Mar 04, 1996

Totem Ocean Trailer Express Inc.

Patrick Kilgore has joined the Alaska sales force of Seattle-based Totem Ocean Trailer Express (TOTE) Inc., an Alaska corporation providing roll-on/roll-off cargo transportation. Kilgore was with Crowley Marine Services since 1983, most recently as a senior account executive in its petroleum division in Anchorage.

Northwest Cable Advertising

Seattle-based Northwest Cable Advertising, providing advertisers access to cable networks, has promoted Ralph Krueger to the new position of director of operations. Previously, he served as controller, overseeing the accounting department.

Emerald City Graphics Inc.

Houston-based Consolidated Graphics Inc., a printing company, has completed the acquisition of Emerald City Graphics Inc., a printing company serving the Seattle area from its facility in Kent, for 425,000 shares of common stock. Jim Cook and Herb Blackinton who founded Emerald City Graphics in 1981, will continue to manage the company. Their team will remain in place and the company's name will not be changed. Consolidated Graphics Inc. now operates printing companies in Dallas, Denver, Houston, Phoenix, San Antonio, and Seattle, and has signed an agreement to acquire a printing company in San Diego.

The Seattle Aquarium

The Seattle Aquarium wants to raise a total of $100,000 to acquire new otters and rebuild its otter breeding program which help ensure genetic compatibility and diversity among captive populations. The Seattle Aquarium is the only facility in the U.S. to have a sea otter conceived, born and survive to adulthood. The Seattle Aquarium invites individuals, organizations, businesses, and corporations to join the challenge. For information on how you can contribute to the Otter Fund, call the Seattle Aquarium Society at (206) 684-3474, or make a donation at any West One Bank.

Westin Hotels and Resorts

Westin Hotels and Resorts has announced a partnership agreement with Demeure Hotels in Europe, effective April 1. Demeure Hotels is comprised of seven luxury hotels -- one in London, one in Amsterdam, one in Geneva, and four in Paris -- ranging in size from 45 to 182 rooms. They will be renamed Westin Demeure Hotels and will function as a sub-brand of Westin Hotels and Resorts. In addition to the seven Westin Demeure Hotels, the hotel chain also announced it will establish 12 new or existing hotels in 1995 including two properties in the Caribbean, four in Hawaii, four in the United States and two in Asia.

Washington State Bank

Federal Way-headquartered Washington State Bank has promoted three members of its staff. Karen Sparrow has been named branch manager of the bank's office located at 1035 South 320th Street; Jack Clemens assumes the duties of assistant vice president, senior loan officer; and Kevin Janusz is elevated to lending officer at the bank's administrative office.

King County Medical Blue Shield

King County Medical Blue Shield (KCM) has added people and promoted members of its staff. Matt Sikes is the new manager for general accounting. Sikes comes to KCM from Florida where he was formerly the director of financial analysis for Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Florida, and controller for Health Options Inc. Jim Vance has been promoted to serve as the vice president of branch services. Vance was formerly the branch president of Snohomish County Physicians Corporation. Shannon White has assumed new duties as branch president for SCPC. She was formerly the manager of operations for Snohomish County Physicians Corporation, and has 22 years of experience with KCM. Rebecca Willoughby has been promoted to manager of service team support, along with Karen Yount who has been promoted to manager of operations.

Mar 01, 1996

KeyBank of Washington

Terry A. Peterson has been named Eastside commercial banking center team leader for KeyBank of Washington. Previously, Peterson was senior vice president and manager of the Metropolitan Commercial Banking Region based in Seattle.

Washington Natural Gas

Charles R. Brown has been promoted to legislative counsel for Washington Natural Gas. He will serve as the company's liaison to state legislators and administrative officials. Previously, he served as state government relations representative, a position he had held since joining Washington Natural Gas in 1992.

Dain Bosworth Inc.

James Kerr, senior vice president and regional manager of brokerage and investment banking firm Dain Bosworth Inc.'s private client offices in Washington and Montana, has been given additional responsibility for overseeing the firm's investment executives and support staff throughout Oregon. Following the expansion of Kerr's responsibilities, the firm has hired Richard Pruner to serve as managing director of the Seattle private client office, replacing Kerr. Pruner has more than 26 years of experience in the securities industry. He had been a branch manager at Prudential Securities for nine years, most recently as manager of the firm's office in Walnut Creek, Calif. Before that, he managed offices in Portland, Ore.; Oakland, Calif.; and Carmel, Calif.

Alpha Phi Alpha Convention

The Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., a national predominantly African-American Greek letter fraternity, will hold its 48th Western Regional Convention in Seattle from March 21 though March 24. San Francisco Mayor Willie L. Brown Jr. will deliver the keynote address of the Convention at the Fraternal Luncheon on Saturday, March 23 at the Doubletrees Suites, 16500 Southcenter Parkway, site of the convention. Brown and Milton C. Davis, general president of Alpha Phi Alpha, head a list of speakers who include Bro. Charles C. Teamer Sr., general president of Alpha Phi Alpha; Bro. Thomas D. Pawley III, chairman of the fraternity's Historical Commission; Bro. Kobi Little, chief executive officer of Harambee Management, an African based management and consulting firm; and Washington State Supreme Court Justice Bro. Charles Z. Smith who will moderate a law seminar on risk and liability. Listed among the convention's activities are a Collegiate Scholars Bowl, a community service project at Renton High School, the Miss Black and Gold Pageant, and the College Brothers Step Show.

ARIS Corporation

ARIS Corporation, an information systems consulting, training, and product development company based in Bellevue and Seattle, has been selected by SAP, a software vendor, as a regional implementation partner. As an SAP regional implementation partner, ARIS offers R/3 consulting services. Its team of SAP consulting and training professionals provide requirements analysis and project definition; project management, business process optimization; change management and facilitation, technical architecture and database design, configuration and implementation, ABAP/4 & Basis programming, and user training.

State of Alaska

Governor Tony Knowles has appointed Virginia Fay and Peg Tileston to the Oil and Gas Policy Council, a 16 member council created by Knowles last year to study issues and options available to industry and the state affecting oil and gas policies in Alaska. Fay is a natural resource economist with Eco-Systems, a Juneau-based company with expertise in resource development, public finance, fisheries, and oil spill prevention and response. Fay has over 17 years of professional involvement in natural resource issues in Alaska. This includes work as legislative analyst for the Senate Committee on Oil and Gas. Fay has also worked as an economist for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and the Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission. Tileston is president of Tileston and Associates, a research and information retrieval business. She is a board member of Alaska Common Ground, the Alaska Conservation Foundation and the Alaska Center for the Environment and has served 15 years on Alaska Water Resources Board and 10 years on the Chugach Electric Association Board.

Firmani and Associates

Firmani and Associates, a communications firm based in Seattle, has won a Totem Award at the 1996 annual awards banquet of the Puget Sound chapter of the Public Relations Society of America. The Totem Award for best news writing/media relations was attributed to Firmani and Associates for a project developed for Harris & Hull, a law firm of Seattle.