THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS — 3
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2015
Business & Ag
Hearts & Petals Flower
Shoppe opens on Main Street
BY MEGHAN ANDERSCH
Meghan@TheBakerCountyPress.com
Hearts & Petals Flower
Shoppe opened this week
in Baker City in what
owner Denise Harmon
called a soft opening.
This month she will
focus on Christmas—and
plans to hold a Grand
Opening event in January.
She explained that Christ is
very important to her and
Christmas is her favorite
holiday.
Alisa Anderson, who has
worked the past year and a
half with Harmon design-
ing floral arrangements at
The Sycamore Tree, agreed
to follow her over to the
flower shop.
Anderson explained,
“She asked and of course, I
said yes.”
Harmon said as well as
being friends, they work
well together and compli-
ment each other.
Harmon has had the
dream of owning her own
shop since she graduated
from floral design school.
She has worked for other
companies and said she
recently “took a leap of
faith.”
The building became
available and everything
came together for her to
realize her dream.
Hearts & Petals is a full-
service store.
Harmon said they do
arrangements for funerals,
weddings, get-well wishes,
a new baby, and other
events. They can send
flowers across the world or
across town. In addition,
Harmon said she will offer
various specials. Decem-
ber will feature 2-for-1
roses on Fridays.
As far as weddings, Har-
mon said she would prefer
to have six weeks to two
months advance notice, as
the more notice she has,
the more guarantee that she
can provide exactly what is
wanted.
However, she said she
has provided arrangements
for spontaneous occasions
as well.
Harmon said the
“Hearts” in the name of
her shop is very important
to her. She said she puts
her heart into her work, as
does Anderson, no matter
whether that is visiting
with a family after a death,
providing great customer
The FBLA members
presented a slide show
and provided details
about the FBLA National
Convention they attended
in Chicago this summer,
as a condition for receiv-
ing partial funding for the
trip from the EDC. The
remainder of the funding
came from work the mem-
bers performed, fundrais-
ing, and parents.
Key points regarding
what the members learned
were: working together
as a team; navigating
through a large city, and
attending appointments on
time; communicating with
others properly, including
new people; and represent-
ing oneself professionally
and responsibly to others.
As part of a Commis-
sioner update, Harvey said
Friday, November 20, 2015 — Eastern Oregon
Note: report is repeated due to last week’s holiday.
Prices trended generally steady compared to week-
ago prices. The upcoming holidays have slowed
sales. Many producers have decided to hold on to
their hay for now, in hopes for higher prices. Snow
has hit some of the hay producing areas.
Tons Price Range Wtd Avg
Alfalfa — Small Square, God
100 190.00-190.00 190.00
Last week:
Alfalfa — Large Square, Fair
200 130.00-130.00 130.00
Alfalfa / Orchard Mix — Small Square, Premium
50 215.00-2150.00 2150.00
Alfalfa / Orchard Mix — Small Square, Premium
40 200.00-200.00 200.00
USDA Market News Service—AMS.USDA.gov
— Cattle Market Report —
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Vale, Oregon
Cattle sold through the auction: 1,785
There was no sale last week due to the holiday.
Meghan Andersch / The Baker County Press
L-R: Denise Harmon and Alisa Anderson.
service, creating floral
arrangements, or running
deliveries.
Anderson agreed, saying
she loves the customers
and making people happy.
She said for example,
delivering Mother’s Day
flowers to a mom whose
family lives out of the
area, seeing the look on the
mom’s face, and hearing
“Oh, for me?” makes her
day. She said even with
funerals, just to be there
for the family means a lot.
Harmon said they
personalize funeral ar-
rangements according to
the legacy of the deceased.
Anderson said they work
to have the arrangements
reflect the person the de-
ceased was to the family.
For example, they have
made arrangements with
fishing rods, saddles, or
music notes.
Anderson said in
memory of one person who
was “outdoorsy,” they did
an arrangement of rope and
evergreens.
Floral delivery times
are 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
Monday through Friday,
and 1 p.m. on Saturday.
Deliveries are free
to the mortuaries or to
patients in the hospital,
and are just $4 to the local
schools. Delivery to local
areas outside of Baker City
is also available. Harmon
said to keep an eye out
for the floral delivery van,
which features a “Run,
Florist, Run” logo on the
that efforts are being made
to encourage govern-
ment agencies to provide
salvage logging opportuni-
ties, but, it’s been a dif-
ficult process. He said that
the Oregon Department of
Forestry (ODF) has been
the most cooperative thus
far.
Nelson provided a SBDC
update, stating that the
Hatch Oregon component
(to promote Community
Public Offerings) that’s
scheduled to be opera-
tional possibly on January
1, 2016, in the upstairs
room of the Chamber of
Commerce, is the only
one in eastern Oregon. He
also said that the hiring
process for a new Cham-
ber of Commerce Director,
to replace current Director
Debi Bainter, is continu-
ing, and there are well-
qualified candidates.
