Business Beat

New faces:

Coeur d’Alene-based Hanna & Associates Inc. has added the following people to its staff:

Cathy Moog joined the advertising agency as an assistant media buyer. Moog, a recent graduate of Washington State University’s communications program, previously was an intern at Hanna.

Jade Martin was named an account executive. Martin, who received a bachelor’s degree in business management, marketing and communications from Whitworth College, previously was a sales and marketing consultant for CBS affiliate KRTX of the Montana Television Network in Great Falls. Earlier, he was sales manager for the Spokane branch of Metropolitan Outdoor, a Los Angeles-based outdoor advertising company.

Mike Emenegger joined Hanna as an art director. Emenegger, who has 15 years of experience in the advertising business, previously worked for Wendt Advertising in Spokane. He also has worked in the Spokane area as a digital designer for Zak Designs and as a designer for Marcia Smith Design Associates.

Amy M. Smith, a University of Idaho journalism graduate, has been named public relations director of Stix Corp., a Spokane-based company specializing in custom-designed and installed ceiling products.

Gary Stamper has rejoined Sign Service & Manufacturing Co. Inc. of Hayden Lake after a two-year absence. Stamper will oversee design, manufacturing operations and marketing processes. A 16-year veteran of the sign industry, he received a degree in graphic design from San Jose State University. Before rejoining Sign Service, Stamper worked for Resource Computing Inc. in Spokane, where he developed that company’s Year 2000 compliance assessment product and customer service department.

Kim Carpenter has joined Starla & Co., a Coeur d’Alene salon, as a stylist and manicurist. She has 10 years of experience in the business, including five years at a St. Maries salon. Carpenter is a graduate of Headmasters school of hair design in Coeur d’Alene and received a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Lewis Clark State College.

Spokane Baptist Association Homes has appointed the following people as trustees of its newly organized foundation, the Senior Homes Foundation of Eastern Washington: Eugene Hebert, Holman Gardens resident; Betty Hennessey, community volunteer; Claude W. Morris, community volunteer; Virginia Ruark, Lilac Plaza resident; Marvin F. Soehren, retired SBAH administrator; and Lea L. Werner, community volunteer. Two members of Spokane Baptist’s corporate board, Anne Marie Axeworthy and Chuck Crow, also will serve as foundation trustees. Axeworthy, an employee of Avista Corp., was elected Senior Homes Foundation’s first president. Werner, director of marketing for Washington Trust Bank, was named vice president, while Hebert was named secretary, and Crow was elected treasurer.

Vivian Boles has been named director of Arcadia, a special Alzheimer’s unit being opened by ManorCare Health Services. Boles, who has 20 years of experience in the long-term health care industry, has been active with the Alzheimer’s association, the ombudsman program and as an activity director for ManorCare.

KSPS-TV has hired Denise Raczka as traffic associate. Raczka was previously employed by the KXLY family of stations.

Other new additions to the staff at KSPS-TV include:

Mike Peterson, who joined the station as a maintenance engineer.

Robert Deitz and Marek Zaranski were named master control operators.

Moving up:

Lawry Knopp has been named assistant vice president-financial risk management at Farm Credit Services. He will oversee interest rate risk and financial market analyses. Knopp joined Farm Credit in 1985 as a programmer/analyst for the Farm Credit Bank of Spokane. Since then he has held several positions, most recently as director-asset/liability management.

Desautel Communications & Marketing has promoted Michelle Hege to vice president. Hege, who joined the firm a year ago as an account executive, will have increased responsibilities for account management and business development. Before joining Desautel, Hege was a communications administrator for Medical Service Corp.

Janet Dixon has been promoted to manager of the Newport branch of Pend Oreille Bank. Her responsibilities include directing all operations in Newport. Dixon, an assistant vice president and senior loan officer, began her banking career with Pend Oreille Bank in 1987 and has held several positions, including teller, proof operator, customer service representative and loan specialist.

Events:

Tuesday - Associated Industries of the Inland Northwest presents a class on “Writing Your Dress Code Policy” from 8:30-10:30 a.m. at 920 N. Washington. Cost: $29 for members, $44 for nonmembers; for information or to register, call 326-6885.

Tuesday - Northside Power Tipps Group meets at 7 a.m. For information about location and topics, call 468-9695.

Tuesday and Thursday - The Small Business Development Center presents a class on “Understanding and Using Your Financials to Manage Your Business” from 6-9 p.m. both nights at the Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute, 665 N. Riverpoint Blvd. Cost: $45; for information or to register, call 358-7890.

Tuesday 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 Room 240 of the Spokane Regional Business Center, 801 W. Riverside. For appointments, call 353-2820. Counselors also are available on Tuesdays at the Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce, 8817 E. Mission. For appointments there, call 924-4994.

