THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS — 3
FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 2017
Business / Agriculture
Another Round Resale opens
on Broadway in Baker City
BY SAMANTHA
O’CONNER
Samantha@TheBakerCountyPress.com
“Another Round Resale:
Giving Pre-Owned and
Vintage Clothes New Life”
has opened on Broadway
Street in Baker City.
Owner and manager
Juanita Bayne opened her
store on May 26th—they
are still in the process of
setting up racks and bring-
ing in more inventories.
Bayne had previously
owned antique and collect-
able stores before deciding
to open the retail store.
Another Round Resale
has adult and junior-sized
clothing only.
The store offers pre-
owned, vintage, and new
clothing such as swim
suits, ladies dresses, jeans,
pajamas, and others.
Bayne brings in inven-
tory from online and
offers different clothing
and name brands to Baker
City at affordable prices
for adults and juniors, she
said.
Bayne explained that
she had seen a spot for her
to offer affordable clothing
for people in Baker City
and they do not offer chil-
Samantha@TheBakerCountyPress.com
Tuesday, June 20th, the
Elkhorn Community Pre-
paredness group held their
meeting at the Sunridge
Restaurant.
Arthur Sappington,
the Legislative Master,
discussed how the sage-
grouse is being delisted
from the threatened or
endangered level. He
discussed that in Oregon,
Governor Brown had de-
signed an executive order
in 2005 on the sage-grouse
study based on the sage-
grouse being an endan-
gered species.
He explained in Oregon,
with the MOU between
the BLM and the forest
service, they are accepting
the governor’s sage grouse
plan to be implemented
on the federal lands within
the state of Oregon. He
explained that this shuts
down all development
on federal lands and will
restrict timber and sage
brush manipulation.
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. Some produc-
ers have cut and starting to bale and are preparing to
start selling 2017 hay. So far, new crop hay pricing,
in an extremely limited test, seems generally steady
compared to 2016 pricing for simliar quality.
No new sales confirmed for this week or last week.
USDA Market News Service—AMS.USDA.gov
— Cattle Market Report —
Wednesday, June 21, 2017
Vale, Oregon
Cattle sold through the auction: 358
Samantha O’Conner / The Baker County Press
The interior view of Another Round shows clothing for adults and juniors.
dren’s clothing as there are
stores that sell for children
already in town.
“Our goal is for Baker
County, for the people
that live here,” explained
Bayne. “To come in and
have a quality shopping
experience, brand names,
a nice environment to shop
in, but still be competi-
tively priced with other
places.”
They have primarily
been ordering inventory
online but clothing dona-
tions are accepted in adult
and junior sizes.
“I just want to stress
that we are affordable,”
explained Bayne. “Because
some people walking in
expect it to be boutiquey
when they come in and
they see the atmosphere.
I’ve had people not even
look at prices and go ‘Oh,
I don’t think this is the
store for me,’ and I when I
say, ‘Oh, in what way can
we improve it?’ they say,
‘It looks expensive.’ Our
tops are $3, our jeans are
$5; we want an affordable
shopping option. We know
we’re going to have tour-
ists coming in but we need
to have the community’s
support to stay in business
all year round.”
Sappington explained
he is working to form an
organization to educate the
urban areas or educate the
West side on what the East
side is contributing to the
West side’s economy.
At the meeting, Jason
Yencopal of the Baker
County Emergency Man-
agement Services, spoke
with them about the up-
coming Eclipse on August
21st.
Yencopal explained that
the number they are an-
ticipating is about 50,000
people who Baker will see
during that time.
All of the hotel rooms in
Baker, La Grande, and On-
tario are full and Pendleton
are filling up for the event.
“La Grande and Pend-
leton area, they are not
inside that totality line,”
explained Yencopal. “So
they are going to be com-
ing our way. And it’s some-
thing that—I had a slide
for it—I couldn’t figure out
whether the eclipse goes
clear across the US and for
those people that are really
interested in this, they want
the maximum totality. For
those that are staying in
Baker, it’s a minute thirty.”
Yencopal explained that
there is a map that shows
the cloud coverage over
the US during the eclipse
and Oregon has very
little cloud coverage. The
eclipse is a 70-mile-wide
path.
He explained that there
will be no parking on
I-84 or any of the state
highways. They are also
working on their messag-
ing to keep lanes open for
emergency services and
working with land own-
ers to sign what is private
land. They are thinking
40 to 50% of international
visitors.
“The total eclipse starts
at 10:23 a.m.,” explained
Yencopal. “But you’ll
want to be in place an hour
before that because there
are four phases. When the
moon and the sun, right
when they start to touch,
that’s C1. And then C2 is
when it just is ready to go,
then C3 is when it starts to
poke out of the other side,
and C4 is right when they
start to separate.”
