Show vw- - ' ' fc V i ' - TT" irT7r 9 9 9 9 rr- - 9 9 r ' i ’ a 9m'P W 4 ' Tho Herald Journal Login Utah Sunday March 1 P07 1998 V ' Pooplo In Doslnon o Earns Award o ' I h G o o r o £ Qe & g a & o © With the ' 'fir il' 8crippt Howard Photo A customer brawaea through hundreds of dgv bcands at JR Tobacco In Washington DC Higti qualty Dominican below are sta big tavoritss among connoiseeuis but Dominican dgar makara dgare Hn Partagas Eatlo 6-are wonted that the American maikst has topped out Betty Hansen was chosen as Utah State University classified employee of the month for the Month of January " Betty has been employed at the Utah Water Research Laboratory for over thirty years She was chosen for her ded- ration and her meticulous and timely ftwork at the laboratory She is helpful and supportive to all who work with her ’ t - B 't Canute James! Finandai Timee !( f igar producers in the Dominican Republic the world’s biggest e cigexporter of premium e Employee of the Month hand-mad- X mar- - from Europe The Dominican Republic exported 258 million premium cigars last for die industry to sustain its present ‘ rate of growth as 93 percent of sales - last year were in die UST“We will hnw my rignifirmt wnwiinii in r the U market this year" he said “Wb will try to get more involved in European market but this will be -'- diffOTihJh jf :: Dominican producers fear a poasi-C- ? f f Me yds of tatuket ddkriritf'die US expect to be overtaken by Cuba Leader at Mansell f -: 4 ' 'J’K1 Cuba the world’s third biggest exporter after Honduras sold 103 - u ' 11 '? 'Si V-J- " : Cuba dominating the European scene Dominican cigar makers fear for their market share million cigars last year but plans to produce 160 million this year mov- mg to 175 million by 1999 and 200 ' Cuban cigars The Cuban product is finely available in stores in several Caribbean countries and is frequent' 7 v ly stripped of in obtaining wrapper leaves for its premium dgare Kelner said Insuffi- cient quantities are produced by the domestic industry and sources of imports such as Connecticut and Ecuador have been hit respectively The success of efforts to increase sales to Europe means much for the economies of both the Dominican Republic and Cuba The cash-stnqip- ed Dominican economy earned $210 million last year from its cigar exports its label by US tourists and then : smuggled the million by 2000 according to into Manuel Garcia of country vice-preside- nt under the guise of eiJa ther Spain and the island plans to lift maican °r exports to Spanish distributors this “ to dQimilliQiwd Wf milUtuv year fforotr Si?1 than lastyeac Cuba alsohaaaubstannlSPv'fi tial markets in France Britain the world’s leading exporter if Switzerland and Germany il: “ic a “ Kelner acknowledged that Cuba’s on Washington ends its embargo ‘ ruoH2UM - " imports nom die island o' diakJ1y Kelner said: ’’We are not now Xithe ' US saturated and afraid of competition from other' industry to make a "big and immedicountries but our main threat is from ate impact” on die market “It will new Dominican cigar factories that be easier for my company which do not maintain the high standards of produces for Davidoff the Swiss quality and production that have label? he said "For the Dominican made the Dominican Republic the industry in general however break' world's leader in the production of ing into the European market mil V'" not be easy” premium" Dominican control of the UJ3 pro-- ' Dominican sales to die US have mium cigar market has been made been adversely affected by a small easier by the inability of Cuba a ? but growing US black market in major competitor to sell to the UJS However the Cuban cigar industry is already well established in Europe year an increase of 30 percent on 1996said Hendrik Kelner president of Procigar die Dominican But Kelner said it would be hard The Logan office of Mansell and Associates is pleased to announce that Howard Dukes was the fourth quarter leader ini listings and closings for1 9?J ' The Logan office had a record fourth quitter with salfo increases jpf L06 per-- 1 cemovertfae previous fourth quarter of Mansell reported :? 