Dec 17, 1996

PacifiCare

Brad Bowlus has joined PacificCare of Washington, a managed health care company, as president and CEO. He will lead an effort to enhance the growth achieved since PacificCare entered the Washington market in 1994.

Dynamic Systems

Dynamic Systems Inc. (DSI), a Bothell-based distributor of mid-range printers and consumables, has promoted Mary Liechty to vice president of operations. She will oversee day-to-day operations of DSI's sales, service and supplies departments. Liechty's major focus will be to streamline internal systems to maximize sales and enhance DSI's personal customer service.

Vander Houwen

The Bellevue public relations firm of Vander Houwen has promoted Kelly Traw to account manager and Kimber Gross to account coordinator. Traw, formerly assistant account manager, has specialized in media relations, special event planning and trade show promotion at VHPR. Gross will provide desktop publishing, media research and write press releases.

The Bellevue Club Hotel

The Bellevue Club Hotel is offering the Ultimate Shopper's Package this holiday season. The package includes an overnight stay in a deluxe guest room, shopping services and gift wrapping, afternoon tea and cookies in the Terrace Room and complimentary use of the Health Club. The offer is valid until Jan. 15. For reservations call 454-4424 or 1-800-579-1110.

Washington Transit Advertising

Linda Boysen has joined Washington Transit Advertising as a regional sales manager. She will oversee the South Puget Sound region and will be responsible for sales, community and system relations in Pierce and Thurston counties, as well as the Portland area.

First Mutual Bank

Andrea Kassels has been named manager of the Bellevue-based First Mutual Savings Bank's Redmond branch, and Tom Winkel has been named as senior loan officer at the West Seattle office.

Electric City Pictures

Electric City Pictures, a Seattle-based motion picture and television production company, has opened new corporate offices at 414 Lakeside Ave. S., Suite 4, Seattle. Founded in 1991, Electric City has developed five features to be filmed entirely in the western Washington area. Production on its first title "Temporary Insanity" is scheduled to begin in May, 1997.

Ad 2 Seattle

Larry Asher of Worker Bees will address "Getting the job you want in advertising (and how to get out of the one you've got now)." at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 22 at the School of Visual Concept's Gallery, 500 Aurora Ave., Seattle. Asher is the president and advertising instructor at Seattle's School of Visual Concepts and co-creative director of Worker Bees, Inc.

Ledcor

Luther Sligh has joined Ledcor Industries Inc. as an estimator and project engineer. He has 18 years of experience in wood and steel prefabricated structures, structural steel fabrication, quality control, erection and pre-engineered steel buildings.

Loy Clark

Loy Clark Pipeline Co. of Beaverton, Ore., has announced two additions to its workforce. Steve Welch is working in the Directional Drill Division and Mark Stuhr in the "Unity" Division and Vac Truck Services.

Rainier Industries

Tukwila's Rainier Industries was recently honored at the 1996 Industrial Fabric and Equipment Exposition in Atlanta. Rainier received awards in the Multiple-Family Residential Awnings and Canopies, Illuminated Awnings and Canopies, and Safety and Protective Products categories.

ECOSS wins extension service contract

SEATTLE -- The Environmental Coalition of South Seattle has won an $86,000 contract to start up an environmental extension service for Duwamish-area businesses. The extension service will be much like a local cooperative extension office where people have their agriculture- and horticulture-related questions answered free of charge. In this case, business owners will be able to have their questions about pollution prevention, waste reduction, site assessments and remediation answered free of charge for the extension service's first 15 months. The non-profit organization ECOSS is the lead contractor for the project. Subcontractors include: Global Environmental Marketplace and Environmental Sales & Marketing; EnviroIssues; Cascadia Consulting; and the Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Research Center. The money for the 15-month contract is coming from both King County and the city of Seattle. The Washington Environmental Industry Association and the Professional Environmental Marketing Association have offered to donate more than 30 hours a month to the extension service during its first 15 months. Such in-kind services are valued at $45,000. Owners of contaminated sites in the Duwamish area will be able to view the environmental extension service as a haven of resources, referrals and helpful information. They will be shown how to get the cleanup process started, how to pick a consultant, what resources exist for them at various government agencies and what pollution prevention measures they can use at their sites. The extension service's office will be located at the present location of ECOSS, 8201 10th Ave. S. in Seattle's South Park neighborhood. The office will provide a library, training seminars and a computer work station with access to the Internet and a soon-to-be-established soil and groundwater database. By typing in their addresses, property owners will be able to get printouts of hydrogeologic maps for their properties and for neighboring properties. Extension service staff members will answer questions at the office or will visit people's business sites. For more information on the environmental extension service, call ECOSS Director Charles Cunniff at (206) 767-0432.

