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<< Previous   of   Next >>   ADVERTISEMENT   CONTACT THE HERALD Mike Benbow, Business Editor benbow@heraldnet.com   Published: Monday, August 13, 2007 Business FYI Eric LaFrance has been hired by Perteet Inc. to serve as a project manager for the consulting company's surface water team. One of the projects LaFrance will be working on is the Snohomish County Parks and Recreation Department's River Meadows Project. Perteet provides services in transportation design and transit planning, environmental and community planning, and construction administration. Natasha Jaksich is the new marketing and communications manager with the Everett Area Chamber of Commerce. A graduate of Washington State University, she previously worked as a reporter with the Pierce County Community Newspaper Group, as a public relations consultant with World Impact Network and as liaison between the Fife Area Chamber of commerce and the media in Pierce County. Dr. Amy Norman, an Everett dentist, has been recognized by the Las Vegas Institute for Advance Dental Studies with an appointment to the position of clinical instructor. A graduate of the institute, Norman will teach in Las Vegas several times a year. Norman's Everett practice centers on cosmetic and neuromuscular dentistry. More information is available at www.dreamsmile.com. Peggy Zoro has joined the wealth management group at Wells Fargo as its North Puget Sound regional manager. Zoro will oversee investment, trust and private banking professionals serving Wells Fargo customers in Everett, Mount Vernon, Anacortes and Bellingham. Duffy Burns and Shane Cooper, firefighters with Snohomish County Fire District 1, recently completed a nine-month paramedic training program at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. Burns and Cooper have been full-time firefighters with Fire District 1 for more than 15 years. All Fire District 1 firefighters are certified as either paramedics or emergency medical technicians. The majority of the district's emergency calls are for medical aid. Firefighters-paramedics are dispatched to the most serious, life-threatening emergencies. Graham Smith, Arlington city councilman-at-large, recently earned a certificate of municipal leadership from the Association of Washington Cities. Smith completed more than 30 hours of training credits to earn the distinction. Graham previously served on the Arlington Airport Commission. He is an associate vice president in investments at A.G. Edwards and Sons in Everett. Steve Tribble has joined Olympic Hot Tub Co. as manager of the company's newly remodeled Everett retail showroom. Tribble, of Bothell, has 11 years of sales experience in the spa industry. Lars Johnson, an executive vice president and chief financial officer of Everett's Cascade Bank, will present at the Howe Barnes Hoefer & Arnett Annual Community Bank Conference in Chicago at 1:50 p.m. today Pacific time. He can be viewed at www.howebarnes.com. Education Registration forms are available now for Washington State University Extension training for horticulture professionals. Professionals and home gardeners, who want to learn horticultural best practices, identification, troubleshooting and environmentally responsible options for garden challenges, can register. The training program is the same as provided to WSU Master Gardeners, but without the required payback of volunteer hours. Course sessions include botany, soils, plant pathology, entomology, pruning, vegetables, tree fruit, composting, pesticides and pest control. The program runs 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 10 to March 13. A $500 registration fee includes all training materials. Space is limited. Registration deadline is Oct. 31. Registration forms are available online at http:// snohomish.wsu.edu/mg/ training/08hortpro.pdf or from the extension office in McCollum Park, 600 128th St. SE, Everett. Sven Mogelgaard of Byte Slaves Computing presents a 90-minute seminar on professional networking from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Mill Creek Country Club. This seminar covers the basics of meeting new prospects and increasing your circle of professional contacts. Call Byte Slaves at 877-972-7767 to sign up or request additional information. Register online or find additional seminar information at www.byte slaves.com. Seminar cost is $25. Information technology skills training will be offered in October by the Workforce Development Council of Snohomish County. The council recently received an $84,000 grant from Microsoft to offer basic IT training in Lynnwood, Edmonds and Everett. The target enrollment population for the training includes public assistance recipients, those with limited English-language skills, low-income adults, dislocated workers and at-risk youth. To register or for more information, call 425-673-3300. Free job training program