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4 CapitalPress.com May 12, 2017 Land Board votes to stop sale of Elliott State Forest By CLAIRE WITHYCOMBE 19-1/#4 LEGAL REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION - RFI #167169 TO PROVIDE Biosolids Storage and Reuse Services Closing Date: June 2, 2017 at 4:00 PM The City of Salem (“City”) is seeking information of potential opportunities to partner with qualified agri- cultural entities in a munici- pal biosolids storage and reuse program. The intent of the program is to store biosolids during the winter wet period, October through June, for sub- sequent application as a fertilizer and soil amend- ment during the June through October period. The City would expect the interested parties to pro- vide storage facilities, appli- cation services, and suitable land for the program. The City of Salem produces Class B biosolids cake. Questions or to request a Request for Information packet email: sself@cityofsalem.net. Shawna Self, CPPB, Contracts & Procurement Manager. legal-19-2-1/#T1D Wright named COO of Capital Press parent company Heidi Wright has been named chief operating offi cer of EO Media Group, which owns the Capital Press. Wright succeeds John S. Perry, who is retiring after 44 years in the newspaper industry, including the last 12 with EO Media Group. LEGAL The Oregon Orchardgrass Seed Producers Commission will hold a public hearing on the Commission’s proposed 2017-18 budget on June 1, 2017, 7:30 a.m. at the Elmer’s Restaurant, 2802 Santiam Highway SE, Albany, Oregon. Any person wishing to comment on the budget is welcome to do so either orally or in writing. A copy of the proposed budget is available for public inspection during normal business hours at the commission office located at 6745 SW Hampton Street, Suite 101, Portland, Oregon. 19-1/#4 Wright comes to EO Media Group from Western Commu- nications, owner of the Bend Bulletin and other newspapers in Oregon and California. She is Wescom’s chief fi nancial of- fi cer and human resources di- rector. She will join EO Media Group on June 1. Steve Forrester, president and CEO of EO Media Group, announced Wright’s hiring: “Our executive committee — composed of Kathryn Brown, Susan Forrester Rana and me — is pleased to fi nd a succes- sor to Perry with the leadership capabilities to help our compa- ny prosper in the digital age. Her prior experience with fam- ily-owned companies in our region is especially relevant.” Prior to joining Wescom, Wright was publisher of the Klamath Falls Herald and News, owned by Pioneer News Group. She also worked as a publisher in Montana for Lee Enterpris- es. She has an undergraduate Heidi Wright degree and an MBA from the University of Montana. “Heidi has a lifetime of ex- perience in the West,” noted Kathryn Brown. “Her experi- ence at newspapers in Butte, Klamath Falls and Bend make her well-suited to understand the communities that EO Me- dia Group serves in rural Ore- gon and Washington — as well as the extraordinary reach of the Capital Press, our agricul- tural weekly.” As chief operating offi cer, Wright will direct the business operations of EO Media Group and supervise publishers and corporate staff. The company’s headquarters are in Salem. “It’s an honor and privi- lege to be joining EO Media Group,” said Wright. “While I will miss my friends and col- leagues at Western Commu- nications, I am excited to be- come a part of the EO Media Group family. My husband, Richard Schuurman, and I are looking forward to calling Sa- lem home in the near future.” EO Media Group publica- tions include: Capital Press, The Blue Mountain Eagle of John Day, Cannon Beach Gazette, Chinook Observer, Coast River Business Journal, The Daily Astorian, East Or- egonian, Hermiston Herald, Oregon Coast Today, Seaside Signal and Wallowa County Chieftain. NEW ITEMS! 1 1 ⁄ 2 QT. BASKETS and (3) PINT TRAYS 503-588-8313 2561 Pringle Rd. SE Salem, OR Call for Pricing. Subject to stock on hand. Delivery Available ROP-19-3-4/#7 LEGAL NOTICE OF THE OREGON HAZELNUT COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING June 7, 2017 Notice is hereby given that a public meeting will be held pursuant to ORS Chapter 576.416(5), Oregon Laws 2003, at the North Willamette Ex- periment Station, 15210 NE Miley Rd., Aurora, Oregon, on June 7th, 2017 at 8 am. The meeting will be held regarding the proposed budget for the operation of the Oregon Hazelnut Commission during the fiscal year July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018. At this meeting any producer of hazelnuts in Oregon has a right to be heard with respect to the proposed budget, a copy of which is available for public inspection at the industry office at the right. Any producer unable to attend the public meeting may submit written comments to Meredith Nagely at the address below by June 7, 2017. For further information contact: Oregon Hazelnut Commission 25195-A Dolores Way NE Aurora, OR 97002 Phone 503.678.6823 Fax 503.678.6825 email meredith@oregonhazenuts.org This meeting location is accessible to persons with disabilities. Please make any requests for an interpreter for the hearing impaired or for other accommodation for persons with disabilities at least 48 hours before the meeting by contacting staff at the location above. ROP-40-42-4/#17 CHELAN, Wash. — Bor- ton Fruit of Yakima will merge its marketing division with Chelan Fresh Marketing in Chelan on Sept. 1 to pro- vide greater combined vol- ume and better year-round fruit access for retailers. Chelan Fresh Marketing will remain the company name and most of the fruit will be sold under Trout and Chelan Fresh labels with some export markets still re- ceiving Borton-labeled fruit, said Mac Riggan, vice pres- ident of marketing at Chelan Fresh. Borton sells about 7 mil- lion boxes of apples, pears and cherries annually and Chelan Fresh sells 18 million, so the combined total will be about 25 million boxes, mak- ing the company one