Bellingham Business Journal articles from September 2007

Bellingham Business Journal archives from September 2007

42-acre development planned for Mt. Baker neighborhood.
September 1, 2007... A local developer is planning a new 42-acre mixed-use project along James Street Road and Orchard Street. Plans for Meadow Ridge Park include 369 residential units and 10,000 square feet of commercial space, as well as a community building...

Birch Bay hotel proposed to cash in on Olympics.
September 1, 2007... A new hotel proposed for Birch Bay is the second hotel project announced in recent months intended to cash in on the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, B.C. Developers and Birch Bay residents Rex and Cynthia Colinares also want to be able to...

New downtown hair academy to enlist 150 students this winter.
September 1, 2007... A global hairdressing franchise has snapped up one of Doug Tolchin's last three downtown properties and will open a new hair academy there this winter. Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy will begin classes for up to 150 students at 1411...

G-P to close tissue mill, lay off more than 200 workers.(THE BUZZ: Tips, rumors & miscellaneous pieces of business information)
September 1, 2007... Georgia-Pacific LLC announced this month it will permanently shut down its tissue papermaking and converting operations at its Bellingham mill in December 2007. The tissue mill represents the last active Georgia-Pacific operation on the...

Pawnshop owner appeals city's decision to limit firearms sales.(THE BUZZ: Tips, rumors & miscellaneous pieces of business information)
September 1, 2007... The city of Bellingham's planning department has approved a planned development contract for a new pawnshop near Shuksan Middle School on Northwest Avenue, but the permit prohibits the purchase, sale, transport or storage of any firearms at the...

ACB gets government dollars for watercraft.(THE BUZZ: Tips, rumors & miscellaneous pieces of business information)
September 1, 2007... The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Aug. 4 that included $1.5 million for the Whatcom County-based Aluminum Chambered Boats. ACB would use the appropriation, which still has to pass through the U.S. Senate and be signed by the...

BBJ sold to Sound Publishing on Aug. 10.(THE BUZZ: Tips, rumors & miscellaneous pieces of business information)
September 1, 2007... The Bellingham Business Journal was sold to Poulsbo-based Sound Publishing on Aug. 10. The paper was one of five newspapers owned by Sun News Inc. to be purchased by the company. The Marysville Globe, the Arlington Times, the regional...

ETC opens for business.(THE BUZZ: Tips, rumors & miscellaneous pieces of business information)(Evergreen Team Concepts LLC)(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... A new Bellingham company with the acronym ETC is looking to change the way things have been done in consulting, employee training and seminars for the Pacific Northwest. "It's an entirely new concept altogether for training and...

"Kung Fu Joe" is looking for distribution.(THE BUZZ: Tips, rumors & miscellaneous pieces of business information)
September 1, 2007... A group of local filmmakers has recently wrapped filming on a new feature film shot in Bellingham. Producer and filmmaker Glen Berry, who also owns Northwest Film School, said "Kung Fu Joe" will now go into post production and a public...

Bellingham Food Bank to build a new home.(THE BUZZ: Tips, rumors & miscellaneous pieces of business information)
September 1, 2007... With the help of local businesses and architects, the Bellingham Food Bank is in the process of getting new home. The organization's new one-story, 10,000-square-foot facility will be located on its current property at 1824 Ellis St., on...

A garden of Eden for coffee lovers opens near Bellwether.(THE BUZZ: Tips, rumors & miscellaneous pieces of business information)
September 1, 2007... A local couple has recently opened Eden's Coffee Garden across from the Hotel Bellwether. Located at 11 Bellwether Way, Suite 101, formerly home to the Elbow Room, the shop serves coffee and espresso as well as soups, sandwiches and...

Hall buys downtown Bellingham building.(THE BUZZ: Tips, rumors & miscellaneous pieces of business information)( Robert Hall )(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... Local developer Robert Hall has purchased a downtown Bellingham building that is home to three arts organizations. Rather than buying the building at 1418 Cornwall Ave. for commercial purposes, Hall acquired it so Allied Arts of Whatcom...

