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Home Download Summer 2009 issue [pdf] Science Update 16.5 NIH grant for Idaho Savings from drip irrigation Hope for hops pest Idaho bean seed & Mexico Helping crop producer manage cost Extend your financial know-how Trout's selenium surprise Features Cover Stories Wheat: 50 years of collaboration Updating wheat growers What's next? Hard whites, etc. Testing Idaho wheat quality 6 classes of wheat Who-done-its? Research Other Features Managing wasps at home Dual credits for HS students Streching food $$$ 6 Tips for great victory garden Alums go global    Winowiecki in Africa    Mothershed & Abu Ghraib    Greene in Russia, etc.    Schumakers in Jamaica    Boise's Manzo helps refugees Bookshelf: Short Season Gardening Backpage: CALS at Special Olympics Roots: Alumni Alumni Awards Calendar Class notes Alumni board Why Thiessens donate to UI CALS Letters Dean's letter Editor's letter Alum president's letter Readers' letters Archives

CLASS NOTES IN MEMORIAM Shirley Kiehn Pullman, April 5, 2008 Doris McGinty ’39 Springfield, OR, February 23, 2009 Richard Ross Moscow/Mission Viejo, CA, March 2, 2009 Rosa Smith ’82 New Plymouth, January 22, 2009 Marilyn Sweeney ’54 Lewiston, January 27, 2009 Peter K. Wilson ’51 Lapwai, March 30, 2009 alumni 2000s ERIK KRIWOX ‘03 and AMANDA MOORE-KRIWOX ’02, Jerome, welcomed a baby boy, Eli John, on March 12, 2009. He is held by sister Hannah. HEIDI MARTIN ’03, ’08, Boise, is the dietician and coordinator of Child Nutrition Programs for the Idaho Department of Education. MEGHAN MCCABE ’08, Bigfork, MT, is working as a proof operator for Flathead Bank. MARK ’03, ’05 and KATIE VAN ELDEREN ’03, have moved to Meridian where Mark accepted a position with Crop Production Ser vices, a company providing agricultural inputs for specific crop markets. Mark is responsible for western region sales, traveling from the Washington coast to eastern Montana. Katie is employed with Farm Service Agency. KODY ’00 and MONICA YOUREE ’01, Jerome, welcomed baby girl, Macie Layne, on October 10, 2008. Kody is farming in Kimberly and Monica is the assistant vice president and branch manager of Magic Valley Bank in Twin Falls. alumni 1990s WILLIAM BELL ’96, Vancouver, WA, is feed division manager and president of Bellwether Trading Company. BRIAN PARKS ’91, Twin Falls, is vice president of Agribusiness Credit Management for Northwest Farm Credit Services in Twin Falls. TIMOTHY MICHAEL TILLMAN ’99 and MELISSA RAE TILLMAN ’95, Lynchburg, VA, and their daughter “E.J” Elizabeth Joy, moved to Lynchburg. Tim was hired as a CFII helicopter instructor at Liberty University and will direct the Rotor Flight Program while Melissa is enjoying being a stay-at-home mom and running a small business selling flower girl dresses called “Tillman’s Treasures.” ALLISON TOUCHSTONE ’95, ’97, Boise, began a new stage in her career as senior instructor with the Department of Agricultural and Extension Education at the University of Idaho in October. Allison continued as the State Program Manager for Agriculture and Natural Resources until April, when she began her duties at UI full time. alumni 1980s SCOTT BREEDING ’80, Hazelton, is the president of the Idaho Water Users Association. Scott and his wife, Diana, farm in Hazelton and Milner, growing a variety of crops including beans and wheat. TIMOTHY HERRMAN ’83, ’84, ’92, College Station, TX, is the Texas State chemist and director, providing regulatory oversight for the Texas feed and fertilizer industry with annual product sales exceeding 19 million tons and a market value of $6 billion dollars. Herrman is also a professor in the Department of Soil and Crops Sciences at Texas A&M University, leading a research and education program in feed and grain science. alumni 1980s PERFECTO SAEZ ’84, Venezuela, began his own agribusiness, Distribuidora Saez Y Jaume, after working for Bayer of Venezuela in the veterinary department. As the president, Saez oversees the distribution of animal supplies. alumni 1970s ARTHUR ANTONELLI ’74, Puyallup, WA, has worked for Washington State University Extension as an entomologist in Puyallup for the last 30 years and is nearing retirement. LYN C. MERRICK ’69, ’73, Eagle, CO, is training commercial drivers, testing their capabilities, and presenting defensive driving classes for the town of Avon’s Transportation Department. JOHN NALIVKA ’76, Ontario, OR, is president of Sterling Marketing, an agribusiness in Vale, OR, serving clients nationally and internationally. John is also co-founder of Sterling Solutions, another agribusiness serving the agricultural industry in the Pacific Northwest. DAN A. RIGGERS ’75, Wenatchee, WA, received the 2008 Unsung Hero Award from the Wenatchee Apollo Club for volunteer ser vice. The Apollo Club is a group of 60 men who have sung in the Wenatchee area for the past 98 years. Dan, in the club a dozen years, serves as secretary. alumni 1950s JOHN BROCKERT ’58, Salt Lake City, entered a career in public health with his master’s in dairy science. In 1996 he retired from the Utah Department of Public Health. THANK YOU to all alumni who returned their alumni updates by March 31, 2009. William Bell will receive a CALS travel mug. Everyone else will be sent a CALS luggage tag. top