Alaska Business Monthly articles from January 2005

Alaska Business Monthly archives from January 2005

Greenie sweet talk: we don't buy it!(From The Publisher)(environmental communities)
January 1, 2005... The late President Lyndon Johnson was fond of saying, "Come, let us reason together," whenever he had something he wanted to sell. And nearly everybody dutifully "reasoned" with him because, standing 6 feet 4 inches tall and weighing in at...

Superior Plumbing celebrates 40th.(Anniversary News)(Superior Plumbing & Heating Inc.)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... On Oct. 23, 1964, the papers were signed and Superior Heating Service Inc.'s two new owners, Marion Fox and Bob Pope, launched their new company from a leased basement with three used vans and a 1/2-ton pickup truck in Anchorage. Ten years...

DOWL Engineers expands to Palmer.(Engineering)(new office opened)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Expanding to the Mat-Su Valley, DOWL Engineers opened its new Palmer office. The new office, located in downtown Palmer at 809 S. Chugach St., will serve area clients. Stewart G. Osgood, P.E., DOWL's president, said, "DOWL opened our...

Processors back ASMI.(Fishing)(Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... An unprecedented election by Alaska seafood processors has confirmed support for the continued operation of the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute, and resulted in an increase in processor contributions to the agency. Processors voted to...

RIM Design receives recognition.(Applause)(International Interior Design Association Northern Pacific Chapter's award)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... RIM Design LLC was recognized recently at the International Interior Design Association Northern Pacific Chapter's 2nd Annual "IN-awards." The local firm received a Jury Award for its design of Highland Tech High in Anchorage. The regional...

Top construction jobs win awards.(Construction)(Associated General Contractors of Alaska)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Some of Alaska's top construction jobs and safety programs were recognized recently by the Associated General Contractors of Alaska at the group's annual conference. Topping the list was Conerstone Construction of Anchorage, winner of the...

Banks open new loan branch.(Finance)(Native American Bank in partnership with Woodlands National Bank )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Native American Bank and Woodlands National Bank have formed a creative partnership to open a loan production office in Anchorage. "This is another step in the growth and evolution of Native American Bank as a major player in providing...

Alaska USA acquires Ribelin Lowell & Co.(Insurance)(Alaska USA Federal Credit Union)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Ribelin Lowell and Company Insurance Brokers was acquired recently by Alaska USA Federal Credit Union through its subsidiary, Alaska USA Insurance Agency LLC. The new entity will do business as Ribelin Lowell Alaska USA Insurance Brokers....

FHA funds Haines Highway Corridor.(Transportation)(Federal Highway Administration)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Haines has been awarded a grant for $42,000 by the Federal Highway Administration to begin the Haines Highway Corridor Planning. The monies will be used to acquire assistance in creating and designing a plan to market the Haines Highway as a...

Junior Achievement inspires children to learn about free enterprise.(Junior Achievement of Alaska)(Cover Story)
January 1, 2005... Junior Achievement of Alaska's 19th Annual Alaska Business Hall of Fame unites the Alaska community to honor outstanding individuals who have made significant contributions to the Alaska economy and whose efforts have prompted the growth of...

Alaska Business Hall of Fame: past laureates.(Cover Story)
January 1, 2005... ALASKA BUSINESS HALL OF FAME PAST LAUREATES DON ABEL, JR., 1996 JACOB ADAMS, 2002 BILL ALLEN, 1995 BOB & BETTY ALLEN, 2001 ELEANOR ANDREWS, 2001 ROBERT ATWOOD, 1988 BERNARD M. BEHRENDS, 1987 EARL H....

Alvin H. Fleetwood: Alaska Business Hall of Fame Laureate, JA: Fleetwood & Associates.(junior avhievement)(Cover Story)
January 1, 2005... For a person who is supposed to be retired, Alvin H. Fleetwood is a very busy man. A fixture in Alaska's financial circles since 1959, the former president of the state's three largest chambers of commerce still finds time to offer advice and...

