nterprise
July 12, 2009
People in business
The following people have
joined Common Ground Out-
door Adventures.
David Kriner, program
director. David has spent the
vast major-
ity of his life
in Pocatello,
Idaho. David
was a carpen-
ter for seven
years before
he started
working for
the J.R.Simplot Company in
Pocatello. After 22 successful
years with the company, David
decided to begin yet another
adventure in March of 2002
— working for the Cooperative
Wilderness Handicapped Out-
door Group. In his time with
CW HOG, David did many
great things to support the orga-
nization, especially with his
fundraising and leadership.
Dan Shannahan, Ameri-
Corps VISTA, volunteers. Dan
grew up in southeast Michigan
and attended Grand Valley
State Univer-
sity in Grand
Rapids to
study psychol-
ogy. While
at school, he
enjoyed lead-
ing and orga-
nizing student
volunteer trips
with the student organization
Alternative Breaks. Dan also
enjoys hiking, camping, run-
ning, and following his Detroit
sports teams. He’s looking
forward to working with all of
Common Ground’s amazing
volunteers and can’t wait to
start exploring the wilderness
of northern Utah.
Mary Campopiano,
AmeriCorps VISTA, develop-
ment. Mary moved here from
Queensbury, N.Y. She has spent
the last four years since gradu-
ating from
RIT as food
and beverage
manager at a
country club in
New York. She
is excited to
begin her role
as development
coordinator and
be a part of the
wonderful impact this organiza-
tion has. When Mary isn’t at
work you will find her scoping
out all the outdoor recreation
that Logan and the surrounding
areas have to offer.
Stephen Hickner, Ameri-
Corps VISTA, Outreach. Steve
grew up in Grand Rapids,
Mich., and recently gradu-
ated from the
University
of Michigan
where he stud-
ied biology. He
is interested
in a career in
healthcare.
Steve enjoys
riding his bike
or sitting on the couch with his
friends or roommates. Steve
is already enjoying everything
the Cache Valley has to offer
and he hopes to leave a positive
impact on Common Ground
Outdoor Adventures.
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Dan Richins has been select-
ed as USU Facilities employee
of the month for July. Dan has
been with Facilities for nearly
five years and works at the
Central Energy
Plant as a
technician. He
is over the 33
satellite boil-
ers that are off
campus. Dan
was raised on
a sheep and
cattle ranch
in Henefer. Dan and his wife,
Bonita, have been married for
27 years and have five chil-
dren. They reside in Richmond.
Many hobbies keep Dan busy.
He helps his father every week-
end with the cattle ranch in
Henefer and also enjoys riding
horses. He loves spending time
with his family as well as work-
ing in the yard and hunting.
Congratulations, Dan.
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Compiled from press releases
Sunday,
The Herald Journal
A8
Hanging with
the peeps
By Brendon Butler
features writer
I
t wasn’t too many years ago that
most households in Cache Valley
woke up to the raucous “cock-a-
doodle-doo” of the family rooster
and the “bock-bock-begock” of
brooding hens in the backyard. Though
many family flocks went the way of
the dodo over the years as cities like
Logan grew up around them, some
families are bringing back the birds.
And why not? Lt. Troy Thurston of
the Logan City Police Department says
it’s legal in Logan city limits as long
as noise ordinances are obeyed and
the birds are treated humanely. Cindee
Bair, the go-to person for poultry at
the Hyde Park IFA store, says chickens
are surprisingly easy to raise and can
provide eggs and meat for people who
want to be self-reliant during a shaky
economy. This year Bair says she’s
sold more than double the number of
3-day-old peepers compared to last
year.
“I bet ya there’s a minimum of 50
(people purchasing peepers),” she says.
“I mean, we’re talkin’ loads. It seems
like everybody wants to have two
hens, and this year more people are
focused on growing their own broil-
ers.”