Two Irongate firms relocate to one space.(THE BUZZ: Tips, rumors & miscellaneous pieces of business information)
September 1, 2007... Prographics and a2Sports, two companies owned by Michael Bennett, have moved to a new location on Hannegan Road. Bennett moved the two companies from the Irongate Business Park to a 2,500-square-foot facility at 4131 Hannegan Road, between...

Southside News closes, Paperdoll moves in.(THE BUZZ: Tips, rumors & miscellaneous pieces of business information)(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... After a year and a half in business, Fairhaven's Southside News, located at 1200 10th St., closed at the end of August. Owner Chuck Marston said he just couldn't get enough customers into the store to be successful. Southside News...

New coffee house opens on James Street.(THE BUZZ: Tips, rumors & miscellaneous pieces of business information)(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... Yolanda Calderon was a longtime customer of Moka Joe Coffee when she decided to open a coffeehouse adjoining the company's roastery on James Street. Calderon recently opened World Cup Coffeehouse in the front section of Moka Joe's roasting...

FLIR combines expertise of two local PR experts.(THE BUZZ: Tips, rumors & miscellaneous pieces of business information)
September 1, 2007... A new branding and design firm, FLIR Creative, recently opened in Bellingham. After working together for the past two years at a local marketing company, Jason Lee and Scott Friesen decided the time was right to start their own firm, using...

New tourism CEO hails from Chelan.(THE BUZZ: Tips, rumors & miscellaneous pieces of business information)
September 1, 2007... Bellingham Whatcom County Tourism has hired Loni Rahm of Chelan to be its new president and chief executive officer. Rahm will join the bureau with knowledge of the tourism industry, as well as a background in marketing and public...

Festival Espresso opens on Railroad Ave.(THE BUZZ: Tips, rumors & miscellaneous pieces of business information)
September 1, 2007... A new coffee cart, located at 1314 Railroad Ave. inside the K & M Farm stand, will celebrate its grand opening during Buy Local Week--Sept. 10 through 14--by splitting all profits for the week between RE Store/RE Sources, Sustainable...

Clearstory Investments opens in Bellingham.(THE BUZZ: Tips, rumors & miscellaneous pieces of business information)
September 1, 2007... David Johnston, who has worked with Bellingham developer Bob Hall on several properties, has launched his own consulting firm, Clearstory Investments. The firm will provide consulting services for real estate transactions, financing and...

Yoga studio stretches to new downtown spot.(THE BUZZ: Tips, rumors & miscellaneous pieces of business information)(Beyond Limits Yoga Inc.)(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... Beyond Limits Yoga recently moved into new digs on Prospect Street. Formerly located at 1317 Commercial St., owner Karen Piccone moved the yoga studio to 209 Prospect St., two doors down from the Whatcom Children's Museum. Classes started...

New owners have future plans for State Street building.(THE BUZZ: Tips, rumors & miscellaneous pieces of business information)(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... Westcom Properties owner Brian Finnegan and a California investor recently bought a 14,000-square-foot building on N. State Street that they are planning to redevelop in the future. The one-story building, located at 1701 N. State St., is...

Rental car company has a new destination.(THE BUZZ: Tips, rumors & miscellaneous pieces of business information)
September 1, 2007... Enterprise Rent-a-Car is scooting over to a new location. The rental car business will move its main Bellingham office from 1407 Iowa St. to the 1800 block of N. State Street, next door to Fourth Corner Quilts, said branch manager Andy...

Construction firm looks for common ground.(THE BUZZ: Tips, rumors & miscellaneous pieces of business information)
September 1, 2007... Scott and Cheryl Perry had wanted to have their own design and construction business, and in the last year, all the pieces fell into place for that to happen. The birth of their daughter, changes in their previous workplace and the completion...

