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The Herald Journal Pooplo In bvsinoss Joins staff The law firm of Barrett & Dailies is pleased to announce that Jonathan E Jenkins has joined the firm as an associate His practice will focus on estate planning business planning and general litigation Jenkins received his bachelor’s degree with honors from Utah State University He then graduated from Gonzaga University School of Law where he was an editor of the school’s international law journal Jenkins also received an LLM in taxation from die University of Washington School of Law where he was a Tax Director’s Scholarship Recipient Jenkins is currently a member of both the Utah and American Bar Association's Estate Planning and Tax Divisions and is a member of the Utah Bar Association He says he is pleased to be living back in beautiful Cache Valley training Completes Bruce W Lee a financial consultant with the local office ofAG Edwards & Sons has completed training for the title of Accredited Asset Management Specialist This' program is offered through the College for Financial Planning the country’s oldest provider of financial planning education for more than' 28 years “Financial consultants who are awarded the Accredited Asset Management Specialist title are not only prepared to identify opportunities in investments but also in such areas as insurance tax savings retirement and estate planning” Nolan Gunnell branch manager of AG Edwards Logan UT office said Accredited Asset Management knowledge Specialists have of the financialplanning process and understand that as clients gain wealth they have more complex financial needs To become an AAMS Bruce successfully completed 120 hours of training focused on subjects such as asset allocation retirement planning and risk management Bruce also agreed to abide by a comprehensive code of ethics Lee lives in North Logan with his wife Debbie and their 2 children He has been with A G Edwards since Feb 2002 For 115 years individuals and businesses have turned to AG Edwards & Sons Inc to develop strong personal relationships with financialconsultants' whoare dedicated to a client-firphilosophy of providing sound investment advice financial solutions and long-tertailored to their clients’ individual needs AG Edwards and its affiliates encompass 7373 financial consultants in 703 offices throughout 49 states the District of Columbia and London More information about AG Edwards can be found at wwwagedwardscom AP photo 11 air travel hassles and a desire to stay doser to home more post-SeAmericans are turning to recreational vehicles for their vacation plans this sum- mer according to RV dealers and industry sources Eleanor Caldwell left shows Eugene resident Jon Wright some of the features of pt a recreational vehicle earlier this month in Eugene Ore Wright plans to rent an RV for an upcoming vacation to Central Oregon Citing convenience flexibility th KM ireirattaOs itds® wittlhi Joe Harwood The “It's literally like a hotel on Wright who plans to rent a motor home again in September said he UGENE Ore — When Jon Wright decided to head east to the Central Oregon Cascades for a few days of fishing with friends he didn’t dust off the old camp stove or go looking for miss- ing tent stakes He rented a motor home A model with microwave 'refrigerator range shower coffee maker generator and television and video player Best of all from Wright’s perspective was the bed at foe rear of the 1993 Cruise Master motor home he rented from Turnkey Recreational Vehicle Rentals in Glenwood ‘I have a bad back and I vowed 10 years ago not to tent-cam-p anymore” Wright said “The neat thing about this setup is you get in one of these things ana go” said Wright 43 of Eugene likes the independence foe recreational vehicle gives him “If you are starving you just pull over and make some soup and sandwiches” he said “Traveling in a car you're at the mercy of restaurants and the motels'” Wright isn’t alone Citing conve1 nience flexibility post-Selair travel hassles and a desire to stay closer to home a growing number of Americans are turning to recreation- al vehicles for their vacation plans 30-fo- ot st m Chosen Susie Frye CNA has been chosen as die Sunshine Tarace Founda-- i tion Nursing Center Employee ofthe Month for August She is a fine v employee and a great asset to foe Sunshine Terrace team Kristy Guy Respite Aide has been chosen as the Sun--' shine Terrace Foundation Adult Day Center Employee of the Month for August She is a great team mean ber very dependable' efficient pleasant and great with clients Judy Hajl LPN has been chosen ' as foe Sunshine Terrace Foundation Terrace Grove Employee of the : Month for August She has been j employed with Terrace Grove since June 2001 She is most ldnd and ' caring with the clients and does what it take to ensure quality care 225 North 200 West Logan Utah r 843213805 r pt this summer And two rental businesses in Eugene are noticing Eleanor Cald- well owner of Turnkey said the 15 motor homes she rents are booked on weekends through foe summer “Labdt Day is almost full and September is filling up fast” she said Caldwell said many of her motor homes come in and go out the same fears 3 day because demand is so heavy “It is definitely different this year no doubt about it" Caldwell said ‘T ve had customers that have canceled overseas' trips and rented an RV instead" she said “I think people are realizing they need to spend more quality time with their' families'” Caldwell estimates that business is up at least 15 percent compared to last summer At Alpine RV Rental