Boeing makes its first double delivery of 787s
EVERETT — Boeing and Japan Airlines today celebrated the delivery of the airline’s first two 787 Dreamliners. JAL is the first airline to take delivery of a 787 powered by fuel-efficient General Electric GEnx engines.
“Today is an important moment in our 60-year relationship with Japan Airlines as we celebrate the deliveries of not one, but two Dreamliners,” Jim Albaugh, president and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, said in a news release. “The 787 will provide the fuel-efficient airplane needed to serve Japan Airlines’ growing international operations.”
The 787 Dreamliner is more efficient to operate and has lower fuel use compared with today’s similarly sized airplanes because of use of light weight composites and advancements in systems, engines and aerodynamics.
“JAL will be the first airline to start new routes (to Tokyo) that have never been flown before by taking full advantage of the efficiencies of this aircraft, starting with Boston service next month and San Diego later this year,” Yoshiharu Ueki, president of Japan Airlines, said in the news release. “The 787 with GEnx engines has the performance economics that JAL is looking for to ensure route profitability, and also the enhanced in-flight comfort that our customers will be delighted with.”
Japan Airlines ceremonially took possession of the 787 Dreamliner at a celebration with Japanese Taiko drummers and a dramatic airplane unveiling earlier this morning. Guests from Boeing, Japan Airlines and General Electric attended.
EvCC starts Aerospace Solutions Group
EVERETT — The Aerospace Solutions Group is designed to make Everett Community College more responsive to one of the fastest growing sectors of the local economy and connect regional aerospace and manufacturing companies with workforce development and training solutions.
“We will grow educational offerings to meet employer needs, develop more productive partnerships with industry and create seamless educational pathways that lead to employment for our students,” said EvCC President David Beyer.
This new division leverages the expertise of several programs, including EvCC’s Aviation Maintenance Technician School, the Corporate &Continuing Education Center and professional-technical programs in welding, machining, composites and industrial design. New programs under development include short-term certificates in precision machining, composites, fiber optics, quality assurance, networking and manufacturing essentials.
The Aerospace Solutions Group offers one-stop access to services, recruiting skilled workers for high-demand jobs, corporate training and life-long learning solutions.
Employers interested in learning more can email trainingsolutions@everettcc.edu.
Public invited to help plan for EvCC’s future
EVERETT — Everett Community College invites the public to participate in a two-day planning session for the college’s future April 20 and 21 at EvCC.
“We need the community’s help shaping the future of Everett Community College,” said EvCC President David Beyer. “We’re inviting everyone to participate in a discussion about the college’s priorities, including how the college will look, who we serve, what EvCC will be known for and how the college will support student success, economic vitality and community engagement.”
The session will run from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 20 and from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. April 21 on campus at 2000 Tower St. Breakfast and lunch will be provided both days. Participants are asked to attend both days because the work started on the first day will continue on the second.
The event is part of the college’s long-range strategic planning process. During the past seven months, more than 250 people have shared their ideas and insights about the challenges and opportunities facing the college. Planning teams and task forces have also collected information on key trends the college will consider.
To attend the planning event, call 425-297-3140 or email your name and phone number to strategicplanning@everettcc.edu. For more information about the planning process, go to www.everettcc.edu/strategicplanning.
Announcements
SNOHOMISH — The city of Snohomish has launched a new blog, Experience Snohomish, continuing to add to its social media tools as another way to communicate with residents and visitors interested in Snohomish. In addition to getting out regular city news and event information, the city believes its blog will be able to offer nearly instantaneous updates in cases of emergency such as floods. Readers can sign up to get the blog at bit.ly/ExperienceSnoho. The city has contracted for blogging services with Cannon Social Media with funding from the city’s lodging tax.
SMOKEY POINT — Bridgestone Retail Operations recently celebrated the grand opening of a new Firestone Complete Auto Care store in north Marysville at 17305 27th Ave. NE. The general manager is Gerry McArthur. The ribbon-cutting ceremony March 16 included Marysville Mayor John Nehring, Councilmembers Carmen Rasmussen and Donna Wright, Fire Marshal Tom Maloney, as well as Marysville Tulalip Chamber of Commerce board Chairman John Bell and member Maureen Depuy. Firestone Complete Auto Care presented a $500 donation to Senior Services of Snohomish County’s Meals on Wheels program and a $500 donation to the Boys &Girls Club.
