Show 21 Standard-Examine- Sunday March 13 1983 r Business Outlook New artichoke S' V T sparks ‘war’ SAN FRANOSCO (AP) — A war of sorts is being waged on a most unlikely battlefield: the artichoke patch For decades California artichoke growers have struggled to teach an often perplexed public how to prepare peel and eat the prickly vegetable with pointed leaves Then they had to persuade the microwave generation the buttery-tastin- g “meat” at the tip of the leaf was worth the time and trouble Consumers won over to the taste are most familiar with the Green Globe variety which flourishes near the farming community of Castroville and peaks in late winter and early spring Now enters the “Big Heart" a thornless slightly purple artichoke grown from seed on 900 acres of a reservation leased from a collective of four tribes along the Colorado River near Parker Ariz and at Lompoc along the California coast 160 miles south of Castroville “I guess you’ve heard about the ‘artichoke wars’ ” said Patty Boman of the California Artichoke Advisory Board First marketed about three years ago the new variety appears to be catching on and stirring up competition in the normally serene artichoke business Big Heart grower Steve Jor- dan of Lompoc notes that growers in the Castroville area about 100 miles south of San Francisco “aren’t very happy about us" And no wonder Castroville has billed itself for three decades as the “Artichoke Capital of the World" paying annual homage to the Green Globe with a festival featuring mouthwatering marinated steamed fried and otherwise cooked artichokes Last year more than 50000 people made the pilgrimage to sample the Monterey County produce that accounts for about 74 percent of California’s $29 million-a-yeartichoke business Jordan said the new artichoke seed was developed by his brother Rusty and allows planting any time That increases crop density fourfold and reduces disease in part because the plants are dug up every six or seven months and replaced to limit the opportunity for insects to cause damage The Globe artichoke is grown from crown plantings and lives three to four years Its natural tendency is to produce during April Jordan said an advantage of growing by seed is programming harvest times and growing outside the traditional cooler climes preferred by the Green Globe Supermarket chains such as Safeway’s and Von’s are taking advantage of the new choke At Berkeley Bowl an independent market known for its premium quality fruits and vegetables 4® r u o ev & a ar er to declare March 14 to March 18 as Older Worker Week The declaration urges employers to give older workers equal consideration in their hiring Standard-Examin- “Older workers are an invaluable human resource that can provide much to the business communities in Utah” said Utah State Division of Aging and Adult Services spokesman Percy Devine III “Employers should seek innovative approaches to hiring and maintaining older ft aw xs ZL Associated Press Rusty and Steve Jordan stand amid their artichokes produce manager Dan Kataoka said it’s been a big success “It sold very well It’s a meatier sweeter artichoke" said Kataoka adding that it sells for about the same price as the Globe “They don’t have the problems with growing that Globe artichokes have It is competitive with the Globe artichoke because they can grow them cheaper than the Globe artichoke can be grown” said Boman Pat Hopper of Castroville Artichoke People a growers’ and shippers’ marketing group that promotes the Globe said there is concern that the new artichoke will bring down prices - OGDEN — The Standard-Examinwas named as a winner of the National Newspaper Marketing Award for the best promotion of the 1987 Fifth Annual National Home Furnishing Sale Judging was based on creative layout and use of editorial material retail participation and overall appeal or appearance “There’s got to be hundreds and hundreds of newspapers that do these sections so to be picked as best of the best shows that The Standard-Examinis keeping up with and exceeding other papers of our size in quality product delivered to our readers” said Don Messenger advertising sales promotion manager “The good thing about the section especially in this area is that 100 percent of the National Home Furnishing’s members in this market area participate in this section every year So it’s nice to see the members of the organization support the promotion when the national association puts it together for them" Messenger designed the cover er workers in the work force” Percy said older persons find it difficult to acquire jobs that pay well and that give them job skills they are willing to learn “The older worker may have more to offer the employer such as being punctual and acquiring a higher level of productivity over efforts wins marketing award er Patti Woolman wrote the editorial material and the sales department sold the advertisement space The six national winners are: The Standard-ExaminThe er k which during months can climb as high as $2 each Joe Principe of the US Department of Agriculture is a little amused at all the artichoke uproar He spent the past 20 years unofficially researching new varieties of artichokes that could be grown successfully from seed It was some of Principe’s work that Rusty Jordan used to develop the purple artichoke Principe said there are' a handful of growers in the Imperial Valley area who are experimenting with seed artichokes and predicted traditional growers will be forced to switch “They kind of would like to have a monopoly” he said