Show Enterprise Stocks 14 Opinion 16 13 The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday March 9 1997 Pooplo in Business New business Jason H Grimes with his business Cache Wiley Spa Tender has recently begun work in Logan and its surrounding areas Cache Wiley Spa Tender is a spa and hot-tu- b maintenance company specializing in custom weekly servicing and maintenance Weekly maintenance includes all chemicals cleaning drain and fills and seasonal tub shutdowns Previously Jason was a spa tender in Park City Jason gained lots of valuable experience with ail sorts of specialty spas as Park City is a mecca for hot-tuin Utah He has worked with stone wood and almost every brand of spa or hot-tu- b He and his company are licensed and fully insured Jason and his wife moved to Logan from Salt Lake City They found Logan to be a great location for all of the outdoor activities they do Jason loves to rock climb mountain bike and ski He and his wife also like to paint and spend time with their dog Yuriko Cache Wiley Spa Tender can be reached by dialing locally 859-24bs 06 Commitment noted ICON Health and Fitness recently gave a generous donation to Bridgerland Lit- eracy ICON has demonstrated a strong commitment to the Cache Wiley community donating to literacy scouting USU hospitals and the arts ICON based in Logan Utah is the world’s largest manufacturer of home fitness equipment The company was founded m 1977 by Scott Watterson and Gary Stevenson two USU business students who quickly realized the potential of the growing fitness trend Employing 6000 people ICON now in Logan Smithfield Salt has Lake City and Clearfield Utah and Colorado Texas France England and Italy ICON accounts for 35 percent of all sales in the home exercise equipment industry and has received 88 US Small java roasters get a jolt as coffee prices hit new highs By Charles staff writer I Featherstone did before mas” he most widely traded agricultural commodity in the world isn’t rice the staple grain dished out to nearly haJLthe world’s popula- - patents Bridgerland Literacy is appreciative of ICON'S Commitment to literacy efforts in Cache Wiley and invites those wishing to volunteer is literacy tutors to call 753-50- H Christ- Not all coffee is created equal Spe- cialty coffees Mitcn MascaraHerald Journal which often start at $7 Ibis is roaster at coffee the Straw the the a Andaman fey feeling pinch of the latest jump in rpans ad0oyd Jfroffao price --rbutao far hasn’t raised Its prices can go asjhjgh roastats around d for tion And it isn't wheat $30 Jamaican better coffee" to nearly $150 in 1995 The averwhich makes the bread baked and rare eaten by most of the other half of Blue Mountain coffee (which Specialty coffee has exploded as age price for “C” contract coffee comes from a particular plantation Americans have discovered good — supermarket grade robusta — in the world’s people 1995 was $117 down from the In fact that commodity isn’t in Jamaica) are the product of the coffee According to Ted Lingle Arabica bush The Arabica yields the executive director of the Spe1994 and 1995 highs anything anyone needs to survive few of the precious beans requires cialty Coffee Association of AmerThe March 1997 quote however It’s coffee take individual much cocare is won't Wirth coffee to ica has up a bit — to $124 last month Randy production According “When coffee starts moving owner and head coffee roaster for chemicals well and is limited to increased from 70 million bags in cool wet mountainsides in the tropthe to 100 million bags there’s no way of knowing where the Straw Ibis Cafe in Logan cofthe top is” Lingle said fee is second only to petroleum — ics today — about 7 million tons Since the collapse of an internaAt the same time surplus coffee Most of the world's coffee that other lifeblood of Western civcomes however from the robustn hits declined from 40 million bags tional pricing agreement in the late ilization — in the global commodito only 15 mil- - 1980s totally unregulated coffee ty trade plant Wirth h lion And it could be a very bad year prices have varied wildly It's all bags BTHW-tB'"- T Since 1994 part of how coffee works Lingle for coffee drinkers worldwide advantage ol in said coffee "They’re expecting a shortfall of robusta is that For info-linon this topic’ But Wirth — whose roasting 3 million bags in Brazil this year” it can grow at warehouses has decreased company serves about 30 coffee Wirth said “And demand is going lower elevahttp:wwwhjnewscom retailers nationwide — has his own tions on flat up all over the world” drastically That 3 million bags is about land and will survive fertilizers from 5 million bags to around opinion A large wholesaler of Hawaiian Kona coffee was recently 15000 bags 240000 tons or 3 percent of total pesticides and machine harvesting Robusta also yields a decidedly “We've just gone through a perirevealed to have sold much lower world production For a small coffee roaster like Wirth that means inferior bean Wirth said and od where prices have been at a hisgrade coffee as Kona for the last is coffee all said “Producers toric ten years almost low" for raw to Lingle supermarket having pay higher prices robusta in one form or another The were not investing while consump“So now a lot of people are unroasted coffee in a tighter marcoffee people increasingly want to tion was increasing” forced to buy the real thing ket drink is Arabica which is only 5 to “I have calls from (coffee) broAccording to statistics kept by There's extra demand when it's the Coffee Sugar and Cocoa already short” Wirth said kers out of the blue trying to work 10 percent of coffee harvested And the Brazilian shortfall