THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS — 3
FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 2017
Business / Agriculture
Baker City Saint Alphonsus
announces permanent president
J. Phil Harrop, PhD,
FACHE, has been named
permanent president of
Saint Alphonsus Medi-
cal Center – Baker City.
As president, Harrop will
continue to provide com-
prehensive operational and
strategic direction for the
medical center, which pro-
vides healthcare services
to a wide-reaching area
in eastern Oregon. Previ-
ous to this announcement,
Harrop served as interim
president for the facility.
Harrop has been with
Saint Alphonsus since
2012, where he has served
in the role of executive
director of operations for
the Nampa facilities and
provided leadership for
system-wide cancer care
and breast care service
lines. He also served as
interim CEO for Walter
Knox Memorial Hospi-
tal in Emmett, Idaho, as
executive director of John
Stoddard Cancer Center in
Des Moines, Iowa, and as
director of Indiana Univer-
sity Health Goshen Center
for Cancer Care. Harrop
serves on the boards of the
Nampa Chamber of Com-
merce, the Idaho Health-
care Executive Forum,
and the University District
Association of Nampa. He
was elected Idaho Regent
for the American College
of Healthcare Executives
(ACHE) in 2015.
“Phil stepping from an
interim role into a per-
manent appointment is
exactly the move we were
hoping for,” said Rodney
Reider, CEO of Saint
Alphonsus Health System.
“Phil’s proven effective-
ness to lead a high-per-
forming medical team will
continue us down the path
of providing top quality
care closer to home for the
communities we serve. His
compassion for patients,
staff, and the community
are all the more reason
that this was the right
choice.”
Harrop earned a bach-
elor’s degree in finance
from Brigham Young Uni-
versity and four advanced
degrees from The Ohio
State University, includ-
ing an MBA, Master of
Health Administration, MS
joint venture near Boise is
a 370,000-sq.-ft. facility
that is expected to even-
tually process as many
as 1,700 head per day,
eliminating the need for
local ranches and farms to
move their herds hundreds
of miles to other pack-
ing plants. The new plant
also is expected to bring
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— Cattle Market Report —
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
Vale, Oregon
Cattle sold through the auction: 631
Note: No new numbers were
available for last week’s sale.
Steer Calves
300-400# Bulk N/A Top N/A
400-500# Bulk 161.00-172.00 Top 174.50
500-600# Bulk 149.00-161.00 Top 165.00
Submitted Photo.
J. Phil Harrop, PhD, FACHE.
in public health, and PhD
in health services manage-
ment and policy. Board
certified in healthcare
management as an ACHE
Fellow, Harrop has pub-
lished numerous articles
on a variety of healthcare
topics, and has lectured
on healthcare and leader-
ship at several universities
across the country.
a total of 700 jobs to the
area when it reaches full
capacity.
The facility originally
was expected to open in
November of 2016, serv-
ing an estimated 600,000
dairy cows and more than
600,000 beef cows in the
region, the companies
reported in a news release.
Amarillo, Texas-based
Caviness Beef and Boise,
Idaho-based J.R. Simplot
both are family-owned
and say they plan to use
“the latest design and
equipment” to ensure the
highest food safety and
animal care procedures as
possible.
• J. DAVID
COUGHLIN ENDS
NEARLY 50-YEAR
CAREER
BY SAMANTHA
O’CONNER
Samantha@TheBakerCountyPress.com
Samantha O’Conner / The Baker County Press
Coughlin says he plans to travel now, and complete a bicycle trip in New
Zealand next year.
practicing.
“I was with another law-
yer but I was on my own.
And it evolved into other
partners.
“Martin Leuenberger
and I had been together for
many years and now, in
this firm with Dave Auxier,
and I’m going to retire
working with him.”
Before working at Inter-
mountain Law, he worked
in the old Post Office
building before selling it to
Chaves Consulting.
He worked in that build-
ing for 30 years.
His practice operated out
of the Baker Tower for a
short time afterward.
“The biggest accomplish-
ment,” explained Cough-
lin, “from my personal
Prices trended generally steady in an extremely
limited test compared to week ago prices. Most
producers are sold out for the year, and are busy out
in the fields preparing for new crop.
Tons Price Range Wtd Avg
Alfalfa/Orchard Mix — Large Square Premium
700 130.00-130.00 130.00
Local lawyer to retire
J. David Coughlin of
Intermountain Law, PC, is
retiring at the age of 73.
Coughlin was born and
raised in Portland and has
been involved with law for
47 years—the entire time
in Baker County.
“There was a judge
here named Lyle Wolf
who was a true charac-
ter,” explained Coughlin.
“And he convinced me
that I should come out of
the mountains because at
that time I was working
up at Anthony Lakes, even
though I passed the bar. I
was working up at Antony
Lakes. And he convinced
me I should come down
and practice law, start
there, and I said ‘Alright,
I’ll try it for six months.’
