tooele business news - march 2011

The March Chamber of Com-merce luncheon will be held on Wednesday, March 9th at 12:00

noon at the Deseret Peak Complex lo-cated at 2930 Hwy 112. The presenter at the luncheon will be Eileen R. DeLeeuw, Certified Diabetes Educator and Tooele County Health Department Diabetes Coalition Coordinator. Her presenta-tion will feature information about dia-betes in Tooele County and a discussion of ways businesses can help improve the situation of diabetes issues among their employees. She will also present ways the new Tooele County Health Depart-ment’s Diabetes Coalition can support business efforts to improve health.

You won’t want to miss this infor-mative meeting. Please RSVP to the Chamber office by Monday, March 7th at 5:00 pm. Cost for the luncheon is

$10 per person for Chamber members and $15 per person for non-chamber members.

Helping Businesses prosper and grow for More tHan 60 Years

Tooele Business NewsTooele CounTy Chamber of CommerCe

Volume 8, Number 2 March 2011www.tooelechamber.com

Calendar of events

For a complete list of upcoming Chamber and community events,

please check out our websitewww.tooelechamber.com

Chamber LuncheonWednesday, March 9, 2011 from 12-1pmSponsor: Tooele County Health DepartmentLocation: Deseret Peak Complex$10 members, $15 non-membersPlease RSVP Monday, March 7th by 5pmChamber Office 435-882-0690

Ribbon CuttingFriday, March 11, 2011 @ NoonOquirrh Mountain Eye Care1244 North Main Street, Tooele

Educational Breakfast Meeting

Wednesday, March 16, 2011 from 8-9am“Making the Most of Your Chamber Membership”Location: Holiday Inn Express1531 North Main Street, TooeleNO CHARGE for this event, but you must RSVPPlease RSVP by Monday, March 14th 5pmChamber Office 435-882-0690

Business After HoursThursday, March 24, 2011 from 5:30-7pmHost: WB ManufacturingLocation: 10 South Garnet StreetUID Bldg 669, Ste 5, TooeleGREAT networking opportunity!NO CHARGE for this event!

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Opportunity to Save Tooele Historical Building

Tooele County Health Department to Sponsor Chamber LuncheonInformation to Help our Employees Stay Healthy!

The Tooele County Chamber of Commerce and Tourism has

embarked on a Capital Building fund campaign. The purpose of the campaign is to raise funds to finish the remodeling of a permanent home for the Cham-ber. This fund was started many years ago by some of the founding members. Their contributions made it possible to purchase the building and do the initial work. The Chamber of Commerce and its Board are determined to secure the additional funds to continue their vi-sion. This building, when completed, will allow us as a Chamber to continue to serve the business community and promote tourism through our welcome center for Tooele County.

The Chamber of Commerce is a non-profit organization, not a govern-ment body with taxing authority. The Chamber functions from the dues of its members and fund raising events. Funds raised by the Chamber have been rolled back into promotional venues for businesses such as the “Business Expo – Taste of Tooele,” “Come Together Campaign,” Chamber Resource Direc-tory, Educational Business Seminars and numerous annual events for the com-munity including the annual Easter Egg Hunt and the Santa Parade.

The Chamber of Commerce is in need of your help and is asking for you to make a one-time capital contribution for the Chamber. When you contribute we will display your business or individual name on our Heritage Wall, which will be displayed in the lobby of our com-pleted building for generations to come.

The Chamber of Commerce will accept any donation amount so that

all community members can be a part of this historic project. The old clinic will indeed be restored to fulfill a great purpose for our community by becom-ing the new Chamber Headquarters. The Chamber has been in existence for

over 60 years and will certainly continue to outlive all of us. By making a dona-tion you can become one of the original stakeholders in the new Chamber Head-quarters. This building will be an asset to the community for years to come.