is me into a frenzy about the market” Exchange in New York City coffee “Demographics are changing" Wirth said "I’m paying $4 more Wirth said “People are drinking prices climbed from an average See COFFEE on Page 14 for (Hawaiian) Kona now than I less coffee but they’re drinking price of 64 cents per pound in 1992 -:- per-pou- nd tha-OB- U put-poun- 64 Awarded project Cache Wiley Electric announced it has been awarded a contract to provide elec- trical supervision on a new $650 million dollar steel mill project in Chouburi Thailand The owner Nakomathai Strip Mill of Bangkok is constructing a new flat rolled facility which will be capable of producing 15 million tons of steel per mid-197- year 0s sid The steel mill is located 75 miles South of Bangkok Cache Wiley Electric presently has personnel in Thailand and expects to increase its workforce to 10 supervisors during the initial phase of construction The target date for starting is early 1998 This is Cache Wiley Electric’s first experience in international construction Cache Wiley Electric has recently completed similar type steel mills for Nucor Steel in Arkansas and South Carolina and for Gallatin Steel in Kentucky In addition to Thailand Cache Wiley Electric is presently working on steel related ejects in Utah Arkansas Nebraska Alabama and South Carolina - Q Business opened Lectures set just in time for calving By Don Beamson Griffiths A Huber “Calving Problems” and “Newborn Calf Management” will be addressed by Dr Gell Bagley USU Extension Veterinarian on Thursday at 7:30 pm in the USU Caine Dairy Center The Program is sponsored by the Cache Cattlemen’s Association and Cache County Extension Livestock producers USU Animal Science students and the general public are welcome Call Extension Agent Ross Jacobson 752-62- Beef project Barr Sweat Ruelinda Beamson ownerpresident of and1 tnanagervice president announced the following promotions to management positions in conjunction with the grand opening of the new design center for details 63 weigh-i- n for 4-- H and FFA projects for the Cache County Fair will be held Friday April 4 from 4:30 5 JO pja at the USU South Animal Science Farm Each youth may weigh and tag 2 animals Weight cannot exceed 975 pounds Cost will be $1 per animal Eligible youth must be in the 3rd through 12th grades and currently enrolled in 4-- H or FFA programs Beef projects for Ferron and Tooele must be tagged immediately Suggested upper weight is 900 lbs Contact Ross Jacobson Cache Extension Agent at Buck Confined on Page 14 752-626- 3 for details Junior Soil Conservation Board Youth in 9th - 12th grade living in the south half of the county and interested in participating in Natural Resource Conservation Service and leadership projects should contact advisor Chris 2 Evans or Extension Agent 752-256- 3 for applicaRoss Jacobson tions and details The junior board is part of the Blacksmith Fork Soil Conservation District 752-626- and directed by the Cache County Extension 4-- H an Award Winner designation says that the veg- etable or flower variety has been chosen by a panel of garden- ing experts for performance Most gardeners have some old stand- program fry Planting Some New Varieties The other evening while relaxing at home 1 picked up a copy of a new seed catalog This catalog contained beautiful pictures and descriptions of fruits vegetables and flowers they were offering for sale Looking at that information got me excited about the coming of spring and being able to get out in the garden and start working the soil and planting Browsing through seed catalogs can be a good way to start planning your gardens for this approaching planting season Most catalogs also highlight new varieties which they are releasing this year Many catalogs will also identify their most popular varieties Seed companies will usually identify varieties which have received designation An Selection by varieties that they plant each year because they perform well Gardeners whe really like to garden ought to try a couple of new varieties crch year litis can create an aaded interest in gardening and can usually help find some new and improved varieties that may be better than those presently being planted Cache Valley has some excellent nurseries and seed companies that provide a wide selection of varieties Some of these new varieties are available locally However it's fun to look through the seed catalogs and do a little dreaming on these cold winter and spring days A listing of companies that have catalogs is available from the Cache County Office of USU Extension Service located in the County Courthouse Some cat alogs are free and others may cost a couple of dollars There are vegetable fruit and nut and many other catalogs dealing with herbs ornaments landscaping and gardening wildflowcrs and indoor gardening Seminar to Explain New Programs Farmers who have been participating in the USDA Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and Agricultural Conservation Program (ARP) will need to learn about some new programs and procedures The Environmental Quality Incentive Program (EQIP) is replacing ACP Some farmers with land coming out of CRP will have an opportunity to bid it back into the program Others will have to look at how to put their land back into production and still stav in compliance On Friday there will be a seminar to help farmers better understand these programs and the implications they will have on their farming operation This seminar will begin at 1 pm in room 108 in the ASTE Building 1440 N 800 E Logan Fanners who have never participated in government programs but want to leant more about them are also invited to attend —r |