That was 47 years ago and
here I am still.”
Coughlin earned his
higher education degrees
at Dartmouth College in
New Hampshire and Wil-
lamette University College
of Law. He played football
throughout college and
then played for the Boston
Patriots, now the New
England Patriots.
“I’ve never had my own
firm, just myself—I’ve
always had one or two
other people with me,”
said Coughlin. “I guess I
kind of started working for
myself when I first started
Friday, June 2, 2017 — Eastern Oregon
No new eastern Oregon sales this week or last week.
The week before last:
Joint-venture beef plant opens in Idaho
A cattle harvest and
processing plant first an-
nounced by partners Cavi-
ness Beef Packers and J.R.
Simplot Co. in early 2015
has opened for business
in Kuna, Idaho, about six
months after it originally
was scheduled to begin
operations.
The CS Beef Packers
— Weekly Hay Report —
standpoint is to provide a
good service to people in
making their lives better;
that is my main accom-
plishment.
Other accomplishments
are other people giving
me awards, which there is
more satisfaction in help-
ing people.”
Coughlin has always
been active with climbing
and cycling all over the
world, but primarily in the
U.S and in Europe.
He also likes to do tri-
athlons and bicycle racing
and has focused his travels
around these various
things.
He has gone through the
Alps and been on the Tour
de France.
Coughlin has also been
to the Alpe d’Huez. He
also participated in the
Haute Route going from
Chamonix, France to Zer-
matt, Switzerland.
He explained that he
wants to stay in Baker City
during his retirement, but
will continue to travel. He
plans to do a bike trip in
New Zealand next Febru-
ary.
Coughlin’s colleagues
will still practice at Inter-
mountain Law, with more
information about them at
www.bakercitylaw.com.
The firm is located at
3370 10th Street, Suite H
in Baker City with another
office in Fruitland, Idaho.
They offer family and busi-
ness law service, and more.
Heifer Calves
300-400# Bulk N/A Top N/A
400-500# Bulk 147.00-160.00 Top 161.00
500-600# Bulk 134.00 - 148.00 Top 149.00
600-700#
700-800#
800-900#
900-1,000#
Yearling Steers
Bulk 143.00-156.00 Top 157.00
Bulk 124.00-131.00 Top 135.00
Bulk 121.00-129.00 Top 131.00
Bulk 117.00-126.00 Top 130.50
Yearling Heifers
600-700# Bulk 118.00-134.00 Top 135.00
700-800# Bulk 115.00-125.00 Top 126.00
800-900# Bulk 108.00-116.00 Top 117.00
900-1,000# Bulk N/A Top N/A
Thin Shelly Cows 54.00 - 67.00
Butcher Cows 69.00-77.00
Butcher Bulls 74.00-87.00
Stock Cows Young N/A
Hfretts 78.00 - 108.00
Pairs Young - N/A
ProducersLivestock.com
541-473-3136
— Log Price Report —
Prices are based on the majority of saw mills in
Northeastern Oregon and Central Idaho. The prices
listed below are a composite prices of various saw-
mills willing to visit with me about this topic.
Ponderosa Pine—small diameter class 8-11 inches
diameter class $250 per mbf. Only one sawmill was
willing to buy small diameter pine at this time.
Ponderosa Pine—medium diameter class 12-17
inches diameter class $300 to $350 per mbf
Ponderosa Pine-large diameter class 18 plus inches
diameter class $380 to $410 per mbf
The Pine prices are still approximately $40 per mbf
below average lumber/log market due to 2017 fire
salvage
Doug Fir & Western Larch—$380 to $420 per
mbf. Normal prices typically ranged between $425
to $475 per mbf.
White Fir-$300 per mbf. Normal prices typically
ranged between $340 to $360 per mbf.
Engelmann Spruce—$350 at one Idaho sawmill,
other sawmills including with White fir prices.
In general, the log prices still impacted from 2015
fire season and fire salvage that resulted. Sawmills
are starting to get log yard inventory in line with
sawmill production needs. With a new Administra-
tion as of 1/20/2017, a more normal economic envi-
ronment should result and hopefully a more healthy
housing situation will result in a better climate for
Northeast Oregon Sawmill and private forest land-
owners.
Courtesy of Arvid Andersen,
Andersen Forestry Consulting
— Precious Metals Report —
Price per ounce, USD
Gold: $1,287.80
Silver: $17.56
Platinum: $944.70
Palladium: $834.79
Bloomberg.com
— Ag Commodities —
Corn: $384.75/bu/USD
Wheat: $444.44/bu/USD
Soybeans: $930.70/bu/USD
Oats: $260.50 bu/USD
Rough Rice: $11.11/cwt/USD
Canola: $489.60 CAD/mwt
Live Cattle: $124.18//lb./USD
Feeder Cattle: $154.80/lb./USD
Lean Hogs: $80.73/lb./USD
Bloomberg.com