Recently added articles from Wenatchee Business Journal:

PA&E: manufacturer sheds reliance on Boeing, revamps approach.

Jun 01, 2008; Bentley, Ryan ... In the mid-1990s, Pacific Aerospace and Electronics was one of the greatest new businesses in the Wenatchee Valley, growing quickly and acquiring businesses from North Central Washington to Europe. By 2002, it was in a downturn and by 2004, many people wondered if the company ...

Russ Lukens insurance moves to North Mission.(THE BUZZ: TIPS, RUMORS AND MISCELLANEOUS PIECES OF BUSINESS INFORMATION)

Jun 01, 2008 ... After 13 years at 800 N. Miller St. in Wenatchee, Russ Lukens Insurance Agency has moved to 412 N. Mission St., Suite B. The former location was sold as part of Russ Luken's estate. The move was effective May l, said agency owner Craig Lukens. He and his wife currently run the ...

Malich relocates QuickSign office to Mission Ave.(THE BUZZ: TIPS, RUMORS AND MISCELLANEOUS PIECES OF BUSINESS INFORMATION)

Jun 01, 2008 ... Doug Malich moved his sign business, A QuickSign Source, from 224 N. Wenatchee Ave., Wenatchee, to the former Still Properties building at 315 N. Mission at the end of May. The owner at the new building is Darlene Hanson. Malich said the main reason for the move is that he ...

Sylvan Learning Center expands to Quincy.(THE BUZZ: TIPS, RUMORS AND MISCELLANEOUS PIECES OF BUSINESS INFORMATION)

Jun 01, 2008 ... Sylvan Learning Center of Wenatchee has opened a satellite learning center to serve customers in Quincy, Ephrata and Moses Lake. The new office at 404 Central Avenue South, is open Tuesdays and Thursdays, and offers tutoring and assistance with reading and study skills. ...

Mountain Meadows seeks funds to add on.(THE BUZZ: TIPS, RUMORS AND MISCELLANEOUS PIECES OF BUSINESS INFORMATION)

Jun 01, 2008 ... Mountain Meadows Assisted Living is working on a $5.25 million expansion plan that would more than double the size of the building at 320 Park Ave., Leavenworth. The plan includes building six retirement cottages and adding 24 units onto the existing building, which has 28 ...

Big events.(THE BUZZ: TIPS, RUMORS AND MISCELLANEOUS PIECES OF BUSINESS INFORMATION)

Jun 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Mayor Kazumasa Taneichi and his wife Teiko Taneichi of Misawa, Japan, tour the almost completed Greater Wenatchee Regional Events Center during their Apple Blossom visit on May 5. The $44,5 million GWREC broke ground in September 2006, and construction ...

Tastebuds expands kitchen and menu to offer pizza.(THE BUZZ: TIPS, RUMORS AND MISCELLANEOUS PIECES OF BUSINESS INFORMATION)

Jun 01, 2008 ... Not to be left out of the recent Wenatchee pizza craze, Alisa Strutzel, owner of Tastebuds Coffee & Wine at 212 5 St. in Wenatchee, said she will offer diners her own pizzas by the end of June. Her company, Strutzel Enterprise, applied for a building permit to extend the ...

Construction begins on WVMC emergency room.(THE BUZZ: TIPS, RUMORS AND MISCELLANEOUS PIECES OF BUSINESS INFORMATION)

Jun 01, 2008 ... Wenatchee Valley Medical is beginning construction of a new emergency room in the parking garage of Wenatchee Valley Hospital, next to the Mares building (main campus) in Wenatchee. According to the building permit, the project is expected to cost $3 million. The ...

New employment law in effect.(THE BUZZ: TIPS, RUMORS AND MISCELLANEOUS PIECES OF BUSINESS INFORMATION)

Jun 01, 2008 ... A new law allows employees who are victims of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking to take a "reasonable" leave from work to seek legal advice, medical attention, counseling, or other social services. Family members of the victim may also take a reasonable leave to assist them ...

