Business Beat

NEW FACES:

Washington Trust Bank has hired three people for its Private Banking Department:

Steve Scranton, who is a chartered financial analyst with expertise in fixed income strategies and analysis, was named a vice president and portfolio manager for asset management services.

Steve Maggio, whose experience includes personal and institutional trust business development, joined the bank as a vice president with sales and marketing responsibilities for asset management services.

Gary Anderson was hired as a vice president with responsibility for developing personal trust and investment management business and private banking credit business.

Scott Fuller and Kevin Hyatt have joined CRI Mortgage Network Inc. as loan officers. Fuller was previously with Allstate Insurance Co. in Spokane and Hyatt previously worked for Digital Marketing Inc. in Coeur d’Alene. Betty Patton was hired as a loan processing clerk. Patton was previously with AgAmerica, Farm Credit Bank.

Jonna Yates has been named a personal financial advisor with the Spokane office of American Express Financial Advisors Inc. Yates, who earned a business degree from Eastern Washington University, has a strong background in small-business management, finance, insurance and quality client service.

Gonzaga University has hired Diane Schmitz as a development writer for foundation relations in the university relations office. Schmitz previously taught English at Washington State University, Heritage College in Toppenish, Columbia Basin College in Pasco and Yakima Valley Community College in Grandview.

Laura Bacon has joined Hampton Inn Spokane as sales manager with responsibility for coordinating conferences and groups, sales and marketing. She previously held the same position at the Quality Inn Oakwood.

Mario Ayub Touche, of Chihuahua, Mexico, has joined Metalline Mining Co. Inc.’s board of directors. Touche, who has a degree in chemical engineering, has more than 20 years of experience in the Mexican mining industry. He also is president of FENAMPAC, which is Mexico’s national association of small and medium miners.

Toni White, a real estate veteran of 11 years, has joined Windermere Real Estate’s Spokane-Manito office. White, who has owned her own firm for two years, previously worked with Century 21.

MOVING UP:

LeMaster & Daniels PLLC has appointed John Parry to head its North Idaho office, located in Coeur d’Alene. Parry, a CPA, merged his accounting practice with LeMaster & Daniels in 1995. He moved to North Idaho in 1991 after working for the accounting firm of Deloitte & Touche in California.

Kathleen O’Conner has been promoted to assistant vice president at Sterling Savings Association. O’Conner joined Sterling as a corporate technical writer in 1991. She assumed responsibility for Sterling’s shareholder relations in 1993 and recently was assigned to develop and administer Sterling’s disaster recovery plan.

Potlatch Corp. has named Robert M. DeBorde vice president of its Idaho Pulp and Paperboard division. DeBorde, who has been vice president of the company’s Pulp and Paperboard Group for the past eight years, will relocate from Walnut Creek, Calif., to Lewiston. He succeeds G. William Morton, who has retired.

STARTING UP:

Washington Mutual Inc. has appointed the following people to staff its new Coeur d’Alene Home Loan Center:

Gail Brown, who previously served as manager of Washington Mutual’s Richland Financial Center, was named manager and assistant vice president. Brown, who has more than 20 years of experience in banking, will oversee management and operation of the loan center as well as loan production and business development.

Randy Davis, who previously served as manager of Washington Mutual’s Medford Home Loan Center in Oregon, was named external loan representative. He joined Washington Mutual in 1987 as a management trainee and has worked as a manager since completing the program in 1988.

Robert Henley, formerly manager of Washington Mutual’s Sullivan Road Financial Center in Spokane, also was named an external loan representative. He has nearly 20 years of experience in banking.

ELECTED:

Dr. Frank B. Kimball, an anatomic/ clinical pathologist from Hayden Lake, was elected president of the Idaho Medical Association. A member of the IMA Board of Trustees since 1989, Kimball previously served as trustee for District One.

The Inland Northwest Chapter of the Association of Records Managers and Administrators has elected the following officers: president, Karen Stead, Tab Northwest; secretary, Lori Cavegn, Washington Water Power; treasurer, Mike Reeder, Tab Northwest; program chair, Pam Weigand, Eastern Washington University; newsletter chair, Annette Nugent, National Jewelry & Loan; publicity chair, Richard Hobbs, Regional State Archives; membership chair, Pat Devries, Devries Business Records; general board, Joyce Simmons, Cowles Publishing Co.; and professional development, Jim Shasky, COMSTOR.