Richard L. Lowell: Alaska Business Hall of Fame Laureate, JA: Ribelin Lowell Alaska USA Insurance Brokers.(junior achievement )(Cover Story)
January 1, 2005... Richard L. Lowell, formerly president and CEO of Ribelin Lowell & Company Insurance Brokers Inc., has been giving to communities in Alaska both personally and through his business for more than 20 years. In 1977, Ribelin Lowell & Company...

Tennys Owens: Alaska Business Hall of Fame Laureate, JA: Artique Ltd.(junior achievement )(Cover Story)
January 1, 2005... In 1971, Tennys Owens and her partner were determined to start the first art gallery in Anchorage. Initially displaying collected artwork in a 900-square-foot gallery, today Artique Ltd. has developed into a business with a total of 8,500...

Carl H. Marrs: Alaska Business Hall of Fame Laureate, JA: former CEO and president, CIRI.(chief executive officer of Cook Inlet Region Inc.)(Cover Story)
January 1, 2005... When Carl H. Marrs first joined Cook Inlet Region Inc. back in 1973, he never imagined that one day he would become its president and CEO. Looking back on his 31-year career at the Native corporation, he credits it with giving him the education...

The Miller family: Alaska Business Hall of Fame Laureates, JA: Santa Claus House of North Pole.(Santa Claus House )(Cover Story)
January 1, 2005... Borrowing $300 for seed money in 1952, Con and Nellie Miller opened a general store in the budding community of North Pole, a business that has grown to become a well-known, highly visible community icon. Today, the internationally known...

Junior Achievement K-12 program overview.(Cover Story)
January 1, 2005... Purpose Junior Achievement of Alaska educates and inspires young people to value free enterprise, business and economics to improve the quality of their lives. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROGRAMS Junior Achievement of Alaska's economic...

Alaska beer festival marks a decade: for $28, attendees get to taste from more than 200 different beers and barley wines.(Alaska This Month)(Great Alaska Beer and Barley Wine Festival)
January 1, 2005... It's known as zymurgy. It can seem simple or extremely complex, depending upon how far you are willing--or able--to delve. Zymurgy, is the branch of chemistry concerned with fermentation. In simple terms, give the right yeast some water, a...

January 2005 calendar of events.
January 1, 2005... ANCHORAGE 8 Second Saturday Animal Photography Professional photographers will teach you how to photograph animals, both zoo residents and wildlife passing through zoo grounds. From noon to 2 p.m. at the Alaska Zoo. For more...

Alaska State Chamber of Commerce.(Right Moves)(awards presented)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... The Alaska State Chamber of Commerce named Kevin O. Meyers the 2004 William A. Egan Outstanding Alaskan at the Chamber's 45th Annual Convention and Business Trade Show in Juneau. The award is given to individuals who have made substantial and...

Sheldon Jackson College.(Right Moves)(Arthur Cleveland appointed)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Dr. Arthur Cleveland was selected as the president of Sheldon Jackson College. Cleveland began his career in higher education in 1965 at Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth as instructor, continuing professor, chair of the biology...

American Indian Science & Engineering Society.(Right Moves)(2004 Professional of the Year Award to Richard Kevin "Savik" Glenn, a whaler, hunter, geologist and ice scientist)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Richard Kevin "Savik" Glenn is the recipient of the 2004 American Indian Science & Engineering Society Professional of the Year Award. Glenn, an Inupiaq Eskimo, is a whaler, hunter, geologist and ice scientist from Barrow. He is vice president...

Alaska Senate.(Right Moves)(Ben Stevens appointed as president)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Sen. Ben Stevens (R-Anchorage) was chosen by his colleagues to lead the state Senate as its president for the next two years. Stevens joined the Senate in 2001 and served as majority leader for the past two years. The Senate majority leader...

Federal Express.(Right Moves)(Anchorage, Alaska growth )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... FedEx's Anchorage Hub is featured in the latest issue of Fortune magazine. The article, titled "Why FedEx is Flying High," illustrates Anchorage's critical role in FedEx's growth. It aptly describes the city as "heaven on earth for the $25...

