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Small Contractors Scramble for Work Slow Season, Bad Economy Forcing Many Tradesmen to Get Creative to Survive by Doug Radunich Been Hard to Find Work,” He Said FRONT PAGE A1 www.tooeletranscript.com TUESDAY Stansbury Oquirrh Bowmen prepare for archery contest See B1 TOOELE RANSCRIPT T Check out the features on our new Web site: BULLETIN tooeletranscript.com January 13, 2009 SERVING TOOELE COUNTY SINCE 1894 VOL. 115 NO. 069 50¢ Johnson puts priority on budget, homeless to start second term by Sarah Miley A: Yes, I am. It’s been a real learning STAFF WRITER experience, but it’s been good I think — most of the time. That one’s hard [big- When Colleen Johnson was first elected gest accomplishments] because it’s not to the Tooele County Commission back in just one person who makes something 2004, she didn’t have specific plans. happen. But I think some of the best “I kind of came into it cold and I really things that have happened are organiz- didn’t have an agenda when I was elect- ing the relief services division with the ed,” she said. “I just wanted to be involved county. I just got all the right people in and help the county.” the room at the same time. With that we Now, as she begins her second term on also acquired a building to use for our the commission, the former Tooele City Community Resource Center, and in turn councilwoman has an extensive knowl- that led to the forming of the Tooele Valley edge of county issues and a list of spe- Community Cooperative, and also our cific goals she’d like to accomplish. A local homeless coordinating committee. week after being sworn in again, Johnson Another thing I’ve noticed in the last four sat down with the Transcript-Bulletin to years is the morale of the county is better. discuss those plans. I think that’s due to the full-time commit- ment of all three commissioners. photography / Maegan Burr Q: Are you pleased with the progress Q: What are your top goals to accomplish Colleen Johnson sits at her desk in the Tooele you’ve made on the commission thus far? in your next term? County building on Monday afternoon. Johnson What do you rate as your biggest accom- was sworn in for her second consecutive term as SEE JOHNSON PAGE A3 ➤ plishments? a Tooele County Commissioner on Jan. 5. photography / Maegan Burr 4Megawatts Electric contractor Lance Pooler installs an outdoor light at his home in Tooele. Pooler said he’s been forced to lower his prices to stay competitive in the slow construction market. Small contractors scramble for work Slow season, bad economy forcing many tradesmen to get creative to survive by Doug Radunich been hard to find work,” he said. STAFF WRITER “Last year we had eight or nine contractors working with us, but With new home construction we’re down to two. Right now is in the Tooele Valley falling off the worst period I’ve seen for us. drastically, small contractors are The new home construction mar- being forced to scramble — and ket has dropped to almost zero, get creative — to find enough and a lot of contractors are also work to survive. going bankrupt.” Ed Raddon, who owns Tuff Kim Newbold, owner of Country Concrete in Tooele with Newbold Masonry Construction, his sons Travis and Derrick, said said the past six months have his business is down 60 percent been dismal for contractors. from normal levels this winter. “The volume of my calls has “Last year around this time we slowed down because of the econ- were swamped with work, but during the last six months it has SEE CONTRACTORS PAGE A5 ➤ photography / Maegan Burr Drug court therapist Terry Bates stands next to a wall of photos of Tooele County Drug Court graduates on Monday at Alternative Choices in Tooele. Bates has Grantsville vs. Tooele helped the drug court program achieve an 85 percent completion rate in five years. lawsuit delayed again Drug court leader puts lives back on track by Jamie Belnap “I had a year of college right out of high gram,” Bates said. “I said, ‘Why don’t we build STAFF WRITER school and then I married,” Bates said. “I had it and they will come. Why don’t we start with Legal fees continue to Grantsville vs. Tooele five children when I went back to school to find just one?’” mount as eight-year- The armored figure gracing the front office sanity and an hour for myself.” With that, Skanchy handed the torch to Bates LAWSUIT of Alternative Choices in Tooele isn’t just a That decision lead Bates to the completion of and she rolled up her sleeves and got to work. old case drags on unique form of decor. The metallic-sheathed two undergraduate