EVERETT — Ground has been broken in Everett for a new corporate headquarters for Majestic Glove, a leading supplier of gloves, protective clothing and boots. The high-efficiency industrial building will be built one block east of Paine Field in Everett and will include up to 40,000 additional square feet of lease space for distribution or manufacturing tenants. Panattoni Development is developing the Lance Mueller-designed building. Poe Construction is the contractor.
EDMONDS — Chase Private Client service is expanding to the Puget Sound area. Designed to serve affluent clients, the business within J.P. Morgan Chase &Co. offers a high level of personal service and attention that is delivered through a dedicated Private Client Banker and the J.P. Morgan Private Client Advisor. Initially, Chase Private Client will have seven offices located in Edmonds, Bellevue and Seattle with dozens of additional locations opening throughout 2012.
BOTHELL — Cardiac Science Corp. has initiated a voluntary field correction of a limited number of automated external defibrillators manufactured between July 1 and Dec. 30, 2011. The affected AEDs contain a component that may fail unexpectedly due to a supplier manufacturing defect. Customers who have one of the affected AEDs were notified in January.
LYNNWOOD — Food Revolution Snohomish County, a movement aimed at encouraging growing, cooking, preserving and eating real healthy food, will hold the Celebration of Food Festival from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, May 20 at the Lynnwood Convention Center. The festival is a free family event where participants can taste, explore and experience real food. The Celebration of Food Festival is sponsored by Edmonds Community College, the City of Lynnwood, Verdant and Cascade Harvest Coalition.
MOUNT VERNON — The Northwest Washington Electrical Industry Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee has completed a demonstration solar photovoltaic and electric vehicle charging carport in Mount Vernon. Funded by the Labor Management Cooperative Committee of Cascade Chapter NECA and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local No. 191, both of Everett, the project was completed using solar modules and an inverter system manufactured by Silicon Energy in Marysville and a structure engineered and fabricated by Crystalite of Everett.
LYNNWOOD — Fidelity Investments has announced the opening of its new investor center at 18825 33rd Avenue W., Lynnwood, adjacent to Alderwood mall. The 5,700-square-foot office is a state-of-the-art facility that will offer customers increased access to Fidelity representatives and technology, private client consultation areas, additional retirement planning resources and on-site seminar facilities. Fidelity now has 169 investor centers around the country, including four offices in the Seattle metro area.
EVERETT — Coast|Sperry Van Ness of Everett has arranged the sale of The Bay Club Apartments, an 88-unit apartment complex in Des Moines. The buyer, Randolph Street Realty Capital from Chicago, paid $7.2 million for the property, according to Josh Jansen, senior adviser and team lead for Coast|Sperry Van Ness.
EVERETT — Puget Sound Computers of Everett now offers IT services, technology planning, support and project management to health-care providers in King and Snohomish counties. The company has served businesses in the Everett area since 2010. Its philosophy is to take care of technology needs, leaving clients free to focus on their business. Call 425-622-8409, email info@pugetsoundcomputers.com or go to www.pugetsoundcomputers.com for information.
EVERETT — Fluke Networks of Everett has introduced the OptiFiber Pro OTDR, the first handheld optical time-domain reflectometer built from the ground up for enterprise fiber testing. The tool allow users to reduce costs associated with premise fiber testing, while enhancing productivity and improving network reliability.
EVERETT — Registration is open for the Cinco de Mayo Bowl, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Snohomish County’s annual Bowl for Kids’ Sake fundraiser. Form a team of five, collect donations and join other teams on Saturday, May 5, or Sunday, May 6, at Glacier Lanes in Everett. The goal is to raise $40,000. To organize a team or join an existing team, call 425-252-2227. The deadline to register to bowl is Friday, April 20.
EDMONDS — Washington Center for Pain Management is participating in a nationwide FDA-cleared adult stem-cell study testing novel treatment for chronic low back pain. The study will test the use of mesenchymal precursor cells — adult stem cells derived from bone marrow that will be directly injected into the lumbar disc. The minimally invasive procedure may offer an alternative to back surgery for eligible patients with chronic pain from degenerative discs. The study has already enrolled its first patient.
EVERETT — Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner team has been honored with a 2012 Aviation Week Laureate Award in Aeronautics/Propulsion. The award was bestowed by the editors of Aviation Week to recognize the team’s extraordinary accomplishments. Aviation Week lauded the 787’s advanced aerodynamics, new composite materials, electric systems, fuel-efficient engines and new production paradigm during the presentation.