in Springfield manager Tamara Mills figures rental income is up about 20 percent “We’re booked through September” Mills said Traveler destinations are changing too Caldwell said In past years Caldwell said her customers booked motor homes for trips to Disneyland or destinations bn the East Coast The big trips this year are to national ' parks such as Yellowstone Yosemite the Grand Canyomand wheels” Register-Guar- d 9-1- various historic landmarks ' “Pieople seem to be avoiding theme parks this summer” she said ' Nationwide motor home rentals have been increasing steadily since : last October said Ken Sommer spokesman for the Virginia-base- d Recreational Vehicle Industry As so-ciation The' nation's largest motor home rental company Cruise Ameri- ca — with 1 70 outlets in North America — reported a 34 percent increase for July compared to the ' same month in 2001 Sommer said i A survey of motor home owners and renters conducted by the indus- try association found historic land- ‘ marks are popular this season' ' “The travel experts are telling us 1 the hot trend this year is domestic road trips” he said “It’s the ’see-America’ summer” Not only are more folks renting motor homes but they are keeping : them longer “People are taking : them out for three- - and four-wee- k trips” Caldwell said In past sum- mere the average rental time has been a week Mills said all age groups tend to : See TRAVEL on B2 - - I requires proper sample By Clark lar—laon from Green- n line Equip- - Ar-- ' V ment We had another fun and educa'A' fertilizer tional alfalfa'pay contest at the ' Cache County Fjsir last week Over tft: application Sencor and 40 entries were£Vflliiated visually D Pursfof from ' by a edmmittee of experts Intermoun- Core samples were then tested at tain Farmers foe USU feed lab Visual scores and Association' lab analysis were combined to deteralfalfa seed mine contest winners ' andor cash from Bullens fcunzler Hansen -' Brad WiserAshMindy Seed Alan Noble Seed' Ellis Equipley White Wallace Wiser and David ment Cache County Farm Bureau Hansen were winners with their first and KD BarrTraining Company i small bale entries crop Respective Sometimes a producer will com- winning varieties were Bnoadteaf Millennia A Key plain that Analysis results od the Second crop winners with small same jiay are different from one lab ! bales were Troy Bmgtoh David to another r " Hansen Terry Griffin Anthony Hall Dan Putman from University of California contends that proper hay and Chad Gnffin Ranger and Hall’s ! Special were foe winning varieties sampling is the most important '' Winners in foe big bale contest aspect of forage quality testing: were LandotfMunk Cort Wood A pint-size- d ground-u- p sample at Jackson Smith Terry Griffin and the lab must represent tons and tons Chad Griffin Spirit Pioneer and £ of alfalfa hay from the field The Highland woe the reported vari- sample must fairly represent the CtlCS v?r' leavesstem ratio which varies 0) g : ' - 1 --' Awarded ' Fred Hunsaker vice president for administrative services at Utah State ' University won the 2002 Leone ' Leadership Award the university’s for senior : i - J “Vice President Hunsaker has loyally and capably served three Utah ' State presidents in managing ' Generou sponsors donated over $2000 worth of prizes again this v year a chainsaw and weed eater ' Continued on B2 throughout the bale as wdlasfoe weed composition of the hay which varies considerable across foe field Protein nd Fiber of leaves and 4 Take enough cores Per lot stems are very different Therefore sample a minimum! of 20 bales (oiie it is important to follow a definite core per bale) Take more cores (20-in 40) in larger lots or if the hay is very' protocol hay sampling ' ' Putman recommends the followvariable 5 Use good technique Probe typl ing sampling methods: 1 ends of bales near the center and at Identify a single lot of hay Loti ? least 8 must be from the sapie cutting' variinches into the bale Probe should be at right angles to ety field stage of maturity and har-- ( the bale end Do not slant the probe- vested within 48 hours Do not mix 0 lots A lot must not exceed pr sample from the sides $ tons If you have known sources' are 6 Handle samples correctly Combine cored samples into a single different separate into different lots 2 Choose a good sharp coryig ample and store them in a sealed C ' : device Tbe coring device should freezer bag Dp not polyethylene ' g have an inside diameter of the expose to heat or direct sqn and 'r and send to the lab as sioon as possible edge at least Dull1 n no more than fiyeeigmhs ' Researt has shown that if thesei probes yrill oaiise material fq simple guidelines are followed r" r out of the dote Do not use samples and reliable i an open auer or corkscrew tyjie results can be obtained even using device which selectively samples different probes or people leaf or steni parts However a minimum of plus or A ' y minus Walk around random at 05 percent variation in results 3Sampte is normal and should be expected the entire stack and sample bales at various heights to the best of your Clark Israatean is a Cache County Extenability Do not avoid some bales or sion agent specializing In agriculture He 'choose others sample atrandom can pa reached by email at :: Try to obtain cores from as broad a dariUOexlusuedu Ha Is among a number group of bales as possible within the of Cache valley freelance writers whose dolumna appear in The Herald Journal stack ’ 12-1- 150-20- 1 cut-tin- three-eight- - i ' ' g Y ' ' 4 m id a wiadj : : : : : : : : :is I hs ’'M f i : - t yt uvi - w s " i |