TH E BAK ER COUNT Y PR E S S — 3 FR IDA Y , S E PT EMB ER 25 , 2015 Business & Ag Marv in Wood Produc ts ge ts top workp lace award — Weekly Hay Report — F r ida y , S ep t emb e r 18 , 2015 — Ea s t e rn O r egon P r i c e s t r end ed g en e r a l ly s t e ady comp a r ed to w e ek ago p r i c e s . Expo r t s a l e s con t inu e to b e s low , bu t ex i s t an t . O r ch a rd g r a s s p r i c e s in C rook , D e s chu t e s , J e f f e r son , W a s co coun t i e s s l igh t ly h igh e r . M any p rodu c e r s h av e d e c id ed to ho ld on to th e i r h ay fo r now , in hop e s fo r h igh e r p r i c e s . Som e p rodu c - e r s a r e h av ing th e i r w a t e r r igh t s cu t o f f du e to th e d rough t . 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Th e T op W o rkp l a c e s l i s t s a r e b a s ed so l e ly on th e r e su l t s o f an emp loy e e f e edb a ck su rv ey adm in i s t e r ed by W o rk - p l a c eDyn am i c s , LLC , a l e ad ing r e s e a r ch f i rm th a t sp e c i a l i z e s in o r g an i z a t ion - a l h e a l th and wo rkp l a c e imp rov em en t . S ev e r a l a s - p e c t s o f wo rkp l a c e cu l tu r e w e r e m e a su r ed , in c lud ing A l ignm en t , Ex e cu t ion , and Conn e c t ion , ju s t to n am e a f ew . “Th e T op W o rkp l a c e s aw a rd i s no t a popu l a r i ty con t e s t . And o f t en t im e s , p eop l e a s sum e i t ’ s a l l abou t f an cy p e rk s and b en - e f i t s . ” s ay s Doug C l a f ey , CEO o f W o rkp l a c eDy- n am i c s . “Bu t to b e a T op W o rkp l a c e , o r g an i z a t ion s mu s t m e e t ou r s t r i c t s t an - d a rd s fo r o r g an i z a t ion a l h e a l th . And who b e t t e r to a sk abou t wo rk l i f e th an th e p eop l e who l iv e th e cu l tu r e ev e ry d ay— th e emp loy e e s . T im e and t im e ag a in , ou r r e s e a r ch h a s p rov en th a t wh a t ’ s mo s t impo r t an t to th em i s a s t rong b e l i e f in wh e r e th e o r g an i z a t ion i s h e ad ed , how i t ’ s go ing to g e t th e r e , and th e f e e l ing th a t ev e ryon e i s in i t tog e th e r . C l a f f ey add s , “W i thou t th i s s en s e o f conn e c t ion , an o r g an i z a t ion do e sn ’ t h av e a sho t a t b e ing n am ed a T op W o rkp l a c e . ” “W e a r e p roud to b e vo t - ed a T op W o rkp l a c e in O r - egon , ” a c co rd ing to P l an t M an ag e r , Ev e r e t t V a s s a r . “Th i s i s e sp e c i a l ly s a t i s fy - ing s in c e M a rv in W ood P rodu c t s emp loy e e s a r e th e on e s who vo t ed u s to th a t spo t . A s an emp loy e r in a sm a l l commun i ty , w e und e r s t and how impo r t an t i t i s to p rov id e f a i r , s t e ady and r ew a rd ing wo rk in a s a f e env i ronm en t . W e know ou r emp loy e e s a r e a v i t a l p a r t o f ou r con t inu ed su c c e s s . ” Abou t Ma rv in W ood P r odu c t s . Th e m i s s ion o f M a r - v in W ood P rodu c t s i s to p rov id e qu a l i ty wood p a r t s and s e rv i c e s , u s ed fo r th e p rodu c t ion o f h igh qu a l - i ty M a rv in W indow s and Doo r s . W e u s e innov a t iv e p ro c e s s e s in r e spon s e to d em and and f l ex ib i l i ty in p rodu c t m ix and vo lum e . Th i s i s to b e don e co s t e f f e c t iv e ly wh i l e p rov id ing s a f e emp loym en t oppo r - tun i ty in th e B ak e r C i ty commun i ty . Abou t W o rkp la c eDy- nam i c s , LLC . H e adqu a r t e r ed in Ex ton , PA , W o rkp l a c eDyn am i c s sp e c i a l i z e s in emp loy e e f e edb a ck su rv ey s and wo rkp l a c e imp rov em en t . Th i s y e a r a lon e , mo r e th an two m i l l ion emp loy e e s in ov e r 6 ,000 o r g an i z a t ion s w i l l p a r t i c ip a t e in th e T op W o rkp l a c e s™ c amp a ign— a p rog r am i t condu c t s in p a r tn e r sh ip w i th mo r e th an 40 p r e s t ig iou s m ed i a p a r tn e r s a c ro s s th e Un i t ed S t a t e s . W o rkp l a c e Dyn am- i c s a l so p rov id e s con su l t - ing s e rv i c e s to imp rov e emp loy e e eng ag em en t and o r g an i z a t ion a l h e a l th . W o rkp l a c eDyn am i c s i s a found ing B Co rpo r a - t ion m emb e r , a co a l i t ion o f o r g an i z a t ion s th a t a r e l e ad ing a g lob a l mov em en t to r ed e f in e su c c e s s in bu s - n e s s by o f f e r ing a po s i t iv e v i s ion o f a b e t t e r w ay to do bu s in e s s . 