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Tooele County Chamber of Commerce
Tooele Business News Volume 8, Number 9
Calendar of Events For a complete list of upcoming Chamber and community events, please check out our website www.tooelechamber.com
Candidate’s Luncheon Wednesday, October 12, 2011 from 12-1pm Sponsor: EnergySolutions Deseret Peak Convention Center 2930 West Hwy 112, Tooele $10 Members, $15 Non-members RSVP REQUIRED BY: Monday, Oct. 10th by 5pm Chamber office 435-882-0690 Come for an opportunity to hear Tooele and Grantsville City Council candidates speak. Meet the Candidate Night October 26, 2011 7pm Community Learning Center 211 S Tooele Blvd, Tooele Sponsored by Tooele City and Tooele County Chamber of Commerce Chamber Luncheon Wednesday, October 26, 2011 from 12-1pm Sponsor: Utah State University 1021 West Vine Street, Tooele $10 Members, $15 Non-members RSVP REQUIRED BY: Monday, Oct. 24th by 5pm Chamber office 435-882-0690
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on’t miss your chance to meet the candidates for the upcoming November elections. The chamber will be holding its annual October Candidates Luncheon on Wednesday, October 12th from noon -1:00pm. The event will be held at the Deseret Peak Convention Center located at 2930 Hwy 112, corner of Sheep Lane and Hwy 112. The luncheon will be sponsored by Energy Solutions. This event is hosted each year by the Tooele County Chamber of Commerce to give community and business leaders the opportunity to meet each candidate and discuss their views on the issues that will affect the business community. Twelve lo-
cal candidates for the Tooele and Grantsville City Council positions have been invited to attend. Each candidate will have 3 minutes to present their platform. The candidates will be available after the luncheon to answer questions individually. You must RSVP for this event to the Chamber office before 5pm on Monday, October 10th. Contact us by phone at 435-882-0690 or by e-mail at chamber@ tooelechamber.com The luncheon cost is $10 per person for Chamber members and $15 per person for non-Chamber members. The public is invited to attend.
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By: Summer Sigritz usinesses throughout Tooele County gathered on September 14th for the Business Expo at the Tooele City Park to promote their line of work as well as provide a pleasurable experience for the community. The event was sponsored by the Tooele County
Chamber of Commerce and Mountain America Credit Union and several other local businesses. Starting at four in the evening, local businesses such as Sports Depot, to big corporations like Wal-Mart set up tents to display and advertise what they do. Every table was adorned with baskets
of treats to entice the “expogoers”, as well as a cotton candy stand, games, and a feast from the Taste of Tooele County. Tooele County has much to offer when it comes to local businesses and services. From child development to sign makers; every tent had something of interest. Com-
Family Halloween Carnival Saturday, October 29, 2011 from 1-4pm Dow James Building 438 West 400 North, Tooele Cost: 1 can of food to be donated to Tooele Food Bank Food, games, fortune telling, Face painting, and costume parade (2:30pm) Downtown Trick or Treat Monday, October 31, 2011 from 4-7pm
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Sharon Fonger, David K. Morrill O.D. and Heather Lusk, Oquirrh Mountain Eye Care, enjoyed meeting with guests who attended the Business Expo
munity Nursing Services, a home health and hospice care facility, helps people with little to no money for grants, charitable care, as well as end of life care. On the other hand, DDI Vantage Early Head start serves low-income or pregnant individuals to provide “comprehensive education, health, nutrition, and parent involvement services.” Places like these have contributed to Tooele in a positive way economically, as well as emotionally. The community can strive further and focus on a better life. The Tooele County Democrats displayed their efforts in their current attempt to “Save the Stockton Sandbar.” By making people more aware of the possible destructions in Stockton, the democrats may be able to stop the zoning changes from turning the unique sand bar into a gravel pit. When asked what their views were on buying locally, the activities chair, Hazel Reed, stated, “We try to buy locally as much as possible.” This leads us to another event held at the business expo.
