US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Tuesday, July 3:
Massachusetts, California, Maine, Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Electro-Optic Display Method
Jul 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Richard D. LeCain of Brighton, Mass., Ara N. Knaian of Newton, Mass., Steven J. O'Neil of Pembroke, Mass., Gregg M. Duthaler of Needham, Mass., Guy M. Danner of Somerville, Mass., Robert W. Zehner of Arlington, Mass., Alberto Goenaga of Goleta, Calif., Benjamin Max ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Image Display Device
Jul 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Norihiko Kaga, Yoichi Nishimuro, Kunio Machida, Hare Tazawa, Yoneji Kobayashi and Taichi Kobayashi, all from Kodaira, Japan, Gaku Yakushiji of Higashiyamato, Japan, Maki Masutani of Tokorozawa, Japan, Toshiaki Arai of Funabashi, Japan, Kazuya Murata of Hino, Japan, Ryo ...
New Jersey, Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Organochlorosilane Manufacturing Process
Jul 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Benigno A. Janeiro of Burlington, N.J., and Barry C. Arkles of Dresher, Pa., have developed a process for manufacturing organochlorosilanes and dipodal silanes. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The processes are preferably continuous using ...
FUNDS TARGETED TO REHAB 68 EXISTING WAITING LIST PROJECTS
Jul 03, 2007 ... Rep. Brian Higgins, D-N.Y. (27th CD), issued the following news release: Rep. Brian Higgins (NY-27) announced that the Chautauqua Home Rehabilitation and Improvement Corporation (CHRIC) has been awarded a grant from the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York (FHLB) in the amount of $480,000 ...
Agility First Support Wins $43.6 Million Contract
Jul 03, 2007 ... SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany, July 3 -- The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $43.6 million contract to Agility First Support LLC, Madison, Ala., for base operation and maintenance services using government-furnished facilities at Moron Air Base and Zaragoza, Spain to include: program management, ...
German Inventors Develop Industrial Safety Glasses
Jul 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Stefan Bruck of Nuremberg, Germany, has developed industrial safety glasses. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a pair of glasses, in particular industrial safety glasses, comprising a frame with side pieces which are articulated thereto ...
California Inventors Develop Optical Lens Manufacturing System
Jul 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Laurence Warden of Poway, Calif., Andreas W. Dreher of Escondido, Calif., John Ferro of Santa Rosa, Calif., Jagdish M. Jethmalani of San Diego, and Shui T. Lai of Encinitas, Calif., have developed a system for customizing vision correction. According to the ...
U.S., Israeli Inventors Develop Ophthalmic Spectacle Lens
Jul 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Ronald D. Blum of Roanoke, Va., Dwight P. Duston of Laguna Niguel, Calif., and Dan Katzman of Givat Ela, Israel, have developed an ophthalmic spectacle lens for correcting non-conventional refractive error. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Dehler Manufacturing Wins $6.17 Million Delivery Order
Jul 03, 2007 ... CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C., July 3 -- The U.S. Marine Corps has awarded a $6.17 million delivery order to Dehler Manufacturing Co. Inc., Chicago, to support Marine Corps Whole Room Concept program. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Marine Corps Contracting Department, Camp Lejeune, N.C. Work ...
Detyen's Shipyards Wins $5.2 Million Contract
Jul 03, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, July 3 -- The U.S. Navy has sawarded a $5.2 million contract to Detyen's Shipyards Inc., North Charleston, S.C., for a regular overhaul and drydock of Military Sealift Command's fleet replenishment oiler USNS Patuxent. The contract was ...
BAE Systems Land & Armaments Wins $213.89 Million Contract
Jul 03, 2007 ... QUANTICO, Va., July 3 -- The U.S. Marine Corps has awarded a $213.89 million contract to BAE Systems Land & Armaments, York, Pa., for 255 Mine Resistant and Ambush Protected (MRAP) Category (CAT) I vehicles; 170 MRAP CAT I U.S. Special Operations Command Variant; and 16 CAT II Ambulance ...
Raytheon Systems Wins $63.44 Million Delivery Order
Jul 03, 2007 ... ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md., July 3 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $63.44 million delivery order to Raytheon Systems, McKinney, Texas, for lightweight laser designator rangefinder components. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Research, ...
CH2M Hill Academy Service Wins $23.46 Million Contract
Jul 03, 2007 ... USAF ACADEMY, Colo., July 3 -- The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $23.46 million contract to CH2M Hill Academy Service LLC, Englewood, Colo., for civil engineer services, cadet support, facility and infrastructure maintenance and operations, environmental services, and property ...