Wells Fargo Bank.(Right Moves)(executive promotions)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Six Wells Fargo team members in Southcentral Alaska were recently given officer promotions. Paul Beer, business relationship manager for Wasilla, was named assistant vice president. Beer has 15 years of financial services experience in Alaska....

Preston Gates & Ellis.(Right Moves)(Jennifer Coughlin appointed)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Preston Gates & Ellis LLP recently named Jennifer Coughlin, a long-standing partner in its Anchorage office, as office managing partner. A seasoned lawyer with nearly 20 years of experience, Coughlin will work with firm-wide practice group...

North Star Group.(Right Moves)(Christine Peters appointed)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Christine Peters recently joined the North Star Group, an Alaska government relations and business consulting firm based out of Washington D.C., as a government relations associate. Peters is responsible for client relations and legislative...

AIDEA.(Right Moves)(Mike Barry appointed at Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority and Alaska Energy Authority)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Mike Barry was appointed by Gov. Frank H. Murkowski to lead the state's efforts to promote coal exports to Taiwan. Barry is chairman of board of directors for the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority and the Alaska Energy...

HDR Alaska Inc.(Right Moves)(appointments)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... HDR Alaska Inc. has expanded its services with the addition of several new staff. Kirsten Anderson is a new registered archaeologist with HDR. She has 10 years of experience in cultural resources research and management for local, state and...

Chugach Optional School.(Right Moves)(Jean Ward, a kindergarten teacher got 2004 Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Jean Ward, a kindergarten teacher at Chugach Optional School in Anchorage, won a 2004 Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award. Ward is one of 100 recipients of the award in 47 states and the District of Columbia, and the only Alaska...

A 25th anniversary: Alaska Commercial Fishing and Agriculture Bank 1980-2005.(Business Profile)(Advertisement)
January 1, 2005... If your payday comes once a season, or once a year, and this has made it difficult for you to access a loan to improve or expand your business, or you simply want a more personal touch from your lender, then you may need to know about the...

School-to-business partnerships give students link to Alaska jobs: with 43,000 new jobs on the horizon, today's students need to be prepared to fill these positions.(Education)
January 1, 2005... With construction of a natural as pipeline approaching reality, economists predict 43,000 new jobs will be added to Alaska's economy in the decade ending in 2012. The administration of Gov. Frank H. Murkowski is committed to making sure...

Alaska's key industries: 2005 forecast: corporate executives project another bullish year.(2005 Industry Forecast)
January 1, 2005... This year should be another excellent year for Alaska's business community. After compiling the input from leaders of the major state industries, two words come to mind for 2005--"Great expectations." COMM-TECH Chris Mott Western U.S....

Nimble Alaskans succeed with seafood in China: Alaska Wild--never farmed: Alaska seafood is more expensive than that from other countries, but through education, those in China are seeing the benefits of buying from the Great Land.(Exports)
January 1, 2005... The Chinese have been processing Alaska seafood for re-export for many years. But recently, they have started to eat it, too. What has changed? Part of the answer is economic and social change in China itself. As the economy grows, the...

Marine research in Alaska's high seas: North Pacific Research Board's science plan maps study of Alaska's seas.(Fishing)
January 1, 2005... Twenty-five years after the State of Alaska and the United States began the famed Dinkum Sands dispute over control of near-shore oil leasing on the Beaufort Sea, the North Pacific seafood industry, state and federal governments are working...

American Marine Services Group: excellence in operations.(Business Spotlight)(Pacific Environmental Corp.)
January 1, 2005... Thirty years of experience, hard work, ingenuity and persistence has made American Marine Services Group a company capable of solving some of the world's toughest challenges. This multi-faceted company has locations in Alaska, Hawaii and...

Air passenger traffic: Anchorage and Fairbanks airports (August 2003-August 2004).(Alaska Trends for January)
January 1, 2005... Air passenger traffic at the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport increased over the period of one year. In August 2004, 649,171 passengers traveled through the Anchorage International Airport, compared to 614,657 passengers just one...