Business FYI
Published 9:00 pm Sunday, August 14, 2005
Joan Kenton has been named federal program manager and Reda Mikhail has been named associate geotechnical engineer at Landau Associates. Also, Jonathan Brown has been named staff geotechnical engineer; Kenneth Stephens III, CAD operator; Rebekah Stephenson, environmental staff engineer; and Plinio Crow, project coordinator.
Bryan Cummings has joined Murphy’s Corner Clinic as an orthopedic specialist.
Donald Carek has been promoted to IT services manager at Hascal, Sjoholm &Company, P.S.
Graham Cox has been named vice president of SonoSite Inc.
Steve Roach has been named director of operations at Canyons Restaurant in Redmond. William Jones is corporate kitchen manager and Celeste Coxen is manager.
Richard Flavell has been added to the scientific advisory board of Seattle Genetics Inc.
John Boots has joined The Cycle Barn MotorSports Group as the general manager of Harley-Davidson and Buell of Seattle.
Events
A “Summer Meet Your Chamber and Business After-Hours Mixer” will be 4:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Everett Events Center, 2000 Hewitt Ave. For details, call 425-257-3222.
Business After Hours at Merrill Gardens will be 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at 9802 48th Drive NE, Marysville. Proceeds will be benefit Katie’s Adult Day Care and Respite. For details, call 360-659-7700 or go to www.MarysvilleTulalip Chamber.com.
La-De-Biz will hold a free lunch meeting from 11 a.m. to noon Thursday at Club 24/Columbia Lutheran Home. Bring a canned food item for the Pathways for Women program. For details, contact Jyl P. Elsea at fishwash@tgi.net or 425-231-5246.
New business
Tasty to-go meals, catering and cooking classes are part of the offerings at 3vines Chef Service, a new business at 2609 Colby Ave. Owner Patricia Allegretti noted that the meal service produces food that just needs to be heated up, as opposed to assembled at a store and cooked at home. The menu changes each day. For more information, call 425-303-3333 or go to www.3vines.com.
Thomas Gish has moved his law office from Mill Creek to 2915 Colby Ave., Suite B, Everett. Gish, who has worked in Everett before, represents accident victims and handles other business and personal matters. For details, call 425-257-0809.
Sunrise Home Furnishings, under the ownership of Merle Robinson and Cathryn Lai, has opened at 2916 Hewitt Ave., Everett. Hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 12-5 p.m. Sunday. For details, call 425-303-9404 or go to www.sunrise-home furnishings.com.
Two Men and a Truck has opened near Maltby, at 19804 141st Place NE, Building D, Woodinville. Brad Kirker is the general manager. For details, call 425-485-6683.
Business news
Team Women has opened a Mukilteo chapter. For details, contact Kerri Jones at 425-339-4109 or kerri@myarbonne.com.
Good deeds
The Blue Lagoon Laundry in Everett has started a food drive for Northwest Harvest. The business, located at 205 E. Casino Road, also is accepting donations for the March of Dimes in order to help fight birth defects. For details, call 425-514-8239.
Tom Campion, co-founder and chairman of Zumiez, is donating $10,000 to Everett Community College’s Ocean Research College Academy.
QFC stores have partnered with Crown Distributing and Anheuser-Busch in a month-long program to generate a $15,000 donation for the charity City of Hope.
The state Attorney General’s Office has hired two people to fight high-tech scams and identity fraud. Katherine Tassi and Shannon Smith have joined the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division.
Youth Works is a new grant program offered by Catholic Community Services that provides educational and employment opportunities for people ages 14 to 21 who are or have been involved in the foster care system. The program is funded by the Workforce Development Council through the Workforce Investment Act.
The Jet Cat Express is the third catamaran built by Whidbey Island-based Nichols Brothers Boat Builders Inc. to join the Catalina Express fleet.
The deadline for nominations for the 12th annual Best in the Northwest Washington Family Business of the Year Awards is Sept. 1. The awards are sponsored by the Family Enterprise Institute of the Pacific Lutheran University School of Business. Go to www.plu.edu/~fament. For more information, call 253-535-7250.
Send your Business FYI items and color images 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.D
