Jul 11, 1995

Ethix

Ethix, a Pacific Northwest managed care organization that serves 250,000 people in Washington and Oregon and which will become part of national company NYLCare on Jan. 1, has made several staff changes. Mary Perreault was named to the position of client services manager, marketing for Ethix Northwest. Prior to joining the Seattle-based health care group, she was a senior client representative for Northwestern National Life Insurance Co., where she directed the annual renewal process and was responsible for the management of key account services. Reimer Douglas, who previously spent 16 years with Blue Cross of Washington and Alaska, most recently as marketing account executive in the Seattle office, has joined Ethix as an account executive. Promoted to account executive was Deyette de Jager, previously an Ethix sales representative for four years. Prior to that, she worked in various positions with St. Joseph Hospital in Tacoma. And, Julie Anderson has been promoted to community sales representative. Before joining Ethix, Anderson served as a business manager for health care products store Group Health Cooperative.

Munger & Associates

Munger & Associates, a public relations and office management consulting company, has relocated from the Greater Los Angeles area to the Skagit Valley with an office at 210 San Juan Blvd. in Anacortes. Gene Munger, president, established the company in Pasadena, Calif., in 1992 after his retirement from Shell Oil Co. Before retiring, Munger directed public affairs operations for Shell's West Coast refining and marketing organization for 11 years. His expertise is in crisis communications and community relations. Gene's wife, Cheri Munger, company vice president, has more than 20 years of experience in office management and consulting, and is recognized for her expertise in organizational effectiveness and human relations.

Triangle Associates

Seattle-based Triangle Associates, an environmental consulting firm providing public involvement, mediation, facilitation and public policy services since 1979, has announced the re-election of Alice Shorett as president and the election of Martha Bean to vice president. Also, Vicki King and Jennifer Howell have been named senior associates, and Ananda Miller has been promoted to marketing coordinator.

Timber firm pulls a surprise

SEATTLE (AP) -- Boise Cascade Corp. wants lawmakers to restore budget cuts that threaten to shut down the federal government's regional land-use planning process in the Columbia River Basin. The timber company sees environmental impact studies being done for preparation of land-management plans as the fastest way to boost logging on federal lands, which has slowed to a crawl in much of the region. Last month, Rep. George Nethercutt, R-Wash., persuaded the House Appropriations Committee to cut off funds for the project after Dec. 31. Ranchers and farmers applauded, saying that the regional land-use planning hasn't been open enough and might lead to new interference with their uses of public and private lands. Others said it might also make it easier for environmentalists' lawsuits to shut down grazing and logging. Immediately at stake are two regional environmental impact studies that would pave the way for incorporating new scientific knowledge and public preferences into land-management plans for 83 million acres of Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management lands. Yet it's not clear that the process can be turned off. Scientific studies to underpin the environmental reviews are due to be completed and analyzed in the next few months. If they identify resource damage, federal agencies are required by law to make adjustments in their management plans. Boise Cascade, one of the biggest private landowners in the region, assigned a team of consultants to work with the Columbia Basin scientists and planners. The company looks to the process for relief from temporary restrictions on logging that the new plans are supposed to replace, company spokesman Doug Bartels said Friday. Other timber firms are divided on the subject. Forest Service Chief Jack Ward Thomas plans to visit the region this week to defend the regional ecosystem planning. He has said that killing the regional planning would force agencies to spend far more time and money updating plans on a piecemeal basis.

Free job search seminar offered

The Professional Environmental Marketing Association is sponsoring a free series of seminars for individuals looking to improve their employment situation, particularly in the environmental field. Focusing on job hunting in the 90s, workshop topics include how to answer difficult questions, resumes, networking dynamics, image and interviewing skills. The second of the three-part series will be held on July 17, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., at 720 Olive Way (across from Seattle Art) in the second floor conference room, Seattle. The last workshop has been scheduled for July 24 at the same time and location. To reserve a space, call David Slater, Analytical Technologies Inc., Renton, at (206) 228-8335.

Computerized reservation system for parks

SEATTLE (AP) -- Instead of driving in circles looking for a vacant campsite, car campers will soon be able to reserve a site over the telephone. A new computerized phone-in reservation system for state parks in Washington and Oregon has been approved by the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission. Set to go on line in January, the phone system will replace the states' old mail-in reservation systems, and is expected to boost revenues by $2 million, mostly by filling space in lesser-used parks. Campers will be able to call a centralized number to make their request and will know immediately if the campground is filled. They will be able to ask for referrals to another campground where space remains and pay over the phone by credit card. Under the old system, campers mailed in their reservation requests and then hoped the campsite was available. If it wasn't, campers often had no time to make a request for another campground before it, too, was filled. The number of Washington parks on the system will increase from 12 to 36 by 1996 and to 50 by January 1997. The number of parks in Oregon is also expected to increase. Washington Waterweeks seeking volunteers Washington Waterweeks, a statewide water-related environmental public awareness and involvement program made up of more than 220 community and regional events, is looking for community groups, organizations, schools, businesses and individuals interested in planning events for this year's program (Sept. 2 to Oct. 1). Coordinated by a Policy Board including representatives from a host of tribal, and state and federal government agencies, the 12-year-old program is designed to heighten awareness and appreciation for and encourage action to protect the state's shorelands, rivers, lakes and watersheds. NOAA/Olympic Coast National Sanctuary is also offering a series of $500 mini-grants for educational events related to the sanctuary. Last year's events included watershed tours, nature hikes, beach and river cleanups, wastewater treatment plant tours, seafood and boat festivals, children's activities, Native American salmon celebrations, wildlife viewing tours, storm drain stenciling, canoe and kayak tours, educational displays, and workshops. For more information or a 1995 event planning packet, call the WaterWeeks office in Olympia at (360) 943-3642, or write to: P.O. Box 1354, Olympia, WA 98507-1354.