New Passion Fly owner.(THE BUZZ: Tips, rumors & miscellaneous pieces of business information)
September 1, 2007... Colleen Milton recently purchased Passion Fly Clothing on James Street from Kristi Swanson. Milton had worked at Passion Fly, a used women's clothing store, since October as a salesperson, and after graduating from Western Washington...

Sustainable communities conference focuses on good planning.(Conference news)
September 1, 2007... While people are often weary of too much planning, the CEO of the Cascadia Region Green Building Council thinks communities have more to fear from lack of planning. At the recent Sustainable Communities & Land Use conference, hosted by...

Mercedes parts' company zooms to new location.(THE BUZZ: Tips, rumors & miscellaneous pieces of business information)
September 1, 2007... Kaia Bergsma and her father, Kent Bergsma, recently moved their Mercedes parts and manuals Internet sales facility from an old county dairy barn to a 1,900-square-foot office/ warehouse building in Irongate. They started the company,...

Toolhouse one of Inc.'s fastest-growing U.S. companies.(THE BUZZ: Tips, rumors & miscellaneous pieces of business information)(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... Inc. magazine included Toolhouse on its first-ever Inc. 50o0 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the country. The Inc. 5000, an extension of the magazine's annual Inc. 500 list, catches many businesses that are too big to grow at...

Unearthing the myths of Bellingham's waterfront.(TRUTH OR FICTION?)
September 1, 2007... If Geiger counters measured rumors, myths and misconceptions rather than radioactivity, Bellingham's waterfront would be declared a nuclear disaster area. In an attempt to clear the air, The Bellingham Business Journal decided to look into...

Creative cultivation: Whatcom County farmers adapt to the changing landscape of agriculture.
September 1, 2007... The first thing you notice when meeting a farmer is their handshake. Some are leathery and dirt-caked, others are flakey with dust. Just one grip can radiate a sense of hardened determination and down-to-the-bone weariness, but also an...

From manure to money: the biodigester.
September 1, 2007... To some, diversifying by turning cow poop into a revenue source sounds like a load of you know what. But the pungent smell of manure that saturates Darryl Vander Haak's dairy farm has become a supplemental revenue source for the...

Downtown drinking games: bars and police give and take on the issuance of liquor licenses.
September 1, 2007... Homer Simpson once said: "Here's to alcohol, the cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems." Alcohol has always been a point of contention in the United States. It has been the boon of toasts, a means of celebration, and an industry...

At Wood Stone, it's all about the culture: employees vote company one of best places to work in Puget Sound.
September 1, 2007... At a recent summer evening party, a company-wide group of Wood Stone Corp. employees Staged a seven-act musical for its 120 visiting independent sales representatives. For months, the employees-cum-actors, musicians and stagehands...

If business owners could go back in time: what would you change if you could do it all over again?
September 1, 2007... Like Marty McFly and Doc Brown in the classic '80s film, "Back to the Future," who hasn't dreamed of going back in time? Of course, the reality of disrupting the space-time continuum could be disastrous, as Marty found out after...

Or you could really go back in time--to life in Ancient Rome.
September 1, 2007... Talk about time travel. Just think about what it would be like to travel back in time several thousand years. It may sound exciting, but if you thought your job was bad, try plucking hairs from a client's armpit or cleaning garments in a...

Builders catch the wave of green building: is the current trend of green building more than just a fad?(real estate and construction)
September 1, 2007... From pet rocks to low-carb diets, we sure love our fads. They come and go in cycles, often reappearing decades later. When it comes to "green," many environmentally friendly practices were introduced in the 1970s on the heels of an energy...

Building permits.(TOP PROPERTIES)(briefs)
September 1, 2007... The following building permits have been issued recently. Permits include all commercial projects valued at $10,000 or more, as well as residential homes valued at $250,000 or more. Accepted 1111 Harris Ave., $146,000 for tenant...

