Business Beat

NEW FACES:

Tom Krushensky has joined Washington Trust Bank as assistant vice president and investment officer for the Trust and Investment Service Division. Krushensky, who has several years of experience as a certified financial planner and registered investment adviser, will serve clients throughout Central Washington from the bank’s Wenatchee office. Three new associates have joined the Spokane General Office of New York Life:

Fran Cook specializes in business planning and executive compensation. Her markets are Eastern and Central Washington.

Jim King specializes in small business benefit packages and personal retirement planning in Eastern Washington and North Idaho.

Mike Reeder will handle personal retirement planning and small business marketing.

Gerald Ridley has joined Coldwell Banker Schneidmiller Realty in Coeur d’Alene. Ridley is a retired American Airlines captain with 21 years of experience.

AXAMA Corp. has added the following people to its management team:

Frederick D. Brown has been appointed executive vice president and will be responsible for the administrative and financial management of the company. Brown, who has 25 years of experience in business management, finance and sales, most recently served as a management consultant to four corporations.

Bear Stauss was hired as chief operations officer and director of foreign relations. He will oversee the production, programming and CAD conversion departments. Strauss has worked in various government projects in the Western United States.

Dan Dibler has been promoted to conversion services manager. Dibler, who has 17 years of experience in the computer services industry, will manage nine CAD conversion operators and handle conversion project bidding.

Richard Schoen, who has 19 years of experience in mechanical engineering, design, production and inventory management, has joined the production staff.

Mike Binder, who has more than 10 years of experience in CAD programming management and software engineering, has joined the programming staff.

Chad Dokken has joined the Conversion Department staff as a CAD conversion specialist. Dokken earned an associate degree in CAD drafting from ITT Technical Institute.

Anne Comstock has joined Tomlinson Mortgage Inc. in Coeur d’Alene as a mortgage loan officer. Comstock has been in mortgage lending for more than three years and previously worked in banking, international finance and the clothing industry as a national sales manager and production manager for an international designer.

Dana Dixon has been named general manager of Co-op Supply Inc., replacing LeRoy Foster, who retired in March. Dixon, a Washington State University graduate and Carnation, Wash., resident, most recently was general manager of Grange Supply Inc. in Issaquah, Wash.

STARTING UP:

Attorney Kevin J. Waite has opened an office for the general practice of law at 2020 Lakewood Drive, Suite 302, Coeur d’Alene. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin Law School, he practiced law for several years at a Chicago law firm and was a sole practitioner in Wisconsin before moving to Idaho. His practice includes wills and estate planning, probate, divorce, business transactions, franchise law, real estate and construction law, civil litigation and criminal defense.

QUICK FIX, a watch and jewelry repair and retail store, has opened a location at Franklin Park Mall. Owners are Tito Torres and Anna Coulter. Torres has more than 20 years of experience in diamond setting and jewelry manufacturing.

TRANSACTIONS:

Programmable Control Services Inc., 10003 N. Division, has joined a newly formed national group, Control System Integrators Association. The association is offering manufacturers and material processors a free referral service.

ELECTED:

Richard Algeo partner in the law firm of Algeo & Clarke, has been elected chair-elect of the Washington State Bar Association Tax Section for 1995-1996. Algeo is an adjunct professor at Gonzaga University School of Law.

Matt Alton of Alton’s Tire and Automotive Centers has assumed duties as president of the Washington State Tire Dealers Association, a trade group that tries to educate legislators about the role of tire dealers in providing a safe product for the consumer.

1995-96 officers of Spokane Chapter Business & Professional Women include: Daylene Dewey, chief executive officer of Pacific Northwest Funding, president; Delilah Dixon, House of Lloyd’s consultant, president-elect; Gemi Larsen of TRI Touch America, vice president; Karen Hudson of Secretarial Services of Spokane, secretary; and Beverly Sarles of the Social Security Administration, treasurer.

CERTIFICATIONS:

The following have earned the Professional in Human Resources certification: Chris Brooten, EcoLite; Pat Bushnell, Wismer Martin; Kim Christian, Red Lion Inn; Linda Hable, Inland Power and Light; Machelle Johnson, Key Tronic; Ann Koedding; and Louris Morse and Janice Volz, both of Group Health Northwest.

Lauri Keck, a personal trainer at Northpark Racquet Club, has earned a Personal Training Certificate from the American Council of Exercise.

