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Emerging water sport creates new business for a Leavenworth sports shop By Lee Fehrenbacher

Travis Knoop recently shot this $2.5 million home in south Wenatchee for a Seattle real estate agent.

Finding a new niche in a tough market Wenatchee real estate agent finds opportunities with a camera By Allison int-Hout

hen Travis Knoop began his career as a real estate agent, selling houses was as easy as posting a “For Sale” sign in the yard and waiting for someone to make an offer by dinner time. But this rapid turnover is an unfamiliar concept in the real estate industry today. The feeble housing market has

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sent brokers fleeing to all spheres of the professional world. Some, however, have chosen to stick with real estate. Leaving the buying and selling of properties behind, Knoop is remaining loyal to the real estate market by way of a more artistic calling. A former Windermere agent who felt the repercussions of the struggling economy, Knoop has rekindled his interest in photography to ride out the financial

storm. Now working as a real estate and landscape photographer, he is taking professional photography into a relatively new market. “So many photographers are shooting weddings and portraits, which is really the bread and butter of the business,” he said. “But no one was focusing on realtors, and I realized that would be a niche market.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 9

urfing in white water was going to take a lot of practice. That was becoming abundantly clear as I knelt on a paddle board in an eddy of the Wenatchee River, clutching the side of a large, moss-covered rock for balance. Growing up on the beaches of California, I was fairly competent on a surfboard, but my first five attempts at stand up paddle boarding in the bubbling froth of the Wenatchee had ended quickly with me swimming for shore 50 yards downstream. Now I was trying a smaller, sportier, less sturdy board and I wasn’t feeling too optimistic about it. “That’s a smaller board so make sure you sit back on it or else you’ll pearl,” called out Adam McKenney, owner of Leavenworth Mountain Sports, as he effortlessly paddled out of the eddy and into the swift current of the river. “Check it out!” I watched as he took several hard strokes and dropped into the nature-powered, perpetual surf machine known as “Happy Wave”.

Every Tuesday night, McKenney opens his shop and invites anyone willing to get their feet wet, down to the river to try out the newest sport in his quiver of outdoor activities. Since 2009, stand up paddle – or “SUP” boarding, as regulars call it – has been exploding onto lakes, rivers and ocean beaches across the nation. Just the past weekend during a trip to Seattle, I had seen people paddling in the Puget Sound at a popular dive site in Edmonds. Looking at the small group of about 20 people gathered that night, it was easy to see the allure – everyone could do it. Downstream, a handful of children paddled and splashed about in the calmer waters, while up river, a few of us bigger kids – ranging in age from our mid-20s to upper 60s, and adorned with helmets, wet suits and life jackets – attempted to surf. With his paddle cradled in his grasp, and crouched casually in a surfer’s stance, McKenney made it look easy as he carved back and forth on the wave. After several minutes, he brought the board about face, let out a “Woohoo!” CONTINUED ON PAGE 9

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ts old news now that NCW Media, Inc., our publishing company, bought the Wenatchee Business Journal from Sound Publishing. NCW Media is well known outside of Wenatchee but certainly not a household name in the core Wenatchee/East Wenatchee community. My wife Carol and I, together with our partners Jeff and Audrey Walter of Brewster and the previous owners of The Leavenworth Echo, Jeff and Elizabeth Gauger of North Canton, Ohio own NCW Media. Over the last eleven years we have grown our little publishing company to the second largest newspaper company in North Central Washington exceeded only by the Wenatchee World in circulation. With this latest acquisition our combined circulation of just over 18,000 rivals the Wenatchee World’s. The Wenatchee Business Journal will give us a significant presence in the Wenatchee market for the first time. For the benefit of those who are not familiar with our company we publish 4 community newspapers; The Leavenworth Echo, Cashmere Valley Record, Lake Chelan Mirror and Quad City Herald in Brewster. We publish 3 visitor guides; Sonnenshein auf Leavenworth, Lake Chelan Summer Magazine, and the North Central Washington Winter Recreation Guide. We also publish a regional classified advertising newspaper, NCW Bargain Hunter’s Guide, which is distributed in racks and by mail in Chelan, Douglas and Okanogan County. We have our own printing facility in Chelan including a web press for printing our newspapers and a small digital commercial printing press. We also maintain 4 active web sites for our four

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newspaper publications. Our business is targeted to the needs of small business customers and local community news. The Wenatchee Business Journal fits our business model perfectly. We are excited about this opportunity to serve the business community of Wenatchee and North Central Washington. Many of our friends often ask if we have been reincarnated from the decks of the Titanic. In today’s media world it seems like a fair question. The news is often filled with stories about the death of newspapers. The closure of the Seattle PI is just one local example of the challenges to the modern printed word. But in the immortal words of Mark Twain, “rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated.” Newspapers are not dead and the Internet is not driving them out of business. In fact, the Internet is a tremendous tool to newspaper companies like ours. It increases our frequency and gives us the ability to provide news with all of the color, sound, motion and emotion that our competitors have been touting for years. In other words, it levels the playing field and restores the value of competition in providing information in a complex world. We are looking forward to the opportunity to put our own touch on The Wenatchee Business Journal. The Business Journal has a rich history spanning nearly 25 years. It was started by two well known, local entrepreneurs, Jim Corcoran and Mike Cassidy. We look forward to refreshing their vision and adding a bit of our own. In the months ahead you can expect to see many changes in WBJ. We will expand the coverage area to include more of North Central Washington since we all rely on each other to some extent in building our regional economies. You will see a new and revamped

Bill and Carol Forhan web site and you will see the return of many of the features and articles that provided its distinctly local flavor. Long time WBJ reporter and editor Nevonne McDaniels’ byline will once again be appearing on the WBJ pages, and you will also see an expanded and much more aggressive opinion section. Traditional American capitalism is under attack across this country. It is important that business leaders take a strong stand in reminding all Americans that it is the private business sector that has built this economy into the most powerful and productive in the world. We intend to provide that forum to educate fellow business associates as well as our political leaders about the truth regarding the private sectors role in rebuilding our economy. Finally, you will see a revamped and upgraded web site that will provide new tools to businesses for promotion and communication. We are excited about the future of the WBJ and we hope that you will share with us your concerns and your praises as we work to make the publication an important tool in managing your business.

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Wenatchee bookkeeper arrested in business theft Douglas County Sheriff’s detectives have arrested a 53-year-old Wenatchee resident, who is suspected of stealing more than $165,000 from an East Wenatchee design company, where he was employed as the bookkeeper. On August 2, Douglas County Detective Steve Groseclose arrested the suspect at his residence and booked him into the Chelan County Regional Jail on charges of first degree theft Undersheriff Don Culp reported. The suspect worked for Blind Renaissance Design, located at 2303 N.W. Alan Ave., as the company’s bookkeeper and his duties included general accounting and writing checks for the business. The suspect is accused of stealing sums ranging

National planning services firm acquires Wenatchee-based Alliance Consulting Olympia-based engineering and planning services firm, Shea Carr Jewell, Inc. has acquired Alliance Consulting Group, Inc. of Wenatchee, a community planning and environmental services firm, according to a July 12 press release. The merger expands SCJ’s presence in the greater Wenatchee Valley, where they already have a transportation engineering and planning office. The eleven-year-old Alliance Consulting Group, Inc. was owned by Lisa Parks, a community planner who earlier this year became the executive director of the Douglas County Port District. “This is a really positive move for our clients who will enjoy the expanded breadth and depth of services that SCJ offers,” Parks said. “I am excited about the significant talent and abilities SCJ brings to North

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from as little as $6,500 to more than $30,000 a year, since 2004. The man allegedly concealed the thefts by writing checks to nonexistent vendors, falsifying payments to vendors and altering records. The employer became aware of the thefts in 2011 when he attempted to make a simple purchase with a credit card and the transaction was denied because the card was maxed out. A complete audit by and accounting firm revealed the thefts, and the company filed a report with the sheriff’s office on June 15.

Scott Thompson, a 16-year-employee of Total Travel, and Peter Kuske, a local businessman and entrepreneur, have joined forces and assumed leadership of the business. Terry Thompson-Beat-

tiger has managed Total Travel since 1988 and will remain as senior travel consultant and group specialist. “When I decided to work for Terry back in 1996, the travel agent industry was thriving and over time, with 9/11, the Internet and economy, the travel agencies started disappearing. Total Travel has survived it all,” Thompson said. “Terry has done a great job of getting us where we are today. It is my turn to take this company to the next level.” Thompson said he was grateful to have Kuske and Thompson-Beattiger on board with him and that the company would benefit from their continued guidance. “We have a great staff who is excited to see what is next for our company,” Thompson said. “I am very optimistic and ready for the challenges ahead.” Total Travel, located at 540 N. Mission St. in Wenatchee, is a branch of Tzell Travel,

Central Washington. They are going to be a great asset to our communities.” The combined firm, known as SCJ Alliance, will move during the summer to 15 Palouse St. in Wenatchee. They have five employees led by Jerry Litt, previously of Alliance Consulting. In addition to Litt, the five member SCJ Alliance team includes Alliance Consulting Group employees Chuck Jones, an environmental planner and geographic information system specialist, and Vivian Peterson, whose primary focus is long range community planning, development permit review and grant writing. They join SCJ employees David Allen, a project manager and professional engineer, Dusty Jones, a senior transportation designer. “We are delighted to be combining our strengths with Alliance’s strengths in planning, community building and environmental services to provide a full range of offerings from one local firm,” SCJ President Perry Shea said. “We

are very excited to be expanding in the Wenatchee region where we see great potential.” Founded in 2006 by Perry Shea, Jean Carr and Bob Jewell, Shea Carr Jewell has grown from three employees to more than 35. In addition to their Olympia and Wenatchee offices, the firm has an engineering specialties group in Boulder, Colo. They work with clients throughout the United States and abroad, offering transportation design and planning, civil engineering, environmental and land use planning and municipal engineering services. Alliance Consulting Group is currently conducting an analysis of the Cashmere Mill Site for the Port of Chelan County and reviewing the Rock Island Wastewater System. Engineering services in Washington State have grown in the last several years. The industry collected $7.1 billion in gross business income in 2010, a $2.5 billion increase in annual income since 2005.

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Mexico to lift tariffs Washington growers and warehousers will be getting a little boost in their bottom line this summer. The United States Department of Transportation announced that it had signed an agreement with Mexico that resolves a dispute over long-haul, cross-boarder trucking between the two countries. In 2009, Mexico instigated tariffs on more than $2 billion-worth of U.S. manufactured goods and agricultural products in retaliation for the U.S denying Mexico’s trucking companies access to America‚ a decision urged by pressures from U.S. trucking unions, citing safety concerns with Mexican carriers. Under the new agreement, tariffs on the entire $2 billion-worth of U.S. goods will disappear, including those for local agriculture products. “It’s very good news,” said Mark Powers, vice president of the Northwest Horticultural Council. “It’s long awaited. This has affected three crop years for pears, cherries and apricots and has been a significant trade barrier and we’re happy to see it on the way out.”

Powers estimates that Washington growers have lost approximately $44 million from apple crops since August of 2010, and more than $30 million in pears, cherries and apricot crops since 2009, as a result of the 20 percent tariffs placed on ag products. “Some of that tariff is probably being paid for by consumers, some by growers, some by importers,” he said. “It’s across the board and it impacts our industry significantly.” Powers said he expects that to be any time between late August and September. The resolution allows Mexican carriers to pick up and deliver cargo internationally, but not to pick up goods within the U.S. for delivery in the states. The agreement requires that all Mexican carriers comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, use electronic monitoring systems, complete driving records, take drug tests and complete English language assessments. Powers argues that kind of stance unfairly holds growers hostage where it hurts the most ‚”Mexico is Washington’s top export market for apples and pears,

with 10 percent of the state’s apples and 13 percent of its pears sold south of the border. It is unreasonable to expect our growers to pay the cost for the teamsters or the truckers public policy position,” he said. “They need to find another way to solve their problem.”

Leavenworth’s Icicle River Clothing changes location After 15 years, the Icicle River Clothing company is moving from its current location at 827 Front St. in Leavenworth to 639 Front St. Jean Dawson, who owns the store with her husband John, said that while the old basement location was hard to see, she expects the new place will create greater visibility and business for their shop. Dawson said that the store would continue to focus on casual men’s and women’s clothing and accessories, with a special emphasis on Pendleton sportswear, but that they may expand their line to a younger demographic if the opportunity presents itself. CONTINUED ON PAGE 4

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just going to see what being in this location brings, what kind of customers walk in here that we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get before because of the stairs,â&#x20AC;? Dawson said. Dawson said that they would continue to carry the signature shirts with classic cars â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a big seller for men â&#x20AC;&#x201D; for which the store has become known. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Men just have this thing sometimes, especially if theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re older, that evokes memories of days gone by, and they just love the shirts,â&#x20AC;? she said. The store will open is open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sundays. The Dawsons will continue operation of their other Leavenworth store, The Black Swan, at its current street location at 827 Front St.

PUD finances continue improvement - debt drops below $1 billion Financial results for the second quarter of 2011 show the Chelan County PUD is on track to end the year about $12.1 million further in the black than forecasted, according to an Aug. 8 press release. Expenses remain below budget, and above-normal water runoff has meant more surplus power to sell, even though the price has been lower than originally expected. Kelly Boyd, chief finance and risk officer for the PUD, said that if the trend continues for the rest of the year, the PUD would finish the year with a positive change in its bottom line â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the change in combined net assets â&#x20AC;&#x201C; of about $14.8

million, compared with the previously expected budget of $2.7 million. Boyd updated commissioners at their weekly meeting Monday, Aug. 8. â&#x20AC;&#x153;While this is good financial news,â&#x20AC;? Boyd said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;we still need to remain in our preservation mode and stay the course in our longterm financial planning. â&#x20AC;Ś We need to continue to be prudent and disciplined in our financial actions.â&#x20AC;? For the longer term, results also show the PUD continuing to move toward meeting the Strategic Plan financial policy objectives for 2012-2015 on rate of return, debt ratio and financial liquidity, said Boyd. The PUD is lagging slightly in meeting the fourth objective, a combined debt service coverage ratio. A plan to improve on debt service coverage was also presented to commissioners. It involves continuing to lower the PUDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s debt by paying off approximately $81 million in bonds this year and additional amounts in the next several years. It also includes ongoing costcontainment by the PUD. With the latest bond payments made on July 1, PUD debt dropped below $1 billion and is forecasted to end the year at $957 million. The current financial forecast anticipates the 9-percent electric surcharge, which has been in place since 2009, ending at the end of this year while the 2.5-percent revenue increase from electric rates, approved in 2008 but deferred while the surcharge was in place, would now take effect Jan. 1, 2012. Year-to-date, net wholesale revenue is $2.6 million ahead of budget and is expected to end the year with about $9 million more than

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the budget of $51 million. PUD operating expenses through the second quarter were about $5 million less than budgeted and are projected to remain more than $3 million below the budget of approximately $114 million for the year, with the cost savings coming from all areas across the district. In a related report, commissioners heard that the rate of return on the districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s investments through the second quarter of 2011 was 1.78 percent with a return of $3.6 million; so far, matching budget expectations for the year. Boyd said the recent ratings agency downgrade of U.S. debt by one of the three large rating agencies was anticipated to have minimal impact on the PUD in the near term.

