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Teleconference Will Help Sort Through New Farm Bill

Compiled By Business Staff

Farmers and landlords bewildered by the new $47 billion farm bill will gather this morning at county extension offices to participate in a live satellite teleconference broadcast from Washington, D.C.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture broadcast beams in on the first day that farmers can sign up for a revolutionary program that may wean them off taxpayer-supported subsidies for good. The seven-year program will pay farmers a flat, declining rate through 2002 while freeing them to grow the crop of their choice.

Participants can tune in at 6 a.m. on Satcom C1, Channel 22, or by visiting select extension offices that will downlink the broadcast. These include Spokane, Whitman, Stevens, Adams, Grant and Columbia counties.

In other events this week:

Today

William Kroske, executive vice president of Interactive Health Systems, a California interactive computer software developer, speaks at noon in the Riverpoint Higher Education Park. Free. Call 623-4335.

Spokane Area Chamber of Commerce board of trustees meets at noon.

Spokane City Council at 6 p.m. makes a recommendation to Plan Commission on where manufactured homes can be built.

World Health Organization’s annual meeting opens in Geneva and runs through May 27.

Tuesday

South Africa business conference opens at the U.S. Department of Commerce in Washington, D.C.

Spokane Hearing Examiner at 9 a.m. considers request to build a cellular telephone communications building near Albi Stadium.

ISO 9000 roundtable discusses overhaul of instruction program at 7:30 a.m. at the Business Training and Applied Technology Center, 3939 N. Freya.

U.S. Department of Treasury releases April federal budget.

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ministers meet in Paris.

Wednesday

Washington Wheat Commission, 907 W. Riverside, opens annual meeting at 10 a.m., continuing Thursday at 8:30 a.m.

Consumer Credit Counseling of Spokane holds free workshop at 6:30 p.m. in Coeur d’Alene High School Auditorium for students leaving home for the first time.

Chris Schlect, president of the Yakima-based Northwest Horticultural Council, testifies before the Senate Agriculture Committee on a proposal to modify standards for determining the health risks of pesticides.

Southern Africa Economic Summit opens in Capetown.

President Clinton and German Chancellor Helmut Kohl hold trade talks in Milwaukee.

Thursday

Colville Confederated Tribes holds annual public meeting on economic development goals at 5:30 p.m. at Community Center in Keller. Call Mary Beth Clark or Pete Palmer at 509-634-8869.

Friday

Last day for bidders to submit offer on 277 miles of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. railroad track west and south of Spokane.

, DataTimes MEMO: This sidebar appeared with the story: ON THE SHELF Business Week, May 20: The magazine profiles Kim Clark, the Ferris High School grad who holds one of the business world’s most influential positions: dean of Harvard Business School. Inc.: special issue, on the stands until July, looks at the state of the work force. Cheap cuts The price of beef is at an all-time low. Here’s the average price per pound for different cuts, according to a monthly survey by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. Regular ground beef: $1.43 Lean ground beef:, $1.83 Boneless chuck roll roast: $2.34 Boneless round steak: $2.86 Boneless top sirloin steak: $3.70 T-bone steak: $5.61.

This sidebar appeared with the story: ON THE SHELF Business Week, May 20: The magazine profiles Kim Clark, the Ferris High School grad who holds one of the business world’s most influential positions: dean of Harvard Business School. Inc.: special issue, on the stands until July, looks at the state of the work force. Cheap cuts The price of beef is at an all-time low. Here’s the average price per pound for different cuts, according to a monthly survey by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. Regular ground beef: $1.43 Lean ground beef:, $1.83 Boneless chuck roll roast: $2.34 Boneless round steak: $2.86 Boneless top sirloin steak: $3.70 T-bone steak: $5.61.