MILL CREEK — The Legacy Group has created a real estate hub in a log cabin at the corner of 164th Street SW and Cascadian Way in Mill Creek. Daniel Cote, a loan officer and certified real estate instructor, and Tony Fisher, a loan officer and certified mortgage planner, plan to use the space to hold classes and events for real estate agents and the general community.
EVERETT — Boeing and Uzbekistan Airways partnered with Project Hope to transport a consignment of medical supplies destined for hospitals in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on a newly delivered 767-300ER (Extended Range). The shipment comes as part of Boeing’s Humanitarian Delivery Flights program. Boeing has facilitated more than 140 humanitarian delivery flights, working in partnership with nearly 50 different airlines worldwide.
SNOHOMISH — Washington Public Market, located in downtown Snohomish, is giving Washington state produce farmers free booth space throughout the spring, summer and fall. Other vendor booth space is available at low cost with outdoor spaces open beginning April 14. More information about the market, its floor plans and booth spaces is online at www.washingtonpublicmarket.com.
CAMANO ISLAND — A local coffee company is working to make a difference in coffee farmer’s lives around the world. Camano Island Coffee Roasters has devoted the business to helping coffee farmers to sell their product sustainably. Owner Jeff Ericson offers fairly traded, shade-grown coffee so customers receive a better-tasting cup of coffee and growers can better provide for their families.
EVERETT — Applications are being taken for The Everett Clinic Foundation’s William MacDonald Leadership and Personal Development Fund. The fund’s goal is to improve the overall health and wellness of the community through support of personal development and/or the enhancement of leadership skills of health-care professionals. This year’s application deadline is Tuesday, May 1. For information or an application, email pthompson@everettclinic.com or call 425-339-5460.
ELLENSBURG — Business start-up funding totaling up to $10,000 will be available through Central Washington University’s Symposium on University Research and Creative Expression. The money will go to the winners of the CWU Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I4IE) Business Plan Competition. Learn more online at www.cwu.edu/~source/business_plan_comp.php
OLYMPIA — Deaths due to fatal workplace injuries fell to a historic low in Washington state in 2011. In recent years, Washington has averaged between 80 and 90 work-related deaths annually. In 2011, the number fell to 51, the lowest number of work-related deaths in the state’s history. The previous low was in 2009, when 65 workers died on the job. Researchers only count deaths from traumatic injuries or acute chemical exposures. Deaths due to illnesses related to work are not included.
OLYMPIA — Washington state has locked in record low interest rates on new money bonds totaling $563 million. The aggressive bids freed up more than $7 million for lawmakers as they worked in March to balance the 2011-2013 state budget. Series D bonds provide funds to pay for capital and multimodal transportation projects, state buildings, public school skill centers facilities, state programs for Columbia River Basin water supply development, farmland preservation, riparian protection and outdoor recreation.
SEATTLE — Pivotal Leaders is accepting nominations for the 2012 Pivotal Leaders Award. The designation honors senior level executives and influencers who are active in the Northwest clean-tech economy. Nominations are open to anyone and will be accepted online at www.pivotal-leaders.com until April 10. The final Pivotal Leaders, selected from the nominees, will be announced in late May. Pivotal Leaders’ nomination and selection process includes crowdsourcing nominations, allowing anyone to nominate a potential Pivotal Leader. After open nominations close, Pivotal Leaders are voted on by the nominees themselves.
WASHINGTON — With business tax-filing deadlines fast approaching, the Internal Revenue Service has asked small employers that provide health insurance coverage to their employees to check out the small business health care tax credit. The recently revamped Small Business Health Care Tax Credit page on IRS.gov is packed with information and resources designed to help small employers see if they qualify for the for the credit and how to figure it. Additional information can be found on IRS.gov.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Wind turbines in the Bonneville Power Administration’s transmission grid have generated more than 4,000 megawatts for the first time. The event that occurred on March 11 produced nearly twice as much energy as that generated by the coal, gas and nuclear plants connected to BPA’s system that day. BPA expects to have 5,000 megawatts of this clean, emission-free, renewable resource connected to its system by 2013, several years ahead of earlier estimates.
Recognition
MARYSVILLE — In honor of its 63rd anniversary, Sunnyside Nursery is awarding $25 gift nursery certificates to 20 participants from the 2011 Giving Gardens program of the Marysville Community Food Bank. The participants met the challenge of donating at least 63 pounds of their excess homegrown produce to the food bank over the 2011 growing season.
