| Show 162003 A14— The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday Widow strives So keep jhiiuis ALBUQUERQUE NM (AP) — Last year was a great one for Compa Industries Inc Fitna Lopez’s Albuquerque company was named outstanding small business of 2002 by the Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce vendor of the year by Sandia National Laboratories and one of the state’s companies by top 25 woman-owne- d New Mexico Woman magazine Lopez smiled through the applause and accepted the honors but the cess was bittersweet Compa was the dream of her band Rene LaForm Lopez A kid from the El Paso Texas barrio Lopez built his management services company after working more than two decades in nuclear engineering for giants like Bechtel Corp Edna was a traditional wife and mother She raised five sons was active in church and schools volunteered and worked odd jobs during lean times Rene was killed in 1996 at age 53 m an auto accident near Las Cruces The death of the charismatic businessman sent the Lopezes reeling “He was the commander of the family and the business” said son Daniel Jensenlopez Vr y 'V'- Edna faced a difficult decision Iti revenues hare grown steadily She could shut down Compa and since Edna took over and should nit stay home or go into a line of work she knew better such as teaching lopez Compa’s accountant and ! dia contract manager Seven family membenwere He said his mother faced an uphill employed by Compa three of whom had relocated to Albuquerque from struggle "The company wasn’t in die greatCalifornia est shape” he said “Rraud audits “If I was a different kind of pertax issues We had it alL And people son I’d say ‘Heck with those guys were macho Throwon topi of that I’m out of here’” she said education snobbery There were Edna took over colonels They didPIlD’s “I really didn’t want to do the n’t give my mother a lot of respect” business" she said “I thought I’d ' “People were horrible at first” step in for a couple of years and turn it over to my sons I wanted to finish Edna said “I had trouble as a raising my youngest and take care of woman because I didn’t have 5000 degrees People ignored me and my family” But Edna's business skills were thought I was an Idiot who didn’t know Rene’s what I was doing But I’m a the easily equal of She streamlined the company fighter I had five sons and was mar- tied for 30 years So if I could go weeded out overpaid and underperi through that I could goithrough: forming managers cleared up sticky finthis” accounting and tax problems and Edna met Rene in 1064 when they ished steering Compa to its key contract-staff were for students at the University of work augmentation Texas at El Paso They married in Sandia labs 1966 Eighty-fiv- e Compa employees Rene didn’t want his wife who left work on special projects at Sandia in medicine administration janitorial college before completing her science and research Compa has degree to work while raising children other government management conThe Lopezes moved to Anaheim in tracts as well in-ho- - 1972 and Rene worked for Bechtel contracts with the Department of 18 years as a tuclearenghieei::: WEnergy i ter' Edna was a classroom mom 'x£ V ?“IflwasgqiiigtqniakBjtih V: taught catechism did vbhinteer wort government contracting he hsd to :i and went back to school to pick up ‘fflake it in Washington” Edna y£dL teaching credits She worked part i'-- ' Compa’s business in California time as a teacher’s aide and set her was weak and advisers suggested he move the headquarters to Altai-- v tv sights on becoming a Head Start ' coordinatot querque or Savannah River Qafof In 1974 Rene began work on a ' ' more government contracting Rene chose Albuquerque but also opened lawdegree in his spare time Rene finished his law degree and' an office in El Paso Edna moved the stayed withBechtel until 1986 when family to El Paso in s Compa won a contract for inforu' he and a friend used money Rene mation tracking accounting and ' had saved to start Compa Industries The company manufactured integral- - recording system at Phillips Labora-e- d circuit boards for IBM and Eagle tory in Albuquerque withm a year Rene parted ways with his partner' computers wanted to start his and was rebuilding the company and “He had own business” Edna said “But it putting together new bids when he died in the traffic accident in June was the most frightening thing in the ‘ -- 1996 world” : Rene’s partner left in 1989 Edna took over Compa finding a “Rene decided to go into what he company heavy on management knew best engineering consulting with serious accounting tax and and environmental work” Edna said workmen’s compensation problems He picked up consulting jobs for She moved to Albuquerque dosed California got a minority business the El Paso and T" L — certification in 1988 and went into partnership with a man in Washington DC doing engineering consult-- spent hundreds of thousands of dolIan in ing and management services money to stabi- Within 15 months Compa had two lize the company 1994v ce Small farm seminar set Calves Continued from A13 By Clark israelsen because Early in my Extension career I dutifully took some Cache County producers to a Small Farms Seminar in Preston Idaho Extension agents Stewart Parkinson and Joel Packham had invited a fellow by the name of Joel Salatin to keynote the seminar Salatin kept us all thinking and often laughing as he shared successes from his family farm in the beautiful Sha- - ‘ nendoah Valley of Virginia Of special interest was his Eggmobile — a portable chicken house following grazing cattle to sanitize the pasture He was rather convincing as he taught us how to make money raising premium quality chickens and turkeys on dirt on our Its mother lets out a moo and moves in to defend the newborn While the animals are raised for the market and will ultimately end up on the dinner plate in 18 months Diehl expressed respect for the creatures and spoke highly of their mysterious ways So why turn the bulls loose in July and start the calving season in March when the weather’s like this? “It has to do with when the animal can be turned into beef” Diehl said “It’s an economic decision The sooner they're born the sooner they can be fattened up for hands clothes and shoes or sweat cm our brow? Our grandparents farmed and walking across their fields on crisp cool mornings leaves pleasant memories? We’re fed up to here with countless commuters and exhaust fumes from stacked up lines of traffic? We have become imbued by history with the feeling that freedom and the right to own a piece of land somehow go together? We find investment incentives in the tax laws attractive? We need to supplement our income while raising some of our own food? pasture We have lots of small farms in Cache County Something about the land draws us to it Could it be at USU in April We are anxious to have something to keep the children busy? Whatever the reasons it seems we want to become part of the reversal of the tide that once swept so many of our ancestors off foe farms and into the cities These days more people are moving away from than are moving toward the population hubs In response to numerous questions about what to do with small acreagjes Utah State University Intermountain Farmers Association and Cal Ranch Small Stores have organized a one-da- y Acreage Seminar The Seminar wUl be in Cache County on Saturday April 12 at Bridgerland Applied Technology College Cost of the workshop is only $10 and will include a notebook with handouts a certificate for a soil fertility test lunch and door prizes Our presenters will cover a variety of topics such as: setting realistic goals for small acreage small pasture Weliketoget ' - I care considerations Soil and water relationships fertility irrigation weed control regulations will all be included in the discussions We think we can be helpful to small acreage owners in sharing useful ideas and identifying supportive contacts Tb register please contact Cache County Extension Office at 752-626-3 or pick up a flyer from any of the sponsors We look forward to visiting with you on April 12 Clark Israelsen is a Cache County Extension agerrt specializing in agriculture He can bereached by email at He is one of a number of area free-lanc-e writers whose columns appear in The Herald Journal in an effort to expose readers to a variety of local viewpoints He is not an employee of the newspaper People in business Healthy worksites Six organizations with offices in Cache Valley were recognized this month for Helping their employees maintain their health Among the 37 A Healthier You 2002 Legacy Award winners in Utah were Schreiber Foods Intermountain Health Care and the US Forest Service which achieved the gold level plus Pepperidge Farm which achieved a gold level award and Convergys and ICON Health and Fitness each of which achieved the silver level The workplaces qualified for the awards by implementing policies making infrastructure changes and achieving positive health outcomes in five areas of health: physical activity nutrition safety healthy behaviors and preventative screenings The awards are jointly sponsored by the Utah Council for Worksite Health Promotion and A Healthier You 2002 a project initiated with the Olympic Games last year Great employee The Joins staff Michelle Jenson has joined the staff at Marz Company Salon She will be accepting appointments Wednesday Friday and Saturday She specializes in haircuts highlights color perms and conditioning treatments Call 752-911- 5 New hire LK Stevenson has recently joined Engineering Inc a local civil engineering and surveying firm as director of surveying Stevenson is a licensed registered land surveyor with eight years of experience in Southeastern Utah and the Four Comers region The addition of LK to an already excellent staff of engineers and surveyors will further enhance ability to serve its clients You can reach LK at Cache Landmark 713-009- 9 Cache-Landma- rk Cache-Landmark- ’s : City of Logan is pleased to announce that Rod Larsen is the Employ I mthfor ee of the 2003 February Rod is currently certified as EMT Firefighter I & IL Hazardous Materials Awareness and Operations Levels Instructor L and Fire Officer I & II Rod has an associate’s degree in Fire Science from Utah Valley State College Subjects included building inspections fire cause and determi- nation fire protection and detection risk management rescue building construction fire company officer supervision and leadership fire instruction and incident command Rod has been employed by Logan City Fire Department for over 28 yews He has been an emergency medical technician since beginning his employment His promotions include: Apparatus Driver Operator Lieutenant and Captain New trustee Lyle W Hillyard president of Hill-yaAnderson & Olsen a Logan Utah law firm and a Utah state senator has been 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