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Tooele County Chamber of Commerce

Tooele Business News Volume 9, Number 3

Calendar of Events For a complete list of upcoming Chamber and community events, please check out our website www.tooelechamber.com

Chamber Luncheon Wednesday March 14, 2012 12 p.m. - 1 p.m.

Hosted by: Utah Manufactures Association Healthcare Information Chamber Building 154 South Main Street, Tooele Business After Hours Thursday March 22, 2012 2 Brothers Verizon Stansbury 5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.

6727 North Highway 36 #2 Stansbury Park Chamber Luncheon Wednesday March 28, 2012 12 p.m. - 1 p.m.

Hosted by: Utah Manufactures Association Legislative Update Chamber Building 154 South Main Street Ribbon Cutting Thursday March 29, 2012 12 noon My Best Friend’s Closet 134 West 1180 North, Suite 10, Tooele Easter Egg Hunt Saturday April 7, 2012 Deseret Peak Complex Starts at 10 a.m.

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March 2012

Make the Most of Your Chamber Membership

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he Chamber of Commerce Presents: “Making the Most of Your Chamber Membership” The Chamber of Commerce is hosting an educational breakfast meeting on Thursday March 15, 2012 from 8 to 9 a.m. at the Chamber building located at 154 South Main Street in Tooele; continental breakfast is included. We will also repeat the meeting again the same day from 12 noon to 1 p.m., lunch included. We would like to invite any new Chamber member’s, or businesses that are thinking of joining the Chamber and want to know how they can benefit from a Chamber membership.

You will also have the opportunity to see our new building!

The Chamber offers so many opportunities to make your business prosper and grow. This meeting will discuss the many opportunities you will have as a Chamber member to allow your business to reach out to many people throughout the community. This meeting will discuss several advertising opportunities such as the Resource Directory, the monthly newsletter, and welcome packets. The Chamber’s sole purpose is to promote local business so we want to offer our Chamber members the opportunity to have a ribbon cutting or an article in the newsletter to showcase your

business and introduce you to the community. The Chamber is all about networking.

We want businesses to help each other and so that is why we offer bi-monthly luncheons and hold Business After Hours so that businesses can have the opportunity to network and get to know one another.

The Chamber always has an event going on and we love to give businesses the opportunity to sponsor certain events such as the Easter Egg Hunt, the Golf Tournament, the Independence Day Breakfast, the Business Expo, and the Santa Parade. We also offer leadership opportunities. Businesses can serve on a committee or serve on the Board of Directors. Mentioned earlier the

Chamber’s sole purpose is to promote local business and by doing so we have implemented the Come Together Campaign.

We want people to shop local and to know that products are available in Tooele. That is why we work so hard to promote Tooele County so that our tax dollars stay in our own “backyard.”

This meeting will discuss all of these items in greater detail. So if you are interested in coming whether you are already a member or a potential member please RSVP by Tuesday, March 13th by 5 p.m. You can RSVP by email chamber@ tooelechamber.com or by phone at 435882-0690.

Chamber Easter Egg Hunt Coming Soon!

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pring is almost here, which means it’s time to start planning the 2012 Tooele County Chamber of Commerce Annual Easter Egg Hunt. This event is planned for Saturday April 7, 2012 and will be held at Deseret Peak Complex beginning at 10 a.m.

With the growth in the county we are expecting a large crowd at this year’s Easter activities. We would like to make this a fun experience for all the children. This is where your generous help comes in. The Easter Egg Hunt is funded completely by donations and the Tooele County Chamber of Commerce would sincerely

appreciate any contributions your business would be willing to make.

HOW CAN YOU TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY? Easy! This year we are asking for candy, treats, toys, etc. to be donated by local businesses.

Prizes can be as big or small as you would like. It would be great if your company name and/or logo were on the prize! Attach a business card to something that a child would like!

The candy and prizes will be placed on the field for children to retrieve during the hunt.

You may wish to just donate a few larger prizes, which is also acceptable.

Be creative! An Easter basket full of goodies with your business card attached would be great idea. Dentists may wish to donate toothbrushes with their logo’s on them. A construction company may want to donate a small truck with their logo imprinted on it.

Come up with your own unique way to promote your business.

Please send your donation to: Tooele County Chamber of Commerce, 154 S Main, P.O. Box 460, Tooele, Utah 84074 or give us a call if we can pick up the prizes or gifts 435-882-0690. Thanks for supporting the Chamber of Commerce and our community activities.

