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www.goodfruit.com Good Fruit Grower JANUARY 15, 2016 5 Prize winners in two drawings S cott Jacky, left, manager of orchard operations for Valley Fruit in Wapato, Washington, won the Great Gator Give-A-Way contest co-sponsored by Wilbur-Ellis and Good Fruit Grower. Scott received his 2015 John Deere Gator TX 4X2 from Kyle Dillon, right, field technician with Wilbur-Ellis, and from Casey Corr, managing editor of Good Fruit Grower. In another contest sponsored by Good Fruit Grower, Ismael Galeana of Othello, Washington, is the winner of a drawing for a new iPad. Both drawings were held in December at the 111th Annual Meeting of the Washington State Tree Fruit Association in Yakima. Congratulations to the winners! New VP for Oregon Cherry Growers O regon Cherry Growers has named Chantal Wright as its new vice president of sales and business development. Wright will lead product development, business strategy and sales growth for the grower-owned cooperative. "Chantal is a proven sales leader in the channels our cooperative serves and has a well-deserved reputation for building strong relationships," said Oregon Cherry Growers CEO and President Tim Ramsey. "Her emphasis on strategic selling and her ability to plan for growth make her an ideal leader for our sales and business development efforts at a time when we are poised for expansion." Wright worked for the past seven years as director of vegetable sales for fruit and vegetable supplier RainSweet Inc. and, since 2012, concurrently managed regional sales for the industrial and foodservice divisions of frozen and specialty food company White Toque Inc. She previously was a manager driving business development and overseeing regional sales managers for Norpac Food Sales LLC. Founded in 1932, Oregon Cherry Growers comprises nearly 60 family farmers on 40,000 acres of land in the Willamette Valley and along the Columbia River Gorge. The cooperative is one of the largest producers and processors of sweet cherries in the world. WSTFA renews officers T he Washington State Tree Fruit Association's slate of officers will remain the same in 2016. Treasurer Jordan Matson of Matson Fruit Company in Selah and Secretary Sean Gilbert of Gilbert Orchards in Yakima were re-elected to an additional one-year term at the organization's quarterly board meeting Dec. 9 in Yakima. Chairman José Ramirez of Stein-Manzana Orchards in Royal City and Vice-chair Jim Colbert of Chelan Fruit in Chelan are both in the middle of two-year terms. Quick Bites People and industry in the news. Read more Fresh Updates at goodfruit.com/fresh-updates O. Casey COrr/GOOd Fruit GrOwer Chantal Wright cameronnursery.com 1261 Ringold Rd., PO Box 300 • Eltopia, WA 99330 We ship nationwide, so please call for price and availability! CONTRACTS for 2016 and beyond! Custom Contracted Apple, Pear, Cherry & Peach Trees ➱ TOP QUALITY ➱ VIRUS TESTED ➱ VERY COMPETITIVE PRICING HIGHEST QUALITY FRUIT TREES ! Call for: • TREES • ROOTSTOCK • INTERSTEMS • BENCH GRAFTS • SLEEPING EYES • ROYALTIES TIME TO FINALIZE: • 2016 Bench Graft & Sleeping Eyes • 2017 Rootstock Needs! STACY GILMORE 509-266-4669 Stacy Gilmore • cnsales@fastmail.com