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Keith Whitman has joined the Everett office of Ragen MacKenzie as a financial consultant.

Daryl Klinger was named the leader for the month of November at Meridian Yachts.

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"The Mirror Has Two Faces" will be the topic when the Pacific Northwest chapter of the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters Society meets at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at McCormick &Schmick’s Harborside Restaurant, 1200 Westlake Ave. N., Seattle. The speaker will be Mary Eisenhart, the vice president of the Fournier Group. Her address is part of a two-part seminar about coping in times of transition. For information about the organization, call 425-712-7762 or go online at www.wacpcu.org.

"Good Morning Snohomish County!" will be from 7:15 to 9 a.m. Friday at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 20610 44th Ave. W., Lynnwood. The networking event is co-sponsored by the Everett Area Chamber of Commerce and the South Snohomish County Chamber of Commerce. The cost is $21 per person, or $18 for chamber members who sign up by Tuesday.

"Purchasing a Condominium What Women Want to Know" will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Jan. 17 at the IV West Condominiums, 530 Fourth Ave. W., Seattle. The free seminar is sponsored by Williams Marketing and Wells Fargo Mortgage. Reservations are required. To sign up, call Krissy Deremer at Williams Marketing, 206-285-1881.

The Everett Area Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Meeting luncheon will be from noon to 1:15 p.m. Jan. 30 at the Everett Events Center, 2000 Hewitt Ave., Everett. Registration will start at 11:30 a.m. The cost is $20 for chamber members and $25 for nonmembers, with registrations due by Jan. 26. For details, call the chamber at 425-257-3222.

The Everett Area Business Expo will be from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Jan. 30 at the Everett Events Center, 2000 Hewitt Ave., Everett. Member booths will cost between $400 to $450, with premium sponsorship booths available for $1,000. For details, call the Everett Area Chamber of Commerce at 425-257-3222.

A marine refrigeration certification workshop will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 9 in the Nordby Conference Center at Fishermen’s Terminal in Seattle. The workshop deals with the Environmental Protection Agency’s marine refrigeration certification test. Certification is required for commercial fishermen to buy freon or do repair work on their refrigeration systems. The program is sponsored by the Washington Sea Grant Program at the University of Washington, and by Integrated Marine Systems of Port Townsend. The cost is $75. For details on how to reserve a spot, call Sarah Frisken at 206-543-1225.

A marine refrigeration workshop will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 7 at Integrated Marine Systems, 775 Haines Place, Building 17, Port Townsend. The workshop is sponsored by the Washington Sea Grant Program, the Jefferson Education Center and Integrated Marine Systems. The cost is $30. For details on how to reserve a spot, call Sarah Frisken at 206-543-1225.

A marine weather workshop is planned for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 15-16 at the Washington State University Jefferson County Extension office, 201 W. Patison, Port Hadlock. The course is sponsored by the Washington Sea Grant Program, the Jefferson Education Center and the WSU Jefferson County extension. It will be taught by a National Weather Service marine meteorologist. The cost is $80. For details on how to reserve a spot, call Sarah Fisken at 206-543-1225 or Matt Lyons at 360-379-4034.

Send your Business FYI items 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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