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March 2012

County Commission Update: 2012 County Overview

By Wade Mathews, Public Information Officer

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t their Commission meeting on February 21, Commissioners Johnson, Clegg, and Hurst each reported on the departments for which they have oversight. Following is the transcription from that meeting.

Commissioner Johnson began the report.

First I want to pay tribute to two fine men that passed away this year, Barry Formo who worked for the county for 33 plus years, and who is missed, and Gary Griffith, a former County Commissioner who has done numerous things for Tooele County. I also thank the employees of Tooele County, the citizens of Tooele County, Bruce, Jerry and Cheryl Adams for the work they do. I’ll discuss each of the departments I am over in alphabetical order. The Wendover Airport’s revenues are keeping up with expenses, which is good news for any airport. The Wendover airport is the second busiest airport in its class in Utah. There are 16 county employees and 20 TSA’s. There is a grant to build a new taxiway. The casino flight program is continuing to grow. They are still working on the historical restoration. The Auditor’s

County Commissioners from left to right, Bruce Clegg, Colleen Johnson and Jerry Hurst.

Office keeps track of all the budgeting, accounting, accounts, invoices, payroll, tax disclosures and reports. County sales tax is up slightly, option tax is up 5%, general sales tax is up 11.8%, restaurant tax is up 12.3% and room taxes are down 3.1%.

Mitigation fees are down, some of which is due to the economy. We are still holding our own, which says a lot. This year we were able to offer our employees a 1.5% COLA. Again this is due to the department heads and elected officials managing what they have. The Clerk’s Office handles all of the elections. This year will be a big one with the presidential election coming up. And they handle the municipal elections as well. A few years ago they started

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using county employees to help with early voting, which saves a lot of money. The redistricting is done. After the state did all of their redistricting the voting precincts had to be realigned, along with the school district boundaries. The Clerk’s Office also helps with the risk management, insurance claims, business licenses, purchases for the county stores, and they are beginning to archive the county documents.

Human Resources is always busy, even with the low turnover. They have been very busy with staffing of the new county jail. Insurance is always changing and this year they were able to offer the county employees the option to opt out of the county insurance, which saved the county $112,000. HR also does all of the tracking for the volunteers and community service workers. This is the third year they have been involved in organizing the county employees for the corporate games. The Public Safety Department’s new correction facility is now finished and ready for occupancy. The Sheriff ’s Department has been involved in the new detention facility from the beginning, along with handling 10,000 cases and 1,200 investigations. They also do the dispatch for over 40 different agencies. This new facility is something Tooele County can really be proud of.

The Recorders Office has initiated a new program making Tooele County the first in the state to have prepaid access to records on line. They have also made an arrangement with the LDS Church to scan the old books which will be stored in Granite Mountain and to provide copies for the county. They have also implemented new programs to save tax dollars and to make them more streamlined. The employees in the Recorders Office have also volunteered to plant flowers in the flower beds in front of the county building. Relief Services/ Food Bank’s primary function is to assist and coordinate services for families in crisis. The employees are paid through grants.

They received some CDBG money to help with the transitional housing project. This is for housing and counseling which helps people to transition out of crisis. The Food Bank has over 4,000 active files and is seeing 25 new clients per week. The county is wonderful, when word is put out that we need something, county residents really come through. Solid Waste or Landfill has a new sort line that helps pull out the recyclables. Eventually this will reduce transportation costs. We are still using the blue bag program. They are going to test curb side recycling and eventually hope to be able to go with it countywide. The Surveyor’s Office was involved with right-ofway issues last year with Rocky Mountain Power and realignment of South Mountain Road for the new jail. Other projects they are working on are getting roads dedicated and working with the Parks & Recreation

Department on the trails system. The Treasurer’s Office is the complaint department. They collect all of the property taxes; 93% of the $36,500 million that was assessed has been collected. They keep track of the payments and late fees. Then they are responsible for getting the money redistributed to the taxing entities. They also incorporated a new credit card system that should streamline the system. I feel the county is strong and moving forward, but not without challenges. The chemical stockpile munitions have been safely destroyed and economic development has a lot of projects in the works. I am very proud of our county and what we do.

Commissioner Bruce Clegg followed.

I enjoy working with Colleen, Jerry and Cheryl every day. The Engineering Department is divided into two divisions.

We lost head building inspector, Barry Formo, which was a big loss to the county.

