Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business -- August 2018 by Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business/Senior Times

August 2018

Volume 17 • Issue 8

Foreign investor plan offers developer capital, path to U.S. BY JENNIFER L. DREY

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Diversity

Pasco documents historic African American properties Page 13

Nonprofits

How will state’s new campaign finance laws affect nonprofits? Page 27

Real Estate & Construction

Goose Ridge winery expands bottling lines Page 49

She Said It “Dozens of studies have shown that diversity is just good business – it increases creativity, innovation and better problemsolving.” - Lisa O. Armstrong Bechtel National Page 19

A program linking foreign investors with cash-seeking U.S. developers has contributed millions of dollars of financing to Eastern Washington projects — including ones in Richland and Walla Walla — and created jobs throughout the state at venues including hotels, wineries and resorts. And for the investors, it has created a pathway to permanent residency in the United States. The Immigrant Investor Program, or EB-5 program as it is commonly known, provides permanent visas to foreigners who invest in a new commercial enterprise in the United States that creates at least 10 permanent full-time jobs for U.S. workers, according to U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services, or USCIS, which oversees the program. Spouses and unmarried children also receive the visa benefits under the program. For U.S. developers, EB-5 provides a new source of capital. The minimum investment is $1 million, though that number is dropped to $500,000 in underserved geographic areas where the unemployment rate is 150 percent of the national average rate or higher. For rural areas and other areas of high unemployment, that means jobs. In 2017, the U.S. Department of Commerce estimated there were jobs created for each immigrant investor using the program. “When these projects get going and are done right, they create a lot of jobs in our state,” said Robert Haglund, research analyst with the state Employment Security Department. The majority of EB-5 investments are facilitated by USCIS-approved regional centers, which are public or private entities that sponsor capital investment projects available to EB-5 investors. There are currently 908 approved regional centers in the United States, 67 of which are in Washington state. A regional center can facilitate projects anywhere in the country, not just its home state. uINVESTOR, Page 47

Higher prices for lumber, aluminum and concrete are among the materials contributing to the increased cost of new construction across the Tri-Cities.

Materials, fees pushing up cost of Tri-City homes

BY ROBIN WOJTANIK

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The rising price of building materials and other costs continues to drive up the price of new homes being built in the Tri-Cities, pushing sale prices up as much as 20 percent in some cases. “I’m building the same home right now that I finished on a different lot two years ago and the same home costs $15,000 more to build,” said Kyle LaPierre, owner of LaPierre Enterprises. He says the lumber and truss packages cost him significantly more than they once did because of taxes levied on Canadian lumber. The National Association of Home Builders reports that framing lumber and the cost of installing it amounts to about 18 percent of a home’s selling price. “Everything gets passed on to the consumer,” LaPierre said. Cutting labor costs

isn’t as simple since that’s where builders find profit margins, and builders aren’t forced to eat the cost of higher materials while the local housing market is still hot. Costs are also rising locally due to a shortage of available lots. Jeff Losey, executive director of the Home Builders Association of Tri-Cities, said there’s been a slowdown on platting subdivisions, a government process that allows lots to become available to builders and developers. This can leave consumers with fewer options for builder choices since most available lots are already owned. Buyers may be limited to build exclusively with the company that currently owns the lot. “If you want a custom home and don’t have the land already, it’s going to be tough,” Losey said. The increased demand has driven up the cost of lots just in the past 10 years. uCONSTRUCTION, Page 4

RCCH names new Trios CEO, financial officer in wake of sale BY TRI-CITIES AREA JOURNAL OF BUSINESS STAFF

Two experienced hospital executives have been named to head up the new Trios Health leadership team. The changes come on the heels of the Trios Heath sale to RCCH HealthCare Partners of Tennessee on Aug. 4. The hospital is now operated as a joint venture between RCCH HealthCare Partners and UW Medicine, called RCCHUW Medicine Healthcare Holdings LLC. This means RCCH now operates and manages Trios Southridge Hospital, Trios Women’s & Children’s Hospital and Trios Medical Group, with UW Medicine providing clinical and quality expertise. The

change, effective Aug. 3, affects about 1,100 providers, clinicians, support staff and volunteers. The Kennewick Public Hospital District will retain oversight of Trios Adult Day Services. The hospital district, which will no longer have operational responsibilities for Trios Health, will continue but with a revamped community health mission, including community health outreach and programs, according to Trios officials. John Solheim, who has 35 years of hospital leadership experience, will be the new chief executive officer at Trios. Jason Hotchkiss will be moving from a sister RCCH facility to serve as Trios’ chief financial officer. uTRIOS, Page 26

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RV industry picks up speed as customers look to slow down BY JESSICA HOEFER

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Employees at Prosser’s Wine Country RV Park knew 2018 would be a good year before camping season took off. Each March, the 10-acre park, which includes 125 RV sites and nine tent sites, hosts a spring opener to get people out on the road earlier in the season. Park Manager Louann Rockney said spots at their 330 Merlot Drive location filled up fast those first few weeks—and business hasn’t slowed since. “I definitely knew when the spring opener came along that it would be busy,” she said, adding that the RV shows she attends also were fuller than expected. “For how many people came to the booths, we knew it was going to be a busy year.” On average, Rockney said the park stays 75 percent to 80 percent full, and that number climbs even higher during event weekends. It’s a welcome change from just a decade ago when it was much quieter on the lot. “Families are interested in traveling again,” she said. “They’re able to more now because of the economy.” Back in 2008, that wasn’t the case, and the RV industry took a hit. When discretionary spending slowed, Broadmoor RV’s John Ramsey scaled back on luxury RV inventory at the Pasco facility to weather the financial storm. “He had the foresight to say, ‘We have to stay the status quo for a few years, and we saw a lot of other businesses—a lot of RV businesses—shut their doors,” said Debbie Hughes, Broadmoor RV administrative assistant. Hughes said 11 years ago, if the company sold 30 RVs a month it was a banner month. “If we sold over 45, we’d have a party,” she said with a laugh, adding that the company had 30 to 40 employees back then. Today, there are more than 100 staff members at Broadmoor RV and they sell an average of 200 units per month. “In June, we sold 226. It’s going to be a great year,” she said. “People are looking for a way to unplug, and RVing is a way to go someplace and only deal with outside as much as you want.” As RV sales started to pick up a few

Camping World acquires Pasco’s Russ Dean RV BY TRI-CITIES AREA JOURNAL OF BUSINESS STAFF

Wine Country RV Park manager Louann Rockney said their 10-acre park in Prosser has been busy since the season kicked off in March as more people are traveling and camping again.

years ago, Broadmoor RV added Jayco Inc., to their line—a company that specializes in manufacturing luxury RVs and campers. Customers can buy RVs with amenities that include a king-size bed, multiple bathrooms and even a fireplace. “We also have a toy hauler on our lot that sleeps 12,” said Hughes, adding that there’s a product for every family size and need. “For the men, it’s the weight and haul-ability they’re looking at. For women, it’s, ‘Where are my kids going to sleep.’ ” For Brian and Beth Ace of Kennewick, who spent about a year evaluating their purchase, fridge and seating space were the most important items on their musthave list. “We hope to spend our time outdoors and are really looking for a home base for cooking, sleeping for the adults, and a spot to have our babies where crying is not disturbing those around us,” Brian said. The couple decided to buy a gently used 2006 Mallard Travel Trailer for $7,000 and took their first trip to Idaho in mid-July. “Now that we have the trailer, we have to squeeze a few more weekend trips in to locations closer,” he said. “We are hopeful this travel trailer will provide memories for years to come.” “Families are really understanding how fast time goes by,” Hughes noted. “People say, ‘If I’m going to spend $5,000 to take my kids to Disneyland, why not spend that money and take my kids on adventures for several weekends?’ ”

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Keith Bennett of Blue Dog RV—which has 11 locations throughout the Northwest, including Pasco and Kennewick—said RVs offer people a way to save on hotels, plane fares and other costs associated with vacationing. But he’s quick to note customers aren’t just looking at RVs as a means to travel. “Many people are selling their homes and living in RVs now. The Tri-Cities has a large population of people who travel for work and an RV helps them be mobile,” Bennett said. “The RV lifestyle is a lot of things: camping, tailgating, traveling south as a snow bird to chase the sun and avoid the winter. (There’s also) family sports trips, dog shows and so much more.” Blue Dog RV has a handful of locations throughout the Northwest, including Pasco and Kennewick. Bennett expects the new few years will see continued growth in the industry with new dealerships springing up. In fact, this summer alone, Big Dog RV added two new locations. uRV, Page 8

Camping World Holdings Inc., the nation’s largest network of RV-centric retail locations, recently signed an agreement to buy Russ Dean RV in Pasco. “Over the past 40 years, Russ Dean RV has established itself as a successful and well-known RV dealership in the state of Washington,” said Marcus Lemonis, chairman and CEO of Camping World Holdings, in a statement. Terms of the acquisition agreement, which was finalized last month, were not disclosed. Camping World, an outdoor and camping retailer, announced in June the planned expansion of its RV sales locations by more than 30 percent through the launch of Gander RV Sales, new store openings and continued acquisitions. The acquisition of Russ Dean RV is in line with the company’s future growth plans, Camping World said. Camping World operates three Washington locations in Burlington, Spokane and Fife, with services ranging from RV sales, service and retail accessories. With the acquisition of Russ Dean RV, the company will increase its Washington presence to four stores. uCAMPING WORLD, Page 12

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A LOOK BACK August 2003

Carl Adrian was named the Tri-City Development Council’s president. He offically started the position Sept. 1, 2003 and is still the president and CEO of TRIDEC today. The Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business, a publication of TriComp Inc., is published monthly and delivered at no charge to identifiable businesses in Pasco, Richland, West Richland, Kennewick, Prosser and Benton City. Subscriptions are $27.10 per year, including tax, prepayment required, no refunds. Contents of this publication are the sole property of TriComp Inc. and can not be reproduced in any form without expressed written consent. Opinions expressed by contributors and advertisers do not necessarily reflect the opinions of staff, other contributors or other advertisers, nor do they imply endorsement by staff, contributors or advertisers. Every effort will be made to assure information published is correct; however, we are not liable for any errors or omissions made despite these efforts.

CONSTRUCTION, From page 1 Losey said a typical developed lot of about 7,500 square feet to 10,000 square feet costs between $25,000 to $35,000 a decade ago. Similar lots today cost between $70,000 and $90,000 and the price gets factored into the total cost of the price of a home. “Within the last few years, it used to be, ‘What can you build for $150 a square foot?’ Now, it’s not uncommon for a build to be $200 a square foot, with one of the biggest contributors locally being the cost of land,” LaPierre said. That total cost for a new home is higher, in part, because of a White House decision to place import taxes on softwood lumber from Canada, including spruce, fir and pine. Tariffs of nearly 21 percent took effect in late 2017 with the intention of boosting the American lumber market. But Losey said it’s not as simple as flipping a switch from Canadian lumber to American lumber. “Having a lot of the mills closed during prior administrations, for them to catch up to demand now just isn’t easy to do,” he said. The National Association of Home Builders blames the new lumber import taxes alone for a nationwide home price increase of nearly seven percent, or an average of $1,360. Losey contends that it’s not just the cost of lumber, but the increasing price of

products like aluminum and steel. “As they affect the entire market, it’s still going to trickle down to the homebuilding industry,” he said. Even something as simple as aluminum tie-down straps can cost more. Not to mention the steady increase of fuel for companies traveling to job sites. Dan Vargo, owner of Vargo Construction, said all the back and forth driving to pick up materials or plan for a job can erode his profit margins. “I can be a thousand dollars into a job before I even start,” he said. The price of oriented strand board has also risen 30 percent in the past year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This plywood alternative is used in most new homes today since it is typically cheaper and stronger than traditional plywood. “As much as home costs are going up as far as the cost of supplies, in our TriCities region it hasn’t slowed the growth of new homes being built,” Losey said. “It just costs the consumer more to purchase a house today than it did a year or two years ago. And that cost inflation factor is rising faster than it did in years prior.” It also costs current homeowners more to remodel a home, with projects that aren’t always dependent on lumber. Vargo cited the rising costs of steel and concrete as impacting his business. “I get a letter from American Rock (Products) every six months telling me

the price of concrete is going up,” he said. He used to pay $70 a yard for concrete and now it’s up to $118 a yard. “Put it on top of the cost of everything else. You can’t reduce the price of labor or you don’t make anything, but you might have to reduce it in order to remain competitive,” Vargo said. “For most people, their paycheck isn’t negotiable, but for construction labor ours certainly seems to be.” Labor and materials aren’t the only factors driving the cost of homes in the TriCities, as the permits for new homes have been subject to impact fees designed to offset the effects of people living in those new homes, including added traffic on roads and students in schools from all the people. A $4,700 fee is added to the cost of every new home permit in Pasco, and Kennewick recently began a traffic impact fee for homes built within its city limits. The cost varies depending on the location of the home, with the highest fees being in Southridge, adding $1,311 to the price of a home permit. Richland is expected to levy its own traffic impact fee soon, which could range from $854 to $2,229, depending on the area of town. Homes built in the Badger Mountain south area, near Dallas Road and Interstate 82, could be subject to the highest fees. The increasing costs have continued to make the Tri-City housing market beneficial for sellers versus buyers. The local market has averaged 500 available homes for sale in recent months, while typical market availability has been about 1,200 homes listed at any one time. “We still can’t move the needle as far as homes on the market,” Losey said. For those looking to leave the Tri-City area, they can benefit from the sellers’ market, but for those who might sell and stay local, they’ll have to buy back into the market at a higher rate than found previously. Local builders are still cranking out 2,000 to 2,200 new homes in a single year. “Homes are being sold almost as quickly as they’re being built,” Losey said. Homes can’t be built much faster than they currently are, due to the limited number of qualified workers available. “Our Achilles’ heel for the construction industry is skilled labor. There isn’t enough skilled trade labor coming into the market to help offset our aging construction work force,” Losey said. “If there’s an opportunity to build more homes, there isn’t enough workers. Keeping up with the demand is not very possible right now due to the shortage in labor.” Locally, industry groups like Losey’s are working with Tri-Tech Skills Center in Kennewick and Pasco High School to introduce high school students to the building industry to drum up interest in future construction careers. On the national level, “we would advocate for temporary visas for workers to be able to come in, and get back out, all doing it the right way. That could provide some needed relief on labor,” Losey said. “We’re years away from the construction work force getting anywhere near back to normal. It could get worse before it gets better.”

Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business • August 2018 uBUSINESS BRIEFS Richland cited among best places to retire

The city of Richland would be a great place to retire, according to an August story in Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine. The magazine highlighted nine cities with moderate living costs, first-class health care and plenty to see and do. Kiplinger’s touted Richland’s 300 days of sunshine, burgeoning wine industry, variety of outdoor recreation — including walks along the Columbia River and a private yacht club, shopping at the farmers market, local entertainment on the John Dam Plaza stage and a median home price of $310,000. It also called the Tri-City region a “health care hub” for Eastern Washington with three large hospital systems: Kadlec in Richland, Trios Health in Kennewick and Lourdes Health in Pasco. Other cities cited as good places for retirees include Mesa, Arizona; Portland, Maine; Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Williamsburg, Virginia; Lexington, Kentucky; Columbia, South Carolina; Johnson City, Tennessee; and Venice, Florida.

Fall apple harvest forecast to reach 131 million boxes

The 2018 forecast is for a fresh pack crop of 131 million standard 40-pound boxes of fresh apples. This is down two percent from 2017’s 134 million box crop.

That’s according to the Washington State Tree Fruit Association, which recently released its forecast. “The 2018 Washington state apple crop looks to be slightly smaller than last year’s crop but will still deliver an abundant supply of delicious apples for consumers to enjoy this year,” said Jon DeVaney, association president, in a release. “Harvest has started for some early varieties, and growers anticipate a crop of excellent quality fruit. Members also report improved sizing over 2017.” Consumers will have many varieties of Washington apples to choose from. Gala is projected to be the top variety this year at 24 percent of production, with Red Delicious at a projected 22 percent. These varieties are followed by Fuji at 14 percent of total production and Granny Smith at 13 percent. Honeycrisp is forecast to come in at 11 percent of the total crop and Cripps Pink at 5 percent. Organic apple production continues to increase, and is forecast to be 14 percent of the total, or 18.9 million boxes, although it should be noted that typically not all organic production is ultimately packed and marketed as organic. This forecast is based on a survey of association members, and represents a best estimate of the total volume of apples that will eventually be packed and sold on the fresh market, excluding product sent to processor. Apple harvest typically begins in August and continues into November, and as a result the forecast is still subject to several months of variable weather,

which can affect the final harvest total.

Developer announces plans for Osprey Pointe project

A development company has six months to come up with a plan to turn 52 acres of Pasco riverfront into a mixed commercial and residential development. Mitch Gilbert of Eaty Gourmet LLC has signed an exclusive letter of intent with the Port of Pasco for the development along the south side of East Ainsworth Avenue, called Osprey Pointe. “It’s a multifaceted agreement that took a lot of effort by both parties to shape,” Gilbert said in a news release. “Together we are committed to expanding the community’s economy and adding to its vitality.” Gilbert’s company plans to focus on the master development plan, strategic partnerships, and securing financing for the project that will include a market hall, boutique hotel, indoor-outdoor event space and a mix of commercial and residential housing, according to a port news release. “The port commission has always believed that Osprey Pointe is a special place to create investment and opportunity in Pasco. The Eaty Gourmet group gets that. The vision they presented will accelerate revitalization and create national interest and prestige. This project can be transformational for Pasco and the Tri-Cities,” said Jean Ryckman, port commission president, in a statement.

The agreement between Gilbert and the port allows for six months to create a plan to address the project’s amenities, schedule and financing.

Franklin PUD nixes new high-density load requests

Franklin PUD placed a moratorium on new high-density load applications related to virtual or cryptocurrency mining. The ban gives staff time to review possible impacts on utility operations and providing future services to those needing high-density loads. High-density loads have impacts on electrical systems that are different from typical residential and commercial customers, so the PUD wishes to ensure distribution facilities are adequate to alleviate potential safety and reliability risk.

Swift Corridor project receives $500,000

The Board of Benton County Commissioners recently approved a $500,000 disbursement agreement with the city of Richland for the first phase of its Swift Corridor project. The money from the Rural County Capital Fund will be used to renovate and revitalize the Swift Boulevard corridor between Jadwin Avenue and Stevens Drive as part of the city’s city hall construction project. The capital fund, established through a state sales tax rebate, allows Benton County and its municipal partners the chance to access locally-sourced capital.

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Manhattan Project National Historical Park launches new joint-tourism initiative BY LAURA KOSTAD

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Visit Tri-Cities recently unveiled a new website to promote the national park in our backyard. The new, independent website for the Manhattan Project National Historical Park will provide more educational resources and tour information to the public, as well as unify and jointly promote the park’s three distinct segments as part of a new initiative to increase tourism traffic to the park. The site was created in partnership with Explore Oak Ridge and the Los Alamos Commerce & Development Corp. B Reactor and the former town sites of Hanford, White Bluffs and other settlements make up the park. Established in 2015, the Manhattan Project park is comprised of sites at Hanford, Los Alamos, New Mexico, and Oak Ridge, Tennessee, that were involved in the production of the two nuclear warheads dropped on Japan to end World War II. Unlike a typical national park — designated areas recognized for their natural beauty or grandeur, like Mount Rainier — national historical parks preserve pivotal moments in human history and identify historic components and artifacts across a wide area without concrete boundaries, said Michael Novakovich, president of Visit Tri-Cities. Fragments of the local site’s history are spread across Tri-Cities and the surrounding region, creating unique opportunities

for tourism and historical preservation alike. “The hope is to enrich people’s lives through the knowledge of our history, as well as to bring people to each one of our communities, providing economic impact,” said Novakovich, who announced the new tourism initiative July 16 at the Hanford unit’s interim visitor center at 2000 Logston Blvd. in Richland. “We want more businesses to come into the community,” he said, adding that he hopes encouraging greater interest in the Manhattan Project National Historical Park will create new opportunities for the region to leverage increased tourism traffic and, ultimately, stimulate the Tri-City economy. He said more visitor traffic equates to more hotel rooms booked and other services used during guests’ stays, which translates to more money for community projects and a lower tax burden for residents. Visit Tri-Cities and the other sites’ tourism organizations have been working together with a Washington, D.C.-based destination marketing firm, Tombras Group, to develop their strategy. In addition, several local partners dedicated to telling Hanford’s story also have been working to attract more visitors. In honor of the yearlong celebration of Hanford’s 75th anniversary, several partners attended the initiative’s launch to report on the events they’ve organized to provide more ways for Tri-Citians and visitors to the area to experience the Manhattan Project parks. One major collaborative project is

Michael Novakovich, Visit Tri-Cities president, announces the launch of a joint-tourism endeavor in collaboration with the economic development agencies of the other two Manhattan Project National Historical Park sites in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and Los Alamos, New Mexico. The first phase of the new initiative was the creation of an independent website promoting the three sites as one entity: manhattanprojectnationalpark.com.

spearheaded by the Tri-Cities African American Community Cultural and Education Society, or AACCES, which is working closely with the National Park Service, city of Pasco and Hanford History Project to document African American migration, segregation and civil rights history. On one front, AACCES is working with the Hanford History Project using money and support provided by the parks system and Department of Energy to conduct interviews with African Americans who worked at Hanford or lived in Tri-Cities from 1943-70. Their stories will add new perspectives to the Hanford History Project’s collection of more than 200 personal oral histories from the World War II

era. So far, about 30 interviews have been conducted, and project organizers continue to seek out voices to share their stories. They hope to publish the interviews online early next year. AACCES also has been working closely with the city of Pasco to identify structures and sites in east and central Pasco significant to African Americans. (See related story on page 13.) The goal of the collaborative effort is to create a virtual tour based on the inventory of structures and sites identified, as well as produce a historical context document to support two nominations to the National Register of Historic Places. uMANHATTAN, Page 8

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Irrigators hail court decision on water rights transfer

The Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association is trumpeting a BentonFranklin Superior Court action to reverse a decision by the state Department of Ecology Water Resources Program to deny a water right transfer proposed by Loyal Pig LLC. Loyal Pig is part of a water right change/transfer affecting high-value irrigated wine grape production along the Columbia River in the Horse Heaven Hills area. The court’s reversal order reinstates the water right transfer previously approved by the Franklin County Water Conservancy Board and prevents Ecology from usurping water law provi-

sions protecting the water right from relinquishment, the association said in a news release. Joining Loyal Pig in defending the water right, the Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association emphasized that perhaps the most important piece of the state water code, the five-year period for relinquishment protection, was being corrupted by Ecology. The association argued water rights subjected to either a judicial adjudication or administrative determination receive a five-year “period of grace” for nonuse. During this period, the full consumptive amount of the right is available for transfer. Ecology attempted to stop the water right transfer and invoke relinquishment, but the Superior Court ordered otherwise,

the association said in a news release. State Ecology officials said the Aug. 2 court order is only a portion of the final decision. The department is waiting to receive the complete decision to evaluate it wholly before deciding if an appeal is appropriate. “Our position in the case is that we didn’t have the correct information to approve the water right transfer that the Franklin County Water Conservancy Board previously approved,” said Brook Beeler, Ecology spokesperson. The irrigators group is pressing forward with a second phase of the Loyal Pig litigation that would block any further attempts by the state to pursue relinquishment actions under similar types of water right transfers, effectively invoking “illegal administrative rule making.”

MANHATTAN, From page 6 “Through the experience of our history at the national park, we’ve identified the opportunity to recognize the need for peace and inclusion and diversity, and this national park provides us a great platform to have those deep and rich conversations so that we can build a better community and a better world,” Novakovich said. The Hanford History Project organizers also are in the process of writing and publishing a series of four books on preHanford history, the first of which is soon to be released. Ride the Reactor is happening again this year on Sept. 22. It’s a 20-mile bike ride out around the B Reactor site, which includes a tour of the reactor and a catered lunch for participants 18 and older. The registration fee is $40 with all proceeds benefiting the Hanford unit’s education program. The program’s goal is to provide age-appropriate programming, materials and opportunities for youth to learn about the Manhattan Project, said Becky Burghart, NPS Hanford site manager. The Reach museum also continues to develop tour opportunities that combine experiences such as river boat tours with a museum component, as well as visits to the museum followed by a trip to B Reactor. Reg Unterseher, associate conductor of the Mid-Columbia Mastersingers, announced that his performers will be holding another B Reactor Concert Series the weekend of Sept. 28-30. The B Reactor Museum Association continues to recruit new members and support the projects of other park partners. They are working to expand their souvenir product line for sale at the Hanford unit interim visitor center. “It really provides for a rich experience as we work with our partners in Los Alamos and Oak Ridge to increase visitation across the nation and hopefully to draw in those international visitors as well so that we can truly recognize what happened to change the landscape of the world back then and change and create what we live in today. It’s an exciting endeavor,” Novakovich said. Manhattan Project National Historical Park’s Hanford unit: nps.gov/mapr/ hanford.htm. Hanford’s 75th anniversary celebration: hanford75th.com. Manhattan Project National Historical Park: manhattanprojectnationalpark.com.

RV, From page 3 “It’s been a great year. We started two new stores—one is Redding (California) and one in Fife, Washington. Both of these locations started in 2018 and have parts and service facilities as well,” said Bennett, who encourages people considering an RV, camper or travel trailer to dive into their dream. “Jump in. The water is fine. The Northwest has some of the most amazing campgrounds, beaches and mountain landscapes in the United States—so get out and enjoy your weekends, and do it in an RV,” he said.

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Tri-City health food stores make switch to Highlands Organic Market BY LAURA KOSTAD

for Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business

A new name recently appeared above the doors of two long-standing Tri-City health food stores, Highland Health Foods in Kennewick and Richland Health Foods. But longtime customers needn’t worry. Highlands Organic Market will continue to feature the same items. Owner Nathan Lull said it was time to unify both stores under the shared name. He explained that “health foods” has become an antiquated term in a market with buzz words like “health food” and “natural.” Lull said he originally wanted to include “natural market” while brainstorming new store names, but it’s “used by too many big box stores. ‘Organic’ is a way to say ‘natural’ in more modern terminology,” he said. However, he did decide to incorporate the tagline “crave natural” into the new branding to help make the connection. Though not 100 percent of the products carried in the Tri-City stores are organic, Lull said he is constantly working to improve selection and strives to keep “artificial flavors, artificial colors, high fructose corn syrup and other things not noted to be healthy” off the shelves. He said his stores also provide a “safe place” and family-friendly environment for customers to shop, especially those who have addictions since Highlands Organic Market doesn’t carry alcohol, tobacco, gambling products, gossip magazines or other similar publications.

“(The new name) is a calling to where we want to be,” said Lull. “We have a lot of growth potential and I intend to keep pushing toward that.” Since 1963, the Lull family has provided Tri-Citians with a variety of food, supplements, personal care items, reference materials and home goods to support a healthy lifestyle. Lull said his grandparents, Gene and Nelita Lull, opened their first store, Pasco Health Foods, in downtown Pasco near Grigg’s, where Sears used to be. “They had some interest in this because one of my aunts had food allergies,” Lull said. Though his grandmother was more skeptical of so-called health foods — a relatively new concept at that time — from her training as a nurse, she also knew diet was integral to health, he said. “Over time, she had customers that treated ailments successfully on their own, and that’s what made her a believer,” Lull said. Later on, the store moved into the space REI now occupies off Highway 395 in Kennewick before settling into its present-day, 5,000-square-foot store at 101 Vista Way. Along the way, Gene and Nelita Lull created a partnership with a Spokanebased health food store, but the cooperative later fell through, leaving the Kennewick store in bankruptcy. Not wanting to lose their store, in 1980 the Lulls founded the roughly 2,500-square-foot Richland Health Foods store separate from Highland Health Foods, using their own, personal funds

Highland Health Foods in Kennewick and Richland Health Foods recently rebranded to a shared name, Highlands Organic Market, after 55 years in business. Owner Nathan Lull took over the family business from his grandparents, who opened their first store in 1963 in Pasco. Lull said he hopes the changes will unify the two stores and better communicate to consumers what they offer.