Chelan PUD distributes free energy-saving bulbs Chelan County PUD distributed free energy-saving light bulbs on Aug. 27. Customers to any PUD office in Wenatchee, Leavenworth or Chelan received a bag of 20 compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs). In the average home, lighting accounts for about 20 percent of the electric bill. The easiest way to start saving energy is to switch to compact fluorescent bulbs. The 13-watt CFLs given to PUD customers provided the same light as a 60-watt standard bulb, but they use up to 75 percent less energy and last up to 10 times longer. The CFLs have a light output of 900 lumens, with an average life of 10,000

hours. In Chelan County homes, using one 13-watt CFL will save about $15 over the life of the bulb. Switching to more efficient lighting is a major component of the PUDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s conservation goals. Last year, Chelan PUD distributed 41,000 free bulbs to customers. This year the goal is 39,000 bulbs. By distributing bulbs free to customers, the PUD is buying an energy resource. The PUD essentially is buying back the electricity that would have been used if customers continued to use standard light bulbs. This practice is in keeping with goals set by the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, which regards conservation as the least expensive energy resource available to meet power demands in our region. The Energy Independence Act, passed by Washington voters in 2006, adopted these goals and established guidelines for utilities to set and meet conservation targets. Savings from last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s program is estimated to be 1.4 million kilowatt hours, enough to power about 62 all-electric homes. This is worth about $48,000 a year in savings. Cost was approximately $60,000 for the bulbs.

Pangborn continues year over year growth trends Pangborn Memorial Airport is seeing steady customer growth in 2011, according to a July 26 press release. While passenger traffic decreased slightly from May

NCWEDD receives $96K for economic development program A group of economic developers in NCW have some new funds to help nourish its budding entrepreneurs. The North Central Washington Economic Development District has received a $96,072 grant from the Economic Development Administration â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Â an agency within the Department of Commerce that promotes growth in distressed communities â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to help facilitate opportunities for regional innovation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Entrepreneurship and innovation have been identified collectively as a strategic priority by the membership

September 2011 to June, down 0.3 percent to 8,145 travelers, it remained strong in year over year growth. The Airport recorded a 3.9 percent increase in passengers in June, compared to the 7,844 travelers it saw at the same time a year ago. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re happy to see numbers continue strong into the summer vacation season and it would appear to indicate that leisure travelers are returning to the skies, as well as the business traveler growth weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen earlier in the year,â&#x20AC;? Airport Director Greg Phillips said. Total growth for the year was also 6.7 percent higher than the same six-month period from January to June in 2010.

Douglas County deputies find 1,500-plant marijuana crop The Wenatchee Valley is known for its agriculture but it appears not all of its crops are on the up and up. The Douglas County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office has reported that it has discovered a large marijuana grow in a remote area of Pine Canyon, between Orondo and Waterville. The location of the site appears to be federal land roughly a mile east of Highway 2 in a steep forested canyon. The Drug Enforcement Administration and the Washington State Patrol located the grow on Aug. 23 while conducting fly-overs for marijuana grows in the area. Members of the Douglas County Special Response Team hiked into the area and found 1,502 marijuana plants that were five to six

of the North Central Washington Economic Development District,â&#x20AC;? said Jennifer Korfiatis, administrator for the NCWEDD. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The investment by the Economic Development Administration and our partners will allow us to develop and support a cohesive program designed to facilitate job and business development, expansion and innovation, resulting in further diversification of our regional economy.â&#x20AC;? The grant comes in response to the results of a 2010 needs assessment conducted by the NCWEDD. The assessment surveyed current and prospective regional entrepreneurs and identified opportunities and gaps in the systems that support their efforts. The results found spe-

feet tall and could have been harvested at any time. The site had been terraced and plastic pipe runs were watering the plants from a stream. There was a campsite nearby that included a tent, sleeping bags, food and cooking utensils, but the team did not locate anyone at the location. The sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office said the grow was larger than anticipated and that it was too late in the day to try and remove the plants, so members of the team stayed at the site through the night to secure it. The next morning, the team took down the plants, bundled and air lifted them from the canyon by a helicopter under contract with the DEA. There are no suspects.

Proposal expected to drop Chelan PUD electric rates by 6.5 percent The Chelan PUD is considering adopting a flat hourly rate for all residential electric use, starting in 2012, according to a Aug. 22 press release. The flat rate would result in 2.5 percent more retail electric revenue for the PUD, as adopted in a 2008 rate package that commissioners postponed in 2009-2011 due to the economic downturn. At that time, commissioners also enforced a temporary 9 percent electric bill surcharge due to poor water flows. The new flat rate would mean the end of the 9-percent surcharge, and result in a net overall average CONTINUED ON PAGE 5

cific needs in the areas of education and training, networking, resources and mentorship. The NCWEDD then applied for funding from the EDA to develop a program to meet those needs. The NCWEDD will also be partnering with other organizations to complete the project. The NCWEDD is the federally-designated economic development district for the region covering Okanogan, Douglas and Chelan counties, as well as the Colville Confederate Tribes. The organization is responsible for regional economic development strategy and planning and collaborates with various private and public agencies to accomplish its goal.

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Coffee a la cart The owners of a Cashmere coffee house aren’t waiting for customers to come to them By Allison Int-Hout

ocation, location, location it can be vital to the success of a budding business. One Cashmere company is taking that concept to heart in more ways than one. Rather than confining themselves to one crucial venue, Courtney and Carl Schill of Cashmere’s Snapdragon Coffee are taking their fare into the community. While searching on Craigslist for a commercial item to use in their coffee shop in April, the Schills stumbled upon a mobile coffee cart that caffeine connoisseurs might soon be spotting at events throughout the Wenatchee Valley. “It was almost an accident,” she said. “But it’s been a lot of fun.” Schill said she does not remember what she was initially looking

for – maybe a commercial refrigerator – but it only took two weeks to decide the coffee trailer was a smart business move. The cart, previously owned by Wenatchee’s Java Dog Espresso, came furnished with the essentials for any traveling coffee shop – espresso machine, grinder, commercial fridge and freezer, ice bin, generator and built-in water tanks. Schill said they bought the cart for $12,000 and spent another $2,000 on improvements like air conditioning. Deemed Lil’ Snap after a popular rapid on the Wenatchee River, it took about a month to get the mobile unit ready before it debuted at Cashmere’s Riverfest in June. Schill initially planned to take the trailer to the Cashmere Riverside Park on the weekends and serve the rafters and kayakers that finished their white water

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trips there. She quickly learned, however, that taking the cart to high-traffic areas was not the best way to guarantee business. Instead, she decided that preplanned events, with high predicted numbers of attendees, is where she needed to be. “We realized that instead of sitting somewhere and waiting for

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decrease of 6.5 percent in rates for customers. PUD commissioners heard an explanation of the rate proposal on Aug 22, and they will use the next two weeks to consider it before the proposal comes back for further discussion on Sept. 6. If commissioners agree with the concept, meetings would then be held to take more public comment before the new rate structure could be adopted and built into the budget for 2012. Under the proposed flat residential rate, calculations show a majority of customers would see a decrease in their monthly electric bills, according to the release. If adopted, approximately 93 percent of customers will see their monthly bills decrease in 2012 or stay within $1 of this year’s billings for the same energy use. A smaller number of customers would see their average bill increase up to $2 per month assuming similar power consumption as before the increase. Minimum use charges for residential customers would also be eliminated. A base rate, which helps cover

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basic PUD operating costs of providing service, would remain. With these changes, the average residential rate for Chelan PUD would be roughly 3.2 cents per kilowatt-hour – the second lowest in the nation – and a decrease from the current average of roughly 3.4 cents per kilowatt-hour. Industrial rates and commercial rates would remain as adopted in the 2008 plan, however, staff is exploring potential changes in the industrial rate 5-megawatt cap that sends customers into a market rate if they exceed that level of energy use. John Stoll, managing director of Customer Utilities, and Andrew Wendell, Customer Service manager, presented the proposal for commissioners. They said most public utilities in the state use a flat rate, and that it is easier for customers to understand when they look at their bills. There is little indication, they said, that tiered rates influence conservation behavior, and they said PUD conservation programs such as compact fluorescent light

people to come to us, we needed to search out the events and take it to where the people were,” she said. Schill said that before taking the cart to a function, she always asks how many people are expected to attend, estimates that a quarter to a half of them will be customers, and then figures out what kind of

beneficial for customers to see more clearly the direct correlation on their bill be-

beverages they are most likely to purchase. She said that if the event is one that attracts mostly regular drip coffee drinkers (a low-cost item), the event may not be worth it for her business. But Lil’ Snap’s presence at local swim meets have convinced Schill

tween energy use and their cost of power. It should also reduce calls from custom-

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Pesticide trainers, from left to right are Ramon Benavides, LNI: Mario Molina, Zirkle Fruit; Flor Servin, WSDA; Eddie Garcia, Sagemoore Farms; Jaime Ramon, WSDA and Ofelio Borges, WSDA.

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hirty years ago, the customary garb for an orchardist applying pesticides wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t much different than the everyday wardrobe of overalls and a white Tshirt â&#x20AC;&#x201C; although some threw a handkerchief around their mouth for good measure. Obviously, present spraying procedures are far different than they were during grandpaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s day. Today, there is far more information available about the negative health effects of pesticides than there was in the past, and it has motivated the agricultural community to take precautionary steps to stay ahead

of pesticide-related illnesses among their workers. But while many improvements have been made to agricultural procedures and standards, pesticide-related illnesses continue to affect the people that handle them on a regular basis. Joanne Bonnar Prado, a Department of Health epidemiologist in the Pesticide Illness Monitoring and Prevention Department, said that focus within the agricultural community should be placed on the safety and education of workers in the field. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Definitely handlers and field workers are at a higher risk of illness due to exposure than any other occupational group,â&#x20AC;? she said.

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But just how risky is that? Using information provided by the Washington State Department of Agriculture, the Department of Health, the Department of Ecology and Labor & Industries, the Pesticide Incident Reporting and Tracking (PIRT) Review Panel compiles an annual report to monitor pesticide-related incidents that may have health or environmental impacts. The PIRT report breaks down incident information in many ways, allowing members of the agricultural and nonagricultural community to see which factors contribute to pesticide-related illnesses. According to the 2009 PIRT report, of the 252 pesticide-related illness cases in 2008, 130 were classified as occupational cases, or incidents that occurred while on the job. Additionally, in the past 10 years, the report identified an average of 10 ten illness cases among handlers each year.

In 2005, the Department of Labor & Industries adopted new rules for the monitoring of pesticide handlersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; levels of cholinesterase, an enzyme in the body that functions as a critical part of the nervous system. Handlers that are exposed to certain organophosphate and carbamate pesticides â&#x20AC;&#x201C; two types of acutely toxic pesticides that attack this enzyme in pestsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; nervous systems â&#x20AC;&#x201C; can also experience a decrease in their cholinesterase levels, which can lead to illness and death if not detected early. The rule mandates that employers record the number of hours employees work with these chemicals, and also implement a medical monitoring program for workers who could meet or exceed the handling threshold of 30 or more hours in any consecutive 30day period. If employeesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; red blood cell or serum cholinesterase levels drop more than 20 percent below their original baseline during a blood test, their employer must investigate and modify pesticide-handling practices. By tracking their employeesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; blood levels, employers are able to prevent overexposure before it leads to illness or death. Reports on this cholinesterase monitoring show that the number of workers affected by cholinesterase depression have decreased in recent years. Last year, 3.1 percent of the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 257 tested pesticide handlers red flagged for cholinesterase depressions of at least 20 percent, according to Labor & Industriesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 2010 Cholinesterase Monitoring of Pesticide Handlers in Agriculture Final Report. That compares to a level of 10.6 percent in 2006, and reflects a decrease in worker overexposure to the monitored pesticides.

Identifying the problems and filling in the gaps Information from the PIRT report also points to fundamental causes of pesticiderelated illness among workers in the field, all of which, Prado said, are preventable. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of our cases for the farmworker are about communication,â&#x20AC;? Prado said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not necessarily a language barrier, but just getting the appropriate information from the supervisor.â&#x20AC;? According to the report, 35 percent of illCONTINUED ON PAGE 10

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A real estate recap for the summer By Lee Fehrenbacher

n assessing the status of the current real estate market, one theme seems to ring loud and clear: homes are becoming more and more affordable for the everyday buyer. “It’s still much more of a buyer’s market than a seller’s market because sales activity is still depressed,” said Glenn Crellin, director for Washington State Univer-

sity’s Washington Center for Real Estate Research. Crellin said that stagnant prices and historically low interest rates have helped tilt the affordability index for housing in Chelan and Douglas counties to 134.4 and 140.1, respectively. That means – in the case of Chelan County’s number for example – that a median income family has about 34 percent more income than the bare minimum necessary to purchase a median

priced home of approximately $215,000. “It’s certainly a very positive kind of number,” Crellin said. Jamie Wallace, a broker and real estate agent at Windermere in Wenatchee, is experiencing people’s enthusiasm for that situation first hand. She said she’s been busier this past summer than she has ever been in her career, and has more than doubled her typical work load. Wallace handles foreclosed

and distressed properties, so much of that workload comes from that arena, but she said a lot of business is also coming from customers that, once again, are just simply interested in buying real estate. “I think we’ve actually got a pretty good buyer market right now,” she said. The people buying are across the field. She said she is seeing a surge of young CONTINUED ON PAGE 10

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Department of Commerce official talks shop with valley business leaders By Lee Fehrenbacher

he road to prosperity for small businesses lies ahead in exporting opportunities. That was the message from Peter Perez, the deputy assistant secretary for manufacturing in the Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration. Perez held a closed-doors, roundtable discussion with a small group of local business leaders, Friday, Aug. 19, at the Cedars Inn in East Wenatchee. The Wenatchee Valley Chamber of Commerce hosted the meeting. Operating as an ambassador for the White House Business Council – a group charged with the task of meeting with 10,000 business leaders across the nation by the end of the year before reporting back to President Obama – Perez said the purpose of the meeting was to listen to issues of concern for business people in the Wenatchee Valley, and offer advice on his own particular area of expertise of manufacturing and exporting. “One of the major messages I tried to deliver as an evangelist, if you will, for trade is about the president’s National Export Initiative,” Perez said. In March 2010, the president issued an

executive order to enact the National Export Initiative, an effort to create jobs by improving the conditions that affect the private sector’s ability to export. While obviously agricultural exports account for a huge slice of business in the Wenatchee Valley – approximately 32 percent of apples, 28 percent of cherries and 33 percent of pears are exported overseas according to the Northwest Horticultural Association – Perez’s focus was more on businesses that may have never considered selling their products outside of the U.S. As the owner of an industrial machinery manufacturing company in Grand Rapids, Mich., and a veteran of the manufacturing industry for more than 40 years, Perez said he sees exporting as a solution to the nation’s economic woes. “The future of our economy will be much more dependent on the rest of the world,” he said. In 2009, he said, approximately 11 percent of the the nation’s gross domestic product came from the export of products and services outside of the country. In 2010, that number grew to 12.5 percent, accounted for $1.8 trillion and contributed nearly 50 percent to the 2.9 percent increase in overall GDP. That compares to countries like China,

Canada and Germany where 25 percent, 27 percent and a whopping 41 percent of those nation’s GDP’s, respectively, comes from exports. That’s important to note, he said, because 95 percent of the emerging middle class – the people likely to pay for new goods and services – will be coming from outside of the United States. Additionally, he said, 87 percent of economic growth will occur outside of America in the years to come. “We have this great opportunity in the rest of the world,” Perez said. Unfortunately, he said, just 1 percent of businesses in America currently export to other countries, and of those, 50 percent export to just one country – Mexico or Canada. To help fill that void, part of Perez’s job is to encourage business leaders that have never thought about export opportunities to consult with resources like the Small Business Administration, the U.S. Export Assistance Center, the Export Import Bank or the Department of Commerce to brainstorm on new possibilities for their companies. Frustrated at the continuing unemployment situation across the country – nearly 14 million people are currently unemployed in America – Perez said he joined the Department of Commerce a year ago to help create new jobs.