Constructions statistics for the year are 348 permits, 4,052 inspections performed, with the total value of construction in Tooele County at $31,146,224.77. Total fees collected were $609,933.10. Of those $325,000 went directly into the general fund, $123,000 went to North Tooele Fire District, $126,000 to Stansbury Park Recreation District, $3,500.89 to the Lake Point Improvement District, and there was a state surcharge of $102,000. Intrepid Pot Ash in Wendover is one of the biggest projects the Engineering Department worked on in 2011. Planning and Zoning has three committees that meet twice a month: the Tooele County Planning Commission, Erda Township Planning Commission and the Pine Canyon Township Planning Commission. They allow people to come and speak their mind no matter how long it takes. This relieves the pressure and gets the item on the table so it can be discussed and solved. We had water issues in 2011 with the biggest snow pack in 50 years. We were able to work through the problems and it took all of the resources the county had. It was a total county effort to mitigate these water problems. The roads that Engineering is working on are South Mountain, Mormon Trail, Mid Valley Highway, and the county has been approached by Herriman City to bring a road over Middle Canyon at Butterfield Pass and possibly tunnel through the mountain. Through the Emergency Management Department, I belong to several boards and one of the boards is the DCD RAB board, pertaining to environmental cleanup of the depot. Everyone knows that it is closing and going away.

Another board that participated on this was the BRAC. For the last 10 years the BRAC has said they were going to take over the south area project, and put part on the market for private citizens. The only ones who could afford the liability was the federal government, which they finally realized. When it was taken off the BRAC, the Deputy of the Undersecretary of Defense came to a meeting and I asked how they were going to take care of the solid waste management units (SWMU) -- areas of contamination requiring cleanup and mitigation. These need to be cleaned up before the Federal Government releases any of this property. He told me that he had $100 million to take care of these SWMUs. With the closure of DCD

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Tooele County Chamber of Commerce

March 2012

Chamber Business Renewals

The Tooele County Chamber of Commerce would like to thank the following members for their continued support and for renewing their membership during the past month. A list of all Chamber members can be found at www.tooelechamber.com Gold Membership Mountain West Medical Center Sustaining Membership Clean Harbors Grassy Mountain Landfill Morton Salt Wal-Mart Super Center Deseret Chemical Depot Corporate Membership Les Olson Company Best Western Inn-Tooele McDonalds (Lakepoint and Tooele) American Inn & Suites Hampton Inn Nelson & Sons Inc Broken Arrow/McFarland & Hullinger Business Membership Arbys Elizabeths Custom Catering Sam Woodruff, CPA Edward Jones InvestmentsTooele Harrris Air Systems, Inc Mountain West Family Practice

Zimmerman Well Service American Family Insurance Applebee’s Bob’s Garage & Diesel Oquirrh Mountain Eye Care Lana McKean, Prudential UT Ft Union A Company Portable Restrooms Tunex of Tooele ENT Surgical Associates Small Business Com-Tek Services/Head Shot Computers Mullins Lock & Safe Remington Park Apartments Insurance Network, LC Depot Home Furniture Warehouse Non-Profit Tooele County Children’s Justice Center American Cancer Society Tooele First Assembly of God Boys & Girls Club of Tooele LDS Employment Resource Center

New Chamber Members The Tooele County Chamber of Commerce extends a warm welcome to our newest members: Sustaining Member Jim J. Gould, MD dba Mountain West Pediatrics & Bedtime Kids Care 2356 North 400 East Suite #207 Tooele, UT 84074 435-843-8380 Physician — Pediatrics Small Business Jack Serdar Plumbing Inc. Bryan Serdar Draper, Utah 84020 801-561-7771 Plumbing Security Finance & Tax Services Jeanette Farnworth 1222 North Main Street Tooele, Utah 84074 435-843-0786 Loans, Tax Services & Credit Assistance Edward Fields Productions Edward Fields P. O. Box 313 Magna, Utah 84044 801-953-1788 Advertizing & Marketing Services

Wells Cutting Edge Shelten Wells Erda, Utah 84074 435-882-8453 Lawn Care & Landscaping Hometown Plumbing, LLC Kim Hansen Tooele, UT 84074 435-830-8748 Plumbing Service Pride Builders LLC Brandon Nay Tooele, UT 84074 435-882-4210 Home Builders and Remodeling Non-Profit Job Corps-MTC Clyde Ratliff 500 N Market Place Centerville, UT 84014 801-898-7302 Job Placement organization Modern Woodmen of America Melven J. Sweat Stansbury Park, UT 84074 435-224-2708 Fraternal Financial Services

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atisfaction and Performance Ratings now available on the insurer’s website SALT LAKE CITY—February 16, 2012—Thanks to a new website, Utahns can now see how well their Obstetrician (OB) or Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) performs. Nonprofit health insurance carrier SelectHealth recently published new quality and satisfaction ratings for 53 Utah OB and CNM clinics, comprising nearly 200 Utah obstetricians and certified nurse midwives. The ratings are available to the public, free of charge, at selecthealth. org/ratings.