of the largest marketers of Washing- ton fruit, Riggan said. Fewer than half a dozen other tree fruit companies in the state are at similar volume levels. “It’s just formalizing what’s been an informal working arrangement the last several years,” Riggan said. “We’re doing it simply for customers to have more one-stop shopping. I hope it makes us No. 1 in customer service. That’s the goal. “Most people didn’t see this coming because we kept it quiet. It’s a good deal for us, and Borton and growers benefi t, too. The Bortons are great people to work with. They have a great culture. It’s exciting.” His brother, Tom Riggan, is president and CEO of Chel- an Fresh. With the merger, Chelan Fresh will be a leading mar- keter of Honeycrisp apples. It’s member companies oper- ate more than 13,000 acres of young, high-density orchards with modern trellis systems and have recently invested more than $235 million in state-of-the-art packing fa- cilities and technologies and new storage and production effi ciencies. The Borton Fruit market- ing staff will remain in Yaki- ma under Chelan Fresh direc- tion. Established in 2004, Chel- an Fresh is the marketing company for Chelan Fruit Cooperative, Chelan; Geb- bers Farms, Brewster; Crane & Crane, Brewster; and Apple House, Pateros. Borton Fruit was begun by Byron S. Borton as a 20-acre orchard in Yakima in 1912. The company owns orchards in Yakima, Grant, Benton, Franklin and Walla Walla counties. 19-4/#4N Capital Press an By DAN WHEAT SALEM — The proposed sale of an expanse of state forest near the western Ore- gon coast was halted unani- mously Tuesday by the State Land Board. With Tuesday’s decision, the governor, secretary of state and treasurer rejected a planned partnership between a Native American tribe and a Roseburg timber company to purchase the Elliott State Forest in Coos and Douglas counties for $220.8 million. That proposal had elicited signifi cant opposition from The Elliott State Forest is a state trust land and constitutionally required to provide revenues for the environmental groups, and in Common School Fund, which helps pay for public education. the process raised questions Jim Green, executive di- about the state’s stewardship Read last week announced 126 ORE. of public lands. a proposal that would build on rector of the association, Florence Area in The offer from Lone Rock the governor’s planned use of said after the meeting that detail Resources and the Cow Creek bond funds and have Oregon his group would “continue to Band of Umpqua Tribe of In- State University pay the re- monitor these proposals very er th Riv 101 dians was rejected Tuesday maining $120.8 million of the closely.” Smi Elliott Reedsport U “Any solution has to pro- in favor of continued public forest’s assessed value to turn State mpq ua Forest ownership, though the details the land into a research forest. vide full value to the Com- R. 38 of how that will work have yet The idea is that foresters mon School Fund,” Green Lakeside to be determined. at OSU would study the rela- said. “That is what we owe The board initially consid- tionship between active forest our kids.” Richardson suggested ered selling the 82,500-acre management and conserving N. Bend oos N swapping the Elliott State swath of coastal forest in 2015 endangered species. C Rive r because timber harvests that Brown directed the depart- Forest for land owned by fed- Coos Bay 101 provided money for education ment to consider Read’s re- eral agencies such as the U.S. were declining after environ- search forest proposal, as well Forest Service and the Bureau Capital Press graphic mental lawsuits challenged as work with tribal govern- of Land Management. During the meeting, Rich- them. ments to “explore ownership The Elliott State Forest is of the woods yet: They now or additional forest manage- ardson indicated his displea- sure with the fact that the a state trust land and consti- need to fi nd a way to fi nance ment opportunities.” tutionally required to provide public ownership of the forest Doug Moore, executive state was backing away from revenues for the Common and generate money for edu- director of the Oregon League the sale proposal, and said he School Fund, which helps pay cation. of Conservation Voters, called thought it was likely that the for public education. Gov. Kate Brown has pro- the decision “a huge win for state would face litigation, but Oregon Secretary of State posed using $100 million in all and a reaffi rmation of Ore- said it was “obvious” that the sale was not going to proceed. Dennis Richardson and Trea- bonds to buy a portion of the gon values.” The Department of State surer Tobias Read, each of most ecologically sensitive Although environmental whom took offi ce this year, areas of the forest — some groups, along with Brown and Lands had begun talks with initially supported moving estimates say that amount Read, struck a victorious tone Lone Rock Resources and the forward with the sale at their could be used to pay for Tuesday, the Oregon School Cow Creek Band of Umpqua fi rst land board meeting in about half of the total acre- Boards Association said last Tribe of Indians, which had February. That changed Tues- age — and negotiating what’s week that its member school proposed forming a corpora- day when they both opposed called a habitat conservation districts may sue the board tion to buy the forest. Now it. plan with federal land man- unless the full assessed val- that the board has ended the The governor, secretary of agement agencies for the re- ue of the forest is paid to the sale, those negotiations will cease. state and treasurer are not out mainder. Common School Fund. ic O ce Chelan Fresh, Borton Fruit combine marketing efforts Capital Bureau cif From left, Eric Borton, Andy Birley, Bill Borton, Byron Borton and John Borton in a company orchard on Oct. 12, 2015. Borton Fruit is merging its marketing operations with Chelan Fresh Marketing. Pa Courtesy of Borton Fruit