Koopman introduced
Steer Calves
300-400# Bulk 231.00 - 261.00 Top 275.00
400-500# Bulk 187.00 - 243.00 Top 249.00
500-600# Bulk 174.00 - 199.00 Top 209.00
Heifer Calves
300-400# Bulk 187.00 - 201.00 Top 203.00
400-500# Bulk 163.00 - 211.00 Top 213.00
500-600# Bulk 157.00 - 178.00 Top 182.00
Yearling Steers
600-700# Bulk 161.00 - 182.00 Top 183.50
700-800# Bulk 143.00 - 164.00 Top 165.00
800-900# Bulk N/A Top N/A
900-1,000# Bulk 144.00 - 150.00 Top 151.00
Yearling Heifers
600-700# Bulk 142.00 - 163.00 Top 164.00
700-800# Bulk 135.00 - 148.00 Top 149.00
800-900# Bulk N/A Top N/A
900-1,000# Bulk 121.00 - 128.00 Top 131.00
Kerry McQuisten / The Baker County Press
Hearts and Petals Flower Shoppe is located at 1788
Main Street next to the Little Bagel Shop.
back.
Aside from floral ar-
rangements, Harmon offers
a small gift line. She said
she does not carry any-
thing mass-produced in
China. She offers several
quality lines of local and
U.S.-made items, including
items from the Little Pink
Hammer line, Signs of
Wonder, Jersey cow soaps
from Ranch Wife and
quilted stockings and soy
and beeswax candles from
Alisa Anderson’s Home-
made Treasures.
Harmon said she has
been truly blessed by the
people in Baker City and
feels incredibly supported
by the community. Family
and friends have provided
hours of assistance,
whether pulling up carpet
or helping arrange and
decorate.
Harmon said husband
Bill has spent many hours
alongside her, doing every-
thing from remodeling to
flooring repairs. She said,
“I am blessed to have him
with me.”
Hearts & Petals Flower
Shoppe is located at 1788
Main Street (next to the
Little Bagel Shop) and is
open 8:30-5:30 Monday
through Friday and 10-2 on
Saturday.
Their phone number is
523-9434 and walk-ins are
welcomed and encouraged.
Economic development
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— Weekly Hay Report —
himself to the group, and
discussed some employ-
ment issues, including im-
proving opportunities for
health care professionals.
He stressed the importance
of business education,
and the continuing need
to provide high-quality
online education instruc-
tion. Nelson mentioned
the shortage of CDL driv-
ers, and he said that effort
will be made to implement
a program locally, to aid in
resolving that shortage.
Peacock said that the
BTI tours are going well,
and, BTI should be receiv-
ing grant funding to im-
prove shop facilities. He
said more emphasis needs
to be placed on teaching
students “soft skills,” in
addition to technical skills.
Smith discussed with the
group what effects there
would be with increas-
ing the State minimum
wage to $15, a prospect
the EDC does not support,
emphasized by Harvey‘s
comment, “No, and, hell
no.” The following state-
ment, titled “Baker County
Economic Development
Council Statement In Op-
position To $15 Per Hour
Minimum Wage,“ was
released by Baker County
Economic Development on
Monday:
“BAKER CITY, Ore.-
-Today the Baker County
Economic Development
Council approved the
following statement in
opposition to the proposed
ballot initiative that would
increase the minimum
wage to $15.00 per hour.
The proposal is anticipated
to be on the November
2016 ballot.
SEE ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT PAGE 8
Thin Shelly Cows 51.00 - 62.00
Butcher Cows 63.00 - 69.00
Butcher Bulls 66.00 - 83.00
Stock Cows Yng. 1385.00 - 1700.00
Younger Hfrts. 94.00 - 127.00
Stock Cows Older. - 975.00 - 1285.00
ProducersLivestock.com
541-473-3136
— Log Price Report —
Price per 1,000 board feet: Northeast Oregon
Doug Fir is $415.00/mbf
White fir is $365.00/mbf
Ponderosa Pine is brought sold
on diameter splits
6 to 11 inch dib $300 to $310/MBF
12 to 17 inch dib $350 to $375/MBF
18 to 23 inch dib $400 to $430/MBF
24 inch plus dib $450 to $500/MBF
DIB is diameter inside bark at
small end of log.
MBF is thousand board feet lumber, net scale.
People interested in selling logs
should call and get specific
quotes from saw mills.
Courtesy of Arvid Andersen,
Andersen Forestry Consulting
— Precious Metals Report —
Price per ounce, USD
Gold: $1,067.30
Silver: $14.12
Platinum: $837.93
Palladium: $543.65
Bloomberg.com
— Ag Commodities —
Corn: $373.75/bu/USD
Wheat: $471.50/bu/USD
Soybeans: $889.25/bu/USD
Oats: $236.75 bu/USD
Rough Rice: $11.72/cwt/USD
Canola: $471.30 CAD/mwt
Live Cattle: $134.80/lb./USD
Feeder Cattle: $164.83/lb./USD
Lean Hogs: $59.78/lb./USD
Bloomberg.com