The new site takes a different approach to provider ratings. Rather than basing scores on subjective information such as user comments or star ratings, SelectHealth publishes standardized, quantifiable data on both clinical quality and patient satisfaction.

Clinical scores are based on nationally-endorsed, quality standards for treatment, including breast cancer and chlamydia screenings. Primary C-section rates are also reported.

Patient satisfaction ratings are calculated from an annual member survey, measuring the patient’s experience with the provider, nurses, and reception staff.

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an appointment, office wait time, and facility cleanliness.

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For more information on Rotary, please contact Karlene Wells, 435-882-2811.

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Clerk’s Insider

ow that the redistricting is finished (final maps can be viewed on the Clerk’s website) and the 2012 Legislative Session is winding down....it’s time to start thinking about elections.

The first steps in the elections process is filing for office and caucus meetings.

Filing for office is open March 9th thru the 15th, weekdays, in the Clerk’s Office. The offices up for election in Tooele County this year are: State House of Representatives District 21 and 68, County Commission (1 seat), Local School Board Districts #1, #2, #3 and #4, Special Service

District Board Positions (you must live within the district boundaries) North Tooele Fire District, South Rim Special Service District and Township positions Marilyn Gillette Erda Township Planning Commission and Pine Canyon Township Planning Commission (you must live in the township).

For a full list of all of the offices open this election season, with the filing fee’s, please go to the Clerk’s website.

In order to attend the correct caucus meeting, you will need to know your precinct and party. You may check on both by going to the Clerk’s web site at www. co.tooele.ut.us/clerk.htm. Click on the big red VOTE link. This will take you to the state website. Click on “Find my Polling Place”. You will be asked for your name, birth date, house number and county. This screen will tell you which precinct you are in and which party you are affiliated with.

For those whose precinct has changed with redistricting, you will be receiving a new Voter Information Card. If you do not receive a card, nothing has changed.

Some of the changes were as minimal as precinct’s being renumbered.

The Tooele County Caucus Information is shown in the tables.

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County

Continued from page 2 the SMWUs will be turned over to Tooele Army Depot. I feel Tooele County needs to keep an eye on these areas to make sure they are cleaned up because our water is in jeopardy of being contaminated. CSEPP has been a part of Tooele County for 23 years and has brought in $75 million of revenue to help with the emergency preparedness, schools, hospitals and the county coffers in general. DCD has destroyed more than 13,000 tons of the nastiest stuff. Another board I serve on is the Citizens Advisory Committee which oversaw the stockpile cleanup - their job is done and the board is being dissolved.

Tooele County Emergency Management sprang up from this project; this department had to be in place to qualify for the federal funds. Historically they’ve had 12 people employed; now they are running at a high level of preparedness with six people. Emergency Management will continue with emergency plans even after CSEPP is closed out. The great Utah ShakeOut exercise will be this April where we will practice how to deal with earthquakes. The department is continuing to apply for grants to continue the emergency preparedness efforts and education within the county. The Assessor’s Office appraises all personal property and sends that to the Treasurer’s Office to be taxed.

Our employees are licensed and are able to assess property correctly. Historically they have had 13 and now have 11employees.

Motor Vehicle’s Division registers people’s vehicles. Aging and Adult Services operates from the Older Americans Act. They are subsidized by the county and the state. Last year they served 37,288 meals and 20,000 meals on wheels. We want no waiting list for meals on wheels and to help with the cost of providing this food we have switched to a new food vender this year and are looking to save $70,000 with the switch. They have eight certified CNA’s. The goal of the Older Americans Act is to keep people in their homes. They have two drivers that can take people to and from where they want to go. Both Tooele and Grantsville Centers have been renovated and brought to a higher standard of service. The Justice Court deals with misdemeanors. They handle up to 50 cases per day and service all of Tooele County for these crimes, except for Stockton and Grantsville City. The Weed Board is tremendously active and functions well.

And we have one of the best weed technicians in the state, Jerry Caldwell. Canadian thistle has shown up and they are trying to keep it under control. Livestock cannot be run on the ground where this is, due to the thorns and thistles.

Commissioner Jerry Hurst concluded the Commission report.

I want to compliment the county employees and their willingness to help whenever needed. I appreciate the other two Commissioners and working with them.