degrees — one in psychol- “I just went and got that one out of jail and Total man serves as a reminder for drug and alcohol ogy and another in sociology with a criminology we started drug court, and in a month we had by Tim Gillie Expenditures rehab participants who frequent the therapy certificate — and then on to graduate school five or six participants,” Bates said. “The dif- SUN AND MOON SEVEN-DAY FORECAST FOR TOOELE STAFF WRITER centerUV to INDEX “prepare for battle.” at the University of Utah where she received a ference between me doing it and someone else $1,450,000 It’s a slogan that Tooele County Drug Court degree is social work. doing it was that I wasn’t encumbered by a lot of The Sun Rise Set WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAYSource: TUESDAY Wednesday 7:51 a.m. 5:26 p.m. An eight-year-old lawsuit filed Grantsville and therapy provider Terry Bates scripted to help her Internships completed at Valley Mental the problems that bigger therapy places have. I Thursday 7:51 a.m. 5:27 p.m. Tooele cities Friday 7:50 a.m. 5:28 p.m. by the city of Grantsville against clients complete a rigorous program designed Health’s forensic unit in Salt Lake City and as didn’t have to worry about the program of bring- Saturday 7:50 a.m. 5:29 p.m. the city of Tooele over the sale of 2 to2 allow2 them2 2to regain2 2 control of their lives a liaison between the Summit County Jail and ing money in. I was happy about any money Sunday 7:49 a.m. 5:30 p.m. the Utah Industrial Depot may emotionally, physically and spiritually. Valley Mental Health gave Bates her first oppor- that was brought in because my private practice Monday 7:49 a.m. 5:32 p.m. still take months to resolve after $947,000 Wed Thu“I tellFri them,Sat Sun ‘Put Mon on yourTue armor because you tunity to work with substance abusers. After was small and I was so busy otherwise.” Tuesday 7:48 a.m. 5:33 p.m. The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ The Moon Rise Set the Utah State Supreme Court number,are the greater at war,’” the need Bates for eye andsaid. skin her internships were completed, she continued Drug court participants typically enter the Wednesday 10:07 p.m. 9:58 a.m. returned the case to the state protection. 0-2Bates, Low; 3-5 one Moderate; of 6-7the High; creators 8-10 of the drug court working with the organizations to tally 4,000 program with a guilty plea to felony charges. Thursday 11:15 p.m. 10:22 a.m. Very High; 11+ Extreme Friday none 10:46 a.m. Court of Appeals. program, has seen the program grow from one hours in order to obtain her clinical license That plea can be held in abeyance until suc- Saturday 12:21 a.m. 11:10 a.m. Meanwhile, the lawsuit contin- participantALMANAC to as high as 55 in a single class in in social work, before going into a doctorate cessful completion of the program, after which Sunday 1:26 a.m. 11:37 a.m. ues to rack up expenses for tax- Statisticsits for theshort, week ending five-year Jan. 12. history. She’s also seen the program. charges can potentially be dropped, or other Monday 2:30 a.m. 12:08 p.m. Mostly sunny Mostly sunny Plenty of sun Mostly sunny Sunny Plenty of sunshine Partly sunny Temperatures Tuesday 3:33 a.m. 12:44 p.m. payers of both cities. success rate soar well above the national aver- It was about that time that Bates relocated to defendants may have the opportunity to plea High/Low past week 52/19 Last New First Full Tooele has spent $1.45 mil- Grantsville Tooele Normalage: high/low Nearly past week 85 percent 39/20 of Tooele County drug Tooele and opened up a small private practice, down their charges to a misdemeanor after 42 23 42 18 44 20 lion 44defending21 itself44 from23 the 41 24 43 28 Averagecourt temp past participants week graduate 35.2 from the program seeing clients with depression and anxiety. The graduating from the program. 2001 breach-of-contract lawsuit, Normalversus average temp46 percentpast week from 29.0 drug courts nationally, next year she was approached by then presiding The program itself runs in phases. TOOELE COUNTY WEATHER Daily Temperatures High Low Jan 17 Jan 26 Feb 2 Feb 9 Shown is Wednesday’s in which Stockton City was also thus far as well, according to she said. 3rd District Court Judge Randall Skanchy to pro- “Phase one is more intensive,” Bates said. a plaintiff, according to Glen Jeremy Walker, finance director for Bates, who was born in Provo and raised in vide input into the creation of a court substance “It’s three months of coming to treatment twice Forecasts and graphics provided by weather.
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