BAE Systems Wins $183.25 Million Delivery Order
Jul 03, 2007 ... ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md., July 3 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $183.25 million delivery order to BAE Systems, Lexington, Mass., for thermal weapons sights with associated testing. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Research, Development & Engineering ...
General Dynamics Network Systems Wins $21.95 Million Contract Modification
Jul 03, 2007 ... ARLINGTON, Va., July 3 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $21.95 million contract modification to General Dynamics Network Systems, Needham, Mass., to survey, plan, design, install, and implement the information technology systems and infrastructure for Wedge 2-5 tenants. The contract ...
Litton Systems Wins $91.07 Million Delivery Order
Jul 03, 2007 ... ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md., July 3 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $91.07 million delivery order to Litton Systems Inc., Orlando, Fla., for lightweight laser designator rangefinder components. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Research, ...
REP. MILLER: CONGRESSIONAL HEARING ON BAY-DELTA CRISIS JULY 2
Jul 03, 2007 ... Rep. George Miller, D-Calif. (7th CD), issued the following news release: A congressional panel will travel to California next month to investigate the causes of the Bay-Delta ecosystem collapse, Congressman George Miller (D-Martinez) announced Monday. Miller and several of his Bay Area ...
Colorado Inventors Develop Magnetic Head Assembly
Jul 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Mark L. Watson of Louisville, Colo., Anand V. Lakshmikumaran of Denver, and Jeffrey G. Villiard of Broomfield, Colo., have developed a magnetic head assembly for writing multiple tracks to a tape that travels in a first direction. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Disk Drive Control Method
Jul 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Hiroaki Murai, Yoshinori Inoue, Takehiro Ogawa and Satoru Fukase, all from Kawasaki, Japan, have developed a disk drive that uses a head to write data at any position on a magnetic disk. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "After the power ...
French Inventors Develop Electric Machine Brush Holder Assembly
Jul 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Xavier Vacheron, Se Perard and Yann Rouillard, all from Lyons, France, and Jose Izquierdo of Villefontaine, France, have developed a brush holder assembly for an electric machine. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This brush holder assembly ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Printing Apparatus
Jul 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Hitoshi Igarashi of Nagano-ken, Japan, has developed a printing apparatus, a printing method, a storage medium, and a computer system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printing apparatus for printing on a medium to be printed includes an ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Image Forming Apparatus
Jul 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Deuk-hwan Chang of Suwon, South Korea, has developed an image forming apparatus capable of printing disc and disc-printing unit for the image forming apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "image forming ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Storage Media Reading Writing System
Jul 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Hiroyasu Yoshizawa, Yoichiro Kobayashi, Toshio Shinomiya and Noriyuki Fujii, all from Ome, Japan, and Masaki Yoshinaga of Higashiyamato, Japan, have developed a reading/writing system for reading/writing from/into storage media. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Head Driving Device
Jul 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Hidenori Usuda of Matsumoto, Japan, has developed a system and methods for providing a head driving device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a head driving device and method capable of ejecting a necessary ...
Alabama Inventors Develop Micro-Electromechanical Temperature Sensor Device
Jul 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Arthur Anthony Jenkins and Michael Scott Kranz, both of Madison, Ala., and Marty Ray Williams of Huntsville, Ala., have developed a low-power micro-mechanical temperature sensor using a micromechanical thermal bimorph structure. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Cellular Telephone Leaving Detection Method
Jul 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Shoji Suenaga of Saitama, Japan, has developed an apparatus and a method for detecting leaving of cellular telephone. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a Bluetooth module part for establishing wireless connection to a ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Image Forming Device Controlling Method
Jul 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Akihiro Furukawa, Koshi Fukazawa, Kiyotaka Ohara and Hideki Nogawa, all from Nagoyashi, Japan, and Masaaki Hibino of Yotsukaichi, Japan, have developed an electric device that is capable of being controlled based on data transmitted from cellular ...
Illinois, Wisconsin Inventors Develop Wireless Handheld Communication Device
Jul 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Michael D. Kotzin of Buffalo Grove, Ill., Greg R. Black of Vernon Hills, Ill., and Charles P. Binzel of Bristol, Wis., have developed a wireless handheld communication device for reducing a communication delay at a proximate wireless communication ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Encapsulated Wire Shelf
Jul 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Craig Bienick of Jenison, Mich., Bob Herrmann of Spring Lake, Mich., and Ole Carl Buesing of Lowell, Mich., have developed a shelf comprising a substantially continuous open peripheral border formed of in situ molded synthetic thermoplastic material. According ...
Italian Inventor Develops Articles Supporting Shelf
Jul 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Francois Vardon of Borgo San Dalmazzo, Italy, has developed a shelf for supporting articles, particularly in refrigerated installations. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "shelf, particularly for a refrigerator or ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Magnetic Head Device, Magnetic Recording Device
Jul 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Tadashi Ozue of Kanagawa, Japan, has developed a magnetic head device and a magnetic recording device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a magnetic head device for recording magnetic signals simultaneously ...