The Roads Department’s Rod Thompson, the Director, is great to work with. They were very busy this year helping with the floods, as well as was the Parks & Recreation Department. The Roads Department has done a lot of projects, including chip seals. Part of the Road Department is the Weeds Division. Jerry Caldwell does an excellent job and is the lead in the State’s weed program. Phase one of the South Mountain Road is completed which goes

Tooele County Chamber of Commerce to the jail and they are working on the Mormon trail. They have $2 million towards this road and can get a loan for $4.5 million. They’re trying to figure out a way to pay for the loan before they accept it.

The Parks & Recreation Department is led

by Mark McKendrick. The Deseret Peak Complex is the jewel of the county. The DPC is so much more than just for “horse people.” The Parks & Recreation Department does a great job of juggling all of the activities. They’ve worked hard on the Trails Program, putting in new trail heads and working with the BLM on acquiring land. They are going to do one on the Mormon Trail, Bates Canyon, Hickman, and are working with Rio Tinto at Lake Point. They are working with the Attorney’s Office to outlaw explosive targets that have caused a lot of hazmat problems and fires. The Department is working on Wild Horse and Heritage Days, for June 7 - 9th.

It is focused around wild horses, doing a lot with the wild horses in the county, adoption, auction, training, horse shoes, drill teams, all based around wild horses.

Pony express people are coming in for a race and displays. They also just completed a four-plex ball field, along with soccer and football fields. We have more people than we can accommodate but the four-plex will help with the usage on the fields. Mark McKendrick and Misty Williams are also over the county fair and do a great job with the county fair. Their department helped with the flood as well. They were willing to do anything and everything to help with the flood problem. The IT Department is a great IT Department. They got the new jail connected, with wireless connection to the Road Department. The Maintenance Department is great. We had a remodel plan

and a great big budget for that before the economy tanked. Maintenance has taken over the remodel in conjunction with their other duties. They just completed the HR Department and are working on the Detectives Division. I want to thank County Clerk Marilyn Gillette for getting the grant for the new elevator. Extension - 4H, USU Extension - This is the 100th year celebration of the 4-H program. With Public lands we have a huge responsibility with what the feds are trying to do to us. There is a bill before the Legislature to have Utah be part of a five state coalition to get our public lands back. Eighty one percent of our county is state or federal land. It ties it up and takes it out of the tax rolls. We do get the PILT funds but that is a pittance. Sage grouse has become a big issue, they are threatened. If they end up on the endangered list it will change things that happen in our country. We are trying to have a concentrated effort to keep them off the endangered list. I’d like to see them on the hunted list again. There are some roads that have been closed (by the BLM) and we are working on getting them reopened with this five state coalition. We are working with the state Legislature and Congress and are making headway on that. There is a moratorium right now that forbids the BLM from opening those lands. However, Representative Rob Bishop is working to try to get these lands reopened. The closings occurred to stop the spent fuel rods from coming into the county many years ago. The Attorney’s Office has great attorneys. Doug Hogan is the County Attorney and they do a fantastic job. I am amazed at the number of cases that they deal with on a day to day basis. Some are very sad and tragic cases that they deal with. They need

7 some remodeling done. Health Department - Tooele County is looked at as the leader with our Health Department. Myron Bateman is great at getting grants and programs. One of the big things that happened at the Health Department was the installation of solar panels to help with the energy efficiency. In all of the new buildings, the new jail, the roads department, they’ve taken measures to make the buildings more energy efficient. The Incentive Committee consists of one person from each department. It’s a moral boosting committee that does a lot of good for our county. The committee gets together and does flower planting. We have a lot of good volunteerism, including help with early voting. Mark gets help with the county fair.

We have great employees. Commissioner Johnson mentioned the Wendover Airport.

Jim Peterson is the director and does a fantastic job. You need to go see what work they have done on historical restoration, as well as restoration on the commercial side of the airport. They extended the runway another 200 feet, as well as added the new terminal. A museum is in the works for all of Wendover, which will include the airport as well as the Salt Flats. The Enola Gay hanger is being rebuilt. There’s still a lot of work that needs to be done, but a lot is being done. They are giving tours (2 different ones) or you can tour on your own. I am on the Utah County Insurance Pool Board, CDBG Board, Utah Water Users Board and the Tooele County Water Board. We work with Realtors and our state Legislators to get bills drafted to make sure people do not lose their water. There’s a rider that the Realtors can give to potential land buyers that tells them what they can do to keep their water. We have a great county.

