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1.
Country Elevator Council - Wrap Up
We had a GREAT turnout for our 27th Annual Country Elevator Council
Meeting. The Golf tournament was packed with great golfers and we
were fortunate enough to have FABULOUS weather. A good time
was had by all and thanks to our very generous sponsors we were able to offer
lots of prize money and a reception after the tournament! Take
a moment to look at all the companies who Sponsored
this event. (Special Thanks to CLD Pacific Grain, they
went WAY above and beyond with their sponsorship!)
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Wayne
Park, Steve Shaver,
Sam
White & John Anderson |
Brian
Chastain, Ted Lowe,
Bob Cox & Ken Ritter |
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John
Spetman, Tim Siler,
Bruce Baldwin & Bryan Bezdicek |
Bob
Holmes, Steve Yorke
Jim Kelly & Keith Schumacher |
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Damon
Filan, Dirk Boettcher
Marty Anderson & Bob Johnston |
Jim
Bafus, Beau Duff
Kevin Whitehall & Ron Sholtys |
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Raleigh
Curtis, Pearson Burke
Charlie McCall & John Cranor |
Chris
Peha, Randy Olstad
Mike Conklin & Tom Keigley |
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Keith
Becker, Travis Steffler
Sterling Haskins & Joe Waldher |
Ken
Blakeman, Alan Lee
Shawn
O'Connell & Curtis Scholz |
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Jim
Hoduffer, Charles Gabby
Duane
Disque & Stacey Hunt |
Mike
Lowry, Heath Barnes
Arvid Lyons & Jeff Young |
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2. 90th Annual Convention & Golf Tournaments -
Respond NOW for Golf
Apparently
plenty of you plan to join us at the Annual Convention in June,
we have already filled our room block at the Coeur d'Alene Resort.
We are holding more space at the Coeur d'Alene
Inn, across the street from the Resort. (They are owned by the
same company.) The Inn will have a shuttle service to take
people back and forth for our events.
If
you have not made your reservations, please do it soon.
The information on the Inn is listed below. If you REALLY wanted
to be at the Resort, please get on their waiting list, as other groups
cancel we will be able to add their rooms to our block.
Thursday,
June 28th & Friday, June 29th
The Coeur d'Alene Inn
For
Reservations call: (800) 251-7829
Room Rates: $139.00/night + tax
Golf
Information...Sterling Haskins (Convention Committee
Chairman) and Jeff Young (Golf Chairman) have decided on the two
courses we will be playing for the 90th Annual Convention.
Thursday,
June 28th we will play Liberty Lakes with tee times
starting at 10:00 a.m.
Friday, June
29th we will play Circling Raven with tee times starting at
10:00 a.m.
What
I need from you...Circling Raven is a VERY popular course
and fills up months in advance, because of this we have to have our
final head count to them by this Friday (4/27/07). If you plan
to play in this tournament please send me an e-mail, fax or pick up
the phone and let me know how many slots to hold for your company at
this event. They are holding 60 spaces for us until
Friday. I will ONLY be holding spaces for those who write
back to me by this Friday at Noon. I'm sorry, but I won't
have a full registration form until the next NewsBulletin, but I need
to know by Friday, if you plan to play at Circling Raven on June
29th.
(Don't
forget...at this year's Reception we will have an Auction for
Advertising Space on the Back Cover of our Annual Directory.)
3. Idaho Trout Fry - Save the Date
This event is a GREAT social outing, we get together for Golf and a
fun Reception. The event takes place at Clear Lake Country Club
in Buhl, Idaho on Thursday, September 13, 2007.
Please hold this date and join us for a really good time!
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4.
Columbia
River Channel Deepening - Please Fax a Letter to Gov. Gregoire
I'm sorry for the short notice on this request, but last week during
our Country Elevator Council meetings we received an Announcement
regarding Washington Senate Bill 5108, which will impact the deepening
project greatly. The Channel Deepening project is vital to
most of our members, so we would appreciate it if you could take the
time to FAX a letter requesting that Governor Christine
Gregoire VETO Section 6 of SB 5108.
Dave
Gordon, President of PNWGFA Board of Directors has faxed This
Letter to Governor Gregoire's Chief of Staff, Tom
Fitzsimmons. Please feel free to use any or all of this
letter in your version. If you would like a word document that
you could cut and paste into yours, please send me an e-mail. Thank
you to all the companies who have already faxed a copy to the Governor
and to me!
5. Johanns Announces Availability of Millions for Value-Added
Ag Ventures
Yesterday the USDA issued a Press
Release - Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns announced the
availability of $19.5 million to help independent agricultural
producers enter into value-added activities.
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Pacific Northwest Grain & Feed Association
Becky Andrews, Association Director
200 SW Market Street, Suite 190,
Portland, Oregon 97201
Phone: (503) 227-0234, Fax: (503) 227-0059, e-mail: Becky@pnwgfa.org
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