— hence, the name difference. The investment in the second store at 1769 George Washington paid off, which is why both stores are still open today, employing 16 people. Nathan Lull said his father and aunts all worked in the stores growing up, and he followed in their footsteps when he started working there at age 15. Last year, longtime employee and partner of 50 years, Bob Ballou, sold his share in the company to Nathan Lull and his wife, though Ballou remains involved with the store, lending advice drawn from decades of experience with the company and managing the account books. Customer Tilly Christian of Richland

has been shopping at Highlands since 2011, when she moved to the area from Texas after retiring. She said there were great health foods stores in Houston that she frequented and was happy to find a similar resource in Tri-Cities. “We’re very fortunate to have it here. They do a great job and they have organic. They have a good variety of vitamins and minerals and supplements,” said Christian, who continued that when friends come to visit, she always makes a point of taking them to the store. She said some load their suitcases with things to take home. uHIGHLANDS, Page 12

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Study: Northwest business leaders optimistic but worried about future WSU business college report shows strong talent pipeline remains a concern BY TRI-CITIES AREA JOURNAL OF BUSINESS STAFF

The state’s business leaders feel the region is poised to take advantage of positive factors fueling the strong economic, such as income stability and job growth. That’s according to a recent study from Washington State University’s Carson College of Business. Despite the optimism, many of the surveyed business leaders say they are uncertain about the future growth potential of business in the region. The report said it is clear businesses must consider ways to mitigate factors perceived to be hurting the community, including traffic congestion and job loss due to automation. Of the Washington business leaders surveyed: • 48 percent feel the business climate has been strengthening steadily. • 82 percent feel the business climate in the Northwest is changing in a good way. • 43 percent are worried about the growth potential of business in the Northwest. • 32 percent are worried their company may have to downsize in the next year. The college surveyed 1,000 business leaders in Washington, Oregon, Western

Montana, Idaho, Northern California and Vancouver, B.C., who hold upper management level positions, have decisionmaking or hiring responsibilities at their company and have three years of management experience. “As I looked through the findings from this year’s survey, I was struck by this question: Who is responsible for strengthening our communities, for creating opportunities, for sustaining our environment? I was heartened to see that our business community believes that we are all responsible. We can work collaboratively to solve these issues, and we need to do that. Business, government and nonprofits need to find ways to work together to address these issues—large and small,” said Larry “Chip” Hunter, dean of the Carson College of Business, in the report. While business leaders generally see their company as a positive force, they also recognize their impact has been detrimental in other areas, including job loss to automation, traffic congestion and housing affordability. Despite this, most surveyed said the government should be responsible for providing solutions. In addition to helping solve community issues, government is seen as playing a key role in driving business success. Seventy-five percent of business leaders report federal and state policies

Top 5 Local/State Policy Changes That Would Beneﬁt Companies Most

32% 28% 27% 27% 26%

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have the biggest impact on the success of their company, compared to local and global legislation. When it comes to federal government support, business leaders say reduced corporate taxes would benefit their company most (38 percent), followed by improved student loan programs (30 percent) and increased funding for transportation improvements (29 percent). The report also indicated that businesses have trouble finding and retaining talent. Seventy-two percent of business leaders say their company is in a position to create more jobs, but 60 percent are struggling to find qualified undergraduates from area universities when hiring.

Beyond offering competitive salaries to reduce employee turnover, business leaders show a clear gap between what they think employees need and what their companies currently offer to help retain talent, according to the report. For example, 58 percent of business leaders think employees want a flexible work schedule over a higher salary, but only 28 percent provide flexible or remote work opportunities. Across the Northwest, awareness and appreciation are growing for corporate social responsibility, or CSR, programs, with 57 percent of business leaders reporting their company currently has CSR programs. uSTUDY, Page 23

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HIGHLANDS, From page 9 “Everybody in there is really knowledgeable,” she added. Christian said she loves the rebrand. “It’s very updated. I think Nathan has done wonders in that store. He has rearranged it, reorganized it and has more stuff in there; the energy is good. He’s got something for everybody,” she said. During the past year, Lull said that he and his store managers have purposefully worked to grow the business. Highlands Organic Market has been working with Sergio Manente of True Wind Consulting in West Richland to guide the stores’ leadership and teams to develop a purposeful culture. The team also worked on marketing. Lull said the rebrand took about eight months, with the new signs going up at

the end of May. “Once we got the design done and the licensing, it was just the tweaks between the digital and physical signage,” he said. Though he said the licensing fees themselves were nominal, the cost of the signs — $16,000 total — was the biggest investment, because Lull opted for quality signs intended to see the company through the next couple of decades. Redesigned business cards, new logobranded entry rugs and uniforms also were rolled out. Lull said he plans to introduce branded reusable shopping totes as well. Advertisements on Dial-a-Ride buses and online have announced the brand transition to the community.

“I’m happy with the change. We’ve gotten a lot of positive feedback and I feel it will serve us well into the future,” Lull said. “I also want to give my team credit. We have a good team with low turnover, they are the driving force of our efforts to serve and we are growing better all the time.” Looking to the future, Lull plans to continue to grow the business and hopes to either enlarge or relocate his Richland store, providing more opportunities for growth. Lull said one of his goals for next year is to introduce an e-commerce service which will enable customers to submit orders online for pick-up at one of the stores. As an extension of Highlands Organic Market’s online healthy living resources

and blog, Lull said he hopes to open a conference room and offer educational events at the Kennewick store. “We want to be a source for health and all its different facets. We want to offer more than just food and supplements but be that reference source,” he said. “If I can spread health through education, then that’s the most powerful thing I can do.” Both stores are open six days a week. They are closed Saturdays. Hours are from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday; from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday; and from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Highlands Organic Market: 1769 George Washington Way, Richland; 101 Vista Way in Kennewick; tricitieshealth foods.tflmag.com; Facebook.

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CAMPING WORLD, From page 3 “Our goal with this acquisition is to continue adding quality manufacturers and brands, increase our presence in the market and expand the distribution of our Good Sam portfolio of products and services,” said Brent Moody, chief operating officer of Camping World, in a statement. “We continue to successfully execute our expansion strategy and we believe adding Russ Dean RV to our dealership network will strengthen our position in the Pacific Northwest region.” Headquartered in Lincolnshire, Illinois, Camping World offers an extensive assortment of recreational vehicles for sale, RV and camping gear, RV maintenance and repair, other outdoor and active sports products, and the industry’s broadest and deepest range of services, protection plans, products and resources. Since the company’s founding in 1966, Camping World has grown to more than 145 RV centric locations in 36 states and a comprehensive e-commerce platform.

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Pasco works to identify historic African American sites

Research team wants to preserve community’s rich and diverse history BY ROBIN WOJTANIK

for Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business

The city of Pasco is working quickly to identify historic African American buildings and locations of significance in the community before they’re lost to city growth. “It just seemed like it was prime time, if you will, to capitalize on this opportunity and preserve the history of this community,” said Tanya Bowers, project manager for the historical property survey. She helped write the federal and state grant proposals to document historic properties in the community. Since receiving about $30,000 in grants, the city hired a Portland-based firm with an archeologist, who is narrowing down the list of historic sites to be considered for nomination. The working list includes spots like Morningstar Baptist Church in east Pasco, which was the first African American church in the city. “Morningstar was the center of the community,” said Pastor Albert Wilkins, who

has been a member of the congregation for 65 of his 67 years and is the fifth pastor of the church. “During the whole civil rights movement, the church was where folks met and strategies were formed,” he said. Since then, the makeup of the city and neighborhood has changed. “There was a time when the majority of African Americans in the Tri-Cities lived here (east Pasco). As you look around this neighborhood now, it’s 95 to 97 percent Hispanic. When I grew up, it was 95 to 97 percent African-American,” Wilkins said. The segregation was not by the community’s choice, as ordinances forced African Americans to live primarily in east Pasco. “The community was isolated and wasn’t necessarily welcomed at businesses west of the train tracks,” Bowers said. Wilkins said, “I must have been 6 years old before I saw a white man. We were cut off and isolated here.” These memories and histories are part of what the research team will work to docu-

Pastor Albert Wilkins stands outside Morningstar Baptist Church in east Pasco, a site that may be included on a list of potential nominees as a historic property significant to the African American community.

ment over the remainder of the year by visiting the community and hearing their stories. The effort includes Dana Holschuh, an archeologist with Harris Environmental

Group Inc., or HEG, the Portland natural and cultural resource firm hired by the city to complete the property survey. uHISTORY, Page 18

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New loan program aims to help businesses owned by women, minorities BY LAURA KOSTAD

for Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business

Have an idea for a new business start-up or dreaming of expansion, but having trouble securing the funding to move forward? The Benton-Franklin Council of Governments may be able to help. Last year, the intergovernmental organization launched a new loan program intended to help women- and minorityowned businesses with micro-loans up to $25,000. “More than half of our loans are to women or minorities,” said Fatima Traore, an economic development finance professional and economic development coordinator at BFCOG. Stephanie Seamans, a certified public accountant and BFCOG’s community and economic development manager, said they receive a lot of requests for gap lending. “A lot of small businesses don’t even think they qualify (for loans),” she said, explaining that when a business is in its infancy, banks are sometimes leery of lending until a couple of years of profitability are established, which can make it difficult for entrepreneurs to get a start. Seamans referred to BFCOG’s loan program as an alternative to normal financing. “We help out … until they get bankable,” she said. “It’s an option out there instead of borrowing from family or taking out personal loans.” Kate Feinberg Robins, owner of Find Your Center in Pasco, said it hadn’t occurred to her that the business could get a loan to help with upgrading costs. She and her husband, DeShawn Robins, applied for a micro-loan after meeting Seamans at the Pasco Development Authority’s quarterly downtown merchants meeting. Robins said they hadn’t really considered loans due to the amount of paperwork and time commitment involved when they were busy getting their new dance and martial arts school up and running. “It was nice to work with someone who’s on our side, who wanted us to (be approved) … who wanted to make (the process) as simple as possible,” she said. “It helps us build credit as a business,” Robins added. “If we can get a small loan, it will make it easier later on when we need a bigger one.” The loans are made possible via funding received in 2017 from the Northwest Business Development Association, which provided $50,000 to lend to eligible women and minority entrepreneurs. So far, two local businesses—including Find Your Center—have taken advantage of the program. “Sometimes people need more than this loan program can give, so they then fall into our other (loan programs),” Seamans said. BFCOG also offers larger lending options up to $300,000 through its Regional Revolving Loan Fund and Columbia Regional Economic Development Trust programs, which are open to a wider range of business applicants throughout the Columbia Basin. The primary purpose of all three pro-

grams, according to BFCOG officials, “is to assist businesses in our community to expand and prosper, creating new jobs and diversifying the economy.” “We don’t necessarily look at things as strictly as a bank might. We’re a little more understanding than a bank would be with challenges you may have had with past credit history,” Seamans said. “As long as you’re working on paying your bills — even if it’s a big debt,” added Traore. She explained that some loan applicants have past credit issues related to unavoidable life circumstances that don’t necessarily reflect their present-day ability to commit to a loan. “It’s not only our job … but we really want to help,” Traore said. BFCOG’s micro-loan program offers long-term financing, fixed payments and a competitive interest rate of 6.5 percent. “We also provide a report on credit … so, it helps people establish credit as a business which is helpful for when they go to get a second loan with a bank,” Traore said. Despite many banks’ reluctance to lend to new business borrowers with no history, Traore said local banks often reach out to BFCOG with potential clients and vice versa. “There is no competition,” she said. “We are partners.” Traore went on to explain that cooperation with the local banks “reduces the risk for both parties involved.” Seamans added, “Especially on larger

Kate Feinberg Robins, left, and her husband DeShawn Robins, owners of Find Your Center in Pasco, received a loan to upgrade their new dance and martial arts school. Benton-Franklin Council of Governments’ new loan program aims to help women- and minority-owned businesses with micro-loans up to $25,000. So far, two businesses have successfully applied.

loan programs, we like to have collateral that matches up with what’s being loaned out. Maybe we do 30 percent and (the bank) does 60 percent and the borrower comes in with 10 percent.” “The bank usually wants the borrower to come in with 20 percent,” continued Seamans. “But sometimes they will take less if we come in with (a loan) amount that supports it.” BFCOG also has the support of loan officers and others in the local banking community who contract with the organi-

zation to assist with loan write-ups. “It’s good to have an independent banker’s perspective,” Seamans said. “We’ve been turning loans around very quickly.” Rick Peenstra, one of the founders of Community First Bank in Kennewick, recently retired from his role at the institution and now works for BFCOG as a contract loan officer, conducting applicant interviews, reviewing and analyzing applications, and making recommendations to BFCOG’s loan committee and board. uLOANS, Page 16

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Diversity LOANS, From page 15 “I’ve been really customer service-oriented all my life,” Peenstra said. “Competition can be pretty severe, so you have to do a good job to get your share of the business. It’s been nice to help streamline the program.” Economic community development is the primary objective of BFCOG, said Seamans, who said the 52-year-old organization works closely with Tri-City Development Council, the cities, ports and counties “to make sure they understand opportunities for funding and just generally other economic development strategies and opportunities.” “We like job creation,” Traore said. “And we require it.” She said to be eligible for one of BFCOG’s loans, applicants must commit to a plan to create jobs. “Economic development is tied to job creation,” Traore said. Traore said the application process is straightforward. There is a $30 nonrefundable application fee for the micro-lending program for minorities and women, and $100 for BFCOG’s larger loan programs. “We do an intake and then from that meeting we determine if they can even apply,” Traore said. If deemed a good fit, a checklist is next provided that helps applicants gather the necessary financial information for review by BFCOG’s loan committee. “If approved by the loan committee, the application then goes to the big board of BFCOG,” Traore said. “And if everything is approved, then we start the loan documents and we have a legal group that goes over the loan documents to make sure everything is fine.” In addition to working to get the word out about BFCOG’s loan programs, in looking to the future, Seamans said, “I think we’d like to see other loan programs and funds that go into projects like this to serve the region.” Seamans explained that essentially, BFCOG’s loan programs are a “revolving fund” for the community because “as the money is lent out, it comes back to the fund,” she said. As businesses get up and running and start seeing a return on investment by the patronage of their customers, this cycle helps money invested in local businesses to stay in the community and fuel future projects. BFCOG is always interested in partnering with local agencies and organizations to invest into the revolving loan funds. “Sometimes organizations like PUDs and other public entities have economic development funds … which might be told by their boards to invest into economic development. This is a convenient way to show that they are doing that. We’re just the beneficiaries,” Seamans said. Benton-Franklin Council of Governments: http://bfcog.us; 509-9439185.

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Diversity vibrant in Tri-City population but not so much in economy BY D. PATRICK JONES

for Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business

Diversity comes in many dimensions — gender, sexual preference, racial/ethnic makeup, to name a few. This column takes up one — racial and ethnic diversity — in part because it tells such an interesting story for the two counties. First, let’s state the obvious: Benton and Franklin counties show unique racial and ethnic diversity. And the community continues to become more diverse. The indicator tracking the share of the nonwhite population on the Benton Franklin Trends indicator website makes this quite clear. For 2016, the U.S. Census estimated that about 38 percent of the population consisted of people of color. That share is up from 31 percent a decade ago. As the graph illustrates, this makes the Tri-City area stand out from Washington state, which sported a considerably lower share over the decade. Among Eastern Washington metro areas, only Yakima County shows a higher level of diversity, although Grant County, a non-metro area, has a higher one as well. An implication? If the past decade’s growth rate of the non-white population continues, the two counties will be majority-minority within a dozen years, joining Yakima County. Another implication: local businesses will need to continue to modify their assortment of goods and services to ensure it resonates with local consumers. Of course, there is already a majorityminority part of the area – Franklin County, and, in particular, Pasco. One can see this by “drilling down” in the Trends’ online graph by clicking the buttons for county or city. This outcome has held for a decade, unique to Washington state. To the surprise of few, racial and ethnic diversity is not evenly distributed in the greater Tri-City area. Surprising, however,

might be how wide the gaps are. While Franklin County could point to an estimated share of residents of color of nearly 60 percent in 2016, the similar estimate for Benton County was less than half, at 28 percent. The contrast between the cities is even starker: Pasco’s share of minority residents in the total population was 61 percent, D. Patrick Jones while the same Eastern share in Richland Washington was about 20 University percent. Kennewick’s estimated share lay in the middle. To continue to state the obvious but to put some numbers on it, Latinos are responsible for the high mix. Within the two counties, they make up more than 31 percent of the total population. Racial minorities (African-Americans, AsianAmericans, Hawaii-Pacific Islanders and Native Americans) made up only 4.5 percent of the area population in 2016. People of “two or more races” make up the remainder. How has the business sector incorporated this evolution? One measure is business ownership. The census tracks minority business ownership once every five years, with 2012 representing the most recent count. (The 2017 data will be out in a few months.) Compared to the prior census (2007), business ownership by minorities jumped to 19 percent, up from 15 percent. While that is progress, a substantial gap between minority business ownership and its population obviously still exists. The gap raises the question of why? What are the barriers that might be in the way of business formation and success by businesspeople of color in the area? Are

(Courtesy Benton-Franklin Trends)

there tools, mentors and paths readily known to them to help them succeed? Another key to economic success is the work force. One measure of work force is earnings. How have earnings reflected the demography of workplace? The census provides annual estimates of earnings by race/ethnicity for the two counties. While wages for the work force of color have gone up during the past decade, to what degree have those gains matched stride with the white work force? A ratio of the average earnings of the key

minority to those of the entire work force offers an illustration. In 2013, male Latino workers earned 56 percent of the area average; by 2016, that ratio had climbed to 60 percent. So, we can point to some improvement for Latinos, at least males. For Latinas, the ratio essentially stayed the same. Why do Latinos, on average, earn so much less than their white counterparts? Undoubtedly, the reason lies in the type of jobs typically taken by them. uPOPULATION, Page 20

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HISTORY, From page 13 Holschuh then will document properties with the state and include a statement of their significance. “What we’re mostly looking for is a location’s information potential. What did this building mean to the community and really digging into why it should be preserved at a national level,” Holschuh said. A community meeting, hosted by HEG and facilitated by Bowers in late June, solicited additional suggestions on possible locations with historic significance to the African American community. About 15 people attended. “They were very expressive and excited about the process,” Holschuh said. Bowers said she hopes even more people will join in the effort.

“It’d be wonderful, in the spirit of crowdsourcing, to have people contribute their stories. It’s critical we get this history recorded now since original migrants are no longer with us, so that this history can be recognized and preserved,” she said. Not only are the memories disappearing, but some storefronts, restaurants or vacant lots are no longer around, having been removed during the urban renewal process in the 1980s. Bowers said she feels that the community looks at these decisions not with regret, but with ambivalence for what’s no longer there. But other locations, like Morningstar Baptist, have had a continuous presence in the community to this day. Kurtzman Park is just blocks away

DIVERSITY from Morningstar and also has been named by community members as a location of historical significance. This is why it was chosen as the location to hold the recent meeting with HEG. It wasn’t until the meeting was held at the Kurtzman Park police sub-station that researchers realized the meeting site also had historical significance, having once served as a community center. “The consultant was able to hear people reflect on places that have meaning to them, many of which are not currently standing, some of which still are, and that was really powerful,” Bowers said. “These places matter to us.” Bowers, also a member of the African American Community Cultural and Educational Society or AACCES, believes the stories of African Americans

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aren’t being re-told and could be lost to time. She said 6,000 African Americans were part of the construction work done at Hanford in the early years, yet their contribution was only mentioned twice in Hanford tours offered today. Bowers believes at least 30 stories from African Americans who worked at the site during its construction have recently been captured as part of the Hanford History Project’s documentation of oral histories. The historical preservation process has three phases, beginning with the survey of properties. The survey is expected to take through the end of the year, with a goal of establishing a site’s historical significance. The second phase includes context, which demonstrates how researchers established the historical significance, and then the final phase is nomination of sites that may be included on the historical registry. To be included on the registry, a location must be at least 50 years old and have a moderate to high level of integrity of its original exterior. For buildings and homes, the interior may have been remodeled if the exterior is intact. “We’re mostly interested in context versus architecture,” Holschuh said. Since it covers the past 50 years and the grant process could take up to two years, it’s possible properties dating back to 1970 could be included. The state grant Pasco received covers only the survey portion, while the federal grant covers all three phases. Bowers and Holschuh expect up to 10 sites will be included in the completed formal survey and undergo intensive research, with an expectation that at least two of those properties would be nominated through the federal grant. Researchers also are benefiting from sites that have been previously documented as historical, thanks to work done by students at Washington State University Tri-Cities for the East Pasco Mapping Project. It’s currently a blueprint for a future application that could provide a virtual tour of Pasco to view what happened on a particular site throughout history. “Right now we have the African American story in east Pasco, but in another 20 years, the Latino story is going to be significant, according to this 50-year rule,” Bowers said. “So we have to create a placeholder to realize history is always being created, but we also want to record this before it’s lost.” Besides acknowledging historical significance, the registry could make properties eligible for historical tax credits if they are renovated according to standards set up by the Department of the Interior. Bowers also sees the opportunity for community empowerment and economic development through heritage tourism. The second phase of the grant process is expected to go out for bid in 2019 and will include details on how the historical significance was determined. The research team welcomes more community involvement in this effort. “I’ve learned so much more about the story of this population,” Bowers said.

Diversity Brief background of your business: Founded in 1898, Bechtel is one of the most respected global engineering, construction and project management companies. Bechtel is designing and building the world’s largest radioactive waste treatment plant for the U.S. Department of Energy at the Hanford Site in southeastern Washington state. The Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant, also known as the vit plant, will immobilize some of the chemical and radioactive waste stored in underground tanks using a process called vitrification. Visit hanfordvitplant.com. Number of employees you oversee: 10 How did you land your current role? How long have you been in it? I landed my current role by saying “yes” to opportunities that pushed me out of my comfort zone, asking for and receiving constructive feedback and hard work. I’ve been in my current role almost two years. Why should the Tri-Cities care about workplace diversity? Building an inclusive and diverse culture where employees feel valued, challenged, motivated and treated fairly is the right thing to do. Additionally, dozens of studies have shown that diversity is just good business – it increases creativity, innovation and better problem-solving. One study by Katherine Phillips, a professor at Kellogg School of Management, shows that by even adding one employee from a different background can get peo-

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Project Human Resources Manager Bechtel National, Waste Treatment Plant ple out of their comfort zones and thinking differently about a situation. What is the biggest challenge facing human resource managers today? Identifying, hiring and retaining highly skilled technical professionals. Human resource professionals must be resourceful, timely and experts at marketing their companies to potential employees. What advice would you give someone in a leadership position for the first time? Keep it simple, take time to say thank you and sincerely appreciate your team members for their contributions. It’s as simple as a text message, an email or a Post-it note on their computer. “The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.” — William James. Who are your role models or mentors? I have several role models. The most influential role models were my parents who exhibited and taught me the importance of integrity, resilience, love/kindness, humility and good work ethics.

How do you keep your staff motivated? Show appreciation, be supportive and a good listener — always be open to change and new ideas from team members. How did you decide to pursue the career that you are working in today? I started my career as an environmental chemist. But, I quickly realized that I was not a good fit in the lab environment. By having good mentors who provided excellent career coaching, we figured out that I could use my technical skills, talk and meet new people by becoming an employee concerns investigator. In this role, I came to realize that I cared about helping people solve quality, health and safety concerns. Subsequently, using my investigative skills, I became an employee relations and then a human resources manager. How do you measure success in your workplace? By setting goals and accomplishing them and helping others accomplish their goals.

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What is one characteristic you believe every leader should possess? Empathy — treat others the way you want to be treated. What do you consider your leadership style to be? Collaborative. I recognize the importance of connecting and aligning people to organizational goals by developing cross-functional work relationships. What’s your best time management strategy? Start my day off with prayer and meditation envisioning successfully accomplishing the hardest task on my “to do” list for that day. Starting my day off with gratitude, clarity and focus on how I can help make someone else’s day better is my strategy. uQ&A, Page 20

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Diversity uBUSINESS BRIEFS WSU Tri-Cities seeks cultural learning partners

Washington State University Tri-Cities is looking for community members who want to connect with international students to share cultural customs, develop meaningful relationships and help them feel connected through its Cultural Learning Partners program. Participants complete an interview process, must pass a background check, attend a kick-off event and check in with the student coordinator. Contact Erika Kraus at 509-372-7444 or erika.kraus@wsu.edu for more information or to begin the application process.

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Richland Masonic Lodge is holding a free appreciation barbecue for all first responders from noon to 7 p.m. Sept. 8. The event at 412 Thayer Drive features burgers, hot dogs, chips and pop. POPULATION, From page 17 Over time, it will be insightful to track the earnings ratio, because if it rises, it will largely mean that Latinos have migrated from the current mix to higher paying jobs. (Of course, it also might mean that local agriculture is increasing wages faster than the overall average.) There are many more implications of a rising share of Latinos in the greater TriCities that can’t be covered in this column. The move to a majority-minority population and with it, economy, seems indisputable for now. Consider the latest from the K-12 education system. As of fall 2017, 53 percent of the children in area public schools were kids of color, up from 47 percent a few years before. The success of the greater Tri-Cities adapting to this reality will determine many economic outcomes – productivity, earnings, income, taxes, and, ultimately, quality of life. Patrick Jones is executive director for Eastern Washington University’s Institute for Public Policy & Economic Analysis. Benton-Franklin Trends, the institute’s project, uses local, state and federal data to measure the economic, educational and civic life of Benton and Franklin counties. Q&A, From page 19 How do you balance work and family life? I don’t have to balance because both my professional and family life provide opportunities for me to do what I love — helping, serving and challenging people that I love and care about to meet their goals and discover their life purpose. What do you like to do when you are not at work? Spend time with family and friends, reading books by Joyce Meyer and “shop till I drop.” Best tip to relieve stress? Exercise, practice gratitude and thankfulness daily — there’s always someone worse off than you — be thankful!

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Hispanic Chamber of Commerce poised for ‘that next big step’ Growing membership, community support cited among reasons for group’s success BY LAURA KOSTAD

for Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business

The Tri-Cities Hispanic Chamber of Commerce continues to seek new members as the organization expands its presence throughout the Tri-Cities and becomes involved with more regional and state-level committees that work to serve the needs of the Latino business community. “We’re the largest we’ve been and the strongest we’ve been financially, and I think we’re ready to take that next big step,” said vice president Martín Valadez, who said the chamber has more than 130 members and adds about three to five new members per Martín Valadez month. And that’s not just Latino-owned businesses, emphasized Valadez and chamber President Nikki Torres. All area businesses may join and everyone is welcome at chamber events. The Hispanic chamber was founded more than a decade ago by several business owners and entrepreneurs who were asked by the Tri-City Regional Chamber of Commerce to come together and respond to the needs of the growing Latino community. The organization’s mission states it was “organized for the purpose of advancing the economic, industrial, professional, cultural, agricultural, educational and civic welfare of the Tri-Cities and surrounding communities.” Valadez said the Hispanic chamber works in collaboration with the other local chambers of commerce and civic and intergovernmental organizations in the area to promote cross-cultural understanding. “We also work with non-Latino business owners to help them understand that market and help connect them with those clients and those individuals who they might serve and also connect them business to business,” he said. Though most Hispanic chamber-organized events—including monthly networking meetings—are conducted in English, the organization does provide a series of bilingual small business seminars. Claudia Tapia of SuperMex El Pueblo Market said her boss, Jesus Higareda, has been able to share his successful experience with other small business owners during these seminars. “They (also) bring interesting topics and knowledgeable speakers to their luncheons,” Tapia said. The Pasco grocery store joined the Hispanic chamber four years ago to build its network, gain exposure and to be part of an organization that has the businesses’ best interests at heart.

Tapia said the chamber has supported SuperMex with its new ventures, like Helados La Michoacana, which offers ice creams, freshly made juice and tortas. “We were able to introduce our product at their luncheons to their members. We have been able to connect with different professionals for services. They have done ribbon-cuttings for us as well,” she said. In addition to offering business-related support, the Tri-Cities Hispanic Chamber of Commerce organizes the annual Mariachi and More Festival, a free cultural event. Its board members are involved with the Tri-Cities Legislative Council and annual summit, the Downtown Pasco Authority, as well as Visit Tri-Cities. The organization also partners with Mid-Columbia Libraries to make possible the Tri-Cities Latino Community Network, which holds a quarterly luncheon to share resources with the Latino community. Hector Cruz of Visit Tri-Cities, one of the chamber’s past presidents, remains active with the group and serves on Eastern Washington University’s President’s Advisory Council, where he works to develop strategies for helping Latino students identify pathways for pursuing higher education. The Hispanic chamber also partners

Roxana Romero of Kalliflorico Dance introduces the group during the Tri-Cities Hispanic Chamber of Commerce’s 2018 Una Noche de Éxitos, or A Night of Achievements, gala dinner in April that recognized those who work to make the community a better place to live. Chamber President Nikki Torres is pictured behind the podium and chamber board member Sayuri Peralta is at far left. (Courtesy Tri-Cities Hispanic Chamber of Commerce)

with Columbia Basin College and Washington State University Tri-Cities to hold the Washington Hispanic Higher Education Summit, a full-day forum devoted to business leaders sharing their entrepreneurship stories. “To show students that yes, they can do it too, to keep inspiring them to do more,” Torres said. The chamber is also a part of statewide initiatives, such as Torres’ involvement as a voting member on Governor Inslee’s Childcare Collaborative Task Force,

which meets every two months to address the issue of making child care more affordable and accessible. Most recently, the chamber collaborated on the Latino heritage mural project at the Columbia Gardens urban wine village on Columbia Drive in Kennewick. Members also are involved in the inaugural River Fest, being put on by the Pasco Chamber of Commerce on Sept. 8. The festival’s aim is to highlight the importance of local dams to the region. uCHAMBER, Page 23

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DIVERSITY certification and offering Spanish classes. CHAMBER, From page 21 Valadez said there are a lot of underuti“They really do a great job of supporting the business community,” said Angie lized opportunities for local small business Brotherton, community relations manager owners through the Department of Energy at Gesa Credit Union, which became a and its contractors, but one major barrier to being able to bid on contracts is the member about 10 years ago. “As a credit union, we have a commit- requirement that prospective businesses be ment to promoting economic develop- minority-certified. The chamber is working to develop a ment,” Brotherton said. “Just from a business development perspective, one of the program to help local small business owners obtain this certifigreat benefits of being a member is that it “We want to continue cation. The organization is allows us to connect to help serve the also looking to orgawith other businesses needs of the Latino nize “command and entrepreneurs.” Spanish” classes Brotherton said community, as well intended to help area Gesa also appreciates as the greater professionals who are the Hispanic chamcommunity...” not fully bilingual. ber’s commitment to Each class will provide educational - Martín Valadez, focus on a specific job resources for local vice president of field or occupation, business owners Tri-Cities Hispanic with the goal of preregarding financial Chamber of Commerce paring course particimatters. pants with essential “We want to supvocabulary for that port organizations that encourage that. It aligns with us and field. As the chamber’s membership continit’s better for the overall community when ues to flourish, it also hopes to hire a sec(business owners) know how to make ond paid staff person. sound financial decisions,” she said. Valadez and Torres said new members Brotherton added, “Typically, the Hispanic market has been underserved, so and sponsorships make these efforts posfor us, aligning with the Hispanic Chamber sible. “We’re all volunteers; we only have of Commerce helps us to make sure that we provide quality products and services one paid staff member. We’re very much a that can help the Hispanic community as working board,” Torres said. “We want to continue to help serve the well.” Upcoming initiatives and projects the needs of the Latino community, as well as chamber is working on include educating the greater community, and identify any members about minority-owned business other gaps there may be between business

Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business • August 2018 STUDY, From page 11 Mid-size companies (250 to 999 employees) and large companies (1,000+ employees) are most likely to have such programs (74 percent and 64 percent, respectively), according to the survey. But small businesses are stepping up, too, with one-third of small businesses in the region reporting they have a formal program and most actively support a relevant issue or community organization. The top five actions that business leaders are considering to maintain their reputations are: • No tolerance sexual harassment in the workplace. • Understand and support the values of their customers. • Implement more livable wage owners and professionals, especially gaps that we are uniquely positioned to address,” Valadez said. The Hispanic chamber’s next Spanish language seminar is in October and will focus on using social media to advance business. The chamber’s annual membership dinner is in December, featuring a throwbackto-your-1980s-prom theme. Six different levels of chamber membership are available—general, student, corporate, platinum, gold and silver. Individual entrepreneurs can sign up for $125 per year, nonprofits for $200, businesses with one to 24 employees for $250, those with 25 to 49 for $350, and those

increases. • Promote retraining or new job opportunities for displaced workers due to technological advances. • Implement customer loyalty programs. The survey found that most business leaders view the Northwest as a leader in innovation compared to the rest of the United States, but they don’t necessarily see it as a flagship for technology-based offerings. When given a range of options, more than a third of business leaders felt the “next big things” the Northwest will be known for are marijuana products and merchandise — the most selected response — followed by those who feel the region will be known for being a good place to raise a family. with 50-plus for $450. Members receive the benefit of being marketed by the chamber across multiple platforms, the business political advocacy of the organization within the community and across the region and state, additional networking opportunities, and access to useful resources and information. Students also may join for $25 per year, though they don’t receive the benefits of business-level memberships. Additional membership benefits may be obtained at silver-level or above levels for $600 to $15,000 annually. Tri-Cities Hispanic Chamber of Commerce: tchispanicchamber.com; Facebook. DUST DEVILS BASEBALL… IT WILL BLOW YOU AWAY!