Texas Inventors Develop Pesticide Formulation
Jul 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Jeanne Ann Witte and Joe Doyle McDaniel Jr., both of Carrollton, Texas, Dennis Lee Murphy of Flower Mound, Texas, and Kim Wenn Yang of Dallas, have developed a stabilized pesticide formulation designed for liquid feed. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
California Inventor Develops Electrostatic Actuator
Jul 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Robert W. Horst of San Jose, Calif., has developed an electrostatic actuator with fault tolerant electrode structure. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "high-power electrostatic actuator comprising rotor and stator ...
STUDENTS, FACULTY, STAFF MAY SIGN UP TO RECEIVE TEXT MESSAGING, OTHER ALERT MESSAGES
Jul 03, 2007 ... Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University issued the following news release: Beginning Monday, July 2, Virginia Tech students, faculty, and staff may sign up to receive several new urgent notification options as part of the university's broader notification system now referred ...
Illinois Inventors Develop Internetwork Message Spam Checking Method
Jul 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Yigang Cai and Gyan Shanker, both of Naperville, Ill., Shehryar S. Qutub of Hoffman Estates, Ill., and Alok Sharma of Lisle, Ill., have developed a method and an apparatus for blocking spam messages which are originated in a different network. According to the ...
California Inventors Develop Online Marketplace Automatic Flight Management Method
Jul 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Narinder Pal Singh of Half Moon Bay, Calif., and Darren J. Davis of Rowland Heights, Calif., have developed a method for managing an advertising flight in a pay-for-placement marketplace among one or more advertisers and one or more searchers. According to the ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Support Roller
Jul 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Teiji Yamamoto, Tuyosi Yosida and Syouta Murakami, all from Hirakata, Japan, have developed a support roller of crawler type traveling apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a support roller of a crawler type ...
Chinese Inventors Develop Induction Motor Switch Pattern
Jul 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Youguo Huang and Wei Huang, both of Wuhan City, China, have developed a switching pattern alternative current (AC) induction motor within the frequency range of voice and ultrasonic. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Both the stator core ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Disk Drives Mounting Apparatus
Jul 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Yun-Lung Chen of Tu-Chen, Taiwan, has developed a computer enclosure incorporating mounting apparatus for disk drives. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer enclosure comprises a control panel portion with a moveable dust-proof cover, ...
California, New York Inventors Develop Discount Coupons Targeted Distribution System
Jul 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Neil Shanman of Thousand Oaks, Calif., and Irwin Pearl of Lido Beach, N.Y., have developed a data processing system and a method for the generation, distribution and redemption of coupons over a network. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In ...
French Inventors Develop Ground Running Aircraft Control Method
Jul 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Re Bellouard of Toulouse, France, and Ge Mathieu of Pibrac, France, have developed a method and a device for controlling and braking an aircraft running on the ground. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to the invention, the ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Rotating Electric Machine Stator
Jul 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Naohide Maeda and Yoshihito Asao, both of Tokyo, have developed a stator of rotating electric machine and manufacturing method of the stator. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plurality of coils concentratedly wound around individual ...
California Inventors Develop Proxy Authentication Performing Method
Jul 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Jeffrey Alan Dyck and Marcello Lioy, both of San Diego, have developed methods and apparatus for allowing a wireless communication device to perform a proxy authentication on behalf of a tethered device, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The ...
New York Inventor Develops Image Storage Devices Configuration Method
Jul 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Kenneth A. Parulski of Rochester, N.Y., has developed a method for configuring image storage devices to enable imaging services. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A removable memory device is configured and ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Brake Hydraulic Pressure Control Unit
Jul 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Taro Segawa of Kariya, Japan, has developed a brake hydraulic pressure control unit for use in a vehicle for increasing and reducing brake hydraulic pressure using electric signals. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brake hydraulic ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Motor Vehicle Wheel
Jul 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Mikio Uchiyama, Kazuhiko Gogo and Masaki Agata, all from Wako, Japan, have developed a wheel for a two-wheeled motor vehicle. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "wheel for a two-wheeled motor vehicle and including a ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Fluid Control Apparatus
Jul 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Satoshi Sanada of Kariya, Japan, has developed a fluid control apparatus in which a fluid passage is opened and closed by a solenoid valve. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a fluid control apparatus having coil-supporting protruding ...
California Inventors Develop Prepaid Communication System
Jul 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Varsha Clare of Pleasanton, Calif., Brian G. Green of Tracy, Calif., and Deo B. Favorito of San Ramon, Calif., have developed a method of and a system for processing prepaid wireless data communications. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ...