Peter Perez “I believe that exporting is one of the huge ways that we will accomplish that change,” he said. In the Wenatchee Valley, Perez’s meeting included experts from the manufacturing, banking, real estate, utility, agriculture and health care industries. While he said he couldn’t comment on the specifics of their discussion, he did say common concerns centered around a need for certainty in terms of the reliability of federally, state and locally funded programs, and a desire for more thoughtful government regulation. Perez said that he would also continue to be a contact and resource for the business leaders in the meeting. “We can be the link for them with the federal government,” he said. “It doesn’t mean we can solve everything but we know who the players are and we’ll do our darnedest to get them to the right place and get them the help and assistance they deserve.”

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Knoop worked as a real estate agent for about six years, beginning his career during what he called the hot period. In 2006, the Washington real estate market earned just short of a $3 billion profit. In 2010, during his last year as a real estate agent, the market brought in a meager $1.9 billion, according to the Washington State Department of Revenue. While the property sales were steadily falling during Knoop’s career, his photography ventures only grew in number. Knoop originally bought a digital camera to take photos of his available locations. Soon, other real estate agents noticed his eye for shooting properties and asked him

to photograph their listings as well. Initially charging only nominal fees for his services, Knoop quickly realized there was a need in this area for a real estate photographer. Especially when business was scarce, photography presented him with a way to earn extra income. “With the slow down in the real estate market, photography helped fill the gaps,” he said. It was only several months ago that Knoop decided to fully dedicate his time to the visual arts. During a conversation with his wife, who pointed out that he was already spending so much time taking photos, Knoop realized he wanted it to be his fulltime job. “I was spending enough

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and swept away down stream. It was my turn. Remembering his advice, I inched back on the board until the tip started to lift – pearling is when the front of the board submarines beneath the oncoming water – and pushed out into the rapids. Just reaching the wave against the speed of the current was a task. Especially for me since I had to remain on my knees to maintain balance. But a few frantic strokes later, I began to feel that familiar, weightless, skipping sensation of the board gaining momentum over the water. Ha ha! I yelled in my head. I was doing it! I was doing it! ... I was ... pearling. I watched apprehensively as the nose of the board plowed beneath the water and I tried in vain to lean back, but there was no saving it. Like a waiter yanking the cloth out from under a table of dishes, the board shot out from beneath me and I went swimming. Fifty yards down-

stream, I pulled myself from the rapids and assessed the situation – I had a sprained knee, a fat lip and a smile on my face, from ear to ear.

Get up! Stand up! Not all SUP boarding is like that though. In fact, most of it is done on flat water with no more than a bathing suit and a paddle. “It’s for anybody, kids to grandmas,” McKenney told me, at Confluence State Park in Wenatchee, the day before my failed attempt at white water surfing. “My mom and dad are 65 years old, they both have a board and they do it five days a week during the summer.” We hopped on our boards for a quick lesson and paddled up a tributary toward the mouth of the Wenatchee. “ Yo u w a n t a n i c e wide stance, knees bent, straight arms,” McKenney had told me, demonstrating the paddling motion before we left shore. “This is a lever,” he said, holding his arms straight out from his chest. “I’m CONTINUED ON PAGE 11

time on photography that it was taking away from real estate, and real estate had me busy enough, trying to prospect and show properties, that I wasn’t able to focus on my photography skills and try to take them to a higher level,” he said. Oveth Martinez, a former business and marketing student who recently chose to pursue a career in professional photography in Wenatchee, said that any successful lensman must dedicate enough time to thoroughly learn the craft if they are looking to reach their full potential. Like Knoop, Martinez has found it critical to specialize in an area of photography in which he already has a unique connection in order to stand out from other professionals. “Especially being a photographer, it’s important to find your niche,” he said. At 23 years old, Martinez said that being younger than many others in the field gives him an advantage when

dealing with his clientele. Mostly taking senior portraits for high schoolers, he said that being able to relate to younger clients and offer them a fresh perspective on their photographs has contributed to his success. Other Wenatchee shutterbugs who have found specialties agree that a niche can help grow their budding business. Chris Ohta, of Chris Ohta Photography, is in his second year as a full-time photographer, and he said that establishing himself as a wedding photographer allows him to spend almost no money on advertising. Instead, almost all of his business has come through references from previously satisfied customers. Word-of-mouth is exactly how Knoop has rallied most of his clients. Now shooting six or eight homes every week, Knoop’s photography business has kept him plenty busy, but is much more conducive to his life as a father of two young girls. Working as a real estate agent, he said, the on-call

9 nature of the job really took away from time spent with his family. Now, he has the freedom to dictate his work schedule while still earning a healthy income – an income that Knoop believes will only continue to grow. Drawing from the business in metropolitan areas, he said that there are many photographers who focus solely on real estate. Although the number of properties for sale in this area is significantly less than in large cities, he plans to rely on its scarcity of landscape and property photographers to develop a following. Yet photography itself is a healthy industry in this area. Last year, taxable retail sales generated by portrait and wedding photography were $1.5 million in Chelan County and $432,826 in Douglas County. That compares to the $297,463 and $6,490 generated in those counties, respectively, by real estate agencies during the same time period. And real estate brokers could soon be relying on professional photographers like Knoop to increase the

selling price of their listings. According to a 2010 study by online real estate brokerage Redfin, properties marketed with professionalquality photos are likely to sell for more money than houses shot with basic point-and-shoot cameras. The survey data shows that listings can sell for anywhere between $935 and $116,076 more when they are shot with DSLR (digital single lens reflex) cameras. For houses priced under $200,000, the study found that they sell, on average, for $2,435 more when they are shot with DSLR cameras. Only 15.4 percent of homes included in Redfin’s research were listed with professional-quality photos, but these DSLR-shot properties received an average of 61 percent more views than their counterparts. For now, Knoop said he is happy with the progress of his photography business, still working in realty while engaging a passion he first developed in the fifth grade while playing with his father’s Cannon 35 mm camera.

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nesses among agricultural workers were linked to the improper use of personal protective equipment, and 15 percent of cases were attributed to gaps in communication. Utilizing information gathered by agencies like the DOH, the agricultural industry has taken steps to make the health of pesticide handlers a priority. In the late 1990s, the Washington State Department of Agriculture implemented a safety training program for pesticide handlers and fieldworkers. In collaboration with Washington State University Cooperative Extension and other agricultural groups,

the WSDA’s Hands-on Handler Training provides workers with a day-long review of handling techniques during which they participate in problem-solving activities and work through real-life scenarios. Ofelio Borges, the WSDA’s Farmworker Education Program supervisor, said that the Hands-on Handler Training has helped growers and workers overcome obstacles that previously contributed to incidents with pesticides, such as language barriers and differences in literacy levels. “All of the issues were very difficult for growers to overcome,” Borges said. “This program, because of the training philosophy and training methods, it was

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that community events are indeed prime locations for a traveling coffee cart. Although she originally expected them to be PR moves for her one-year-old coffee shop, swim meets have turned out to be the most successful events for the trailer so far. “We always used to talk about having a concession stand (at swim meets), but everyone already brings their own food,” said Hailey Croci, a parent of two Cashmere swim team members. “But nobody brings their own coffee or hot cocoa.” Schill said that even though the mobile cart is still in its youth, its popularity has consistently surpassed her expectations as a

business owner. “For the amount of time we’re open, four hours in the coffee shop doesn’t even compare to four hours in the mobile,” she sad. “But if you’re talking monthly, sales at the coffee shop are far more.” Talk about the cart has quickly circulated among parents and event planners in the area, Schill said, and she is beginning to receive requests from organizations that would like to have the cart at their events. Although the requirements are different every time, Schill said that before every event she usually has to apply for a special vendor permit, provide health department and insurance information and apply for a temporary business li-

thought would be a great method to overcome a lot of those barriers. And it has been successful because it has this learning by doing style.” The Hands-on Handler Training sessions are held between January and March each year, and they conduct between 12 and 17 hands-on workshops each season. The training is usually free for participants whose employers require and sponsor the event, while some pay the $50 maximum charge that the WSDA capped to make the training accessible to all workers. After completing the training’s five modules, which include Personal Protective Equipment or PPE, Respiratory Protec-

tion, Mixing & Loading and Decontamination, the workers receive a training verification card. The card is required for any handler or field worker who works where pesticides are used. Beyond the Hands-on Handler Training, the WSDA also offers two other opportunities for pesticide handlers and field workers to receive their training verification card: the Train the Trainer program and the theater performance “El moscas y los pesticidas.” The Train the Trainer program is aimed to help growers and supervisors conduct their own pesticide safety training programs for their employees.

cense if working outside of Cashmere. That may sound like a lot of red tape, but taking all of those steps to operate a mobile food and drink service has proven to be a profitable enterprise for many Washington state businesses. In 2010, mobile food and drink units generated almost $15 million in taxable retail sales in Washington State, according to the Washington State Department of Revenue. This compares to the $12.3 million generated in 2008 and $10.7 million in 2005. Schill has also adapted her mobile menu to take advantage of this nomadic food industry. Although the coffee and smoothie drinks are the same in the shop as in the cart, the rest of the menu is intentionally different.

While she offers only healthy food at the coffee shop – like organic popcorn, cookies and other health food alternatives – she focuses on a mixture of nutritious snacks and convenience foods in the mobile unit. “The main thing at the mobile is to try to provide both,” she said. “Because if the parents come up with the kids, they’re going to say, ‘You can have the dried fruit or the string cheese.’ If the kids come up they’re going to want to have candy bars and chips. The key is to

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Mario Molina and Flor Servin provide guidance on how to properly decontaminate personal protective equipment for use during pesticide applications.

have both.” Schill said she enjoys having two different menus that allow her to run a profitable coffee cart but also own the wholesome coffee shop she has wanted since working at the Midway Cafe at Mission Ridge during the 1994 ski season. After her time at Mission Ridge, Schill worked in banking, mortgage and escrow. But after spending two years at home with her youngest child from 2007 to 2009, she was ready to head in a new professional direction.

“It was one of those things where I went to my husband and told him I was either going to go to photography school or open a coffee shop, and he could choose,” she said. Snapdragon Coffee is located at 207 Mission Ave. in Cashmere and is open Monday through Friday, 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information about availability of the mobile coffee cart, contact Courtney Schill at 509-8608286.

Fehrenbacher: A real estate recap for the summer and first time home buyers, middle-aged couples looking for investments in real estate and even a few people buying secondary and vacation homes – all roused by low prices and interest rates that are sometimes dipping into the high 3 percent range.

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$250,000 range. “I mean, that’s incredible,” she said. “So I think that’s helped keep buyers active, and actually some of them involved with the market that have been on the fence.” To put that in perspective, she said, one of her clients works as a pizza delivery employee while her husband is on disability. “They live very modestly and they’re buying a home, and I just think that’s incredible,” she said. While those conditions are good for buyers, they are not necessarily encouraging for sellers and agents. CONTINUED ON PAGE 12

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Leavenworth Mountain Sports, Adam McKenney, catches a “Happy Wave” on the Wenatchee River

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using my torso to lever down. Lever, throw it forward, bring it back, switch.” The motion was not all together intuitive, but after a few wobbly paddles, it began to sink in. As we puttered toward the Wenatchee, I remarked at the beauty of the surroundings I had been passing in my car, unnoticed, for the past year. It was almost swampy. Every so often a fish jumped after an invisible insect while geese, startled by our presence, clambered laboriously for the sky. It was an incredibly easy escape from work, and I wondered if that too was one of the reasons for its growing popularity – and SUP boarding is definitely growing. In its 2011 outdoor participation report, the Outdoor Foundation estimated that 1.05 million people across the nation were involved in SUP boarding in 2010. That may not seem like a huge number, but it was also the first year the organization, which tracks recreation in everything from snorkeling to camping, even followed the sport – a sign that SUP is quickly showing up on people’s radar. Scott Jeager, a senior retail analyst with Leisure Trends Group, a market research firm in Colorado, has also been tracking SUP boarding the last couple years. He said sales from stand-up paddle boards nationwide went from essentially zero in 2009 to $8.5 million this year – already 6 percent of the $360 million paddle sport industry. Additionally, unit sales of SUP boards during the first five months of this year, compared to last, grew 178 percent to 5,400 boards – explosive growth for such a brand new category, Jeager said.

“I think this is a trend that’s going to keep on growing,” he said. “It’s reaching a much wider audience than just a traditional paddler who would get into a kayak, and so it’s people who are looking to cross train, get a lot more core strength ... people are doing yoga on these guys.” At Leavenworth Mountain Sports, McKenney said sales of stand up paddle boards had tripled that of white-water kayaks in the past two years, and were well on their way to quadrupling in 2011. While he’s sold just three or four kayaks this year, he said he’s sold about 25 paddle boards at $900 and $1,000 a pop. Arlberg Sports in Wenatchee has also been carrying the boards for the past three years, and owner Scott Patton, said they too had seen modest growth. Patton said they sold one board the first year they carried them, a few more the second year, and he hopes that sales will continue to climb. “All it takes is a board and a paddle,” he said. “They’re light weight, you can throw them on top of your car or in the back of the truck, drive on down to the river and that’s all you need to have a good time.” Retailers across the nation are also taking notice. Kenji Haroutunian, the show director for this August’s Outdoor Retailer Summer Market – one of the outdoor industry’s largest trade shows – said 32 SUP boarding companies would be exhibiting at the event in 2011, up from just one company in 2005. And while SUP boarding has been around for many decades in Hawaii, it’s starting to generate a new breed of competition in inland states as well. Colorado, with its ample white water

resources throughout the Rocky Mountains, already has more than 10 competitive events. Lake Tahoe hosts a stand up paddle board festival in June, and this September, McKenney himself is planning to participate in a race called Round the Rock, a 13-mile dash around Mercer Island. That event started with about 80 people three years ago. This year, more than 600 SUP boarders are expected to compete for $10,000 in prize money. With all of its river resources, McKenney thinks it’s only a matter of time before that interest turns its attention to the Wenatchee Valley. In addition to Happy Wave, he said there is another play wave called Trinity that is world class and that only five or six people in the area surf regularly. “When my friends from around the world come to visit, they’re blown away,” he said. “They say, ‘If I was in Colorado right now, there’d probably be 45 cars in the parking lot and 75 people in the eddy waiting to get into this.’”

