Business Beat

NEW FACES:

Fulcrum Environmental Consulting has added the following two people to its staff:

Larry Hagel, formerly a chemical analyst with North Creek Analytical, will handle subsurface investigations and hazardous materials audits.

Michelle Yates joined Fulcrum’s Spokane office as an environmental chemist. Her responsibilities include technical and administrative support for a variety of jobs, including environmental site assessments, compliance audits and process analyses.

Dr. E. Todd Garman has established a practice in internal medicine in the Deaconess Medical Building, 801 W. Fifth, Suite 412. Garman will focus on geriatrics, diabetes, chronic lung diseases and preventative medicine. He received his medical degree from Creighton University and completed a residency at Creighton’s St. Joseph Hospital in Omaha. Garman also has been named medical director at Alderwood Manor.

Re/Max of Spokane has hired Kirk Herring as a new construction sales specialist. Herring has been in the real estate field since 1983.

Darren Dinwoodie has joined Inland Mortgage as a loan officer specializing in residential home refinances and first-time home buyers.

Peggy Scott has joined Kinko’s Corporate as corporate account manager. Scott has more than 14 years of sales and sales management experience.

Kootenai Medical Center has added the following people to its staff:

Timothy Stokes joined the hospital’s Neurodiagnostic Services Department as an electroencephalogram technologist. Stokes previously provided EEG, evoked potential and surgical monitoring services for several Spokane hospitals through Empire Health Services.

Michael Blee joined Kootenai Medical Center’s Cardiopulmonary Department as a clinical instructor. Blee, who earned a master’s degree in health care administration from St. Mary’s College, has spent the last 10 years as the director of cardiopulmonary services, cardiac catheterization laboratory and business development for Sutter Delta Medical Center in Antioch, Calif.

David Bergen and Mike Zoll have joined the division of student life at Gonzaga University. Bergen is the dean of student services. He received a master’s degree in education from Texas A&M University and has 17 years in the field of student personnel, most recently at Stetson University in Deland, Fla. Zoll, who was named associate dean of students, earned a doctorate in educational leadership from the University of La Verne. He has 10 years of experience in student affairs administration, most recently at Harvey Mudd College.

MOVING UP:

Sterling Savings Association has named Kent Schultz manager of Sterling’s Spokane Downtown Branch. Schultz, who joined Sterling in 1993, is a business banking team leader in addition to his role as branch manager. He is responsible for coordinating the business and retail banking for the downtown branch.

Jerry Lyon has been assigned to oversee the business and retail banking for Sterling Saving’s Manito, Valley and NorthTown branches. Lyons, who joined Sterling in 1996 as the Valley branch manager and business banking leader, was promoted to vice president earlier this year.

KUDOS:

John Shearer, owner, and sales associates Jeannette Karis and Mary Keys of Re/Max City Wide have been awarded the Accredited Buyer Representative designation by the Real Estate Buyer’s Agent Council of the National Association of Realtors.

Debra Morse has been named Employee of the Quarter at Spokane Railway Credit Union for the second quarter of 1997. Morse has been teller supervisor at the credit union’s Lyons branch for seven years.

Ten Spokane agents have qualified as members of the 1997 Executive Council of New York Life Insurance Co.: Barry Roach, Berge Borrevik, Kelly Mellon, Colleen Stevens, Bill Benjamin, Barry Folsom, Carl Chapin, Tom Mosher, Rich Nail and Scot Pyle. Membership is based on 1996-97 sales performance.

Jared Schatz, cash management officer for Spokane, is one of 54 members of the Municipal Treasurer’s Association of the United States and Canada awarded the association’s Certified Municipal Finance Administrator credential.

Gary McLain, of Ben Bridge Jeweler, was awarded the title of registered jeweler by the American Gem Society. McLain has more than 21 years of experience in the jewelry industry.

ELECTED:

Frank Boyle, commissioner of Liberty Lake Sewer District, has been elected secretary of the Washington Association of Sewer and Water Districts.

Garry Montague, of Gary Montague Auctioneers in Spokane, has been elected first vice president of the Washington Auctioneers Association.

Patricia Dahmen-Ray, of Ray’s Demolition, has been installed as the corporate chartering director of Executive Women International. She will serve a one-year term.

EVENTS:

Tuesday - Dawn-Marie Driscoll, an executive fellow and advisory board member of the Center for Business Ethics at Bentley College, will deliver Gonzaga University’s 1997 John L. Aram Lecture in Business Ethics at 11:45 a.m. at the Spokane Club. Cost: $20, including lunch; for reservations, call 328-4220, ext. 3404.

Tuesday - The Small Business Development Center presents a workshop on “Credit and Collections Made Easy” from 6-9 p.m. at the Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute, 665 N. Riverpoint Blvd. Cost: $35; call 358-7890 for information or to register.