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Blue Rock Family Dental Celebrates Grand OpeningDr. Steven Bruderer recently opened

Blue Rock Family Dental, a private dental practice in Tooele. Dr. Bru-

derer is originally from Farmington, Utah, although he and his family moved to Stans-bury Park last July from New Jersey. He graduated in 2007 from Temple University in Philadelphia, Pa and then received addition-al general dentistry education and worked as a dentist for three years in the United States Air Force. Blue Rock Family Dental is lo-cated in the Overlake area at 1887 N. Aaron Dr. Suite A. You may reach Dr. Bruderer’s office to make an appointment at (435) 833-9900. Dr. Bruderer and his wife Michelle are the parents of four children: Sally, Adri, Weston and Calvin. They are excited to be part of the Tooele Valley communities and look forward to meeting new patients and making new friends!

Dr. Steven Burberer cuts the ribbon to celebrate the grand opening of his dental practice with help from his family, friends and staff.Chamber members who attended the event included Bill Upton, First Assembly of God; Cari Gavin, JackRabbit Press; Joyce Hogan, En-ergy Solutions; Wendy Guay, Dennys; Steve Smith, American Family Insurance; Tye Hoffmann, Edward Jones Investments; Shawn Milne, Click Audio Video; Mike Jensen, Tooele County Auditor; Kathy Boltz, HeritageWest Credit Union; Debbie Winn, Chamber Executive Direc-tor (photographer) and several others that are not included in the photo.

Dr. Burberer (left) cuts the cake, donated by Macey’s for the grand opening of Blue Rock Family Dental, with dental floss with help from his wife Michelle and son Calvin.Sandy Vincent, office receptionist and Shelley Gates, dental assistant, (right) are waiting to serve you at the new Blue Rock Family Dental.

Chamber Easter Egg Hunt Coming Soon!Spring is almost here, which means it’s time to

start planning the 2011 Tooele County Cham-ber of Commerce Annual Easter Egg Hunt.

This event is planned for Saturday April 23, 2011 and will be held at Deseret Peak Complex beginning at 10am.

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 can-dy 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 at-tached 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, P.O. Box 460, Tooele, Utah 84074 or give us a call if we can pick up the prizes or gift (435)882-0690. Thanks for supporting the Chamber of Commerce and our community activities

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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 Cari Gavin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jackrabbit Press Chris Scott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Oquirrh Hills Golf Course

Jack Bell. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Quality Automotive Jed Winder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tooele Vision Center

Kris King. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mountain America Credit Union Mike Fields. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . Beck N Call Mike Jensen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tooele County Shawn Milne. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Click Audio Video

Advisory Seats Joyce Hogan - Past Chair. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .EnergySolutions 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 Diana Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Aire Expresso Gloria Kershaw. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Independent Scentsy Consultant Jennifer Bastian. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wal-Mart Logistics John Parkinson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HeritageWest Credit Union Kendall Bohman. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deseret Industries Kevin John. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Royal Wholesale Electric Marc Hicks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Wells Fargo Sharilyn Hunsaker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rocky Mountain Care Steve Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .American Family Insurance Todd Castagno. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Willow Creek Lending Vicki Griffith. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Prudential Real Estate

Oquirrh Mountain Eye Care Business Membership

David Morrill1244 N Main Street,Ste 200Tooele, UT 84074435-882-8439Optometry/ Eye Care: Eye Exams,

glasses, contact lenses, eye infections and injuries

Security National MortgageBusiness Membership

Laurie Nunley1244 North Main Street #203Tooele, UT 84074435-843-5340Mortgage loans

Rent A CenterBusiness Membership

Jodi Wilcox1485 North 30 WestTooele, UT 84074435-843-0162We provide furniture, appliances,

electronics; at an affordable price for rent to own.

Transcript Bulletin PublishingBusiness Membership

Scott Dunn58 North MainTooele, UT 435-882-0050Local newspaper, printing, graphic

design, photography

Predator SportsSmall Business Membership

Gregor Dzierzon10 S Garnet Street, Bldg 669, Ste 18Utah Industrial DepotTooele, UT 435-277-0315Sports training and equipment. We

offer batting cages for baseball & softball. We also teach skills such as speed & agility, fielding & hitting

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Gold Wal-Mart Logistics Mountain West Medical Center Quality Automotive Sustaining Cargill Salt Heritage West Credit Union Rocky Mountain Care Wal-Mart SuperCenter Ace Disposal Clean Harbors Grassy Mtn