1996 Company-wid- e a 33 percent increase in fourth quarter sales and a total increase of 13 percent for the year For your real estate needs call a leader Howard Dukes at 732-01- ’ ket was saturated and that further sales growth would have to come 1 V X:'V& X ' US ars have warned that die Gayla Johnson was chosen as Utah State University classified employee of the moodi for the Mondi of February Gayla has riven 20 years of service to Utah State University as an administra- tivei: secretary She is currently employed y in the Nutrition and Food Sciences Her performance has with a special always been capability to adapt to new programs and requests and to maintain mgh perfor- mance standards - it Q Employee of the Month ? O Q O O f - 4 Q: o Eric Derr a caver agent with Finn Bureau Financial Services has earned the company Pacesetter Award — its highest award for property-casual- ty ' imunace sales Derr earned the award for his dedica tion to serving the needs of Farm Bureau members in Cache County Derr quali- lied with 390 applications and $87222' of coverage for 1997 Derr was sixth out of 45 agents to earn the honor among the 682 agents who serve the compuy's property-casualt- y cheats in Iowa Minnesota South Dako- ta and Utah Derr Joined the company in 1990 and has consistently earned production boo- ors He lives in Hynun with his wife Lori and their four children Derr works from the Famt Bureau office located at 165 E 1400 North Suite F Logan Utah 84341 He can be reached at die office at 732-444- - 4 V fcv Habanos die country’s exporter Cuba’s main market in Europe is SS Pj toSSSi ' b V- - - it "i New firefighter ! ' Logan City Fire Department announces the hiring of Jeremy Robertson Jeremy has r studied at die Utah Fire and Rescue Academy y in Provo Utah He vtX certified with the state of Utah as an Emer-genc- y Medical Tfcchni- I dan (EMT) at the intermediate level He hu received an additional sixty hours of trainingand certification a Wilderness EMT He is certified in hazardous materials at the awareness level and hu also completed Firefighter I certification He was previa ously employed by the Utah County Fire Department and served a year with 'V Mapleton Ambulance Service ‘ : quince-flowerin- Enjoy me bloom then prune them v Bdbre beginning to prune a per- son should decide what he or she wants to accomplish They should have a visual picture in mind of what they want die tree to look like when : SALT LAKE (TTY — Everyone knows how important it is to find and keep a good doctor Now Regence Blue-Qos- s ’ BfoeShield of Utah has made that that task as easy as clicking a mouse The company recendy launched a new addition to ils web site called Health Cue Finder an important resource for’ ' i who needs a physician t i Care Finder lists i Regence BlueGross! health plan and its corresponding provider network Herefcnow the site works: A surfer simply logs onto the site at wwwbcbsutahcom and types in a to determine whether physician's the doctor contracts with a Regence plan If the sutler doesn't yet have a physician (or dentist or cardiologist etc) he can simpfy enter the name of the dty where he'd like to find ooeand Health Care Finder does the search finished ‘ The purpose of pruning is to devel- op and improve a tree's structure mold die tree into the size and shape desired to permit maximum sunlight penetration improve fruit quality and make harvesting easier r‘- i Cyndi Bums at (801) 481-67- 09 Bare-ro- ot jmH and broken branches Next cut out branches last year’s growth : Weak canes should be pruned out at the base Tb finish the job top the remaining plants at a height of four to five feet Everbearing varieties may be pruned die same wqy if two crops are service ' : which cross over or closedesired However many people pro- ly parallel another branch Weak fer to just get a fall crop which has spindly growth should be thinned out better quality and flavor For a fall to provide for the remaining brandi- crop only cut all canes off about 3 ‘ offered 2-- es to grow without as much competition Sucken growing from the roots near the trunk and vigorous water-spro- ut growing from the main limbs usually straight up in the tree should be removed v w C When nuking cuts prune back to another limb do not leave stubs Cuts which leave stubs do not heal well and buds just below the cut tend to grow fast resulting in weak wood Pruning cuts should be made just outside the bark ridge or the swelling where the branch meets the branch inches above die ground : This puts ' all die vigor into growing an extra : thick stand of new canes that will bear a heavy fall crop of berries Bulletins and information on ptun- -' ing specific types of fruit trees shade trees and shrubs are available from the Cache County Extension Office located in the County Courthouse We also have video tapes on pruning fruit trees which canbe checked out from the county office The Exten- sion agent is available to give prun- trees and shrubs available J " The Logan Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Cache Chamber of Commerce are offering a series of Customer Service Seminars The seminan are