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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

Business Beat

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Finance

 Scott Murock and Kim Carlile, of the Spokane Valley branch of Edward Jones, have received the firm’s Client Service Excellence award. Carlile is the senior branch office administrator, and Murock is a financial adviser. Murock was also recognized with the Spirit of Caring Award.

Banner Bank has hired Michael Adams as a residential loan officer. Adams has more than 18 years of experience in the residential and construction lending industry.

The Spokane Estate Planning Council has elected the officers for the 2013-14 program year as follows: Kevin Sell, of Heiskell MacGillivray & Associates, P.S., president; Brent Stanyer, of Douglas, Eden, Phillips, DeRuyter & Stanyer, P.S., vice president; and David Green, of David Green CPA, PLLC, secretary/treasurer.

 Kevin O’Connell has joined Numerica Credit Union as a small business officer. O’Connell has 10 years of experience in the banking and financial industry. Previously, he worked at Columbia Bank.

The Board of RiverBank and RiverBank Holding Co. have appointed Daniel Byrne to chief executive officer and Board vice chairman of RiverBank. Byrne has more than 29 years of experience in financial and executive management. He served as president of the board of directors of Frontier Behavioral Health and is a board member and audit committee chairman of Ambassador Group Inc.

Miscellaneous

• Janet Bressler has joined Embassy Management LLC as the director of information systems. Previously, Bressler was in the aviation industry for more than 18 years.

• Oxyfresh/Life Shotz has promoted Brian Harder to developer and information technology manager in its Coeur d’Alene office. Harder has been with the company for more than five years and previously worked as a software developer.

Real estate

 Cara Murphy, Kim Allen, and Sarah Hoiland have joined Keller Williams Realty Spokane.

Retail

 Joey Sexton has joined Etailz as a Web application developer.

 Absolute Hearing Aid Center has opened an office location in Spokane Valley at 9212 E. Montgomery Ave., Suite 101. Business owners Dan Lunt and Ryan Kyle have more than 35 years experience in the industry and also have an office location in Coeur d’Alene. For more information, call (509) 315-5590.

 Motion Auto Supply, a member of Federated Auto Parts, has opened a location at 1245 E. Best Ave., Coeur d’Alene. For more information call (208) 664-4343.