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N e l son s a id , “W e ’ r e h e r e to t a lk abou t a n ew l aw , th a t w a s b rough t up in th e O r egon L eg i s l a tu r e in J anu a ry and p a s s ed , and i t ’ s on Commun i ty Pub l i c O f f e r ing s . I ’m go ing to h av e a p an e l up h e r e th a t w i l l no t on ly t e l l you wh a t th e Commun i ty Pub l i c O f f e r ing i s , bu t a l so abou t th e H a t ch o r g an i z a t ion , wh i ch o f f e r s i t . A l so , ou r f i r s t ev e , in B ak e r Coun ty , o f f e r ing . So , th i s i s a b r and n ew l aw th a t w i l l h e lp sm a l l bu s in e s s e s r a i s e c ap i t a l . ” N e l son w a s r e f e r r ing to a n ew too l , th e CPO , wh i ch a l low s bu s in e s s e s to r a i s e up to $250 ,000 f rom o th e r O r egon i an s ( inv e s to r s c an inv e s t up to $2 ,500 p e r d e a l , p e r p e r son ) . Th e Doug F i r i s $415 .00 /mb f Wh i t e f i r i s $365 .00 /mb Pond e ro s a P in e i s b rough t so ld on d i am e t e r sp l i t s 6 to 1 1 in ch d ib $300 to $310 /MBF 12 to 17 in ch d ib $350 to $375 /MBF 18 to 23 in ch d ib $400 to $430 /MBF 24 in ch p lu s d ib $450 to $500 /MBF D IB i s d i am e t e r in s id e b a rk a t sm a l l end o f log . MBF i s thou s and bo a rd f e e t lumb e r , n e t s c a l e . P eop l e in t e r e s t ed in s e l l ing log s shou ld c a l l and g e t sp e c i f i c quo t e s f rom s aw m i l l s . Cou r t e s y o f A r v id And e r s en , And e r s en Fo r e s t r y Con su l t ing T odd A r r io la / Th e Bak e r Coun t y P r e s s Je f f Ne lson ( r igh t ) in t roduces the idea o f Commun i ty Pub l ic O f fe r ings wh i le A r t H i l l (sea ted a t le f t ) p repa res to speak . CPO w a s m ad e l eg a l th rough th e O r egon In t r a - s t a t e O f f e r ing Ex emp t ion ru l e s on J anu a ry 15 th o f th i s y e a r . Th e ru l e s a l low s e cu r i - t i e s c rowd fund ing ; a l low a l l typ e s o f s e cu r i t i e s and t e rm s , f rom d eb t to equ i ty ; and a l low l im i t ed pub l i c adv e r t i s ing . O f f e r ing m a t e r i a l s a r e no t v e t t ed , r eg i s t e r ed , o r r ev i ew ed , and in c lud e in fo rm a t ion f rom on e ’ s bu s in e s s p l an , r i sk s /b en e f i t s , t e rm s , e t c N e l son m en t ion ed th e l a s t Pub T a lk— a c tu a l ly c a l l ed Pub l i c T a lk , in th i s c a s e—o f th e y e a r , to b e h e ld a t th e Powd e r R iv e r Co r r e c t ion F a c i l i ty , on W edn e sd ay , O c tob e r 14 th . Fo rm s w e r e p rov id ed fo r tho s e p r e s en t to r eg i s t e r fo r th e ev en t . N e l son exp l a in ed , “W e h av e a p rog r am ou t th e r e , wh e r e w e ’ r e wo rk ing w i th inm a t e s to h e lp d ev e lop bu s in e s s p l an s , so , wh en th ey do g e t ou t , th ey k ind o f h av e a f a l lb a ck…W e w i l l h av e inm a t e s up th e r e exp l a in ing abou t th e i r bu s i - n e s s e s , and wh a t th ey w an t to do wh en th ey g e t ou t . ” H i l l m en t ion ed th e r e t i r e - m en t o f fo rm e r BMCC SBDC Adv i so r Bob S av - ag e , and s a id th a t S av ag e w i l l b e wo rk ing o c c a s ion - a l ly w i th th e SBDC , a long w i th two n ew p a r t - t im e adv i so r s , and N e l son . H e th ank ed th e aud i - en c e , and s a id th a t th e B ak e r C i ty c rowd h a s b e en con s i s t en t ly th e l a r g e s t aud i en c e on th e e a s t s id e . H i l l s a id , “ I t ’ s O r egon r e s id en t s , and O r egon comp an i e s , and th a t com - p any cou ld b e you r s , i f you d e c id e , f rom h e a r ing L i s a (D aw son , Ex e cu t iv e D i r e c - to r o f th e No r th e a s t O r egon E conom i c D ev e lopm en t D i s t r i c t , NEOEDD ) , th a t th i s i s som e th ing you w an t to pu r su e . R e a l ly ex c i t ing s tu f f , on ly av a i l ab l e s in c e J anu a ry , and on ly av a i l ab l e in 16 s t a t e s . ” S E E PU B TA LK PAG E 4 — Precious Metals Report — P r i c e p e r oun c e , USD Go ld : $1 131 .60 S i lv e r : $14 .78 P la t inum : $931 .45 Pa l lad ium : $644 .05 B loomb e rg . com — Ag Commodities — Co rn : $382 .25 /bu /USD Wh ea t : $506 .50 /bu /USD Soyb ean s : $864 .00 /bu /USD Oa t s : $230 .00 bu /USD Rough R i c e : $12 .89 / cw t /USD Cano la : $468 .00 CAD /mw t L iv e Ca t t l e : $135 .75 / lb . /USD F e ed e r Ca t t l e : $189 .40 / lb . /USD L ean Hog s : $62 .83 / / lb . /USD B loomb e rg . com