Jul 14, 1998

Imagio

Imagio, a Seattle-based technology marketing firm, has added Jabez Palmer as a designer, Allison Clarke as a PR account executive and Crystal Wolff as an executive assistant. Palmer formerly served as a freelance designer for Travis Design Associates. Clarke formerly served as a reporter at ABC affiliate WEWS and a producer at NBC affiliate WKYC in Cleveland. Wolff previously worked at Boeing and Holland America Line.

Cooley Godward

Cooley Godward, a California-based law firm that emphasizes intellectual property transactions, financing for emerging growth companies, venture funds and lenders, and technology litigation, will open a Seattle office in September. Greg Abbott will be partner in charge of the office, along with partners Christopher Wright and Susan Preston. The initial associates will include Tom Youth, Kevin Austin, Matt Roberts and Doug Haeuber.

Teledesic

Teledesic, a Kirkland-based company that is building a global, broadband satellite communications network, has appointed Admiral William Owens vice chairman of the board. Owens formerly served as president, COO and vice chairman of the board of Science Applications International Corp. Prior to that position, Owens served as vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Northwest Hospital

Northwest Hospital has added Dr. Jean Reid, a family physician, to the staff. With this addition, Northwest is launching a new primary care clinic, Cedar Health Center, at 9776 Holman Road in Ballard.

Compro Computers

Compro Computers, a local computer hardware and service firm, has moved to a new larger facility located at 14320 NE 20th, Suite D, in Bellevue. Compro Computer owner Frank Imani recently took on a new partner, Massoud R. Mohsenian.

EPA releases new ISO 14001 study

SEATTLE -- Seattle-based Environment International Ltd. recently completed an ISO 14001 Performance Study for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10. EPA Region 10 is interested in the use of environmental management systems (EMSs). In particular, the agency is interested in ISO 14001, a voluntary standard created to help facilities identify policies, procedures, and resources for environmental management. The just-released study examines decisions made by seven facilities during the development of ISO 14001-based management systems. The seven have utilized the ISO 14001 standard in developing their systems. Representing a cross-section of private and public entities within EPA Region 10, the companies are EWEB, in Eugene, Ore.; Intalco, in Ferndale; Micron, in Boise, Id.; Naval Air Station Whidbey, in Oak Harbor; NAVSTA, in Everett; OSM, in Tualatin, Ore.; and Rudd Company, Seattle. "I think it's a good piece of work," said Nancy Helm of the EPA. "It shows what it takes to create a successful environmental management system. ... If you're going to go to the trouble to create an EMS, you may as well make it a good one." To receive a copy, call the EPA Public Information Center at (206) 553-1200 or (800) 424-4372.

Study shows Puget Sound tree losses

SEATTLE -- American Forests today will release a study that documents a dramatic loss of tree cover in the 3.9-million-acre Puget Sound region. Incorporating calculations of the costs and benefits of tree cover, the report analyzes its effects on stormwater management and air quality between Olympia and Everett. The study was partly funded by the U.S. Forest Service. It is the first step in a process coordinated by American Forests and sponsored by retailer Eddie Bauer to create a tree-planting campaign in the region. The campaign, called Global ReLeaf for the Puget Sound, is part of a worldwide effort to plant 20 million trees by 2000.

Science and technology museum planned

RICHLAND -- When the Hanford Museum and Science Center was closed by the Department of Energy in 1995, the Environmental Science and Technology Foundation was formed to acquire and preserve the museum's collection of artifacts and exhibits. The nonprofit foundation plans to incorporate the material into a new museum to be called the Columbia River Exhibition of History, Science and Technology. To be located on the river in downtown Richland, the museum will highlight the Hanford material as well as exhibits related to the region's agriculture. Portland's Fletcher Farr Ayotte Architects has been hired to design the new museum. The firm previously designed the Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, the Columbia River Maritime Museum and the Interpretive Center at Multnomah Falls Lodge. In a press release, Fletcher Farr Ayotte said "the purpose of the museum will be to advance public understanding of the power of people and technology to impact the environment, and the delicate balance associated with these interactions." The foundation has received grants from the state Heritage Resource Center and the U.S. Department of Energy for the project.

Light-pollution regulation urged

REDMOND, Ore. (AP) -- Harrell Graham is on a crusade to save the darkness from the light. He fell in love with the brilliant stars over the high desert after he moved to central Oregon in 1989. And now he is trying to preserve that view by spreading ordinances that require outdoor lighting be directed onto the property it's meant to brighten, instead of broadcast into the night sky. Graham helped shepherd Deschutes County's night sky ordinance into force in 1994, and is now trying to spread the darkness to Redmond, where he asked the city last Monday to enact something similar. The Redmond Urban Area Planning Commission agreed to consider the idea. Graham compares intrusive light to noise from a neighbor's stereo. "All we'd be asking people to do is turn the volume down and put headphones on," he said. Headphones for lights come in the form of shields and different designs. Lower wattage lights are the equivalent of turning down the volume. Redmond already requires shielded lights for new commercial buildings and multifamily dwellings. The requirements could be strengthened, said Bob Quitmeier, community development director. The city of Bend is considering an ordinance requiring shielding of outdoor lighting, including those on residential properties.