VOICE BEHIND 'HATCH PATCH' TENDING NEW ROOTS.Byline: Bob Welch There are a number of famous people of this name including:
EDITOR'S NOTE Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. : "Where Are They Now?" is a Monday column that updates readers on local newsmakers from the past. Have ideas? E-mail Bob Welch at bwelch@guardnet.com. THEN: Duane Hatch left Eugene in September after 15 years of being the gardening expert on KPNW-AM's "The Hatch Patch." NOW: Hatch, 78, moved to Clinton, Utah Clinton is a city in Davis County, Utah, United States. The population was 12,585 at the 2000 census.and in 2005 was estimated at 17,735. Clinton grew rapidly during the 1990s and continues to see rapid growth. , between Salt Lake City and Ogden, to be nearer a son and daughter and grandchildren. Hatch helped raise six children in Eugene, but none still live in Oregon. "I miss the moderate climate and the ease with which I could grow plants," he says. "The climate and soils here make for more of a challenge. And I could do without the 10 or 12 days of 100-degree-or-hotter temperatures we've already had." What doesn't he miss about Eugene? "The constant government wrangling and the feeling that the place is full of 'aginners.' The City Council goes round and round and is against everything." Then again, Hatch says Utah's sprawl isn't pretty. "There's a lot of agriculture around here but the growth - worse than the Gateway area," he says. "Malls and roof tops and blacktop. In Utah, they haven't heard there's a housing recession." In one important matter, Hatch has been able to take a little of Eugene with him: KPNW still airs "The Hatch Patch" with him, long distance from Utah, once a month. "It is a little weird doing an Oregon garden Oregon Garden is an 80 acre (320,000 m²) botanical garden and tourist attraction located at 879 West Main Street, Silverton, Oregon, in the United States. The garden is open every day except major holidays, and hosts many community events and concerts. show from Utah but I check The Register-Guard to see about weather, call EWEB EWEB Eugene Water and Electric Board (Oregon) about evaporation quotients and talk to a lot of locals," Hatch says. His replacement for the other three or four shows a month is Pat Patterson For the Florida politician, see . For the Louisiana college coach, see . Pierre Clemont (born January 19, 1941 in Montreal, Quebec) better known by his ring name Pat Patterson, is a Canadian former professional wrestler. , who retired recently as the Master Garden coordinator for the Lane County OSU (Open Source UNIX) Refers to the Unix variants that are maintained as open source, which were primarily BSD Unix and Linux until Sun made its Solaris operating system open source in 2005. Extension Service and with whom Hatch spent 23 years before retiring. "I still give garden talks and lessons, and have a smaller garden than in Oregon," Hatch says. "It is still an experimental one with testing new crops and varieties and trying to get more production from a small space." "The Hatch Patch" airs Saturdays at 9 a.m. on KPNW-AM (1120). |
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