Tuesday - Merrill Lynch presents a free luncheon seminar on “The Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 - Focus on Education” from noon-1 p.m. at Patsy Clark’s Mansion. Call Margot Hamstra at 458-4219 for more information or registration.

Tuesday - Inland Northwest Associated General Contractors presents a seminar on “Construction Industry Antitrust Issues” from 1:30-4 p.m. at the Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute, 665 N. Riverpoint Blvd. Cost: $20 for AGC members, $45 for non-members; for information or to register, call Carolyn Pierce at 535-0391 or 1-800-572-4108.

Tuesday and Nov. 25 - The Small Business Development Center presents a class on “Marketing a Business-to-Business Company” from 6-9 p.m. both days at the Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute, 665 N. Riverpoint Blvd. Cost: $45; call 358-7890 for information or to register.

Wednesday - The Washington state Department of Revenue presents a free New Business Outreach Workshop from 8:30-11:30 a.m. and again from 1:30-4:30 p.m. at the Spokane office, 4407 N. Division. Call 482-3805 for more information or to register.

Wednesday - Gary Livingston, Superintendent of Spokane School District 81, will discuss capital improvements bond during a meeting of the Spokane Building Owners and Managers Association from noon-1:15 p.m. at Cavanaugh’s Inn at the Park. Luncheon cost: $9; call 466-4905 for reservations.

Wednesday - The Small Business Development Center presents a “Pre-Business Workshop” from 6-9 p.m. at the Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute, 665 N. Riverpoint Blvd. Cost: $25; call 358-7890 for information or to register.

Wednesday - The Service Corps of Retired Executives presents a workshop on “Effective Marketing to Increase Sales Workshop” from 8 a.m.-noon at the Spokane Area Chamber of Commerce, 1020 W. Riverside. Cost: $35; call 353-2820 for information or registration.

Wednesday - The Executive Women’s Network meets at noon at the Doubletree Inn at I-90 and Sullivan Road. Call Janie Rumberger at 924-1595 or Angie Marsch at 928-1714 for more information or reservations.

Thursday - The Small Business Development Center presents a “Small Business Tax Seminar” from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute, 665 N. Riverpoint Blvd. Cost: $20; call 358-7890 for information or to register.

Thursday - Bill Sweigert, director of human resource services for Associated Industries, will lead a workshop on “Creative Interviewing and Hiring” from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at 920 N. Washington. Cost: $99 for members, $149 for non-members; to register, mail checks to Associated Industries, P.O. Box 729, Spokane, WA, 99210-0729, or register on line at http://www.aiin.com.

Thursday - The Small Business Development Center presents an “Introduction to Construction Bidding” from 6-9 p.m. at the Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute, 665 N. Riverpoint Blvd. Cost: $35; call 358-7890 for information or to register.

Thursday - “Recruiting New Companies” is the topic for the meeting of Spokane Chapter 143 of the National Association of Women in Construction at 5:30 p.m. at Cavanaugh’s Fourth Avenue. Cost: $13; for reservations, call Becky McMahan at 535-3531 by noon Tuesday.

Thursday - A representative of the Internal Revenue Service will speak on “How to Guarantee an IRS Audit” during a meeting of the Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce Lone Eagles at noon at Chapter Eleven, 7720 E. Sprague; call 924-4994 for more information.

Thursday - The Gonzaga University School of Business Administration presents an MBA/MAcc information meeting for prospective master of business administration and master of accountancy students from 7-8:30 a.m. in Jepson Center on the GU campus. For more information, call Carol Wilson at 328-4220, ext. 3414.

Thursday - DOVIA of the Inland Northwest meets from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Schoenberg Center, 200 E. Cataldo, to discuss highlights of the International Conference on Volunteer Administration. Lunch cost: $6 for members, $10 for non-members; for reservations, call Bonnie Abernethy at 624-0151.

Thursday - Power Tipps, an organization for sharing business leads and networking, meets from 7-8 a.m. on the North Side. For more information, call 468-9695 or 891-2353.

Friday - The National Association for Campus Activities presents a workshop on “Hot to Do Business in the College Market” from 1-5 p.m. at Cavanaugh’s Inn at the Park, 303 W. North River Drive. Cost: $25; for information or to register, call Diane Anderson at (206) 878-3710, ext. 3257.

Friday - Adams & Associates Consulting Inc. presents a workshop on “Communication and Marketing for Your Organization” from 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Schoenberg Center on the Gonzaga University campus. Cost: $75, including continental breakfast and lunch; to register, call Kent Adams at 747-3878.

Nov. 24 and 25 - WSU Cooperative Extension presents a training session in Spokane on how to develop a set of farm/ranch financial records using “Quicken.” For information and to register, call (509) 659-3212.

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