Business Journal-Portland articles from March 2001

Business Journal-Portland archives from March 2001

Sisters plan for future needs.(Sisters of Saint Mary of Beaverton plan capital campaign)(Statistical Data Included)
March 2, 2001... For years, developers have salivated over acquiring a vast Hillsboro farm donated 50 years ago to the Sisters of Saint Mary of Beaverton. In turn, the Sisters of Saint Mary and other orders are facing cash crunches that they are seeking to...

Digimarc sees profits by end of current year.(software firm Digimarc Inc.)(Brief Article)(Company Profile)(Statistical Data Included)
March 2, 2001... With a flurry of product and customer announcements last month, Digimarc Inc. has left some investors wondering when the company will start making a profit. And E.K. Ranjit, the company's CFO, has very definite guidance for them: in the fourth...

Sharp to manufacture components in Camas.(Sharp Corp. of Japan to do design and manufacturing in Camas, Washington)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 2, 2001... Until now, Sharp Corp. has done most, if not all, of its design and manufacturing in Japan. That is about to change. Sharp Microelectronics of the Americas (SMA), located in Camas, Wash., has just been designated Sharp's North American...

Pearl District warehouse next in line for renovation.(in Portland; warehouse being converted to apartments)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... An historic warehouse on the edge of the Pearl District will be converted to 164 lofts if the Portland Historic Landmarks Commission approves a $32 million renovation of the $5 million property March 12. This is one of the final hurdles...

Freightliner: plenty of positions, not so many people.(Freightliner Corp. report of layoffs is confusing)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Question: When you go to work, are you a person or a position? Is the job next to you a person job or a position job? And if it is a position job, how long should it be counted as a position if no person ever shows up to occupy that position?...

Sunshine hopes for growth from no-growth strategy.(Sunshine Dairy Foods offers only milk without growth hormone)(Brief Article)(Company Profile)
March 2, 2001... Sunshine Dairy Foods is pushing growth-hormone-free milk in an effort to give the company a marketable niche and a way to compete against larger dairies. "There were a lot more dairy companies in the Portland area 25 to 30 years ago. We'd...

PJP hits the course with Lexus deal.(Peter Jacobsen Productions Inc. gets contract from Lexus)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Beaverton-based Peter Jacobsen Productions Inc., event manager for the Fred Meyer Challenge, announced that a flurry of recent projects has culminated in a high-octane deal with Lexus. PJP will be the luxury carmaker's "eyes and ears in the...

Never a dull moment for Nike Shareholders.(Nike expects to miss its fiscal third quarter earnings target)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 2, 2001... A costly computer system glitch cost Nike Inc. investors dearly this week. Nike (NYSE: NKE) revealed late Monday that it expected to miss third-quarter earnings estimates by a fairly substantial margin due to the disastrous performance of a...

MIRA Mobile Television.(invests in new equipment)
March 2, 2001... MIRA Mobile Television, a Portland-based remote television production company, has invested more than $500,000 in new equipment for the audio, graphics and videotape areas of its mobile units. The equipment will improve MIRA's coverage of major...

Obie Media Corp.(results for fiscal 2000)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 2, 2001... Obie Media Corp. reported net income of $673,087, or 11 cents a share, on revenue of $15 million for the fourth quarter. In the same period last year, Obie reported a net income of $597,533 on revenue of $12.3 million. Renewed contracts, along...

Columbia Bancorp.(The Dalles; CEO to retire)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Terry Cochran, president and chief executive officer of Columbia Bancorp (Nasdaq: CBBO) announced his plans to remain on the board of directors, but retire from active management of the corporation on May 15, 2001. Roger Christensen, currently...

Fred Meyer Stores Inc.(hires Sam Duncan as president)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Fred Meyer Stores Inc., a division of The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR), announced the appointment of Sam Duncan as president. He succeeds Kenneth Thrasher, who announced his retirement from the company. Duncan returns to Fred Meyer after serving two...

