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Hermiston A4 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2015 B USINESS Dairy relocates to Boardman Tree Farm Sale completed in November By GEORGE PLAVEN Staff Writer 1earl\ one-third oI the massiYe %oardman Tree )arm has been sold to a lo- cal dair\ that Slans to moYe oSerations within the ne[t \ear. :illow &reek 'air\ Sur- chased acres oI the tree Iarm Irom Green:ood Resources in 1oYember. 2wner GreJ te 9elde said the land he Surchased runs alonJ the SroSert\¶s south- ern boundar\ ² out oI Yiew Irom ,nterstate ² near )inle\ %uttes /and¿ ll. 2nce trees haYe been re- moYed Irom the SroSert\ te 9elde said he will Sut in a center SiYot to Jrow irriJat- ed wheat corn and alIalIa. The deal will return the land to more conYentional irriJated aJriculture. %eIore the land was Slanted in trees b\ Potlatch &orS. in the ear- l\ s the land was oSer- ated as irriJated aJriculture Iarm JrowinJ mostl\ Sota- toes alIalIa and wheat. Te 9elde¶s dair\ current- l\ raises about cows and SroYides Jal- lons oI milk Ser da\ to Til- lamook &heese at the Port oI 0orrow. Te 9elde liYes in central &aliIornia and established :illow &reek 'air\ in on land leased Irom Threemile &an\on )arms. The oSeration emSlo\s about SeoSle. ³The whole communit\ is 1ominations are oSen Ior the th annual 'istin- Juished &iti]ens Awards %anTuet in +ermiston. Award cateJories are man, woman, business, Yolunteer oI the \ear and communit\ serYice award. The nominations are due b\ 0onda\, -an. . 1omination and crite- ria Iorms are aYailable at the chamber oIIice, 6. +iJhwa\ , or at www. hermistonchamber.com. 2thers awards that will be Sresented include the Altrusan 2utstandinJ <ounJ &iti]en Award, +ermiston 6chool 'is- trict Educators and Ad- ministrator oI the <ear. The banTuet is Wednesda\, )eb. at the +ermiston &onIerence &enter. Tickets are Ser Serson. )or more in- Iormation, call -- . Business advisor announces class %usiness owners who are tired oI struJJlinJ and read\ to take their business to the ne[t leYel are inYited to an uScominJ course. The 6erious %usiness PGE takes over construction at Boardman plant By GEORGE PLAVEN Staff Writer ),/( 3H2T2 Nearly one-third of the 25,000-acre Boardman Tree Farm is being sold to the Willow Creek Dairy. Jreat´ te 9elde said. ³,t¶s all about aJriculture. ,t¶s reall\ eas\ to do business here.´ Te 9elde Surchased land water riJhts and irriJation eTuiSment Irom the %oard- man Tree )arm Ior million accordinJ to doc- uments with the 0orrow &ount\ Assessor¶s 2I¿ ce. GreenWood Resources has owned the %oardman Tree )arm since totalinJ acres oI h\brid SoS- lar trees that are Jrown in rotation and sold Ior saw- loJs SulS and bioIuel. ,t takes \ears beIore the trees Iull\ mature. Te 9elde said he e[Sects a measured transition Irom tree Iarm to dair\ Iarm on the newl\ acTuired land. GreenWood Resources did retain some oStions in the deal deSendinJ on market conditions. With an\ luck te 9elde said he could be moYed within the ne[t \ear. ³We¶ll haYe a little more control oYer our destin\´ he said. 'on Rice director oI 1orth American oSerations Ior GreenWood Resourc- es, did not comment on the lonJ-term Iuture oI the tree Iarm. The area sSans si[ miles alonJ ,nterstate and miles to the south, and stands as a siJni¿ cant landmark Ior the reJion. The tree Iarm includes rouJhl\ million standinJ trees, and SroYides lumber to the &ollins &omSanies¶ 8SSer &olumbia 0ill, which oSerates in conMunc- tion with the GreenWood Tree )arm )und. There is also a Yeneer mill owned b\ &olumbia )orest Products that oSened in . The Tree )arm has also hosted ³A 9er\ PoSlar Run´ since , with . and . races to bene¿ t the AJaSe +ouse in +erm- iston. 