Dutch Inventor Develops Optical Scanning Device
Jul 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Bernardus Hendrikus Wilhelmus Hendriks of Eindhoven, Netherlands, has developed a scanning device that includes plastic high-numerical aperture (NA) objective. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical scanning device for scanning an ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Wide Angle Lens System, Camera
Jul 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Taro Kushida and Nobumasa Kambayashi, both of Nagano, Japan, have developed a wide angle lens system and a camera that are provided with the wide angle lens system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a wide angle lens system ...
Ohio Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Soap Dish
Jul 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Philip C. Dretzka of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, has developed an ornamental design for a soap dish, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D545,100 on June 26. The patent has been assigned to InterDesign ...
Texas Inventors Develop Medical Device Portion Coating Method
Jul 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Mohammad D. Mansouri and Rabih O. Darouiche, both of Houston, have developed a method of coating at least a portion of a medical device with a therapeutic agent. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The incorporation of one or more therapeutic ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Single Phase Induction Motor
Jul 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Seung-Do Han and Hyoun-Jeong Shin, both of Incheon, South Korea, and Jun-Ho Ahn of Seoul, have developed a single phase induction motor that comprises a stator installed in an inner circumferential surface of a motor body. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
British Inventors Develop Test Environment Component Operating Method
Jul 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Daniel J Coley and Andrew M Nightingale, both of Cambridge, Great Britain, and Christopher E Wrigley of Saffron Walden, Great Britain, have developed a method of operating a test component in a test environment to issue a test sequence over a bus to a device under ...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Improved Drug Delivering System
Jul 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Peter K. Jarrett and Ronald S. Rudowsky, both of Sudbury, Mass., Amarpreet S. Sawhney of Lexington, Mass., and Michelle D. Lyman of Chelmsford, Mass., have developed an improved barrier or drug delivery system which is highly adherent to the surface to which it is ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Objective Lens Drive Device
Jul 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Mitoru Yabe and Keiji Nakamura, both of Kyoto, Japan, have developed an objective lens drive device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens holder is so supported that the lens holder is movable along a supporting shaft in parallel to an ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Wall-Mount Colored Martial Art Rank Belts Rack
Jul 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Kuo Chi Chang of Taipei, Taiwan, has developed an ornamental design for a wall-mount colored martial art rank belts rack, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D545,101 on June 26. The original ...
New York Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Paper Roll Dispenser
Jul 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Marla Wolfson of Brookville, N.Y., has developed an ornamental design for a paper roll dispenser, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D545,098 on June 26. The original application was filed on Oct ....
North Carolina Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Magazine Rack
Jul 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Travis Bright of Flat Rock, N.C., has developed an ornamental design for a magazine rack, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D545,102 on June 26. The patent has been assigned to Zenith Products ...
Kentucky Inventor Develops Cell Membrane Alteration Methods
Jul 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Haval Shirwan of Louisville, Ky., has developed a method of modification of cell membranes so as to alter the function of the cells. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and compositions are provided for the persistent modification of ...
Virginia Inventors Develop Prism Device
Jul 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Leroy Braun of Ashburn, Va., and Robert S. Winsor of Round Hill, Va., have developed a prism device and a combined optical and radio frequency beam steering system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A prism device includes: a prism material ...
Wisconsin, Georgia Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Wipes Container
Jul 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Robert Samuel Schlaupitz of New London, Wis., Herb Flores Velazquez of Neenah, Wis., David James Wilks of Appleton, Wis., David N. Woods of Madison, Wis., Scott G. Manke of Sun Prairie, Wis., and Meara Catherine Kelley of Woodstock, Ga., have developed an ornamental ...
German Inventors Develop Portable Subscriber Unit Authenticating Method
Jul 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Dirk Blickberndt of Grevenbroich, Germany, Stephan Schaade of Buchlo, Germany, and Klaus Wille of Munchen, Germany, have developed a method for requesting a subscriber communication to a communication system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Telephoto Lens
Jul 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Takashi Suzuki of Saitama, Japan, has developed a telephoto lens. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A telephoto lens is provided and has three lens groups as a whole. A first lens group includes a first positive lens having a meniscus shape ...
Washington Inventors Develop Tuberculosis Immunotherapy Compound
Jul 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Yasir A. W. Skeiky, Michael J. Lodes and Ronald C. Hendrickson, all from Seattle, Antonio Campos-Neto and Daniel R. Twardzik, both of Bainbridge Island, Wash., Steven G. Reed of Bellevue, Wash., Davin C. Dillon of Redmond, Wash., Raymond Houghton of Bothell, Wash., and ...