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PA Chamber presents awards to 3 members Honors go for service PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce met recently to present awards, thank outgoing board members for their service and welcome and formally introduce new members of the board. Chamber awards were presented to: ■ Nathan West, director of Community & Economic Development for the city of Port Angeles. West received the President’s Award for “dedication to the community, optimism regarding overcoming obstacles, a unique ability to form part- West nerships along with being a guru at obtaining grants for important projects.” ■ Harold Norlund, manager of the Nippon Industries USA Paper mill. Norlund was named
Nippon Paper Industries USA Manager Harold Norlund, right, is presented with the Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce Member Extraordinaire award from chamber President Brian Kuh, recently installed for a second term. Member Extraordinaire “for all he has done to enhance the economic base of Port Angeles.” ■ Donna Pacheco,
advertising and promotions coordinator for Lumber Traders Inc. Pacheco received a special award for serving as
the committee chairwoman of the Port Angeles Ambassadors in 2011 and 2012. T h e Pacheco group’s outreach at ribbon-cutting and ground- breaking events helped add new chamber members and increase the visibility of the chamber. Chamber board members said goodbye to outgoing board members Howard Fisher, Edna Petersen and Jim Hallett. A fourth outgoing board member, Port Angeles Farmers Market manager Cynthia Warne, was out of town. New board members were elected last fall and officially seated at this meeting. They are Peninsula College President Luke Robins, Mary Sue French, Alan Barnard and Bri Fowles. Chamber members also welcomed the new Executive Committee of President Brian Kuh, Vice President Todd Ortloff, Treasurer Shenna Straling and past president Dave Neupert.
Facing backlash, AIG opts out of anti-government suit THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Afraid of looking like a world-class ingrate, AIG on Wednesday decided against suing the federal government over the $182 billion bailout that saved the giant insurance company from collapse. American International Group Inc. was put in the awkward position of having to consider joining a lawsuit brought against Uncle Sam by its former CEO, Maurice “Hank” Greenberg. The suit claims that the terms of the taxpayer-funded bailout were too onerous. The government received a huge stake in AIG when it bailed the company out at the height of the 2008 financial crisis. AIG has since paid all the money back and notes that the government made a profit of $22.7 billion. The timing could hardly have been worse for AIG. The company is in the
midst of a “Thank You, America” ad campaign to show its gratitude for being rescued from the brink of collapse. The prospect of the insurer joining the lawsuit had already Greenberg triggered outrage. A congressman from Vermont issued a statement telling AIG: “Don’t even think about it.” Comedian Andy Borowitz likened the insurer to somebody suing a fireman for ripping a designer jacket after rescuing them from a burning building. AIG, which was legally obligated to consider joining the lawsuit, demurred. The company said it would not join Greenberg’s lawsuit and wouldn’t permit Greenberg to pursue his claims in AIG’s name.
AIG’s CEO Bob Benmosche told CNBC in a televised interview that the company would be better off in the long run without the “headwinds” of the lawsuit and should look forward, rather than focusing on the past. “It’s not acceptable socially for AIG to take the money and go back and sue the government,” Benmosche said in the CNBC interview. “A deal is a deal.” AIG insurer nearly imploded after making huge bets on mortgage investments that later went wrong. The company became a symbol for excessive risk on Wall Street and a touchstone of public anger. It was criticized by some members of Congress for spending $440,000 on spa treatments for executives only days after it was bailed out and for the millions of dollars in bonuses it paid to executives.
PDN owner buys Seattle Weekly PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
from Village Voice Media of the SF Weekly by the San Francisco Examiner, a daily newspaper owned primarily by David Black, chairman of Black Press and other Black Press executives. Black Press, which is based in Victoria, is the parent company of Sound Publishing. It operates more than 170 newspapers, most of them weekly newspapers in western Canada, in addition to the Honolulu StarAdvertiser and Akron (Ohio)
Beacon Journal. Sound and Black Press bought the PDN from Horvitz Newspapers, and the Sequim Gazette and Forks Forum from their owner, Sequim businessman Brown Maloney, in October 2011 Village Voice Media still owns 11 other weekly newspapers throughout the country, including the Village Voice in New York. It did not disclose the sale prices of the SF Weekly or Seattle Weekly.
Martial arts studio adds four experts
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PORT ANGELES — White Crane Martial Arts has brought in experts in four new fields to its downtown Port Angeles location. Shadow Dragon martial arts owner John Bartlett recently closed his Eighth Street location and moved to the White Crane gym. Katherine Weiseman is now offering the Feldenkrais method of “awareness through movement.” An early morning “boot camp” designed to change personal habits and promote healthy fitness and weight loss will begin with life coach Mindy Amita Aisling. Jessica Anderson will offer classes in tumbling and balance for toddlers that also teaches parents how to continue that training at home. White Crane’s current kajukenbo instructor, Marcus Tanner, is opening a weekend class in addition to his Thursday evening course. White Crane Martial Arts is at 129 W. First. St. For more information, phone 360-477-4926.
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plaints including relief for back pain, neck pain, headaches, chronic Johnson pain, injury treatment and stress. She trained in a variety of techniques, including deep-tissue massage, trigger point therapy, myofacial release, Swedish massage and cranial sacral therapy. For more information, phone 360-417-6851 or visit www.northwestmassage.com.
SEQUIM — Hair by Debbie Weinheimer has opened at Village Hair Design, 645 W. Washington St. She provides hair services from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Boeing defends jet Tuesdays through Fridays. SEATTLE — Boeing For more information, said it has “extreme confiphone 360-477-1781 or dence” in its 787 Dream360-452-5548. liner even as federal try to deterMassage therapist investigators mine the cause of a fire SEQUIM — Northwest that has prompted new Massage and Holistic worries about the plane. Healing Center has added The fire happened a full-time massage thera- Monday in a lithium ion pist and partnered with battery. Mike Sinnett, Sequim Gym to expand Boeing’s chief engineer for its services. 787, said Wednesday that Heidi Johnson, a Port the area around the batTownsend native and tery is designed to withgraduate of the Port stand a fire. Townsend School of Massage, will offer massage services at the gym at 145 Gold and silver Gold futures for FebE. Washington St. ruary delivery was down Massage services will be available from 10 a.m. $6.70, or 0.4 percent, to settle at $1,655.50 an to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. Weekend ounce on Wednesday. Silver for March and evening appointdelivery fell 22 cents, or ments also are available. Johnson has more than 0.7 percent, to end at 10 years of massage expe- $30.25 an ounce. Peninsula Daily News rience, providing treatment for a variety of com- and The Associated Press
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SEATTLE — Seattle Weekly has been sold to the community newspaper company that owns the Peninsula Daily News. Sound Publishing Inc. announced Wednesday that it had bought the free weekly newspaper from Village Voice Media Holdings. Seattle Weekly was founded in 1976 and focuses on the Seattle area’s region’s politics, culture, arts, night life and dining. Seattle Weekly says it has 409,000 monthly print readers and thousands of online users.
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