AVI BioPharma Inc.(results for 2000)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 2, 2001... AVI BioPharma Inc. (Nasdaq: AVII) (Nasdaq: AVIIW) (Nasdaq: AVIIZ), the Portland biopharmaceutical company, reported narrower losses and increased revenue as it closed out its fiscal year. For the fourth quarter of 2000, the company reported a...

TreeSource Industries.(considers its options)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... TreeSource Industries (OTC Bulletin Board: TRES) is reviewing strategic alternatives, including the sale of its operations. Chief Executive Officer Jess Drake said, "Changes in the lumber market and in the economy since the original filing of...

Columbia Sportswear Co.(plans distribution facility in France)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 2, 2001... International outdoor apparel and footwear footwear leader Columbia Sportswear Co. (Nasdaq: COLM) intends to acquire property in Cambrai, France, for the construction of a new distribution facility. The new facility will be approximately...

BluePaw brings health insurance to the dogs.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... A Portland company plans to revolutionize the way people pay for health care--for their pets. "Most people pay as they go or use the room on their credit cards," said Alex Schrage, head of sales and marketing for BluePaw Family Pet...

AT&T shelves Clark County news programming.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Some Vancouver residents aren't buying AT&T Broadband's claim that cutting costs led to the cancellation of its local news program. They see the loss of "AT&T News 26" as another example of the 800-pound gorilla of cable TV's insensitivity...

Teleport customers are flocking to other ISPs.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... When Teleport, Portland's largest local ISP, was bought by OneMain.com last year, users found that their e-mail service and internet connections remained the same as before the merger. But the integration of California-based OneMain with...

OHSU opens its Neurological Sciences Institute.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Oregon Health Sciences University opened a vast neurology research center on its west campus Feb. 20. The 60,000-square-foot, three-story building in Beaverton was specifically designed for the Neurological Sciences Institute. Located at...

@once targets e-mails for the right audience.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... No one likes opening up an e-mail program to find an inbox filled with spain. At the same time, most people are so busy that getting information they actually need or want by e-mail can be a real convenience. That narrow corner of the...

Rooftop roundtable yields tremors, revelations.
March 2, 2001... In welcoming visionary-author Stewart Brand to town, a handful of Portlanders played the role of futuristic soothsayers Wednesday atop the Columbia Square Building while an earthquake rattled the Northwest. Brand, founder of the Global...

Tully's store-opening pace leaves it in tenuous cash position.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... After a six-month store-opening binge, Tully's Coffee Corp. has a lot more outlets but not much money left in the till. Despite raising $12 million in new capital last year, the unprofitable Seattle-based coffee roaster and retailer reached...

EXECUTIVE PROFILE.
March 2, 2001... Rev. Michael Maslowsky PERSONAL INFORMATION Name: Rev. Michael Maslowsky Organization: Village Enterprises and Services for All Generations Enterprises (SAGE) Title: President What we do: We develop total living...

Protecting the river wild.(Local clean-water nonprofit aids sister groups nationwide)
March 2, 2001... Local clean-water nonprofit aids sister groups nationwide The people at River Network, a national river protection organization headquartered in Portland, aren't exactly pinning their hopes on the new Bush administration. But the...

New methods to treat brain, heart ailments.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Legacy Health System added a "shaped-beam" radiation technique for battling brain tumors to its radiation oncology department at Legacy Emanuel Hospital this month. The radiosurgery focuses the beams of radiation on the size and shape of a...

Pippi plays crucial role in Portland State center.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... In all the hoopla over Portland State University's new arts and creative technology program, we left out one person working behind the scenes, Mike Pippi. PSU hired the former Regional Arts & Culture Council director as the executive...

The greens and clergy forming new alliances.
March 2, 2001... In last month's Outside magazine, a lead article as long as a novelette explored the merging of the greens with the people of the cloth. It seems a growing number of religious leaders (not necessarily the evangelistic, politically feisty...

Alice's head would spin keeping track of stocks.
March 2, 2001... Down, down, down. Would the fall never come to an end? "Alice in Wonderland" was the product of fertile Victorian imagination, but were Alice to wake from her chaotic dream state today, she might find herself as perplexed as she was by the...