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Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business • August 2018 TRIOS, From page 1 Both men have been at Trios Health during the past few weeks working with Trios leaders and the former interim leaders to help facilitate a smooth transition. “We are very excited to welcome John and Jason to Trios. Both have significant hospital leadership experience and ties to the northwest United States. I know they will both be a great addition to the Trios team. We know that the slight delay in the closing of the transaction has brought its own set of challenges, but we have been so impressed with the flexibility the Trios team has shown during the process,” said RCCH Division John Solheim President Robert Wampler in a news release. Solheim worked at facilities in Minnesota and Montana and has had success growing hospital service lines and recruiting physicians and leading hospitals as they turn around from challenging situations, according to a news release from RCCH. The hospital he led in Minnesota was named one of Becker’s Hospital Review’s “Top 150 Places to Work” in 2014. Solheim also was named to Becker’s Hospital Review’s “50 Top Rural CEOs to Know” in 2015 and 2016. He received his master’s of health administration from the University of Minnesota and his bachelor’s degree in organizational communications and business administration/hospital administration from Concordia College. He is a fellow with the American College of Healthcare Executives and served in a variety of state and regional health care leadership roles. Solheim and his wife Maria have been married 28 years. They have two children ages 25 and 22. They like all outdoor activities including hunting, fishing and biking. Hotchkiss comes to Trios Health from sister RCCH facility Ottumwa Regional Health Center in Ottumwa, Iowa, where he has served as the chief financial officer/chief operating officer since 2013.

uBUSINESS BRIEF KID canals could transfer to local ownership

An act of Congress could transfer the facilities managed and operated by Kennewick Irrigation District to local control. U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Washington, has introduced legislation to authorize the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation transfer. The news was announced at an Aug. 6 news conference. The proposal would cover the area from KID’s head gate and extend 40 miles east. The transfer includes the conveyance of land and project facilities and should be completed no later than two years after the enactment. “Water providers across our region and

Prior to that, he was with the RCCH facilities in Alabama. Earlier in his career, Hotchkiss had leadership roles at hospitals in Idaho. He began his career as a certified public accountant with KPMG in California and Idaho. Hotchkiss received his bachelor’s in business from Eastern Washington University in Cheney. His wife of 23 years, Vernessa, is originally from the Tri-Cities and is a Hanford High School, Ricks College and Eastern Washington University graduate. Jason and Vernessa met and lived in the Tri-Cities before moving to Spokane. They have four children (three daughters, one son) aged 12 to 21. Their family loves the mounJason Hotchkiss tains and outdoor activities such as camping, hunting, fishing, rafting and water skiing. Trios Health is the second hospital to be part of the innovative RCCH-UW Medicine joint venture. The other is Capital Medical Center in Olympia, Washington. Based in Brentwood, Tennessee, RCCH operates 17 regional health systems in 12 states. The Trios Health sale comes less than a year after the hospital district filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection. Its court-approved restructuring plan reduces the company’s pre-bankruptcy debt by about $350 million. The hospital district had more than 3,000 creditors holding about $221 million in claims, according to court documents. These creditors included bondholders, real and personal property lessors and lenders, current or former employees and retirees, political subdivisions or state or federal agencies and others. Trios sold its home health care operations to Columbia River Home Health, a local affiliate of home health, hospice and home care services provider Cornerstone Healthcare Inc., for $1.1 million in July.

across the West face numerous challenges to supply water, including growing demand, aging infrastructure, and changing precipitation patterns,” Newhouse said in a statement. “By transferring title to a local entity like the KID, water suppliers can better manage critical water resources and empower water managers to be as responsive, efficient and innovative as possible in serving the community.” KID released the following statement: “Title transfer allows the district to take ownership of what our customers have paid for. It will greatly benefit our community by allowing local challenges to be addressed locally and enhancing operational efficiencies.” In addition to ensuring that the proper reviews are completed, KID will repay its allocated share of construction costs to the federal government.

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How will state’s new campaign finance laws affect nonprofits? BY ARIELLE DREHER

for Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business

State Democratic Sen. Andy Billig of Spokane finally got his way against “dark money” in the 2018 legislative session. After several years of introducing legislation to strengthen Washington state’s campaign finance laws, lawmakers in Olympia passed the Disclose Act earlier this year with the help of a Democraticcontrolled Senate. The legislation targets nonprofits in the state that donate large amounts of campaign money to candidates or ballot initiative campaigns, as well as Sen. Andy Billig those participating in campaign activities themselves. The new law stipulates that if a nonprofit organization plans to spend $25,000 or more in a calendar year directly on or donate to a campaign, then they must register with the PDC. In addition to registering, nonprofits must disclose their top 10 donors, who give $10,000 or more.

Washington state voters supported campaign finance reform in 1972 when they approved ballot initiatives to require reporting and regulation of campaign finance donations. The law left a loophole, however, that Billig asked lobbyists and consultants how to close. “It was a flaw in our legal system. They (consultants) said, ‘Well it’s easy, I would find a nonprofit that’s sort of on the same topic and I would help them to raise money,’ ” Billig said. In 2012, a ballot initiative that would have required labels on the front of genetically modified foods in the state lost by a 54-48 percent vote margin. The “No on I-522” campaign against the initiative brought in $22 million in donations, The Seattle Times reported. The Grocery Manufacturers Association, the largest donor to the “No” campaign, spent $11 million, and Attorney General Bob Ferguson brought a separate lawsuit against the group. The association was not in violation of Washington state’s campaign finance laws at the time, however, because it was not required to disclose its donors as a 501(c) (6) organization. Ferguson’s lawsuit eventually revealed the donations to GMA included corpora-

Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and North Idaho operates both a 501(c)(3) and a 501(c)(4) organization that will both be affected by changes to Washington state’s campaign finance laws. (Courtesy Amanda Katz)

tions like PepsiCo, which gave $1.6 million and $1 million from Nestle and CocaCola to defeat the initiative. During the election, the sources of these donations were blocked, however, which the Disclose Act will change. “It’s essential that voters be informed,” Billig said. “And when they see an advertisement, it’s important for them to know who’s paying for that ad, so they can

understand the lens in which it’s supported.” The updated Disclose Act creates a new committee, called an “incidental committee,” that will have to register with the Public Disclosure Commission, including nonprofits if they participate in campaigning within certain limits. uLAW, Page 28

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LAW, From page 27 Currently, if a nonprofit donates to a campaign or a political action committee, their donors are not reported. While the new law will increase transparency in campaign donations, some organizations raised free speech concerns about the proposal. Daniel Mead Smith, president at the independent think tank Washington Policy Center, said his organization, as well as the ACLU of Washington state, spoke against the legislation during the session. “It just limits people’s free speech on different policy issues, and the government is now deciding what’s considered political speech and what isn’t,” Smith said. During the 2018 legislative session, Paul Guppy, vice president for research at the policy center, spoke to a Senate committee about his concerns. “Free speech is not a loophole, so when

people get together to support a cause in which they believe, they shouldn’t have to register with the state,” he said in Olympia on Jan. 10. Smith also said his group believes the bill is too broad in how it could impact organizations, especially nonprofits that do advocacy work. Some larger nonprofits have separate 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) organizations to distinguish between political and non-political work, but not all do. Federal IRS rules prohibit 501(c)(3)s from doing any work on political candidate campaigns, but the new Disclose Act would also apply to nonprofit organizations advocating for or against a ballot initiative in a state or a local election. Under the new law, some activities could be considered a “campaign activity,” Smith said, leading to his group’s concerns. The Washington Policy Center also does

Nonprofits not support the donor disclosure part of the legislation. “A lot of donors don’t want their name to appear anywhere, especially not on a government website that can be searched by other people,” Smith said. “So they might not mind listing it in the event program, but a lot of donors don’t like their names listed at all. And then their donation is now listed as a campaign contribution, and that’s not why they’re making the contribution.” Billig said the law would force organizations to be transparent with their donors and in turn with voters. He spoke with nonprofits as he drafted the legislation and said those leaders told him it is difficult to raise money for politics. “They told me … people don’t want their names associated with politics, that’s why we do it this way, and I said, ‘Precisely,

that’s exactly why we need this bill,’ ” Billig said. “They are intentionally trying not to have their names associated with it even though they are providing the money. And then they (organizations) would say, well some of these people don’t even know their money is going to politics, and I said, ‘That’s even a better reason to have the bill,’ ” he continued. “ ‘You know, you’re not even being honest with your people of how you’re raising the money and putting it into politics. This is dark money.’ ” Not all organizations are worried about the new legislation. Paul Dillon, vice president of public affairs at the Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and North Idaho, or PPGWNI, said his organization supports the changes to the Disclose Act because the more transparency for voters, the better. He said the Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and North Idaho Advocates, the group’s 501(c)(4), would be affected by the new rules—not the 501(c) (3) which is the group’s health centers and education services. The advocacy arm of PPGWNI is the part of the group that advocates for policies at the capitol or endorses candidates. Dillon said he does not foresee any problems with donors if their identities are exposed through the new reporting rules. “I think that our donors and supporters absolutely support people knowing who’s influencing our elections and strengthening our democracy,” Dillon said. The Disclose Act does not impact groups doing policy work that analyze or educate the public about legislation, like the Washington Policy Center. If the material advocates for a “yes” or “no” vote, however, such ads would qualify the nonprofit running them as an “incidental committee.” Billig said the ultimate point of the law is to get organizations that plan to do political work to register as a PAC through the state’s campaign finance system. “The goal is that organizations that don’t have a political committee actually form one,” he said. Still, Smith said he is concerned about the impact this could have on donors. “We’re worried that it’s going to, you know, change civic engagement and that people are going to be less interested in voicing opinions and engaging on policy issues,” he said. LoAnn Ayers, CEO and president of United Way of Benton and Franklin Counties, said her group works with hundreds of local 501(c)(3) groups to financially support them as well as provide direct deposits from donors. She said some of their member organizations that do advocacy work will need to learn about the new rules, and United Way’s role will largely be educational. On the whole, however, she does not think the law will impact too many local groups. “I think in this community — and I may be naïve — but it will be the exception to the rule,” she said. The PDC will write the new rules to implement the Disclose Act this fall, and the law goes into effect in January 2019. The new rules will apply to the 2019 elections.

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Family launches T-shirt, custom printing company in Kennewick Snarky Cancer arm of business donates proceeds to various cancer programs BY ARIELLE DREHER

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A gold hand-drawn ladybug hangs in Trishia Shelly-Stephens’ freshly painted new office. It is an ode to her friend D’Ana, whose nickname was “Ladybug,” who died from metastatic breast cancer last June. Shelly-Stephens gets emotional as she explains how she and D’Ana used to talk about starting a T-shirt company. “She was always the one that (said) we’ve got to do this, and we never did, and then I said, ‘I can’t not do it,’ ” she said. D’Ana, who also went by “Gabby” because she was always talking, continues to inspire Shelly-Stephens daily. The framed ladybug hangs directly across from Shelly-Stephens’ desk. “It hangs in my office to remind me whenever I have doubts or fear that she is with me and that life’s too short not to go for it,” she said. Mutant Printing & Promotions and Snarky Cancer, a screen-printing business with a new storefront in Kennewick, opened this summer. Snarky Cancer is the retail arm of the business, while Mutant Printing & Promotions handles the production of promotional items. Mutant Printing & Promotions designs and sells customized mugs, banners and other products for the general public, offering special pricing for all nonprofits and schools. T-shirt designs cover one of the walls in their shop like wallpaper, and the storefront opens into a large space with neon green and pink screen printers. There is a dark room off to the side where the screen images are exposed under special lights. More than half of the equipment was once in Shelly-Stephens’ and her husband Mike Stephen’s garage when they began screen printing shirts last year. Cancer has been a lifelong fight for Shelly-Stephens, who was diagnosed with breast cancer while pregnant with her son, Tre Shelly, at the age of 21. She faced a second breast cancer diagnosis two years later. Tre was diagnosed with his first cancer when he was 2 years old.

Both Trishia and Tre have a rare genetic disorder called Li-Fraumeni Syndrome, or LFS, which affects the specific gene that prevents the human body from developing tumors. LFS patients have a high risk of developing cancer, due to what Trishia and many with the syndrome call “mutant” cells. Trishia and her LFS community refer to themselves as “mutants.” Her family was doing well for several years, with a few surgeries here and there for both Tre and Trishia, until January 2014 when Tre was diagnosed with another cancer. He would be diagnosed with his fourth cancer by 2016. The idea for Snarky Cancer came from homemade wrapping paper that Trishia used to cover Tre’s PlayStation that she and Mike gave him after his second cancer diagnosis. “In our family, if you get diagnosed with cancer, you get a present, and I had made him wrapping paper that says, ‘Cancer sucks, but you don’t,’ ” Trishia said. “And I thought there should be a line of this.” After years of battling Tre’s multiple diagnoses, including traveling and living in other states for treatment for months at a time, and after D’Ana died, Trishia decided it was time to take a “leap of faith.” She quit her full-time job as a clinic director at a chiropractic office and embraced her business background to open up her own. In October 2017, Trishia and Mike got their business license and began to research how to make T-shirts. She had never opened Adobe Illustrator. He had never screen printed before in his life. They attended classes and watched hours of YouTube videos. Trishia learned how to make T-shirt designs online. The couple converted their garage into a workspace and began printing shirts. Her dining room was her office, and their living room was their shipping station. Things got crowded quick, and this spring they found space to remodel into a print shop on Clearwater Avenue in Kennewick. Snarky Cancer T-shirts are witty and eye-catching. T-shirt designs on the wall have slogans like, “Yes I look fabulous, my cancer put on lipstick today,” and “I wish my nipples were half as sensitive as my

Tre Shelly, from left, Trishia Shelly-Stephens and Mike Stephens have opened Mutant Printing & Promotions and Snarky Cancer in Kennewick as a family affair. Mike and Tre do the screen printing, while Trishia does the business management and marketing. (Courtesy Snarky Cancer)

Facebook friends.” Trishia said humor has been a huge part of her family’s way to cope with cancer. “We laugh a whole lot and, you know, of course there are tears too, but it’s really, I think, easy when you have a lot of chaos whether its cancer or whether its diabetes or whatever that it’s easy to get bogged down in the darkness of it,” she said. “And I think it’s really important that you don’t stay there.” The company has a business model that speaks to the family’s desire to give back to the cancer community.

Snarky Cancer donates 10 percent of its gross retail sales to different 501(c)(3) cancer organizations, primarily focusing on groups that support families who are “cancering,” as Trishia says. “Giving is a fixed line item part of our budget. We figure if we can’t make it giving, then we don’t deserve to make it because we had so much help when Tre was sick,” she said. “We would have had to second-mortgage our house. I had to take almost an entire year of leave where I was basically only going in (to work) to do the books.” uCANCER, Page 34

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Hanford employees know as they help charities, they help community BY JESSICA HOEFER

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Hanford employees work in a variety of fields, from engineering to management, electrical and pipefitting. But despite their diverse career choices, thousands have one trait in common: philanthropy. “We do about one to two employeevolunteer events a month,” said Reneé Brooks, communications specialist for Mission Support Alliance, the prime contractor for the Hanford site. “There’s times when we have waiting lists for events to volunteer because sometimes (the charitable organization) can’t have that many people in a room.” MSA volunteer events vary from an hour-and-a-half to all-day activities, and while there’s definitely a few of the same people at every event, Brooks said usually about 10 percent of the crew is new. “They’re people who have seen photos and know it’s fun and heard about activities from their co-workers and they want to make a difference,” she said. While MSA has always had employees volunteer in the community, Brooks said the pool of volunteers really took off in 2015 when the company kicked off a program called MSA Cares. “Our major focus is education and leadership development for youth—the STEM Foundation, Boys & Girls Club, Children’s Reading Foundation and Children’s Developmental Center,” Brooks said. “And we also look at the local quality of life. There are a lot of

people who are less fortunate and have hit a rough patch, and that’s where we support the Tri-Cities Cancer Foundation, Union Gospel and Second Harvest. We look at how we can help those who maybe need a hand up.” In 2017, MSA had more than 500 people sign up to volunteer their time. Employees don’t just donate their time; they make monetary gifts as well, with employee-led fundraisers for Junior Achievement and United Way campaign, for instance. MSA is equally charitable, donating $13 million since 2009, when it was awarded the Hanford contract. “That includes almost $700,000 in scholarships for local students and some large corporate donations,” Brooks said. “It’s the right thing to do. We may be a corporation, but we’re made up of our employees and we live in this community.” Bechtel also has many employee volunteers. The company has had a presence in the community since the 1980s, and after demolishing surplus reactors, Bechtel shifted the focus of its work to Hanford cleanup—helping to remove contaminated soil to protect the Columbia River corridor. “A common theme has been protecting the river, so with that—if you look at the types of organizations and charities that we get involved in—it’s really centered on making the Tri-Cities and surrounding region a better place to live and work,” said George Rangel, Bechtel spokesman. For instance, Bechtel employees have

CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Co. supports the STEM Like ME! program with classroom volunteers mentoring middle school students. Hanford contractors offer their employees plenty of opportunities to volunteer and give back to the communities they live and work in. (Courtesy CHPRC)

helped improve safety for hikers at Badger Mountain by clearing, flattening and widening trails. Bechtel also contributed more than $800,000 in corporate and employee gifts in 2017 to organizations such as Junior Achievement and United Way. Bechtel also supports the Marine Corps Reserve’s Toys for Tots campaign and has participated in the program for the past decade. In 2017, Bechtel provided $24,000 and employee-donated toys to the drive.

“It really speaks to the generosity of our employees and their willingness to give back,” he said. Rangel said Bechtel’s primary focus is on science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, programs to reach and help grow the next generation of workers. But helping workers within the company is also important, which is why Bechtel has developed leadership programs to provide employees with mentors and a sense of belonging. uHANFORD, Page 32

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Business sale strategy: gifts of appreciated stock to charity followed by sale BY BEAU RUFF

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If you are a business owner who is looking toward succession planning and the option of selling your interest in a business, has inclinations toward charitable giving and wants to save money on taxes — this strategy may be right for you. It starts with a desire on the part of the business owner to provide some amount of assets to a charity — with the side benefit of a potential tax deduction. For an explanation based on an example, let’s turn to Jane, who owns an operating business worth $1 million. First, how does she know the business is worth that much? She turns to her certified public accountant or hires a special valuation expert (with associated business valuation credentialing like Accredited Senior Appraisal, National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts, Accredited in Business Valuation, or the like). Even though Jane plans to sell the business, a valuation is necessary to substantiate the gift in the scenario outlined below. Jane has a low tax basis in the business, which operates as a C corporation. Her tax basis is zero. I am assuming she would sell her business as a stock sale, versus asset sale. So, if Jane were to sell her business, she would be forced to recognize $1 million of taxable gain. This would be taxed at anywhere between 15 percent to 23.8 percent. Assuming a 23.8 percent tax rate, the amount of tax due would be $238,000. This is a significant tax hit. Jane has agreed to stay on with the company as a consultant for three years after the sale and will make $100,000 a year for her efforts. Her total compensation from the sale and the salary would be $1.3 million before considering the tax hit on either kind of income.

Some background on Jane is helpful, too. Jane loves to give money to charity and gives about $30,000 a year to local charities Beau Ruff that qualify as Cornerstone 501(c)(3) chariWealth Strategies ties. Consider an alternative plan. Instead of a straight stock sale to a buyer, consider that Jane, before the sale of her corporation, gifts 30 percent of her stock to a Donor Advised Fund (so $300,000 in appreciated stock). A Donor Advised Fund, or DAF, is a type of charity that qualifies as a 501(c)(3) where the donor can leverage the gift over time and direct the gift giving from the DAF to Jane’s favorite local charities. This can be accomplished over as few or as many years as Jane desires. So, Jane makes the gift of 30 percent of her stock in the corporation. She then

sells (and the DAF agrees to sell) all the stock in the corporation to the buyer. Now, Jane has cash ($700,000) and the DAF has cash ($300,000). The DAF pays no capital gains on its sale of the 30 percent interest in the company. The DAF keeps the proceeds invested in a portfolio pending distribution. Jane has several tax benefits that result from this transaction. First, she need not recognize the full $1 million gain. Instead, she would recognize the gain from her portion of the corporation — (70 percent, or $700,000). Second, she gets to take a deduction of $300,000, the full fair market value of her shares donated to the DAF. Her tax liability changes dramatically. In year one (the year of the sale), assuming she had no other income, she could deduct a portion of the gift. The deduction is limited to 30 percent of her adjusted gross income because she gifted appreciated stock. Accordingly, her deduction in the year of sale would be 30 percent of $700,000, or $210,000. That means she would have about $90,000 of unused

deductions ($300,000 to $210,000 used in first year) to use in future years. She can carry the deduction (the remaining $90,000) forward up to five years to offset her income from her continued employment. So, she will be able to completely use up the deduction against her income from continued employment with a deduction of about $30,000 a year. Of course, many variables affect this simplistic calculation. Your individual tax benefits may vary greatly and it’s worthwhile to always consult a professional tax advisor. The new tax laws enacted for this year have further complicated the planning, but a gift of appreciated stock is still a great option to consider. Thanks to Kyle Edberg of Marple and Marple for his consultation on this column. Attorney Beau Ruff works for Cornerstone Wealth Strategies, a fullservice independent investment management and financial planning firm in Kennewick.

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HANFORD, From page 30 “We have a group called NextGen, and this is a professional development, networking and stewardship group. They help support employees as they begin and build their careers at Bechtel, and they find worthwhile causes to get involved in the community as well,” Rangel said. Washington River Protection Solutions also has company-sponsored employee engagement programs to encourage networking and volunteering. Known as WRPSpeed, the group organizes regular events and activities to give back to the community. Members have painted the interior of a Boys & Girls Clubs of Benton and Franklin Counties building, spent the weekend freshening up the playground at Howard Amon Park and provided muscle and manpower to

veterans in need. “In many cases, employees are looking for a way to volunteer,” said Rob Roxburgh, communications and public relations officer for WRPS, an AECOMled LLC. “We think it’s important to strengthen and give back to the community.” With Hanford facing an aging work force, WRPS also supports STEM programs to help train the next generation to get them thinking about careers in STEM fields. But Roxburgh also said WRPS works to make sure they take care of the small business community by finding ways to subcontract or partner with them to provide goods and services. Since 2011, WRPS has helped support the Tri-City Regional Chamber’s Small Business Incentive program, donating

Nonprofits $30,000 annually to provide grants to local entrepreneurs. “Grants are typically $2,000 each, and that can mean a lot for an upstart business to help them get software or build an online presence through a website,” Roxburgh said. WRPS also makes a corporate gift to the United Way of Benton and Franklin Counties’ Cornerstone program, which covers overhead costs so that employee gifts go entirely to help the organization the employee is supporting. “For the second straight year, WRPS has earned the Live United Corporate Partner of the Year Award for its efforts to help raise funding for the United Way,” Roxburgh said. “WRPS’ combined employee-company contribution totaled more than $248,000 for 2017.”

CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Co. also supports the United Way and gives a 25-cent match for every donation that employees give through the campaign. CHPRC has also made large contributions to Washington State University Tri-Cities and Columbia Basin College to support STEM programs and donated a halfmillion dollars to Friends of Badger Mountain. “We also do a school supply drive, Relay For Life, Trick or Treat on the Trail with the YMCA, and help with Meals on Wheels,” said Lynn Tegeler, spokeswoman for CHPRC. “And in December, we help with Salvation Army bell ringing. So instead of them paying someone to do it or not having a bell ringer out there, we volunteer.” CHPRC started bell ringing in 2012 with 33 volunteers. In four years, that number grew to more than 100 volunteers, including the company’s CEO and vice presidents. “We used to have three bell ringing locations and last year we had nine,” Tegeler said. In September, CHPRC holds a golf tournament to raise money for the Union Gospel Mission. Volunteers also start gearing up for the STEM Like ME! Program that kicks off each fall at area middle schools. The program teaches kids about careers through hands-on learning activities. “Our IT people come in and cover a table with a roadmap, calculator, black and white TV and dial telephone. Then they pull out their iPhone and say, ‘This replaced all the stuff on the table.’ Then the mentors say, ‘What will replace the iPhone?’ and (students) say, ‘Nothing will.’ Our mentors tell them, ‘We would have thought that, too. So which one of you will replace the iPhone?’ And that gets students excited and thinking about the possibilities and technology,” Tegeler said. Tegeler said a lot of students don’t realize all the opportunities available at Hanford, and through programs such as STEM Like ME!, future generations are learning they can have rewarding careers right here at home. “Not everyone needs to go to college to be a doctor or a lawyer,” she said. “We’re focusing on our giving where we’re building a highway to Hanford. We want to promote opportunities in our community for those next generation of workers.”

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American giving to nonprofits surpasses $400 billion BY DON C. BRUNELL

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Believe it or not, there is good news to report these days. According to the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, last year Americans donated more than $410 billion in cash to nonprofit organizations, which is up from $389 billion in 2016. Additionally, giving by individuals represented more than 70 percent of total contributions. “Americans’ record-breaking charitable giving in 2017 demonstrates that even in divisive times our commitment to philanthropy is solid. As people have more resources available, they are choosing to use them to make a difference, pushing giving over $400 billion,” said Aggie Sweeney, chairwoman of Giving USA Foundation, which was reported last June in Giving USA. Contributions went up across the board, signaling that Americans seem to be giving according to their beliefs and interests, which are diverse and wide-ranging, Sweeney added. “The increase in giving in 2017 was generated in part by increases in the stock market, as evidenced by the nearly 20 percent growth in the S&P 500. Investment returns funded multiple large gifts, most of which were given by individuals to their foundations, including two gifts of $1 billion or more,” said Amir Pasic, the Eugene R. Tempel dean of IU’s Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, in Giving USA. “This tells us that some of our most fortunate citizens are using their wealth to make some significant contributions to the common good.” Washington state is blessed with some of America’s most generous people, strong corporate givers and charitable foundations. For example, Microsoft co-founder Bill and Melinda Gates combined their money with Nebraska’s Warren Buffett to provide more than $50 billion in charitable funds. Paul G. Allen, Microsoft’s other co-founder and his foundations, based in Seattle, set aside over $650 million for charity. A key question on voters’ minds this year is, did the 2017 federal tax cuts spur contributions? While it is too early to tell and the 2018 Giving USA report should provide some answers, it did stimulate additional funding. “When Congress approved a tax-cut bill last December, Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg pledged to devote $300 million to charitable contributions and workplace investments,” reported Alan Boyle, GeekWire’s aerospace and science editor. Boeing earmarked $100 million shares for donations, workforce development and infrastructure enhancements for Boeing employees. Those funds are in addition to what Boeing already contributes in our state. The cash contribution is only part of the story. Many businesses and those they employ, have jumped in with donated services and products which are not included

in the center’s calculations. In many ways, that generosity and willingness to help people in need is what defines America. For example, in our region, farmers recently Don C. Brunell joined firefighters to knock down massive wildfires devastating forests and fields surrounding the Columbia River Gorge. Many American corporations are among those responding to natural disasters. For example, Walmart, the second largest corporate philanthropic company, and the Walmart Foundation donated more than $35 million to 2017 disaster relief efforts resulting from hurricanes in Texas, Florida and Puerta Rico. Those contributions have greatly augmented our military and FEMA responses. As generous as our large companies are, the vast majority of charity in America — and here in Washington — is quietly donated by small businesses and individuals who never make the headlines. One notable exception is Jim McIngvale, owner of Gallery Furniture in Houston. When Hurricane Harvey devastated the Gulf Coast, he opened his stores

WSU records third best fundraising year with $145M BY TRI-CITIES AREA JOURNAL OF BUSINESS STAFF

Total private fundraising activity across Washington State University topped more than $145 million during fiscal year 2018, the third best fundraising year in WSU history. “A vibrant culture of philanthropy at WSU is essential for success as WSU continues its drive to be recognized among the nation’s top 25 public research universities by 2030,” said WSU President Kirk Schulz in a release. “We deeply appreciate the individuals and organizations who are choosing to actively improve lives and make a difference for students, communities, and beyond through their investment in Washington State University.” More than 53,800 donors committed their support during the last fiscal year (July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018), providing broad-based support that to those left homeless. He did the same when many New Orleans residents retreated to Houston after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. While some may focus on what is wrong with America, our philanthropy is what we continue to do well.

enhances educational experiences for students, creates scholarships and fellowships, funds important research and capital projects, and advances outreach programs. Private support provides higher levels of excellence to enrich the core educational experience funded through tuition and state appropriations. Among the notable highlights were the Wine Spectator Scholarship Foundation donating $1 million to the WSU Viticulture & Enology Program, to support teaching labs and facilities as well as scholarships for viticulture and enology students at the Ste. Michelle Wine Estates WSU Wine Science Center at WSU’s Tri-Cities campus in Richland. All told, donors invested more than $64.4 million in private gifts and grants to fuel faculty, research and academic programs university wide during fiscal year 2018. uWSU, Page 34 Don Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He is retired from the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest business organization, and now lives in Vancouver, Washington. He can be contacted at TheBrunells@msn.com.