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Tooele County Chamber of Commerce

March 2012

Ribbon Cutting: Richards BBQ

Richard Copeland cuts the ribbon with the help of his son Richard, as they celebrate the grand opening of their new location in Grantsville. Joining in the celebration are Chamber members which include Berna and Chris Sloan, Group 1 Real Estate; Rick Pollock, 435 Design, Sandy Critchlow, Prudential Utah Real Estate and Kiwanis Club of Tooele; Grantsville City Mayor Brent Marshall; Todd Castagno, Willow Creek Lending; Shawn Milne, Click Audio Video; Jennifer Bastian, Wal-Mart Logistics; Kevin John, Royal Wholesale Electric; Allison Vokac, Fretless Violin; Leigh Ann Hiss, HeritageWest Credit Union; Debbie Winn, Chamber Executive Director and Bill Upton, Tooele First Assembly of God.

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e welcome Richard’s Roundup BBQ to Tooele County’s growing list of quality restaurants.

The Copeland family has been serving our County residents fine cuisine for over 16 years. Richard and Elizabeth Copeland live in Tooele along with their family, which are also actively involved in the family “food” business. We all know and love Elizabeth’s Catering food and hospitality and we also enjoy the Copeland’s various other concession businesses at the Utah State Fair, Deseret Peak Sports Complex and other community events. We now have Richard’s Roundup BBQ restaurant located at 196 West Main Street in Grantsville, bringing championship barbecue and sauces that rival the “Best of the Best.”

Sitting down with Richard after stuffing ourselves, we listened to his life story growing up in America’s south and studying the history of rich southern cuisine.

Barbecue, turned out to be his passion and he has been experimenting with barbecue for over 35 years, perfecting his recipes, dry rubs and sauces over time. When he moved to Utah over 16 years ago, he visited every barbecue restaurant in the state and was surprised to find his “real” barbecue was so much better than anything else available.

His wife Elizabeth, owner and founder of Elizabeth’s Catering in Salt Lake City, provided the platform for Richard to take his barbecue “addiction” to the next level.

“It is one thing to make barbecue for yourself,” Richard reminisced, “Its entirely different making it for someone else. Barbecue is so personal!” Through Elizabeth’s Catering, Richard started offering several of his Barbecue dishes to the public. His recipes were met with great enthusiasm and later he purchased a mobile smoker and kitchen and began serving the public full time. His trailer was swarmed daily for lunch and for take-home diners in the evening. So finally, after numerous customer requests and prodding by his wife and friends, Richard took the next step, and in January 2005, he opened Richard’s Roundup Barbecue in Tooele.

Pressure from the catering business and his building lease eventually caused him

to prematurely close the Tooele Restaurant and move his barbecue endeavors to Salt Lake and the National Barbecue competition circuit where he refined his craft even further.

Richard always wanted to get back to Tooele County, so he recruited the help of his friend and Realtor, David “Gumby” Gumucio with Re/Max Platinum, to find a suitable location. “Gumby was great to work with,” Richard said. “He handled everything with exactness and detail and was our liaison with the City and our Lender.

Gumby’s experience and knowledge made it all come together very quickly.” Now, Richard’s Roundup BBQ’s new Grantsville location is home to the best championship barbecue in the country and he has a few plagues, trophies and ribbons hanging in the restaurant to prove it! Not only is Richard known for his tasty meats, but his sauces are nationally recognized as well.

His “Sweet & Sassy” Kansas City Style Sauce and his “Border Crossing” Chipotle Sauce took third and fifth place at the National Barbecue Association National competition. Two sauces in the top five in the country is a pretty amazing achievement from the Tooele County resident, but that is all the better when you are right here to enjoy the fruits of Richard’s labor and accomplishments.

Richard’s menu includes sandwiches and platters of slow smoked barbecue beef brisket, pork ribs, pulled pork, sausage and chicken. He also smokes salmon which should be on the desert menu it’s so delicious! You’ll also find his famous homemade Brunswick Stew and his Smokin’ Pork Burrito smothered in his own homemade Chile Verde sauce. Another treat are Richard’s mouth-watering side dishes such as his Famous Ranch Beans, Sweet Beans, Cajun Jambalaya, Creamy Coleslaw, Southern Potato Salad, Country Creamed Sweet Corn, and Country Green Beans.

You will also find Fried Okra, Corn Bread and a family favorite Twisted Taters! Richard’s Roundup also has a full assortment of appetizers, salads, beverages and desserts.