Lisa Saunderson has two-dozen
broilers in her Logan backyard. The
white “BBQ special” hens grow so
quickly they’ll be in her freezer after
only eight weeks, she says. The white
hens will even eat sitting down. She’s
also got a dozen Americuana and
Silver Wyandotte layer hens. Saunder- Eli Lucero/Herald Journal
son says she does it “for all the good Above, Megan Wasden plays with chicks at her grandparent’s home near Wellsville June
reasons why,” which include knowing 26. Below, in a photo provided by Amanda Murray, eggs produced by Murray’s 19 chickens
her food’s provenance and so her three come in different sizes and colors.
children will understand “how things
really work.”
Saunderson’s two older children, almost obscuring her eyes. had an empty chicken coop, so they
Maya, age 8, and Isaac, age 5, help “She’s a Polish somethin’ or other,” decided to fill it with a mixture of male
with the daily chores, gathering eggs says Saunderson. and female chicks, she says. Murray
and watering the hens. The hens are Inside the coop, the plentiful bird lets her chickens range freely during
often allowed to range freely in “Tera- droppings will be tilled under and the the day. They love grubs and worms
bithia,” the tree and grass filled vacant dirt used for next year’s garden, she and will actually tunnel through her
lot next door, and Maya says she and says. pile of yard waste to find tasty morsels.
her brother have to herd the hens back Biology grad-student Amanda Mur- “If it’s brown, they scratch it and if it
to their coop each evening. ray rents a home in Logan with her moves, they eat it,” she says.
The kids’ favorite bird is “Hairdo,” partner David Hyde. The couple had
a small white hen with an umbrella- been buying free-range eggs from the See CHICKENS on A9
shaped pouf of feathers atop her head, grocery store already, and the backyard
New rules help Western cherry exporters
YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) Under the new rules, grow- in May, Archer said. The Canada is by far the larg-
— Cherry growers in three ers should be able to export states are the No. 1 and 3 est market for cherries
West Coast states will be more cherries in the future sweet cherry-producing from the Northwest region,
able to ship sweet cherries to by ship, which is less expen- states, respectively. which includes Washington,
Japan more cheaply because sive. “Japan has been an impor- Oregon, Idaho, Utah and
of a change in the country’s “It’s a big deal, not so tant market for Washington Montana, taking more than
pest control requirements for much because of the vol- cherries, and thanks to this 1 million 20-pound cases in
imports of the fruit. ume, but because of the fruit new protocol, that trading 2008. Taiwan, Hong Kong
Fruit exporters in Washing- quality,” said Jim Archer, relationship will continue and the United Kingdom fol-
ton, Oregon and California manager of Northwest Fruit to be profitable in the years low, according to the indus-
have been in negotiations Exporters, a nonprofit trade to come,” Washington Gov. try group Northwest Cherry
with Japan for years to group that represents apple Chris Gregoire said. Growers.
allow cherry imports with- and cherry packers and ship- Japan’s rule change was The next top export mar-
out requiring the fruit to be pers in Oregon, Washington developed too late in the kets are Japan, South Korea
fumigated for codling moth. and Idaho. “Fumigation takes harvest season for growers in and Australia. They are the
Growers in the U.S. have a toll on the fruit quality, and California, the No. 2 sweet only three countries that
argued the pest is not a prob- it does not have as good a cherry-producing state, to have required fumigation for
lem for cherries. shelf life.” take advantage of it this year. codling moth.
Japan agreed on Thurs- The traps use pheromones Last year proved to be dis- “Sometimes other coun-
day to allow cherries from to attract the moths then appointing for Washington tries that are strict on quar-
orchards that use traps to catch them with a sticky cherry growers after a spring antine issues will follow
control the pest, rather than material. frost reduced the size of the Japan’s lead,” Archer said.
fumigate for it. Fumigation Growers in Washington crop. In 2007, Washington “We’re hopeful this will lead
tends to shorten the cherries’ and Oregon can start taking growers produced $327 mil- to open exports for those
shelf life, so growers have advantage of the rule change lion in cherries, with about other markets as well.”
typically shipped them by this year because they began one-third of the crop going to
air. placing the traps in orchards export markets.