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CANCER, From page 29 So far this year, Snarky Cancer has donated to Tri-City Cancer Center’s Warrior Sisterhood, Living LFS, A Shelter for Cancer Families and the Northwest Sarcoma Foundation, all organizations that helped her family in the past few years. Snarky Cancer helps families around the country run fundraisers for family members or people diagnosed with cancer. Families can create a T-shirt design or Trishia will make a design for free and then sell the shirt on the Snarky Cancer website, with a unique URL. The T-shirts start at around $10 to $13, she said, and most products end up being around $20 to $25. Mutant Printing only takes and uses enough money to buy the shirts, print

them and ship them off, but the rest of the proceeds (usually around 70 percent) from the fundraiser goes directly to the family. After a few months of doing fundraisers, they have helped families raise more than $5,000, Trishia said. Mutant Printing also will print T-shirts in bulk for groups to sell at events or to auction off. Trishia does all the work in-house, sourcing ethically-made T-shirts made from organic cotton and recycled water bottles and directly shipping T-shirts out to those who order them. Mike and Tre do the actual screen printing. Tre works as much as he is physically able to, and Mike comes into the shop when he is not at his full-time job in Pasco as a water treatment operator.

Nonprofits The company also has a retail line of its own shirts that they sell online at snarkycancer.com which they hope to expand soon. Ultimately, Trishia said her goal is to raise $1 million for cancer organizations and families annually. “My burning desire is that I want to leave a legacy of giving,” she said. “My ultimate goal … is I want to be able to one day say we gave $1 million this year.” The company’s grand opening celebration is from 4 to 7 p.m. Sept. 17. Snarky Cancer and Mutant Printing & Promotions: 3311 W Clearwater Ave., Suite B180, Kennewick; snarkycancer. com; mutantprinting.com; Facebook; Instagram; 509-579-4400.

WSU, From page 33 An additional $17 million in private support creates opportunities for students in the form of scholarships and graduate fellowships. The WSU endowment experienced a net gain in market value of more than $37 million to finish the fiscal year at its high-water mark of $502.3 million. The endowment saw more than $24 million in new contributions and other additions, and distributions from the endowment topped $25 million, which directly supports students, faculty, research and other programs WSUwide.

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Tri-City Rotary clubs raise almost $3M for charities in 30 years

Annual duck race transformed from idea to profitable, established fundraiser BY C. MARK SMITH

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This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Mid-Columbia Duck Race and it is clear the annual fundraiser for six Tri-City Rotary clubs has been an unqualified success. The clubs estimate that over the past 30 years, almost $3 million has been donated by the local Rotary clubs to more than 100 local charitable organizations, various scholarship programs and projects that improve the quality of life of the Tri-City community. Over the past three years, the race has generated an average of $190,000 a year, while the net proceeds received by the six clubs averaged more than $111,000. The number of ducks in the race has grown to more than 40,000 each year. More than 40 local sponsors recognize the value of being associated with the race and regularly donate prizes. Toyota of Tri-Cities has provided the top prize, a new Toyota, for the past 14 years. “The local Rotarians give so much to our community, this donation is just one way we can help them fulfill their mission and ensure the Tri-Cities area remains one of the best places around to live, work, and play,” said Carmen Marquart, the car dealer’s marketing manager.

This year’s race is Oct. 6 at Columbia Park in Kennewick. The idea for the duck races emerged in 1989. Dick Weaver, the newly elected president of the Columbia Center Rotary Club in Kennewick, had just returned from the annual president-elect training conference where he’d learned about a new fundraising method called a duck race. Dean Hoffman, president and CEO of Columbia Industries, a Kennewick-based nonprofit providing vocational training for people with disabilities, also was a member of Weaver’s club. He found out about the duck race independently and thought it could be a great source of income for their organization. Hoffman and Weaver presented their idea to the club’s board, which enthusiastically endorsed the idea, but felt the logistics and administration of a project of that scale might be too much for a single club. Weaver quickly recruited three other local Rotary clubs to help. The concept of the duck race was simple. Thousands of small plastic ducks would be rented from a company in Arizona. Rotary club members would sell tickets to their friends and associates for $5 each. The corresponding number of each ticket would be attached to a plastic duck, which was then officially entered in the race. The ducks would be dumped into the

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Columbia River, float down a designated course, and reach the finish line, where they would be collected in the order of their arrival. The holders of the winning tickets would receive prizes purchased by the club or donated by local corporate sponsors. The participating clubs would divide the net proceeds based on the number of tickets sold. Each club would donate the proceeds to their favorite local charities and nonprofit or invest in worthwhile community projects, student scholarships or philanthropy. CI would provide services such as marketing and administrative support, and their employees would get helpful work experience. In return, CI would receive 35 percent of the net profit received by each of

the clubs. While the concept of the race was simple, the organization and logistics were not. The time of the race was dictated by when the ducks would be available from the rental company, which was in early October. That left only a few months to organize and launch the event, and no one was sure they could pull it off. In the rush to put on that first race, no one had thought to contact the Gambling Commission. When the state agency found out about it, it determined the race was a lottery, and state law required a separate ticket be sold for each duck. The next year’s tickets had to be redesigned, and getting a gambling license became an annual expense. uDUCK RACE, Page 36

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DUCK RACE, From page 35 In its first year, the race became the largest duck race in the western United States with 28,000 rubber ducks rented, and almost that number of tickets sold, raising almost $140,000 and generating a net profit of $77,000. Based on this success, more local Rotary clubs adopted the duck race as their primary fundraiser. For the second race in 1989, 30,000 ducks were rented, of which almost 25,000 were sold. Before long, local car dealers and other merchants were contacting the organizers to donate prizes and take advantage of the publicity. In the third year of the race, Dan Boyd, president of the Pasco-Kennewick Rotary Club, came up with the idea of recruiting and recognizing corporate sponsors called Quacker-Backers, who might buy 25

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ducks, or 50 tickets at a time. It was easier to sell 25 duck tickets to one buyer than to sell 25 individual tickets. The race was clearly a matter of trial and error in those first years. “When 40,000 plastic ducks are dumped into the river at one time, they sink under the surface and then blossom up like an atomic bomb expanding out in all directions,” McLean said. “We didn’t have any floating pipe to mark the outer boundary of the course, and many of the ducks got caught by the river’s current and off they went. We used jet boats provided by a local company to try to force them back onto the course, but that was only partially successful.” They watched helplessly as most of the ducks rode the waves down the river. The next year, someone returned a duck they

had found floating near McNary Dam, 50 miles downstream in Oregon. By 1998, the 10th year of the event, the race had grown into a major community event. By then, corporate sponsors were accounting for $40,000 a year in ticket sales, and the event had raised more than $1 million and benefited more than 60 charities and local scholarship programs. The biggest single expense of the race, renting the ducks at a cost of 53 cents per duck, was covered by a donation from a local bank. Large inflatable ducks added to the adventure. In the windy Tri-Cities, it was imperative to anchor the 10-foot tall ducks so they wouldn’t blow away. That was not the only danger. In the first year of the race, a $3,000 inflatable duck was stolen from the front of a local sporting store. Rotarians Paid Advertising

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If you have older family members whose cognitive functions or decision-making abilities have declined, or who are lonely or recently widowed, you might need to help protect them against financial scams. What steps should you take? First of all, try to gain a good sense of their overall financial activity. Look for red flags, such as a reluctance to discuss money matters, consistently unpaid bills, unexplained withdrawals, mysterious wire transfers or a sudden need to purchase large quantities of gift cards. And watch out for new “best friends” or caretakers who show an unusual interest in your loved one’s finances. Whether or not you’ve observed any of these activities, you can help your elderly family members by making these moves: • Have checks (such as Social Security payments) directly deposited. You can help your family memTerry sliger bers avoid a lot of potential trouble by having their checks deposited directly into their bank accounts. Financial Advisor (509) 943-2920 • Seek permission to become a joint account owner. By becoming a joint account owner on your elderly family members’ checking and savings accounts, you can review statements for suspicious activity. Of course, your loved ones may be initially reluctant to add your name, but if you have a good relationship with them, you should be able to explain the benefits. • Shred bank statements, credit card offers and notices of lottery or sweepstakes winnings. One of the most useful gifts you can give to your elderly family members may be a shredder. Encourage them to use it to shred old bank statements, credit card offers and other financial documents. • Get on a “do not call” list. Telephone scammers are persistent and devious. By registering your family members’ house and cell phones at www.donotcall.gov, you may be able to reduce their exposure to unwanted calls. • Obtain power of attorney. By creating a power of attorney, your loved ones can designate you or another trusted relative or friend to assist with their finances now – for day-to-day assistance and protection from scammers – and later, should they become incapacitated. Again, you will need to employ some sensitivity when discussing this issue. • Check references of caretakers. As mentioned above, some caretakers are, unfortunately, dishonest. Before you hire one, check out this person’s references. And even when you do, be careful – scam artists have been known to use accomplices as references, so you will need to be thorough in your research and questions. • Get to know your family members’ financial advisors. If possible, become acquainted with your older family members’ financial advisors. Any reputable advisor will welcome a connection with their clients’ loved ones. And if you are involved in any estate plans, this multi-generational relationship will prove beneficial for everyone. • Ask to meet any new “friends” they have met online. When someone is lonely, they become vulnerable to online friendships. Sometimes, these new friends make promises of meeting, but never show – and then they suddenly need money for one reason or another. It can be challenging to guard against all threats posed by the scammers of the world. But by staying alert and taking the appropriate preventive actions, you may be able to help safeguard your loved ones’ financial security. This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor.

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filed a stolen duck report with the police, and the theft was covered by all the local TV stations. The duck was returned by the “duck-nappers” two days later, minus the air compressor used to inflate it. McLean remembers another occasion, perhaps seven or eight years into the race, when he and another Rotarian took the inflatable duck to a car dealership in Pasco. “When it got nearly blown up, the seam along the back of the duck’s neck gave way, and all of the air escaped in a big whoosh. We tried to think of something that we could use to plug the foot-long hole,” he said. Off they went to a nearby big box store in search of a solution. “I came up with the idea of trying to seal it up with a package of washcloths held by large safety pins. I got into the duck and crawled up to the hole and then stretched the washcloths over the hole and pinned them securely to the duck with the safety pins. We turned the air compressor back on, and the duck was rising up to its full height when we heard this zinging sound as the safety pins gave way and were flying off the head of the duck like shrapnel. We returned the duck to the rental company,” he said. By the 20th anniversary of the race in 2008, a record 40,501 duck tickets were sold, generating more than $200,000. More than $175,000 was distributed by the six participating Rotary clubs to more than 80 charities and other community endeavors. Before long, some members of the TriCities Sunrise Rotary Club were selling as many as 2,000 tickets a year to corporate Quacker-Backer sponsors, and the club accounted for 40 percent of all the duck tickets sold. Some individual Rotary members, like Jack Zinn and Jon Putz of the Richland club, sold more than a 1,000 duck tickets each year—most of them one ticket at a time. After 20 years, the race had outgrown its ad hoc, volunteer organizational structure. “It dawned on me and others at the same time that, ‘Hey, after 20 years, this thing isn’t going away. We need to get organized,’ ” said Mike Tuohy, a retired hospital administrator, president of the Columbia Center Rotary Club who was his club’s representative to the organizing committee. They incorporated, drew up organizational documents that had to be approved by all six clubs, and negotiated with the Boy Scouts to provide much of the administrative record-keeping and reporting that had been parceled out to volunteers before. They reviewed and renegotiated contracts and generally put the race on a sound administrative footing for future years. McLean believes that the greatest benefit of the duck race has been how it has brought the local Rotary clubs closer together. “It was the ideal fundraiser because it challenged us from the very beginning. And the memories of the race—the ducks bobbing down the course, the small child being hugged by Lucky Ducky, the comradery of working together on a shared project—remain with those who have experienced them forever. What better example of Rotary’s motto, ‘Service above Self,’ ” he said. C. Mark Smith is a Richland Rotary Club member. He is the author of four books and many magazine articles dealing with history and biography.

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Area artists open up studios during free, self-guided tour

BY TRI-CITIES AREA JOURNAL OF BUSINESS STAFF

To step into an artist’s studio is to get a glimpse into the creative process. Tri-Citians can experience this magic when nine artists open their studios from Benton City to Kennewick during the 15th annual Open Studio Tour, which runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 29-30. The event is free. The tour began in 2004 as a grass-roots effort by several artists and artisans who wanted to raise public awareness about the quality of art created in the Tri-City area. As most were full-time working artists, they also wanted an opportunity to open their studios and show their art and craft. Many of the nine artists will be demonstrating and available to interact with visitors and explore their ideas. Some of the artists will be at one location. Find a self-guided map for the event at TriCityArtistsOpenStudioTour.com. Here’s the line-up: • Kasia Gorski Schmoll exhibits her work only on Sept. 29 in Kennewick, so it is suggested to start the tour there. She delves into the forgiveness and flexibility of oil painting to explore themes of Northwest landscapes. Her work strives to capture the soft lights of winter, misty colors of spring, contrasting summer sunsets and the brilliance of fall. Find her at the You and I Gallery, 214 W. First Ave., Kennewick; 509-948-3812. • Nearby is Katherine Sylvan’s studio where Jan Nilsson will join her. The muse

Consuelo Soto Murphy’s artwork features subjects ranging from agricultural landscapes to regional landmarks. She’s among the artists participating in the 15th annual Open Studio Tour. (Courtesy Open Studio Tour)

of color drives Sylvan’s creativity. Her silk creations are smaller this year but no less impactful. Step into her studio to find rich silk wall pieces and scarves inspired by grids, crop rows and circular irrigation patterns of Eastern Washington. Find her at 802 S. Kellogg St., Kennewick; 509-2211592. Nilsson may be found at Sylvan’s studio where she will be demonstrating her mixed media collage approach and painting with Sumi ink. Nilsson’s work often portrays contrasts of existence and complex connections to family and heritage. 509-999-2118. • John Fabian expresses passion for capturing the natural world in his abstract paintings. He invites the public into his studio to taste the various moods, colors,

rhythms and subjects that motivate him. There will be original paintings, prints and travel journals to peruse. Find him at 166 Bradley Blvd., Richland; 509-942-1050. • Philip Harding strives to create art that engages both rational and aesthetic senses, art that is accessible while being capable of supporting years of contemplative viewing. His computer-generated mandala series explores layering, transparency and patterns. His recent hanging banners are inspired by the Tibetan Thangka tradition. Find him at 361 Sanford Ave., Richland; 509-420-4644. • New to the tour is Richland Scott Butner. At age 9 he became a photographer when his mother bought a camera for him at a pawn shop. He has worked as a pho-

tographer for the Seahawks and Sounders, forayed into a career at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory where he was a senior research scientist and now is capturing the world at unusual hours with his camera. See him at 723 The Parkway, Richland; 509-460-1544. • Consuelo Soto and Shawn Murphy teach future generations at Richland High and create paintings and photography in their free time. Consuelo is known for colorful images generated from growing up in the fields with migrant farm workers. Her paintings are a testament to the love of family and heritage, acknowledged recently by the selection of her work to appear in the TV series “Madam Secretary.” You can watch her paint during the tour. Murphy launched into photography when his grandmother gave him an old waist view camera. Ever since he has been amazed at the camera’s ability to capture a moment without words. Despite the rise of the digital age, he still prefers black and white images to express beauty, elegance and solitude. Find Soto and Murphy at 1509 Sanford Ave., Richland; 509-7271916. • Fine “threads” of glass glisten at Linda Andrew’s Red Mountain studio. Her internationally acknowledged work ranges from sculpture to wall pieces to jewelry. This year she is adding gift items, employing abstract photos of her artwork and flowers on plates, cloth bags and photos infused into aluminum. Find her at 57204 N. Sunset Road, Benton City; 509-5888446; LindaAndrews.us.

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Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business • August 2018 uBUSINESS BRIEFS Bechtel donates $250,000 to support Tri-City businesses

Bechtel National Inc. announced a $250,000 donation to the Tri-Cities Regional Business and Visitor Center, a collaboration for the shared office space for the Tri-Cities Regional Chamber, TRIDEC and Visit Tri-Cities. The donation also extends Bechtel’s naming rights of the facility’s board room and provides money to help offset lease and maintenance costs. “These organizations these organizations help strengthen local businesses and enhance the local business climate. They attract new businesses, large and small, to the Tri-Cities. And they market our community to tourists who come here and generate sales and tax revenue,” said Bechtel Senior Vice President Brian Reilly. “As a result, our community continues to grow and thrive.” The center serves as a centralized business location for these and other organizations in the Tri-Cities. Bechtel previously donated $250,000 for sponsorship of the board room in 2008. The latest contribution will be spread across five years. Bechtel holds the prime contract to design, build, startup and commission the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant at the Hanford site. It has a long history in the TriCities, having assisted in the engineering and construction of the Columbia Generating Station managed by Energy

Northwest and in the Northwest, having designed and built the new Tacoma Narrows Bridge.

State added 4,100 jobs in June; unemployment remains at 4.7 percent

The state Employment Security Department reported that Washington employers added 4,100 jobs in June and the state’s seasonally adjusted monthly unemployment rate remained at 4.7 percent, as in May. The private sector added 4,800 jobs during the month—with the biggest job growth occurring in professional and business services—while the public sector lost 700 jobs. The national unemployment rate for June was at 4.0 percent, and ESD paid unemployment benefits to 45,868 people during the month. Washington added an estimated 83,500 new jobs from June 2017 to June 2018, not seasonally adjusted, with top gains in professional and business services, retail trade, and education and health services.

State regulations to prevent tank leaks improved

The state Department of Ecology has strengthened regulations to prevent leaks from 9,000 underground storage tanks that have three billion gallons of fuel pass through them annually. If underground tanks aren’t properly maintained, they can leak, potentially polluting drinking water and posing threats to humans and the environment. Review changes to the underground

tank compliance program at Ecology’s rulemaking webpage at ecology.wa.gov.

Ecology collecting comments on water quality standards

The state Department of Ecology is proposing an update to the methods used to assess the quality of state waters. The update would improve standards used to protect people from waterborne disease while they enjoy recreational activities like swimming and boating. Currently fecal coliform bacteria testing is used, but new, more precise methods are available. Public comment will be accepted through public hearings, online webinars and in-person meetings through Sept. 14. Visit Ecology’s Recreational Use

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States’s tax structure is working: economy is healthy, tax collections growing BY KRIS JOHNSON

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All eyes were on Seattle this spring as the city council passed — and then quickly repealed — a head tax on employees. The $275 tax per employee, which would have been levied annually on about 500 of the city’s larger employers, was intended to raise money to combat the city’s homelessness crisis. But the idea of placing a tax on job-creation left many observers shaking their heads. The city thankfully reconsidered the idea before it took effect, but larger discussions about tax policy in Washington

continue to reverberate. What type of taxes, and how much, should Washington place on its families and employers? Does the state’s tax structure Kris Johnson Association of need an overWashington haul? Business In July, the state’s Work Group on Tax Structure Reform held a series of public meetings in Spokane, Yakima and Vancouver to solicit feed-

back on some of those questions. The temporary work group, authorized by the Legislature in 2017, is looking for ways to improve the tax system. At the same time, advocacy groups are attempting to build support for a capital gains tax or a state income tax, something that has come up frequently over the years but has yet to win support from voters. The idea of an income tax in Washington has proven to be as popular as the idea of a sales tax in Oregon. Some who favor a capital gains tax or income tax used the work group’s public meetings as an opportunity to make their case. But based on the outcry that Seattle’s

attempted head tax generated, it’s not clear that a new tax would be any more popular now than it has been in the past, even in parts of the state that are more open to new taxes. The cumulative effect of higher property taxes, a new soda tax, higher car tab fees and a potential local improvement district tax, or LID, to pay for waterfront improvements in Seattle may have stretched the public to its limit. It’s also not clear that a new tax is needed. The current tax system is not perfect, but judging by the health of the economy, it is working. Under the current system, Washington has a vibrant, growing economy and tax collections are growing. Consider that since 2005, the state has added jobs at higher than the national average. Last year, personal income growth in Washington was the highest in the nation. Washington once again led the U.S. in gross domestic product growth in the first quarter of 2018. The individual tax burden is relatively low compared to other states. And the July revenue forecast projected an additional $41 million in state revenue from the previous forecast. It’s true that many rural parts of the state have not enjoyed the same economic growth as the urban areas, and some sectors of the economy — notably manufacturing — are underperforming. But overall, the Washington economy is dynamic and relatively healthy. Proponents of an income tax or capital gains tax suggest that Washington’s tax structure is unfair because it is the “most regressive” in the state. But that claim is based on a deeply flawed 2015 report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. The Washington Research Council examined the claim and found that Washington’s tax system, like every other state, is progressive when viewed in the context of combined federal, state and local taxes. Rather than looking only at making taxes more progressive, it’s helpful to look at ways to make spending more progressive and efficient. We can reduce poverty and increase upward mobility by investing in education, training and other efforts that employers are working on. This spring, all eyes were on Seattle. In January, the focus will shift back to Olympia for the start of the 2019 legislative session. As lawmakers and others consider Washington’s tax structure, we hope they would focus on maintaining our economic momentum and making improvements that strengthen the economy in key sectors that are underperforming and in the parts of the state that are missing out on the recent growth. In Seattle — and every other community in Washington — we must continue growing the economy and encouraging jobs. Kris Johnson is the president of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s chamber of commerce and designated manufacturing association.

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To preserve or not to preserve: that is the question BY MARILOU SHEA

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’Tis the season. You know the one I’m talking about. It involves lots of stove time, oodles of fresh, local produce, and those familiar-looking Kerr or Ball mason jars. No matter what berry or pickle you’re into, next to fresh, there is no substitute. Except one: canning or preserving food usually tastes better than what you have to buy in the grocery store come November. I did a little research in terms of how canning contributes to commerce, but there’s no data that directly correlates home canners scaling to a commercial enterprise on a state or national level. Unless you consider products like Ragu. Yes, that one — the ubiquitous spaghetti sauce found on grocery store shelves across the country today. It has its origins in home canning. Assunta Cantisano and her husband Giovanni founded the Ragu Packing Co. out of their home in Rochester, New York, in 1937, making spaghetti sauce in their basement and selling it on their front porch. They later expanded to a factory. In 1969, it was no longer a small family business and was sold to a large corporation. I bet if you Google one of your favorite canned or jarred products, you’ll find the same scenario: a home kitchen, someone nuts about their recipe and a singular commitment to flavor.

Canning and preserving go way back. Way, way back. Before there were basements housing an extra fridge or freezer, there were root cellars. Back in the day, families would harvest not only for livelihood—but for their lives literally. They’d stash fresh produce in cool dark cellars to last their family through winter and the next harvest. Some granddaughters today remember hauling up everything from the root cellar into a kitchen crowded with grandmas after harvest. Everyone brought produce and once the bounty was canned, the total quantity was split fair and square. Each canner went home with a variety of great tasting products. “With the advancement of transportation, people no longer preserve foods out of necessity, they now have the choice to preserve—most generally do it for superior flavor and quality reasons,” observed LizAnn PowersHammond of Washington State University Extension-Benton County, the “master” of the Master Food Preservers program. Growing up in the Columbia Basin, our mom canned a variety of produce for our family for those very two reasons. You’ll find them to be the two most popular reasons canners can. It comes down to chasing and capturing the essence of fresh flavor and a bit of food snobbery tossed in. Powers-Hammond and I agreed on a third best reason to can and that is to

support our local farmers and growers. Without their enormous contributions, dead of winter would take on a whole new meaning in terms of pantry. For serial canMarilou Shea ner Tamara Food Truck Millage, it was Academy a love affair with pears and a friend’s blanching method that motivated her to can 52 quarts of pears a few years ago. She’s also a certificated master food preserver through the Washington State University Extension-Benton County program. Her advice: you can’t go rogue on safety rules and regulations. What worked for your mother or grandmother may not apply today. Besides, according to Powers-Hammond, Washington state and Northwest soils are high in botulism toxins that can attack the body’s nerves. The Master Food Preserver program started in 1976 in our state. Within the next two years, the WSU Extension— Benton County Master Food Preserver program launched. Wisely, the program was modeled after the wildly successful Master Gardener programs, where one of the active status stipulations is

that participants commit to 50 hours of volunteer time, among other requirements. We’re fortunate not just for the bounty of products that growers provide us in Columbia Basin but Benton County is one of only two Master Food Preserver programs that exists in the state besides Clark County. The masters enjoy sharing their expertise with home canners on all things, but especially safety first and foremost, through workshops and phone calls. Their love of the process and quest to preserve flavor make them a wonderful resource to mentor novice and serial canners alike. While there is no tracking of canning preferences at the county extension, anecdotally Powers-Hammond said that the most popular foods canned locally are tomatoes, tomato products (including salsa), pickles, pickled asparagus, peaches, pears and applesauce. Maybe your favorite salsa recipe never goes commercial and your apple butter bears no resemblance to Grandma Lu’s, but you still have time this season to preserve the perfect products. It’s like opening summer in winter. What’s not to love? Food Love columnist Marilou Shea is adjunct faculty for Columbia Basin College’s hospitality program and Food Truck Academy, as well as the creator of Food Truck Fridays.

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uBUSINESS BRIEFS Ecology accepting public comment on Purex tunnels permit modification

The state Department of Ecology is collecting public comments about proposed modifications to the Purex storage tunnels at the Hanford site for 45 days beginning in mid-August. At the request of the public, there are two public hearings— at 5:30 p.m. Aug. 27 at the Richland Public Library and at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 5 at the University of Washington’s Center for Urban Horticulture in Seattle. For more information, contact Daina McFadden, 509-372-7950 or hanford@ ecy.wa.gov.

Lieberman to speak at Spokane event

Independent think tank Washington Policy Center recently announced former Sen. Joe Lieberman is the speaker for its Eastern Washington annual dinner on Oct. 24 at the Davenport Grand Hotel in Spokane. Lieberman will talk about strengthening America through engaged foreign policy, school choice and national civility. Visit washingtonpolicy.org or call 206937-9691 to buy individual tickets.

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Prosser chamber holds beer, whiskey festival

The Prosser Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the Port of Benton and Tour Prosser, is holding the fifth annual Beer & Whiskey Festival from 5 to 10 p.m. Aug. 25 at the Prosser Wine and Food Park on Lee Road. Tickets start at $40 and include all beer and spirit tastings, and pre-sale VIP tickets are $75. To buy tickets or for more information, visit prosserbeerandwhiskey.com or call 509-786-3177.

BBB warns about football ticket scams

The Better Business Bureau warns fans to watch out for phony ticket scams. Common scams include reselling fake or non-existent tickets, price gouging, ticket scalping and scammers who use bots to buy thousands of tickets and resell them at inflated prices. BBB encourages consumers to pay for tickets with a credit card, verify tickets’ authenticity, look for secure sites, check out the seller and shop locally. Visit bbb.org/tickets for more information.

New radio station launches in Tri-Cities

Stephens Media Group recently launched KKSR, a new contemporary Christian music station known as Shine 95.7 FM in the Tri-Cities. The station streams at shine957.com, on free mobile apps and Amazon Alexa devices. The company also operates Power 99.1 FM, 94.9 FM The Wolf and Eagle 106.5 FM.

Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business • August 2018 uBUSINESS BRIEFS AG office cracks down on veterans’ charities for misleading donors

Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed two lawsuits in July, one against Spanaway-based Fallen Hero Bracelets and another against Florida nonprofit Healing Heroes Network. The lawsuits allege the organizations violated the Consumer Protection Act, which prohibits unfair or deceptive conduct in the marketplace, and the Charitable Solicitations Act, which prohibits false, misleading or deceptive charitable solicitations. The organizations told potential donors that their donations would benefit veterans when little to none of the money raised actually did. The lawsuits are part of Operation Donate with Honor, a nationwide effort against veterans’ fundraising fraud coordinated by the Federal Trade Commission and National Association of State Charities officials.