Paddling the competition While part of the reason for SUP boarding’s increase in popularity is its accessibility, McKenney said, another reason is the workout it provides. “I’ve never done a sport that has gotten me in better shape from head to toe,” He said. “It combines all the muscles and it really combines every part of my body. I’ve never been stronger in my life.” Indeed, paddling up river while simultaneously keeping balance and using correct form had every muscle in my body tensed, and I was definitely earning every inch forward. For McKenney, adding SUP boards was

11 also a healthy business move. “Diversifying at the store is really key,” he said as we dipped our blades in the crystal water, the river rocks clearly visible beneath us. Since buying LMS from a friend four years ago, McKenney has worked to expand the shop’s reputation as a nordic ski and white water kayaking store, to include rock climbing, specialty and freestyle skiing and now, of course, stand up paddle boarding. His sales strategy is focused on what he calls, “finding your flow,” that is, helping customers achieve the most optimal experience possible outdoors. “I don’t have the cheapest stuff in the game, but I have some of the best and the best for the area,” he said. That can be a tough sell when Costco, 30 minutes down the road, is selling stand up paddle boards for under $500. Often times, he said, those customers still end up at his shop, unable to even stand on a board that fits neither their ability nor their size. To supplement his sales, McKenney has also taken up outfitting and offers tours in everything from kayaking to snowshoeing. He’s currently doing about five, one hourlong SUP boarding lessons a week and said most of his students are women who enjoy the full body workout. He charges $35 an hour per lesson. The other selling point for McKenney lies in SUP boarding’s proximity to surfing. “There’s a ski culture, there’s a rock climbing culture, but the surf culture is worldwide and everybody loves it,” he said. Being able to latch onto that demographic – especially in the land locked, mountain town of Leavenworth – could also help McKenney sell other retail items like board shorts, bikinis and other accessories of the sport. In a presentation written for the upcoming Outdoor Retailers Association annual conference, Earl Richmond, the owner of the online paddle sport retailing company www.coloradokayak.com, said that while SUP boarding could open doors for greater retail sales, the sale of accessory items had the greatest potential to generate revenue. “You can make more money on $500 in accessory sales than you can by selling a $2,000 SUP composite board,” Richmond wrote. “Also boards are built to last a lifetime and a customer may only get a few their entire lives.” For now, McKenney said he’s starting small with plans to vamp up his inventory in the future if things go well. After paddling up the Wenatchee River for about an hour, we finally turned around and rode the current back to the Columbia. Fifteen minutes later, we were back on flat water, and I was feeling pretty confident on my new river legs. McKenney must have noticed. “Okay, dude, let’s sprint it in!” he said before peeling out and speeding off into the distance. I laughed as I struggled to catch up – this was going to take some practice.

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Since it began in 2003, the program has certified 500 people statewide to educate their own employees on pesticide safety. Workers can also receive their training verification card after attending a performance of “El moscas y los pesticidas,” a Spanish-language play put on at health fairs and other community events that combines safety information with humor to educate field workers about pesticides. Borges said they implemented much of the pesticide training in Washington to meet the national requirements of the Agricultural Worker Protection Standard that the Environmental Protection Agency issued in 1992. While most states have adopted these standards, he said,

Washington State has gone above and beyond the national standards in many ways to create a safer work environment. “I can tell you we are very lucky here in Washington to have such a good program,” he said. “The federal rule says you have to train your workers within five days of their first work day, and in Washington that requirement is that you have to train your field workers before they even start their first work period.” To m G a u s m a n , t h e v i c e president for AgriMACS, Inc. in Pateros, manages about 3,000 acres of apple, pear and cherry orchards from Bridgeport to the Tri-Cities. He said applicator safety training is a major focus for their operation, and they often take advantage of programs like the Hands-on Handler Training. “It’s definitely something we

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made strong gains – reaching peak employment numbers for the year so far – adding 1,600 jobs as the valley’s unemployment rate dropped 1.2 points to 6.2 percent. July represented the eleventh month of lower year-over-year unemployment rates. “Leading indicators are pointing up this month, but business cycle indicators are a little mixed,” said Mark Berreth, regional labor economist for the Washington State Employment Security Department. “Overall, the North Central WDA is looking slightly better, but businesses look hesitant to hire with such slow growth.” The private services providing sector saw big growth in July, adding 1,200 jobs over the course of the month. The trade, transportation and utilities sector also added 900 jobs in July bringing the total for that industry to 10,600 – 10.4 percent higher than a year ago. Losses came from the retail trade and the leisure and hospitality sectors. Retail trade added just 100 jobs in July, but decreased 3.4 percent from a year ago to 5,700 positions. Leisure and Hospitality stayed stagnant over the course of the month at 5,200 jobs, but decreased 10.3 percent, year over year.

In his labor report, Berreth pointed out that these two sectors are particularly important because they support the valley’s tourism industry, and that together with the month’s job gains, the overall employment picture was a bit of a hodgepodge. At the state level, 321,600 people were unemployed in July while the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 9.3 percent – 0.2 points lower than July 2010. On the bright side, Washington added 5,700 jobs in July, with 1,700 coming from the leisure and hospitality industry, 1,600 coming from manufacturing, 1,200 coming from both the transportation and warehousing sector and the professional and business services sector, and 1,100 coming from the aerospace industry. The state lost jobs in other services (down 2,200), information (down 1,000), wholesale trade (down 100) and mining and logging (down 100). Nationally, the unemployment rate was slightly lower than Washington’s at 9.1 percent, adding 117,000 jobs in July. Across the nation, 13.9 million people were unemployed and 2.8 million were only marginally attached to the workforce. Of those marginally attached, 1.1 million people were classified as discouraged workers – persons not currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them.

take really seriously,” he said. “There’s a lot of resources out there now to provide the training and the information that’s needed to educate applicators.” Another program AgriMACS uses is a hazardous chemical communication system. Essentially it is an information board that tells orchard workers when crops have been sprayed and when it is safe to enter the orchard. “That’s another Washington State Department of Agriculture program requirement that I think is important in protecting worker safety ... from seasonal workers all the up to orchard managers,” he said. Gausman said systems like that had been very effective for their company, and that in the 30-plus years he’s been in the industry, they had never had a serious pesticide-related illness in one of their employees. While that’s a pretty good testimony, Borges said more can still be done to improve Washington’s safety training programs. Most importantly, he said,

training needs to be more accessible to workers, which he thinks will continue to happen as supervisors complete the Train the Trainer program. Unfortunately, he said, resources are limited and over the past four or five years the Farmer Education Program has had to turn down many requests from organizations to hold hands-on training sessions. Borges said that funding for the program comes from local pesticide license and registration fees combined with funds from the WSDA and the EPA. But while the training sessions are mostly funded by partnering organizations, the program is limited by the number of trainers needed to hold the lessons. Borges said the only way the program will be able to meet the increasing demand is to hire at least two more trainers – something that his supervisor Margaret Tucker has told him is not foreseeable in the near future. “In the last three or four years, with the budgets the way they have been, people are just trying to keep their heads above water,” said Tucker, the program manager of Certification and Training

September 2011 in the WSDA’s Pesticide Management Division. “(More trainers) would be a good thing to have, but at this point people are just trying to keep where they are.” She said that the agricultural community has been very supportive of the training program in past years, but if they would like to see more training sessions – since they are the ones most benefitting from them – growers and supervisors will ultimately need to take a stand and seek out additional funding for the program. Still, while financial limitations have restricted the capabilities of the Farmworker Education Program, its evolving relationship with agencies that gather illness information allows its trainers to continue to develop their safety programs. For her part, Prado said she will continue to act as vital liaison between past cases and the prevention of future illnesses. “We don’t want to just present the cases,” Prado said. “We want to look and see what is contributing to the illnesses: who is getting sick, why they are getting sick and then focus our efforts.”

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Brian Vincent, an appraiser at Pacific Appraisal Associates in Wenatchee, said that even though the number of homes sold was only off by 1 percent from last year, sales by dollar volume were down 8 percent. He said that median and average home prices were down 6 to 7 percent from last year. “The past few months in the real estate market has remained on a slow but steady keel,” he said. Vincent said certain segments of the market – houses priced between $151,000 and $300,000 – were selling at an average of 10 homes per month. “Sales above those price levels – above $300,000 – have slowed well below these levels,” he said. While maintaining a steady pace, home sales in the second quarter of 2011 have taken a dropped off. The seasonally adjusted annual rate for unit sales in Chelan County was 830 homes in the second quarter of 2011, according to the Center for Real Estate Research’s second quarter Housing Market Snapshot. That represents a 32.5 percent drop from the first quarter and Crellin said he was not sure why

activity had slowed that much. In Douglas County, the seasonally adjusted annual rate for unit sales was 340 homes in the second quarter. That represents 12.4 percent drop from the first quarter, which Crellin said was much more in keeping with the statewide decline of 4 percent. The median sale price in Douglas County was also slightly below that of Chelan County at $201,000. Activity has also picked up on the mortgage lending side of the equation. “Rates have been unbelievably low and certainly that has been a catalyst for people to be in the market when they might not have been otherwise,” said Ken Martin, president and CEO of Cashmere Valley Bank. “Not that it’s been a barn burner by any stretch of the imagination, but there has been a reasonable level of activity.” In terms of mortgage lending, Martin said the bank was currently doing about half of what it was during the boom years leading up to the crash in 2008. The interesting part of that, he said, is that those levels are just about what they were before the boom began. “So when you say down 50 percent, that sounds like a lot

but in consideration of what was going on, to be back at the level we are is certainly what we might describe as back to normal levels,” Martin said. Martin said he did not anticipate a return to those boom-year levels anytime soon, if ever, and said that was not necessarily a bad thing. “Where we’re at right now is not a bad place to be,” he said. “Obviously people with houses for sale and people in the business would like to be able to sell homes, but at the same time I think we need to stand back and recognize that sustainable normal is the best environment to operate in.” There is perhaps one more curveball for buyers and sellers to be aware of, however. Crellin said that since the Wenatchee Valley market typically lags behind the rest of the state, if it continues to follow state trends, he expects there could be a new wave of foreclosure properties splashing into the market. That will continue to put downward pressure on housing prices. “There are going to continue to be challenges in the housing market for the remainder of this year and well into 2012,” he said.

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Wenatchee Business Journal 2011 H & H Construction NW, LLC

2771 N Breckenridge, East Wenatchee. Going North on Sunset Highway, turn up 27th Street. Come to stop, take left on Baker, left on North Breckenridge. Home is on the right.

H&H Construction NW, LLC Travis Hofstetter has built his business up for the past fourteen years from framing homes, to building spec and custom homes within the Wenatchee Valley, and framing large developments throughout the state. Travis has built his reputation through hard work, high morals and his honest straight forward personality. H&H

Construction prides itself on maintaining an experienced framing crew to the line of quality subs who have maintained and partnered with H&H throughout the years. If the easy life is for you, this is the place to

call home. This home may only be a 2,006 square footprint, but donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t let size fool you! Once you enter through the large entry front door you feel right at home. Built with an open floor plan for entertain-

ing in mind, the dining room, kitchen and living room lay open under the 15 foot cathedral ceilings. The home has been designed to immediately make your guests feel welcome, while keeping you in mind with easy clean up featuring: country pine cherry cabinets, under cabinet lighting, granite

counter tops, American cherry hardwood, ceramic tile with travertine look, stone propane fireplace with a large dark stained mantel and inviting color tones throughout. Once the evening is over the cleanup begins. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the easy part as you only have 2,006 square feet to worry

about. Leaving you with the most valuable thing of all, TIME!! Time to spend playing in the yard or most important with FRIENDS AND FAMILY! Contact: 509-6672510/509-670-8129. Lic. # HHCONHC962LP.

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H&H Construction NW, LLC

H&H Construction NW, LLC - 2771 N. Breckenridge, East Wenatchee. This home may only be

H&H Construction has built its reputation

2771 N Breckenridge, East Wenatchee. Going North on Sunset Highway, turn up 27th Street. Come to stop make left on Baker, left on North Breckenridge. Home is on the right.

Owner Ruben Pascacio and his staff would like to thank H&H Construction for

choosing Custom Insulation as their number one source for high quality insulation. The job on this Breckenridge home was completed after only two days. Ruben and his crew approached the project by blowing in insulation followed by netting placed on the outside walls while spraying another level of

insulation consisting of fiber glass. Shortly after foam was layed, plastic had been placed over foam to protect any residents inside the home while saving them money on energy costs. Ruben has over 20 years of exceptional experience behind him. Apple Valley Sand and

Laura Mounter Real Estate and Co. is proud to sponsor the â&#x20AC;&#x153;2011 Tour of Homesâ&#x20AC;? as this is a great

opportunity for families to preview these beautiful homes. H & H Construction Northwest is

a quality builder and has special touches throughout. He is the first builder in East Wenatcheeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newest

a 2,006 square footprint, but donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t let size fool you! This 2006 square feet with garage with 3 bedrooms and 2 baths. Open floor plan for entertaining with for quality and integrity. Focusing on quality not quantity has kept the business at the top of the local industry, and enables the builder to work closely with the architect and homeowner. With years of experience, we can design and build a project with Holdenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Heating and Air installed an American Standard Home Comfort system in this home. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quality, dependablility, and performance will provide the homeowner with a comfortable home

dining room, kitchen and living room under 15-foot cathedral ceilings. Contact: 509-667-2510/509670-8129. Lic. # HHCONHC962LP. the customer to reduce the overall cost by helping select the right products for their needs and giving them a beautiful final product in the end. Your home is where memories are made and dreams are realized. for years. We carry and install a full line of wood and gas fireplaces as well. Holdenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Heating and Air is focused on providing quality products, service, and customer satisfaction.

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Harper Homes LLC

Harper Homes LLC3027 Martin Place, East Wenatchee. This beautiful custom 3990 square foot home with 2000 square foot garage is situated on a 2 acre lot in a peaceful gated community with great mountain views. Upon entering you will feel the open plan living area the homeowner wanted to create. The Great Room

3027 Martin Place, East Wenatchee. Travel South on Highway 28 toward Rock Island, take a left on Quincy Street, cross Rock Island Road into Highland Estates.

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ored that our concrete is the foundation which these beautiful homes are built upon. “Apple Valley concrete is strong and has great finish ability.” “Color and Stamp Mix designs are great.” Bob Pennington, Pennington Concrete.

Check out the tweed effect and the softness of

has a 17 foot high knotty pine ceiling, and enjoy the 300+ square foot covered deck. To the left of this great room is a custom built Kitchen with professional graded appliances and custom cabinets and quartz countertops.To the right is an office area, full bath, and master suite featuring a custom tile shower and large soaking

tub. A cozy breakfast nook, craft room, laundry room, and powder room are on the main floor. Walk down to the daylight basement for 2 bedrooms, full bath, large family room, wet bar and approximately 1000 foot storage area. Builder Brian Harper has built homes since 2004, 509-886-3439/ 509-630-4012. Lic.# HARPEC961M7.

the New Smartstrand yarn carpet in the great room, and bedrooms. Porcelain tiles with glass and travertine inset for decos in pecan color for a rich uniform appearance in the master bath. Porcelain with glass inset backsplash in the main bath, 20”x20”

size with veining for a natural stone look with high strength and quality. Custom design and color for kitchen tile back splashes. Please visit the Karpet Korner showroom at 201 S. Mission St. #1 in Wenatchee, 662-3428.

with a warm, fresh and modern look. The formal entry is complimented by the formal living and dining area. Relax in the cozy family room and conversational style kitchen. Generous use of hardwood floors and tile

throughout. Three bedrooms and 2.5 baths and an RV parking space on side of garage. Tree lined streets and close to schools, parks and shopping. For information call 509-886-7651. Lic. # TIMBEHL906J8.

“Apple Valley concrete pumps and finishes great.” “He strives to ensure customer satisfaction” - Dan Smith, Riverway Construction Call Ron from Apple Valley Sand and Gravel for a quote 509-387-7613.