Top properties.
September 1, 2007... The following is a list of recent commercial and high-end residential property sales in Whatcom County. Top properties is compiled by Wendy Darling, with assistance from the county treasurer's and assessor's offices. Seller. Charles and...

Prospect Street Cafe.(business births)
September 1, 2007... Owner: Spencer Santenello Address: 114 Prospect St. Phone: 714-8262 Web address: www.prospectstreetcafe.com E-mail: ssantenello@mac.com Startup date: July 7 Square footage: 1,350 As an avid surfer, mountain biker...

Neiner Neiner Weiner.(business births)
September 1, 2007... Owner: Peggy Gustafson Address: 1259 Barkley Boulevard Phone: 733-5254 Startup date: June 8 Square footage: 400 After running Hot Diggity Dog hot dog carts at local fairs and festivals, Peggy Gustafson decided she wished...

Bay City creamery.(business births)
September 1, 2007... Owner: Mark Franklin Address: 1135 Railroad Ave. Phone: 676-5156 Web address: www.baycitycreamery.com Startup date: June 13 Square footage: 1,610 After spending 25 years working as an engineer for Mattel, a job that...

Western names Nord director of Center for International Studies.(KEEPING UP WITH PEOPLE)(Western Washington University)(Douglas C. Nord)(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... Western Washington University named Douglas C. Nord director of the Center for International Studies after a nationwide search for the position at the new center. He also will be a professor of political science at the university. The director...

DeVisscher named executive officer of county Realtors.(KEEPING UP WITH PEOPLE)
September 1, 2007... Tanna DeVisscher has been named executive officer of the Whatcom County Association of Realtors. DeVisscher has more than 30 years of experience in Whatcom County's real estate industry as a mortgage banker, underwriter, escrow closing officer...

Pauley to manage First Horizon Home Loans.(KEEPING UP WITH PEOPLE)
September 1, 2007... Dave Pauley, who has more than 30 years of experience in home financing, has been promoted to manage the Bellingham office of First Horizon Home Loans. Pauley has been at First Horizon the last two years, and previously managed mortgage...

RE/MAX adds two Everson real estate agents.(KEEPING UP WITH PEOPLE)
September 1, 2007... Two Everson real estate agents, Lou Kheriaty and Kay Waldo, recently joined RE/MAX Whatcom County, Inc. Kheriaty, a 20-year county resident, has specialized during his career in using e-commerce techniques to increase sales. Waldo has 12 years...

Beatty new Waddell & Reed district supervisor.(KEEPING UP WITH PEOPLE)
September 1, 2007... Waddell & Reed promoted Jodie Beatty to district supervisor with supervisory responsibilities in the Bellingham area. Beatty has been a professional in the financial services industry for eight years and joined the firm as a financial advisor...

Internet marketing workshop to feature Beaulaurier.(KEEPING UP WITH PEOPLE)
September 1, 2007... PRWeb's Interactive Marketing Manager Joe Beaulaurier will present at the Bellingham Whatcom County Tourism Internet marketing workshop from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Sept. 27 at the Best Western Heritage Inn. The workshop will help attendees boost...

Calderhead earns e-PRO certification.(KEEPING UP WITH PEOPLE)
September 1, 2007... Gloria Calderhead of Fairhaven Realty completed the National Association of Realtors e-PRO course in August. The course provides real estate professionals with technology tools to assist in the real estate business. More than 70 percent of...

DeWaard & Bode names Grady store manager.(KEEPING UP WITH PEOPLE)(Curt Grady )(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... DeWaard & Bode named Curt Grady store manager at its downtown Bellingham location. Grady graduated from Ferndale High School and Western Washington University and was a general sales manager of an automobile dealership in .Lynden for 11...