SEE BBQ PAGE 9 ➡

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Brent Smith cuts the ribbon with the help of his daughter Krista, wife Angela and Sherly, Angela’s mom; to celebrate the grand opening of their new store-front location in Grantsville. Joining in the celebration are Chamber members which include Jeremy Anderson, Deseret Computer Solutions; Leigh Ann Hiss, HeritageWest Credit Union; Kendall Bohman, Deseret Industries; Shawn Milne, Click Audio Video; Chris Sloan, Group 1 Real Estate; Todd Castagno, Willow Creek Lending; Debbie Winn, Chamber Executive Director and Bill Upton, Tooele First Assembly of God.

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ocksmitty’s Mobile Lock Shop was opened in March of 2011.

We have been a mobile service serving Tooele County.

Brent is a Registered Locksmith with Associated Locksmiths of America. (ALOA).

Angela has worked as a locksmith with her Father Dean Yount in Reno NV. Together with Daughter Krista, We have opened a shop in Grantsville’s Hometown

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Brent will still be running the mobile service, but now customers have a Locksmith Shop to serve them with their needs.

We are a full service locksmith, everything from key duplication to master key system and even auto Transponder keys (chipped keys).

Give us a call 435-840-8153 or 435-8403798. We will be glad to serve you.

What is Business After Hours?

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usiness After Hours is a networking event that consistently gathers business professionals together each month. It provides your business an opportunity to increase referral networks, increase name recognition, gain visibility and strengthen relationship skills. The event is held on the 4th Thursday of each month from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Chamber members network with each other and share their knowledge. Light refreshments are served and members bring prizes to be given away that evening.

2 Brothers Verizon Communications, located in Stansbury Park will be the host of

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Continued from page 8 For the calorie conscious, there is Crunchy Broccoli and Smoke House Salads, and the kids will enjoy the Little Wrangler Kid’s Meals and Richard’s desserts like Texas Fudge Brownies, homemade Peach Cobbler and yummy Cookies. There is ice cream to complement all deserts and then there is the famous “Button Buster Burger” that features a 1/3 pound steak ground patty, cheese, bacon, smoked sausage, fried onions, lettuce and tomato. It is the best hamburger we have ever experienced – it is truly unbelievable!

Going to Richard’s Roundup BBQ is like going to a cross between a western cookout and a barbecue competition. Friendly

our March 22nd event to be held from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. There is no charge for this event and you do not have to RSVP! Just come and enjoy yourself. You do not have to stay the entire hour and a half, but come and go as you please. The relaxed atmosphere gives you a chance to network with others.

Bring a gift to be used in the prize drawing!

Make it a gift that promotes your business! 2 Brothers Verizon Communication is located at 6727 North Highway 36, next to Soelbergs in Stansbury Park. We hope to see you there!

If you are interested in hosting a Business After Hours event, please contact the Chamber office at 435-882-0690.

“Pit Crew” members take your order and personally oversee your enjoyable dining experience while the old cowboy himself, dressed in his famous black hat and black shirt makes sure you’re happy and comfortable. It’s a western family atmosphere, with music and movies that provide a festive hometown spirit while dining. If you’re pleased with your dining experience you can ring the “Happy Bell” on your way out and receive a hardy “Thank You” from the pit crew. There are even official Richard’s Roundup BBQ “Judge” shirts available for sale, as Richard puts it, “My customers are truly the only ‘Judges” that really matter!” So head on down to Richard’s Roundup BBQ located at 196 West Main Street in Grantsville between 10 a.m. and 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and decide for yourself, but we warn you – you better be hungry!

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Ribbon Cutting: Cottage Glen

(left to right) Anita Sacre, Nettie DeHerrera, Chirstene Lawrence, Heather Nord, Scott Chamberlain, Cherl McMahon, Lori Kessinger, andGreg Nyberg; employees at Cottage Glen, cut the ribbon to celebrate their new membership in the Tooele County Chamber of Commerce. Many Chamber Board Members and Ambassadors attended the event.

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ottage Glen offers traditional assisted living, which includes things like housing, meals, housekeeping, laundry, activities, and care like dressing, showering, and medication management. The facility is staffed 24 hours a day by certified nursing assistants who work under the direction of a Registered Nurse who is on campus 40-50 hrs a week and on-call 24/7. The facility also offers Heathers Garden, the only Assisted Living memory care

unit in Tooele County, which is a special care unit featuring specially qualified staff to meet the care needs of individuals who have higher care needs, like those with Alzheimer’s disease or other cognitive issues requiring special care.