Timberwood Homes, LLC Timberwood Homes, LLC- 1449 Copper Loop, East Wenatchee. This 1956 square foot with garage is in Summerhill Community. The tri-level home is characterized as “casual elegance.” A classic style

1449 Copper Loop, East Wenatchee. South on Hwy 28 toward Rock Island, left on 3rd Street. Go past Costco and Town Toyota up to Summerhill Community on the left. Take the first right on Copper Loop.

Serving all of North

Central Washington since 1955. Headquartered in Leavenworth with branches in Wenatchee, Chelan and Cle Elum. Full service lumberyards also supplying roof trusses, doors, windows, cabinets,

flooring, siding, drywall and other building materials. Marson and Marson Lumber. Helping to build your future. Wenatchee 663-5154. www.marsonandmarson.com

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Better Green Building Company

Better Green Building Company - 408 Hilltop Place, Chelan. 1796 square foot home with 3-car garage. Craftsman floor plan with plenty of natural lighting in this one-story rambler. Large great room and

dining room with a galley style kitchen and GE appliances. This energy efficient home includes slab granite countertops and Shaker maple cabinetry. Craftsman interior trim work around doors and baseboards.

Plenty of storage outdoors and inside this 4 bedroom, 2 bath home. Better Green also includes a 2-10 warranty program. Builder since 1980, John Kobs can be contacted at 509-885-3857. Lic. # BETTEGB907L8.

Serving all of North Central Washington since 1955. Headquartered in Leavenworth with branches in Wenatchee, Chelan and Cle Elum. Full service lumberyards also supplying roof trusses, doors, win-

dows, cabinets, flooring, siding, drywall and other building materials. Marson and Marson Lumber. Helping to build your future. Wenatchee 663-5154. www.marsonandmarson.com

floors. Chef kitchen, with island. “The Trisha” has a huge master suite with an attached retreat, walk-in closet and spa-like bathroom. Customize your home to meet your family’s needs with an option of 3, 4 or 5 bedrooms with 2 baths. Items

like flooring, countertops, cabinetry, appliances, interior and exterior paint can all be decided by you. Builder since 1982, contact Jon Port, owner and operator at 509-886-8888. Lic. # REALHH*974O2.

Karpet Korner provided tweed and texture carpet in the bedrooms. Luster and style were highlighted with wood floors in this

home. Please visit the Karpet Korner showroom at 201 S. Mission St. #1 in Wenatchee, 662-3428.

408 Hilltop Place, Chelan. From Chelan Wal-Mart continue on Apple Blossom Drive take a left onto Sunset Lane. Hilltop will be on the right. Make 1st right to 408 Hilltop Place.

Real Homes Real Homes - “ The Trisha Model” 1833 N. Wenatchee Ave. Wenatchee. 1848 square feet with optional garage, this Energy Star one story home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, granite countertops and hardwood

1833 N Wenatchee Ave, Wenatchee (Trisha). Go North on Wenatchee Avenue to 1833. Turn Right into Parking Lot next to Washington Trust Bank. Go South on Wenatchee Avenue, past Wal-Mart 1 block turn left into parking lot. Serving all of North Central Washington since 1955. Headquartered in Leavenworth with branches in Wenatchee, Chelan and Cle Elum. Full service lumberyards also supplying roof trusses, doors, win-

dows, cabinets, flooring, siding, drywall and other building materials. Marson and Marson Lumber. Helping to build your future. Wenatchee 663-5154. www. marsonandmarson.com

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E.D.Y. Construction Corp.

E.D.Y. Construction Corp. - 9428 Saunders Rd, Peshastin. This 2975 square foot Craftsman style home with garage is nestled in a pear orchard above the Wenatchee River in Peshastin. The main floor windows also allow for views

9428 Saunders Rd., Peshastin. From Highway 2 take the Seattle/Elensburg exit. Go North on Jeske Road for 6 miles. Go West (left) on Saunders Road for 6 miles. Driveway is on the right.

Serving all of North

Ignacio’s Concrete is a

Central Washington since 1955. Headquartered in Leavenworth with branches in Wenatchee, Chelan and Cle Elum. Full service lumberyards also supplying roof trusses, doors, windows, cabinets,

flooring, siding, drywall and other building materials. Marson and Marson Lumber. Helping to build your future. Wenatchee 663-5154. www.marsonandmarson.com

small business dedicated to residential concrete work that covers foundations, decorative concrete, and concrete in general. We pride ourselves on good service and customer satisfaction. This project in

particular shows that a well coordinated job makes for an easy process. Ignacio’s Concrete 509-679-1770 Cell 509-662-4123 Fax Email: info@ignaciosconcrete.com

Ed has been in the residential home construction industry for over 30 years. He works in all phases of home construction from start to finish and is a hands on builder and remodeler. What sets Ed apart from most, is his quality of craftsmanship, his loyalty to his customer

of the surrounding foothills, and the full length deck on back of the house is great for evening dining. Tile and bamboo flooring throughout the home, 10-foot ceilings and granite countertops, cherrywood cabinets enhance the beauty of the

home. In addition to 3 bedrooms the 3.5 baths have heated tile flooring. This home has a large recreation room, daylight basement and office space. Builder since 2006, Ed Gardner can be contacted at 509-293-2921. Lic # EDYCOCC948OG.

and his attention to detail from the biggest to the smallest of projects. Ed is a very involved member of the NCHBA. He is currently serving on the board of directors and is the co-chair for membership. Nestled among the pear orchard, high above the Wenatchee River, as you enter this Craftsman Style home, a sense of peace and tranquility will fill your senses. The main floor windows allow for an incredible view of the

surrounding foothills, and the full length deck on the back of the house allows for evening dining. The tile and bamboo flooring throughout the home, allows for a clean and flowing feeling, while the 10’ ceilings and granite countertops finish off the beauty of this home. This home also offers a large rec room, daylight basement and an office. 509-293-2921.

bedrooms upstairs. This one home offers 27 different floor plans to pick from to create your own perfect “Mia” or customize an existing plan or submit your own drawing. Large

family room, separate living room, 2.5 baths and a wrap-around front porch. Builder since 1982, contact Jon Port, owner and operator at 509-886-8888. Lic. # REALHH*974O2.

Central Washington since 1955. Headquartered in Leavenworth with branches in Wenatchee, Chelan and Cle Elum. Full service lumberyards also supplying roof trusses, doors, windows, cabinets,

flooring, siding, drywall and other building materials. Marson and Marson Lumber. Helping to build your future. Wenatchee 663-5154. www.marsonandmarson.com

Real Homes Real Homes - “ The Mia Model” 1833 N. Wenatchee, Ave. Wenatchee. 2352 square feet with optional garage, this two-story home has 4

Serving all of North

1833 N Wenatchee Ave, Wenatchee (Mia). Go North on Wenatchee Avenue to 1833. Turn right into parking lot next to Washington Trust Bank. Go South on Wenatchee Avenue, past Wal-Mart 1 block turn left into parking lot. Karpet Korner provided berber carpet with slight pattern in the living room dining room, family room and bedrooms. Vinyl flooring in kitchen, powder room and baths for easy

living. All laminate counters for durability, quality and style. Please visit the Karpet Korner showroom at 201 S. Mission St. #1 in Wenatchee, 662-3428.

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Bollinger Construction, LLC

Bollinger Construction, LLC- 2111 Sage Grouse Road, Wenatchee. 2271 square feet with 2-car garage, with shop. Two covered porches with valley views, 2 oversized bedrooms separate from the master bedroom, allowing for privacy

211 Sage Grouse Road, Wenatchee. From Wenatchee Ave., take a right on 5th Street. Go all the way up 5th, past Western Street and take a left on Red Hawk Canyon Meadows and a right on Sage Grouse Road.

Holden’s Heating and

Apple Valley Sand and Gravel is proud and honored our concrete is the foundation which these beautiful homes are built upon. “Apple Valley concrete is strong and has great finish

ability.” “Color and Stamp Mix designs are great.” Bob Pennington, Pennington Concrete. Call Ron from Apple Valley Sand and Gravel for a quote 509-387-7613.

Air installed an American Standard Home Comfort system in this home. It’s quality, dependablility, and performance will provide the homeowner with a comfortable home for years. We carry and

install a full line of wood and gas fireplaces as well. Holden’s Heating and Air is focused on providing quality products, service, and customer satisfaction. Call us at (509) 682-8814 for your next project.

Integrity Glass provided

throughout the house. From the large entry to the generous master walk-in shower to a s pacious kitchen with stainless steel appliances, this house has the feel of a much larger house than it is. Wrap-around windows, 2 baths and generous use

of tile in high traffic areas. European Cherry Cabinetry. Three-yes 3 closets in the master bedroom. Builder since 1946, contact Jay 509-679-5001 or Ace 509679-5003. Lic.# BOLLICL012J7.

windows, exterior doors, mirrors, shower doors and cabinet glass in this home. Locally owned and family operated full service glass shop with over 40 years combined experience. Whether you have window or door needs

or are looking for mirror designs, shower doors or maintenance-free railing systems, we have a wide range of products that are sure to meet your needs. Please call us at 888-2903 for your next project.

close doors. Downstairs hosts a wetbar, rec room and a theater room, and ample storage space. Two laundry rooms. Fireplace with slate surround. Kitchen with GE Profile stainless steel appliances. Master with custom-tiled shower, two sinks and large

walk-in closet. Spacious, covered outdoor living area. Four bedrooms and 3.5 baths total. Builder since 1946, contact Jay 509-679-5001 or Ace 509-679-5003. Lic. # BOLLICL012J7.

mirrors, shower doors and cabinet glass in this home. Locally owned and family operated full service glass shop with over 40 years combined experience. Whether you have window or door needs

Air installed an American Standard Home Comfort system in this home. It’s quality, dependablility, and performance will provide the homeowner with a comfortable home for years. We carry and install

a full line of wood and gas fireplaces as well. Holden’s Heating and Air is focused on providing quality products, service, and customer satisfaction. Call us at (509) 682-8814 for your next project.

space aplenty! As you enter the master suite you’ll instantly notice the master bath with a generous sized custom tiled shower, two sinks and a large walk-in closet. This

luxurious master suite is also accompanied by an covered outdoor living space. Call Jay at 509-679-5001 or Ace at 509-679-5003 about this high quality home today!

Bollinger Construction, LLC Bollinger Construction, LLC- 1550 Skyline Dr., Wenatchee. 4498 square feet with 3-car garage. Slate floors, large covered deck, sweeping views of the valley all around. Slab granite counter tops and cherry cabinets with soft

1550 Skyline Drive, Wenatchee. Head South on Miller, take a right on Red Apple Road (turns into Skyline Dr.). House is next to the Skyline Drive Lookout. Apple Valley Sand and Gravel is proud and honored our concrete is the foundation which these beautiful homes are built upon. “Apple Valley concrete is strong and has great finish

ability.” “Color and Stamp Mix designs are great.” Bob Pennington, Pennington Concrete. Call Ron from Apple Valley Sand and Gravel for a quote 509-387-7613.

Northwest architecture at its finest. This Skyline Drive home in Wenatchee welcomes you with beautiful slate floors. The large covered deck gives you the views you’ve always

wanted with a sweeping sight of the Wenatchee Valley! Impress your guests when making a meal as this home comes fully equipped with European Cherry Cabinets with soft

Integrity Glass provided

Holden’s Heating and close doors. Slab granite countertops elicit class as it provides your kitchen with the perfect finish. The downstairs offers a wet bar, rec room and a theater room with storage

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Stimac Construction, Inc.

Stimac Construction, Inc.- Lariat Loop, Wenatchee. This 1443 square feet with 2-car garage is located below Saddle Rock. This rambler-style home features a great room

Karpet Korner provided textured high twist carpet

design with vaulted ceilings, spacious kitchen with stainless appliances and laminate floors. Spacious patio for outdoor entertaining. Large master suite with full bath, dual sinks and a walk-in closet.

Close-by are 2 comfortable bedrooms that share a full bath. Builder since 1987, Vince Stimac can be reached at 509-884-1873. Lic.#STIMAC1105MR.

for easy living, in the living room and bedrooms. Rich high luster laminate wood to compliment any wood, for ease of maintenance and durability in the kitchen, dining area and entry. Vinyl floor patterns to look like real tile in the master,

main and utility room. Counters in the kitchen and bath, with great colors and tones and easy to take care of. Please visit our showroom at 201 S. Mission St. #1 in Wenatchee, 662-3428.

woods surround a slate tile inlay at front and rear entry doors and electric fireplace. Large eat-in granite kitchen with island, wine center with fridge, pantry and under cabinet lighting makes entertaining a delight. Pedestal sink in powder room, French doors upstairs leading into a quilting studio with

many windows to light up the space. Two guest rooms, full bath and added bonus room with a view. Detached garage with breezeway, RV storage and shop, wrap-around porch. Builder since 1997 Travis Hofstetter, contact him at 509-667-2510/ 509-670-8129. Lic. # HHCONHC962LP.

for quality and integrity. Focusing on quality not quantity has kept the business at the top of the local industry, and enables the builder to work closely with the architect and homeowner. With years of experience, we can design and build a project with

the customer to reduce the overall cost by helping select the right products for their needs and giving them a beautiful final product in the end. Your home is where memories are made and dreams are realized.

with high quality insulation followed by a 100% guarantee. That’s why they were chosen to insulate H & H Construction’s Malaga home. The technique used at this particular location consisted of foam wire and

pipes for the outside and caulk plate sealing for the foundation and the windows. Licensed, Bonded & Insured, Custom Insulation is located at 331 Valley Mall Pkwy # 431. Call for free estimate today at 860-1470.

Lariat Loop, Wenatchee. From Crawford Street, go south on Methow Street and take a left on Saddlehorn Ave. and then a right on Lariat Loop.