Christian Health Care Center appoints Adams as admissions coordinator.(KEEPING UP WITH PEOPLE)
September 1, 2007... The Christian Health Care Center in Lynden appointed Ron Adams admissions coordinator in August. Adams serves as a liaison between Christian Health Care Center and hospitals, assisted-living facilities, group homes and families. Adams has...

Shell earns Doctor of Audiology degree.(KEEPING UP WITH PEOPLE)
September 1, 2007... Libbie L. Shell, Au.D, earned her doctorate degree in audiology March from the Arizona School of Health Sciences. Shell, an audiologist with the Hearing Health Clinic at 2950 Squalicum Parkway, earned her doctorate while maintaining a full time...

Baker appointed to L and I advisory committee.(KEEPING UP WITH PEOPLE)
September 1, 2007... The Department of Labor and Industries appointed Robert Baker, DC, of Bellingham to the Industrial Insurance Chiropractic Advisory Committee. The Washington State Chiropractic Association nominated Baker along with eight other chiropractic...

Chamber development director attends professional development program.(KEEPING UP WITH PEOPLE)
September 1, 2007... The Bellingham/Whatcom Chamber of Commerce and Industry Development Director Drew Graham recently attended the Western Association of Chamber Executives' professional development program, Academy. The three-day interactive training program on...

Oldham joins Cascadia Weekly sales staff.(KEEPING UP WITH PEOPLE)
September 1, 2007... Bernique Oldham has joined the Caseadia Weekly advertising sales staff and will work on the Skagit and Island county markets for the newspaper. Oldham has several years experience with advertising sales, most recently with the Northwest...

Riggins appointed dean of College of Fine and Performing Arts.(KEEPING UP WITH PEOPLE)
September 1, 2007... Western Washington University has appointed Ron Riggins as the dean of the College of Fine and Performing Arts for a two-year limited term. Riggins has served as interim and acting dean of Fairhaven College, acting chair of Modern and Classical...

Hannah hired as manager of Horizon Bank's Barkley office.(KEEPING UP WITH PEOPLE)
September 1, 2007... Horizon Bank has hired David Hannah as the assistant vice president and retail office manager of the Barkley office. Hannah has 35 years of banking experience, including retail, corporate and relationship management. He recently worked with ABN...

Miller joins DreamMaker Bath & Kitchen.(KEEPING UP WITH PEOPLE)
September 1, 2007... Charles Aaron Miller, who has more than 17 years of construction experience, joined the team at DreamMaker Bath & Kitchen as lead project manager in August. Miller's experience includes owning his own cabinet company in San Diego. ...

Murphy appointed to limited term as Western's provost.(KEEPING UP WITH PEOPLE)
September 1, 2007... Western Washington University has appointed Dennis R. Murphy as its new provost and vice president for Academic Affairs for a limited term. Murphy retired earlier in the summer from his position as dean of Western's College of Business and...

Trinity Western University names director for Bellingham program.(KEEPING UP WITH PEOPLE)
September 1, 2007... Trinity Western University, a Canadian non-denominational Christian institution, has named Dr. Dan Sanford to direct its new Bellingham human services program. Sanford, a former director of the School of Global Commerce at Whitworth University...

Attorney General appoints new assistant for Bellingham division.(KEEPING UP WITH PEOPLE)
September 1, 2007... Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna appointed Brendan Dunn as an assistant attorney general for the regional services division in Bellingham. Dunn is a graduate of the University of Oregon School of Law and has served as a judicial clerk...

Mumfords join Keller Williams.(KEEPING UP WITH PEOPLE)(Keller Williams Realty Inc. appointed Jack and Kizzy Mumford )(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... Jack and Kizzy Mumford joined Keller Williams Western Realty in August. Jack, who previously worked at Bellingham Auto Licensing, is a Whatcom County native. Kizzy, a teacher in the Nooksack School District, moved from Baraboo, Wis. to...

