Feb 20, 1996

Spilling water over dams may help salmon

OLYMPIA -- The National Marine Fisheries Service has applied for envirnomental permits to allow the Army Corps of Engineers to spill excess water over four dams on the lower Columbia River and four dams on the Snake River. According to the Washington State Department of Ecology, the Chelan and Grant County Public Utility Districts will be applying for similar requests concerning two dams on the middle Columbia River. The goal of the project is to help more juvenile fish make it to the ocean without going through hydro-electric turbines. During the past year, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife and the National Marine Fisheries Service conducted research to determine the safety and efficiency of spilling water over the dams compared to other methods of assisting salmon in their travels to the ocean. Other methods include transporting the fish by barge around the dams to the ocean, allowing the fish to travel through the turbines or using fish by-pass systems near the dams. A major concern about spilling water over the dams is that the process traps dissolved gas in the water. High levels of dissolved gas can injure or kill fish. State and federal agencies, power companies, environmental organizations, tribes and others will discuss the benefits and risks of spilling water over the dams at a public workshop from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday at the Washington State Department of Ecology, 300 Desmond Drive, Auditorium Room R0A-36. People are welcome to share ideas and comments at the workshop or write to Eric Schlorff, Department of Ecology, P.O. Box 47600, Olympia, WA 98504-7600 by Thursday.

Sanctuary Advisory Council to meet

FORKS -- The Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary's Advisory Council (SAC) will have its second meeting Friday at the Olympic Natural Resource Center in Forks. The Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary is administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and was designated in 1994 as the first National Marine Sanctuary in the Pacific Northwest. The sanctuary encompasses about 3,300 square miles off the coast of Washington, extending from about Cape Flattery to the mouth of the Copalis River. Natural and cultural resources within that area inclulde 29 species of whales, dolphins and porpoises, large populations of nesting seabirds and Native American communities and archaeological sites. The public is invited to attend the SAC meeting, which will begin at 10 a.m. Public comments will be heard at 1 p.m. The Olympic Natural Resource Center is at 1455 S. Forks Ave., off Highway 101 opposite the Forks Airport. For information, call (360) 457-6622.

INX earns award for recycling

SEATTLE -- INX International Ink Company earned a Waste Information Network (WIN) Environmental Achievement Award for its success in eliminating hazardous materials disposal through recycling. The WIN awards honor businesses, organizations and individuals whose efforts result in the prevention of pollution. Environmentalist Jim Whittaker presented the WIN award, which recognized INX International's Seattle branch for recycling more than 3,000 pounds of waste ink and solvents each month. INX developed a method to recycle "mill-ends" into an ink product that can be used in everyday manufacturing. Mill-ends comprise one of the largest sources of waste generated in the manufacture of oil-based printing ink. They are produced when impurities are removed from inks. INX International, which specializes in the production of custom-engineered inks and coatings, has headquarters in Elk Grove Village, Ill. and 45 branches nationwide.

Bellevue ISO Forum scheduled

BELLEVUE -- An overview of lessons learned by companies during ISO 9000 registration will be presented from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. Friday in Bellevue. The presentation will take place at US West New Vector University, 15800 S.E. Eastgate Way. Speakers will include June Nailon, risk assessment manager for Holiday-Parks, Inc., and Jessica Tu, quality engineer and ISO 9000 coordinator for Conductive Rubber Technology. Admission will be free for members and first-time attendees and $20 for non-members. For information, call (206) 392-7610.

Feb 14, 1996

Halvorson Beach & Bower

Vernon R. Enns has joined Donald Beach and Harry Bower as principal of Halvorson, Beach & Bower, Inc., Mechanical Engineers. Enns graduated from Seattle University in 1983 and joined HBB in 1985. He has been a stockholder and associate in the firm since 1989. Enns is currently managing projects for Anacortes, Burlington-Edison, Conway, Lake Stevens, Mount Vernon and Mukilteo school districts.

Golder

Kent Angelos is the new office manager and Western regional manager for Golder Associates Inc. of Redmond. Angelos is an environmental s ientist with over 17 years of experience in environmental consulting in seven western states, and his clients have included the Air Force, Department of Energy, Coast Guard and Army Corps of Engineers, Bechtel Hanford, Westinghouse Hanford, Ford, Monsanto and Texaco.

AVL/E

Michael Iovin and Sid Scott have each been promoted to principal of Architects Van Lom/Edwards AVL/E of Portland. Iovin, who was educated in Romania and began his career in Chicago, leads the fir in hospitality and elderly housing design. He recently completed a five story expansion for Hallmark Inns and Resorts in Newport, Oregon, and is currently designing the Rogue Regency Convention Center in Medford, Oregon. Scott, who joined the firm in 1990, was responsible for the recently completed Washington County offices for the Community Action Organization and the Maginnis Foundation's Housing for the Developmentally Disabled. He is currently project architect for Harkins House, a juvenile shelter in Washington County.

Yanick

Devin Johnson, project manager at Miles Yanick and Company/Architects and Planners, has been awarded a Construction Documents Technologist certificate from the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI). Johnson was the project manager for the recently completed Central Market in Poulsbo.

Merit

Austin Huang, owner of Merit Engineering, Inc. of Bellingham, was invited to give a presentation at the American Geophysical Union Conference in San Francisco last December and has presented his research on Rock Mechanics.