KUDOS:

Marta Pederson of Spokane was among the 10 highest scoring candidates who took the May 1997 CPA exam in Washington. Pederson tied for sixth place. The following people from the Spokane area successfully completed the CPA exam: William Dahl, Jennifer Michele Frank, Tammy Hall, Bruce Hill, Lori Largent, Christine Michaels, Douglas Nolan Mitchell, Susan Rae Moline, SherriAnn Noriko Nakamoto, Marta Pederson, Derek Smith, Blossom D. Sparks, Lynn Elizabeth Steinmetz, Kristin Lynn Walker, and Lisa Anne White, all of Spokane; Sandra Kay Atwood, Otis Orchards; Samuel Barnes, Ephrata; Janet D’Anjou and Suk-Kan Wong, Pullman; Donna Patricia Young, Deer Park; Dolly DuBois, Hayden, Idaho; Hana Huang, Richland; Stefanie Lynne Pittman, Moses Lake; and Edward Skinner, Ritzville.

EVENTS:

Monday - Gov. Gary Locke will be the keynote speaker for the annual meeting of the Spokane Area Convention & Visitors Bureau at 11:15 a.m. at the Ridpath Hotel. Cost: $20; for reservations, call 624-1341.

Monday through Friday - The Service Corps of Retired Executives offers free counseling to potential and existing small-business owners from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Business Information Center in the Spokane Area Chamber of Commerce, 1020 W. Riverside. For appointments, call 353-2820. Counselors also are available on Tuesdays at the Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce. For appointments there, call 924-4994.

Monday and Sept. 29 - The Small Business Development Center presents a class on “How to Develop a Basic Marketing Plan” from 6-9 p.m. each day at the Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute, 665 N. Riverpoint Blvd. Cost: $45; call 358-7890 for information or to register.

Tuesday - The Small Business Development Center presents a workshop on “30 Tips When Starting Your Own Business” 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.

Tuesday and Wednesday - Inland Northwest Associated General Contractors presents a construction outreach workshop for contractor and subcontractor personnel working at the Hanford site from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Conference Center, 451 Hills, Richland. A second workshop is scheduled Oct. 21-22. Cost: $300 for the first person from any AGC member firm, $375 for the first person from non-member firms.; for registration and information, call Carolyn Pierce at 353-0391.

Tuesday through Dec. 11 - Spokane Falls Community College presents a class on “Starting a Small Business” from 6:30-9 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays in the SFCC Business Building, 3410 W. Fort George Wright Drive. Cost: $80; for information, call 533-3522.

Wednesday - Consumer Credit Counseling Service presents a free money management workshop - “Healthy, Wealthy & Wise” - at 6 p.m. at the Greenhouse Community Center in Deer Park and also at the Community College Center in Colville. For more information or to register, call 327-3777 or (800) 892-6854 and ask for the Education Department.

Wednesday - The Service Corps of Retired Executives presents a workshop on “The ABC’s of Starting a Business” from 9 a.m.-noon at the Spokane Area Chamber of Commerce, 1020 W. Riverside. Cost: $15; for information or to register, call 353-2820.

Wednesday - The Small Business Development Center presents a class on “To Advertise or Not to Advertise” from 6-9 p.m. at the Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute, 665 N. Riverpoint Blvd. Cost: $35; for information, call 358-7890.

Thursday - The Small Business Development Center presents a class on “Top 20 Home-Based Business Ideas” from 6-9 p.m. at the Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute, 665 N. Riverpoint Blvd. Cost: $35; for information, call 358-7890.

Thursday and Friday - The Spokane Area Chamber of Commerce sponsors a two-day trip to the Lewiston-Clarkston area with stops at Potlatch Corp., the Pea and Lentil Commission and the Port Authority. Cost: $150. A kick-off chuckwagon breakfast for the trip is planned at 7 a.m. Thursday at the chamber’s future home at 801 W. Riverside. Cost: $10; for information or reservations for either event, call Diane at 459-4111.

Friday - Mayor Jack Geraghty will be the guest speaker for the Spokane Area Chamber of Commerce Issues & Answers session at 7:30 a.m. at the chamber, 1020 W. Riverside. Cost: $2.

Friday - Mary E. Fairhurst, assistant state attorney general and president of the Washington State Bar Association, will speak on “Stewards for Justice: A Call to Service” during the Gonzaga University Law Forum from 7:15-8:15 a.m. at GU’s Jepson Center Auditorium. Cost: $8, $10 after Monday; for information or to register, call 328-4220, ext. 3759.

Friday - Adobe and Cognoscenti Inc. present a free seminar on Adobe FrameMaker and Adobe Acrobat from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Doubletree Inn City Center, 325 N. Spokane Falls Court. For reservations, call Sheila Carlisle at (425) 820-6708.

Friday - The Service Corps of Retired Executives presents a workshop on “Starting a New Business” from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at the Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce, 8817 E. Mission. Cost: $35, including lunch; to register, call 924-4994 or 353-2820.

Friday and Saturday - The Inland Northwest Electrical League presents a class on “Administrator’s Exam Prep” from 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. each day. For information, call 536-4177.

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