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EOU begins recruiting for new degree
Ag entrepreneurship will
be introduced in fall 2022
growing a common vision for invest-
ment in their enterprise.”
For example, Mueller said agricul-
ture continues to search for models to
become more sustainable. At the same
time, they must make financial sense
for farms and companies to thrive in a
competitive marketplace.
“The reality is that in agriculture,
you need to have both the business
know-how and fundamental science
background,” Mueller said.
That is what the agriculture entre-
preneurship program seeks to balance.
Mueller said the college also is reaching
out to companies where students could
be placed in internships, providing a
real-world setting to put these principles
into practice.
“We want them to anticipate
change,” Mueller said. “We want them
to be able to look
forward, and have
those uncomfortable
conversations about
where agriculture is
going and help plan
those things out.”
Agriculture, food
Mueller
and fiber accounts for
9.1% of Oregon’s economy and 371,300
total jobs, according to a recent study
by OSU.
Henninger said he anticipates
roughly 20 students in the first cohort
of agriculture entrepreneurship majors.
As the program grows, he and other
university leaders envision it will draw
more attention to EOU, and attract
students that might otherwise not
consider attending college.
“We have all the confidence that
this will become a signature program
at EOU,” Henninger said.
By GEORGE PLAVEN
Capital Press
LA GRANDE — Eastern Oregon
University is recruiting students for a
new major in agriculture entrepreneur-
ship to train the next generation of farm
leaders and professionals.
The four-year program will be
introduced in fall 2022 and combines
elements of agricultural science
and business — including courses
in marketing, finance and human
resources, alongside courses in biol-
ogy, chemistry and intensive farming.
“Agriculture is a big part of what
Oregon is,” said Ed
Henninger, dean of the
College of Business at
EOU. “Certainly, that
marriage of bringing
the business side and
entrepreneurship side
to agriculture was very
Henninger
intriguing to me.”
The university in La Grande
recently hired Chad Mueller to lead the
program, and he is making the rounds
to attract students interested in pursu-
ing careers in agriculture.
“I’m going to be out visiting high
schools, talking to a variety of agricul-
ture teachers, initially focusing on the
eastern part of the state for the first year
but then we’ll be reaching out across the
state,” Mueller said.
Mueller’s own background is in beef
cattle production. He came to Oregon
State University in 2004, and has taught
at EOU since 2008 as part of a cooper-
ative agriculture and natural resources
East Oregonian, File
A harvester cuts standing wheat on
a farm east of Echo. Eastern Oregon
University, La Grande, is recruiting stu-
dents for a new major in agriculture en-
trepreneurship to train the next gener-
ation of farm leaders and professionals.
program between the two universities.
“This opportunity arose as some-
thing that was very unique,” Muel-
ler said. “We really see this as going
across multiple levels of agriculture,
and multiple entities.”
Henninger said the program is a first
of its kind, not only for Oregon but the
entire Pacific Northwest. It originally
started as a concept in the College of
Business, with faculty evaluating
where there may be gaps in education.
The college heard from several
major agricultural employers in the
region, including Beef Northwest and
the J.R. Simplot Co., that expressed a
need for workers who can help identify
problems and come up with innovative,
cost-effective solutions.
“Entrepreneurship refers to the abil-
ity to problem-solve to prosper, manage
and organize a new or existing business
to earn profits,” Henninger said. “Agri-
cultural entrepreneurs bring unique
insights and innovative thinking into
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declares counties don’t have
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arms.
Rosenblum is not happy
SALEM — Oregon Attor- that officials, who enforce the
ney General Ellen Rosenblum state’s laws, might be prose-
sued two Oregon counties cuted and subjected to private
Friday, Oct. 1, to stop their lawsuits.
efforts to get around Oregon’s
“Gun safety laws exist to
new gun laws.
help keep guns out of danger-
During the last legisla- ous hands and keep people safe.
tive session, Oregon
A county commission
lawmakers required
simply doesn’t get
gun owners to securely
to override state law
store their weapons
in this way,” Rosen-
when not in use. The
blum said in a written
bill also banned the
statement. “The laws
possession of guns in
of Oregon remain
the state Capitol and at
Rosenblum
fully in force — and
Portland International
fully enforceable —
Airport and paved the
notwithstanding
these invalid
way for public schools and
universities to enact their own ordinances. No officials should
be frightened out of properly
bans.
In response, Yamhill and doing their job by the threat of
Harney counties adopted new illegitimate criminal charges or
ordinances circumventing the bogus lawsuits.”