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H&H Construction NW, LLC- 2555 Tuscany Lane, Malaga. This beautiful 2848 square foot craftsman style home with 3 bedroom, 3 bath overlooks the Columbia River, and the Cascade Mountains. The master bath has a claw foot tub, large tiled shower, and double sink vanity. American cherry hard-

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Tour of Homes 2011

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Lemonade protest reminds us of our history Bill Forhan CO-PUBLISHER

In case you missed it Saturday, Aug. 20 was Lemonade Freedom Day. Across the country protesters, upset about the overregulation of lemonade stands, called on citizens across the country to set up lemonade stands with their children. One small group of individuals set up a lemonade stand on the Capitol Lawn in Washington, DC and was promptly arrested.

ou might think Lemonade stand regulation only applies to commercial ventures run by those evil corporations bent on making millions in profits. Sadly, overreaching government regulators across the country are killing youthful initiative and self-reliance by making the sidewalk lemonade stand a thing of the past. The protest was sparked by the shut down of lemonade stands run by children across the country from Oregon to Georgia, and California to Massachusetts. It seems our children are getting a personal history lesson on how government, through business licenses, fees, zoning codes and insurance requirements can make it impossible to sell even a glass of lemonade. The entire incident is somewhat reminiscent of the Tea Act protests that sparked the American Revolution. It calls to mind those immortal words from the Declaration of Independence; We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator

with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it. Our country is deeply divided. Many believe that free enterprise capitalism is morally corrupt and that only big government programs can protect the average citizen from the scourge of greedy business people. And most politicians are always ready to take advantage of citizen unrest to increase their own power and influence. In the never-ending war for power, lemonade stands are just collateral damage. The problem is that while many regulations are well intended, they always fall heaviest on those least able to protect themselves from the regulators. Large businesses always have their army of lawyers who can protect them from the legal lexicon of bureaucrats and legislators, but small businesses are often at the mercy of the regulators who can wreak incredible damage on them through outrageous fines or worse – shutting down their business. Lemonade stands do represent a larger issue of the loss of freedom that comes with too much government. Every new regulation creates a new bureaucracy to make sure it is enforced. And the politicians never criticize the programs they have already created. The result is and endless maze of competing bureaucracies that result in ever increasing programs with diminishing effectiveness. Want some examples? Bernie Madoff succeeded in running an illegal Ponzi-scheme for decades despite complaints to regulators that what he was reporting just didn’t add up. In other words, the regulators failed miserably in

protecting investors. If Madoff were an isolated example that would be one thing, but consider the other examples like Enron and Worldcom. But the most recent failure of government regulators to see the potential collapse of our entire banking system raises serious questions about potential conflicts of interest. Big government and big business are the unholy alliance that threatens our entire way of life. Too big to fail is a concept that should be tossed on the trash heap of history. Too many Wall Street executives have too tight a connection with Washington, DC. They move back and forth between “private sector” and “public sector” jobs with relative ease. Tim Geithner was the President and Chief Executive Officer of the New York Federal Reserve Bank when the meltdown occurred. Now he is the Secretary of the Treasury. Obviously, failure does not disqualify the insiders from continuing to hold important positions. There is something sour in American business but it isn’t Lemonade Stands. What is wrong is the unwillingness of our overin-

Thousands out of benefits, still out of work A recent survey of Washington workers, who failed to find work before running out of unemployment benefits, revealed that three out of every four of them were still out of work, according to a July 28 press release from the Washington State Employment Security Department.

n April, the ESD emailed a survey to individuals who had run out of unemployment benefits since November 2009, and 5,065 responded. The claimants had access to as many as 99 weeks of unemployment benefits. In the survey, ESD sought to find out if exhaustees had returned to work, what em-

ployment services they had used and what kind of barriers people were running into while looking for new jobs. ESD Commissioner Paul Trause said the survey findings shed valuable insight on what is happening to workers who run out of unemployment benefits. “The survey contradicts the perception that unemployed workers wait until their benefits run out, then quickly find work,” Trause said. “We know there aren’t enough jobs to go around right now, but there may be additional factors that keep employers from hiring these workers.” ESD conducted the survey in support of the Workforce Training & Education Coordinating Board’s “Retooling Washington”

initiative. The initiative combines state and local partners in the state’s workforcedevelopment system to help identify ways to help get the unemployed back to work faster. “The Retooling initiative is focusing on ways our federal, state and local system of employment training and services can better connect employers and workers,” said Eleni Papadakis, executive director of the Workforce Board. “We cannot claim genuine economic recovery until those who lost their jobs during the recession are working again.” Some of the highlights from the survey include: The survey was sent to 31,744 exhaustees in April, and 5,065 responded.

dulgent government to protect and support bigness for the sake of bigness. The megacompanies whether they be automobile manufacturers, banks, or energy companies should be broken up into smaller more competitive companies. It is small business that has built this country and created the most vibrant economy in the world. And it is good old fashioned competition that has done the most to protect consumers from unscrupulous businesses. Most business people are honest, hard working individuals who know that lasting success comes from treating their customers fairly. Those that don’t get the message that honesty is the best policy soon find few customers at their door. What we need is not more government regulation. What we need is a return to free market capitalism. It’s the one thing that can rebuild our economy and restore the power of a free and unfettered society.

Bill Forhan can be reached at billf@leavenworthecho.com

Nearly 25 percent have returned to work. 80 percent of those back at work are earning less than in their former jobs – on average, about 29 percent less. Of those who returned to work, about 19 percent found jobs out of state. Of those who haven’t found work, about 13 percent have stopped looking. Nearly half said age is the toughest barrier to overcome in their effort to get back to work, while more than one-quarter pointed to the sluggish economy as a factor in their inability to find work. Nearly 58 percent of exhaustees who have returned to work were age 45 or older. Nearly 90 percent of the exhaustees said they have visited a WorkSource career center, and nearly half of the reemployed exhaustees said WorkSource services helped them find employment.

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Top Properties The following is a list of upper-end residential and commercial property sales in Chelan and Douglas counties, as compiled by Chet Haney, owner of Cornerstone Realty Services. Haney publishes the list once a month from his office in Tonasket.

Chelan County Seller: Richard & Lind D Bennion Buyer: Hal C & Traci J Hunsaker Description: Residential,One and a half story home, bay windows and cove entry. 4 bed & 2.75 bath. 4348 sq. ft. Address: 1212 Summer Hill Place, Wenatchee Price: $460,000 Seller: Ken & Karen Jackson Buyer: Eric J & Mariette Jacobson Description: Residential, 2 story, finished basement & brick trim. 5,283 sq. ft, 4 bed, 3 bath. Address: 108 Mission View Place, Cashmere Price: $480,000 Seller: Gary K & Amy W Lammert Buyer: Bert S & Meilyn R Ivey Description: 1 Story, finished basement, built in garage. 2004 addition. 1.8 acres. 5438 sq ft. 5 bed, 5 bath. Address: 111, 123 Rolling Hills Lane, Wenatchee. Price: $655,000 Seller: Mollie O Roberts Buyer: Jerome T & Samantha Jerome III Description: 1 story, Masonry Veneer, 860 sq. ft guest house. 3338 sq. ft, 3 bed, 2 bath. Address: 12310 Village View

Drive, Leavenworth Price: $435,000 Seller: Anne T Proffitt Buyer: Robin M Judd Descrpition: 1 ½ story, rustic log home, bonus room, hot tub, cove entry, dormers and rock foundation. 1.26 acres, 3112 sq. ft. Address: 7680 Icicle Road, Leavenworth Price: $799,000 Seller: EGN Legacy LLC Buyer: Michelle A Gonya Description: 2 Story, Cove Walkway, Bed 3 and 2 bath. 1554 sq. Address: 7073 Icicle Road, Leavenworth Price: $400,000 Seller: Donald Creasey Buyer: Laima P Adkins Description: Bi-Level Rustic Log, incl. 300 sq ft. loft, balcony. 2 Bed and 1 Bath. 2160 sq ft. Address: 18270 Roaring Creek Road, Leavenworth Price: $610,000 Seller: Jerrold M & Sheila J Leitch Buyer: Thomas Davies & Cynthia Neely Description: 1 ½ story, finished basement, balcony, lk view, boulder work. Bed & Bath N/A Address: 16425 North Shore

Drive, Lake Wenatchee Price: $1,050,000 Seller: Charlene R Green Buyer: Brian & Kathleen Beaulaurier Description: 1 ½ story, blt in garage, lake view property. 2450 sq. ft., 3 bd & 1 bth. Address: 211 Eldorado Way, Chelan Price: $442,000 Seller: Christoffer J & Cynthia Snapp Buyer: Rick A & Terri S Catalani Description: 1 ½ story, stucco, lake access, 3 bed, 3 bath. 3270 sq. ft. Address: 205 Eagle Crest Road, Chelan Price: $920,000 Seller: Allison C & Mardine A Brower Buyer: Brett & Heidi Reasor Description: 1 Story, Rock Landscaping, Boat Storage, Dock. 1748 sq. ft., 3 bed, 1 bath Address: 13622 South Lakeshore Road, Chelan Price: $550,000 Seller: Max E & Shirley L Tyrrell Buyer: Hazen L Bevington Description: “Roosevelt Manor” 5 rental houses, 6 toal units, garage, warehouse Address: 328 Roosevelt Avenue, Wenatchee Price: $199,000 Seller: LLK Inc Buyer: Columbia Fruit Packers Inc Description: Commercial, concrete arch roof, storage bin capacity 27,000 sq. ft., 52151 sq ft. Address: 2625 Euclid Avenue, Wenatchee Price: $750,000

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Seller: Lisa Graham & Anita Snyder Buyer: Heidi M Forchemer Description: “Gingerbread Factory,” 1 story wood frame, remodeled. 1787 sq ft. Address: 828 Commercial Street, Leavenworth Price: $330,000 Seller: Juan D & Victoria Mata Buyer: David & Stacey Hoefner Description: Commercial. “Apple Inn Cafe”, @ Hay Canyon, Walk in cooler, Native Rock & Brick Trim, 6086 sq ft. Address: 5740 Vale Road, Cashmere Seller: B & B Orchards LLC Buyer: R & S Orchards LLC Description: Orchard w/Irrigation, Uitility Bldg, Pears 12.2 acrs, Cherries 6 acrs Address: Joe Miller Rd, Malaga Price: $335,000 Seller: James N & Mary J Kiehn Buyer: Matthew D Eddings Description: Dry Land, Great View, 1608 sq ft. 3 bed, 2 bath Address: 3826 Kingsbury Road, Malaga Price: $150,000 Seller: Remmel O Wamock Buyer: Jorge R & Anna R Lopez Description: 1 ½ Story, Personal Property, Shed, Cherries 5 acrs Address: 1655 Malaga/Alcoa Hwy, Wenatchee Price: $380,000

September 2011 Address: 198 Boyd Loop, Chelan Price: $195,000 Seller: Carolly Erickson Buyer: Bill & Paula Fitzpatrick Description: 2 Story, Open Lnd, 1352 sq ft. Address: 127 Washington Creek Road, Chelan Price: $90,000

Douglas County Seller: Dennis & Carmen Weber Buyer: Paul G Moulton & Susan R McKay Moulton Description: 1 story, cov. Patio, flat roof, pool, 2 bed, 2.5 bath, 2052 sq. ft Address: 25 Mansfield Rd, Quincy Price: $1,130,000 Seller: Glen J Roberts Buyer: Jennifer & Kermit Hollinger Description: 1 story, Heat Pump, on Columbia River, 3440 sq. ft., 4 bed, 3.5 bath Address: 19 Willwood Dr, Orondo Price: $800,000 Seller: Amir A & Shannon M Razzaghi Buyer: Robert J & Melba K Zoglman Description: 2 story, Fin. Bsmnt, 3190 sq. ft, 4 bed, 2 bath Address: 3000 SE Eight St., East Wenatchee Price: $400,000

Seller: Elk Mountain LLC Buyer: Crown Royal Orchard LLC Description: 49.1 acrs irrigation, Pears 47.7 acrs, Cherries 1.4 acrs Address: NNA, Peshastin Price: $817,000

Seller: Richard R & Sharon K McDonald Buyer: Russe II McDonald Description: 1 & 2 story, fin base, on Columbia River, 3750 sq. ft, 3 bed, 2 bath Address: 5080 SR 28, Rock Island Price: $500,000

Seller: Pheasant Ridge LLC Buyer: Crown Royal Orchard LLC Description: Storage Shed, Garage, Cover Shed, 19.1 acrs Pears, 8.3 acrs apples, 1188 sq. ft. Address: 10520 & 10380 Beecher Hill Road, Peshastin Price: $500,000

Seller: Cheryl J Hess Buyer: Cherry Hill Orchards LLC Description: 1 story, Multi Tenant, “Goodwill” “Great Cuts” “The $ Store”, 10,125 sq. ft. Address: 620 Grant Rd, East Wenatchee Price: $1,895,000

Seller: Dorothy Ferguson Buyer: Paul M & Susan E Wojciechowski Description: 1 ½ Story, Balcony, Shed, 1326 sq. ft. Address: 9550 Olalla Canyon, Cashmere Price: $212,000

Seller: Greg Graham Buyer: Hazen L Bevington Description: 2 Apt building 7 units, 6944 sq. ft., 14 bed Address: 1345 N. Devon Ave, East Wenatchee Price: $560,000

Seller: Dorothy Ferguson Buyer: James B & Misty A Nordale Description: Vacant Land

Seller: Nicole E Rauch Buyer: Thomas A Nowak Description: Vacant Land Address: Pendell Rd, Coulee Dam, Parcel

Price: $176,785 Seller: Nicole Rauch Buyer: James & Dana Egbert Description: 1 story, remodeled in 1960, Feeder Barn’s, Hay Shed Address: 729 Pendell Rd, Coulee Dam Price: $220,890 Seller: Nicole Rauch Buyer: James & Dana Egbert Description: 1 story, rmdled in 1960, Hay Shed, 3 bed, 1 bath Address: 729 Pendell Rd, Coulee Dam Price: $127,325 Seller: Nicole Rauch Buyer: Sherwood J Egbert Description: Vacant Land Address: Siebold Hill Rd, Coulee Dam Price: $225,000 Seller: Cecile B Allen Buyer: Open Heart Ranch Description: Vacant Land Address: Rd 8 NE & Coleman Rd Price: $90,000 Seller: Gerald H & Margarette D Gallagher Buyer: Douglas & Tina Poole Description: Vacant Land Address: Cold Springs Rd, Bridgeport Price: $970,000 Seller: J.E.D. Crane LLC Buyer: C & S Orchards II LP Description: Vacant Land Address: Zerelda Rd, off Central Ferry Canyon Rd, Brewster Price: $3,950,000 Seller: J.E.D. Crane LLC Buyer: Crane & Crane Description: 40.5 acrs, Irrigated orchard, 17 acrs apples, 14.5 acrs pears Address: Central Ferry Canyon Rd, Brewster Price: $445,000 Seller: Crane & Crane Inc Buyer: J.E.D. Crane LLC Description: Orchard on 11 acrs in cherries, 259.5 acrs dry land, 107.5 acrs in wheat Address: Central Ferry Canyon Rd, Bridgeport Price: $445,000 Seller: George W Hartl Buyer: Michael & Sheila Sheehey Description: 1 stry, fin base, Machine Shed, good view, 3 bed, 2.5 bath, 1999 sq. ft. Address: 4479 Rock Island Rd, East Wenatchee Price: $320,000

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Building Permits

Business Licenses

The following commercial building permits, permits for residential projects valued at $250,000 and more or multiple projects by the same owner were issued recently.

Business licenses are required for any business that does business in Wenatchee, East Wenatchee, Cashmere and Leavenworth. The following businesses have been issued new business licenses according to city records. Businesses without addresses are operating from a home location in a residential area.

Chelan County Jake and Karen Scamanm, 10825 Eagle Creek Road, Leavenworth; Single family residence valued at $44,274. Contractor not listed. Robert and Donna Mellison, S SR 97A, Chelan; Winery related construction valued at $230,000. Owner contractor. Scott and Kelly Wehmeyer, 5150 Vista Heights Place, Cashmere; Single family residence valued at $293,909. Owner contractor.

Brian and JudithThomas, 1685 Washington St., Manson; Winery related construction valued at $10,000. Owner contractor. Duane Carnes, 1861 S. Wenatchee Ave., Wenathcee; Commercial mini storage valued at $62,100. Contractor not listed. Mark Ihrig, 312 Clos Chevalle Road, Chelan; Single family residence valued at $335,027. Contractor not listed. CONTINUED ON PAGE 25

Wenatchee All About Clean Housekeeping Services, 1689 Sunset Dr., Wenatchee. Cleaning services in residential homes. License issued to Phyllis Firth. Central Star Painting, 241 S. Kansas Ave., East Wenatchee. Painting. License issued to Ramiro Arevalo. Satterfield Construction LLC,

4932 D Contractor Dr., East Wenatchee. Contractor. License issued to Paul Satterfield. Simmerland Corporation, 35 N. Chelan Ave., Wenatchee. General & specific clerical duties. License issued to Zoila Olivares. SKM Company, 1714 Pine St., Wenatchee. Firearms repair. License issued to Scott King.