DOE awards $95 million in small business research, development grants

The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced it will award $95 million to 80 small businesses in 26 states for phase two research and development, including $997,293 to InEnTec Inc., 1935 Butler Loop in Richland, for its work using plasma fuel reformer to extend combustion lean limits. The grants are funded through DOE’s Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer pro-

grams. Small businesses that demonstrated technical feasibility for innovations during their first-phase grants competed for funding for prototype or processes development during the second phase. The programs were created by Congress to leverage small companies to advance innovation at federal agencies.

HFG Trust reaches $650M in assets under management

HFG Trust, a Kennewick-based wealth management firm, has reached $650 million in assets under management and increased its client base to 700. HFG Trust cited its partnership with Community First Bank and positive cross-utilization of expanded services to its 17 percent gain in total assets since last quarter. The firm was founded by CEO Ty Haberling 35 years ago and provides feeonly financial planning services and portfolio management. William Wang is the company’s president.

Cancer Center Foundation’s golf tourney set for Aug. 17

The Tri-City Cancer Center Foundation’s 25th annual golf tournament is Aug. 17 at Canyon Lakes Golf Course in Kennewick, with lunch at 11:30 a.m., shotgun start at 1 p.m., and a dinner and awards ceremony at 5 p.m. The event includes hole-in-one prize opportunities, tee prizes and more. For more information regarding the golf tournament or to register a team, contact Lori Lott, special events coordinator at the cancer center’s foundation office at 509-737-3373 or via email at lori@ tccancer.org.

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A Kennewick-based company has acquired a lawn and tree care and pest control provider based in Idaho Falls, Idaho. “We look forward to expanding into Eastern Idaho. We continuously look to merge with high-quality companies who share our goals, principles and culture and I believe we found the perfect fit with LawnTech,” said President and CEO Chris Senske of Senske Lawn & Tree Care in a news release. This will be the third location in Idaho for Senske Services, a locally owned and operated company with its corporate office based in Kennewick. Brothers Kim and Kurt Johnson started their Idaho company, LawnTech, in 1982. Since that time, LawnTech has grown to become the leading specialist for tree care, lawn care, pest control, pruning and landscaping in the area, according to a news release. Services will continue uninterrupted by the current team of employees doing business as LawnTech.

“We felt Senske was a good fit for our customers. They share the same customer service, customer first attitude that has kept us going since 1982. Our employees are like family and knowing that Senske has been family owned for over 70 years means a lot,” the Johnson brothers said in a news release. Senske’s Chief Financial Officer Bjorn Gjerde, who spearheads mergers and acquisitions for the company, said “with nearly 40 years of experience, we are lucky to have their team join the Senske family as we continue to grow and expand in the four states that we currently serve.” Senske has been offering lawn, tree and pest control services since 1947 across Washington, Idaho, and Utah, as well as pest control in Las Vegas, Nevada. Company CEO Chris Senske received the Sam Volpentest Entrepreneurial Leadership “Sammy” Award at the Richland Rotary Club’s 22nd annual awards luncheon in February.

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Indoor shooting range keeps customers returning to Kennewick gun shop BY JEFF MORROW

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Scott Schoffstall understands the formula for staying in business for 47 years. “The key is to not get overextended,” said the owner of Hole in the Wall in Kennewick. “When people start businesses, sometimes they borrow $400,000 to $500,000 from banks, and they end up paying the banks. If you can’t afford to do it, you shouldn’t do it.” Schoffstall is the third member of his family to run Hole in the Wall. The store at 7509 W. Deschutes Ave. sells new and used guns; will buy, trade or consign guns; and sells ammunition, holsters and cleaning supplies, and hunting equipment. His uncle, John Schoffstall, opened the store in 1971. But in 1981, his uncle decided to move to Montana and start another business. So Scott’s father, Tom Schoffstall, bought the business from his brother. Tom Schoffstall ran the business until

1995, when he decided to open a steakhouse, called TS Cattle Co. on Clearwater Avenue in Kennewick. That’s when Scott took over running Hole in the Wall, and he’s been doing it ever since. Even when Tom had to close the steakhouse around 2005, Scott continued to run the business, and his father did the books until he died last year. Scott Schoffstall learned a lot from his father. “The biggest thing is my dad grew the business slowly,” Scott said. “And you keep your overhead small. And you listen to your customers. Guys come in and say, ‘You should get these.’ After a while, enough of them say that, you need to get what they say you should.” Schoffstall said most hunters don’t really start thinking about hunting until the end of August or September. But even then, the hunting business is not as lucrative for Hole in the Wall as it used to be. “Hunting used to be the biggest part of our business,” he said. “We saw that

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Scott Schoffstall, owner of Hole in the Wall gun shop and shooting range at 7509 W. Deschutes Ave., said his two biggest customers are for target shooting and self-defense. Schoffstall’s uncle started the business 47 years ago.

change when Sportsman’s Warehouse opened. But now our biggest business is target shooting and self-defense.” The indoor target range features 10 lanes. It’s been a big key to the business thriving for as long as it has. “My dad started really small,” Schoffstall said. “He built this store in 1990, and it was 2,500 square feet. But in 1997, he added a shooting range. That grew it to 10,000 square feet.” People can try before they buy. “There are plenty of businesses in the Tri-Cities to purchase guns,” Schoffstall said. “But we are the only place where you can come in and shoot the gun before you buy it.” Which is important, he said, if the gun you’re trying, for instance, has too much recoil in it. In addition to the target shooters, Schoffstall has seen a rise of customers interested in self-defense. “Self-defense is our biggest growing group,” he said. “And we’re getting more and more women in here. It’s huge, especially if you’re a single woman. It’s ridiculous if you don’t know how to shoot a gun.” Self-defense classes are no larger than six customers, Schoffstall says he might get 10 people a month for classes. “We usually do two self-defense classes a month,” he said. “Five years ago, there may have been a total of four or five classes all year.”

In addition, Hole in the Wall holds education and safety classes once a month. Schoffstall said the number of employees he has varies with the time of year, but he currently has six. He is confident the gun business will continue to do well. “The only thing I see that would put a huge crimp in this business would be some regulations that would ban guns,” Schoffstall said. “That would limit what we sell. Right now, our handguns are the No. 1 seller, assault rifles are two or three. But if a ban happens, we’d just would have to find something else to sell.” That’s what good businesses do: adjust to the market. But that’s not a problem right now for Hole in the Wall. Drive by the store any time of the day, and the parking lot is filled with cars. “Summer is normally our slowest time too. But it’s been pretty busy,” Schoffstall said. “The fall and winter are the busiest.” It helps that the store is adjacent to Columbia Center Boulevard, attracting a good amount of drive-by traffic. “My dad was smart when he bought this place out here before it got so busy,” Schoffstall said. But it’s the indoor shooting range that’s the huge attraction. “The range has definitely helped our business,” he said. “There are a few outdoor ranges around the Tri-Cities. But we’re the only public indoor range. I’m planning on putting some new lighting in the gun range, trying to upgrade it this winter.” In three years, Hole in the Wall will be 50 years old. It’ll be a big milestone. “And we’re going to do something to celebrate when we get to our 50th,” Schoffstall said. Hole in the Wall: 7509 W. Deschutes Ave., Kennewick; 509-783-1111; tricity guns.com; Facebook; Instagram; Twitter.

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Business Profile

Kelley’s Tele-Communications finds success by adapting to changing market Kennewick-based answering services company celebrates 50 years in business BY JEFF MORROW

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On July 1, 1968, Jerry and Elaine Sovereign bought the Pasco office of Kelley’s Telephone Answering Service Inc. of Seattle from then-owner Max Kelley. Fifty years later, Kelley’s TeleCommunications is still going strong, complete with a name change in 1983. Jerry and Elaine are still the owners, but their daughter, Julie Sovereign, has been the company’s general manager for the past 13 Jerry Sovereign years. “We’re planning a yearlong celebration,” Julie said. And why not? To make it in a family business that long, owners must Elaine Sovereign weather hard times, adapt to changes and look for the newest trends. That’s Julie’s job. “My dad was a visionary,” she said. “He saw great opportunities in this business and where it could go. I’m thinking how we could go with it and reconfigure it.” That’s why Julie, who has been with the company for more than 30 years, keeps an eye on what the young millennials, especially in her company, are doing. “Changes in technology have allowed us to adapt our business structure,” she said. “Instead of having a location in each city, we are able to utilize our staffing better. Back in the day, you had to be close to the phone company.” The road to 50 years has been an interesting one. In 1971, Jerry bought an answering service company in Wenatchee, and four years later he did the same in Walla Walla. By 1984, Jerry started Kelley’s Paging Division to cover pagers and two-way radios. Pagers were a big part of the business from the early 1980s through the early 2000s. Julie said there are still some customers who like using them. In 1990, Kelley’s opened a location in Yakima. In 1995, the company started its Cellular Reselling Division, called Kelley’s Cellular. Kelley’s shut down its cellular division in 2012, and closed the kiosks it had in malls in Kennewick, Walla Walla and Wenatchee. “At one time, when we had the kiosks

in the malls, we were up to 40 employees,” Julie said. “But after we closed them down in 2012, we dropped down to 20 employees.” In 2004, the company started a satellite reselling division called Kelley’s Satellite. Today, the company only offers Dish Network. By 2015, the company moved its corporate office from Pasco to 8121 W. Grandridge Blvd. in Kennewick. “We are in a growth period, and in the next year or two, we’ll have to be looking for another location,” Julie said. “Tri-Cities is our corporate office, but we have a lot of business in southeastern Washington and northeastern Julie Sovereign Oregon. We have customers in Arizona and Idaho. But our comfort zone is still the Pacific Northwest. People like local.” Even with all the changes over the years, Julie said the bread and butter is still the answering services. “The telephone answering service is still our foundation,” she said. “We have clients who have been with us from day one.” Loyal clients for 50 years? Yes. “Long-term relationship building is what we like to do,” Julie said. “The service we provide them is individualized.” Plans start at $35 a month. For some customers, Julie Sovereign said Kelley’s is a gatekeeper, as it screens calls and only transfers or dispatches emergency calls. “That gives the clients’ staff a better quality of life during their personal time,” she said. “For other customers, Kelley’s becomes a customer service representative, greeting and scheduling appointments and becoming their offsite receptionist.” Other clients may only need Kelley’s for emergency dispatching on rare occasions. “Many answering services have sold to larger companies,” she said. “We find our current clientele prefers the personal touch our team provides.” Kelley’s has gotten involved more intensely in answering services, when in 2012 it started providing a 24/7, 365days a year bilingual Spanish and English answering services. So who uses Kelley’s answering services? Clients include crisis response centers, dentists, financial advisors, funeral homes, physicians, plumbers, public utilities and facilities, real estate companies and veterinarians. The two-pronged approach of making clients and staff happy has been the key

Kelley’s Tele-Communications at 8121 W. Grandridge Blvd. in Kennewick opened in 1968 as a telephone answering service. The 50-year-old company has evolved over the years but its answering service continues to be the cornerstone of the business. (Courtesy Kelley’s Tele-Communications)

to the company’s success. “Our agents are on the ground floor,” Julie said. “They are the front line for our clients. They greet, screen, calm and manage our callers. Our support team is continually learning and incorporating new tools to make the agents’ job easier and to give a great experience to the caller and the client.” Sovereign continues to keep an eye out for the hot trends for the future, such as translation services, and web-chat and social media management. “With a company 50 years old, we always have to ask ourselves, ‘Is this

process working?,’ ‘What can we do better?,’ ‘What is on the horizon?,’ ‘How are we working toward the new goal or vision?’ ” she said. But Kelley’s foundation remains its traditional answering service. The call center, remote receptionists, appointment schedulers, bilingual agents and nationwide footprint (thanks to the internet) have kept the company strong. Kelley’s Tele-Communications: 8121 W. Grandridge Blvd., Kennewick; 800533-2741; kelleystc.com; Facebook.

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uBUSINESS BRIEFS ACT screening ‘Wizard of Oz’ movie as fundraiser

The Academy of Children’s Theatre is showcasing the classic movie, “Wizard of Oz,” as a family-friendly fundraising event on Aug. 25. The screening will take place at 9 a.m. at the Fairchild Cinemas in Pasco. Tickets are $10, which includes a $1 off coupon toward a ticket to ACT’s production of “Wizard of Oz” this fall. This special fundraising event will benefit the ACT’s theatre expansion project, scheduled to open in 2020. Information about the new theatre will be available in the theater lobby. Entertainment and a meet-and-greet with members of the ACT “Wizard of

Oz” cast also will be featured. Tickets may be bought online at academyofchildrenstheatre.org or at ACT, 213 Wellsian Way, Richland.

Business association opposes I-1631

The Association of Washington Business’ board of directors opposes Initiative 1631, which seeks to impose a new carbon emissions fee on Washington employers. As proposed, the initiative would establish an escalating fee on carbon emissions starting at $15 per metric ton, immediately adding 14 cents per gallon of gasoline. The fee would increase annually by $2 per ton plus inflation. AWB said it believes the initiative does little to reduce global carbon emis-

sions and because of the increased cost of energy for families and employers, puts Washington businesses at a competitive disadvantage. AWB is a statewide business association with nearly 7,000 members representing 700,000 employees.

Banner Corporation to buy Skagit Bancorp

Banner Corp., a holding company for Banner Bank and Islanders Bank, will acquire Skagit Bank, a Washington statechartered commercial bank in an allstock transaction. The combined company will have about $11.4 billion in assets. Skagit Bancorp was founded in 1958 and operates 11 retail branches. Banner is a $10.4 billion bank holding

company operating two commercial banks in four Western states, including in the Tri-Cities.

Aviation museum in Pasco opens Aug. 24

The grand opening celebration of the new Pasco Aviation Museum at 4102 N. Stearman Ave. is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 24 when admission to the museum will be free. A commemorative Air Force B-17 will be on display, and flights and tours will be available. Call Malin Bergstrom at 509-5217117 or visit bit.ly/PascoWA for more information.

INB reports decreased second quarter, increased six-month net income

Northwest Bancorporation Inc., the holding company of Inland Northwest Bank, reported $1.44 million net income for the second quarter, compared to $2.15 million for the first quarter. Earnings per share were 19 cents, down 10 cents from the previous quarter, but improved 18.7 percent from second quarter 2017. Quarterly earnings were negatively affected by $495,000 in one-time costs related to abandonment of a planned initial public offering of the company’s common stock and $259,000 one-time costs related to its merger with First Interstate BankSystem. For the six months ended that June 30, net income was $3.59 million, compared to $2.02 million for the corresponding period in 2017, and earnings improved 54.8 percent year over year.

IRS seeks community tax volunteers

The Internal Revenue Service needs volunteers who want to help provide free tax preparation in communities during the 2019 tax season. The IRS sponsors the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance and Tax Counseling for the Elderly programs each year, offering free tax help for people with low to moderate incomes, senior citizens, people with disabilities and those who speak limited English. Volunteers typically work three to five hours per week. Last year, the programs’ volunteers assisted with the preparation more than 3.5 million federal tax returns for qualified taxpayers at no cost. Visit https://go.usa.gov/xUKQV for details.

uAPPOINTMENTS • Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Washington, recently announced the appointment of six Central Washington students, including five from the Tri-Cities, to attend U.S. service academies: Curtis Clute of Prosser, Daniela Mendoza of West Richland and Clayton Porcaro of Richland will attend the U.S. Military Academy at West Point; Luke Gorham of Kennewick will attend the U.S. Air Force Academy; and Adam Weissenfels of Richland will attend the U.S. Naval Academy. Members of Congress may nominate candidates for appointment to four of the five U.S. service academies.

Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business • August 2018 INVESTOR, From page 1 Regional centers tend to pool EB-5 financing from multiple investors for a project, and that EB-5 funding typically represents a small portion of the project’s overall financing package in the end, Haglund said. Investors are not required to go through a regional center, but standalone-investments are much less common. Capped at 10,000 immigrant visas per year, the EB-5 program is popular with foreign investors and can be competitive among developers seeking to use EB-5 financing, Haglund said. “There’s only so many investors, so the guys in New York are competing with the guys in Washington and so on,” he said. “It’s very competitive.” On a national level, the majority of EB-5 funding goes toward various types of real estate projects, including mixeduse developments, hotels, resorts and commercial or residential developments. A smaller portion — about 25 percent — is used on infrastructure projects, such as railways and highways, restaurants, medical buildings and educational facilities, according to a 2016 report published by the U.S. Government Accountability Office and cited by USCIS spokesman Michael Bars. Locally, four foreign investors provided a total of $2 million of EB-5 financing for Richland’s 82-room Lodge at Columbia Point, which opened in September 2017. The $14.8 million hotel was a joint project between the late Tom Drumheller of Escape Lodging and Bob Naito of Naito Development, both out of Oregon. The decision to cover a portion of the financing with EB-5 loans was made in part because the hotel is in an EB-5 targeted employment area, Naito said. “It’s very difficult to finance boutique hotel properties. There’s a select number of lenders who will loan on unflagged properties,” Naito said, explaining that unflagged properties are those that don’t carry a major hotel brand. The $2 million of EB-5 financing used for the project was facilitated by American Lending Center, a California-based, USCIS-approved regional center that has facilitated EB-5 financing for more than 70 projects across the United States, according to Bruce Thompson, president of American Lending Center. The company also facilitated $13.5 million of EB-5 financing used to pay for the

creation of Eritage resort in Walla Walla, which included 27 EB-5 investors. Combined with its other two EB-5 projects in Washington — a La Quinta Inn in Tumwater and a Hilton Garden Inn in Lynnwood — American Lending Center estimates that its projects have created about 500 new jobs in Washington. “The EB-5 program is a win-win for America. It doesn’t cost the U.S. taxpayer anything and it provides a huge benefit to our country,” Thompson said. “It’s a good program that allows investors to come to America.” While many regional centers promote their EB-5 projects, there is no comprehensive list of EB-5 projects available because they are private offers and considered to be a part of a company’s proprietary information, Haglund said. Additionally, USCIS said it does not keep hard numbers on investment amounts or jobs created under EB-5, making it difficult to pinpoint exactly how much of an overall benefit the EB-5 program has had on Washington. Haglund, who oversees the process of certifying targeted employment areas, or TEAs, for EB-5 investments in Washington, said there were 82 TEAdesignations granted to projects in 2017. Government research has shown that the majority of EB-5 investments are made in areas designated as TEAs; however, approval of a TEA does not necessarily mean the project went on to be fully funded and completed. Haglund also noted that the 82 TEA approvals granted in 2017 was down from 150 approvals in 2016 and is expected to drop slightly lower in 2018 due to China becoming more diligent at enforcing limits on the amount of money its citizens can invest outside of the country. Historically, many of the immigrants investing in the EB-5 program have come from mainland China. New countries such as Brazil, India, Taiwan and South Korea are expected to eventually fill the gap. In the meantime, however, there are jitters among investors and lenders who are looking toward October when Congress must either renew the EB-5 program for another 12 months, make legislative reforms or let it expire. Thompson at American Lending Center said that with thousands of investors and projects at various places in the EB-5 process, letting the program expire is not a viable option.

Developers of Richland’s 82-room Lodge at Columbia Point, which opened in September 2017, used $2 million in financing for the $14.8 million boutique hotel provided by the Immigrant Investor Program, or EB-5 program. (Courtesy Crowerks)

But while the program has been renewed each year since it was first enacted on a pilot basis in 1992, there are worries this year among those who view the current Congress as more volatile and unpredictable than in past years, Haglund said. Additionally, many of the parties involved agree that the program could benefit from some changes — technical fixes and better enforcement, among others. In its current form, investors are susceptible to losing money through bad investments that don’t produce the expected visas. Additionally, it can be prone to exploitation on the investor side, according to Bars at USCIS. “While it was originally well intended,

the EB-5 program has too often been prone to instances of fraud and abuse, with foreign investors exploiting our system, undermining our laws and ultimately buying their way to citizenship without fulfilling their required contributions to the American economy as required by law,” Bars said. Haglund said he expects to see TEA applications slow down until investors have more clarity on the program in October, but he hopes to see EB-5 continue to bring jobs and money to Washington in the future. “It’s a popular program, there’s no doubt about it,” he said. “The families are the main reason that people invest — to get their kids here.”

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Goose Ridge expands processing facility, adds canned wines BY ROBIN WOJTANIK

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Tri-Cities’ third plasma donation center to open in Pasco Page 53

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The growth at Goose Ridge Estate Vineyard & Winery is quickly apparent to drivers near the crossroads of interstates 82 and 182 because a large building rises alongside the current processing facility at the corporate headquarters on East Jacobs Road near Benton City. The scope of the growth is even more visible through the immense, new high-capacity tanks and racks upon racks of wine barrels. The new building will be 28,000 square feet when finished, big enough to accommodate two bottling lines and about 6,500 wine barrels. Goose Ridge currently has one bottling line. The expansion means the estate winery can fill up to 90 bottles a minute, ideal for its small batches. “It allows us to be very versatile so we can be bottling two different things, since we do small lots, in one shot,” said Bob Gates, Goose Ridge controller. The bottling line is expected to be operational by Sept. 1. Construction began at the end of May. Conner Construction holds the contract for the $1.7 million project. The expansion was planned about a year ago to add capacity for barrel space and five large tanks, each holding 75,000 gallons of juice, stored prior to barreling as the product is on its way to becoming wine. The on-site capacity for juice will swell to 3.6 million gallons. Goose Ridge also has tapped into the growing canned wine market. Looking to capitalize on the outdoorsy lifestyle enjoyed by both its

Goose Ridge Estate Vineyard & Winery is building a 28,000-square-foot addition to its current processing facility on the outskirts of Benton City near Dallas Road.

family members and customers, a new line named Cascadian Outfitters features wine in standard 12-ounce aluminum cans, amounting to half-bottle of wine, or about two glasses. “We’re the first Washington winery to put 100 percent estate fruit in a can,” said Taylor Monson, Pacific Northwest account sales manager. “It’s all sourced from Goose Ridge Winery, making it all Columbia Valley juice.” With the slogan, “Adventure in a can,” the whimsical labels for Cascadian Outfitters feature an image of a Sasquatch holding a wine glass in one hand and a wine bottle in the other. It’s marketed as the “can-do” option to fit into active lifestyles, especially for people spending time outside who don’t want to lug a bottle, wine glasses and opener, or compromise quality typical of canned wine. The cans from Cascadian Outfitters have scored a minimum of 87 points from Wine

Enthusiast, with its rosé named a “best buy” from the industry magazine. The line also includes a Chardonnay and red wine blend. Single cans retail for $4.99 each and can be found at Mid-Columbia Wine and Spirits, Yoke’s Fresh Market and the Goose Ridge tasting rooms, which exclusively offers them in six-packs. The cans are bottled at the processing facility near Benton City, built in 2008, and surrounded by thousands of acres of vineyards in the area between Candy and Badger mountains known as Goose Gap. “Everything Goose Ridge is done on-site. From start to finish, growing the grapes here at our vineyard, to bringing it into this facility, making the wines, and putting the package together, either bottling or canning,” said Molly Stutesman, Goose Ridge vice president. uGOOSE RIDGE, Page 52

Tri-Cities Public Market begins to gain traction in Pasco BY LAURA KOSTAD

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For years, there’s been talk of a year-round public market opening in Tri-Cities that might look like Pike Place Market in Seattle or Wenatchee’s Pybus Public Market. The vision is slowly beginning to take shape. The nonprofit Tri-Cities Public Market Coalition welcomed 61 prospective vendors to its recent vendors vision and information night to find out what types of businesses should be part of a future public market, answer questions that potential vendors had and brainstorm what they would need to be successful. Pasco City Councilman Craig Maloney and Port of Pasco’s Gary Ballew attended to answer questions. Attendees represented an array of businesses: food trucks, restauranteurs, locallyowned jewelry and apparel retailers, musicians, small local grocers, coffee brewers, bakers, shaved ice sellers, art galleries and more. Once the group’s ideas were collected, attendees indicated the items in each category most important to them. The data collected will be reviewed by

Adam Brault and Ana Ruiz Peralta of the Tri-Cities Public Market Coalition lead a recent bilingual meeting to collect ideas from community members and prospective vendors interested in becoming involved in a 30,000-plus-square-foot, yearround public market proposed for Pasco.

Pasco and coalition officials, as well as consultants, Aaron Zaretsky, the past director of Pike Place Market and a globally renowned public market consultant who’s helped raise more than $100 million for public market projects, and Ted Spitzer of Portland, Mainebased Market Ventures, who also has advised the popular Seattle market.

The coalition continues to seek feedback from other prospective vendors and those unable to attend the event. “Feedback is absolutely critical,” said Adam Brault, market coalition president, who has spearheaded the effort to bring a public market to Tri-Cities since 2015. uMARKET, Page 59

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GOOSE RIDGE, From page 49 Of the grapes grown on the family’s vineyards, 15 percent are destined for Goose Ridge wines, with the other 85 percent contracted for other wineries. Stutesman said it is the largest contiguous vineyard in the state of Washington, with about 2,200 planted acres, and “significantly” larger than the entire combined American Viticultural Areas, or AVAs, of both Walla Walla and Red Mountain. Goose Ridge has applied for Goose Gap to be named its own AVA, a designation granted by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau. The process began last fall and is expected to take up to two years. If successful, Goose Gap would be a sub-AVA of the Columbia Valley.

The family-owned winery has been growing grapes in the region for about 20 years, but has a long history of agriculture, including grapes, apples, cherries and raising cattle. Now with its fourth generation working in the family business, Goose Ridge has expanded its wine footprint with four tasting rooms spread across the state. These include the Richland location on Dallas Road, as well as Woodinville, Leavenworth and, most recently, Walla Walla. Besides wine in bottles and cans, the winery also sells ciders that can be taken home in growlers. The new bottling line, set to be established by late summer, is expected to result in five new jobs at the processing facility.

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Tri-Cities’ third plasma donation center to open in Pasco GCAM Plasma to lease space next door to Goodwill

BY ROBIN WOJTANIK

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The Tri-Cities is poised to welcome its third plasma donation center when a new location opens across from the main Pasco Post Office on Court Street, alongside Goodwill, this fall. California-based GCAM Plasma already has an Eastern Washington clinic in Pullman. The $1.4 million Pasco office would be GCAM’s second in the state. It has plans to open another in Yakima. These clinics would add to the nearly 600 plasma donation centers that are government-licensed and certified through the International Quality Plasma Program, or IQPP, across the U.S., Canada and Europe. The Tri-Cities’ two other local plasma centers include Grifols Biomat USA on North Union Street in Kennewick and BioLife Plasma Services on Wrigley Drive in west Pasco. Unlike whole blood or platelet donations through the American Red Cross, plasma donors are generally compensated for their efforts. Interested GCAM plasma donors can expect to be paid $25 to $30 for a single donation. Plasma is used to treat rare, chronic diseases, as well as in everyday medicine.

“Most people come in contact with plasma derivatives through vaccines,” said Christopher Pham, marketing supervisor for GCAM Plasma. A typical plasma donation can take about 90 minutes once a donor is an established client. Plasma proteins and antibodies are typically collected for patients with immune system deficiencies, liver disease or bleeding disorders. The Plasma Proteins Therapeutics Association says it can take 1,200 donations to treat one person with hemophilia for a year. The most recent donation estimate from 2015 includes 35.4 million donations made at U.S. plasma centers licensed by the Food and Drug Administration and certified by the IQPP. A typical plasma center will collect about 63,000 donations in a year, according to the association. Biomat USA in Kennewick says its yearly economic impact amounts to $4.8 million through compensation paid to donors, averaging 1,100 donations a week. BioLife Plasma Services does not release its local donation figures. Plasma is the clear liquid in blood that remains after white and red cells are removed. Plasma is collected from a donor using a process called plasmapheresis, which uses a machine to filter and separate the plasma from blood, returning the

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The Tri-Cities’ third plasma donation center is expected to open in September in Pasco. GCAM Plasma will be the second donation center in Pasco. The third is in Kennewick. Interested GCAM plasma donors can expect to be paid $25 to $30 for a single donation.

remaining parts of the blood back to the donor. This is different from whole blood donation, which removes blood in its entirety and does not return any portion to the donor, making it more draining to the body. This difference is why a plasma donor can donate up to twice a week, while a whole blood donor needs to wait nearly two months between donations. To keep the donation banks safe, plasma centers in North America use a shared database that identifies ineligible donors who may have been deferred due to a positive HIV, Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C status. Donors must pass two separate medical

screenings that check for infectious diseases before their donation may be considered for use in plasma therapies. “We evaluate each person to determine whether they will be a qualified donor,” said Jasmine Lowe, marketing specialist for GCAM. Centers are focused on repeat donors, believing this is the best method to reduce contaminated donations, which most often result from one-time donors. GCAM recently held a job fair to find employees of all levels, including managers, for the new Pasco office. uPLASMA, Page 54

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PLASMA, From page 53 Pham estimates the company will hire 15 to 20 people to start up the new clinic at 3521 W. Court St., Suite C in Pasco, and could expand the payroll from there. The contractor on the GCAM location is Stough Development Corp., and the architect is Casler Design Group Inc., both based in Cincinnati. The 12,000-square-foot clinic is in a larger building owned by Goodwill Industries of the Columbia. Plasma donors must be between 18 and 65, weigh at least 110 pounds and be in good health with valid identification. GCAM is targeting an opening date in September. GCAM operates facilities in California, Texas, Idaho and Indiana.

uCERTIFICATION • Jill Adcock, compliance and privacy officer with Chaplaincy Health Care, has earned a certification in health care privacy compliance, or CHPC, from the Compliance Certification Jill Adcock Board. Adcock joins a growing group of privacy and health care compliance pro-

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taken the steps necessary to become certified. “Patient privacy and compliance is of upmost importance to Chaplaincy Health Care and the community we serve,” said Gary Castillo, Chaplaincy’s executive director. “Jill Adcock has continually demonstrated her caring, compassion and commitment to our patients by ensuring our team utilizes best practices in all areas of our business. Jill is to be commended for her steadfast pursuit of patient privacy and compliance, upholding the integrity of Chaplaincy Health Care.”

