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Show Great Summer Jobs Friday, March 5, 2010 SEED: Donations profit guinea pig farm and bakery continued from page 3 in California for the largest family-owned pest control company in the US. 100% commissions up-front. Gas & cell phones paid. Check out www.clarksummerjobs.c om or call now 877-899-1205 : CLARK :• PEST CONTROL..., Campus News Page 4 with a hands-on, once-in-a-life-time learning experience, while simultaneously educating people in developing economies in new business creation and development skills." Those who receive the funding follow an eight-month program. After SEED recipients are chosen, they are taught "basic, business principles," then taught "how to project sales, identify costs, and manage cash," according to the Web site. After this, business plans are developed for those participants with potentially profitable ideas. The ideas are then presented to Huntsman School of Business students, who in turn spend 12 weeks working with the small businesses to get them started, giving the USU interns hands-on small-business experience. Once a business has completed this training, it begins to pay back the money it was loaned. The paid back of their March 5 proceeds. She said money goes to helping other small she hopes the businesses exceed the businesses, creating a cycle of learnprogram's goal of $3,000. ing and growth within the program. So far, SEED has recently had three Jeri Garner-Collings, owner of businesses finish the program and Brigham City's has seen growth in and Logan's three businesses "I think it's an McDonald's it had previously amazing idea. participating in helped, including a Friday's fundguinea pig farm, a They're trying to raiser, originally bakery and a yogurt get people out of got involved with producer. The poverty by teachSEED because of guinea pig farm has ing them." her grandson, 530 breeders and Huntsman Scholar sells about 175 pigs - Kirk Miller, Jake Peterson. a month to local junior, accounting major "I think the restaurants. Huntsman School The bakery, of Business is exceptional," Garnerrun by five women, now makes 2,100 Collings said, "and I'm very excited pieces of bread daily, a large step for with what's going on there." the community, where before the only Garner-Collings said her restaubread available was five miles away, rants will each donate 10 percent old and poor quality. The yogurt pro- ducer has also seen benefit, having moved up from mainly working in its fields to operating a yogurt producing facility. Recent graduates of the SEED program include a company called Altos Salaverry, another guinea pig farm and a mini-mart. Kirk Miller, junior in accounting, is a volunteer for the program and said he enjoys it. "I think it's an amazing idea," he said. "They're trying to get people out of poverty by teaching them." Miller said he isn't sure he'll do more than volunteer at this point, but enjoys the work he is doing now. "The most I can do now is just help out," he said. — k.vandyke@aggiemail.usu.edu Come play an Olympic Sport? Learn to Curl! Monday, March 1, 7:00 to 9:00 PM Sunday, March 7, 4:00 to 5:30 Eccles Ice Arena, Hgwy 91, N. Logan All welcome! $5 USU Students/$10 public Preparing for the future http://www.curlingutah.com/ As a Public Service to ache Valley F E COLD SORE Laser therap Embarras mg cold sore? Afraid to go out in public? Get your FREE 10 minute cold sore treatment when you feel the cold sore tingle. Take care of it BEFORE it surfaces! Additional offers include: 10% off all services if you are uninsured. FREE missionary exam with paid x-rays and cleaning. Edwin S. Hurst JORDAN BRIMLEY, left, and Jeffery Taylor, center, both mechanical engineering students, listen to a representative from Hill Air Force Base at the Career Fair in the TSC Ballroom,Wednesday. Dozens of companies set up booths, and students attended to seek out future career opportunities and practice their interviewing skills. STEVE SELLERS photo 150 E. 200 N. #B1 Logan, Utah (435) 752-4533 Nusmyle.com "r--••• Farmers: Shoes need to be filled The Best Price Everyday Integrity Price Guarantee For more than a century, thousands of couples throughout Northern Utah have experienced fair and honest transactions at S.E. Needham Jewelers. You don't have to be a skilled negotiator to get the best price. When comparing cut, color, clarity, and carat weight, our integrity price will be as good or better than any store in the state of Utah. 40 111■1 OE Since 4E1 1 S 96 7-s► Store Hours: Monday-Saturday 10 :00 -7:00 from. Merrigan works for the United States "Farmers are real rock stars. Educating Department of Agriculture (USDA) and said children and getting them interested can only there are many programs funded, such as help in their fight against obesity," Merrigan community food projects, school lunch prosaid. grams and rural business enterprise grants, Merrigan said agriculture is on an ecoto help agriculture across the country. nomic downturn and USDA has a budget times are tough for rural of $149 billion and is "Farmers are real rock America. Sixty percent the fourth-largest govstars. Educating chilof people live in rural ernment department. dren and getting them areas and 90 percent It employs 11,400 of those people don't people and Merrigan interested can only help farm. Merrigan said said 90 percent of in their fight against Americans live in an those employees work obesity." "urban nation but an in the field. - Kathleen Merrigan, agricultural land." "We are an every It takes a lot of money day, every way departdeputy secretary of agriculture to run a farm, Merrigan ment," Merrigan said. said, and 15 percent of "'Know Your Farmer farms are at poverty level with an average Know Your Food' is a work in progress and of $940,000 invested in land, buildings and your thoughts are important, and we value equipment. your feedback." "Family farms are only able to make ends Go to USDA.gov/knowyourfarmer for meet," Merrigan said. "There needs to be more information on the programs as well as more demand at a local level. In some neighemployment opportunities and facts about borhoods, you can get beer but not fresh vegagriculture in the United States. etables." — megan.b@aggiemail.usu.edu Proceeds to benefit Chile victims By RACHEL A. CHRISTENSEN news editor WELfts Where Utah Gets Engaged! 141 North Main • 752-7149 www.seneedham.com continued from page 3 Middle of the block at the sign of the clock. The earthquake in Chile was so severe that, according to Time magazine, it caused each Earth day to be shortened about 1.26 millionths of a second. This Saturday, those who want to help efforts in Chile will have a chance to make a difference. Caridad por Chile (Charity for Chile) will be at Yah Poh Restaurant, 1433 N. Main Sreet, Saturday, March 6, from 4-10 p.m. Ten percent of proceeds made that night will be sent to earthquake victims. Money donations can be made at Yah Poh, as well. All donations will be sent to earthquake victims. Come get some food and show support to the people of Chile in their time of need. For further information, call Claudia at 753-0599 or 890-3815. — rac.ch@aggiemail.usu.ed |