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"P recinct - w o uld offer m ore protection,
"Keeping this precinct open will
make it easier for us to really get to
know the people in the communities
we serve, ” said Alan Orr,
Commander of Portland’s North
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Easter Offers Consumers
A T aste Of Oregon
O regon en jo y s a strong reputation
w ill please th e palate o f those w h o d o n ’t
»fTcring high-end high-value spe-
f food products that fill a niche
like chocolate.
“W e have com panies that are p ro
ducing w onderful little p ackages o f dried
:et in consum erland. An upcom ing
w ill b u y you a chocolate egg
w ith six ch o co late b unnies in
side. F or fans o f Ju rassic Park,
h o w ab o u tach o co lateeg g filled
w ith little ch o co late baby d i
; non-food item s another chan ce to
ess consum ers w ith discrim inating
cran b erries an d d ried ch erries,” says
B arton. “S o m e o f the m eat snacks like
dried jerk ies are nicely packaged an d go
Many O regonians m ay not realize
le southern O regon C oast is largely
nsible for the traditional E aster lily.
cookie com pany w hose ovens are busy
right now baking rich, buttery shortbread
in th e shape o f bunnies, tulips, and E as
t C ounty and the bordering county
;1 N orte, C alifornia are tw o o f the
n ’s leading production areas for
ter eg g s.”
O regon also supplies m any o f those
E aster b asket itself is chang-
special confectionery ingredients to co m
p an ies inside an d o u tsid e its borders.
“Fruit cream s are one ex am p le.”
‘W e see a tren d o f people
b eing discrim in atin g in their
this tim e o f year.
If you purchase the m ore expensive
says B arton. “O u r g reat pro d u ctio n o f
ing th eir ow n E aster b ask ets,”
berries and o th er fru its a re u sed by
says Fuhr. “Fam ily m em bers
:r baskets filled w ith specialty con-
ch ocolateers around the co u n try .”
B ut it is the candy m akers in O r
are n o t only pu ttin g in c o n fec
egon that sing the hig h est praise for the
w hatever.”
M ost O reg o n p ro d u ced
lay w ill g ive these products and
great in an E aster b asket. W e h av e a
r lily bulbs.
rh e n there arc those things that are
ins and food products, chances are
ire getting a taste o f O regon.
“It’s a very busy tim e for us,” says
id le M cC all, sales m an ag er for
in and L ee, a E ugene-based com -
that produces chocolate candies,
local ingredients.
“W e u se O reg o n p roducts as m uch
as possible - local fruits, nuts, and dairy
nosaurs? For adults, chocolate
co v e re d esp resso b ean s are
p opular. Sugar free ch ocolate
item s are m ore in dem and these
days.
E ven the m ak eu p o f the
m g.
E aster offerings aren ’ t the types
o f baskets o r candies norm ally
started filling E aster orders the
: after V alentine’s D ay. T h ere has
rem iss if w e d id n ’t use the trem endous
resources that O reg o n has to o ffer.”
grocery store and are tradition
no rest.”
“ A bout 4 0 % o f our annual sales
e n at C hristm as,” says D ick Fuhr,
O reg o n leads the nation in the p ro
d uction o f m arionbcrrics. T h e C andy
O regon item s tend to b e m ore
expensive, a bit m ore special.
“W e d o have co n fectio n
;r o f the C andy B asket in Portland,
ter is next w ith up to 30% o f the
B asket developed a m arionberry cream
for its soft cen ter choco lates six years
ago. T oday it ranks as its top selling soft
ers that p roduce sm all item s
th at are 15 to 20 cen ts ap iece,”
, follow ed by V alentine’s D ay at
center cream . O reg o n leads the n ation in
says B arton. “ B ut m ost o f them
the pro d u ctio n o f hazelnuts. F uhr says
the g ift shop at the Sm ith so n ian Institute
in W ashington D .C . offers a “T aste o f
are going to b e m o re like a
do llar item such as a chocolate
O regon” chocolate bar that features finely
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tions, b u t local fruits, syrups,
fo u n d in a local disco u n t or
;ocs into the chocolate, n o t to
n that h ig h -q u ality rep u tatio n
role model,
mentor,
tastes to the p o in t o f cu sto m iz
pro d u cts,” says Fuhr. “W e w o u ld be
s not ju s t the chocolate that puts
1 confectioners on the m ap. It’s
Y ou ' re his
ally han d ed o u t to children.
truffle.”
“W e are in the fine c o n
D epend on
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And also like you, we realize that
chopped O regon hazelnuts. T h e rep u ta
tion o f O regon products for confections
fectio n in d u stry ,” adds Fuhr.
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U S WEST, we recognize the valu
the support we provide today
vonderful specialty food products
has spread.
“M ost o f o u r business is out o f
som eone.”
A nd the relatively high
able role you play in the lives of the
comes full circle for generations
ittag c in d u strie s,” say s L au ra
state,” says F enton and L e e ’s M cC all.
, m arketing specialist w ith the
1 D epartm ent o f A griculture. “ It is
“ M any o f o u r p roducts en d u p in the
price som eone pays fo rO reg o n
next generation and in your com-
to come
upscale dep artm en t stores o n the cast
coast. W e h av e a fru it and n u t eg g featu r
specially products is a rew ard
lolidays arc alw ays an occasion to
iff w hat the state has to o ffer.”
ing O regon h azeln u ts and locally dried
u c ts o u t, a d d in g v a lu e to
fruits. W e also offer a straw berry choco
regon com panies arc not only pro-
late that uses fruit p ow der from O regon
; the standard chocolate E aster
is o r eggs, but this y ear’s E aster
F reeze D ried w hich p ro d u ces pink E as
ter b u n n ies that taste like straw berries.”
O reg o n ’s econom y.
F or m o re in form ation ,
co n tact L aura B arton at 229-
s m ay also contain local item s that
W h a t's new this year? T en dollars
n a num ber o f O regon products,
»coplc look to O regon as being
reputation and an im age that we
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