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Clerks Corner
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elow please see the final results of the Tooele City Primary Election and the Grantsville City Primary Election. (For a precinct by precinct breakdown please go to www.co.tooele. ut.us/Clerk/Elections.htm, click on the “Precinct Election Results” link. Tooele City results are on the first page, Grantsville City results are on the second page. While the turnout wasn’t what we’d hoped for, we were the 2nd highest reporting in the state as of election night.
Marilyn K. Gillette, Tooele County Clerk
Tooele City
Grantsville City
Registered Voters
14153
Registered Voters
4985
Ballots Cast
1468
Ballots Cast
526
Percentage Voted
10.37%
Percentage Voted
10.55%
Tooele City Council
Grantsville City Council
David Allen
158 Shawn Bennett
43
William R. Bodine
83 Neil Critchlow
252
Jay Edwin Collier
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106
David K. McCall
685 Mike Johnson
275
Tom Poyner
185 Kent Liddiard
112
Brad Pratt
621 Scott Stice
240
Steve Pruden
749 Erik A. Stromberg
173
Charlie Roberts
658 Tom Tripp
279
Lawrence Romero
494
Trisha Schelble
155
Ryan Timmins
146
Patrick H. Dunlavy
There were a couple of things about this election that told me that you, as the voters, are engaged: 1) Many voters went onto the Clerk’s website to check the bio’s of their candidates. I know this because I was told that when they tried to get onto the website, they were unable to access it because too many people were accessing it. How exciting! By the way, the County IT Department has fixed that problem; 2) Many voters in Tooele City took advantage of the Vote Centers. They went to a polling locations that was different than their assigned location to vote. Great!; 3) People said they had forgotten to vote until they saw the “Vote Today” signs located around the cities. That makes the effort of putting them up the night before the election and taking them down election night worth the trouble! Turn around time between Municipal Primary’s and Municipal General Elections is very short. We have already finalized the ballots for the General Election and have ordered the by-mail ballots from the printer. Soon you will begin to see candidate signs going up again and reminders about Early Voting being published. So enjoy the short respite, then get geared up to research, listen to campaign speeches and of course VOTE in the General Election, November 8, 2011!
Tooele Valley Rotary Club meets every Monday at 12:30 at the Mountain West Medical Center board room. For more information on Rotary, please contact Karlene Wells, 435-882-2811.
Tooele County Chamber of Commerce
October 2011
New Chamber Members
The Tooele County Chamber of Commerce extends a warm welcome to our newest members: SMALL BUSINESS MEMBERS HelpTooele.com Scott Lindsay Tooele, Utah 84074 435-840-4444 Computer repair Joyful Events Michelle Wilson 217 North 5th Street Tooele, Utah 84074 435-840-5397 Decorating and planning for events
NON-PROFIT Pankratz Academy of Dance Traci Sneed 291 North Main Street Tooele, Utah 84074 435-241-8964 Non-profit organization that offers ballet, ballroom, and tap lessons Sustaining Member Home Depot Derek Carver 222 E 2400 North Tooele, UT 84074 435-843-4265
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 Business Membership Liddiard Home Furnishings Rubio Roofing Dairy Delight! Mr. Appliance England Counseling Services Mountain West Home Health / Hospice Birch Family Pharmacy
Small Business Membership Proforma BestWay Pet Watchers Plus 2 Brothers Communication Non-Profit Membership Tooele County Republican Party Great Salt Lake Council Boys Scout St. Barnabas Episcopal Church
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October 2011
Tooele County Aggie Benefit Night Presented by the USU Alumni Association
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Stansbury High School Auditorium Cost: $15 in advance, $20 at the door 6:00 pm - Silent Auction Keynote Speaker Robert Kirby, 7:00 pm - Program Salt Lake Tribune
