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Women of Influence announced

The Business Examiner's 2008 Women of Influence honorees have been selected.

Women in the South Sound are first nominated and then asked to complete an extensive questionnaire about their business and community activities. Some 40 women qualified for consideration this year.

Judges review the materials and select the class of honorees. This year's class includes Dawn Lucien, a WOI alumnae from 2004 who was selected for the Lifetime Achievement award, while Rising Star awards for up-and-coming women business leaders go to Cecelia Loveless, director for Resource Development at Clover Park Technical College and Vicky Mohler for her work with Support America's Armed Forces.

Other honorees are: Cyndi Wikstrom, general manager of Tacoma's Click! Network; Kim Farnes, executive director of Communities in Schools of Orting, Rita Hutcheson fire chief of South East Thurston Fire and EMS; and Jill Kenly, director of Fund Development for Tacoma/Pierce County Habitat for Humanity.

August 2008

Morse donates 50 acres in Pierce

About  50 acres of old-growth forest in Graham has been permanently conserved through  a donation by Lloyd Morse in honor of his late wife, Maxine.

August 2008

Cleanup nears end in Lewis flood zone

After eight months of sustained effort, Washington Department of Ecology and Washington Conservation Corps crews are wrapping up recovery efforts in the areas where flooding devastated Lewis County early last winter.

August 2008

Around the Sound

United Way of Lewis County's Power of the Purse is an opportunity for the women of Lewis County to mingle with other extraordinary women and to draw on diverse women's knowledge, vision and commitment to help transform our community. This year's event will be held at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Gibson House Event Center in downtown Centralia. RSVP by calling United Way at (360) 748-8100.

August 2008

Lewis United Way approves $400,000

United Way of Lewis County's distribution of money to community causes topped $400,000 this year.

August 2008

Fire closes Maple Valley Goodwill store

A fire in the break room at the Maple Valley Goodwill Store in the early morning hours yesterday will close the store for renovations. No injuries were reported.

August 2008

People on the move

The American Heart Association has announced that Scott Seelye, vice president of HHJ Construction in Fife, has volunteered to serve as chair for the 2008 Pierce County Start! Heart Walk set for Saturday, Oct. 4 in downtown Tacoma.  Furthermore, entrepreneurs Carole Holder and Pat Nagle, co-owners of Sound n' Shore Properties, Harmon Brewery & Restaurant, and The Hub, have committed to serve as chairs for the Heart Walk in 2009. The Heart Walk is the biggest community event for the American Heart Association in Pierce County and this year Seelye has committed to providing leadership to increase corporate participation and help the event reach its fundraising goal of $550,000.  HHJ Construction, Inc. is supporting the walk with sponsorship and a company team of employees and their families. Funds raised through the Heart Walk allow the AHA to continue providing medical research grants in the state of Washington, which currently total $5.6 million, and to fund initiatives that protect the health of Pierce County residents from cardiovascular diseases, the leading killer in Washington and in the US. AHA programs include health education, improving quality of care in hospitals, CPR/AED training, cultural health initiatives, and advocacy.

August 2008

State wage growth edged out inflation

Washington workers earned 5 percent more in 2007 than they did in 2006, while inflation grew by only 3.9 percent, according to a new report released by the state Employment Security Department. 

August 2008

Research center named after Russell

The National Bureau of Asian Research hosted a ceremony to break ground on the organization's new headquarters at the University of Washington in Seattle. The building will be named after George F. Russell Jr. in honor of his work as chairman.

August 2008

Goodwill hiring in Lacey

At least 35 jobs need to be filled for a new Goodwill store that will open next month in Lacey.

August 2008
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