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STPSI.BlW.vSTATEEOITIOI. F6 The Ariaona Republic Saturday, October 29, 1988 Arizona Business Briefs 1987 a year of recovery for farmers The facility occupies 18,000 square feet on the top floor of the Citibank Lower prices every day at CompuAdd! office tower on the northwestern corner of Scottsdale and Camelback road Elderly-care sites planned Halloween Special King's Quest III: To Heir is Human Marriott Corp. plans to open nursing-homelimited-care apartment complexes in Scottsdale and Sun City late next year. lhe facilities are to open in November 1989, and the company hopes to open similar facilities in Virginia Beach, Houston and Dallas as part of a pilot program, officials said. Larry Reid, Marriott's director of development, said if the projects are successful, Marriott may expand the Come face to face with Medusa and the Abominable Snowman in this 3-D animated adventure game.

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"We're very pleased with this new location," said Craig Jackson, co-partner and spokesman for Barrett-Jackson Auction. "We feel it provides all the amenities with a level of comfort, style and sophistication reflective of the automobiles being auctioned." Horseworld was built by Scottsdale and designed specifically for auctions and equestrian events. The 356-acre facility cost $8 million and includes 80 acres of parking. The cars for the 1989 auction in January will be displayed on 10 acres of Horseworld's polo fields. The auction previously has been at Phoenix Municipal Stadium.

Land purchased near Sedona A limited partnership put together by S.D.I. a development company in Phoenix, has purchased a 67.5-acre site in the Sedona area for $1.25 million, or $18,518 an acre. Sedona Red Rock Land Limited Partnership sold 950 partnership units at $2,000 per unit, raising $1.9 The offering was managed by Arizona Capital Securities which is affiliated with S.D.I. The land, which is one mile west of Sedona, may eventually be combined with an adjoining property for planned development. Scottsdale social club opens The Arizona Club in Scottsdale opens to members and guests Tuesday.

The Scottsdale location becomes the third branch of the 93-year-old, non-profit social club. Membership in the new club may be completed by Dec. 1 because the goal of 750 members will have been reached, a spokesman said. in addition to the preparation of The Associated Press WASHINGTON Farmers made a dramatic recovery in 1987 after years of financial torment, a new Agriculture Department review reports. Higher incomes, lower operating costs, a 45 percent increase in government payments and a modest rise in farm-product sales contributed to the improvement, the department's Economic Research Service said.

The 176-page analysis said net income in 1987 reached $38 billion after adjusting for inflation, the highest level since the mid-1970s and "was on a par with that of the 1950s and 1960s." It did not forecast 1988 financial returns or assess the impact of this year's drought. In 1987, rising land values, which represent 70 percent of all farm assets, and lower debt boosted the equity, or net worth, of farmers as of Jan. 1, to $571 billion from $537 billion a year earlier, the report said. That reversed a six-year decline, "The most dramatic farm financial change in the past few years has been the improvement in the solvency position of farms," it said. Solvency, or the ability to pay debts, one measure of financial health in the farm sector.

Others are liquidity, or making payments when due, and profitability, or net income. "Higher net farm income in 1987 helped farmers reduce or pay off debt and provided more farms with enough capital to avoid new debt financing than in previous years," the report said. "Asset values rose 3 percent over those of 1986, while debt fell 8 percent, to $143 billion, in 1987 (the fourth annual decline in a row), leaving the sector in the best position at any time in the 1980s to meet debt-service obligations." Nearly 80 percent of the nation's farms were profitable in 1987, up from 70 percent in 1986. The report said that nearly 44 percent of all farms were free of debt at the beginning of 1988, compared with less than 39 percent a year eariier. Communications Carbon Copy Plus'" $110 Carbon Copy Plus (3.5") $110 CompuServe9 Subscription Kit $21 Crosstalk XVI $99 Smartcomlll $85 Compilers and Languages Microsoft Compiler $300 Microsoft FORTRAN Optimizing Compiler $300 Microsoft Macro Assembler Microsoft QuickC Compiler $66 Microsoft QuickBASIC" $65 Turbo BASIC $65 Turbo $63 Turbo Pascal $62 Databases dBASE III PLUS'" $409 PFS: Professional File $144 $199 Desktop Publishing Aldus PageMaker $569 FONTASY $35 PFS: First Publisher $73 PFS: First Publisher Art Gallery PrintmasterPlus'" $30 Call store lor hardware requirements on each title.

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The office is headed by Mary Bcshcre and Richard Powell. Pinnacle I International Inc. is based in Charleston, S.C. Retirement community open Westminster Village, a $37 million retirement community in Scottsdale, has opened. The complex is at 12000 N.