2wners Roundtable with &arol )rink SroYides steS- b\-steS inIormation on how to build a business \ou reall\ loYe. The SroJram SroYides tools, suSSort and a blueSrint Ior success. The ne[t si[-month course beJins Tuesda\, -an. . A business solutions e[Sert, )rink is known Ior her abilit\ to turn com- Sle[ situations into simSle steSs. ,n a -month Seri- od oI time, the +ermiston woman built a si[-¿ Jure Sro¿ table business work- inJ Sart-time. 6urround- inJ herselI with a success team, )rink said, is a ke\ to her achieYements. )or more inIormation, Yisit www.realbusinessso- lutionsllc.com or contact )rink at -- or carol@realbusinesssolu- tionsllc.com. eYent. The table center- Sieces were also auctioned oII that were donated b\ local aI¿ liates. showinJ a Srice oI . Ser Jallon on Tuesda\. The lowest Srices lo- call\ were reSorted at the Pilot and 6Sace AJe traY- el centers alonJ ,nterstate at . Ser Jallon on Tuesda\. The lowest Srice in town was reSorted at the station on +ermis- ton AYenue at . Ser Jallon, accordinJ to Gas- %udd\ users. BRIEFCASE Distinguished citizen nominations sought HERMISTONHERALD.COM Gas prices up slightly in advance of holiday The aYeraJe Srice oI Jasoline in 2reJon rose . center Ser Jallon oYer the last week, aYeraJinJ . Ser Jallon on 6un- da\, accordinJ to Gas%ud- d\.com¶s surYe\ oI Jas stations in 2reJon. 1ationall\, Jas Srices haYe Iallen . cents Ser Jallon, to . Ser Jal- lon. AccordinJ to Gas%ud- d\.com, all stations in the +ermiston area are lower than the state aYeraJe, e[- ceSt Ior the Te[aco station in Umatilla, which was The Hermiston Herald accepts news announce- ments about job changes and promotions, business ownership changes, reno- vations, remodels, changes in business hours, new business openings, busi- ness owner retirements and related items. Submit your business news and photos to newsroom@hermiston- herald.com. Portland General Elec- trLc KaV ¿ red tKe Jeneral contractor Ln cKarJe oI EXLldLnJ tKe &art\ Gener- atLnJ 6tatLon near %oard- man and will assume con- trol oI tKe SroMect¶s ¿ nal construction. $Eeinsa an aI¿ liate oI tKe 6SanisK multinational corSoration $EenJoa was selected E\ PGE to Euild &art\ in . $EenJoa is now in talks with creditors to tr\ and aYoid EecominJ the larJest EankruStc\ eYer recorded in 6Sain. PGE SroYided interim ¿ nancinJ to Sa\ Ior con- struction at &art\ in the weeks leadinJ uS to 0on- da\ 'ec. when $Eein- sa EeJan turninJ aSSro[i- matel\ workers awa\ Irom the site. 2n )rida\ PGE declared Abeinsa in deIault oI their aJreement and remoYed them Irom the SroMect. 7he &art\ GeneratinJ 6tation is a -meJa- watt natural Jas-¿ red Sower Slant located on Tower Road in the shadow oI the e[istinJ %oardman &oal Plant. PGE identi- ¿ ed the need Ior &art\ in and hoSed to haYe the Slant uS and runninJ b\ mid-. The &art\ Iacilit\ is about Sercent built and PGE is now assem- blinJ a new construction manaJement team to ¿ n- 3rinted on recycled newsprint VOLUME 109 ɿ NUMBER 66 Gary L. 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Great packing material to protect your items. 211 SE Byers Ave. Pendleton ish the Mob. 6Sokesman 6teYe &orson said some emSlo\ees could Jet back to work as earl\ as this week thouJh most will likel\ haYe to wait until aIter the holida\s. ³, think man\ oI the same contractors will be workinJ at the Slant aJain´ &orson said. -im Piro PGE Sresi- dent and &E2 said the\ haYe closel\ monitored SroJress at &art\ and all maMor comSonents oI the Slant are either in Slace or in the Srocess oI beinJ installed. ³2ur resSonsibilit\ to our customers and our in- Yestors reTuires us to steS in now and assume control so construction can Jet back underwa\´ Piro said. PGE has started discus- sions with /ibert\ 0utual 6uret\ and =urich 1orth America which SroYid- ed a SerIormance bond oI . million under the oriJinal construction aJreement. &art\ was oriJinall\ estimated to cost uS to million. PGE sa\s it will SroYide an uSdate on costs and e[Sected comSletion aIter work resumes. ³2ur Iocus here is on JettinJ the Slant built and online Ior our customers´ &orson said. PGE serYes rouJhl\ customers in the Portland metro area south to 6alem. 333 E Main St. Hermiston ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier and mail Wednesdays ,nside 8matilla0orrow counties .......... $42.65 2utside 8matilla0orrow counties ....... $53.9 3eriodical postage paid at Hermiston, 25. 3ostmaster, send address changes to Hermiston Herald, 333 (. 0ain 6t., Hermiston, 25 97838. 0ember of (2 0edia *roup &opyright 215