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Wenatchee Honda, 314 S. Wenatchee Ave., Wenatchee. Sales, parts, service and accessories for Honda Motorcycles. License issued to Duane & Kathryn Marker. Hancock Business Communications, LLC, dba HBC Electric, 11409 SE 230th Place, Kent. Electrical and low voltage communications. License issued to Joel Hancock, Jr. Metal Benders Inc., 2016 Fruitvale Blvd., Yakima. General contracotr. License issued to Harley D. Menard. Pacific Construction Systems Inc., 2275 116th Ave NE Suite 100, Bellevue. Specialty trade contractor, plastering, fireproofing, painting, and light gauge structural steel. License issued to Jim Taylor. Tricon Enterprises LLC, 108

Fabers Way, Hamilton Mont. General contractor. License issued to Joel D. Hancock, Jr. Debra Mayer, Esthetician at Seasons Salon, 6 First St. Suite 8, Wenatchee. Facials, skincare, and waxing services. License issued to Debra Mayer. Elite Espresso LLC, Wenatchee. Espresso machine, HVAC, refrigeration sales and repair. License issued to Jeff Clymens. EWT Trading, Wenatchee. International agricultural products trade. License issued to Yiping Gong. FitLife Pilates, LLC, 1508 Medina Place, Wenatchee. PilateĂ&#x2022;s personal training sessions with individual clients by appointment only. License issued to Venita L. Kalich. CONTINUED ON PAGE 24

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Goldilocks & 3 Bears, 224 Wenatchee Ave., Wenatchee. Inside estate sales, second Hand. License issued to Nels Larson. Jiffy Java, 516 N. Mission St., Wenatchee. Drive thru espresso stand. License issued to Michael & Cherie Gasbar. Per fec t Auto Detail, Wenatchee. Mobile car wash and car window cleaning. License issued to Marco Silva. Sharon Austin, Cosmetologist at Salon Couture, 404 S. Chelan Ave., Wenatchee. Cosmetology. License issued to Sharon Austin. Sunrise Dental of Wenatchee, 317 N Mission St., Wenatchee. Dental Office. License issued to Abraham Ghorbanian.

Total Travel, 540 N. Mission St., Wenatchee. Travel agent. License issued to Scott Thompson. Wenatchee Psychic Shop, 400 S. Mission St., Wenatchee. Readings. License issued to Sylvia Marks. White Whale Publishing LLC, 638 Meadows Drive, Wenatchee. On-demand publishing. License issued to Adam Lombard.

East Wenatchee T’s Auto, 1322 N Wenatchee Ave., Wenatchee. Purchase and sale of classic specialty Autos. License issued to Tim Finnigan. Utility Technologies Inc., 18612 142nd Ave N.E., Woodinville. Telecommunications Construction. License issued to Kevin Schenck. Star Heating and Cooling

Bankruptcies, August ‘11

The following bankruptcies were reported by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court Eastern District of Washington. Bankruptcies are filed under the following chapter headings: Chapter 7 - Straight bankruptcy; debtor gives up non-exempt property and debts discharged. Chapter 11 - Business

reorganization; protection from creditors while business devises a plan of reorganization. Income/ expense reports must be filed monthly. Chapter 13 - Plan is devised by the individual to pay a percentage of debt based on ability to pay. All disposable income must be used to pay debts.

Inc., 14325 E. Lake Goodwin Road, Stanwood. HVAC Contractor. License issued to James Buchanan. Axion Northwest Construction, 14325 E Lake Goodwin Road, Stanwood. General Contractor. License issued to James Buchanan. Sandy’s Home Sitting, East Wenatchee. Home sitting. License issued to Sandy Wilson. Peking Chinese Restaurant, 350 Simon Street S.E., East Wenatchee. Restaurant. License issued to Albert Tsang. Hutchins Distributing, 27 18th Street N.E., East Wenatchee. Vending machines. License issued to Alicia Hutchins. Tricon Enterprises LLC., 126 Porter Way, Milton. General Contractor. License issued to Joel Hancock Jr. Axeon Technologies Inc., 1210-C N Wenatchee Ave., Wenatchee. Computer networks, sales and service. License issued to Jason and Shannon Williams.

This information comes from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Spokane. Monetary amounts including liabilities and assets are no longer provided by the court.

Chapter 7 Lynette A. Patch, 1514 Westwood #5, Wenatchee. Filed on July 25. Dickie Lee Elliot, 2515 Cordell Ave., Wenatchee. Filed on July 25. Amanda L. Crockett, 450 6th

Leavenworth Mannina Cellars, LLC, 939 Front St., Leavenworth. Retail sales of wine. Multiple governing people listed. Langston Properties, LLC, P.O. Box 970, Leavenworth. Service, lodging, retail. License issued to Larry Langston. Riverway Construction, LLC, 665 Rock Island Road, East Wenatchee. Residential Construction. Multiple governing people listed. Fishingmagician.com LLC, Leavenworth. Writing, radio, TV, web. License issued to Dave Graybill. Mandere Construction, 13964 N. Ohio St., Rathdrum, Idaho. Wood framing labor and lumber supplies. License issued to John Mandere. MT Snack Shack, 220 Ninth St., Suite F., Leavenworth. Retail. License issued to Ronald Bunch. Wells & Wade Mechanical, 218 S. Columbia St., Wenatchee. Heating and air conditioning, duct work.

St. N.E., #3, East Wenatchee. Filed on Aug. 1. Amy I. Broaddus, 217 S. Iowa Ave., East Wenatchee. Filed on Aug. 2. Deborah Miller and Neal J. Lammi, 3033 Monterey Dr., Malaga. Filed on Aug. 2. Steven S. and Noel L. James, 1005 Howard Ave., Wenatchee. Filed on Aug. 3. Korin Spanjer, 202 Perry St., Cashmere. Filed on Aug. 4. Randall C. Black, Sr., 3756 Squilchuck Road, Wenatchee. Filed on Aug. 5. Casey Dean Hauff, P.O. Box 54,

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Weeds Cafe, 201 Cottage Suite 5, Cashmere. Restaurant. License issued to Teri Weedman. Green Dental, 203 Woodring, Cashmere. Dental office. License issued to Tyler Green. WIne Design, 207 Mission, Cashmere. Furniture manufacturing. License issued to Brian Ropp. MOJO’s, 102 Aplets Way, Cashmere. Coffee shop, restaurant. License issued to Brian Cockrum. Adrienne’s Dance Academy, 102 1/2 Cottage Ave., Cashmere. Dance academy. License issued to Adrienne Pratt. Color FX, 249 Independence Way, Cashmere. Silk screen.

License issued to Kevin Prosser. Crossfit Cashmere, 253 Independence Way, Cashmere. Fitness. License issued to jennifer Colella. Fitspatrick Surveying PLLC, 117 Cottage Ave., Cashmere. Surveying. License issued to Shawn Fitzpatrick. Narney’s of Cashmere, 112 Elberta, Cashmere. Restaurant, tavern. License issued to Gary Graves. Webb Accountancy Corporation PS, 111 Elberta, Cashmere. Accountant. License issued to Randy Webb. The Cutter’s Loft, 203 Mission #210, Cashmere. Hair salon. License issued to Sandra Roeter. Snappy Dapper Handyman. Handyman services. License issued to Brandon Bates. Larry’s Home Design & Consulting. Consulting. License issued to Larry Bruehl. Atchison Construction. Construction. License issued to Steve Atchison.

Peshastin. Filed on Aug. 8. Kelly W. and Patricia R. Schott, 4002 #2 Canyon Road, Wenatchee. Filed on Aug. 9. Jason D. and Angelica M. Jaquish, 669 S. Larch Ave., East Wenatchee. Filed on Aug. 9. Richard Alan Nielsen, 6 N. Butte Road, Chelan. Filed on Aug. 12. Alicia M. Cooper, 1325 Maple St., Apt. A-101, Wenatchee. Filed on Aug. 15. Jordan M. and Thelma E. Hartmann, 1622 N. Stella Ave., Apt. 3, Wenatchee. Filed on Aug. 15. Todd and Robin Lawrence, 2320 Silo Dr., East Wenatchee. Filed on Aug. 16. Lynn M. Pfluger, 1721 S. Methow St., Wenatchee. Filed on Aug. 16. Sharon K. Ware, 1415 S. Seneca St., Wenatchee. Filed on Aug. 17. Stacy M. Ruddell, 4401 Joe Miller Road, Malaga. Filed on Aug. 18. Nancy D. Jensen, 1250 Central Ave. Apt L3, Wenatchee. Filed on Aug. 18. Kenneth F. and Patricia L. Newton, P.O. Box 93, Chelan Falls. Filed on Aug. 18. Norma J. Jessup, P.O. BOX 7206, East Wenatchee. Filed on Aug. 18. Tari and Patrick R. Ryan, 720 Golf Course Dr., Chelan. Filed on Aug. 18.

Ricky L. and Jeri L. Bryant, 16 Schafer St., Wenatchee. Filed on Aug. 18. Martin and Carol Anne Roys, P.O. Box 253, Monitor. Filed on Aug. 18. Brett Trevor and Chrys Anne Anderson, 500 Washington Creek Road, Chelan. Filed in Aug. 18. Eric P. and Jody I. Lunstrum, 608 S Lawler Ave., East Wenatchee. Filed on Aug. 19. Antonia Velasquez, 147 N. 13th St. N.E., East Wenatchee. Filed in Aug. 19. Jeffrey S. and Stephanie N. Mackey, P.O. Box 854, Chelan. Filed on Aug. 22. Chapter 11 Carolly L. Erickson, P.O. Box 1753, Chelan. Filed on Aug. 11. Chapter 13 D. John and Susan M. Regan, 1204 Front St., Leavenworth. Filed on July 29. Walter J. and Darlene N. Heinz, 714 Stewart St., Wenatchee. Filed on July 29. Danton B. and Laura D. Hicks, P.O. Box 174, Leavenworth. Filed on Aug. 2. Gregory C. and Jaime L. Robison, 1522 South Chelan Ave., Wenatchee. Filed on Aug. 3. Sergio L. and Sandra L. Oseguera, 716 S. Lexington Place, East Wenatchee. Filed on Aug. 3. Michael L. Clark, 299 Palisades Road, Palisades. Filed on Aug. 18.

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Liquor Licenses Licenses Sought Baroness Cellars, 939 Front St., Leavenworth; Danielle Grace Gichemi applied for a license to operate a domestic winery. (License number: 406217, Notification date August 12) Chelan Evening Farmers Market, Emerson St. between Wapato Way and Okanogan St. Chelan; Chelan Evening Farmers Market applied for a license to sell wine. (License number: 408328, Notification date August 8) Pioneer House, 128 Cottage ave, Cashmere; Pioneer House

Inc.;David Gaines Skidmore applied for a license to sell spirits, beer and wine + kegs to go. (License Number: 353647, Notification Date August 4) Liquor Agency, #599/Northwest Trading Post 211 14th st. unit A, Leavenworth; Julie and David Ganas applied for a license to operate a specialty liquor agency. (License number:080963, Notification date July 29) Dutch John’s Wines, 207 Mission Ave, Cashmere; George Huttenmaier & Patricia Kay applied to operate a domestic winery. (License Number:

unpaid federal taxes. Jes Enterprises LLC, a partnership Wenatchee Family Auto Sales, P.O. Box 69, Leavenworth; $15,823.27 in unpaid federal taxes.

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Chelan Ridge Community, 6082 South Lakeshore Road, Chelan; Dock structure valued at $360,000. Contractor: Ron Gibbs.

Douglas County Crane & Crane Inc., 215 Crane Orchard Road, Brewster; Commercial addition valued at $42,300. Owner contractor. Crown Packing Co. LLC, 1110 S. Webb Place, East Wenatchee; Commercial addition valued at $94,420. Contractor: Eldon Rickman, Stimac Construction Inc. Wakefield Family LLC, 2500 SR 28, East Wenatchee; Commercial addition valued at $36,480. Owner contractor. Roland Bais, R i ve r s i d e MHP, 2484 4th St. S.E.East Wenatchee; Commercial addition valued at $37,500. Contractor: Apex Building and Design LLC. Intergate Columbia II LLC, 4405 Grant Road, Building D, East Wenatchee; Commercial building valued at

Approved Licenses Weeds, Cafe 201 Cottage Ave #5, Cashmere; License to

Federal tax liens released

Federal tax liens Aire Masters Inc., P.O. Box 2195, Wenatchee; $6,154.50 in unpaid federal taxes. River City Investments LLC, 1919 N. Wenatchee Ave., Wenatchee; $126,923.02 in

408294, Notification date July 29) Le ave nwo r t h S a u s a g e Garten, 636 Front St # B, Leavenworth; Visconti’s Italian restaurant, Candace Faye applied to sell beer/wine off premises. (License number: 408275, Notification date July 25) Rock Island Bar and Grill, 118 Rock Island Dr, Rock Island, DDR Rice Group Inc.; Dawn E Carroll, Deborah D Rice, Andrew J Rice applied to sell spirits/beer/wine, restaurant lounge + kegs to go (License Number: 353501; Notification date: July 28)

$7,653,862.05. Contractor: Sabey Construction. McKinstry Co. LLC, 4405 Grant Road, Building B, East Wenatchee; Tenant improvements valued at $40,000. Contractor: Sabey Construction, McKinstry Co. LLC. Intergate Columbia II LLC, 4405 Grant Road, Building C, East Wenatchee; Tenant improvements valued at $3,701,250. Contractor: Sabey Construction. Julia Marshall, 382 27th St. N.W., East Wenatchee; Single family residence valued at $257,010. Owner contractor. Dennis Weber, 29 Mansfield Road, Quincy; Single family residence valued at $277,580. Contractor: Ackerman Construction Inc. Maurice J. and Helene M. Fink, 153 N. Shore Drive, Orondo; Single family residence valued at $254,430. Contractor: Pinnacle Building Services Inc. David and Cheri Allen, 3055 Martin Place, East Wenatchee; Single family residence valued at $546,715. Contractor: Harper Homes LLC.

Caravel Management LLC, P.O. Box 1509, Chelan; filed a certificate of discharge of property from federal tax lien in the amount of $202,895. DKC Corporation, 208 S. Wenatchee Ave., Wenatchee; received a release of federal tax lien for the amount of $35,055.81.

operate as a direct shipment receiver in WA only approved (License Number: 408188; notification date: August 5th) Walmart, 2000 N Wenatchee Ave, Wenatchee; License to sell beer/wine approved (License Number: 403529; notification date: July 29) Chateauuu Faire Le Pont, 1 Vineyard Way, Wenatchee; License to operate as a domestic winery approved (License Number: 085361, notification date: July 26)

25 Rock Island Bar and Grill, 118 Rock Island Dr., Rock Island, spirits/beer/wine restaurant (License Number: 353501; Notification date: August 19) Super China Star Buffet, 201 Valley Mall Pkwy, East Wenatchee, Beer/Wine restaurant (License Number: 403741; Notification date: August 3) Discontinued Liquor Licenses El Encanto, 210 S Wenatchee Ave, Wenatchee; spirits/

b e e r / w i n e, re s t a u r a n t lounge(License Number: 365698; notification date: August 19) Latino Marketplace, 703 S Wenatchee Ave; grocery store Р beer/wine (License Number: 088808; notification date: July 25) Minnis Club, 845 Valley Mall Pkwy, East Wenatchee, Spirits/Beer/Wine Restaurant lounge (License Number: 353968; Notification date: August 1)

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Local attorney named Rising Star for the fifth time For the fifth year in a row, Super Lawyers magazine has designated local attorney John Brangwin as a Rising Star, according to a June 29 press release.

uper Lawyers, published by Thompson Reuters, selects attorneys using a multiphase rating process, combining peer nominations and evaluations with third party research. Selections are made each year on a state-by-state basis. Rising Stars are under 40 years old or have been in practice for a maximum of 10 years. The list is limited to only attorneys that can be hired and retained by the public, such as private practice or legal aid lawyers. John Brangwin is 39 years old and has been in practice since 1997. “Being recognized by my peers for five years is pretty amazing,” he said. “The list is comprised of mostly Puget Sound area attorneys, making it hard for lawyers from Eastern Washington, especially those outside of Spokane, to be recognized.” Brangwin received his law degree from Gonzaga University in 1997. In 2002, he formed Wenatchee law firm Woods & Brangwin, PLLC with University of Washington Law School graduate Steve Woods. Their law firm provides services in DUI, criminal law and injury cases.