Landfill Morton Salt Rocky Mountain Power Government/Industry Rio Tinto Corporate McDonalds Mountain America Credit

Union

Peppermill Resorts of Wendover

Utah State University-Tooele All Star Lanes Tooele Richie BrothersBusiness Tooele RV & Auto Repair Southridge Pediatric Dentistry Stansbury Health Center/ U of U Steadman’s Recreation Tooele Cinema 6 All-Tech Electric Arbys Axiom Financial, LLC Coldwell Banker Hunan Village Tooele Vision Center Wireless Beehive A Company Portable Restrooms Harmony Home Health &

Hospice La Frontera Restaurant

Countryside Animal Clinic Stowe Family Music Bob’s Garage & Diesel Harris Air Systems, Inc. American Family Insurance Grantsville Medical Clinic Mike Zimmerman Well Service Applebee’s ENT Surgical Associates Small Business Upgrades, Etcetera Computers Insurance Network, LC William Lintner Tax Service Ultimate Catering Youth Employability Services

Program Non Profit New Hope House- Teen

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Chamber Business RenewalsThe Tooele County Chamber of Commerce would like to thank the following members for their continued support and for renewing their memberships for 2011:

Tooele Valley Rotary Club meets every Monday, 12:00 noon at Mountain West Medical Center board room. For more information on Rotary, please contact Karlene Wells, 435-882-2811.


Business Expertise to Grow Your Business

Free Business Consulting The Business Resource Center provides

support for Business Plan Writing, Marketing, Pro Forma Financials, Feasibility

Assessments, Networking, and more.

Contact Ryan Murray to schedule an appointment

435-843-3129 [email protected]

Mentors NeededWe are looking for FISHING TEACHERS!

Become a “One2Won” MentorAnd help your youth to SUCCEED in life!

One2Won is a career-based, skills development mentoring program tailored to the interests of at-risk youth and the skills of community and business leaders. As part of Tooele County Youth Services, professionals will as-sist mentors and mentees throughout the program via collaboration meetings and ongoing communication.

What to ExpectMentors assist youth with personal interests and goals for the future by meeting with youth weekly to work on

skills, being a positive example, and assisting youth with job shadowing experience(s). Collaborative meetings are held, with TCYS staff, to plan for positive change in the lives of our youth.

Program StructureCommunity Mentors will be given one skill per month to work on with their mentee. At the end of three

months, new skills will be added if needed.

Time Commitment3 months (minimum) to

9 months (maximum)depending on mentor/mentee plan

Community Mentors:People who care about our community and see our youth as the ideal representation of our future.

All mentors are required to have a background check before being matched with a youth.

With all business, there must be pleasure…We believe in rewards for progress and improved behavior. For this reason, we will encourage collaboration among mentors and the mentoring program for ideas to reward youth for progress and improvement on their skills and in the mentor relationship in general.

A graduation celebration will take place upon completion of the program.

If you are interested in becoming a One2Won mentor, or have questions,please contact Debbie Daniel atTooele County Youth Services 435-843-3226.

“If you give a man a fish, he eats for a day.If you teach a man to fish, he eats for life!”

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Deciding whether or not to join a local chamber of commerce may seem like a difficult decision. Membership in a chamber can be very beneficial for small business owners.

The most important reason for joining a chamber is the opportunity they provide for you to network with other business owners. You can share your product or business options with large and small companies. You want to get your name out to other business owners so that you can begin building a relationship with others. This will enable your business to work with other Chamber member busi-nesses and help your company grow. \

Member to member benefits is another reason to consider chamber membership. Some businesses offer discounts to other chamber members. Currently Enterprise Rent-a-Car offers a discount to all Tooele County Chamber of Commerce members

which can be used nationwide!Our local chamber is committed to

keeping businesses informed on com-munity events where they can participate and promote or sell their products. The Chamber will also help you promote your own activity for the community and help you get the word out!

The chamber can also offer representa-tion and relationships with local govern-ments. We can offer business training and hold free educational seminars to help you learn how to make your business grow.

Chamber membership is a great invest-ment for both your company and profes-sional life. Call the Chamber office today at 435-882-0690 to ask questions and get the answers your business needs. If you have already joined the Chamber and are asking yourself “Now what?, give us a call and we will help your business grow!