Tuesday and Jan. 26 - The Small Business Development Center presents a class on “Starting and Operating a Construction Business” from 6-9 p.m. both nights at the Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute, 665 N. Riverpoint Blvd. Cost: $45; for information or to register, call 358-7890.

Wednesday - Construction manager Terry Goebel will give a progress report on the River Park Square project during a meeting of the Spokane Building Owners and Managers Association from noon-1:15 p.m. at Cavanaughs Inn at the Park, 303 W. North River Drive. Luncheon cost, $10; call 466-4905 for reservations.

Wednesday - Associated Industries of the Inland Northwest presents a Human Resources Roundtable on “Managing Attendance and Tardiness” from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at 920 N. Washington. Cost: $15, plus 25 copies of your company attendance policy, for members, or $22, plus 25 copies of your company attendance policy, for nonmembers; call 326-6885 for information or to register.

Wednesday - Executive Women’s Network will meet from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at the DoubleTree Hotel at Sullivan and I-90 in the Spokane Valley.

Wednesday - William A. Simer, a certified public accountant with McDirmid, Mikkelsen & Secrest P.S., will give a “Tax Update for ‘98” during a meeting of the Spokane Area Chapter of the Institute of Management Accountants from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Cavanaugh’s River Inn. Cost: $15, $7.50 for students; call Scott Wilhelm at 921-8718 for information.

Wednesday - The Service Corps of Retired Executives presents a workshop on “Basics of Recordkeeping” from 8 a.m.-noon at the Business Information Center in Room 240 of the Spokane Regional Business Center, 801 W. Riverside. Cost: $35, including materials; for information or reservations, call 353-2820.

Thursday - Dave McDermott, a records retention analyst for J.R. Simplot in Boise, will discuss “The Basic Ins and Outs of Searching Record Retention Requirements” during a meeting of the Spokane Chapter of the Association of Records Managers and Administrators at 5:30 p.m. at the Bayou Brewery. For reservations, call Ashley Salvage at 444-7267.

Thursday - “Lookin’ at ‘99” is the topic for a meeting of the American Society for Training and Development from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at Cavanaughs River Inn, 700 N. Division. Call 625-3843 for information or to register.

Thursday - Linda Carter, a certified public accountant with the firm of Omlin Gunning and Associates, will present a “Tax Update” during a meeting of Inland Northwest Chapter No. 4 of the American Society of Women Accountants at 6:15 p.m. at Cavanaughs Templin’s Resort in Post Falls. For information, call Leslie Melby at (208) 773-8149 or e-mail lmelby@ibm.net.

Thursday - Dianne Loy Ferri of Tigers Success Series will speak on “Helping People to `Want To,”’ during a meeting of Spokane Chapter 143 of the National Association of Women in Construction at 5:30 p.m. at Cavanaughs Fourth Avenue. Cost: $14, including dinner; for information or reservations, call Dotty Parkhurst at 535-3531.

Thursday - The Small Business Development Center presents a small business tax seminar from 8:45 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 through March 4 - The Training and Education Coordinating Center presents an “Introduction to Business Office Skills for Health Care” from 6-9 p.m. each Monday through Thursday at the Business Training and Applied Technology Center, 3939 N. Freya. Cost: $296.77 for Washington residents, plus $42 lab fee; call 533-4700 for information or to register.

Friday - The Iota Delta Chapter of Beta Alpha Psi presents its Fourth Annual Continuing Professional Education Seminar from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at the Schoenberg Center on the Gonzaga University campus. Walter J. Haig II will give an “Update: Standards on For-profit, Non-publicly Traded Companies,” while Walter R. Teets will give “An Introduction to the Economics of and Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities.” Cost: $150, including lunch. for information, call Walter Teets at 323-3416.

Friday and Jan. 30 - The Gonzaga University School of Law presents an overview of the 1998 Washington Revised Uniform Partnership Act from 1-5 p.m. Friday and again from 8 a.m.-noon Jan. 30 at the law school. Cost: $75 if registered by Jan. 15 for the Jan. 22 program or by Jan. 22 for the Jan. 30 program, otherwise $125; for information or reservations, call Marge Buck at 323-3738 or toll-free at 1 (800) 448-2138.

Jan. 28 - Wayne Williams, president and CEO of Telect Inc., will discuss “Accelerated Demand on the Telecommunications Infrastructure: Dilemma or Opportunity?” during the Dean’s Business Forum presented by the Gonzaga University School of Business Administration at 7:15 a.m. at the Jepson Center Auditorium on the GU campus. Cost: $10 for continental breakfast, $12.50 at the door; for information or reservations, call 323-5502 by Friday.