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Fundraising Goal: $10,000 Proceeds will provide USU scholarships to Tooele County students
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Featuring: Keynote Speaker: Robert Kirby, Salt Lake Tribune humor columnist Alumni Merit Citation: Sidney K. Hullinger Silent Auction
Door prizes Aggie Ice Cream and refreshments while supplies last
Expected Attendance: Over 500 USU alumni, students & friends, business & community leaders Sponsorship Opportunities: To gain business exposure through this event: Sign up at www.usu.edu/alumni/events
Platinum - $1000 or more Top billing and logo in publicity materials Pre-event reception in VIP area 8 reserved tickets Gold - $250-999 Logo in publicity materials Pre-event reception in VIP area 4 reserved tickets
For more information: Jewel Allen (435) 884-6527 or jpallen@q.com
Silver - $150-$249 Sponsor name in publicity materials 2 tickets Bronze - $25-$149 Sponsor name in publicity materials
Gold Sponsor Silver Sponsors Casey Walker Investment Services
Our Taste of Tooele Booths, Sponsored by:
Bronze Sponsors Dimitris Business Expo Booths 435 design Allied Waste American Family Insurance Area 52 Computers Beehive Homes Casey Walker Investment Services Come Together Community Nursing Services Costco DDI Vantage Dugway Proving Grounds Factory Flooring Direct Fret-Less Violin Get Fit With Ty Green Box Recycling H&R Block HealthSource Chiropractic HeritageWest Credit Union Holiday Inn Express Key Bank LDS Employment Resource Center Love ‘em & Leave ‘em Pet Sitting Macey’s Food & Drug Miller Motorsports Park Mobile Drug Testing Mountain West Medical Center Oquirrh Hills Golf/ Pro Shop Oquirrh Mountain Eye Care Platt Electric
Prudential Utah Real Estate Purple Cow Bookstore Real Deals RF Engraving Roni’s Signs SAIC Tooele Chemical Stockpile Scentsy– George Terra Sports Depot The Local Pages The Vally Services Thermal Pro Windows TIPP Tooele Applied Technology College Tooele County Clerks Office Tooele County Democratic Party Tooele County Economic Development Tooele County Republican Party Tooele Downtown Business Alliance Tooele Vision Center Utah Industrial Depot Utah Manufacturers Association Utah State University Valley Mental Health Waddell & Reed Wal-Mart DC 7026 Wells Fargo Wireless Beehive ZEP Sales
RD Huffaker with Royal Wholesale Electric and his new 32” TV!!
We would like to thank all of our sponsors, all of the many booths that participated, all of our many volunteers including Tooele and Stansbury High Schools’ FBLA Students. Also to everyone that participated in Taste of Tooele. These events would not be so successful without you, Thank you!!
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Rudy Family Dollar celebrated the grand opening of their local downtown business with a ribbon cutting ceremony sponsored by the Tooele County Chamber of Commerce. Cherie Rudy cut the ribbon with help from her husband Bob and employees that included Emily, Jessica, Amanda and Sarah along with several customers. Chamber members who joined in the celebration included Sandy Critchlow, Prudential Utah Real Estate and Chamber Ambassador Chair; Allison Vokac, Fretless Violin; Mike Fields, Beck-n-Call; Shawn Milne, Click Audio Video and Debbie Winn, Chamber Executive Director. Rudy Family Dollar is located at 24 West 100 South and is open Monday thru Saturday 9am to 8pm and Sunday 11am to 6pm. They have good quality Dollar Merchandise, jewelry, cleaning products, toys, bathroom and kitchen articles, candy, food in general. Along with their Dollar Merchandise they have La Idol Jeans for women, Fashion Purses, Fashion Tops for women and soon to come men’s clothes. They can be reached at (435) 882-7552.
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Family Halloween Carnival Saturday, October 29, 2011 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. Dow James Building– 438 West 400 North, Tooele Food
Games Fortune Telling Face Painting Cookie Decorating Costume Parade (at 2:30) and MUCH, MUCH MORE!!!! COST: 1 can of food to be donated to the Tooele Food Bank Come enjoy the fun!!! FOOD AND FUN ARE FREE!!! This is a drug and violence free activity!!!