Rockwood passes real estate broker's exam.(KEEPING UP WITH PEOPLE)
September 1, 2007... Jon Rockwood passed the real estate broker's exam in August and is a new associate broker at The Muljat Group Realtors in Ferndale. Rockwood has been in real estate for more than seven years, and owned a construction business for 12 years.

Mayor appoints new Whatcom Museum director.(KEEPING UP WITH PEOPLE)
September 1, 2007... Bellingham Mayor Tim Douglas appointed Patricia Leach as the executive director of the Whatcom Museum of History & Art. Leach has more than 25 years of museum administration, including CEO and president of Hermitage, Home of President Andrew...

Oosterhoudt moves to RETEC Group's Bellingham office.(KEEPING UP WITH PEOPLE)(James Oosterhoudt)(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... James Oosterhoudt, P.E., relocated from RETEC Group's Savannah, Ga. office to the firm's Bellingham office. Oossterhoudt is a program director with 15 years of environmental consulting experience in environmental services, including managing...

Curnow promoted, prompts company name change.(KEEPING UP WITH PEOPLE)(Curnow & Company, P.S.)(Jack W. Curnow)(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... Curnow & Company, P.S., promoted Jack W. Curnow, CPA, to the position of managing partner. The promotion prompted a name change for the company to Curnow & Curnow, PLLC. Curnow has nine years of accounting and finance experience and is also a...

Zoro joins Wells Fargo's Wealth Management Group.(KEEPING UP WITH PEOPLE)
September 1, 2007... Peggy Zoro has joined Wells Fargo's Wealth Management Group as the North Puget Sound regional manager. Zoro will oversee investment, trust and private banking professionals serving Wells Fargo customers in Anacortes, Bellingham, Everett and...

Century 21's Mason receives broker's license.(KEEPING UP WITH PEOPLE)
September 1, 2007... Steve Mason received his real estate broker's license for Washington state in August. Mason, who specializes in residential and commercial property sales, will also be the managing broker for the CENTURY 21 Bay Properties office in Bellingham....

Rose joins Mount Baker Theatre board of directors.(KEEPING UP WITH PEOPLE)
September 1, 2007... Matt Rose, chief operating officer of Northwest Radiologist/Mt. Baker Imaging, has joined the Mount Baker Theatre board of directors. Rose, a Bellingham native, also performs administrative consulting for Massachusetts General Hospital's Trauma...

Taylor completes CISR insuring personal residence course.(KEEPING UP WITH PEOPLE)(Suzanne Taylor)(Certified Insurance Service Representatives)(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... Suzanne Taylor of Bob Wallin Insurance Agency of Bellingham completed the Certified Insurance Service Representatives (CISR) insuring personal residence course in July. The course, held in Seattle, is one of five the National Alliance for...

DeYoung made partner of Oltman Insurance Agency.(KEEPING UP WITH PEOPLE)
September 1, 2007... Oltman Insurance Agency made producer Darin DeYoung a firm partner in August. DeYoung, a graduate of Lynden Christian High School and Calvin College, has been with Oltman Insurance since 2003. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Moorlag promoted at Lynden Manor Assisted Living Residence.(KEEPING UP WITH PEOPLE)
September 1, 2007... Lynden Manor Assisted Living Residence promoted Joy Moorlag to director of food services to replace the retiring Carol Gillaspy. Moorlag has been with Lynden Manor since 1997 and will be responsible for providing three meals a day for more than...

Woolcock returns to manage Belle Flora & Home Interiors.(KEEPING UP WITH PEOPLE)(Lois Woolcock)(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... Lois Woolcock has returned as manager of Belle Flora & Home Interiors Inc. Woolcock closed her Fairhaven store In Home in March. In July, Woolcock and Marilew Calapp went to the Atlanta Gift Mart to preview and order new home decor and gift...

Sandow joins Whidbey Island Bank.(KEEPING UP WITH PEOPLE)
September 1, 2007... Matt Standow has joined the Whidbey Island Bank Bakerview office as a real estate loan officer. Standow, an active member of the Whatcom County Association of Realtors, is a certified residential appraiser and has managed projects in Whatcom,...

