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Show mn ice rat atBr The Salt Lake Tribune BUSINESS Wednesday, September 9, 1998 CENTERPIECE CONSUMER CORNER ee Extreme WeatherSlices California Tomato Crop FRESNO, Calif. — First it was cold and wet, then came blazing sun. This year’s extreme weather — during andafter El Nifto — is bringing big losses for Califor. nia's tomatocrop. It looks like it got us in the beginning and it got us in the end,” said Joe Marchini, a tomato farmer who owns plotsin Fresno, Kings and Mercedcounties, “The blooms are dropping now and you'll seea light cropthis year,” While exact figures won't be available until the season ends in arly October, California's fresh- tomato growers figure tomato yields will be down 25 percent from theusual $00,000 tons. And processing tomatoesare expected She excels as a dynamic worker,but parentsandfriends worryshe is mis sing out on the freedoms ofyouth BYCALMETTA Y, COLEMAN always ted to be a teen-ager,” she says, “T didn't grow upuntil I was THE WALL STREET JOURNAL It paidoff. At age18, sheis anofficesu per- — andits other headyresponsibilities. Here If the stereotypicalteenis seenasirres; top-notch suburban high school with a 3.49 average. Now, while working 30 sheis studyingfull time of responsibility. At Millard West High School, some teachers thought Schulte, who worked harder than some of them did, should relax. Her father, John Schulte, 45, worries about | youth. Her mother worries t Sears, like anyfirst love, will break her heart But Schulte Sg all that off. “I love it,” she say of herjob. Forgotten amid society’s usual handwring- ty vehicle at its plant here, the United Auto Workers is telling local members, GMis expected to approve the ductiveness of responsibility Unlike parents and teachers, bos treat teen- agetn theyay they the unionsaid in a document given to members. The document said the new sponsibility — as parents, workers and sol. ing about teen-age irresponsibility is the se- be built. He declined to comment further. The UAW document included highlights oflast week's agreement with Saturn, Women Taking Care of Business On the Golf Course Schulte’s love affair didn’t arise out of ne- cessity. Shelives with her parents in Millard high-school students get part-timejobsto earn Men have been wheeling and dealing on the golf course for years. Now women areteeingit up and reaping the same rewards. Brookman is one of the roughly 5.7 million women who play golf in the United States, according to the National Golf Foundation. Women make up 22 percent of all golfers and 39 percent of all beginners. Over the past three years, Trish Hinze, the director of instruction at Tilden Park Golf Course in Berkeley, Calif., has seen an increasing number of womentaking up the game for busi- ness reasons Suzanne Woo, a former attorney who teaches seminars and classes on business golf through her Berkeley-based company, After school and most summers, he fixed cars or swept floorsat his father’sgas station. But sometimes heclosed early and played poker in theb; office with friends, One summer, . fter a four-month stint as a salesperson at didn't grow up until I was 33. Jen grew ip She didn’t need that. Her “She gets anything she wants,” says her father, a computer consultant cCounty Seat store, she wentto workat Sears. G ena job loading and unloading trucks, she showed an unusual capacity and appetite for labor that earned her the nickname “Dock Girl.” “She put most of the boys to shame,” Weary of the recalls, “I'mdoingreallywell pervisor at Sears, Judy needed moneytoget into school. Thatwasit. I because actinglike a teen-ager Staubach Retail Services announced a 15,000-square-foot leat for David's Bridal, a retail bridal and formal wearstore at 1900 S 400 West in Salt Lake City The Secret Garden and Gym Baby have opened at ‘Trolley Squarein Salt LakeCity. The Secret Garden sells girls’ size 8. 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Where did you play?’ They ask me, ‘Did I play?’ Then we talk about business, an et wally civilized place to dine” 13 month CD benefits of community banking tech communications company. “I clothes from infant to size 16 and boys’ clothes frominfant wear to Lund,Falkner & Brown, a Salt that,” Farrell adds, thing. ake advantage of these 6.02% for the year. Galaxy Enterprisesis listed on the Nasdaq LakeCity-based information tech- agrees. “She's taken the job like she's been here for years. She doesn’t ever act like a teen- coincidentally at Sears. “I worked becauseI highest level of service, fast decisions, andall the how clients may act in the board room. “I saw it as a wayto socialize, do shesays. ager. And I hate to say from Frontier Bank company posted sales of just more formed an associate-consulting agreement with Virtual Consulting Ine. of Salt Lake City, Virtual Con- we needed. I didn’t feel bad because it was true,” she says. Now, while working 30 hours a week, she is taking five college courses. “I like that pace,” only one summer when she was a teen-ager, Wild site provider reached nology consulting practice, has her that her hoursdidn’t work out with what when she was17,” he says. Claudia Schulte, Jennifer's mother, worked triple in the three years since her say, allows women to break the ice, develop relationships and see cluding ones not in her department — she gave them work to do, She also had to fire somebodyto help trimthe payroll. “I just told his father fired himfor slackingoff. * Golf 101, has seen her revenues company started. Golf, experts “Workis good parents bought’ her a car when she was16. spending money. posterboards and madeupaquestionnaireto determine which workers needed retraining JohnSchulte also workedwhile growingup. fully guaranteed High Yield CDs Playing golf is the ultimate them on a table. She postedinstructions for performing some hub tasks on big orange Youlearndiscipline. But there's only so much ting on his desk and the golf magazineresting on the credenza. So whenshe closed the meeting, she suggested the next one take place on the golf course, Her new client’s eyes lighted up, and business relationship-builder. put daily reports there rather than throw time to hang out