MONROE — The Werkhoven Dairy in Monroe won the Outstanding Dairy Farm Sustainability Award at the inaugural U.S. Dairy Sustainability Awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. The dairy is part of the Sno-Sky Ag Alliance. Co-manager brothers Andy and Jim Werkhoven have worked closely with Qualco Energy — a nonprofit partnership with the Tulalip Tribes that turns manure from cows and other liquid waste into energy for the power grid and composted fertilizer. Nationally, there were 44 entries for the U.S. Dairy Sustainability Awards and Washington state dairy operations won in two of the three categories.
MONROE — Pacific Earth Works Inc. has been recognized with two 2011 Environmental Landscape Awards by the Washington Association of Landscape Professionals at its annual state convention at the Tulalip Resort and Casino. The Good Samaritan Green Roof project received an Award of Merit in the Commercial Construction category. The Marysville Getchell High School project received an Award of Distinction in the Public Works category.
LAKE STEVENS — Elle Marie Hair Studio, owned by Colleen Buck, Jody Bossert and Lorry Green, was recently named to the Salon Today 200 list by Salon Today magazine, the top business publication for salon and spa owners. It was Elle Marie’s third recognition in as many years. The 200 salons were selected for their best business practices from applications submitted by Salon Today readers. Elle Marie Hair Studio has locations in Lake Stevens and Bothell.
MARYSVILLE — New solar inverters from Silicon Energy, a Marysville-based manufacturer of solar photovoltaic systems, have earned the Washington state Department of Revenue’s Made in Washington approval. No other battery-free, grid-tie inverter manufacturer in Washington has qualified for this designation. Silicon Energy’s inverters offer the highest efficiency in their class with a 96 percent CEC efficiency rating. Learn more about Silicon Energy at silicon-energy.com.
EVERETT — Providence Regional Medical Center Everett and the Providence Regional Cancer Partnership have been featured on Becker’s Hospital Review annual list — 70 Hospitals and Health Systems with Great Oncology Programs. Providence Regional Cancer Partnership includes four providers of cancer services: The Everett Clinic, Northwest Washington Radiation Oncology Associates, Western Washington Medical Group and Providence Regional Medical Center. Hospitals on the list are said to be national leaders in cancer research, prevention, treatment and education.
EVERETT — Production company Tall Taurus Media LLC has received the Silver Telly award of the 2012 Annual Telly Awards and the Platinum AVA for producing a video for the Snohomish County Red Cross Heroes in 2011. The video focused on the Snohomish High School stabbing of April Lutz in October 2011, including the interviews of the heroes who came to her rescue that day and saving her life.
LAKE STEVENS — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has recognized the Lake Stevens School District with its Energy Star Leader Award for building energy efficiency. The district was one of four in Washington state honored for improving building efficiency by at least 10 percent throughout its facilities. Snohomish County Public Utility District has worked with the Lake Stevens School District on a broad range of energy efficiency projects for several years.
OLYMPIA — Rep. Mike Hope, R-Lake Stevens, has been awarded the Cornerstone Award from the Association of Washington Business. This award is given annually to legislators who have an 80 percent or better voting record with the association based on its annual legislative scorecard. Legislators who have earned this award have continually supported business-related issues.
Workshops and classes
Businesses holding unclaimed property can learn more about their obligation to report it to the state through free workshops being offered by the Washington State Department of Revenue. Unclaimed property audit manager Barbie Schneider said businesses can view the 2012 workshop schedule and register online by going to dor.wa.gov and clicking on the workshops and education link on the left.
Edward Jones financial adviser Joe Gogal of Everett will host a presentation titled, Social Security: Your Questions Answered, at 4:30 p.m. April 4 at Mill Creek Country Club and at 1 p.m. April 16 at the 92nd Street NE Event Center in Marysville. The presentations are free but space is limited. To make a reservation, call 425-513-9222.
Port shipping
Port of Everett shipping schedule as of March 26. The schedule is tentative and subject to change.
March 26, Muntgracht, Inchcape
March 27, Westwood Cascade, Westwood
March 30, Millennium Falcon, ECL
April 7, Westwood Olympia, Westwood; Clipper Century, Clipper
April 10, Westwood Discovery, Westwood
April 17, Westwood Pacific, Westwood
April 24, Westwood Rainier, Westwood
Ship port calls 2012 YTD: 16
Barge port calls 2012 YTD: 12
Total ship port calls 2011: 100
Total barge port calls 2011: 56
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