Second Annual MANAGEMENT & SUPERVISORY

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This Custom Fit program was highly regarded the first year by our Tooele participants, and we look forward to offering it to a new class of leaders!

Six-week program held at USU-Tooele. Wednesdays 8 am to 4 pm beginning March 30.

Contact Deborah Labenski at (435) 248-1805, [email protected].

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Volunteers needed:Tooele County Relief Services is looking

for several volunteers with computer/typ-ing skills to perform data entry at Tooele Office. Must pass a background check,

and able to volunteer a few hours OR MORE each week Monday through Friday 9 am to 5 pm. Contact Karen Kiupers 435-843-9955 or Volunteers

of America, Debbie Cordova 435-882-2561.

Looking for 10 to 15 Foster Grand-parents (persons 55 and over) to help in schools across Tooele County helping children one on one.

Stipend available for low income(less than $29,000 2-person family). Monies also available for mileage. Must pass back-ground check.

Contact Volunteers of America, Debbie Cordova 435-882-2561.

What is Business After Hours?

To Join or Not to Join?

Business 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 strength-en relationship skills. The event is held on the 4th Thursday of each month from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm. Chamber mem-bers network with each other and share their knowledge. Light refreshments are served and members bring prizes to be given away that evening.

WB Manufacturing will be the host of

our March 24th event to be held from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm. There is no charge for this even t 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 change to network with others. Bring a gift to be used in the prize draw-ing! Make it a gift that promotes your business! WB Manufacturing is lo-cated in bldg 669 at the Utah Industrial Depot. 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.

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The Chamber of Commerce Presents:Making the Most of Your Chamber Membership

The Chamber of Commerce will be hosting an educational breakfast meeting on Wednesday, March 16, 2011 from 8-9am at Holiday Inn Express,

1531 North Main Street in Tooele; there is no charge for this event and a continental breakfast is 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.

The Chamber offers so many opportunities to make your business prosper and grow. This meeting will discuss the many chances you will have as a Chamber member to get 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 Monday, March 14th by 5pm. You can RSVP by email [email protected] or by phone at 435-882-0690.


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become successful. We’ve lived in Tooele for 11+ years, and have

enjoyed seeing the businesses in the city become more sophisticated.

We’ve been involved with the Chamber of Commerce for several years, and even facilitated a small business networking group called “Shop Tooele” several years ago, before the current “Come Together” campaign.

We’ve had a bit of a hiatus from local activity for the last two years – we started a marketing consulting firm that serves aviation and related industries. Our work has kept us out of town quite a bit. With travel becoming more and more “fun” lately, (thanks to increasing restrictions and so on) we’ve come to the conclusion that we’d like to spend more time at home, and much of the consulting we do would have strong local appeal as well – most of the principles of business and marketing are universal.

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Diabetes: The Leading Cause of......???True or False? Diabetes causes

blindness, kidney failure, heart attack, impotence, stroke and

amputations? Well, technically, FALSE! In fact, high blood sugars can cause all of the above, but well controlled diabe-tes is the leading cause of NOTHING! Ok, ok, while well controlled diabetes is the leading cause of NOTHING, it (the good control) certainly requires a lot of something—diligent self-management! Thus, the theme of recent media messag-es sponsored by the new Tooele County Health Department’s Diabetes Coalition has been: “Diabetes: Face it now! It’s not easy but it’s worth it.”

The Coalition has been organized with a small grant from the Utah State Dia-betes Prevention and Control Program which just awarded the Health Depart-ment a large three year grant to establish diabetes education and other resources throughout the County. Coalition ad-visory board members include doctors, physician assistants, nurses, pharma-cists, business leaders, representatives of health care and other community agen-cies and organizations, and persons with diabetes. The coalition meets to discuss community diabetes resources and needs and plan ways to meet those needs. This group will advise the health department

on and support them in achieving the goals of the new grant.