at Marysville Goodwill training and education center begins today. A variety of customer-service, English language and computer classes are offered. For information or to apply, call 360-657-4337. Graduates get help finding jobs. A new YWCA Pathways to Work employment support class is set to begin Wednesday in Shoreline. The free classes are 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. through Aug. 28. For information, call 425-258-2766 or e-mail cfisher@ ywcaworks.org. New student orientation at ITT Technical Institute is set for Saturday at the Everett campus, 1615 75th St. SW, Everett. Interested students should call 425-583-0200. Applicants still are being accepted for associate degree programs in electronics technology, multi-media, computer drafting and design and computer network systems. Studies toward a bachelor's degree include those in construction management and technical project management. A free tax workshop for owners of new or small businesses is set for 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at Everett Public Library, 2707 Hoyt Ave., Everett. Offered by the Everett office of the state Department of Revenue, the class will help participants with excise taxes, reporting classifications, deductions, sales tax collection and record-keeping requirements. A workbook and reference guide will be distributed. To register, go to www.dor.wa.gov or call 425-356-4800. Web site improvement is the focus of a training session offered by the Marysville Women's Network for Entrepreneurial Training. Stacy Kracostas, a marketing consultant, plans to talk about how to turn a Web site into "a money-making machine." The session is set for 8:15 to 10:15 a.m. Sept. 7 at the Marysville Tulalip Chamber of Commerce, 8825 34th Ave. NW, Suite C., Tulalip. Call 206-527-3705 to register. Registration is on at Edmonds Community College, where new classes for fall quarter include materials science technology (composite materials for jets, boats and medical devices), hospitality and tourism, health unit management, dental front office training and project management. See a complete class schedule at http:// schedule.edcc.edu. To register, call 425-640-1459 or e-mail info@edcc.edu. EmpowerYOUniversity, presented by the Everett Area Chamber of Commerce, offers a seminar on business success presented by Suzan Sturholm, owner of All Things HR. The session is set for 7:30 to 9 a.m. Tuesday at United Way of Snohomish County, 3120 McDougall Ave., Suite 200, Everett. Register online at www.everett chamber.com or call the chamber at 425-257-3222, ext. 0. Events Monroe Chamber of Commerce plans to meet for lunch at noon Tuesday at the Monroe Correctional Complex. Shuttle buses leave the Park Place Middle School parking lot beginning at 11 a.m. For information on restrictions on clothing and personal belongings, make reservations and register for tours, call the chamber office at 360-794-5488. Meet your Everett Area Chamber of Commerce and stay for a Business After Hours mixer, 5-7 p.m., Wednesday at Marson's at the Club Casino, 620 SE Everett Mall Way, Suite 777. Call 425-257-3222, ext. 0. Gov. Chris Gregoire is set to speak at a lunch meeting with the Rotary Club of Everett and the Everett Area Chamber of Commerce. The event is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sept. 11 in the Commons at Naval Station Everett, 2000 W. Marine View Drive, Everett. RSVP to the chamber by Sept. 3. Register online at www.everett chamber.com or call 425-257-3222, ext. 0. Ross Bogue, vice president and general manager of the Everett Boeing plant, plans to speak to the Everett Area Chamber of Commerce, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sept. 21, Edward D. Hansen Conference Center, Everett Events Center. Register online at www.everettchamber.com or call the chamber at 425-257-3222, ext. 0, by Sept. 14. Women Business Owners network breakfast, set for 7:30 to 9 a.m. Sept. 6, 0/8 Seafood Grill, Bellevue Hyatt Regency Hotel, 900 Bellevue Way, Bellevue. Register online at www.women businessowners.org. Good deeds Providence General Foundation recently announced that $653,509 has been given to expand Providence Everett Healthcare Clinic's facilities and mental health services. A full-time mental health practitioner will be hired and the facility expansion, scheduled to be complete by September, will increase the size of the existing facility at 1001 N. Broadway, by 50 percent. Donors include United Way of Snohomish County, Everett Clinic Foundation, EverTrust Foundation, Providence General's Children's Association, Employees Community Fund of Boeing Puget Sound, Frontier Bank, Butler Trust and individual and family gifts. Send your Business FYI news and color photos to Mike Benbow, Business editor, The Herald, P.O. Box 930, Everett, WA 98206, by fax at 425-339-3435 or by e-mail at economy@heraldnet.com.

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