FIRST AMERICAN TITLE CO. 8109 W. GRANDRIDGE BLVD., SUITE 110• KENNEWICK

Tri-City Title and Escrow was to be the tenant of a new nine-office building in the Grandridge Business Park but it’s now home to First American Title Co., which finalized the purchase of the Tri-City Title and Escrow after construction had commenced at 8109

W. Grandridge Blvd. in Kennewick. First American Title Co. is the tenant of suite 110. Suite 120 is grey-shell and available for lease. The building sits between the Washington State Attorney General’s office and Cascade Natural Gas’ headquarters in the Grandridge Business Park. The building features nine private offices, five closing offices, three restrooms, 1,200 square feet of open office area, a 575-squarefoot reception and waiting area, a 350-square-foot conference/training room, a workroom and a full kitchen with breakroom.

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Paper Street closes Richland alehouse to open Pasco taphouse

Brewing company also plans to turn its focus to canning beers BY ARIELLE DREHER

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Paper Street Brewing Co. is changing its scenery and its vibe, as Robby Burns, the founder of the five-year-old brewery, puts it. He decided to close the Richland alehouse at the end of July in favor of bringing the operation closer to home. A new brewhouse, which will be on the same farmland where the production is, will re-open in March 2019 in Pasco. The new taproom has been a work in progress for several months, requiring a build out and renovation. Most recently, Paper Street installed a heating, ventilation and air conditioning system into the taproom, he said. The new location is on Burns’ family’s farmland, and the “country-style” taproom will open up into an outdoor area with games and seating facing the fields. “The vibe in Richland and Kennewick was more of a coffee shop vibe, more low-key,” Burns said. “This will still be low-key but with some fun and games.” Burns said he plans to have yard games, like Cornhole or Connect 4, on the lawn. The Pasco taproom will not have its own food, and Burns plans to partner with local food trucks and vendors like they did at their first location

in downtown Kennewick in 2013. He said he plans to team up with three or four food trucks and cycle them through on weekends. The new taproom will only be open Fridays and Saturdays. Burns is dealing with the permitting and regulations required to serve beer in a taproom in Franklin County. The process has taken longer than he initially thought. The brewery announced the decision to close the Richland store on Facebook on July 26 and served its last pints two days later—for now, that is. Burns said the initial idea was to have both the Richland and Pasco locations open at the same time, but then he found a canning machine and the rent increased at the Richland location. “We were doing OK over in Richland, but then we kind of went, ‘Do we want to pay rent and everything else,’ because I have other things going on as well, or, ‘Do we just kind of want to simplify it?’ ” he said. Burns decided to bring the brewery back to the family property, where he already spends a lot of time brewing and experimenting. He also has a new focus on canning and distributing Paper Street’s brews. Burns hopes to have cans of Paper Street beer on local store shelves this fall. He plans to can and sell a pale ale,

Paper Street Brewing Co. closed its Richland alehouse at the end of July, but founder Robby Burns says he plans to open a new Pasco taphouse in spring 2019.

96 Bones India Pale Ale and Session IPA, which has a lower alcohol by volume content than a normal IPA. He is working with a new water source (beer is mostly water), which is going to change the flavors of the beer slightly. “We are curious to see how it will change some of our flavor profiles,” he said. Paper Street is known for experimenting, and Burns does not plan on changing that anytime soon. He said he will have a lot more IPAs on tap going forward as well as continue to experiment with kettle sour beers.

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FUERZA ELEMENTARY 6011 W. 10TH PLACE• KENNEWICK

Kennewick’s first dual language elementary school, Fuerza Elementary, is ready to open its doors to students on Aug. 28. The 66,338-square-foot school features 30 classrooms, a gym, cafeteria, library, offices, specialist spaces and playground. It’s built on the former site of Desert Hills Middle School and will be home to all of the dis-

trict’s dual language elementary students who attended Edison or Hawthorne elementary schools. The estimated cost of the project is more than $18 million, with funding coming from a state K-3 class size reduction grant. The design is based on the new Westgate Elementary and Amon Creek Elementary. The public is welcome to attend a ribbon-cutting and tour the school at 10 a.m. Aug. 23 at 6011 W. 10th Place.

Jaime Silva is the school’s principal. The general contractor was Fowler General Construction of Richland. The architect was MMEC Architecture & Interiors of Kennewick. The old gym building on the site will become the new location for Mid-Columbia Partnership, the district’s homeschool program. The $6.7 renovation project will be completed and open to students in January 2019.

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PAPER STREET, From page 55 Previously, Paper Street Brewing Co. focused on hosting events for nonprofits or for the community, like Beer Choir, and Burns says he plans to continue to do so, on perhaps a smaller scale. The brewery donated 5 cents for every pint and growler filled to Feeding America when it was in Richland, and Burns said that partnership will likely continue on tap room sales, not canned beer sales. The new location is about 10 minutes from the former Richland pub and five minutes north of Road 68 in Pasco. Burns envisions the new Paper Street to be “a cool place to hang out and have some beers.” He said the transition is about “keeping it simple.” The brewery will put up signs and post updates about the March re-opening on its social media accounts.

uBOARDS • Kennewick Mayor Don Britain recently was elected president of the Association of Washington Cities. Britain has served on AWC’s board since 2014. He was first elected to the Kennewick City Council in 2009, and Don Britain elected mayor in 2018. The 25-member AWC Board of Directors is the association’s governing body. Founded in 1933, the non-

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uSCHOLARSHIPS • The Washington Wine Industry Foundation recently awarded $38,000 to 12 students pursuing careers in the wine industry: Bailey Bromiley, Crystal Kampling, Noel Perez, Kelsey Itameri, Austin Morrell, Margaret McCoy, Andrew “Tyler” Williams, Kaitlin Miller, Katherine East, Nataliya Shcherbatyuk, Garrett Lattanzio and Victoria Minette. The awards were made from four funds: Walter J. Clore Scholarship, Foundation Fund Scholarship, Horse Heaven Hills Wine Growers

Scholarship, and George and Susan Carter Scholarship. The Washington Wine Industry Foundation helps fund solutions for the wine industry’s challenges, including the need for a future workforce that is well-educated.

uPROMOTION • Tamra Meyer was recently promoted to statewide programs director for Junior Achievement of Washington. She previously served as the regional programs manager for the organization’s Southeast region for four years. In her new position, Meyer will oversee JA program managers throughout the state.

SANDIFUR CROSSING 5710 N. ROAD 68• PASCO

Pasco’s status as one of the state’s fastest growing cities in the state and a forecast for continued growth prompted a Yakima-based developer to create a 13.5acre retail center off Road 68. The single-story Sandifur Crossing at 5710 N. Road 68 features four units, leased by Dollar Tree, Planet

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cost includes $3.5 million for the land. Rent prices are $18 to $35 per square foot. Chad Carper of KiemleHagood in Spokane is the broker. Hogback Development Co., a privately-held diversified commercial real estate acquisition and development firm, oversaw the project. Incorporated in 2012, Hogback officials say they take pride in building and restoring areas in the Northwest, helping to create new jobs, new facilities and working with local businesses. Overseeing the project is Chris Waddle, lead developer and co-owner of Hogback, who is responsible for acquisitions, leasing, tenant relations, entitlement and project management. Project manager is Benjy Stephens, director of construction and co-owner of Hogback, as well as owner of the commercial general construction company Stephens & Sons. Poston Architects of Yakima designed the building.

Real Estate & Construction MARKET, From page 49 In addition to helping reopen Uptown Theatre as a community space and organizing the first TriConf, Brault is also the founder/co-founder of several businesses: &yet, a people-first software company; Doctype Society, Tri-Cities’ first meetup for design, technology and software professionals; Talky, a video chat service requiring no downloads or plugins; ^Lift Security; WholeStory, a startup whose mission is to change hiring culture; and Fuse Coworking space in Richland. Coalition members said the information gained from the vendors will be hugely beneficial, especially when the group moves into the next phases beyond the feasibility study and site analysis. The $40,000 feasibility study also will draw on feedback collected from an online community survey from earlier this summer. The survey asked respondents for their thoughts on the project, what kinds of businesses they would like to see take part, and where the market should be located — either in downtown Pasco near the existing Pasco Farmers Market, or at the larger, port-owned, former marine terminal site to the east of the cable bridge. Fifty percent said they were likely to visit the downtown Pasco location frequently, and 75 percent said they were likely to visit the marine terminal location frequently. Nearly 3,000 people completed the survey. In 2016, Brault and the coalition approached the city of Richland, proposing the public market go in the vacant two-acre space at 650 George Washington Way — known as the pit —at the “gateway” to Richland. But the city rejected the proposal in favor of the Park Place development, 6,700 square feet of retail space and a 106unit apartment complex, projected to be completed during late 2019. Brault recalled a former consultant to the coalition having said, “To be successful, the local city government has to have skin in the game,” and that the market couldn’t be successful with private citizens alone, though the initiative has gained tremendous support from the community. The Tri-Cities Public Market Facebook page boasts more than 11,000 likes. Not losing heart after its first rejection, the coalition turned its attention to potential sites in Kennewick and Pasco. Pasco offered the best opportunities, so, with Kennewick’s support and Pasco’s keen interest in the project, the initiative began to gain real momentum, Brault said. “This is and should be a Tri-Cities Public Market that really brings our whole community together,” he said. “Our sprawl makes discovery hard. It’s a challenge that exists for new businesses in our area trying to get discovered. It makes starting out really expensive.” Brault said the coalition hopes the proposed 30,000-square-foot, indoor, climatecontrolled public market space will serve as an incubator for businesses to grow beyond the market. “We want to create great Tri-Citiesgrown brands,” he said. “We know that a lot of great things can come from here and do come from here. We want to showcase the Tri-Cities.” The project would have ties to the local

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music and art scene, too. throughout the market. “Culture is at the center of the experiCoalition officials expect the market to ence we want to create—it’s the core of be a popular place among “a crowd willwhat this is,” Brault ing and able to spend said. money,” though they The market would hope to offer “We want to create also offer a variety of SNAP tokens “so great Tri-Citiesspace sizes to suit people of all income vendors’ needs, levels are able to purgrown brands.” which the coalition chase food at the pubprojects will include lic market.” The fed- Adam Brault, eral SNAP program public utility hookmarket coalition president offers nutrition assisups in most of the spaces. Affordable tance to eligible, lowrents are also a priorincome individuals ity, “so that the smallest and most daring and families. and creative of businesses has a chance to Accessibility is also a priority for the thrive,” according to coalition officials. market’s design. Public sitting areas and kid-friendly Kevin Lakey has agreed to serve as activities are envisioned to be interspersed consultant on the project. He has advised

Seattle Pacific University and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland on accessibility, served on the Washington State Governor’s Committee on Disabilities and Employment Issues for six years in related efforts, and most recently, has been an advisor for Kadlec for its tower expansion project. With the anticipated popularity of the market, prospective vendors are expected to operate a full-time business, be open a minimum of five days per week and willing to operate during evening and night hours, with larger “anchor” vendors open possibly six to seven days a week. The consultant’s study is expected to wrap up later this summer. Tri-Cities Public Market: Facebook; tricitiespublicmarket.com.

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JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY 1550 GEORGE WASHINGTON WAY• RICHLAND

Richland School District’s ninth and final project from the 2013 voter-approved bond will be finished in time to welcome students back to school on Aug. 28. The new 65,000-square-foot Jefferson at 1550 George Washington Way can accommodate 537 students. Voters five years ago approved a plan to replace Jefferson’s 1953 wing, but additional state funding meant the district could afford a new school, a $22.5 million project. The district approved this plan in 2015. Nearly 66 percent of Richland School District voted in favor of the $98 million bond in 2013 that addressed the needs of nine specific facility improvement projects, including Jefferson. The district said each of the bondapproved projects have been completed on time and within budget. Bobbi Buttars is the school’s principal. The general contractor for the Jefferson project was Fowler General Construction of Richland. The architect was Design West of Kennewick. Jefferson’s 1982 wing was repurposed into a $1.4 million preschool center that’s 39,000 square feet in size, with 10 classrooms and eight special education classrooms. Voters approved this project in a February 2017 election.

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Longtime restauranteurs planning new food joint in Richland Uptown BY LAURA KOSTAD

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Fans of Dovetail Joint Mobile Kitchen will rejoice when owners Matt and Maren McGowan open their new brick and mortar restaurant in Richland’s Uptown Shopping Center this fall. Serving a variety of made-fromscratch, locally-sourced food, the McGowans launched their food cart two years ago as a way of expanding into the Tri-Cities from Goldendale, where they previously owned the Glass Onion restaurant, which they sold in 2017 after nine years in business. The couple said they’ve identified a lot of great opportunities for their business and their two children, who are interested in pursuing the visual and performing arts, in the Tri-Cities. The proximity to local farms for highquality, fresh ingredients, as well as positive growth trends for the area also were factors in their decision. “The growth is great for entrepreneurs,” Maren said. “We’ve looked in all three cities but were just looking for the right spot in terms of location, parking and size of building,” said Maren, who feels they’ve finally found a spot for their restaurant at 1368 Jadwin Ave. in the Richland Uptown Shopping Center. “It’s the place,” said Matt of the 3,000 square-foot space, which is newly renovated and previously housed the Academy of Cosmetology, which permanently

closed a few years ago after a dispute between a former student and the company’s owner went to court in 2015. Though the McGowans looked at several buildings, Maren said, “We were more interested in being in a real place than something that’s polished to a high shine.” They wanted a place with character, her husband said. “We like free-form stuff that can kind of morph into what we desire,” he said. The McGowans are paying for the new restaurant and equipment using money saved from the sale of their Goldendale restaurant, as well as business loans. Maren said the city of Richland is conducting a code analysis on the property, which has delayed their conversion of the space. “We have our hearts set on the property, so we’re going to jump through whatever hoops we have to,” she said. Delays have not, however, put a damper on the couples’ plans for the restaurant. The McGowans say they will serve lunch and dinner featuring food drawing from several different cuisines from around the world, including numerous vegetarian- and vegan-friendly options. “We really like to accommodate that,” Matt said. “As long as we can make it taste delicious.” Maren said the focus will be on small plates as opposed to singular entrees, or what she refers to as the “big platter mentality.” She said small plates will enable Dovetail’s patrons to sample a few differ-

Matt and Maren McGowan started Dovetail Joint Mobile Kitchen two years ago as a way to expand their business into the Tri-Cities. After selling their Goldendale restaurant, the couple put their energy into their food cart and are now preparing to open a new restaurant in Richland’s Uptown Shopping Center at 1368 Jadwin Ave., due to open in this fall.

ent dishes during their visit. Though the menu is still under development, the McGowans said there will be a wood-fired oven for fresh-baked pizzas and pitas, and they will change their menu seasonally to highlight what’s being produced locally. And if their mobile kitchen’s current menu is any hint to taste sensations to come, diners can expect to find a diverse array, from chickpea curry to gumbo, and Baja fish or carnitas tacos to falafelstuffed pitas. Dovetail Joint also will offer a well-

stocked wine, beer, and cocktails menu, featuring specialty non-alcoholic drinks as well as locally-sourced beer, wine and liquor. Mark Mitchell, a Prosser resident who works at Hanford, said he’s been a customer of Dovetail’s food cart since it first opened under the name Glass Onion. “I’m just glad they showed up,” he said, explaining the arrival of food trucks to north Richland has provided a lot of the area’s workers more dining options. uDOVETAIL, Page 62

Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business • August 2018 DOVETAIL, From page 61 He said the quesadillas that come and go with their rotating menu are a personal favorite. “I’ve never gotten anything that wasn’t excellent,” he said. Mitchell described Dovetail’s menu as an “upscale American fusion.” “I think they go out of their way to have organic and high-quality ingredients. You can’t make good food if you don’t start with good ingredients,” he said. Explaining the name change, Matt said when the couple sold their Goldendale restaurant, they also sold the name rights. He added that the original name came from a Beatles song. They mined the Beatles’ “Glass Onion” song for another meaningful phrase and found it within the same stanza: Fixing a hole in the ocean Trying to make a dove-tail joint, yeah Looking through a glass onion. “I look at cooking like a vocation like anything else,” Matt said. “Like making a cabinet, you can make it of low-quality materials or you can use high-quality ones. A dovetail joint is a way to bring two disparate materials together, and it takes skill and craftsmanship, the same applies to food; it’s an artistry.” He added that in the old days, great diners and dives were often colloquially referred to or literally named “The Joint.” “It’s a place where we execute the food and the service and the cocktails at a high level but not have it be a fancy environment with a white tablecloth,” Maren said. In addition to themselves and the one part-time employee who currently make up their team, the McGowans plan to hire at least 15 more to staff the new restaurant’s kitchen and bar, wait tables and seat guests. “If everyone brings something to the party and moves things in a decent direction, we can have a good scene here,” Matt said. When asked what spurred them to pursue this line of work after years of working off and on in other restaurants, Matt said, “When you’re in this business, the goal is to have your own place. You start gathering your skillset and hopefully some money along the way and move toward that goal. We got to that point where it was either do that or do something else, and we did it.” Maren added, “We love it and are totally full-on restaurant people. I think we were always coming back around to that.” Once the restaurant opens, the McGowans want to resurrect their catering services and in-house events, including wine dinners and seasonal dinners consisting of farm-to-harvest meals. Matt said that in an age where people are cooking less for themselves, he and his wife want to incorporate community outreach events to teach kids — and their parents — how to cook. “There’s a huge disconnect between people with food,” he said. “But I think people are starting to catch on.” The McGowans also hope to continue operating their mobile kitchen, though they are on the lookout for a good site to serve as a permanent location in their current service area. Dovetail Joint Restaurant: dovetailjointrestaurant.com; 541-490-5466; Facebook; Twitter.

Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business • August 2018 uPROMOTION • Anne Spilman has been promoted to executive director of the Academy of Children’s Theatre in Richland. She was previously acting executive director, interim artistic director, director, choreographer and Anne Spilman drama instructor at ACT. In her new role, Spilman will be responsible for managing the vision, growth and sustainability of the nonprofit, as well as business operations and facility management. She graduated from Pacific Lutheran University.

uNEW HIRES • Anesthesiologist Dr. Craig Calhoun recently joined the surgery team at Trios Health. Calhoun completed medical school and a residency at Saint Louis University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. Dr. Craig Calhoun He served in the Air Force as a firefighter and rescuer and worked at medical facilities in Oregon, Arizona and California. Calhoun is board certified and licensed to practice in Oregon, California, Idaho, Arizona and Washington. • Jessica Hendrickson has joined Kadlec Clinic: Plastic Surgery and Dermatology as master esthetician. Hendrickson has spent her esthetics career in the medical field and provides customized treatment and services including chemical peels, facials, waxing and microdermabrasion. She received her master esthetician training from the Academy of Cosmetology. • Michael C.H. Dale has joined Meier Architecture Engineering as a project architect. Dale has more than 10 years of experience, is a licensed architect and has a master’s of architecture degree from Washington State University. • Dr. Sumeet Sachdev has joined Trios Medical Group to offer general and interventional cardiology services. Sachdev

received his degree from the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago. He completed his internship and residency in Dr. Sumeet Iowa and a felSachdev lowship in Wisconsin and is board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease and interventional cardiology. Sachdev has written several research papers and is the author of “Fifty Cases of Peripheral Vascular Intervention.”

uHONORS • The Army Corps of Engineers’ Walla Walla District recently honored eight civilian employees and one team: Aaron Schuff, Engineering Excellence; Julio Morelos, Public Outreach and STEM education program; Joe Braley, Quality Proponent; and McNary Turbine Replacement Project Delivery team, Project Management Business Process. Patty Ramos, Andrew Dankel Ibáñez, Sonya Kurle and Matthew Reeves each received Support Employee of the Year awards. • Richland-based attorney Allison Michelle King, Richland-based attorney Katherine Sierra-Kelly and Kennewick-based attorney Jennifer Lacoste have been recognized by the American Institute of Family Law Attorneys as 10 Best Family Law Attorneys for Client Satisfaction. Richland-based attorney Deric Orr has been recognized by the American Institute of Criminal Law Attorneys as Two Years 10 Best Criminal Law Attorneys for Client Satisfaction. AIOFLA is a third-party attorney rating organization that publishes an annual list of the Top 10 Family Law and Top 10 Criminal Law attorneys in each state. Attorneys must pass AIOFLA’s selection process, which is based on client and/or peer nomination, research and the institution’s independent evaluation. • The Washington Wine Industry Foundation recently named Marcus Rafanelli as the recipient of the 2018 Powers Sabbatical award. Rafanelli is the instructor of Applied Winemaking at Walla Walla Community College and

cellarmaster for its College Cellars. The award grants up to $5,000 each year to cover travel expenses for a mid-level industry professional to travel abroad, expand their knowledge about growing wine grapes or making wine then share their learning back at home. Rafanelli will travel to France to dive into oak, an important aspect of red-wine production. The Washington Wine Industry Foundation helps fund solutions for the industry’s challenges. • Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientists Morris Bullock, Yuehe Lin and Sotiris Xantheas were among 29 new elected members of the Washington State Academy of Sciences for their outstanding scientific and technical achievements. Bullock was recognized for research on the reactivity of transition metal hybrids and molecular electrocatalysts. He is a PNNL fellow and director of the Center for Molecular Electrocatalysis. Lin was recognized for his Morris Bullock role developing new nanobioelectronic devices and nanomaterials for biomedical diagnosis and drug delivery. He is a PNNL fellow who holds a joint appointment between PNNL and Washington State University, where he is a professor in the School of Yuehe Lin Mechanical and Materials Engineering. Xantheas was recognized for his contributions to understanding molecular interactions and collective phenomena in aqueous systems. He is a PNNL fellow and

University of WashingtonPNNL distinguished faculty fellow. Former PNNL fellow and now chief strategy officer of Sotiris Xantheas UniEnergy Technologies Co. Gary Yang was also among the newly elected members. During his time at PNNL, Yang helped develop technology for the breakthrough of vanadium mixed acid redox flow battery. He licensed that technology and in 2012 cofounded UniEnergy. The academy was created in Gary Yang 2005 and consists of 286 members from various academic disciplines. • CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Co., Mission Support Alliance and Washington River Protection Solutions received a three-star award by the Green Electronics Council and managers of the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool label. The council recognizes companies for their efforts to reduce costs while protecting the environment and reducing greenhouse gases. CHPRC, MSA and WRPS partnered to select products that help reduce the carbon footprint of the Hanford community. • Gesa Stadium, home of the Tri-City Dusty Devils, recently was named Ballpark Digest’s Best Short Season-A Ballpark in the country. Votes by fans helped Gesa Stadium beat out last year’s winner, LeLacheur Field in the semi-finals and Spokane’s Avista Stadium in the finals.

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uHONORS • Hayden Homes made the top of Seattle Business Magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” list in the “Headquartered Outside Washington” category. The award recognizes companies that set standards for training, work environment, executive leadership, benefits, recognition and culture. Anonymous workplace surveys were sent to employees throughout Washington state as part of the selection process. • Mark F. Lindgren, retired Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District, chief of Engineering and Construction division, recently received the district’s highest employee award. Lindgren was inducted into the District’s Gallery of Distinguished Civilian Employees for his

37-year-long federal service career. Some of Lindgren’s many notable achievements include being named federal engineer of the year by the National Society of Professional Mark F. Lindgren Engineers and being instrumental in the development of numerous fish hatcheries and fish passage modifications to dams on the Snake and Columbia Rivers. • Andrew Tate, driving the U-9 Les Schwab Tires unlimited hydroplane, took first in Hapo’s Columbia Cup on July 29 on the Columbia River. The win advanced

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Tate’s H1 Unlimited Hydroplane Racing series national points lead to 1,920. The series moved to Seattle the weekend after the Tri-Cities’ annual boat race weekend. Columbia Cup for 2019 will be July 26-28.

uGRANTS • Northwest Farm Credit Services awarded the Prosser Economic Development Association program Prosser Leadership with a $1,000 Northwest FCS Rural Community Grant. The money will be used to renovate the Sylvan Stage at Prosser’s City Park. In 2018 to date, Northwest Farm Credit Services committed more than $189,000 to 126 projects in rural communities across Idaho, Montana, Oregon and

Washington. Since the program’s inception in 2007, it has awarded 932 grants totaling more than $1.65 million. • Denise Senor of Kamiakin High School and Dan White of Kennewick High School have received $48,500 from the Washington FFA Foundation to acquire Curriculum for Agriculture Science Education, or CASE, technology and equipment to advance agriculture science education. The money was allocated as part of the Washington State Legislature’s 2018 capital budget. Schools awarded grants have to employ a CASE-certified instructor who has completed an 80-hour national training and certification program. CASE is a system of instructional support for classroom teachers, managed by the National Association of Agriculture Educators. The interdisciplinary curriculum focuses on science, technology, engineering and math. • The state Department of Commerce recently announced $39 million in grants to 18 health care providers in Washington that provide help for a variety of behavioral health issues. The funds will be used for construction and equipment costs associated with establishing the new facilities, and will leverage another $46 million in construction investment from other public and private sources. Although no grants were awarded in the Mid-Columbia, $7.8 million was earmarked for facilities in Spokane and Yakima. The remaining $31.2 million went to treatment centers on the west side of the state. • The U.S. Department of Labor recently awarded the Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs a $480,000 Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program grant. The money will be used for providing workforce reintegration services to homeless veterans. WDVA partners with veterans’ employment representatives from WorkSource offices across the state to connect veterans with employers who are hiring. Money can be used for work clothing, tools and transportation. • Benton-Franklin Workforce Development Center, conveyor of WorkSource Columbia Basin, recently was awarded a $682,000 contract for Families Forward Washington, which funds re-employment opportunities and training services for 100 noncustodial parents. The program’s objective is to improve earnings potential of non-custodial parents, improving their ability to support their children. BFWDC, the fifth location in the U.S. to offer Families Forward, is issuing a request for information to assist in awarding $477,894 to a local service provider dedicated to ensuring the initiative. The chosen provider will provide career counseling, child support, training, financial capacity and job placement services. Respond to the RFI at bentonfranklinwdc. com by Aug. 24. Between September 2018 and December 2020, Columbia Basin College will offer short-term certificate programs to upgrade skills for higher paying jobs to the non-custodial parents served by FF.

Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business • August 2018

PUBLIC RECORD uBANKRUPTCIES Bankruptcies are filed under the following chapter headings: Chapter 7 — Straight Bankruptcy: debtor gives up non-exempt property and debt is charged. Chapter 11 — Allows companies and individuals to restructure debts to repay them. Chapter 12 — Allows family farmers or fishermen to restructure finances to avoid liquidation for foreclosure. Chapter 13 — Plan is devised by the individual to pay a percentage of debt based on ability to pay. All disposable income must be used to pay debts. Information provided by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Spokane.

CHAPTER 7 David M. Westhart, 4101 S. Ledbetter St., Kennewick. Jesus O. and Guillermina M. Gonzalez, 4125 Ironton Drive, West Richland. Delbert R. Percifield, 1114 W. 10th Ave., Kennewick. Joseph B. and Jami R. Arnold, 2731 Kyle Road, Kennewick. Brian K. Thompson, 332 S. Union St., Kennewick. Ashely M. Fink, 460 N. Arthur St., Kennewick. Sandra Navarro, 331 W. Bonneville, Pasco. Scott M. Sensiba, 2408 S. Quincy Court, Kennewick. Robin M. Rowe, 307 Greentree Court, Richland. LeRoy R. and Christin W. Burney, 1013 Van Giesen St., Richland. Marly V. Diaz, 1000 W. Fifth Ave., Kennewick. Miriam Gonzalez-Carmona, 6405 Chapel Hill Blvd., Pasco. Mason E. Dell, 2107 S. Dayton St., Kennewick.

Robert M. and Laura A. Baker, 805 S. Ione St., Kennewick. Jeffrey A. Lockhart, 14 S. Bermuda Road, Kennewick. Crystal Z. Magana, 1319 Mahan Ave., Richland. Heather L. Moyer, 2413 Olympia St., Richland. Alejandro Corona, 1103 Torbett, Richland. Michael and Katie Castillo, 124 Piper Court, Richland. Cristian Martinez, 1128 W. Nixon St., Pasco. Nina Ransier, 104 S. Roosevelt Place, Kennewick. Beatriz A. Flores, 2021 Mahan Ave., Richland. Braulio Olivera, 144902 W. 90 PRSW, Prosser. Cameron M. Mills, 4429 Galway Lane, Pasco. Honie McNabb, 3030 W. Fourth Ave., Kennewick. Ana M. Luna, 4001 S. Olson Place, Kennewick. Carl E. and Ann C. Bender, 1608 Sherman Ave., Prosser. Michael V. Arreola, 1118 Pompano Court, Richland. Rodney R. and Marcie L. Shearer, 5004 Malaga Dr., Pasco. CHAPTER 13 Robert A. and Janet L. Rodgers, 2112 Briarwood Ct., Richland. Juan F. Alejandro, 2304 Coppermist Ct., Richland. John C. and Amber R. Miller, 1518 Butternut Ave., Richland.

uTOP PROPERTIES

Top property values listed start at $500,000 and have been rounded to the nearest hundred figure.