Cafe AZ’s hires new program manager Cafe AZ’s has hired Michael Wood as its new program manager.

ood comes to the cafe with an extensive background in the food and beverage industry. Before moving to Wenatchee, he worked for 15 years at Bellevue’s four-star, gourmet restaurant Jonah & the Whale as a maîtres d’hôtel, server and wine steward.

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Baker completes training to sell new Farmers policies Farmers Insurance agent Chris Baker recently completed the Farmers New World Life training.

he day-long training authorized Baker to sell some of Farmers’ new life insurance policies in Washington. One of the new products is the Graded Death Benefit Whole Life Policy, a policy designed for people who have been denied life insurance in the past due to a medical condition. Baker has been selling insurance since January of this year. Farmers Insurance is located at 323 N. Miller in Wenatchee and provides auto, home, life and business insurance.

North Cascade Acupuncture opens office in Wenatchee Acupuncturist John Devlin has opened a new office at The Center for Wholistic Medicine in downtown Wenatchee, according to an April 5 press release.

evlin, a licensed acupuncturist and author, has practiced in the Methow Valley since 2006. He specializes in sports medicine and chronic conditions and provides each patient at North Cascade Acupuncture with a health plan incorporating acupuncture, massage, herbal medicine and nutritional counseling. “Mine is a holistic approach,” he said. “Compared to conventional medicine which treats only individual symptoms or parts of the body or illness, the holistic approach looks at the body as a complex eco-system, where all the parts relate to the whole. More than just masking symptoms, Wholistic Medicine is able to treat the root cause of disease, and thus has the potential to cure it once and for all.” Devlin is available at the center Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. For more information, contact The Center for Wholistic Medicine at 509-341-4433 or through their website at www.northcascadeacupuncture.com.

Numerica Credit Union announces new CEO Michael Wood Since moving to Wenatchee, Wood has worked as the general manager of the Rose & Crown Cafe, the general manager of the Roaster & Ale House, the food and beverage manager for the Town Toyota Center and as a chef for Highgate Senior Living. Cafe AZ’s is a non-profit, training cafe affiliated with the YWCA. Its purpose is to train people with no restaurant experience

The Numerica Credit Union Board of Directors has announced the appointment of Carla Altepeter as the credit union’s new chief executive officer, according to a July 14 press release.

ltepeter will be replacing Dennis Cutter, who is retiring on Aug. 31, after serving 40 years as the credit union’s president and CEO. Altepeter has served as president/CEO

of CitizensFirst Credit Union in Oshkosh, Wis., since 1992. She will officially begin at Numerica on Sept. 1. Cutter explained that her commitment to the community was most appealing to the board of directors. “Her most notable quality is her strong belief in the philosophy of ‘people helping people,’” Cutter said. “These qualities run parallel to those of Numerica, making her a perfect fit.” Altepeter serves on various local and national boards and committees. At the state level she serves as vice chair of the Wisconsin Credit Union Foundation Board of Directors and vice chair of the Wisconsin Credit Union Review Board. She is a past member of the Wisconsin Credit Union League Governmental Affairs Committee and a member and past vice chair of the CUES Wisconsin Council. At the national level, Altepeter was a past board member of the Credit Union National Association. She currently serves on the board and is a past chair of the Credit Union Executive Society and has been a CUES delegate to the World Council of Credit Unions in 2008 and 2009. She was inducted into the CUES Hall of Fame in 2010. Altepeter is also a past recipient of the Tempo International Distinguished Service Award, the Athena International Leadership Award, the Sam Walton Business Leader Award, the Oshkosh Chamber Distinguished Service Award and the Oshkosh Chamber Leadership Award. She received a baccalaureate degree in business administration from the University

27 of Phoenix and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh. She has also completed the CUES Certified Chief Executive Institute, and the CUES Advanced Leadership Institute. Numerica Credit Union currently has more than 90,000 members throughout Central and Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho and more than $1 billion in assets.

Wenatchee’s Speidel and Bentsen attend bar association meeting Russell J. Speidel and David J. Bentsen, attorneys at Speidel Law Firm in Wenatchee, attended the 2011 Washington State Bar Association Real Property, Probate and Trust Section Midyear Meeting and Seminar in Skamania, Washington, June 10 – 12.

he two attended seminars covering estate and gift tax highlights, implications of the federal 2010 Tax Relief Act, and changes to trust statutes. Speidel also recently attended the Annual Washington State American College of Trust and Estate Counsel meeting, where he was co-leader in a discussion on the Washington 2011 Trust Act. The act creates changes to the creation and administration of trusts in Washington and goes into affect Jan. 1, 2012.

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Ewer promoted at Cashmere Valley Bank Cashmere Valley Bank recently promoted Chris Ewer from a lender in its dealer leasing department, to the position of equipment finance department manager, according to an Aug. 5 press release.

he 28-year-old Ewer graduated from Central Washington University in 2005 with a degree in business management and organization. He was born and raised in Omak but has also lived in the Seattle area. Ewer began working for Cashmere Valley Bank in July 2009. “Chris is a hard-working, motivated individual whose desire to learn and succeed will go well with his new position as

Chris Ewer equipment finance manager,” said Michael Schultz, vice president and manager of the bank’s dealer financing division.

Scott passes compliance managers exam Heather Scott, a compliance officer and assistant vice president at Cashmere Valley Bank, has passed the Certified Regulatory Compliance Managers exam, according to an Aug. 5 press release.

cott is the only certified regulatory compliance manager in the Wenatchee Valley, according to the release. The 33-year-old, Wenatchee Valley native has worked for the bank for 10 years, and has worked for eight of those years in compliance. “Heather has worked diligently to achieve the highest recognized level of certification for consumer compliance in the financial services industry,” said Greg Oakes, chief lending officer at the bank. “This provides Cashmere Valley Bank with the capability to always serve our customers within the

Timiras earns second board recertification in geriatric medicine Mary Timiras, M.D., has been recertified in geriatrics by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Timiras is the head and founder of the Geriatrics Department at Wenatchee Valley Medical Center.

or more than 20 years, Timiras has taught or practiced geriatric medicine. She earned her initial subspecialty certificate in geriatrics in 1990, and her first recertification occurred in 2000. She is also board certified in internal medicine and hospice/palliative medicine. Timiras received her medical degree in 1982 from Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C. Subsequently she completed a residency in internal medicine at Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, Calif., then stayed in the same city for a fellowship in

Mary Timiras geriatrics at Mount Zion Hospital. In 2009, Wenatchee Valley Medical Center recruited her to launch a geriatrics program at its Wenatchee campus.

New podiatrist joins Foot & Ankle Center Heather Scott confines of a complicated set of legal regulations. There are a select few community banks with this level of certified technical ability. We applaud her efforts.”

Aguilar named business banking relationship manager Joey Aguilar has been named business banking relationship manager for Wells Fargo in North Central Washington, according to a Aug. 18 press release.

s a relationship manager, Aguilar will work with small and medium size businesses, as well as agriculture producers, to provide customized financial solutions. Aguilar, a seven-year Wells Fargo team member, is based at 301 N. Chelan Ave. in Wenatchee, and serves business customers throughout Douglas, Chelan and Okanogan Counties. He most recently worked as store manager for Wells Fargo in East Wenatchee and previously as manager for Wells Fargo Financial. He started his career as a credit manager for Wells Fargo Financial in 2004. Aguilar earned two bachelor’s degrees

Joey Aguilar from the University of Washington in business and economics. He received a tutor recognition award from the UW Instructional Center for his tutoring in economics, finance and Spanish. Aguilar is fluent in Spanish.

Dr. Cody Hoover, D.P.M. joined the Foot & Ankle Center of Wenatchee this month.

coma and graduated from Central Washington University with a degree in Biology Science.

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ony Freytag, the senior vice president of sales and marketing for Crunch Pak sliced apples, will present an overview of the fresh cut apple industry at the U.S. Apple Association’s annual meeting, Friday, Aug. 19, in Chicago.

September 2011 where he works with Wenatchee’s Department of Public Works. He received his law degree from Gonzaga University and has worked in the prosecutor’s office for 16 years. Each year approximately 240 local attorneys donate more than 500 hours to ensure access to services for hundreds of people with civil legal problems.

Wood joins Wenatchee’s Debra White Real Estate Group Real estate broker Tana Wood has joined Debra White Real Estate Group in Wenatchee.

W Tony Freytag Freytag will presented “Apple Innovation: The Future for Fresh Sliced,” to a group representing apple growers from across the United States. More than 300 people are expected to attend, according to an announcement from Crunch Pak.

Volunteer Attorney Services announces new board members The Board of Directors of the Chelan Douglas County Volunteer Attorney Services have selected attorneys David Bentsen, Lou Chernak, Christina Davitt and Bryan Maroney to serve on its board.

olunteer Attorney Services is an organization that provides free legal services to low-income people in Chelan and Douglas counties through twice-weekly advice clinics, the Housing Justice Program, senior clinics and other additional programs. Bentsen is an Associate Attorney at Speidel Law Firm in Wenatchee who received his Bachelor of Arts from Pacific Lutheran University before. He earned his law degree from Willamette University in Salem, Ore. in 2009. Also a graduate of the Willamette University School of Law, Maroney is an Associate Attorney at Wenatchee’s Davis, Arneil Law Firm who specializes in estate planning, corporate, commercial and tax law. Davitt focuses on elder law, bankruptcy and guardianship as the founder of Davitt Law Group. She graduated from Seton Hall University School of Law in 2005 and has completed the University of Washington Professional Guardianship Certificate Program. Chernak is an attorney in the Chelan County Prosecuting Attorney’s office,

ood has worked full-time in real estate sales for seven and a half years and has 25 years of experience in marketing and advertising sales. She joins broker and owner of the group, Debra White, and Brian Kreick, who specializes in asset and property management. Wood was recognized within the top 3 percent of all Coldwell Banker agents worldwide in 2007 and received Coldwell Banker’s No. 1 Top Producer Award in 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010. Debra White Real Estate Group serves Wenatchee, East Wenatchee, Leavenworth, Cashmere and Waterville and specializes in residential real estate, land, investments, commercial properties and foreclosures.

Local podiatrist celebrates 35 years in practice Dr. Jac R. Tiechner, D.P.M. will celebrate his 35th year in podiatry this August.

iechner started his practice Aug. 3, 1976 with Dr. F. Dale Hanner and one staff member in the Doneen building in downtown Wenatchee. The practice is now The Foot & Ankle Center of Wenatchee, P.S., where he employs three additional doctors and 14 staff members. Tiechner grew up in Chicago and graduated from the University of the Pacific in California with a degree in speech. He went on to the California College of Podiatric Medicine, where he obtained his B.S. in science and then his Doctorate in Podiatric Medicine. He spent two years at the Irwin Army Hospital in Fort Riley, Kan., where he served as the Chief of Podiatry. Tiechner is an avid musician who occasionally plays at events in Wenatchee. He plays country music but mostly enjoys jazz. He has participated in various medical associations, is an active member of the Lions Club and served as a board member for the local United Way. Tiechner has treated numerous patients in the community during his 35 years in podiatric medicine and will continue to practice medicine.

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Locke and Wilkins join Wenatchee PAC The Performing Arts Center of Wenatchee has hired two new staff members to its organization.

ichael Locke is the center’s new technical director and facilities manager and Sarah Wilkins is the new marketing and outreach manager, according to a Aug. 9 press release. Locke began in his current position at the center July 18. He has a Bachelor of Arts in instrumental performance from the University of Idaho, and also has experience in technical direction, lighting design and events management. He recently completed the Master’s program at the University of Idaho and has received his Master of Fine Arts in design and technology. Locke was also the audio engineer for The Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival – the largest education jazz festival in the world – and helped produce audio for artists including Bobby McFerrin, Jane Monheit, The

Sarah Wilkins Emotions, Whoopi Goldberg and Jay Leno. Locke has designed lighting and sound for numerous events in Idaho and Texas and has managed conferences with as many as 1,500 people. Originally a native of Helena, Mont., he recently relocated to Wenatchee with his wife, Andrea, and said he is looking forward to the new position. “I am excited to find a job supporting the arts while staying close to home in the Northwest,” Locke said. Sarah Wilkins started working part time at the PAC in February 2011 and went full time on August 1. While this position absorbed some duties from a previous part-time administrative position, the market-

Michael Locke ing and outreach manager is a newly created position which handles event promotion and the two education programs that the PAC facilitates: the Summer Stage Youth Theatre and the Education Outreach Program. Wilkins grew up in Ohio and received a Bachelor of Arts from Otterbein University, with a double major in public relations and broadcasting communications. Originally interested in majoring in musical theatre, Wilkins said she is thrilled about her new position supporting the performing arts. “It’s pretty awesome that I’ve come full circle, so to speak, and get to walk through a stage door into a theatre every day,” she said. “I am amazed how everything

is working together here – the leadership and professionalism of the staff, the community support, the high-caliber shows we are bringing to Wenatchee. We are getting Damn Yankees before the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle. I’m pretty excited to be a part of this team and this theatre.” Wilkins is the third new staff member to join the PAC in one year. Executive Director Jessica Kinsey began her post as the leader of the 501(c)3 nonprofit in August 2010, filling a position left vacant by Sara Cornell in 2010. Locke replaces Don Fox, who has been the PAC’s technical director and facilities manager for the past five years. For more information about the Performing Arts Center of Wenatchee, please contact Sarah Wilkins at sarahw@pacwen.org or at 509-665-9096. To see a listing of the 2011-12 Events at the Performing Arts Center of Wenatchee, visit www. pacwen.org.

Forte Architects principal attends seminar in Seattle

orte Architects Principal Tom Bassett has attended a day-long seminar called the “Fundamentals of Construction Contracts: Understanding the Issues.” The seminar was at the Washington State Convention Center Tom Bassett in Seattle and covered how to identify significant clause changes, discussed issues important to owners, general contractors and subcontractors and reviewed current trends affecting construction contracts. Attendees also received explanations on damage calculations and the effects of contract provisions.

Theiss joins Cashmere Valley Bank

ashmere Valley Bank has hired Tyler Theiss as its marketing and retail operations assistant. The 23-year-old, cashmere native graduated from Central Washington University in 2010 with a degree in Spanish and communications. Before joining the bank, Theiss worked for the Tyler Theiss Cashmere School District as a substitute teacher and also helped coach the Cashmere High School Football Team. “Having grown up in Cashmere, Tyler is aware of the bank’s history and we look forward to having him as part of our team going forward,” said Connie Fritz, chief of retail operations at Cashmere Valley Mortgage.

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