Internet nightmares.
March 2, 2001... Consider these recent internet fiascoes: * On Jan. 31, internet shoppers surfing the United Airlines web site thought they scored a bargain: a round-trip ticket to Paris from various West Coast cities--for $24.98. A total of 143 tickets...

Egghead favors security over cyber insurance.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... When Egghead.com suffered its well-publicized hack-attack in December, some wondered if the company would turn to cyber insurance for protection. So far, it hasn't. Instead, the company is opting to beef up security measures on its...

Tripwire partners up with Lloyd's of London.
March 2, 2001... Tripwire Inc. has aligned itself with Lloyd's of London in a strategy to reach customers with its internet security software. Portland-based Tripwire makes software that protects internet servers from outside attacks. Lloyd's of London is...

Top 25 commercial insurance agencies.
March 2, 2001... Top 25 commercial insurance agencies Ranked by number of metro employees Rank Phone last ...

Restoration begins with getting down to the basic problem.
March 2, 2001... The long process of restoring a composition doll from the early 1900s begins with stripping down to the basics. At Nurse Nancy's Doll Hospital in Vancouver, owner Nancy Korsak begins by peeling off the old paint by hand. She's yet to find...

Reviving old memories.(Dolls)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Their heads have rested on many a little girl's pillow. But after those little girls grew up, the Shirley Temples and Terri Lees were shut up in cold attics and damp garages, losing their ruby lips and smooth skin. These are the...

Bush isn't backing away from repealing estate taxes.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... President Bush remains "deeply committed" to repealing the estate tax, his press secretary said, no matter what the director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives said. John DiIulio Jr., director of the new...

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... ACCOUNTING Aldrich Kilbride & Tatone LLP added James Twedt as tax services group member; and Andree Bain and Thomas Poon as staff accountants. The company promoted Jonathan Greeley and Shelley Klassen to senior accountant; Tyson Pruett to...

The lesson from Nike's glitch.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... The latest surprise for investors from Nike ought to serve as a final wake-up call for folks who got involved in the stock market because they thought it was an easy way to make money. As we're now seeing, the stock market giveth and,...

Acquitted in trial by fire.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... This year is proving to be a tougher year for many businesses than we've faced in quite some time. Are we up to the task? Can our people raise the bar yet another notch to assure we are providing world-class value and service to our clients and...

Businesses can play role in protecting old-growth forests.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... In recent years, many companies have begun td incorporate environmental protection into their way of doing business One of the most visible examples of this is the move by many large corporations to stop using products made from old-growth...

Freightliner memo disputes possibility of class action suit by workers.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... The Business Journal printed a front page article on Feb. 9 which discussed layoffs at Freightliner Corp.'s headquarters facilities in Portland. The article quoted a state official who suggested that perhaps the state should have been notified...

PROVIDENCE RANKED NINTH.(Providence Health System)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Providence Health System was ranked the ninth best-run health system in the nation by SMG Marketing Group. Results of the survey were published last week in Modern Healthcare magazine. Chicago-based SMG ranked more than 500 health care...

WHY DO PATIENTS WASTE AWAY?(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Oregon Health Sciences University researchers identified a mechanism in the brain that plays a role in cachexia, which includes symptoms such as loss of appetite and increased metabolism, and is responsible for the "wasting away" of cancer and...

NEW ANTI-SMOKING CAMPAIGN.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Oregon's Department of Human Services is flooding the airwaves and billboards with its newest anti-smoking message, "Secondhand smoke kills." The ads portray a girl coughing after breathing secondhand smoke and two boys whose fathers died...

FLOWERS FIGHTING CANCER.
March 2, 2001... The Business Journal and more than a dozen other media representatives and local celebrities competed in the American Cancer Society's ultra-silly daffodil-arranging competition Feb. 23. Top honors went to Portland Police Chief Mark...

LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION.(Neighborhood Health Clinics, Tyack Dental Group, LifeWise)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Providence Health System donated $10,000 for a new women's health clinic opening March 6 at Northeast 56th Avenue and Killingsworth Street. The clinic is operated by Neighborhood Health Clinics, which serves uninsured people at buildings...

VINTON STUDIOS CREATES WB PILOT.
March 2, 2001... Always wanted to be a voice on an animated show? Will Vinton Studios is casting for talent over the next few weeks for a new half-hour pilot program called "Slacker Cats." The stop motion animation pilot, being readied for the WB network,...

MENTOR GRAPHICS TAPS NERVE.(Nerve Inc. wins $3.5 million national advertising account)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 2, 2001... Mentor Graphics has hired Nerve Inc. to give a new look to its $3.5 million national advertising account. New print ads will appear in May in high-tech publications like Electronic Business and Electronic Engineering Times. Nerve will...

COFFEE ROASTER GETS NEW LOOK.(Opus: Creative, Rowland Coffee Roaster Inc.)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Opus: creative has brewed up a new name, logo and brand called Java Cabana for Miami-based Rowland Coffee Roasters. Rowland executive J.P. Souto spotted the Portland agency's web site on the Macromedia site of the day and called them for the...

SURVEY CO. HIRES MILLER MARKETING.(Trimble Navigation Ltd., Miller Marketing Advertising and Public Relations)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Miller Marketing Advertising and Public Relations has been hired to handle the public relations for the Oregon and Washington divisions of Trimble Navigation Ltd. Trimble, formerly Spectra Precision, specializes in surveying and laser equipment...

TECH FIRM SEEKS SANDA.(Infinity Softworks, Sanda Communications)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Beaverton-based Infinity Softworks has hired Sanda Communications to provide advertising and public relations. Infinity, the maker of Palm-based software, plans to advertise in trade magazines, newspapers and online sites that cover technology....

TELECOM LEADERS PICK WAGGENER.(Waggener Edstrom Inc., Siemens Information and Communication Networks, Terabeam Corp.)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Waggener Edstrom Inc. Will provide public relations services for Siemens Information and Communication Networks (ICN) Inc. and Terabeam Corp. The Portland agency, which counts Microsoft as a client, has partnered with Siemens ICN, as well...

OSWEGO.GROUP GETS NEW CEO.(David Gunderson)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Oswego.group, a privately held Beaverton company creating interactive and web-based marketing tools for consumer-product companies, has just appointed a new CEO. David Gunderson is a principal in Erickson Capital LLC, which has recently become...

CENTERSPAN READIES SCOUR.(CenterSpan Communications Corp., Scour Exchange)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 2, 2001... CenterSpan Communications Corp. (Nasdaq NM: CSCC) finally pinpointed the launch of its new Scour Exchange peer-to-peer network for legal distribution of copyrighted music and video: The beta version will be available sometime this month....

INTEL'S ARTSY NEW CHIP.(Intel Corp., Pentium 4 processor)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Intel Corp. (NYSE: INTC) is serving up new chips. The Pentium 4 processor is being heavily promoted with a $300 million marketing campaign featuring theater troupe Blue Man Group. Does this signal a new interest in the arts at Intel? Let's hope...

BACK TO SCHOOL.
March 2, 2001... Speaking of philanthropy, a long list of local technology companies sent engineers and technicians into Oregon classrooms to serve as mentors during National Engineering Month in February. The activities were sponsored by the American...

WHERE ARE THE TAMAGOTCHIS?
March 2, 2001... Back to the subject of surrealism, I was talking with some friends one evening about rapid changes in tech devices. We tried to imagine what 22nd-century archaeologists will make of their finds as they dig through our landfills. High up, of...

ERGONOMICS FOES LOBBYING.(use of Congressional Review Act)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Opponents of OSHA's ergonomics regulation are pushing Congress for a vote by mid-May on a resolution that would use the Congressional Review Act to void the rule. The "tight line frame" for CRA action is good for employers because it would...