“Diabetes: Learn it, Live it, Do it!” is the theme chosen by the Coalition for March, the tradi-tional Diabetes Alert Month. Tooele County citizens will be encour-aged to know and reduce their risk for diabetes or, for those already with diabe-tes, to reduce their risks for the fright-ening complications. A fun community fair will be held on Saturday March 26th to allow the commu-nity to try new ways to move more and

eat better and to help people know their diabetes risk.

Diabetes is a condition character-ized by high blood sugars. This problem involves insulin which acts like a key to open the way (or the door) for sugar to leave the blood and enter body cells where it can be used for energy. In Type 1 diabetes, the pancreas no longer makes insulin and therefore sugar stays in the blood and cannot enter the cells (to pro-vide energy). In Type 2 diabetes, either the pancreas does not make enough insulin or the insulin does not work correctly (insulin resistance), similar to a rusty key that does not work well in opening locked doors. Often Type 2 diabetes involves both these factors---not enough insulin and insulin not working well (insulin resistance).

Before people develop type 2 diabetes, they almost always have “prediabe-tes”—blood sugar levels that are higher than normal but not yet high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes. Research has shown that some long-term damage to the body, especially the heart and cir-culatory system, may already be occur-ring during prediabetes. Therefore, the Tooele County Diabetes Coalition is also encouraging people to know their risk for diabetes and work with their health care providers to make sure it is detected

and treated early, before such damage occurs. Research also shows that people at risk for diabetes can delay or, in some cases, even prevent it with exercise and weight control. These efforts make insu-lin work better while making the body need less insulin. Thus, the Diabetes Co-alition will be encouraging these healthy habits which also help manage blood sugars in persons with diabetes.

Tooele County has a history of high/poor diabetes statistics. Our diabetes rate is 9%, compared to the state rate of 7.6%. We have greater rates for all diabetes related complications, except eye disease, than state rates and our rate of heart disease in persons with dia-betes is especially high. Not only does diabetes make a person’s risk for heart disease and stroke 2 to 4 times higher, in Tooele County persons with diabetes have high rates of other factors that also cause heart disease and stroke: 63% have high blood pressure, 61% high choles-terol and 91% are overweight/obese. It is important to remember, however, that people who have had previously poorly controlled blood sugar (and other risk factors) can reduce their risks of compli-cations by gaining control NOW!

Community response to the Diabetes Coalition and its initial efforts has been extremely positive. Tooele County seems ready to more aggressively face diabetes and thus improve health. Recently the Health Department contracted Dan Jones to survey the opinions of people in Tooele County. Of health problems, obe-sity, cancer, and diabetes were of greatest and very significant concern. Lack of exercise and unhealthy eating were the lifestyles of most serious concern. Coali-tion plans will be to bring the county and individual communities and community groups together to improve these issues.

To do so, business support for a schol-arship fund for diabetes education (and, hopefully, other diabetes needs) for per-sons without insurance coverage will be sought. Several Tooele County Cham-ber of Commerce businesses have offered

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support for Coalition activities and more such support will be needed. Persons to help with any aspect of the Diabetes Coalition are also being sought. To offer such support, email [email protected] or call 435-840-0299 or 435-277-2482. The Coalition will be on Facebook and Twitter and the Tooele County web site (tooelehealth.org) will be continually up-dated to feature pictures and interviews of people dealing with diabetes as well as diabetes information.

Many compliments have already been received for these efforts. The previ-ously mentioned Grant is certainly once such acknowledgement. On March 26th the State Wide Diabetes Expo included activities suggested and used first by our Coalition and Tooele County residents with diabetes were featured in picture

and video there. The upcoming April Utah Public Health Association Confere-ence will offer a presentation about our County diabetes efforts. On March 9th, the Chamber of Commerce luncheon will feature a presentation about diabetes in Tooele County and a discussion of ways businesses can help improve the situation and ways the Coalition can support busi-ness efforts to improve health.

These efforts can truly be called a community mobilization. It has been inspiring to see such cooperation and commitment at all levels of our commu-nity. Indeed, it is likely we will soon say that Tooele County Diabetes Coalition efforts are a leading cause of improved health and well-being, developed as a result of strong community support and cooperation!

Submitted by Eileen R. DeLeeuw, MS,RD,CDE, Certified Diabetes Educator and Tooele County Health Department Diabetes Coalition Coordinator

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