Business FYI

  • Sunday, September 5, 2004 9:00pm
  • Business

Mark Johnson, Left-TeeGolf.com president and founder, has been hired as the director of business development for the No Divot Radio Network.

Ron Eerkes has been named chairman of the board for the Island County chapter of the American Red Cross,. Eerkes, who has served on the board since July 2001, most recently was vice chairman. Also elected were Dave Sullivan as treasurer and Dotty Matuizek of Oak Harbor as secretary. Rick Bell, Kathy Jolly, Sheryl Kimm, Mark Soptich, Scooter Thornton, Stephen Vaughn, Bill Herwick, and Roger Weber were elected directors.

New businesses

Dr. Detail, an automotive detailing service in Lynnwood, is going mobile. For details, call Jonathan Reinke, 425-218-4335.

Performance Kia has opened a 20,000-square-foot facility in Everett at 229 SW Everett Mall Way. For details, call 425-347-5763 or 425-609-5600.

Events

The Everett Downtown Rotary Club welcomes Slade Gorton, former U.S. senator, to its weekly meeting at noon Tuesday at the Marine View Reception and Conference Center, 404 14th St. in Everett. Gorton will speak about his involvement with the Sept. 11 commission. For details, call 425-259-9141.

The National Association of Professional Mortgage Women’s Everett chapter meets at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday at Denny’s, 132 128th St. SW. For details, call 425-285-1025 or 206-365-4330.

The Pacific Northwest chapter of Charter Property Casualty Underwriters will meet at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at McCormick &Schmick’s Harborside Restaurant, 1200 Westlake Ave. N., Seattle. Brian McCartan, with the finance department of Sound Transit, will speak on current issues with Sound Transit. For details, call Lisa Coney, 425-748-6133, or go to www.pnwcpcu.org.

Terwedo Financial Service has donated school and health kits for Snohomish County children to Trinity Lutheran Church in Lynnwood. Beginning at 7:30 a.m. Sunday, the church will have its “Tons of Love Sunday” event, aimed at helping children whose lives have been disrupted by the Iraq war or other disasters. For details, contact Terwedo at 425-776-0446 or Trinity Lutheran, 6215 196th St. SW, at 425-778-2159.

Lion Technology Inc., an environmental training firm, will host a workshop on hazardous and toxic waste management Sept. 13, 14 at the Seattle Airport Hilton, 17620 Pacific Highway S., Seattle. The cost is $795 per person; group discounts available. For details, call 973-383-0800.

The Everett Chamber of Commerce’s Sept. 16 luncheon will focus on the economic impact of Naval Station Everett on the community. It will be noon-1:30 p.m., with registration at 11:30 a.m., at the Marine View Banquet Center, 404 14th St. Marina, Everett. The cost is $30; $25 for members prepaid by Friday.

The Puget Sound chapter of American Marketing Association meets at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Washington Athletic Club, 600 University St., Seattle. The cost is $25 for members and students, $39 nonmembers. Ronny Bell, president and founder of Pioneer Organics, will speak on “Uncovering the Secret to What You Sell.” The association also presents “Relationship Marketing: The Business of Doing Business Outside the Office” at 7:30 a.m. Sept. 16 at the CXO Golf Academy in Bellevue, $23 for members and students, $28 for nonmembers. Randy Broad, president and chief executive of Enterprises and CXO Golf, will speak.

Awards

Oak Harbor Freight Lines, Inc. has been named 2004 Carrier of the Year in the regional West category by NASSTRAC and Logistics Management magazine.

Good deeds

Pacific Ridge Homes of Everett has made a $10,000 donation to the YMCA of Snohomish County. The donation will fully fund before- and after-school day care for one month for 40 children, pay full-year memberships for 20 disadvantaged families, or cover the cost for swim lessons for 160 children.

Whidbey Island Bank and Community Capital Development Partners will establish a $400,000 small business loan fund for Latinos, women and other minorities in northwest Washington to address the economic development needs of the region.

The EverTrust Foundation and the Tulalip Trust have donated a total of $21,000 to the Girl Scouts-Totem Council. The council is at 62 percent of its $7.7 million Happy Campers capital campaign goal. Funds will go toward improvements at existing camp properties, expansion of programs that reach girls in challenging life circumstances, and acquisition of a new camp property in the northern counties for future development.

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