Shar-on Gas must take action after release

GOLDENDALE -- Department of Ecology officials are requiring the owner of Shar-on Gas in Goldendale to prevent potential hazards to neighboring homes and businesses caused by a petroleum release from an underground storage tank. Gasoline vapors at potentially-flammable levels were present in sewer lines, homes and businesses when a release was discovered Nov. 29. The exact source and the extent of the release are not yet known. Ecology inspectors did a follow-up investigation Dec. 12 and found gasoline vapors still present in soil being excavated at the facility. Ecology is giving Shar-on Gas until Dec. 19 to confirm the source of the release, determine the extent of the contamination, restrict public access to stockpiled soil and take measures to control runoff from the soil. Of the more than 6,500 contaminated sites in Washington, nearly 5,000 involve a release from an underground storage tank.

ISO 14000 on-line conference planned

A conference called "Understanding and Implementing ISO 14000 Environmental Management Systems" will take place on-line via the Internet Feb. 10-14. For more information or to register for the conference, visit the following Web site: http://infopalconference.com/events_1.htm.

Addition, promotion at Kennedy/Jenks

FEDERAL WAY -- Kennedy/Jenks Consultants recently announced a new addition and a promotion at its Federal Way office. Mark L. Spaur has joined Kennedy/Jenks as a senior associate engineer in the Industrial Services Group. MaryBeth Gilbrough has been registered as a professional engineer in Washington and promoted to the position of senior staff engineer. Spaur will provide engineering support for industrial and municipal projects, including process engineering, facility design and construction support services. He has more than 13 years experience in the design and operation of industrial process and pollution control equipment, with specific experience in metal finishing, detergent production and inorganic chemical manufacturing. Gilbrough joined the Pacific Northwest office of Kennedy/Jenks in June 1995. Since that time, she has been responsible for design of water transmission and sewer collection systems, as well as computerized water modeling studies. She also has experience in the design of hazardous waste remediation technologies and has worked in the areas of groundwater air-sparging, soil vapor extraction and soil thin-spreading. Kennedy/Jenks Consultants is a full-service environmental consulting firm with 11 offices throughout the western United States. The company was founded in San Francisco in 1919. The firm specializes in water quality, water and wastewater treatment systems, water reclamation, solid and hazardous waste investigation and remediation, industrial process treatment, flood control and storm drainage, utility systems and airport engineering.

Ecology solicits grant, loan applications

OLYMPIA -- The state Department of Ecology will soon be accepting grant and loan applications for fiscal year 1998 water quality improvement and protection projects. Ecology will accept applications for the Centennial Clean Water Fund, the Water Pollution Control Revolving Loan Fund and the Federal Clean Water Act Section 319 Nonpoint Source programs. The funding cycle opens on Jan. 2 and closes Feb. 28. Cities, counties, special purpose districts, Indian tribes and state agencies may apply for the grants and loans. Up to $35 million in Centennial Clean Water Fund grants, $40 million in revolving loans and $1.7 million in Section 319 funding should be available. Application workshops are scheduled for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 7 at the Ecology auditorium, 300 Desmond Drive, Lacey, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 9 at the Everett Parks & Recreation Department, 802 Mukilteo Blvd., Everett. For information on Centennial grants, call Kim McKee at Ecology at (360) 407-6566. For information on the revolving loan fund, call Brian Howard at (360) 407-6510. For information on Section 319 funding, call Dan Filip at (360) 407-6509.

Shellfish protected from septic pollution

OLYMPIA -- The Department of Ecology recently issued $1 million in grants to five local governments to help protect shellfish from pollution caused by failing septic systems. The Special On-Site/Shellfish Grant Program is funding grants to help home owners correct problems with septic systems to protect water quality in shellfish-growing areas. The program uses money from the state's Water Quality Account, which was created in 1986 and is financed primarily through taxes on tobacco products. Five of the 10 local governments that applied received grant funding. The local governments will work with residents who have failing on-site sewage systems in areas draining to threatened shellfish areas. The following local governments received funding: Bremerton/Kitsap Health District, $121,682; Skagit County, $199,500; Thurston County, $330,000; Tacoma/Pierce County Health Department, $136,775; and Whatcom County Health Department, $189,000. For more information on the shellfish grant program, call Tim Hilliard at Ecology at (360) 407-6429.