Show I Sunday March 3 2002 A8 The Herald Journal People in business classes Birth New childbirth classes are being offered in Cache Valley Creator and founder Jennctta Billhimcr has brought Association of Wise Childhearing to the valley AWC is an organization that was designed to educate expectant parents about their options and choices in childbirth The classes should be taken six weeks before the due date The childbirth classes offered are kept small in size allowing for individual attention and group moms and dads are tion Soon-to-b- e an opportunity to take an given l(xk at the options and choices that are available to birthing women and families today The course introduces comfort techniques videos and a tour of Logan Regional Labor and Delivery Moms and dads that have taken the class reported feeling more in control of1 the circumstances AWC classes are for all birthing families those wishing to have a vaginal birth after Cesarean and those having subsequent babies who wish to have a better experience than they have had in the past Billhimer is a certified member of Douglas of North America and recently certified as a Hypno-Birthin- g Practitioner Billhimcr and her husband live in Logan andthey are the parents of three children She can be reached 9 at (435) th first-time- rs Brant SttvensHtrakl Jounwl 787-847- Jerry and Audre Wursten started in REACH By Mike Ingraham features writer start my own machine shop” he - : after-scho- ol ' ' ol team Holly is an - i enced hairstylist arid has worked in Cache I I Valley fora niimber of yearsi Shfe has received advanced train- Mng and specializes tn precision cut- -: ' ting color highlights perms i' and scalp massage and treat- ')f i ments at 1635 N new locatioais Holla’s ' '''200 E- in North LonnTb make an v appointment call up-d- os '' ! 787-94- t 77 ': ' Jerry when he wants to buy another $600000 machine it’s safe to say education that die’s in her sunny comer office from if comes Actually hard knocks Jerry is not that well pretty much all the time educated He can’t recall any set- A farm lad Jerry is at it by 6:30 backs in building a business from a am and still going at 6 pm It’s a storage shed to a long day but ot) the other hand this is the only job he has now Many of palace plus outlying buildings However if education comes from his 56 years have been spent avoid-sai- d hard wok then the Wurstens are ing sleep — flour hours and he’s ' ' done — in favor of second and third m m jobs “We’re a real mom and pop shop” Audre says and in fact she’s called “Mom” by the 65 employees and not just those nammt Bret Brian Tl)6y ulinK 3 machinist and Brad Wursten The machinists is ifl 3 blacksmith-likvisit her office to cage candies and environment DUt ltS I70t make end runs around Jerry thSt Sfiymore" “They struggle with him” Audre says "They tell me what the prob- ' lem is and I go around the back — AUtlr6 WurStOll door and tell Jerry to soften up” — What jeny won’t listen to them? wise indeed When Audre is asked “He’s just a man” Audre says about working with Jeny all day with a smile “They come and talk to me and I get it straightened out” every day she replies I love him and I hate it when I’m not around Not everyone talks to Audre ind- him" dentally Men call asking to speak If you are around Jerry then you with the owner When Audre says are around work Okay so Audre “I’m the owner” they hang up took a few weeks off fallowing open “They maybe don’t trust me” she heart surgery But doing all the sys ‘They maybe think I’m lying finances and all die bookkeeping and taking die calls and saying no to See MACHINE on B8 tion” environment but it’s not that anymore’’ Audre says Gleaming floors glass shining metal soft lights quiet computers clean pressed coats 1886 North 100 East seems not so much shop as laboratory The loudest sound is the splash of a waterfall cutting through stainless steel In a way this is a lab building through trial and error Central Val- ley literally builds and scarcely ever says no to a customer It can build you a drive line for your car Or it can build parts to get that rusting rocket or roller-coaste- r up and aerial a nocturnal Planning goig assault? Central Valley can hdp — its fortune was practically made on flares entirely by computers tion and I’ve just had an educa-- 60000-square-fo-ot - UiJ © ” Jerry picks up a discarded bracket that will never make it on a Polaris missile “The hole in here is too big by half the width ofa hair on your ' head” he explains The bracket's botched the shop would have to tiy again The trial and error can get expensive but Jerry’s attitude about losses is that they are gains “People spend $50000 for a college eduda- - shortest on fee Valley This winter in order to determine specific planting times for myveg-etabl- e crops I went through some Extension publications as well as seed catalogs The information on seed packets referred to planting dates according to the last frost fora given area Dates for climatic condi- tions typical to the Wasatch Ftont are usually referred to in state Extension publications but may not v reflect Cache Valley’s growing sea- sod A chat wife the state climatolb- gist Don Jenseii' gave me a betted ' unders tandingof fee valley’s specific climatic conditions Don receives climatic data from a number of weather stations throughout Cpche Valley and then Averages fee data from each of these stations for the past 30 years This informs- tion gives a pretty good idea for "V planting seed either inside for or sowing seefl directly outdoors Data taken from five sites in r the valley showing the last date fof 32 degree temperatures varies by as ' : much as three weeks ' The longest growing season in fee ’ ' experi-- 1 ' His wife Audre didn’t even look up “Yeah right” she said She was correct to be skeptical True 26 years ago this month the Wurstens with $33000 did start a business worth millions called Cen- tral Valley Machine But this is not what you’d think is a machine shop at least not your father’s machine By Lorallc Platcro