Feb 26, 1996

Leisure Care

Three new operations directors have been hired by Leisure Care, a Bellevue-based company specialized in the retirement housing industry and manager of 27 retirement communities in nine western states. Bob Westermann joined Leisure Care in 1989 as the general manager of Cambridge Court in Great Falls, Mont. In 1994 and 1995, he became general manager of a Leisure Care retirement community and oversaw the operations of two retirement communities in the same town. Elaine Sandbeck comes to Leisure Care with extensive management experience. Prior to joining Leisure Care, she was an assisted living operations director for Barcelon Associates Management Corporation in Lafayette, Calif. Ellery Bennett joins Leisure Care after a 21-year career with Pizza Hut Inc.

Big Head Coffee Cola

San Diego-based Big Head Coffee Cola, which produces beverages combining coffee and carbonated cola, has contracted with A & W in Everett to produce and bottle the products for Washington consumers. Big Head Coffee Cola beverages have been in Washington state supermarkets, coffee shops and convenience stores for a month.

Emerald Height's Corwin Center

Dr. Paul Beck has joined Redmond-based Emerald Height's Corwin Center, providing nursing care, as medical director. Beck brings more than 15 years of experience in the area of geriatrics and chronic health care delivery.

Camp Fire Boys and Girls

The board of the Camp Fire Boys and Girls, a Seattle-based not for profit youth agency, has been joined by the following people as members-at-large. Karen Aoyama, manager of library/information services at Battelle Seattle Research Center; Jada Berteaux-Pettigrew, executive director of Solo Parenting Alliance; Judith Bigelow, partner at Preston Gates & Ellis; Sandy Kohout Bourbonnais, controller at Horizon House; Sue Byers, regional coordinator of Seattle Public Schools; Julie Cosser, vice president of catalog sales at Eddie Bauer Inc., Gary Grimstad, partner at Coopers and Lybrand LLP; Ann Hooper, vice president of private banking at US Bank; Benita Horn, of Achievement Architects; Rich Lauckhart, vice president of Power Planning at Puget Sound Power & Light; Laurie Miller, director at Deloitte and Touche LLP; Lesa Sroufe senior vice president and director of research at Ragen MacKenzie Inc.; and Jessica Axelsen, Rachel Tackenberg, and Anna Tramountanas, students.

Graphic Associates

Bellevue-based Graphic Associates, a graphic design firm, has won a silver medal in Neenah Paper's Paperworks Text and Cover Design Contest, a national contest recognizing quality imagery in the print communications process. Company senior designer and art director Diana Loback and designer Hovie Hawk won the medal for Microsoft's Digital Pencil Seminar.

Center for Wooden Boats

Seattle-based Center for Wooden Boats will hold its annual fund raising auction March 2 at 6:30 p.m. on Yale Street, in Seattle. The financial support will go for maintaining boats, maintaining the hands-on museum, providing special programs for disadvantaged youth and others in the community, building the library collection and information resources. This year, the fund raising auction includes a set of roundtrip airplane tickets, nautical art, and dinners. For more information, call the Center for Wooden Boats at (206) 382-2628.

Feb 23, 1996

CB Commercial

Betsy Sutherland is the new vice president and northwest regional manager of the property management division of CB Commercial, covering Washington, Oregon and Alaska. She will oversee a staff of 35. Sutherland has over 14 years of property management and leasing experience.

Matricardi named to industry posts

Phillip Jay Matricardi, a real estate agent with the Capitol Hill office of Coldwell Banker Bain Associates, has been named to two positions with real estate industry trade groups. He has been named chairman of the Communications Committee of the Seattle King County Association of Realtors (SKCAR) and was named SKCAR's liaison to a joint publications task force involving three industry groups: The Northwest Multiple Listing Association (formerly the Puget Sound Multiple Listing Association), The Snohomish County Board of Realtors and the Mason County Board of Realtors.

Dally Homes receives Grand Award

Oxford Park, a townhouse neighborhood in Issaquah built by Seattle-based Dally Homes, received the "Grand Award" in the Best in American Living Awards (BALA) at the National Association of Home Builders' annual convention. Located in Issaquah's Klahanie community, Oxford Park was chosen the top single family, attached home development of between eight and 15 units per acre. Bill Kreager of Mithun Partners, Inc., architects/land planners, and Markie Nelson of Markie Nelson Interiors, also worked on Oxford. Dally Homes is currently building three condominium projects in the area including Fairweather Point in Lake Stevens, Windsong Arbor in Kent and Pacific Palisades on North Lake Union.

Governmental Affairs Director appointed

The Tacoma-Pierce County Association of Realtors has appointed Mark Kahley as Governmental Affairs Director. He is responsible for policy development and advocacy of issues.

Home buying seminars

Free homebuyers education seminars will be hosted by Metropolitan Savings in February and March. The seminars will provide information on how to determine monthly mortgage payments, how to shop for a home, loan programs and downpayment assistance programs which are available for first time and low-income borrowers. Seminars will be held Feb. 24, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Metropolitan Savings, 229 Main Street, Edmonds, (672-6701); Mar. 9, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Metropolitan Savings, 6428 California Ave. S.W., Seattle, (938-1242); Mar. 16, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and Mar. 19 and 20 from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Crown Hill Branch, 8318 15th Ave. N.W., Seattle, (784-7749).

Windermere

Laurie Carlson has joined the Wall Street office with nearly three years experience in real estate. Kaz Blykowski has joined the Windermere-Redmond office as a sales associate. Windermere's Builder Services office has added Michelle Walden, Kristen Tenny, and Sarah LeSourd as sales assocites. April Huard has joined the Renton office with one year of real estate experence. The Bellevue office has added Joni Wilde.