SMALL BIZ TAX PARITY.
March 2, 2001... Members of National Small Business United rank state tax repeal as No. 4 on their list of top legislative priorities. Their No. 1 priority is tax parity--changing the tax code so that small businesses and big businesses are treated alike. ...

The Numbers Game.(statistics)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)(Illustration)
March 2, 2001... THE TRUTH ABOUT CATS AND DOGS Pet owners spend nearly $20 billion a year an their pets * 94% of pet owners display photos of their pets * 85% of pet owners include their pets in holiday celebrations * 84% of pet owners refer to...

Insider Trading.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)(Illustration)
March 2, 2001... The buying and selling of stock shares by area executives Donald Mohn Vice president TriQuint Semiconductor Shares to sell: 105,000 Share price: $34 [*] Share value: $3,570,000 Leslie Vadasz Director, exec....

Insurance by the numbers.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)(Illustration)
March 2, 2001... Top 25 occupations with the highest rates of disability (*) According to SIC codes Oregon 1999 1. Truck driver 2. Laborer, excluding construction 3. Materials handler 4. Janitor 5. Construction laborer 6....

New York investors on binge.(Brief Article)
March 9, 2001... A New York City-based investment company has plunked down $100 million for 12 Portland and Seattle buildings--from a Beaverton business park to Portland's historic Spalding Building. Felton Management Corp. bought the entire portfolio of...

PGE caught in middle of suitor's money woes.(Brief Article)
March 9, 2001... Though regulatory approval is the only hurdle left for Sierra Pacific Resources to clear before it acquires Portland General Electric from Enron Corp., that hurdle appears to be growing into a high-jump. The Nevada Legislature and Public...

Legacy's hospital plan drawing unfriendly fire.(Brief Article)
March 9, 2001... Legacy Health System spilled the beans on its $170 million secret this week: It plans to build a 200-bed hospital north of Vancouver. Next week, Legacy will lay out its plans in an application to Washington state for a certificate of need....

CORRECTION.(Brief Article)(Correction Notice)
March 9, 2001... * In a page one story in last week's Business Journal about The Sisters of St. Mary's of Beaverton, we incorrectly identified the St. Mary's Home for Boys. The St. Mary's Home for Boys and the Sisters of St. Mary's of Beaverton are two...

Port officials and businesses scrambling to replace Delta.(no direct flights to Asia available from Portland International Airport)(Brief Article)
March 9, 2001... Part of Portland officials are trying to convince Asian airline executives that Portland International Airport should be the next place to receive direct flights from Asia. With the only direct flights from Portland to Asia set to cease...

Kids clothier sells assets to insider group.(Hanna Andersson Corp.)(Brief Article)
March 9, 2001... Children's apparel specialist Hanna Andersson Corp., a Portland-based mail-order outfit, is under new ownership. Senior managers at Hanna and private equity firms combined to buy the assets of the 310-employee company from founder Gun...

Help wanted: New ideas for the recruiting game.(Brief Article)
March 9, 2001... It has been some time since I placed a help wanted ad in a down economy. I think the last time was in 1993, when I was editing an alternative weekly newspaper in Pittsburgh, Pa. The economy is usually down in Pittsburgh, has been ever since...

News isn't healthy for OHSU's rankings, tram.(grants to Oregon Health Sciences University)(Brief Article)
March 9, 2001... * The Oregon Health Sciences University may need to fine-tune its image-building strategy Under president Peter Kohler, OHSU has pursued a plan to raise its national reputation. Part of that program called for an increase in the number of...

OHSU.(Oregon Health Sciences University's plans for building a tramway)(Brief Article)
March 9, 2001... Meantime, OHSU's efforts to have a tramway built from the North Macadam district up to its Pill Hill digs came under withering attack from area residents. OHSU plans to build a new research and administrative center in the Macadam plain and...

Lightware Inc.(Brief Article)
March 9, 2001... Lightware Inc., the Beaverton maker of portable projection technology has promoted S. Mark Hand, senior vice president, sales and marketing, to president and chief operating officer. Stepping down is Al Patz, who is leaving Lightware to pursue...