Cottage Glen became a part of the community in 2002 and consists of five separate buildings with 48 apartments of four varying sizes. Including apartment units that can accommodate couples and the option of having a semi-private memory care suite, a total of 56 residents can live at Cottage Glen. One of the buildings is an activities center which also includes a beauty salon, main kitchen, and other offices. Each of the other 4 buildings contain 12 studio apartments, a nurse’s center, TV viewing area, gas fireplace and dining area. Resident’s rooms are equipped with their own thermostat for individualized heating and cooling needs, and private bathroom and dining area. Excluding the memory care units, all apartments include a small kitchenette unit with a refrigerator/freezer, microwave, and kitchen sink. Each room and bathroom is equipped with a call button to page the CNA, and residents also wear a pendant or necklace with the same capacity. Residents bring their own furnishings and personal items from home to make their new apartment as home-like as possible. Residents at Cottage Glen who qualify medically can receive home-health, palliative, and hospice services from an agency of their choice. For those with a hospice benefit who still live at home, a short respite stay at Cottage Glen is available. Cottage Glen also offers adult daycare on a full-day and half-day rates for those caregivers and families who need a break from the demanding challenge of taking care of a loved one. Cottage Glen offers custom living and care arrangements on a month-to-month basis. For a tour with a complimentary lunch, contact Christene Lawrence at 801-712-0918.

March 2012

Tooele County Chamber of Commerce

Announcing the Chamber 2012 Ambassadors

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he 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.

The Ambassadors for 2012 include: (front row)Jolene Thurgood, Maceys;

Allison Vokac, Fret-Less Violin; Karen Christiansen, Love ’em & Leave ‘em Pet Sitting; Sandy Critchlow, 2012 Ambassador Chair, Kiwanis Club of Tooele; Jennifer Bastian, Wal-Mart Logistics; Kathy Boltz, Chamber Board Liaison, HeritageWest Credit Union; (second row) John Parkinson, 2012 Ambassador Vice Chair, HeritageWest Credit Union; Marc Hicks, Wells Fargo; Christian Scott, Oquirrh Hills Pro Shop and Golf Course; Cable Murrray, Ensign Engineering; Rick Pollock, 435 Design;

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very home, school, and occasionally a store uses carpet to furnish their floor. Class Act Carpet and Floor Care, located in Tooele, has been providing carpet cleaning services (as well as others) for the past fourteen years.

Ryan and Sarah Droubay are the current owners of this local business and have been in ownership since March of 2011.

While there are other carpet cleaners in Tooele, Class Act Carpet and Floor Care stands out from the rest with their use of the Rotovac extractor. This machine replaces the generic “carpet wand” that is used by the majority of other businesses to clean carpets. Making a whopping 700 passes over the carpet per minute, your flooring will have 40 percent less water left inside the grooves of the carpet.

Carpet repair is another unique feature that Ryan and Sarah have added to keep our homes looking clean and tidy. Repair-

ing stains, burns, holes, pet damages, and restoring the seams of the carpet are all included with this special service.

As this business is called Class Act Carpet and Floor Care, there are several services provided that will improve and clean regular flooring. Tile, grout, stone and masonry cleaning are provided, as well as hardwood floors, laminate and vinyl cleaning. Most people would assume that this business would stick within the confines of a building, but they can also fix up a dirty car or RV interior.

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Todd Castagno, Willow Creek Lending; Chris Sloan, Group 1 Real Estate; Shawn Milne, Chamber board Liaison, Click Audio Video; Tye Hoffmann, Edward Jones Investments; (back row) Wendy Guay, Denny’s; Diana Martin, Aire Expresso Heating & Air; Kendall Bohman, Deseret Industries; Steve Smith, American Family Insurance and Paige Lister, Holiday Inn Express. Absent from photo are Jeremy Anderson, Deseret Computer Solutions and Kevin John, Royal Wholesale Electric.

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replace hard work and pride in a job well done. We’re confident in our work and place our customer’s satisfaction on the top of our priority list,” said Ryan.

Class Act Carpet and Floor Care has served many customers in Tooele County while making their customers 100 percent satisfied by returning to people’s homes for free touch-ups. A key to success in the local business industry in this county, they say, is to keep their customer’s satisfaction at an all time high considering Tooele County is a very tight-knit community.

Arriving through the spring months, (March, April and May) they will be discounting services of $100 or more by ten percent, and services of $200 by twenty percent.

When the dog tracks in that mud that cannot be removed (or your tile chips), don’t hesitate to call Class Act Carpet and Floor Care for all of your floor and carpet needs at 435-882-5381.

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