Yencopal explained
that they are encourag-
ing people to be prepared,
shopping one Wednesday
of the week before and be
prepared at home.
He explained some of
the things they are trying
to do on the emergency
service side of things are
the sheriff is working to
man eight more vehicles
than they typically do, OSP
will be working with them,
Yencopal is working to get
one more ambulance in
our area and having extra
anti venom and heat stroke
care.
He explained that the
eclipse is during fire sea-
son and they are pushing
on no fires and making the
ban early on.
The committee dis-
cussed the booth they are
planning for Community
Night Out on August 1st.
They will have a discus-
sion on this at their next
meeting to finalize ideas
for the event.
ResponsibleAg certifies Simplot
Lower Snake River locations
Three Simplot Grower
Solutions stores in the
lower Snake River Basin
have achieved certification
through ResponsibleAg
for safety organization and
leadership within agricul-
tural retail facilities.
The stores, located in
Baker City and Ontario,
Oregon, and in Weiser,
Idaho, are the latest
Simplot Grower Solutions
stores to pass a rigorous
auditing process demon-
strating compliance with
all federal environmental,
health, safety and secu-
rity rules regarding safe
handling and storage of
fertilizer products.
“We are pleased to join
Friday, June 23, 2017 — Eastern Oregon
Tons Price Range Wtd Avg
Elkhorn Preparedness group
hosts Emergency Management
BY SAMANTHA
O’CONNER
— Weekly Hay Report —
other Simplot Growers So-
lutions outlets in achieving
certification” said Vince
Gaona, Simplot Grower
Solutions area manager.
“Ensuring our operations
meet or exceed the highest
requirements for safety
and security is something
we take very seriously in
our partnership with the
farmers and communities
we serve.”
ResponsibleAg is an
industry-led, non-profit
organization founded
in the U.S. in 2014 to
promote the safe storage
and handling of fertilizers.
Through on-site assess-
ments, ResponsibleAg
educates staff and leader-
ship at fertilizer storage
and handling facilities
to achieve and maintain
compliance with federal
environmental, health,
safety and security laws
and regulations.
“Achieving certification
is a significant accom-
plishment,” said Dave
Dufault, J. R. Simplot
vice president and general
manager, retail AgriBusi-
ness. “I am incredibly
proud of the teams at these
locations for gaining this
recognition on a job well
done.”
The stores mark 28
Simplot Grower Solu-
tions locations to achieve
certification. Simplot has
more than 90 locations and
continues through a robust
plan to complete certifica-
tions at each outlet.
As a voluntary program,
any fertilizer retailer,
wholesaler and/or supplier
may participate in Re-
sponsibleAg by registering
online. The fertilizer stor-
age and handling facility
then has up to three years
to complete a federal
regulatory compliance as-
sessment by a credentialed
ResponsibleAg auditor.
Upon successful comple-
tion of the assessment and
any required corrective
action, the facility will
be identified as being of-
ficially "certified."
Steer Calves
300-400# Bulk N/A Top N/A
400-500# Bulk 154.00-169.00 Top 171.50
500-600# Bulk 142.00-153.00 Top 159.00
Heifer Calves
300-400# Bulk 142.00-157.00 Top 158.00
400-500# Bulk 141.00-161.00 Top 166.00
500-600# Bulk 131.00-140.00 Top 142.00
Yearling Steers
600-700# Bulk 137.00-148.00 Top 150.00
700-800# Bulk 134.00-146.00 Top 146.25
800-900# Bulk 127.00-135.00 Top 137.00
900-1,000# Bulk 112.00-119.00 Top 123.00
Yearling Heifers
600-700# Bulk 121.00-134.00 Top 138.00
700-800# Bulk N/A Top N/A
800-900# Bulk 109.00-116.00 Top 117.00
900-1,000# Bulk N/A Top N/A
Thin Shelly Cows 64.00-72.00
Butcher Cows 73.00 - 83.00
Butcher Bulls 79.00 - 101.00
Stock Cows Young N/A
Hfretts 79.00-87.00
Pairs Young - 1325.00 - 1525.00
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: $1,250.50
Silver: $16.69
Platinum: $921.21
Palladium: $863.62
Bloomberg.com
— Ag Commodities —
Corn: $367.75/bu/USD
Wheat: $469.00/bu/USD
Soybeans: $917.25/bu/USD
Oats: $253.75 bu/USD
Rough Rice: $11.65/cwt/USD
Canola: $477.80 CAD/mwt
Live Cattle: $115.03//lb./USD
Feeder Cattle: $144.88/lb./USD
Lean Hogs: $78.55/lb./USD
Bloomberg.com