Business FYI
Published 9:00 pm Sunday, May 22, 2005
Greg Dawsey has been named resident engineer and inspector at the Port of Everett.
C.C. Leonard of Lynnwood has been named donor relations manager at United Way of Snohomish County. Bunny Walters of Marysville has been named child development manager.
Anita Weston has been honored with the Professional Photographers of America, Inc., National Award. Weston and husband Matthew own Fowler Portraits of Edmonds.
Heidi Lindgren-Boyce, senior credit manager of Star Rentals, Inc., has been named chairwoman of the board for 2005-2006 of the National Association of Credit Management, Western Washington-Alaska. Laurie Farvour, regional credit manager of Gensco, Inc. was named chairman-elect, Donald Conklin, president; Karen Parks, vice president-secretary; and Claude Harmon, treasurer.
Ryan Murphy has been promoted to manager at the Edmonds branch of Banner Bank.
Jennifer Matson of Monroe has won an expense-paid trip this month to the Hilton Waikoloa Village on the Kohala Coast, Hawaii. Matson is an independent consultant with PartyLite Gifts, Inc.
Bill Toal has joined No-Burn, Inc. as the owner of Sky Valley Fire Prevention serving Snohomish County.
Events
A Business Roundtable Breakfast hosted by Snohomish County Councilman John Koster will be 7:30-8:45 a.m. Tuesday at the Best Western Tulalip Inn, 3228 Marine View Drive NE, Marysville. Cost is $25. RSVP to Larry at 425-388-3494 (day) or call 425-388-3411, ext. 2575 after hours.
A Legislative Recognition Breakfast featuring “2005 Business Champion Awards and Agenda 2005: The Impact on Business” will be 7-9 a.m. Wednesday at the Everett Golf and Country Club. Cost is $25 for preregistered members; $35 at the door. For details, call 425-257-3222.
The Monroe Chamber of Commerce’s after-hours events will start at 5 p.m. Thursday at Chain Lake Retail Center, 14961 Chainlake Road in Monroe. Information and reservations: 360-794-5488.
A free business mixer hosted by Kingdom Commerce will be held from 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday at Snohomish County PUD, 21018 Highway 99 in Edmonds.
“Transportation Solutions: Facts &Myths,” a South Snohomish County Chamber of Commerce luncheon update, will be 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. June 1 at Embassy Suites Hotel, 2061 44th Ave. W., Lynnwood. Cost is $32; $27 for members with registrations prepaid by Sunday. For registration, call 425-774-0507, ext. 0, e-mail to info@s2c3.com or visit www.s2c3.com.
The University of Washington’s Global Trade, Transportation, and Logistics Studies will hold its 11th annual conference, “Managing Constraints in Making and Moving Goods Domestically and Internationally” 2:30-5:30 p.m. June 1 at Kane Hall, Walker-Ames Room 225 on campus. RSVP by Friday at 206-616-5778 or gttl@u.washington.edu.
A free tax workshop will be held from 1:30-4:30 p.m. June 8 at the Everett Public Library, 2707 Hoyt Ave. For details, visit dor.wa.gov or 425-356-2911.
“Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights – Protection for Employes Serving in the Armed Forces. What are employers obligated to provide?,” hosted by the Snohomish County Chapter of Society for Human Resource Management, will be held 7:30-9:30 a.m. June 9 at the Quality Inn &Conference Center, 101 128th St., Everett. Cost is $20 for members; $25 otherwise. For reservations, call Keri Boswell at 360-794-4448 or kboswell@damarmachine.com.
A free one-hour satellite broadcast, “Hope, Growth and Opportunity: A Conversation with Steve Forbes,” hosted by 20 Everett-area Edward Jones investment representatives, will be at 8:30 a.m. or 3:30 p.m. or 5:30 p.m. on June 14 at various locations. For details, call James D. Kellett at 425-258-6434.
Washington Business Week is offered three separate weeks this summer on three campuses: Gonzaga University in Spokane, June 19-25; Central Washington University in Ellensburg, July 24-30; and Western Washington University in Bellingham, August 7-13. $295 registration fee includes meals, housing and program material for the week. For details, visit www.wbw.org or call 1-800-686-6442.
New business
The University of Washington Medicine Regional Heart Center has opened its Alderwood cardiology clinic at 18631 Alderwood Mall Parkway, Suite 310. For details, call 425-774-8251.
Dollar Plus Zone Inc. has opened at 1512 4th St. in Marysville. Hours are 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturdays. For details, call 360-651-7876.
Lawrence M. Horowitz Inc., has opened medical-dental condominiums designed for professional practices in the area. The Sierra Professional Center is located at 919 State Ave. in Marysville. Silver Lake Pavilion has two locations, at 10315 19th Ave. SE and 10333 19th Ave. SE in Everett. Lonny Horowitz, a medical-dental-commercial real estate adviser, can be reached at 425-774-7000. His office is located at 10407 Airport Road in Everett.
Business news
The Sky Valley community plans several events Memorial Day Weekend. Businesses in Sultan, Startup, Gold Bar and Skykomish are planning festivities. For details, call the Sky Valley Chamber of Commerce at 425-327-2093 or 425-231-5642.
NxLevel Entrepreneurial Training, an entrepreneurial development certificate program, is being offered from 5:30-8:30 p.m. June 7, 14, 21 and July 12, 19, 26 at the Greater Marysville-Tulalip Chamber of Commerce. Cost is $300. For details, visit www.nwwbc.org or call 360-659-7700.
Good deeds
Ford Smith II, co-founder of PetSmart, and wife Nancy Smith, have donated money and goods to service troops in Iraq. They donated $1,000 for pompoms and $1,400 for soccer balls. The couple also donated thousands of dollars worth of gift packs that they had purchased at the Everett Costco, in conjunction with Kathy Gambill, business development director at the store and Everett Navy League vice president.
Awards
The TownePlace Suites Seattle North/Mukilteo has been given the Hotel of the Year award for 2004 by Marriott International, Inc. In other news, Linda Beecher, director of sales, was awarded the Top Sales Leader for TownePlace Suites, Nationwide. The hotel, located at 8521 Mukilteo Speedway, has been the TownePlace Suites leader in guest satisfaction the past three years.
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