Harney County Judge Pete
state law.
Each county has declared Runnels, the head of the coun-
itself a “Second Amendment ty’s administrative branch,
Sanctuary,” in which the new declined to comment on the
state firearms laws are void. state action.
Other Oregon counties have
Their ordinances prohibit
county officials from uphold- enacted similar ordinances.
ing the new state gun laws Rosenblum hopes suing
by imposing fines, criminal Harney and Yamhill counties
charges and even the possi- will block similar efforts else-
bility of civil suits for any where.
“These actions will hope-
enforcement action.
The Oregon Department fully send the message that we
of Justice lawsuit filed Oct. 1 are prepared to preserve the
asks the courts to void the local rule of law across our state,”
ordinances because state law she said.
EUGENE — A police
operation targeting a Lane
County drug trafficking
cell led to the largest single
methamphetamine seizure in
Oregon history.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office
for the District of Oregon in
a press reported the Sept. 15
takedown of a drug traffick-
ing leader and several asso-
ciates netted 384 pounds of
methamphetamine valued at
more than $1 million.
The U.S. Drug Enforce-
ment Administration was
the lead while the Springfield
Police Department, Eugene
Police Department and
Linn Interagency Narcotics
Enforcement Team assisted
in arresting the cell’s leader,
Martin Manzo-Negrete aka
Javier Cardenas-Manzo, 47,
of Eugene. Federal pros-
ecutors charged him with
possessing with intent to
distribute methamphetamine.
Manzo-Negrete has a
long history of drug traf-
ficking, according to the
press release, and previ-
ously served 14 years in
federal prison. He made his
first appearance in federal
court on Sept. 16. The court
detained Manzo-Negrete
pending further proceedings.
Police during the oper-
ation also arrested four of
Manzo-Negrete’s associates
who also now face federal
dr ug charges: Gustavo
Manzo-Mares, 45; Candice
L. Barrett, 52; John C. Willis,
59; and Nathan Lee Daniels,
46, all of Eugene. A fifth
associate, Frank Buehler,
52, also of Eugene, has been
charged, but remains at large.
Law enforcement
executed federal search
warrants at multiple locations
in Lane County as part of
the operation. In addition to
methamphetamine, officers
seized 14 firearms — some
of which were stolen — and
more than $76,000 in cash.
According to the press
release, the DEA and the
Eugene Police Department
Street Crimes Unit began
investigating the Manzo-
Mares cell in October 2020
for its role in trafficking
large quantities of metham-
phetamine from California
to Oregon for resale in and
around Lane County. The cell
transported large quantities
of methamphetamine by car
from Southern California to
Oregon. Once in Oregon, the
drugs were stored, divided
and then distributed into the
community.
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Police: Shots fired in air
near Walla Walla stadium
WALLA WALLA — Walla Walla police
officials confirmed reports posted on social
media of a gun being fired near Borleske
Stadium at the tail end of a Walla Walla High
School football game Friday, Oct. 1.
According to Walla Walla Police Sgt.
Kevin Huxoll, officers were alerted to a
report of shots being fired around 9:30 p.m.
Oct. 1. They responded to East Cherry
Street, about a block from the stadium’s
parking lot.
Wa-Hi was playing against Hermiston
High School at Borleske.
Huxoll said he knew somebody had chased
after the suspect, a man, who fled the area, but
police were not able to locate him.
Police scanned the area for any damage to
property but couldn’t find anything. They did
find a group of .40 caliber shell casings on the
ground, Huxoll said.
Officers determined the suspect likely
fired the gun into the air a few times because
of the way the shell casings were grouped
together, he said.
The investigation has been assigned to the
Street Crimes Unit. No suspects have been
identified, and the general public does not
appear to be under threat, Huxoll said.
Coho salmon fishing season
opens on Grande Ronde
ENTERPRISE — For the second consecu-
tive year, anglers will be able to harvest coho
salmon in the Grande Ronde River.
The season started Friday, Oct. 1, and the
daily bag limit for adult coho salmon longer
than 20 inches is two. For jack coho salmon
20 inches or less, the bag limit will be five
with two daily limits in possession. The regu-
lations are in place through Nov. 30 or until
further notice from the Oregon-Washing-
ton border upstream to the Wildcat Bridge,
approximately seven miles upstream from
Troy.
Last year’s coho season was the first on the
Grande Ronde since 1980.
Fish managers don’t expect to see coho
being caught for a few more weeks.
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