non-pea- Kansas City Milwaukee Journal and Milwaukee Sentinel New Haven Register Midland Reporter-Telegraand the Gannett Westchester Rockland Newspaper Inc Star-Tribu-ne m put forth from a younger er” he said 13-1- By Frances Hannan ACROSS 1 MISS PittS 5 Garcia — 23 Takes umbrage er 26 27 28 29 Everybody’s asking questions about the most sweeping tax changes in history Our experienced preparers know the answers We know the new laws and the new forms We’ll save you every dollar possible And you’ll get the biggest refund you have coming! If there’s ever a time for H&cR Block it’s now ln Uyton 27 S Fort Clearfield 13 N Main 6381 Soutii 1900 Wost Roy 548-309- No Ogdon So- - Ogdon 1065 Wash Blvd 3595 Wash Blvd N Main Brigham City-11- 2 1 625-801- 4 825-312- Tromonton-10- 0 7 W 40 No 257-162- Practical Tidal river whales Killer Kennedy traffic 30 baby!" 31 a Crowd": 1936 film 32 Pamphlet 33 Blanche DON’T FACE THE NEW TAX LAWS ALONE — RLOrif The announcement in January that Western Gear had chosen From IE Utah to locate its sophisticated in the near future Rogers said production facility in Utah beof Utah’s excellent educacause “A projected national labor tion facilities show Utah’s ability to compete successfully for high-tec- h businesses Rogers said rate in those states will suck our Gear is moving here “Western reso a I see don’t people away and will have to recruit a fair versal in the next few years unless the economy really heats up amount of engineers from out of with several years in a row of state" he said Western Gear considered 16 20000 jobs a year and more" he states before selecting Utah for its said $36 million aerospace manufacCurrently Utah businesses create less than 10000 new jobs per turing facility that will be built in either Park City or Weber Counyear But not all is doom and gloom ty company officials have said In addition to the efforts of the The low wages will also draw businesses to Utah state Division of Business and And Utah has probably hit the Economic Development Weber bottom of its economic sluggish- State College was a major factor ness he said in the company’s decision to lo“Things are going to slowly im- cate in Utah said Mike Rott difor the manager prove We’ve had five tough vision California-based Western Gear I here and in think the that years next five years things will turn “Weber State is very important around Companies have become to us" Rott said during a January more competitive because they announcement He said the colwent through painful restructur- lege’s program in aerospace engiing” he said neering is one of the best in the A typical example is BP Minercountry He added that a number als (formally Kennecott Copper) of Weber State graduates are curwhich recently reorganized to be- rently working for Western Gear come more competitive in the in California But Utah still has an image of copper industry A $400 million modernization an undereducated state In 1985 effort helped make BP Minerals Utah ranked 48th in the nation in competitive Kennecott was once dollars spent per pupil in public Utah’s major private employer schools with more than 8000 employees “A lot of people think that our Today about 1500 employees lack of spending per pupil will operate BP Minerals and they eventually cut our throats — that bring home a smaller monthly it could be a problem down the road We have to be very careful paycheck Utah has had mixed success in that we don’t slip” Rogers said high-tec- h attracting Rogers sees steady improvement in Utah’s future a trend companies “We are an emerging center of that has been helped by the openhigh tech Not in the first tier ing of a diversified group of mabut certainly in the second tier” jor companies including he said McDonnell Douglas Delta AirUS West the parent company lines and AT&T’s new credit of Mountain Bell had considered management center in Salt Lake locating its corporate headquarCity American Gourmet Compaters in Salt Lake City but chose ny in Clearfield and Iomega Denver Nice Corp and Kimberly-Clar- k “Apparently there was concern in Weber County because they would have had to “Things are going to slowly imrecruit a lot of people in commu- prove We have to hope for better nication and engineering to bring times in the future because of the them into that facility and they strengths we have It’s still a good thought they might be at a disadplace to start a business and peovantage ple can still achieve their dreams but there won’t be any wild ex“Again it was just a misperception” he emphasized a mis- pansion for the next few years It perception that was overcome in will take a few more years to become healthy again” he said attracting a major aerospace man shortage will create pressure on wages nationally The rising wage 399-316- 1 Dubois's streetcar 36 Difficult age 394-263- 1 37 Lefty Gomez eg 723-697- 1 40 — nous 41 Dublin girt of 4 high-payi- ng Sunday crossword 10 Dance derived from the twist 14 Noted Ford 19 Swaying loosely 20 Left side asea 21 Right Prefix 22 Farinaceous (mi’Wipsgi work- About 25 percent of Ogden area residents over age 55 want or need work said Mayor L Clifford Goff in a city declaration to make March 9 Older Workers’ Week in Ogden Spanish poet H&R cently labor- o ft ( Vi re- -intensive Governor announces Older Worker Week A rising population of older people wanting and seeking work has prompted Gov Norman Ban-gert- ufacturing company to Utah song 1 04 Cat's-paw- s cut and cod 105 catchers 83 Surpass DOWN 1 Angle off 84 Assassin 80 1080 81 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