and maketrouble. ride on Wall Street? Brookman had just made the business equivalent ofa birdie. In her first month onthejob, Schulte orga clipboards andinstructed office workers to a child. Now, his pridein her accomplish- excessiveseriousness. Hesays: and Web nized the filing system. She hung up three under Schulteandlikes her. When other employees seemed idle — in- was creased to $6.2 million for the sixmonth period ended June 30, Net Bulletin Board tep up. Andit was theright ments is tempered by what he perceives as American teen-agers doto- Galaxy Enterprises Inc., Orem, reported its revenues in- than $2 million because I diers — than most BY JERRY BERRIOS KNIGHT-RIDDER NEWS SERVICE As sales executive Ellen Brookmantalked with a new client, she noticed the goldgolf ball clock sit- “When I got to my spired by her father. As a frequent business traveler, Schulte wasn't around much when his older daughter And despite al thetalk about nology first staff meeting andthey started giving me the storedidn't need. on a mission to excel at this com herbest friend, Rochelle Mallett, 17 The demands of the job, of the c and of extracurricular activities prompted Schulte’s marketing teacher, Lori Scolaro, Hs of Texas to acquire a patented catheterinfection-prevention tech- keys and codes, I was like ‘Wow,’ how children are growing upfaster than ever, teen-agers throughout history bore more re- ed —likeadults, day. whether a sport-utility vehicle will workingpart-timejust to pay for gas. SI Cancer Center and the University income for the Internet education Shealsolocked awaycoveted supplies such as highlighters, paperclips and notepads “She seemedlike a fireball,” Leigh Powell, a 48-year-old part-timer \ 0 works an affluent Omaha subdivision where many been made on “We were oe a at its wholly owned »phoretics Corp an option-to-purchase greement with M.D. Anderson $381,852, or 7 cents per share, for the first six months. In 1997 the “She actu Beforeshetook on hernewposition, it had been vacant for morethan six months. Workers haphazardly tossed store reportsinto fil ing cabinets and routinely ordered supplies for spring break this year, she couldn't Beataalling theoffice to ask how things were eens Inc. of Bountiful Sears. Of fivefinalists for the job, she was the knew it w: step,” she teens, her sense of duty sometimes set her aap When sheand four friends went to Dal Layton. Specialized Health Products ally hadthe greatest backgroundeven though she’s only beenwith the com) 1s two years, “workers often want to betreat- the plant here to about 500,000 ver ‘The plant made 's last year. no decision has Attending Creightonallowsher to keep the promotion she won this June, when sherose express concernto the teen-ager’s mother. worried about her this year having too anc on her plate,” Scolaro Schultesays her bu: aspirationsare in- truck would boost production at Greg Martin, Saturn's spokes- Even though she is popular with other going. Herfriends were baffled. becausethe other schools werein townsthat don't haveaSears. Schulte was gratified. went to bed around midnight andgot upat 6 a.m. young careerist with such an exemplary sense Jesuit school in Omaha says Brad Burwell, the general man: hours a week, but she routinely workedabout 35. Juggling work and school, she usually But they are troubled by a driven versity, a four-year Aneconomics major, Schulte says she consid: ered five distant schools but chose Creighton youngest — and most experienced. high-schoolstudents to put in only 15 to 20 “I urged her to pick an out-of-state school and offered to pay most ofthecost. But she decid ed tolive at home and attend Creighton Uni frombeing a hub assistant at one Sears store to hub lead at another, Nebraska's biggest The Sears store where she worked advises And she knowsexactly whosejob she wants: SPRING HILL, Tenn, — General Motors’ Saturn subsidis GM_ officials in Michigan referredall calls to Saturn. ployees —some of themthreetimesher age — on store procedures and corporate history She also scheduled employee work hours whenthesupervisor was out attitudeserious, She graduatedin Mayfrom a Many adultsexpectteen-agers to be devoted to sports, popular musicand, with luck, their manin Spring Hill, said GMhasthe final sayon all Saturn products and shewas, at 16, handingout the cash that kept the registers running and training new em. sible, unambitious and lazy, S ) thing but, Her manners are commendable, her market prices. While the Golden State ranks second to Florida in fresh tomatoes, it’s responsible for 94 percent of the oe tomatoesin the UnitedStates, and 40 percent of the world’s supply. plan in thefirst half of next year, calls from complaining customers. Shegot it othersare also office superv: udies. schoolers — choosing acollege. Her parents ager. Mochal recommendedher forapositionin the hub, the store's back office, answering ing the flow of customer orders and paying Mountain America Credit Unionis opening a new branchat 955 W. Antelope Drive, at-home father. I want to have a career e Says. Sheshowedagreat deal of independence in making the biggest decision facing most high. 8 Rod Mochal, the store's operations man- store bills, Seven people report to her. Of the 36,200 teen-agers working at Sears, onlysix “Arthur Martinez,” Sears’ chief executive. would want to run Sears,” shes could find a guy to be a Jennifer Schulte's father visor at the largest Sears store in Nebr handling customer-credit problems, oversee: hours a week at Sears, Jenni er Schulte has more or less dismissed the ideaof having children I'd have kids ifI John Schulte quit her school's volleyball team, stopped attending the football games and cut back on some other student and church activities. grade-point 33. Jen grew up when she was 17.” OMAHA, Neb. — When she was 16years old, Jennifer Schulte took a part-time job at Sears, Roebuck & Co. It changed herlife. She to be down 15 percent from the typical 10 million tons. That could bring higher super- sidering building a newsp Urn Briers Ambitious Teen Finds Her Nicheat Sears at a well-respected college. Saturn Might Build NewSUVin Tennessee BS seo A Merce 14985. Frame $599.00 detation Sides, Centar ex ZA *799"° |