A method to the madness: Key Methods formed to oversee admin tasks of three companies.

Jun 01, 2008; Bentley, Ryan ... A group of Wenatchee business owners has formed a new company that will help oversee marketing, accounting and human resources needs of its associated companies as well as help plan for growth, allowing each company to concentrate on day-today business. The new company, Key ...

WSU offers online certificate in organic ag.(THE BUZZ: TIPS, RUMORS AND MISCELLANEOUS PIECES OF BUSINESS INFORMATION)

Jun 01, 2008 ... Washington State University, the first institution in the country to offer an academic major in organic agriculture, is now offering the nation's first online certificate in organic agriculture. "The U.S. organic food industry has grown at a rate of 20 to 30 percent each year ...

Massage school, two spas in new hands.

Jun 01, 2008; Davis, Yvette ... Anne Fawson and Tara Edwards purchased the Wenatchee and Cashmere branches of Therapeutic Touch Massage & Wellness Center from Christine Heimbigner for an undisclosed amount on June 1. Heimbigner retains the Leavenworth spa location. The new owners said the massage businesses will continue ...

Valley Tractor expands rental offerings and eliminates boat sales.

Jun 01, 2008; Bentley, Ryan ... Valley Tractor plans to discontinue selling its Smoker Craft boat line; but it's not because people aren't buying them Bruce Haupt, Valley manager, Said the Smoker will available at Bob Feil Boats & Motors at 2131 Sunset Highway in East Wenatchee. Haupt said said ...

Apples didn't land far from the tree for B&B Fruit Stand.(ALL IN THE FAMILY)

Jun 01, 2008; Davis, Yvette ... Braden Reeves and his sister Brenda Reeves are the two Bs in "B&B" Fruit Stand. They started the business in 1962 at their parents' request. "They basically said, 'Here kids, you are going to do this for the summer'," Braden Reeves remembered with a smile. Being used to working ...

Feil family on deck for next generation.(ALL IN THE FAMILY)

Jun 01, 2008; Davis, Yvette ... Bob Feil inherited his love of boats from his father. He started out as his father's deck man as a teenager, and later raced boats himself. Then, while he worked as a Boeing mechanic during World War II, he learned to build and repair engines from a well-known outboard mechanic in Seattle ....

Rounds carries on uncle's insurance firm.(ALL IN THE FAMILY)

Jun 01, 2008; Davis, Yvette ... Libke Insurance Associates Inc. didn't start Out as a family business but ended up that way. The business began in 1917 as the Irwin-Ferguson Agency, with two stockholders, W.C. Irwin and J.E. Ferguson. In 1920, T.L. Ross became a stockholder, and the name was changed to the ...

'Oh, mom': maintaining office etiquette means thinking twice, kiddo.(ALL IN THE FAMILY)

Jun 01, 2008; Bentley, Ryan ... Making sure to call Dr. Eric Banker "Dr. Banker" or "Doctor" has posed a problem to Barb Banker over the past three years since he began practicing at the chiropractic clinic where she manages the billing and reception. She often fights the urge to call him "honey," "sweetie" ...

Kelly's Hardware: customer service still the ton tool of the trade.(ALL IN THE FAMILY)

Jun 01, 2008; McDaniels, Nevonne ... Pat Kelly has childhood memories of riding in the flatbed truck to the train station for a load of General Electric appliances for Kelly's Hardware in downtown Chelan. This was in the late '60s and early '70s, when shipments were delivered by rail. A few years later, ...

WRAC announces new board of directors.(KEEPING UP WITH PEOPLE)

Jun 01, 2008 ... The Wenatchee Racquet & Athletic Club has announced its new board of directors for the coming year. Bryan Noyd is president; Brian Gundersen, is ...

Allen joins Edward Jones.(KEEPING UP WITH PEOPLE)

Jun 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Alisa Allen has been hired by Edward Jones as the new ...