Jul 10, 1995

CF2GS

Applause Inc., based in Woodland Hills, Calif., has selected direct response advertising agency CF2GS to handle its direct marketing division's account. One of the nation's leading gift companies, the nearly 30-year-old Applause has a portfolio of classic licensed merchandise, including characters from Disney, Looney Tunes and Sesame Street, as well as entertainment properties featuring Pocahontas, Batman Forever, Star Trek and Star Wars. CF2GS was hired to develop a direct response program to increase sales for this year's holiday season and will handle additional projects in 1996. CF2GS Managing Director Bill Fritsch will oversee the account, with support from Account Supervisor Mimi Morton in the agency's San Francisco office. CF2GS, a wholly owned subsidiary of True North Communications, has offices in Seattle, Portland, Reno and San Francisco.

Jul 07, 1995

Morton Clarke Fu & Metcalf

John Morton, Steve Clarke, Mari Fu, Susan Metcalf and Newell Bossart, five veteran investment professionals formerly associated with Kidder Peabody & Co., and Al Robertson, formerly a managing director with Piper Jaffray, have founded a new Seattle Investment firm specifically geared to serving Northwest investors. Morton Clarke Fu & Metcalf Inc., the first full-service investment house to be formed in the Seattle area in 15 years, will focus on municipal bond trading and underwriting, fixed income and equity sales, and portfolio structuring and management. Morton was managing director with Kidder Peabody, heading its municipal bond operation in the western and northwestern areas of the United States. Clarke, who has 27 years of experience in fixed income sales, served as a senior vice president at Kidder Peabody, working with both institutional and high net-worth individual investors. Fu was a vice president at Kidder Peabody, where she had 10 years experience as a municipal bond trader. She is fluent in Mandarin. Metcalf's responsibilities as a Kidder Peabody vice president focused on underwriting and research in the municipal department. Also a vice president with Kidder Peabody, Bossart's concentration was with individual accounts in equity sales and asset management. Robertson managed the Northwest municipal bond department for Piper Jaffray from 1978 until 1993.

Bank Northwest

William Urien Jr. has joined Bank NorthWest, scheduled to open in September at 100 Grand Ave., Bellingham, as senior vice president and credit administrator. Urien has more than 20 years of experience in commercial and savings bank experience, most recently as vice president and senior credit officer at Bellingham's Whatcom State Bank, where he supervised an increase of the bank's loans from $9 million to $52 million. He joins three Bank Northwest officers: Arnie Wright, president and CEO; Michael O'Connor, senior vice president and CFO; and Wayne Young, vice president and manager. The bank's $4 million to $5 million capitalization is currently being raised by its organizers/board of directors.

Kidder Mathews & Segner

Doug Klein, associate broker of Kidder, Mathews & Segner Inc., has been awarded the certified commercial investment member (CCIM) designation by the Commercial Investment Real Estate Institute.

Unico Properties

Mark Barbieri has been named manager of retail leasing by Unico Properties. Barbieri's responsibilities include leasing retail space and marketing for the Rainier Square neighborhood.

Continental Mortgage

Continental Mortgage Company has promoted Dave Walker to remodeling/rehabilitation specialist with responsibility for overseeing this loan program throughout Washington, Oregon and Hawaii. Walker joined Continental in 1993 as a loan officer in the Mountlake Terrace branch.

Seattle Mortgage

John Nixon has joined Seattle Mortgage Company as the branch sales manager at Mercer Island. Nixon comes to Seattle Mortgage after 19 years in the industry.

John L. Scott

John L. Scott has added several new sales associates to their offices in the greater Seattle area. They include: Jessie York-Roudwin, Bellevue Place; Jay Agoado and Tracy LaBerge, Bellevue East; Danuta Jarska and Toni Wilson, Kent; Keith Houghton, Mike Raber and Mida Rashid; Renton; and Vicki Chellin, Lakeside.

CREW debates I-164

Commercial Real Estate Women-Northwest will be holding its luncheon meeting July 12, at the Sheraton Seattle Hotel & Towers, 1400 Sixth Ave. The topic being discussed at the luncheon is Initiative 164, an act relating to the regulation of private property. The citizen's initiative was approved by the Washington state legislature and becomes effective July 23, unless sufficient signatures are gathered to place Referendum 48 on the November 7 Ballot. Speakers include: Lucy Steers, League of Women Voters; Robert Derrick, director of the King County Department of Development and Environmental Services; Bill Conner, president of Conner Development; and Glen Amster, partner at Lane Powell Spears Lubersky. For registration information, call (206) 778-6162.

Homebuyer education seminar

The Washington State Housing Finance Commission will sponsor a free community homebuyer education seminar July 17 and 18 at University Heights Community Center, 5031 University Way N.E. The seminar provides training to interested persons about the process of purchasing a first home. Call Eric Aasness, at (206) 455-2300, to register for the class.

NAIOP's membership breakfast

The National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP) is holding its general membership breakfast on July 19 at the Hart Brewery in downtown Seattle. Jack Bryce of Hart Brewery, and Laura Bracken-Clough and Max Clough of Thomas Kemper Soda Company will be the featured speakers. For more information, call (206) 382-9121.