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Zions Bank recently opened their new “Bank in a Box” located at 213 East Main Street, Grantsville. W. Dean Johnson – Branch Manager, cut the ribbon with help from fellow Zions employees including Lori Harding – Regional Sales Administrator, Richard Davies – Executive Banker and Jennifer Hull – Personal Banker. Chamber members who joined in the celebration included Debbie Winn, Chamber Executive Director; Mike Fields, Beck-n-Call; Jeremy Anderson, Deseret Computer Solutions; Grantsville City Mayor Brent Marshall; Grantsville City Attorney Ron Elton; Shawn Milne, Click Audio Video; Chris Sloan, Group 1 Real Estate; Berna Sloan, Group 1 Real Estate, Jon Parkinson, HeritageWest Credit Union; Carrie Cushman, Holiday Inn Express; Susan Sagers, HeritageWest Credit Union; Sandy Critchlow, Prudential Utah Real Estate; Vicki Griffith, Prudential Utah Real Estate and Kathy Boltz, HeritageWest Credit Union.
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The Kiwanis Club of Tooele meets at Sostanza, 29 N Main Street, Tooele, every Tuesday at noon for a luncheon meeting. Contact Mike Fields at 8404604 to become a member. Kiwanis is dedicated to help the children.
YOUR DREAM IS OUT THERE. GO GET IT. WE’LL PROTECT IT.
Meet the Candidate Night! Meet the Candidate Night to be held at the Community Learning Center 211 S. Tooele Blvd., Tooele Date: October 26, 2011 Time: 7:00 p.m. Highlights Candidates will answer questions submitted by you! To submit a question, please go to www.tooelecity.org There are 6 candidates for 3 city council positions
Contact person: Michelle Pitt, 435-843-2111
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Ribbon Cutting: Birch Family Pharmacy in Stansbury
Sheldon Birch, owner of Birch Family Pharmacy and Joe Malmgeren, Pharmacist; cuts the ribbon to the new location in Stansbury Park (inside the new Soelbergs) located at 6727 North Hwy 36. Joining in the celebration are family, friends and employees. Chamber members who attended the celebration include Sandy Critchlow, Prudential Utah Real Estate and Chamber Ambassador Chair along with Shawn Milne, Click Audio Video and Chamber Board member. Congratulations to Sheldon and Birch Family Pharmacy on the opening of their third location in Tooele County! You can reach the pharmacy at 435-843-1702.
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Deadline is November 1, 2011 Contact: Debbie Winn (435)882-0690 • debbie@tooelechamber.com Tooele County Chamber of Commerce 86 South Main Street, Tooele
The 2012 Tooele County Chamber Resource Directory is dedicated to promoting your local business and community. With beautiful photography of Tooele County, and a great reference guide including community information, this magazine will be sure to serve as an excellent resource to residents & visitors. 20,000 copies will be printed and distributed throughout Tooele County, placed in brochure racks, local businesses, motels, restaurants, visitor centers and nationwide mailing requests.
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Expo Continued from page 1 Come Together is a pact between local businesses and people within the community to help Tooele’s economy, as well as the education system, by purchasing items from local companies and stores. Members from the Tooele County Chamber of Commerce, as well as other important additions to our town, like the mayor of Tooele, gathered on the stage to sign a pledge to the community to buy locally. This was a momentous day for many people in Tooele County, as everyone is constantly struggling to maintain a living. Residents in the community can now look forward and know that their local businesses will be supported more than before. By the end of the promotions and festivities, businesses were able to show off their spunk, open some wallets, and receive the recognition they deserved. Tooele County is growing into a bigger and better place where many more positive adjustments are being made; the Business Expo supported just that. Summer Sigritz is a student at Stansbury High School and is currently working with the Tooele County Chamber of Commerce as an intern.
Manda Smith (above) with American Family Insurance, (Top Right from L-R) Annica Harris, Kris King and Buffy Walters with Mountain America Credit Union and Philip and Paul Parrish (bottom right) with Sports Depot at their booths at the Business Expo.
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