Monaco Coach Corp.(Brief Article)
March 9, 2001... Monaco Coach Corp. (NYSE: MNC) of Coburg announced that Lee Posey is leaving the company's board of directors in order to devote additional time toward his involvement in nonprofit work. Posey joined Monaco Coach's board in July 1997. Posey...

Seedling Technologies.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 9, 2001... Seedling Technologies (OTCBB: SEED) made public its offer to acquire a majority stake in teleconferencing company C-Phone Corp. (OTCBB:CFON). Seedling is offering cash to acquire shares at a 48 percent premium to market price directly from the...

Allen Foundation for the Arts.(Young Audiences of Oregon and SW Washington receives grant)(Brief Article)
March 9, 2001... Young Audiences of Oregon and SW Washington has received $25,000 as a grant award from The Allen Foundation for the Arts for ongoing development of Arts for Learning: An Arts in Education Initiative for the 21st Century Now in its third year,...

TRM Corp.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 9, 2001... TRM Corp. (Nasdaq: TRM) said it suffered losses in both its fourth quarter and full year. It lost $2.7 million, or 38 cents per share, in the fourth quarter of 2000 and $5.4 million, or 76 cents per share, for the full year. Revenue for the...

Small biz advocate on tap for city of Portland.(proposed small business regulations)(Brief Article)
March 9, 2001... While the state's largest corporations are often no strangers to tax breaks and fast-tracked permitting, the 73 percent remaining small businesses are often no strangers to hidden costs and tangled bureaucracy. Or at least that's the...

Kaiser's 2000 annual report shows revenue, income growth.(Kaiser Permanente)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 9, 2001... The Northwest's largest HMO, Kaiser Permanente, showed improvement in its 2000 annual report submitted to the Oregon Insurance Commissioner last week. Net operating income rose 496 percent, from $6.8 million in 1999 to $33.7 million in...

Local online pharmacy will test bloodied waters.(Wellpartners Inc.)(Brief Article)
March 9, 2001... Predecessors like PlanetRx may have crashed and burned, but Portland-based Wellpartners Inc. believes there is still a market for online pharmacies. Just a different kind of one. Wellpartners will launch an online pharmacy this May to...

Meier & Frank plans first outdoor development.(Brief Article)
March 9, 2001... Meier & Frank will open its first West Portland store in a new outdoor, upscale shopping center in Hillsboro's Tanasbourne area. The retailer plans to build a two-story, 160,000-square-foot store at the corner of 194th Avenue and Cornell...

CenterSpan signs up first content providers for Scour Exchange.(Brief Article)
March 9, 2001... With the launch of its Scour Exchange test version slated for the end of this month, CenterSpan Communications Corp. (Nasdaq: CSCC) has lined up the first content providers for the new peer-to-peer digital file-swapping network. The first...

Oregon Steel Mills is now an investor darling.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 9, 2001... Oregon Steel Mills stock hit a new recent high when it bounced to $6.50 earlier this month. Two months ago, with share price near the 52-week low of $1.06, few expected shares to see a swift uptick. Oregon Steel CEO Joe Corvin has said he...

Willamette still aloof to Weyerhaeuser overtures.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 9, 2001... Weyerhaeuser Corp.'s dogged pursuit to take over Portland-based Willamette Industries Inc. is likely to continue simmering until Willamette holds its annual shareholders' meeting. The meeting, which Willamette has yet to schedule, will...

Environmental groups target Wilsonville firm.(Brief Article)
March 9, 2001... Workers at Wilsonville-based Oregon Pacific Building Products were greeted Monday morning by environmental activists, three of whom were arrested for trespassing. The demonstration was part of a global campaign to call attention to the...

The correct way to consume endangered species.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 9, 2001... Endangered species are taking over the East Coast and Southeast--in the form of chocolate produced by Oregon-based Endangered Species Chocolate Co. And the company said it is gaining ground so quickly in the eastern half of the country...