of quality programming King and Tharp credit the talented school site coordinators and teams as well as the numerous dedicated partners for the amazing success of the programs which ate serving close to jOOO students at the identified schools They are currently planning for the comprehensive and exciting summer programs to be available through REACH Cache Valley Salon' & Spa is pleased to announce that Holly Veibell has joined the Hairstyling - Planting times vary widely within valley m ' Swiss Renaissance blacksmith-lik- e shop Ask machinist Kevin Clark what he enjoys and he answers “reading" What kind of answer is that from a machinist? “You mention machinist and peo- pie think ‘auto mechanic’” Jury says They still work wife their hands and count on that good old common sense but modam machin- istsarralso mathematicians and computer programmers Tm a tech freak" says Clark as he punches in numbers The joke now is that Jeny couldn't get a job here if he'weren't back-groun- Joins staff the boss Visitors are struck by the technology but Jerry says CVM’s real assets are the technologists “They think a machinist is in a : ne day Jerry Wursten arrived home from work in a feisty frame of mind “I think I'm going to ‘ : light Valley ol after-scho- facility Not your father’s machine shop Central Machine is clean and run Cache County School District is pleased to introduce the REACH ' Cache Valley 21st Century Community Learning Center Program administrative staff Pamela King serves as director of the federally funded program King ' oversees after-schoprogramming for 12 county schools including Lewiston Lincoln Millville Nib-le- y Park Summit and Welisville Elementary schools Willow Valley North Cache and South Cache Middle Schools and Sky View and Mountain Crest High Schools ' King has a master's degree in family and human development a and in theatre arts bachelor's degree is a licensed marriage and family therapist She brings her unique mix of skills together in facilitating school-base- d services with commusuch as Utah Festival nity partners Opera Discovery on Wheels Sci- ence Programs English Language Center of Cache Valley and Boys & Girls Club of Cache Valley Terri Sue Tharp serves as' admin- istrative assistant for the program Tharp moved to Utah from Presc6ttApz to assume this posi- ' tion : Her professional background as ' general manager of Sizzler and financial advisoroffice manager Oil Company serves her d well as she brings a broad com- of budget oversight ' munity relations and management ' skills to the program Tharp works not only with the oversight of day to day operations but is also serving orra legislative committee with other Utah 21st Century Community Learning Cen- ter Grantees to work toward sustain- -' assurance ability and the long-ter- a storage shed 26 years ago and now have a multimillion dollar computerized trans-planti-ng near tfie univosity wife the ' r 7 - 4 'A floor near 'ftentori By April ltiie university station con- - sisteatly cold-har- receives above freez- i The averages show fee last frost date in Anil but in fee spring of 2001 fee last frost was in June Usually we’re safe to plant feeder vegetables mtheganfen from mid-t- o late Jtfay Plants unableto withstand freez- ing temperatures are planted after v!: tire last frost date These tendfer plants muit wait until then or be pro- - if we waited until May to plant aU of our garden some crops wouldn’t producq yery well ufeere planted But j V- - "s area-wa- cold-har- dy flower well throughout fee rest of the season However to get a jump on the seasoip several of these warm-seasvegetables may be started by seed inside and then planted outsidewhentemperatures warm Asa general rule tomato and pep per seedsare planted 6 to 8 weeks before the last frost When grown indoors die plants need a bright light source inch as a south window dr g 'fluorereent light structure placed several inches above die seedlings Squash cucumbers and mekms are seeded about2--3 weeks beforetrans-plantin- g to die garden Cucurbits plants need only one or two true ' t leaves before feey me placed in the so seed too is planting garden early detrimental for thke warm season : on dy : ing mininuun temperatures Two weeks later the Wfefisville site Richmond amf KVNU radio station sites have con--' sistefit 32 degree low temperatures' The Trenton site doesn’t get consis- tent temperatures above 32 degrees until Aml 21 Remember these are turns may occur Peas for example grow best when temperatures are on the cool side The seeds can actually germinate when soil temperatures are about 40 degrees?' while tomato B nate best when soil temperatures are above' 65 degrees : Some vegetables that may be planted 4 to 6 weeks before fee last frost date are broccoli calvl bage lettuce onion seeds peas and s prespinach If the garden pared for seeding it’spossiMefeat a gardener near the university could plant vegetable seeds in another two week These crops r actually thrive in cool weather and should not e planted late in fee spring Beks carrots chard onion sets and radishes are hardy plants tint could be seeded two to raw : weeks before die last frost date ' Planta tint are not ' should be planted around the free date This would include vegka- Mes spch' as beans squash com rufd tomatoes Peppers eggfemtcucuin-- ' her and mdou reflmrehot weafeer V to grow wdl add can be dinted ' about a week after fee last expected frost These planta buy be injured : from planting them too early and ' consequently they may not grow or- : - idantfc''1' - Wife roring in fee near future it’s time to dan for the vegetable gar-- demwhketOplaiitwhentopumt and what to puntThe last frost date gives gardemen fee Opportunity to make qwcffic plans for planting v hardy as widl as tender plants in the : w gardot ' i i”! v - ' V: A I v - 'i hatero is a Utah Stain iMvw V Extension agent apedafakig hr ay horticultunk She can be reached by ' ' Lorafle : V'' I' ! emal at kxalopOexLusuedu V w v ? 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