designed to be short informative and valuable The goals of these seminan is very simple: Use excellent customer service to increase repeat All seminan will be taught at the University Inn on the campus of Utah State University The first class will be Wednesday at 3 pm The topic will be "Exceptional Customer Service and Active Listening" The instructor will be Don Wright General Manager of the University Inn Don is a slate SuperHost Instructor and has extensive training in customer service Does that phone drive you crazy or does the person answering it 7 The second class will focus on “Tfelephone Skills" It will be held March 11 at 3 pm The instructor will be Dave Hansen He will be drawing upon a library of telephone skills information This class will involve video training and role playing It will last approximately one hour "How to Handle Difficult Customers" 1 at 3 pm will be held on April class will cover "Essential Marketing Skills" for any size business It is scheduled for April 8 at 3 pjn Want to tell a tourist where to go? The fifth class scheduled for May 12 at 3 pm nets The : is’ a hew motoircy de business located at 231 S 300 West ’ Logan They specialize in catalog orderHarley Davidson parts ing after-markand other motorcycle parts Husy cany other items as wdl including on batteries and gloves' Hours are 5-- 9 pjn weekdays and 123 i weekends 750-580-0 et pjnoa' i" by removing HiMMM i Y New business J ft S Motorcycles - begin on die canes that grew last summer The canes that had fruit on last sum-mer die out and should be pruned out at ground leveL This will leave only - " LV' When pruning older trees u - The site even lists doctors by special- For more information please call ' ing demonstrations to interested collar-'- ' at time of planting Bare root fruit neighborhood groups make cuts so die wound will ' trees should be headed back at about TYy to be will small as Cuts possible Pasture Seminar Scheduled 30 inches above the ground This rapidly without being treated A Pasture Seminar has been schedwill encourage brandies to develop heal with a tree wound dressing uled for Tuesday at 1 pm in the at about the 18 to 24 inch leveL u Many gardeners in Cache Valley 1440 N 800 B will also balance the top with the raise In pruning raspber- - !fUIn Building roots which have been severely ries raspberries you first have to know if the Intensive grazing in Cache Valley pruned during digging Shade trees you have is a summer or an is becoming more variety should also be pruned at planting by popular with more everbearing or fall bearing variety started A recent farmers getting shortening andor removing some of With the summer or main season the side limbs Do not remove the varieties die fruit will be produced See HUBER on Page 8 central leader of shade trees in!' ajf " should be done any time after the coldest part of the winter is over and prior to the time that the leaves begin to Mpeat However shrubs like forsythia 'bridal wreath plum crab apples and other early flowering trees and shrubs should not be pruned until after they flower ' sc T rv'"'v Hubisr Now that March has arrived and the weather is wanning it should be safe to start pruning Most pruning t " 'dwL ' u Docs on the Web H ContfauMdonPaget I The Northern Utah Sail Conservation District is now taking orders for bare-rotrees and shrubs to be used ” in conservation plantings The trees and shrubs can be plantot ed for shelter belts living snow fences erosion control wildlife habitat or Christinas tree plantinfi The bare-roplants will be available in ot Tremonton on April 4 Trees nnd shrubs vary in size from 6 inches to 3 foet and come in bundles of five 10 y -- — or 23 They must be ordered in frill bundles (Men are subject to availr suckle Nanking cherry common purple lilac and late lilac All of the " : bility trees and shrubs should do well in Ttee varieties available are: green local growing conditions ash Lombardy poplar black walnut ' Orden must be placed by March cotfonkss cottonwood honeylocust 10 For more information about purple Europeah beech Norway and sizes or to place an order maple common hackbeny Colorado prices Bex EUq County Extension die call blue spruce Austrian Scotch pine from 8:30 Office (435) 237-34Eastern red cedar and Wbstern yellow (ponderosa) pine Shrubs are: am to 1 pjn Payment is due when Siberian pea shrub Thtarian the order is placed 47 will be taught by the Bridgerland Travel Region Director of Tourism Maridene Alexander This class will help inform you and your staff of the "Wants and Needs of Tourists" There is a $10 fee per class hour For more information call 752-2- ! 162 |