New regional director for Bureau of Reclamation
Washington Ag Today October 25, 2011 Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael L. Connor has announced that Lorri Gray-Lee will succeed Karl Wirkus as director of the Bureau’s Pacific Northwest Region when he retires at the end of December. Gray-Lee has more than 28 years of federal service, all with Reclamation’s Lower Colorado Region. Public hearings are coming up this week on the Department of Labor and Industries proposed worker’s comp rate hike for 2012. Among the hearings is one in Bellingham October 26th at the L&I office at one p.m. A hearing will be held in Richland on October 27th at the Red Lion Hotel Richland Hanford House at one p.m. And then on October 28th is a ten a.m. hearing in Spokane Valley at Spokane CenterPlace Event Center. Now the Stockland Livestock Report. “This is Jack McQuinness at Stockland Livestock in Davenport. !5-hundred head on the market. Calling everything fully steady. Cows and bulls, most of that trade high 40s into the mid 50s. That’s the cows. Some of those young cows up against $70. Bulls topped at 70. All classes of calves fully steady. Excellent demand for lightweights. Some of the cattle under 400 pounds up over $1.70. Sale every Monday. Don’t forget our big stock cow and bred heifer sale coming up on Saturday November 5th. Stockland Livestock in Davenport. Thanks Jack. I’m Bob Hoff and that’s Washington Ag Today on Northwest Aginfo Net. ?