BENTON COUNTY 34505 S. Glenn Miller PRSE, Kennewick, 2,812-square-foot, single-family home on 3.12 acres. Price: $580,000. Buyer: James Anderson. Seller: James and Doris Berneck. 6105 Velonia Drive, West Richland, 3,496-square-foot, single-family home on 0.97 acres. Price: $549,900. Buyer: William and Tier Walther. Seller: Todd and Elizabeth Race. 1164 Pinto Loop, Richland, 2,946-squarefoot, single-family home on 0.89 acres. Price: $1,087,500. Buyer: Hipolito and Valerie Garza. Seller: Abdul and Shabnam Chaugle. 25107 S. 1005 PRSE, Kennewick, 3,528-square-foot, single-family on 2 acres. Price: $630,900. Buyer: Robert and Amy Basche. Seller: John and Elizabeth Spurlock. 300 Meadow Hills Drive, Richland, 2,192-square-foot, single-family. Price: $715,000. Buyer: Daryl and Susan Brown. Seller: Michael and Robin Madison. 334 Columbia Point Drive, Unit 104, Richland, 3,352-square-foot, single-family. Price: $600,000. Buyer: Henry Oord. Seller: Lori Oord. 1907 W. 52nd Ave., Kennewick, 2,360-square-foot, single-family. Price: $525,000. Buyer: Wallace and Sharon Houser. Seller: Erik and Kristie Hebdon. 2713 Glen Road, Richland, 2,437-square-foot, single-family on 5 acres. Price: $533,400. Buyer: Jeff and Deborah Dihel. Seller: Wendy West. 245107 E. 654 PRSE, Kennewick, 3,052-square-foot, single-family on 12.19 acres. Price: $529,900. Buyer: Hollyn and Robin Crowe. Seller: Michael and Michelle McKinney.

153202 W. Richards Road, Prosser, 2,052-square-foot, single-family on 4.1 acres. Price: $552,000. Buyer: Charles Hutchings. Seller: Guy Auld. 100 N. Irving Place, Kennewick, multi-unit apartment buildings on 6.61 acres. Price: $850,300. Buyer: D&E Paul Investments, et al. Sell: Anna McQuinn and Paul Hocking Trustees. 91209 E. Reata Road, Kennewick, 4,116-square-foot, single-family on 2.57 acres. Price: $610,000. Buyer: Andrew Zemblowski and Cynthia Kuykendall. Seller: Michael and Erin Luckman. 13102 Grandview Lane, Kennewick, 2,840-square-foot, single-family on 0.56 acres. Price: $649,900. Buyer: Alan and Patricia Haggerty. Seller: Dennis Sawby Construction. 3900 W. 46th Ave., Kennewick, 4,125-square-foot, single-family. Price: $658,100. Buyer: Santiago and Cristen Medina. Seller: Emmett Jones. 1402 White Bluffs St., Richland, 2,470-square-foot, single-family. Price: $567,000. Buyer: Reid and Beth Schafer. Seller: Darrell and Kristi Herling. 8605 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, 8,395-square-foot, commercial building on 0.78 acres. Price: $805,000. Buyer: Scropo Co. Seller: Prestige Developments. 1733 Milan Lane, Richland, 1 lot of undeveloped land. Price: $601,400. Buyer: Howard and Cheryl Ray. Seller: P&R Construction. 1045 Jadwin Ave., Richland, 8,392-squarefoot, commercial building on 0.66 acres. Price: $795,000. Buyer: Issoma. Seller: JadwinJohnson Partnership. McEwan Drive and Brodie Lane, Richland, 7 lots of undeveloped land. Price: $502,000. Buyer: New Tradition Homes. Seller: Badger Developers.

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PUBLIC RECORD, From page 65 3124 Willow Pointe Drive, Richland, 2,756-square-foot, single-family. Price: $600,000. Buyer: Guy and Anne Auld. Seller: Rickshaw Properties. 2949 Karlee Drive, Richland, 2,035-squarefoot, single-family. Price: $535,000. Buyer: Brian and Janelle Bocchi. Seller: Kevin and Melanie Norris. 16601 S. Grandview Lane, Kennewick, 4,183-square-foot, single-family. Price: $605,000. Buyer: Colin and Eugerie Hanley. Seller: Patrick and Margaret McCullough Trustees. 1225 Country Ridge Drive, Richland, 4,079-square-foot, single-family on 1.03 acres. Price: $605,000. Buyer: Nadia Toshani. Seller: Donald and Alta Trent Trustees. 1207 Aaron Drive, Richland, 4,001-squarefoot, commercial building. Price: $1,400,000. Buyer: Anchorage Corporate Air Center. Seller: Timothy and Katheryn Bush Trustees. 31005 S. 887 PRSE, Kennewick, 2,752-square-foot, single-family on 1.7 acres. Price: $507,000. Buyer: Aaron and Amber

Johnson. Seller: William and Danella Levy. 84905 E. Wallowa Road, Kennewick, undeveloped land on 0.56 acres. Price: $578,100. Buyer: Michael and Amy Jo Surina. Seller: Prodigy Homes. Huntington Place, Kennewick, 11 lots of undeveloped land. Price: $682,000. Buyer: Jorge Torres. Seller: Warren and Joan Luke. 680 Isola Vista Court, Richland, 5,186-square-foot, single-family. Price: $845,000. Buyer: Porter and Kate Kinney. Seller: Duane and Nancy LaPierre. 42102 N. McDonald Road, Prosser, 1,885-square-foot, single-family on 100.41 acres of agricultural land. Price: $1,419,100. Buyer: Brenton and Alicia Roy. Seller: Czeslaw and Janina Goroch. Leavenworth Lane, Chelan Loop, Wishkah Drive and Naches Court, Richland, 13 lots of undeveloped land. Price: $1,081,500. Buyer: Hayden Homes. Seller: Richland 132. 3622 W. 46th Ave., Kennewick, 3,242-square-foot, single-family on 0.6 acres. Price: $995,000. Buyer: Farahmand and Annette Ziara. Seller: William and Elizabeth Mayson.

FRANKLIN COUNTY Chinook Court, Pasco, 11 lots of undeveloped land. Price: $880,000. Buyer: Pahlisch Homes. Seller: Big Creek Land Company. 401 Giesler Road, Pasco, 2,875-square-foot, single-family home on 2.55 acres. Price: $680,000. Buyer: John and Lisa Jones. Seller: Vincent Construction. 6603 Whetstone Drive, Pasco, 2,606-squarefoot, single-family home. Price: $500,000. Buyer: Octaviano Torres. Seller: Matthew and Debra Branson. 4930 Birch Road, Pasco, 2,269-square-foot, single-family home on 5 acres. Price: $549,000. Buyer: Meadows 200. Seller: Michael and Lori Pitzer. 1101 W. Margaret St. Pasco, 8,400-squarefoot, multi-family apartment building. Price: $700,000. Buyer: Kathleen MacPherson. Seller: Cynthia Hamilton. 7430 Wrigley Drive, Pasco, 16,112-squarefoot, medical office on 3 acres. Price: $7,401,200. Buyer: AEI Net Lease Portfolio XI. Seller: ET Pasco Plasma. 6521 Eagle Crest Drive, Pasco,

3,192-square-foot, single-family home on 0.63 acres. Price: $669,000. Buyer: Michael and Robin Madison. Seller: Titan Homes. Undisclosed location, 2.38 acres of undeveloped land. Price: $630,000. Price: $630,000. Buyer: RMM Group. Seller: Columbia Basin Fitness Club. Chinook Court, Pasco, 10 lots of undeveloped land. Price: $800,000. Buyer: New Tradition Homes. Seller: Big Creek Land Company. Undisclosed location, 5 lots of undeveloped land on 3.73 acres. Price: $650,000. Buyer: Pacwest Machinery. Seller: JRS Ranches. Undisclosed location, 2.1 acres of undeveloped land. Price: $750,000. Buyer: Hogback Three Rivers. Seller: FBA Land Holdings. Undisclosed location, 2.93 acres of undeveloped land. Price: $695,000. Buyer: Jesus Diaz. Seller: Fred and Dee Ann Carlson. 7319 Columbia River Road, 2,401-squarefoot, single-family home. Price: $570,000. Buyer: Vikki and Robert Fogelson. Seller: Richard and Claire Hastings.

uBUILDING PERMITS

Building permit values have been rounded to the nearest hundred figure.

BENTON COUNTY Farmers Distributor, 23407 E. Legacy PRSE, $7,100 for a heat pump/HVAC. Contractor: Campbell & Company. Stimson Lane LTD, 178810 S. SR 221, $23,000 for tenant improvements. Contractor: MP Construction. Growth Leasing, 41205 Griffin Road, $16,400 for a fire alarm system. Contractor: Blue Mountain Fire Protection. FRANKLIN COUNTY Tidewater Terminal, 671 Tank Farm Road, $5,965,200 for commercial addition. Contractor: Pacific Tank & Construction. Messiah Lutheran Church, 291 Loen Drive, $7,100 for commercial reroof. Contractor: Royal Roofing & Siding. Oakdell Egg Farms, 1831 E. Sagemoor Road, $201,100 for commercial addition. Contractor: Circle K Enterprises. Bengen Farms, 591 Bengen Lane, $236,300 for agricultural building. Contractor: Roth Ag-Construction & Equipment. DT Warehouse, 110 Taylor Flats Road, $7,000 for a heat pump/HVAC. Contractor: Campbell & Company. 3E Properties East, 180 Center St. N., Mesa, $1,315,400 for an agricultural building. Contractor: Teton West of Washington. KENNEWICK Tightline Ventures, 8804 W. Victoria Ave., $87,400 for commercial remodel, $8,100 for a heat pump/HVAC and $9,300 for plumbing. Contractors: owner, AmeriCool Heating & Air and Precision Plumbing. Laprele Hernandez, 8019 W. Quinault Ave., $12,000 for commercial remodel. Contractor: owner. Columbia Everett, 507 N. Everett St., $8,700 for a heat pump/HVAC. Contractor: Welch Heating & Air. Kennewick School District, 425 S. Tweedt St., $88,800 for new commercial construction. Contractor: Pacific Mobile Structures. Edward Rose Millennial, 10251 Ridgeline Drive, $10,000 for commercial construction. Contractor: owner. Winco Foods, 4602 W. Clearwater Ave., $40,000 for commercial remodel and $40,000 for mechanical. Contractor: DTL Builders and Refrigeration Unlimited. MCS Legacy, 404 N. Conway St., $5,700 for commercial construction. Contractor: owner. Gesa Credit Union, 100 N. Huntington St., $7,500 for tenant improvements. Contractor: owner. Circle K Stores, 2105 W. Fourth Ave., $15,000 for commercial reroof. Contractor: All City Roofing. Kennewick Properties, 3030 W. Fourth Ave., $160,200 for commercial reroof. Contractor: Silver Bow Roofing. Walmart, 2720 S. Quillan St., $500,000 for commercial remodel. Contractor: Sletten Construction.

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Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business • August 2018 PUBLIC RECORD, From page 66 Kennewick School District, 930 W. Fourth Ave., $35,500 for new commercial construction. Contractor: Pacific Mobile Structures. Kennewick Irrigation District, 6340 W. Rio Grande Ave., $7,500 for a sign. Contractor: A-1 Illuminated. Craig Eerkes, 10799 Ridgeline Drive, $80,000 for new commercial construction. Contractor: A&R Feser. Amon Hills Property, 9501 W. Clearwater Ave., $100,000 for tenant improvements, $5,000 for plumbing and $6,000 for a heat pump/HVAC. Contractors: APC Services, Riggle Plumbing and Chinook Heating & Air. C5 Land Company, 8202 W. Quinault Ave., $6,700 for a heat pump/HVAC. Contractor: Bruce Heating & Air. Bennett Clark, 112 W. Kennewick Ave., $16,300 for commercial reroof. Contractor: Palmer Roofing Co. Flint Holdings, 3400 W. Clearwater Ave., $6,300 for a heat pump/HVAC. Contractor: Apollo Sheet Metal. Columbia Plaza, 6855 W. Clearwater Ave., $8,100 for a heat pump/HVAC. Contractor: Apollo Sheet Metal. CHM Development, 24 Vista Way, $10,000 for new commercial construction and $5,000 for plumbing. Contractors: G2 Commercial Construction and Riggle Plumbing. BMB Development, 3887 W. Seventh Ave., $650,000 for multi-family housing, $40,000 for a heat pump/HVAC and $32,500 for plumbing. Contractors: BMB Development, Bruce Heating & Air and DDB. Kennewick School District, 3520 Southridge Blvd., $71,000 for new commercial construction. Contractor: Pacific Mobile Structures. South Hills Church, 3700 W. 27th Ave., $12,400 for commercial addition. Contractor: Backyard by Design. CHM Development, 24 Vista Way, $584,100 for new commercial construction. Contractor: G2 Commercial Construction. Brett Garland, 8710 W. Victoria Ave., $8,400 for a sign. Contractor: Cascade Sign & Fabrication. OMT LLC, 2500 S. Union St., $10,000 for a sign. Contractor: Eagle Signs. PASCO Pasco School District, 5706 Road 60, $9,900 for a fire alarm system. Contractor: Moon Security. The Glabrous Four, 1101 E. A St., $28,200 for commercial addition. Contractor: Romm Construction. Ice Harbor Properties, 4520 Venture Place PR, $4,241,800 for new commercial construction. Contractor: Suberizer Inc. CSP Pasco, 2226 W. Court St., $8,400 for a sign. Contractor: Imprenta Graphics. Ted & Amy Wong, 1315 N. 20th Ave., $9,600 for a sign. Contractor: Imprenta Graphics. ConAgra Foods, 3330 E. Travel Plaza Way, $75,000 for a heat pump/HVAC. Contractor: Campbell & Company. Tri-Cities Community Health, 515 W. Court St., $17,500 for a heat pump/HVAC. Contractor: Campbell & Company. Goodwill, 3521 W. Court St., Suite B, $25,000 for a fire alarm/system. Contractor: Cascade Fire Protection. Hogback Sandifur, 5710 Road 68, $12,400 for a fire alarm/system. Contractor: Fire Protection Solutions. Weber Properties, 2411 W. Court St., $18,000 for commercial addition. Contractor: to be determined. Walmart, 4820 Road 68, $89,000 for a fire alarm system. Contractor: Firestop Company. St. Patrick’s Catholic School, 1016 N. 14th Ave., $7,900 for tenant improvements. Contractor: Mark Vincent Construction. TFP Limited Partnership, 2407 W. Court St., $9,700 for a heat pump/HVAC. Contractor: Dayco Heating & Air. Bergevin Properties, 831 S. Chestnut Ave., $7,800 for commercial reroof. Contractor: Blue Valley Construction. Pasco School District, 3901 Road 84, $13,083,200 for new commercial construction. Contractor: Fowler General Construction. Bleyhl Farm Services, 6705 Chapel Hill Blvd., $14,700 for fire alarm system. Contractor: Advanced Protection Services. Total Quality Air, 619 N. Third Ave., $7,000 for a sign. Contractor: Quality Signs.

Port of Pasco, E. Ainsworth Ave., $5,000 for a patio/patio cover. Contractor: City of Pasco. Yellow Transportation, 4905 N. Railroad Ave., $7,800 for a heat pump/HVAC. Contractor: Apollo Sheet Metal. RICHLAND Waltrust Properties, 1601 George Washington Way, $80,000 for tenant improvements. Contractor: Modern Construction & Consulting. ConAgra Foods, 2005 Saint St., $19,400 for a heat pump/HVAC. Contractor: Campbell & Company. Jadwin/Stevens Apartments, 1851 Jadwin Ave., $5,000 for a heat pump/HVAC. Contractor: All Climate Services. Windsong Apartments, 850 Aaron Drive, $10,600 for a heat pump/HVAC. Contractor: All Climate Services. Zip’s Richland, 1123 Lee Blvd., $8,200 for a heat pump/HVAC. Contractor: Campbell & Company. Calvary Church, 1520 Fowler St., $6,000 for tenant improvements. Contractor: owner. Wright Street, 1001 Wright Ave., $6,200 for tenant improvements. Contractor: Cliff Thorn Construction. Battelle Memorial Institute, 900 Battelle Blvd., $1,200,000 for mechanical. Contractor: DGR Grant Construction. City of Richland, 507 Wright Ave., $21,000 for tenant improvements. Contractors: Ray Poland & Sons. Richland Church of Nazarene, 2500 Jericho Road, $14,500 for a heat pump/HVAC. Contractor: Campbell & Company. Waltrust Properties, 1601 George Washington Way, $35,000 for tenant improvements. Contractor: Jackson Contractor Group. HAPO Community Credit Union, 601 Williams Blvd., $255,000 for tenant improvements. Contractor: owner. CP Apartments, 1782 Jadwin Ave., $23,700 for commercial reroof. Contractor: Elite Construction & Development. Contractor: Elite Construction & Development. In Slide Out, 3200 Duportail St., $5,000 for a sign. Contractor: YESCO. Central United Protestant, 1124 Stevens Drive, $16,200 for a heat pump/HVAC. Contractor: Campbell & Company. Jadwin/Stevens Apartments, 1851 Jadwin Ave., $5,000 for a heat pump/HVAC. Contractor: All Climate Services. Windsong Apartments, 850 Aaron Drive, $5,000 for a heat pump/HVAC. Contractor: All Climate Services. WEST RICHLAND Circle K Stores, 3975 W. Van Giesen St., $14,000 for commercial reroof. Contractor: All City Roofing.

uBUSINESS LICENSES KENNEWICK Geoengineers, 8410 154th Ave. NE, Redmond. Cottage Creek Antique, 22425 SE May Valley Road, Issaquah. Fire & Water, 222 Symons St., Richland. Luxottica Retail North America, 1321 N. Columbia Center Blvd., Suite 2030. Fantasy In Ice, 1732 W. Brown, Pasco. Huber Bros. Rebar, 411 Keys Road, Yakima. Lifetouch Church Directories, 11000 Viking Drive, Eden Prairie, Minnesota. JLR Interiors, 2112 Briarwood Ct., Richland. Cedar Fence Co., 6500 W. Sixth Ave. Living Color Landscape, 20951 Boones Ferry Road NE, Aurora, Oregon. Build-A-Bear Workshop, 1321 N. Columbia Center Blvd. Joyner Construction, 2100 Bellerive Dr., Richland. Sunset Construction, 6918 W. 15th Ave. TSC Construction, 213403 E. 194 PRSE. Guardian Fire Protection, 4025 E. Commercial Way SE, Suite B, Albany, Oregon. Pahlisch Homes, 1020 N. Center Parkway, Suite A. Mr. Green, 1720 N. 15th Ave., Pasco. Allied Music Services, 4314 S. Gum St. Roasters Coffee, 22 W. Carmichael Dr. Springwise Facility Management, 1822 S. Bend Ave., South Bend, Indiana. Blue Sky Construction, 950 W. Bannock St.,

Suite 810, Boise, Idaho. Smile Surfers, 2611 S. Quillan Place, St. 120. Super Suds Quality Hand Car Wash, 418 N. Fruitland St. Budget Construction, 2313 Pullen St., Richland. RV There Yet, 6311 Enzian Falls Drive, Pasco. Select Euro Systems, 600 W. Lancaster Road, Hayden, Idaho. Tri-City Musikgarten, 2001 W. Kennewick Ave. Alcaraz Concrete Corp., 3 W. A St., Pasco. Green Deconstruction Services, 17090 NE San Rafael St., Portland, Oregon. MJ’s Lawn Services, 804 N. 10th Ave., Pasco. V-Real Estate Holdings, 3121 W. Hood Ave. Gallant Construction Corp., 49805 NW Schmidlin Lane, Buxton, Oregon. JD Construction, 1713 Guernsey St., Sunnyside. Dark Zero Tattoo, 2500 W. Kennewick Ave., Suite C. Josh Voshall Trucking, 603 N. Wenas St., Ellensburg. Fred’s Prep Rite Home Painting Services, 306 N. 22nd Ave., Pasco. Grand Prix Construction, 4913 Catalonia Drive, Pasco. Perfection Lawn Care, 13226 Mahan Ave., Richland. Dommar Nutrition Center, 620 N. 20th Ave., Pasco. Jefferty Investments, 116 Vista Way. Caliber Construction, 15100 SE 38th St., Suite 500, Bellevue. Synety, Inc., 320 Congree St., Boston, Massachutes. Fast Construction, 522 S. Anderson St. J&D Construction, 1813 W. Octave St., Pasco. O&E Concrete Services, 1600 W. Clark St., Suite B1, Pasco. Heritage Healing Massage, 124 Vista Way, Suite B. Kettle Corn Factory, 2313 W. Sylvester St., Pasco. Lodestar Construction Services, 5031 Canter St., West Richland. Innovative Solutions Construction, 48312 N. River Road, Benton City. Arlo On 10th, 1105 W. 10th Ave. Xtramile Construction, 711 S. Columbia Center Blvd. Evglobal, 2411 W. Court St., Pasco. Tri-City Cotton Candy, 22911 E. Peach Drive, Benton City. Eagon Excavating & Construction Services, 101 Costello Place, Walla Walla. JC Tree Service, 121 N. Garfield St. The Groomery Hair Establishment for Dogs, 201 N. Edison St., Suite 260. Garcia Horsehoeing Service, 2524 W. Sylvester St., Pasco. Frank General Home Services, 240 Fairway Court, Mesa. Tokin Goat, 9130 W. Falls Ave. Rika’s Total Lawn Care, 4414 NW Commons Drive, Pasco. Rent-A-Man, 1106 McMurray St., Richland. Nusmile Dental Care, 10201 W. Clearwater Ave. RTS Distributing Inc., 2600 NE Andersen Road, Suite D31, Vancouver. Vision Holdings, 280 Moore Road, Pasco. Auntie Raerae’s Custom Creations, 8529 W. Canyon Ave. America Residential Construction, 608 S. Owen Ave., Pasco. Flamenco Painting, 530 W. 18th Ave. Sophisticated Ink, 5215 W. Clearwater Ave., Suite 106. Kim Keller Sales, 3802 W. 40th Place. Epic Audio Hifi, 419 W. Entiat Ave., Suite A. Robert Youssef Interpreting, 6408 W. Victoria Ave. Bloom Entwine, 105 E. Seventh Ave. Grindstone Construction Services, 300 Brighton Ave. S., Buffalo, Minnesota. Evolution Window Tinting & Graphics, 230 W. Lewis St., Pasco. Evergreen Eco Blasting, 1000 Abbot St., Richland. Liakamai, 2850 Monarch Lane, Richland. Chivas Construction, 750 Swift Blvd., Suite 14, Richland. Gummy Bear Daycare, 3808 W. Grand Ronde Ave. Dabberjaws, 4009 W. 20th Ave. Moreno Law, PLLC, 201 N. Edison St., Suite

226. Rooster’s General Contractor, 902 S. Ione St. Claudia’s Cleaning Service, 2550 Duportail St., Richland. Blockchyp, 3407 W. 42nd Ave. JCD Transport, 3131 W. Hood Ave. Clarkes Heaven Sent Cleaning, 2013 W. Third Ave. Three D Heating and Air, 77596 S. Edwards Road, Stanfield, Oregon. Dirty Dancing Touring, 7000 W. Grandridge Blvd. Fugitive Strike Team, 4302 W. 42nd Ave. Empower Business Solutions, 1547 W. Jay St., Pasco. Simply Bugs, 2316 N. Road 92, Pasco. Apache Construction, 6404 Three Rivers Drive, Pasco. King Custom, 8806 Sophie Rae Ct., Pasco. Shaw Family Farm, 1010 Wilson St., Richland. Perfection Built, 720 E. Fifth Ave. Super Shine Cleaning, 510 N. Irving St. Le Cobusier Construction, 3201 W. 21st Ave. Wildberry Prints, 1329 S. Irving Place. Varicraft, 3506 NE 11st St., Renton. 2 M’s Construction, 2722 Hyde Road, Richland. La Construction, 218406 E. SR 397. RX Diet and Exercise, 9202 W. Gage Blvd. Masby Cleaning Services, 4517 Moline Lane, Pasco. NW Motor Sales, 5225 W. Canal Drive. Fairy’s Cleaning Touch, 1403 S. Tacoma St. Chicas en Accion Cleaning, 366 N. Union St. JR’s Concrete, 1114 Astor Way, Pasco. Madison Cheese, 109 S. Rainier St. Krinda’s Cleaning, 7322 W. Bonnie Ave. Keen Observations, 440 N. Volland St. All Star Cars Auto Repair, 112 W. Columbia Drive. JCC Lawn Care, 3507 W. First Ave. Misfit Management, 507 N. Arthur St. Classic Cleaning, 300 E. Eighth Place. Lavishxgalore, 425 N. Columbia Center Blvd. Delia’s House Cleaning, 1114 W. 10th Ave. First Cleaning, 90 S. Verbena St. Ferguson Construction, 13810 SE Eastgate Way, Suite 110, Bellevue. Chuck E Cheese, 6340 Rio Grande Ave. O.S.C. Vocational Systems, 1030 N. Center Parkway, Suite N151. 21st Century Bookkeeper Service, 8722 W. Bonnie Ave. Baker Produce, 212 W. Railroad Ave. Aramark Uniform & Career Apparel, 16305 NE Airport Way, Portland, Oregon. Firepower, 10220 N. Nevada St., Suite 200, Spokane. Lapierre Enterprises, 2748 Lapierre Canyon Drive. Westside Concrete Accessories, 4221 E. B St., Pasco. JCJ Interiors, 517 Juniper St., Walla Walla. NW Irrigation & Landscaping, 416 N. Sixth Ave., Walla Walla. Equity Estate Sales & Liquidations, 2705 S. Cedar St. Angeles Tile Installation, 1235 E. Cedar St., Othello. Simon Roofing and Sheet Metal Corp., 70 Karago Ave., Youngstown, Ohio. Daigle Enterprises, 1111 S. Washington St. Professional Crane Inspections, 24810 E. Wellesley Ave., Otics Orchards. Encore Window Cleaning, 1720 W. Seventh Ave. Red Dot Paintball, 3430 Twin Bridges Road, West Richland. Primary Electric and Design, 730 N. 16th Ave., Suite 4, Yakima. Air-Tight Remodeling, 125 Cottonwood Drive, Richland. Ideal Option, 8514 W. Gage Blvd., Suite G. Santana Flooring, 1827 W. Fifth Ave. Advantage Home Rentals, 3902 W. Clearwater Ave., Suite 103. I3 LLC, 1150 Gateway Drive W., Shakopee, Minnesota. Sycure Corp., 706 N. Volland St., Suite 6. Cascade Sign and Apparel, 315 Wellsian Way, Richland. Fat Daddy’s, 4218 W. Dougville Road, Pasco. We Ice, 54 Applegate Lane, Burbank. LCY Construction, 103604 Manuel Drive. Central Paving, 2181 Vantage Highway, Ellensburg.

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PUBLIC RECORD, From page 67 Hanford Reach Outdoors, 602 S. Yolo St. Atomic Lawns, 1215 N. Neel Loop. Country Treasures, 10108 W. Willow Way, Pasco. Jimmy’s Trucking, 2906 W. Seventh Ave. Three Rivers Therapy, 408 S. Roosevelt St. Music Together Tri-Cities, 2901 Southridge Blvd. Vast Homes Construction, 806 Cascade Ave., Moxee. Arrowhead Construction and Excavating, 3110 S. 90th Ave., Yakima. SGO Services, 1001 Wright Ave., Richland. White Glove Weddings Bridal Bar, 8901 W. Tucannon Ave., Suite 145. Kabab N Grill House, 1321 N. Columbia Center Blvd., Suite 431. Red Mountain Kitchen, 212 W. Kennewick Ave. A2 Led Solutions, 8524 W. Gage Blvd., Suite A1. Foundation Building Materials, 501 N. Quay St., Suite B106. Heart & Soul Fitness Studio, 3801 S. Zintel Way, Suite B110. Snarky Cancer, 8130 W. Bruneau Ave. RTFP Dental, 1123 N. Grant Place, Suite 201. Pacific Northwest ER Doctors, 7113 W. Pearl St., Pasco. Fearless Construction, 2802 S. Fruitland St. Brow Studio 7, 1321 N. Columbia Center Blvd., Suite 634. Farm Everything, 2661 Dornoch Place, Richland. Perseverance Painting, 1026 W. 10th Ave. Ninja Bistro, 5515 Valdez Lane, Pasco. Pruitt Quality Floors, 14224 E. Highway 12, Waitsburg. Amato Design Services, 1761 George Washington Way, Richland. Mavway Contractors, 303 N. 20th Ave., Pasco. Avendano Industries, 21818 66th Ave. W., Mountlake Terrace. Pool and Spa Solutions, 5972 W. 41st Ave. Hydraulic Technical Services, 1275 Renne St., Eugene, Oregon. Private Detective Solutions, 8220 W. Gage Blvd. Goodleaf, 3603 W. 22nd Ave. Canyon Lakes LLC, 4008 W. 27th Ave. Lupita’s Cleaning Service, 627 N. Tweedt St. Ceci-Arcia-Interpreting, 6216 Thistledown Drive, Pasco. Warren Admin Solution, 1225 N. Cleveland St. Tri-City Fence Works, 1620 E. Salt Lake St., Suite B, Pasco. Grandados Construction, 34410 N. Graham Road NW, Benton City. Skills Construction & Development, 4903 Antigua Drive, Pasco. B Rad Tools, 2008 S. Tweedt Court. Espino Lawn Care, 927 S. Elm St. K&C Flooring, 6117 Three Rivers Drive, Pasco. Atlas Construction Building, 214 Madison St., Umatilla, Oregon. NW Empire Construction, 8103 Spieden Drive, Pasco. JC’s Construction, 4301 W. Third Ave. Baums House of Chocolate, 513 N. Edison St., Suite C. Kapture Photo Booth, 9315 Chapel Hill Blvd., Pasco. Exemplary Interpreting Services, 502 W. 19th Ave. Messer Motoren Sales, 555 N. Edison St. G@D Electric, 5600 W. 16th Ave. CB Construction, 1207 Adams Ave., La Grande, Oregon. Black Dog Painting, 1187 Plateau Drive, Richland. Haven Honey, 7320 W. Hood Place, Suite 202. A-1 Quality Construction, 1518 Grant Ave., Prosser. Trios Home Health, 18 N. Auburn St. Brown Bear Construction, 12303 Willow Creek Drive, Pasco. Soto Painting, 6204 James St., West Richland. Veronica’s Cleaning Services, 601 S. Kent St. Dino Drop In, 8390 W. Gage Blvd. Eden Construction, 1330 W. 10th Ave. Carter Woodworking, 485 N. 59th Ave., West Richland. Competitive Mobile Offerings, 1321 N.

