a two-party election process keeps our county in line with the state election process. It provides for the support of a state government leadership that wants to earn or maintain the electoral support of our county. I think this issue emphasizes a very important point. Regardless of a candidate’s party affiliation or non-affiliation, it’s a voter’s responsibility to become educated about the people and the issues before voting. “I think long-time residents vote for the person and not the party because they know the candidates and their merits,” said Commissioner Colleen Johnson, Chair of the Tooele County Commission. “New voters may tend to vote straight ticket only because they aren’t familiar with the names on the ballot.” What it really comes down to is how elected officials serve the people that elected them to office and how officials relate with and communicate with their constituents. Commissioner Johnson said, “Once you’re elected, what’s important is how you do your job and how you serve the community.”
“I am excited and humbled to have the opportunity to support the chamber members in the role of vice chair. I look forward to supporting our new chairman’s leadership and supporting all the activities that the chamber is active in the local Tooele County area.” Jeff Loafman
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Art Brothers- Founder of Beehive Companies
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alt Lake City - December 1930. Some of the streets had recently been paved for the first time ever. A heavy snow had fallen and getting around was messy and slow. Another new addition to Salt Lake City that month was a baby. Art (Weart) Brothers was born. Art became a ward of the state at a young age. Both of his parents died and as an orphan lived in 13 different homes while growing up. He dropped out of high school his final year to enlist in the Air Force. The military saw to it that he finished high school in Folsom California. (He loves to joke about his time in “Folsom” (meaning the city, not the prison) without disabusing the listener of the true meaning). After earning a Bronze Star in Korea (he was trained in telecommunications and avionics), Art obtained a busi-
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ness education at the University of Utah. After college he worked in Manhattan as an editor for a technical magazine. He left New York for Los Angles and several high tech companies as a manufacturer’s representative. He later built a radio telephone system for boaters on Lake Mead. Throughout these years Art became increasingly aware of a need for modern telecommunications services in rural Utah. In those days “modern telecommunications services” was in the form of dial telephone service. “Dial” meaning you could dial someone else without the intervention of a human operator plugging cords into a switchboard. These areas that needed service didn’t even have that. The US Postal Service was a good as it got. He puzzled through the legalities and complexities surrounding becoming a small telephone company and made
applications to serve Montello Nevada, and Grouse Creek Utah. The Nevada Public Utility Commission shot him down for a variety of (mostly unfounded) reasons. But on December 10th, 1963 fate smiled. Art Brothers aka Silver Beehive Telephone Company, was granted a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity from the Utah Public Service Commission (UPSC). He noted in his journal that day “god hath made me a telephone company”. The name was based on Nevada being the Silver state and Utah being the Beehive state. It was later shortened to just Beehive. Legal permission to serve an area of Box Elder county with telephone service was one thing, making it happen was another. Art used military surplus wire hauled from the Military Sacramento Signal Depot and switching equipment given him by another telephone company to create Beehive Telephone Company from scratch; out of whole cloth and sweat equity. The original long distance line from Grouse Creek to Lucin was hand built by Art. He climbed every pole, hung every cross arm, strung every piece of wire on every insulator. When he was done, Grouse Creek, Utah had telephone service for the first time ever. Art replicated this in every unserved area he could find. (And is still doing so today). Once Ma Bell noticed that there was this renegade in the desert doing what they were not willing to do, they started stepping up by putting in a single pay phone in some unserved communities. Ibapah had such a “toll station” but Art asked for permission to take dial telephone service to everyone in Ibapah. The UPSC decided that since Ma Bell wasn’t really taking care of business out there they would take it away from them and give it to Art. Many areas got telephone service from Ma Bell by virtue of Art simply inquiring if he could serve an area. A lifelong pilot, Art tended the various plots of his technology garden by air. Landing on dirt strips and in some cases county roads. (Art is always quick to inform everyone that landing on roads is not prohibited by the FAA. It is safe and legal provide proper safeguards and other measures are taken). Art has been the subject of much media exposure. He was featured twice by the Wall Street Journal, (Jan 6, 1981 front page). For two decades Art wrote the most popular and widely read column in a telecom magazine. Today, Beehive serves 23 areas of Nevada and Utah and is still building to areas that have never before had any kind of service. Now it uses fiber optics, long removed from wire on glass insulators. Affiliated Beehive companies now number in the double digits; revenues and equities are also in the double digits (of millions) and there are approximately 90 employees. Beehive does everything from manufacturing telecom equipment (WB Manufacturing) to general contracting (Beehive Master Builders) to synthetic stone manufacturing (Stone Age Precast) to retail (RadioShack) to land development. Chuck McCown (Art’s long time business partner) is the president and CEO of the Beehive companies. Art loves to hear from people and can be reached at art@beehive.net
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