90th St. The 250-unit, community offers one- and two-bedroom private suites surrounding a central commons area. The community also includes a 60-bcd nursing care center. Lutheran General Health Care System of Park Ridge, 111., provides management services for the facility. Dave Van Ness is executive director.

Convention bureau honored The Phoenix Valley of the Sun Convention Visitors Bureau has received the annual "Award of Excellence" from Corporate and Incentive Travel magazine. Southern Ave Superstition Hwy. 1 602-730-6188 3320 S. Price Road Suites B-114 Tempe Corporate Sales: 602-730-6180 Mon. Fri 9 am to 6 pm; 9 am to 5 pm Sale price ends October 31, 198a We reserve the right to limit quantity.

Prices are subject to change. Thirty-day money-back guarantee does not include software or expendable items. Availability of products limited at some stores. 7 SHASTA POOLS OSHA assesses record fine against John Morrell Co. Arizona's Largest Pool BuEJzr For Over 20 Years Straight, underwent surgery received an average of only 1.1 days off, compared with 30 to 60 days recommended by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health for recovery before returning to the job.

OSHA said it found 27 workers who underwent surgery who received no time off. OSHA, from page Fl suffered "serious and sometimes disabling injuries," OSHA said. And some departments in the plant had incidence rates of 75 injured workers for every 100 full-time employees. The government said Morrell's rate of injuries was nine times the average for the meatpacking industry, the most hazardous in the country, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and 652 times the rate of job injuries for businesses in general. Of the 817 Morrell workers at Sioux Falls, 93 percent received no time off and 39 percent were denied lighter duty needed for healing, OSHAsaid.

Sixty-three Morrell workers who Friday's action was the latest in a string of fines levied against the Sioux Falls plant. From 1984 through September, Morrell has been fined six times by the agency for a total of $758,910 for violations at the facility. Frank White, OSHA's top enforce' ment officer, said Morrell had hired ergonomists, experts in designing work stations to avoid stress and trauma, in 1986 and in April to study 0 the problem. xMf Sun State rejects buy-out bid SALE POSITIVELY ENDS SUN STATE, from page Fl vou've been waitina to buv a dooI Sun State officials, however, that their terms for specific AT 5:00 PM, SUNDAY, 1030! vtecause you want the best deal of The Sun State board committee information must be met before any the year, this weekend's the time to such meeting could take place. "We learned of his original pro act.

Shasta is offering 10-50 off on selected options on our standard priced posal from the media," said K. Michael Million, senior vice president. said it was not in the best interests of the institution or its shareholders to consider any further proposal for Sun State from the Maniatis Group or anyone else unless the offer provides information on the terms and adequacy of financing and evidence indicating that regulatory clearances can be obtained. THESE OPTIONS 1 I ABE 1A CftO AEEI "That's not a sign of someone who wants to sit down and have a friendly chat pools. And these are the most popular options that pool buyers request, like automatic in-floor cleaning and in-pool spasl Call us today for complete details or stop by our beautiful pool displays this weekend.

Don't miss this sale, it positively ends at 5:00 PM Sunday! We have a responsibility to "We stand behind our offer and hive iw-juo vm QUIKCLEAN AUTOMATIC IN-FLOOR CLEANING SYSTEM SHASTACHLOR AUTOMATIC CHLORINE GENERATOR IN-P00LSPAS DELUXE TILE BRICK COPING PEBBLE-TEC INTERIOR FINISH WATER FEATURES PL IK MANY MflRFI consider a bona fide offer, but not to waste resources chasing elusive proposals. "If he wishes to shore up his proposal and provide the assurances we require, there could be opportunities to negotiate." will explore ways to have it considered properly," Maniatis said. 'Details are more appropriately discussed between the parties themselves, and I am confident that if we met face to face, this could be resolved." 4y I i i Mofford pledges to 'deliver' CD. sV.wH Arizona's largest Pool Builder, M0FF08D, from page Fl LJudy Scalise, vice president of the sociation and denutv director of the Phoenix Fxonomic Growth said that in 1989, the recruiting effort will target greater Los Angeles. if about 100 association representatives.

Scalise said she expects the governor and some legislators to attend the function. More than 60 firms have been attracted to Arizona since the association began its prospecting trips about 15 years ago, Scalise said. In recent years, the cost of the trips has averaged about $2,000 per person, she said. The new format is expected to reduce that cost, putting less strain on the budgets of smaller Rather than try to bring together a "Drawing to be held Feb. 18, 1989.

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