KUDOS:

The Spokane Area Economic Development Council’s (EDC) KEDC NEWS video has received a Telly Award. The video was one of 8,600 entries in the competition. The KEDC NEWS video, produced by Lon Gibby Productions Inc., features a simulated newscast format for presenting the progress of the EDC over the 1994 business year.

Camp World of Cars has received an award for the Highest Level Customer Satisfaction Index of all Subaru dealers in their competitive group within a ninestate Western Region.

Three of Arbor Crest’s premium wines have won gold medals in U.S. wine competitions: New World International Wine Comp., Ontario, Calif., 1993 Cameo Reserve Chardonnay, gold; National Wine Comp., San Diego, Calif., 1993 Sauvignon Blanc, gold and 1993 Sauvignon Blanc, best of class,; Reno West Coast Wine Competition, Reno, Nev., 1994 Semillon, gold.

EVENTS:

Tuesday - IREM luncheon meeting at noon at the Shilo Inn, 923 E. Third. The guest speaker will be Bobbye McKelvey of Tax Reduction Institute. Call Tom Hix or Marlene by Monday at 623-1000.

Tuesday - Dept. of Energy sponsors a seminar, “Air Toxics Rule,” from 10 a.m. to noon at Associated Industries. 920 N. Washington. Cost: $25 for Associated Industries members, $35 for non-members; call Mairead McGuinn at 326-6885 for more information.

Wednesday - The Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) offers business counseling to potential and existing small business owners/ operators: Pasco Chamber, 1600 N. 20th, 1-4 p.m., call 547-9755; Panhandle Area Council, 11100 Airport Drive, Hayden, Idaho, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., call 208-772-0584.

Thursday - The National Association of Women in Construction’s Spokane Chapter meets at Cavanaugh’s Fourth Avenue, 110 E. Fourth. Networking at 5:30 p.m., dinner at 6. Cost: $12, including dinner. For reservations or more information, call Charlotte Whiteford at 255-6178 no later than Tuesday.

Thursday - Pounder’s Jewelers, 3131 N. Division, hosts Spokane Area Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours. Call 459-4111 to register by Tuesday.

Thursday - The community college’s Small Business Development Center presents a seminar for employers needing information about requirements of the IRS, U.S. Immigration and Naturalization, Washington State Employment Security and Washington State Department of Labor and Industries from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute (SIRTI), 665 N. Riverpoint Blvd. Cost: $20; call 358-2050 for more information or to register.

Thursday and June 19 - A class on continual improvement of systems, increasing productivity through effective meetings is scheduled from 2-5 p.m. Tuesday and 6-9 p.m. June 19 at the Applied Technology Center, 3939 N. Freya. Cost: $39; call 533-4700 for more information or to register.

Thursday - The Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) offers business counseling to potential and existing small business owners/ operators: N. Idaho College Work Force Training Center, 525 Clearwater Loop, Post Falls, Idaho, 9 a.m.-noon, call 208-769-3296.

Friday - Northwest Inland Empire APICS sponsors a seminar on “Bills of Material” from 1-5 p.m. at Comfort Inn North, 7111 N. Division. Cost: $55, students $25. Registration deadline is Monday. To register or for more information, call Barb Midgley at 208-772-6645 or Barb Woodall at 927-5585.

June 19 - A class on how to buy a computer is scheduled from 5-8 p.m. at the Institute for Extended Learning’s mobile training unit in the Lodge parking lot, 3303 W. Fort George Wright Drive. Cost: $35; call 533-3770 for more information or to register.

June 20 - Community Colleges of Spokane presents a program on Business Ethics from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Business Training and Applied Technology Center. Cost: $59; call 533-4700 for more information or to register.

June 20 - The Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) offers business counseling to potential and existing small business owners/ operators: Lewis-Clark State College SBDC at L-CSC, Lewiston, Idaho, 9-noon, call 208-799-2465; TRIDEC SBDC, 901 N. Colorado, 9-noon, call 735-1000; Richland Chamber, 515 Lee Blvd., 1-5 p.m., call 946-1651.

CONVENTIONS:

June 11-20 - Unitarian Universalists, annual North American general assembly, citywide.

June 12-14 - Holnan Inc., regional conference, Red Lion.

June 15 & 16 - National Assembly of Purchasing Management, District 11 leadership workshop, WestCoast Ridpath Hotel.

June 16-18 - Washington Ornithological Society, annual state convention, Holiday Inn West.

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