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10 CapitalPress.com January 26, 2018 Longtime volunteer keeps machinery moving See ATI & JTI at the Show! COLFAX, WA • on the Walla Walla Hwy WALLA WALLA, WA • 304 N. 9th (509) 397-4371 (509) 525-6620 1-800-831-0896 1-800-525-6620 By MATTHEW WEAVER Capital Press SPOKANE — There’s a little bit of a trick to getting all of that equipment moved in and out of the Spokane Ag Expo and Pacific Northwest Farm Forum, Brad Hoyt says. He ought to know. Hoyt, a wealth advisor with Hoyt Lewis and Associates, a financial planning firm, began volunteering with the Spokane Ag Expo and Pacific Northwest Farm Forum in 1982. He’s re- turned every year since. “Because I kept going back, they more or less put me in charge of moving in and out,” he said. “I tend to be organized and don’t mind giving direc- tions to people.” In the fall, Hoyt and manag- er Myrna O’Leary work to de- termine which machinery com- panies are bringing to display at the expo and where it will fit. “It’s just a matter of making Website: www.jtii.com • E-Mail: jti@colfax.com Terry Largent (509) 336-1344 Dan Helbling (509) 336-1346 Bob Kerns (509) 336-1342 Ray Steele (509) 540-9009 Pete Nelsen (509) 525-6620 “JTI, Y OUR A GRICULTURAL H UB O F T HE I NLAND E MPIRE ” sure we un- derstand what they’re bring- ing and try to get them co- ordinate when they’re going to Brad bring it.” Hoyt Hoyt starts at “the nose” of the building and works to what he jokingly calls “the back of the boat,” from one end to the other. “There’s always somebody who has a bigger piece of equipment that takes longer to set up than another,” he said. “Some people have to be on the carpet, so they need to get in before you get past them. We have to have plastic down.” The equipment is moved into the building from a stag- ing area, because some large equipment can’t be moved on the weekend, Hoyt said. The lot is full on Sunday morning, but city traffic is fairly light on Di- vision, the main street. Over the years, Hoyt de- veloped a plan for moving the equipment out, as well. “It lets everybody get out reasonably quickly,” he said. Hoyt grew up on a 400-acre farm near Post Falls, Idaho. After graduating from high school, Hoyt went to work building houses for Boise Cascade, where his dad was a builder. He studied business ad- ministration at Eastern Wash- ington University. After a few years, Hoyt re- turned to the Spokane area as a dealer for Boise Cascade. Hoyt became interested in financial management. His fa- ther was disabled at the time, so Hoyt was taking care of the farm and finances. “I decided I wanted to do something different that would help people,” he said. “I en- joyed helping people make money, enjoyed helping people with money.” E370 GVM PROWLER Visit us at the Spokane AG Expo Booth 128 Obsolete Part Repair, Manufacture & Modification CNC & Conventional Milling CNC & Conventional Turning Surface/Blanchard Grinding TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS FOR TODAY’S AGRICULTURE Custom Fabrication Services Gear Cutting Authorized Dealer for: Wheeler Industries, Inc. COLFAX, WA 425 Walla Walla Hwy 541-298-6277 509-592-9577 509-288-4581 Lane Sephens Lee Melchior Jody Boyd Quality Machining & Manufacturing Since 1981 1118 N. Howe Rd. Spokane, WA PH 509.534.4556 | FX 509.534.4836 www.wheelerindustries.net info@wheelerindustries.net SPAE18-4/109 WALLA WALLA, WA 304 N. 9th Ave. SPAE18-4/101 THE DALLES, OR 3002 E. 2nd St.