Georgann McConn and Tricia DeChenne have joined the Edmonds CPA firm of Dewar Meeks + Ekrem, PC as a staff accountants.
Scott Murphy has been promoted to vice president and senior financial officer of Safeco’s Surety division.
Peter Rowe has joined Premera Blue Cross as vice president of corporate communications.
Events
“Holiday Caroling with the Ambassadors,” an Everett Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors event, will be from 3:30-5 p.m. Tuesday. They’ll meet at The Flying Pig and then visit downtown businesses. For details, contact Tracy at 425-257-3222, ext 203 or tbanfield@everettchamber.com.
“What Your Computer Leaves Behind,” a computer forensics lecture, will be held from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Feb. 23 at Triton Union Building 202 at Edmonds Community College, 20000 68th Ave. W., Lynnwood. Steve Hailey, president of CyberSecurity Institute and a computer information systems instructor at EdCC, is the speaker. For details, call 425-640-1313 or visit http://brownbag.edcc.edu.
Business news
The Everett Aquasox Baseball Club will offer the 2005 “Academic All-Star” program to recognize the achievements of middle and high school students. Each school will set its own academic goal to be rewarded, such as grade point average achievement or improvement within a semester. The award will be based on spring grades, with qualifying students earning a complimentary voucher to an Aquasox home game. For details, contact Cathy Bierman at 425-257-3673 or cathyb@aquasox.com.
The Association for Women in Communications, Seattle Professional Chapter, is launching a membership drive beginning Jan. 1. For details, contact Amber Ukena at 206-322-1167 or Teresa Wippel at 425-670-2632.
Food Lifeline has added Fred Meyer to its Grocery Rescue Program. Twenty-one Fred Meyer stores in Western Washington will participate in this expanded effort to feed the hungry. The program puts nutritious foods from grocery stores into neighborhood food banks. For details, contact Leslie Kelly at 206-545-6600, ext. 267 or lesliek@fll.org.
Two new Monroe-based Web sites, www.monroewabusinessdirectory.com and www.monroewebhosting.com, enable local businesses to market themselves using the Internet. They offer free Web site development, hosting and listing service to local residents and non-profit community clubs, groups and organizations.
Awards
Pilchuck Towing of Lake Stevens has been given the American Towman ACE Award for achievement in service performance.
Efforts
Canyon Creek Cabinet Co. recently raised $5,580 and 1,611 pounds of food for Sky Valley Food Bank. In other company news, Canyon Creek is partnering with the Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association and The National Arbor Day Foundation to plant 1,000 trees in support of an industry-wide goal to plant 50,000 trees in a national forest to commemorate the association’s 50th anniversary.
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