WaMu's home loans center adds two loan consultants.(KEEPING UP WITH PEOPLE)
September 1, 2007... Jennifer Hine and Dan Innes joined Washington Mutual's Bellingham Home Loans Center as loan Consultants in August. Innes, a graduate of Eastern Michigan University and certified K-12 teacher, has five years of retail and wholesale mortgage...

Boyle Haggen's new vice president of corporate brands.(KEEPING UP WITH PEOPLE)
September 1, 2007... Haggen, Inc. appointed John Boyle as its new vice president of corporate brands in August. Boyle will work with the grocery company's merchandising and marketing teams to build Haggen's corporate brand program. He has more than 25 years of...

Whatcom County Realtors honor Ferrier, Livingston.(Awards and Anniversaries)
September 1, 2007... The Whatcom County Association of Realtors (WCAR) honored Cheryl Ferrier of John L. Scott Real Estate and Jefferson Livingston of Pillar to Post Home Inspection. Ferrier, a real estate agent for more than 20 years and a former president of...

Western professor wins American Psychological Assoc. award.(Awards and Anniversaries)(Western Washington University)(Joseph Trimble)(association)(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... The American Psychological Association awarded Western Washington University Professor Joseph Trimble a Presidential Citation from the-Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues. The award is a recognition of Trimble's...

Harrison wins Masters Design award from Pool & Spa News.(Awards and Anniversaries)(Susan Harrison)(Private Gardens Designs Inc.)(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... Susan Harrison, APLD, landscape designer and president of Private Gardens Designs, Inc., has won the Masters Design Award in the Water Features Division from the national trade magazine Pool & Spa News. Harrison competed with seven finalists,...

Edward Jones recognizes Villhauer.(Awards and Anniversaries)
September 1, 2007... Edward Jones gave financial advisor Tim Villhauer the Jack Phelan Award for his outstanding sales and service efforts during the past year. Only 16 of the region's 10,000 Edward Jones financial advisors receive the annual award, named for the...

Culligan Northwest receives customer relations award.(Awards and Anniversaries)
September 1, 2007... Culligan International awarded Culligan Northwest the Excellence in Customer Service and Consumer Relations award in August.

DreamMaker receives award.(Awards and Anniversaries)
September 1, 2007... The Building Industry Association of Whatcom County awarded DreamMaker Bath & Kitchen the Remodelers Excellence Award for the category of residential kitchen of more than $60,000. The award was given for a kitchen DreamMaker completed in Deming...

St. Joseph Hospital gives nine scholarships.(Awards and Anniversaries)
September 1, 2007... The St. Joseph Hospital Foundation awarded nine Whatcom County residents from the Levin Healthcare Scholarship Fund in August. The fund, established in memory of Alfred Levin, who provided leadership to the hospital for more than three decades,...

Seven receive Professional Finance Officer Award.(Awards and Anniversaries)(Washington Finance Officers Association)(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... The Washington Finance Officers Association recognized seven Whatcom County finance officers with the Professional Finance Officer award for 2007. From the city of Bellingham, the association recognized Accountant II Melanie Aliverti and...

Dream on Futon celebrates 25 years.(Awards and Anniversaries)(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... Nancy Taylor began Dream On Futon 25 years ago by hand sewing futons in her living room in Bellingham. Now Dream on Futon has grown to more than 6,800 square feet of retail space, selling futons, specialty and organic mattresses, beds and other...

Yoga Northwest to celebrate 20 years with auction for new studio.(Awards and Anniversaries)
September 1, 2007... Ingela Abbott, Yoga Northwest founder and director, will celebrate 20 years of Iyengar Yoga Sept. 15 with an anniversary party and silent auction in support of the new dream studio, to open in 2008 in the McKenzie Square building at 1440 10th...