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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
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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.
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Distinguished citizen
nominations sought
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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
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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-
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held its annual &hristmas
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AJaSe +ouse Ior ,.
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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
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