Columbia Center Blvd. Cherish Cuddle Repeat, 1620 W. 24th Place. C&R Concrete, 208604 E. Bowles Road. Capelli Salon, 8458 W. Gage Blvd., Suite C. KMB Property Services, 92602 E. 83 PRSE. Tri-City Sno-Balls, 6902 W. Third Ave. Cuevas Plaster, 1505 S. Road 40, Pasco. G&G Floors and Finish, 1504 W. Bonneville St., Pasco. Cardenas Landscaping, 4711 W. Metaline Ave. Ensign Photography, 3617 W. Providence Ave., Spokane. Land Mine Patrol, 204 S. Neel St. 9L Auto Repair, 2102 S. Ledbetter St. Quail Ridge Dental, 8801 W. Gage Blvd. Proxy Project Services, 317 Sanford Ave. Wee Care Daycare, 5801 W. 25th Ave. KD Steampunk, 591 Pheasant Valley Loop, Naples, Idaho. Electric Cloud, 3902 W. Clearwater Ave., Suite 124. Dust Busters Cleaning, 119 ½ W. 19th Ave. Hia Tutoring, 2609 S. Cascade Place. Geek Girl Creations, 1126 W. 15th Place. Preferred Industrial Electric, 8924 W. Bonnie Ave. Villanueva Interpreting, 20 Gala Drive, Prescott. PASCO Gilbert Patterson Concrete, 470 Collins Lane, Wapato. Wageman Heating & Cooling, 406 Barth Ave, Richland. Del Campo Trucking, 4213 NW Commons Drive. Martha Marisa Photography, 9626 Mia Lane. The Head Quarters, 3411 W. Court St., Suite 3411. Electric Custom Krafts, 5711 Fillmore Drive. MGS Pasco, 6303 Burden Blvd., Suite E. 2nd Chance Ministries of Pasco, 6240 Fenway Drive. Bassett Concrete, 2339 Road 80. Kids Choice Ice Cream, 911 N. Beech Ave. Washed Clean, 2421 Road 54. Mi Hom Construction, 4403 Meadow View Drive. Columbia River Claims, 4211 Artesia Drive. The Armijo Group, 6005 Mia Lane. Naveofhearts, 5323 Tiger Lane. Tony’s Construction, 2211 W. Fifth Ave., Kennewick. Garcia Trucking, 707 S. Waldemar Ave. Bright Beginnings, 9420 Red Roan Court. A1 Furniture Restoration, 1625 W. A St., Suite C. Silent Sleep Center, 9521 Sandifur Parkway. Russ Dean Family RV, 9420 Sandifur Parkway. Miles Accounting Services, 5217 Snowcrest Court. H&B Floor Covering Services, 2908 W. Wernett Road. Ecoc Inc, 2640 Kingsgate Way, Richland. Affordable Taxes, 1320 N. Fourth Ave., Suite C. Abacus Solutions, 306 S. Second Ave. Sky Glass Services, 606 W. Columbia St. Badger Mountain Painting, 4616 W. Margaret St. Richlands Testing and Maintenance, 8801 St. Thomas Drive. Ana’s Cleaning Services, 8507 Studebaker Drive. Rivera Trucking, 915 W. Park St. R&L Landscaping, 314 W. Sylvester St. Bear Trucking, 2317 Famville Court. Valiant General Contracting, 700 Road 32. Knotsewimpossible, 9107 Angus Drive. Avila’s All Angles Framing & More, 9611 Mustang Drive. Al’s Flooring & Remodel, 198410 E. Seventh Ave., Kennewick. A&M Carpet & More, 1019 Sixth Ave. J&VS Munch Truck, 5108 Cooperstown Lane. Martinez Technical Institute, 2020 Garland St. Columbia East, 2705 St. Andrews Loop. Oregon Vineyard Supply Company, 1810 Frontier Loop. Tippett Land and Mortgage Company, 2815 St. Andrews Loop. Ideal Options, 5615 Dunbarton Ave. Zavala’s Auto Repair, 821 S. 13th Lane. Money by Design, 2208 Road 32. Rosa Interpreting, 623 N. Sycamore Ave. Little Angels Licensed Home Daycare, 5016

Antigua Drive. Best Auto Transport, 5311 Eisenhower Court. Tri-Cities Asphalt, 8 W. A St. TJ’s General Contractor, 1707 W. Brown St. Amicus Interpreter, 2112 N. Ninth Ave. All Star Maintenance, 1539 W. Howard St. Alanis Trucking, 3820 Montgomery Lane. Dependable Appliance NW, 1208 S. 10th Ave. Al White’s Dog Training, 8823 Sandifur Parkway. World’ss Net Wireless, 310 W. Columbia St. Brother’s Cheese Steaks, 110 S. Fourth Ave. Critter Sitter Pet Sitting, 93200 Palomino Drive. DML Aesthetics, 2420 W. Court St. Tumbleweird Publishing, 4311 Monterey Drive. Home Studies, 6306 Victoria Ct. An Correa Investments, 10021 W. Court St. Mufasa Construction & Remodeling, 313 S. Williams St., Kennewick. Artisan Door & Trim, 129 Spengler St., Richland. Jimmy’s Roofing, 11401 E. Montgomery Drive, Spokane Valley. Adroit Concrete, 902 Angeline Blvd., Benton City. King Custom, 8806 Sophie Rae Court. Barajas Jumpers, 6006 Ochoco Lane. JC Lawn Care, 4908 Tamarisk Drive. All American Propane, 50 Summit St., Othello. Tri-Cities Concrete, 139 Westbourne Loop, Burbank. G&J Transport, 5419 Flores Lane. Honest Air, 3620 W. Leola St. Izzy’s Construction, 7300 W. Van Giesen St., West Richland. JB Construction, 1 N. Palouse St., Kennewick. El Kahlua’s Lounge Bar, 1901 N. Fourth Ave. Vida Saludable Activa, 2508 W. Sylvester St., Suite C. Kendall’s Kooler, 6600 Burden Blvd. Books by Marja, 1618 62nd Place. Gene Zadow Trucking, 4114 Sahara Drive. Pollo’s Car Audio, 101 E. Toppenish Ave., Toppenish. Frank General Home Services, 240 Fairway Court, Mesa. Modeztya, 199008 E. Third Ave., Kennewick. D&L Road Service, 700 Road 32. Joyner Construction, 2100 Bellerive Drive, Richland. Three D. Heating & Air, 77596 S. Edwards Road, Stanfield, Oregon. Adolfo Auto Repair Mobile Service, 1212 W. 10th Ave., Kennewick. MOA Trucking Solutions, 1512 E. Columbia St., Suite B. Ochoa LLC, 2508 W. Sylvester St., Suite A. Mexi-King, 1202 W. Lewis St. Tacomex, 335 W. Columbia Drive, Kennewick. Vision Holdings, 290 Moore Road. Leave It To My Hands, 1511 Martindale Road. Misteredtech Consulting, 5102 Reagan Way. Ceci-Arcia-Interpreting, 6216 Thistledown Drive. Steve Engineering, 4310 Sahara Drive. Mixed Bag Art Studio, 5311 Valdez Lane. A&G Carpet Cleaning, 1707 W. Second Ave., Kennewick. Carly Allred Studio, 4709 Santa Cruz Lane. Innovative Solutions Construction, 48312 N. River Road, Benton City. Interstate Sawing & Drilling, 2455 Beaudry Road, Moxee. J.K. Brock, 411 W. 32nd Ave., Kennewick. Simply Jess Boutique, 4512 Arabian Lane. Alliance Drywall & Paint, 3923 Meadow Beauty Drive. Perfection Lawn Care, 1326 Mahan Ave., Richland. 3 Brothers Lawn Care, 8408 Hudson Court. Blue Towing, 2021 N. Third Ave. Golden Maid Service, 1204 Wahlukde Road SW, Mattawa. Clarkes Heaven Sent Cleaning, 2013 W. Third Ave., Kennewick. Primum Healthcare Solutions, 905 W. Riverside Ave., Suite 607, Spokane. Shaw Family Farm, 1010 Wilson St., Richland. Synety Inc, 320 Congree St., Boston, Massachutes. Amato Design Services, 1761 George Washington Way, Richland. JMZ Farm AG, 7607 Estevan Drive.

Godinez Transport, 621 S. Wehe Ave. Kalliflorico Dance Co, 4301 Riverhill Drive. Salon Belleza Latina, 2120 E. Lewis St. Budget Construction, 2313 Pullen St., Richland. JC Tree Service, 121 N. Garfield St., Kennewick. JLR Interiors, 2112 Brairwood Court, Richland. Evglobal, 27278 SE Raymond St., Portland, Oregon. Columbia River Mafia Guide Service, 6414 Mission Ridge Drive. RICHLAND Slead’s Construction, 9021 Waller Road E., Tacoma. 21st Century Bookkeeper Service, 8722 W. Bonnie Ave., Kennewick. Aramark Uniform & Career Apparel, 16305 NE Airport Way, Portland, Oregon. Rivercrest Swim Club, 2305 Benton Ave. West Side Church of Richland, WA, 615 Wright Ave. Gagnon Construction, 3961 Ironton Drive, West Richland. Westside Concrete Accessories, 4221 E. B St., Pasco. Schmidt Contractors, 3419 N. Park Blvd., Spokane. JCJ Interiors, 517 Juniper St., Walla Walla. Paetec Business Services, 6000 Willowbrook Office Park, Fairport, New York. NW Irrigation & Landscaping, 416 N. Sixth Ave., Walla Walla. Almost Plum Nearly Ranch, 42904 E. Red Mountain Road, Benton City. Equity Estate Sales & Liquidations, 2705 S. Cedar St., Kennewick. Painted Chanteuse, 457 Cherry Blossom Loop. A-1 Airvents Northern States, 2844 E. Dodd Road, Hayden Lake, Idaho. Communication Infrastructure Corporation, 3903 S. Congress Ave., Austin, Texas. Emmanuel Construction, 429 N. Sycamore, Pasco. S&R General Contractors, 1314 S. Ninth Ave., Yakima. Pro Auto Glass, 706 Torbett St. Encore Window Cleaning, 1720 W. Seventh Ave., Kennewick. Juan’s Lawn Care Service, 2013 N. Road 44, Pasco. The Personal Touch Cleaning, 6855 W. Clearwater Ave., Suite L, Kennewick. Wind Haven Construction, 7322 W. Bonnie Ave., Kennewick. Roasters Coffee, 1215 Aaron Drive. The Phat Boys, 912 W. Leola St., Pasco. Jeff Little Services, 7511 W. Arrowhead Ave., Suite H, Kennewick. Primary Electric and Design, 730 N. 16th Ave., Suite 4, Yakima. Country Cuts, 1301 Jadwin Ave., Suite C. Brandcraft Media, 140 Gage Blvd., Suite 102. Sycure Corp., 706 N. Volland St., Kennewick. C.A.B. Safety Training, 750 Swift Blvd., Suite 8. Applus RTD USA, 2011 Hagen Road. MJ’s Lawn Services, 804 N. 10th Ave., Pasco. Westfall Enterprizes, 2305 Franz Court. Envus Hair Trendz, 427 Wellsian Way. Bob’s Bathe ‘Em & Shave ‘Em, 2107 Dallas St. Salgado Lawn Care, 205904 E. Bryson Brown Road, Kennewick. MC Construction Tri-Cities, 7203 W. Arrowhead Ave., Kennewick. Henry Earl Estates, 318 Wellhouse Loop. Lighthouse Advanced Planning, 7131 W. Deschutes Ave., Suite 102, Kennewick. VP Design Resource, 267 Gage Blvd. GoCougs Properties, 604 Williams Blvd. Jaylex Built, 3712 W. Second Ave., Kennewick. Flightlogic, 2915 Bluet Drive, West Richland. Palisade Homes, 20810 E. First Ave., Greenacres. New York’s Boca Felice, 604 S. Bayside St., Moses Lake. John’s Apartments, 806 W. 18th Court, Kennewick. Lost Woods Anesthesia, Inc., 2820 Sunshine Ridge Road. Sugared, 1632 Pisa Lane. My Hearing Centers, 600 Swift Blvd., Suite B.

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Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business • August 2018 PUBLIC RECORD, From page 68 Initium, 404 Bradley Blvd., Suite 106. Pacific Northwest ER Doctors, 7113 W. Pearl St., Pasco. Homeworx Construction, 10251 Ridgeline Drive, Kennewick. Colby Insurance and Financial Services, 4699 Cowlitz Blvd. Salmon HVAC, 1230 N. 1300 W. Suite 4, Centerville, Utah. Fearless Construction, 2802 S. Fruitland St., Kennewick. LTR North West Granite, 1801 E. Chemical Drive, Unit A, Kennewick. Chris’ Custom Construction, 511 S. Perry Court, Kennewick. Farm Everything, 2661 Dornoch Place. Perseverance Painting, 1026 W. 10th Ave., Kennewick. Heavenly Lawn Care, 3637 W. Agate St., Pasco. Ninja Bistro, 5515 Valdez Lane, Pasco. Rent-A-Man, 1106 McMurray St. Pruitt Quality Floors, 14224 E. Highway 12, Waitsburg. A Place of Hope, 303 Casey Ave., Suite D. Bellissimo Se Boutique, 1063 Samish Drive. Fancy Nails, 1817 George Washington Way. Virk Trucking, 2555 Duportail St. TJ’s General Contractor, 1707 W. Brown St., Pasco. Tacomex, 620 Decker Road, Pasco. Early Learning Co-Op, 1312 Sacramento Blvd. Mavway Contractors, 303 N. 20th Ave., Pasco. JP Construction, 5808 W. Marie St., Pasco. Avendano Industries, 21818 66th Ave. W., Mountlake Terrace. 10420 LLC, 2894 Salk Ave. Compass Painting, 4214 Anza Borrego Court, Pasco. White Bluffs Counseling, 400 Columbia Point Drive, Suite 201-E. Hydraulic Technical Services, 1275 Renne St., Eugene, Oregon. Bunlik & Melan’s Foundation, 906 Symons St. Global Concepts Construction, 400 14th St., Benton City. Frazier Synthetics, 1435 Desert Springs Ave. Li Flooring, 1662 Cactus Loop. Tony’s Construction, 2211 W. Fifth Ave., Kennewick. Fiesta Mexican Restaurant, 2731 Queensgate Drive. Miranda Construction, 451 Green Road, Pasco. Decadent Delivery, 1060 Cayuse Drive. Bug Out Extermination, 246 N. Burke Ave., Connell. Chivas Construction, 750 Swift Blvd., Suite 14. Ceci-Arcia-Interpreting, 6216 Thistledown Drive, Pasco. Tri-City Fence Works, 1620 E. Salt Lake St., Suite B, Pasco. Granados Construction, 34410 N. Graham Road NW, Benton City. Skills Construction & Development, 4903 Antigua Drive, Pasco. B Rad Tools, 2008 S. Tweedt Court, Kennewick. Espino Lawn Care, 927 S. Elm St., Kennewick. MBS General Company, 50 Jadwin Ave. Fortune Sports Cards, 2363 Cottontail Lane. K&C Flooring, 6117 Three Rivers Drive, Pasco. Reiter Inc., 1824 Rylee Drive. NW Empire Construction, 8103 Spieden Drive, Pasco. Clarkes Heaven Sent Cleaning, 2013 W. Third Ave., Kennewick. JC’s Construction, 4013 W. Third Ave., Kennewick. N&E Contracting, 1509 Birch Ave. Kapture Photo Booth, 9315 Chapel Hill Blvd., Pasco. Shaw Family Farm, 1010 Wilson St. G@D Electric, 5600 W. 16th Ave., Kennewick. Signature Spices and Sauces, 1518 Meriweather Ave. CB Construction, 1207 Adams Ave., La Grande, Oregon. Black Dog Painting, 1187 Plateau Drive. A-1 Quality Construction, 1518 Grant Ave., Prosser. Angel’s Cuts, Creations and More, 1388

Jadwin Ave. Sunrise Dental of Richland, 660 Swift Blvd., Suite C. Vis-à-vis Counseling & Consulting, 1908 Lee Blvd. Brown Bear Construction, 12303 Willow Creek Drive, Pasco. Soto Painting, 6240 James St., West Richland. Prindle Floor Covering, 1899 Locust St., Umatilla, Oregon. K-7 Boba Tea, 451 N. Ninth St. J&A Auditing Services, 7805 Clearmeadow Drive, Amarillo, Texas. C Miner Customs, 12 Argon Lane. Uptown Phone & Electronics Repair, 1314 George Washington Way. Nancy Filsinger Art, 13502 Phelps Road NE, Bainbridge Island. S&J Flooring, 2204 N. Road 48, Pasco. Carter Woodworking, 485 N. 59th Ave., West Richland. Kevins Handyman, 1220 W. First Ave., Kennewick. On Time Services, 70 Ridgecliff Drive. KMB Property Services, 92602 E. 83 PRSE, Kennewick. Cuevas Plaster, 1505 S. Road 40, Pasco. ML Cleaning, 1788 Silver Ct. G&G Floors & Finish, 1504 W. Bonnieville St., Pasco. Cardenas Landscaping, 4711 W. Metaline Ave., Kennewick. Land Mine Patrol, 204 S. Neel St., Kennewick. Robert L. Chang Insurance Agency, 1321 Columbia Park Trail, Suite 102. Chuy’s Blue Sky Insulation, 15 S. Underwood St., Kennewick. Tricia Moore Yoga, 5209 Jacksnipe Court, West Richland. Turner & Associates, 2550 Duportail St. Jeep Sweets, 703 Birch Ave. I&C Cleaning, 3003 Queensgate Dr. Proxy Project Services, 317 Sanford Ave. Rebuilt Construction and Landscape, 6206 Westmorland Lane, Pasco. Etc Management, 2555 Duportail St. GA & CJ Inc., 2854 Tuscanna Drive. HIA Tutoring, 2609 S. Cascade Place, Kennewick. Villanueva Interpreting, 20 Gala Drive, Prescott. 4Go, 3716 Chadwick St. WEST RICHLAND SMC Motors, 3402 Northlake Drive. Allure Magnetics, 5600 Oleander Drive. Pioneer Anesthesia, 1601 S. 69yh Ave., Yakima. Sunrise Midwifery, 2017 Benson Ave., Prosser. Roots Landscape and Maintenance, 2348 Hood Ave., Richland. Cor4 Contractor, 2013 Newcomer Ave., Richland. Adrian’s Pro Plumbing, 805 Catskill St., Richland. Unique Pro Painting, 425 S. Olympia St., Kennewick. Rocket Mart, 4105 Kennedy Road. Dorian Studio, 432 E. Columbia Drive, Kennewick. Cinpaul, 1516 Chinook Ave., Enumclaw. Roman Construction, 603 S. Coulee Vista Drive, Kennewick. Northwest Stucco & Stone, 1538 W. 33rd Court, Kennewick. Solgen Restoration, 5100 Elm Road, Pasco. Solid Painting, 1413 S. 17th St., Yakima. 1st Choice Restoration, 6250 W. Clearwater Ave., Suite 201, Kennewick. JR Lawn Care, 1453 Carson St., Richland. A Very Good Lawn Care Co., 504 Grader Court, Benton City. Bargreen-Ellingson, 6626 Tacoma Mall Blvd., Suite B, Tacoma. Maui Wowi Coffees and Smoothies, 6006 Panther Lane, Pasco. Cannabiz Men’s Manicures & Pedicures, 501 Fern Court. VL Construction, 4612 W. Dradie St., Pasco. Sign Dreamers of TriCities, 76202 E. Reata Road, Kennewick. Access Tri-Cities, 5861 Beechwood St. Ninja Bistro, 5515 Valdez Lane, Pasco. Dakota Concrete, 4509 W. Pearl St., Pasco. A&D Restorations, 921 N. Road 37, Pasco. Desert Springs Construction, 2008 S. Ione St., Kennewick.

CR Solutions, 309 S. McKinley Place, Kennewick. JND Acoustics, 5962 Thynewood Loop. RLS Custom Woodworking, 49205 S. Carrol PRSE, Kennewick. Westfall Enterprizes, 2305 Franz Court, Richland. Tricom, 5201 Ironton Drive. Soto Painting, 6204 James St. Chuy’s Blue Sky Insulation, 15 S. Underwood St., Kennewick. Tricia Moore Yoga, 5209 Jacksnipe Court. 365 Construction, 6503 Mission Ridge Drive, Pasco. Healthy Beginnings Preventative Health, 2836 Copperbutte St., Richland. MC Construction Tri-Cities, 7203 W. Arrowhead Ave., Kennewick. Safe Set Construction, 24907 Dallas Road, Richland. Peak Contractors, 270 Helm Drive, Pasco. 2 Sons Plumbing, 28105 SE 449th St, Enumclaw. Coinstar Asset Holdings, 1800 114th Ave. SE, Bellevue. Paradise Food Mart, 1400 Bombing Range Road.

uJUDGMENTS The state can file lawsuits against people or businesses that do not pay taxes and then get a judgment against property that person or business owns. Judgments are filed in Benton-Franklin Superior Court. The following is from the Franklin County Superior Court Clerk’s Office.

Miguel Alberto Perez, unpaid Department of Labor and Industries taxes, filed July 2. Rojas Builders, unpaid Department of Labor and Industries taxes, filed July 2. Absolute Wireless, unpaid Department of Labor and Industries taxes, filed July 2. Juan Manuel Garza, unpaid Department of Licensing taxes, filed July 5. Rodrigo A. Avellanoza, unpaid Department of Labor and Industries taxes, filed July 5. Northwest Grinding Co., unpaid Department of Labor and Industries taxes, filed July 5. Michael R. Torres, unpaid Employment Security Department taxes, filed July 5. David Avila, unpaid Employment Security Department taxes, filed July 5. Cruz D. Hernandez, unpaid Employment Security Department taxes, filed July 5. Flavio A. Cardoza Jr., unpaid Employment Security Department taxes, filed July 5. Sergio T. Osorio, unpaid Employment Security Department taxes, filed July 5. Israel D. Navarrete, unpaid Employment Security Department taxes, filed July 5. Francisco Santiago, unpaid Employment Security Department taxes, filed July 5. Sean M. Nageotte, unpaid Employment

Security Department taxes, filed July 5. Victor M. Madrigal, unpaid Employment Security Department taxes, filed July 5. Genaro Pantoja Perez, unpaid Employment Security Department taxes, filed July 5. Magana Chavez, unpaid Department of Labor and Industries taxes, filed July 9. GD Cattle Co., unpaid Employment Security Department taxes, filed July 9. JCS General Construction, unpaid Department of Labor and Industries taxes, filed July 9. U Need Us Construction, unpaid Department of Labor and Industries taxes, filed July 9. 3 Elements Restoration, unpaid Department of Revenue taxes, filed July 9. W.T. Harrison Bypass Trust, unpaid Department of Revenue taxes, filed July 13. Paper Street Brewing Company, unpaid Department of Labor and Industries taxes, filed July 13. Luis M. Avalos, unpaid Department of Labor and Industries taxes, filed July 13. Elite Tree Service, unpaid Department of Revenue taxes, filed July 13. Harrison-Ray Water Company, unpaid Department of Revenue taxes, filed July 13. Roel Olivera, unpaid Department of Licensing taxes, filed July 13. Lonestar Innovations, unpaid Employment Security Department taxes, filed July 16. Vizcarra, unpaid Department of Licensing taxes, filed July 16. JCS General Construction, unpaid Department of Labor and Industries taxes, filed July 23. Essential Planning Corp, unpaid Department of Labor and Industries taxes, filed July 23. Jeff S. Steffenson, unpaid Employment Security Department taxes, filed July 23. Kandilaria Ontiveros, unpaid Employment Security Department taxes, filed July 23. Antonio Garcia Morales, unpaid Employment Security Department taxes, filed July 23. Mark G. Fulmer, unpaid Employment Security Department taxes, filed July 23. Gary W. Register, unpaid Employment Security Department taxes, filed July 23. Oscar Ordaz, unpaid Employment Security Department taxes, filed July 23. Eslias Bustos, unpaid Employment Security Department taxes, filed July 23. Merced Saucedo Farias, unpaid Employment Security Department taxes, filed July 23. Pedro Benitez, unpaid Employment Security Department taxes, filed July 23. Cristina Rodriguez, unpaid Employment Security Department taxes, filed July 23. Royce I. Thornton, unpaid Employment Security Department taxes, filed July 23. Andres Ramirez Coria, unpaid Employment Security Department taxes, filed July 23.

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FRANKLIN COUNTY

Ryan A. Ruble, unpaid Employment Security Department taxes, filed July 23. Porfirio Gamez Luna, unpaid Department of Labor and Industries taxes, filed July 24. Ramiro Castilleja, unpaid Department of Labor and Industries taxes, filed July 24. New Balance Athletics, unpaid Department of Labor and Industries taxes, filed July 24. Columbia Basin Landscaping Corp., unpaid Department of Revenue taxes, filed July 26. Steven Eugene Syverson, unpaid Department of Revenue taxes, filed July 26. Laurie M. Preciado, unpaid Department of Revenue taxes, filed July 30. 7 Stars Roofing, unpaid Department of Labor and Industries taxes, filed July 31. Synergy Professionals, unpaid Department of Labor and Industries taxes, filed July 31.

NEW APPLICATIONS

uLiquor Licenses

Information provided by the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board.

BENTON COUNTY NEW APPLICATIONS Ste. Michelle International – Retail Shop, 178810 WA-221, Suite A, Paterson. License type: beer/wine specialty shop. Application type: new. Carniceria Los Toreors #2, 616 Ninth St., Suite B, Benton City. License type: beer/wine restaurant; off premises. Application type: new. Dagupan Grill, 3911 W. 27th Ave., Suite 109, Kennewick. License type: direct shipment receiver in Washington only; beer/wine restaurant. Application type: new. Rocket Mart, 4105 Kennedy Road, West Richland. License type: grocery store beer/ wine. Application type: assumption. New York’s Boca Felice, 1308 Lee Blvd., Richland. License type: direct shipment receiver in Washington only; beer/wine restaurant. Application type: new. Chuck E Cheese, 6340 Rio Grande Ave., Kennewick. License type: beer/wine restaurant. Application type: new. Three Flame Mongolian Grill, 1440 Jadwin Ave. Richland. License type: direct shipment receiver in Washington only; beer/wine restaurant. Application type: new. Henry Earl Estates, 318 Wellhouse Loop, Suite D, Richland. License type: domestic winery <250,000 liters; farmer’s market wine sales. Application type: change of location. APPROVED Smitty’s Paradise #6229, 1400 Bombing Range Road, West Richland. License type: grocery store beer/wine. Application type: assumption. CG Public House and Catering, 9221 W. Clearwater Ave., Suite A, Kennewick. License type: direct shipment receiver in Washington only. Application type: change of corporate officer. La Hacienda Meat Market, 4242 W. Van Giesen St., Suite A&B, West Richland. License type: direct shipment receiver in Washington only. Application type: new. Su Karne Meat Market and Deli, 402 N. Ely St., Suite B, Kennewick. License type: grocery store beer/wine. Application type: new. Baum’s House of Chocolate, 513 N. Edison St., Suite C, Kennewick. License type: direct shipment receiver in Washington only. Application type: new. Shell Family Food Mart, 33 Goethals Drive, Richland. License type: grocery store beer/ wine. Application type: change of corporate officer. The Growler Guys, 110 Gage Blvd., Suite 204, Richland. License type: direct shipment receiver in/out of Washington. Application type: in lieu. DISCONTINUED T&T Market, 208 E. Columbia Drive, Kennewick. License type: grocery store beer/ wine. Buckmaster Cellars, 35802 Sunset Drive, Benton City. License type: domestic winery <250,000 liters.

Pasco Grocery Outlet, 5710 Road 68, Suite 103, Pasco. License type: direct shipment receiver in/out of Washington; grocery store beer/wine. Application type: new. APPROVED Lee’s Tahitian Restaurant II, 2724 W. Lewis St., Pasco. License type: spirits/beer/wine restaurant lounge. Application type: added fees. The Sushi House, 6627 Burden Blvd., Suite E, Pasco. License type: beer/wine restaurant. Application type: new.

uMARIJUANA Licenses

Information provided by the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board.

BENTON COUNTY APPROVED Green Bluff Orchards II, 102003 E. Badger Road, Suite A, Kennewick. License type: marijuana producer tier 2. Application type: assumption. FRANKLIN COUNTY APPROVED The Lucky Leaf, 3411 N. Capitol Ave., Suite A, Pasco. License type: marijuana retailer. Application type: change of corporate officer.

ubusiness UPDATES NEW BUSINESSES Cozumel Mexican Cuisine has opened at 3801 S. Zintel Way, Suite A-110 in Kennewick. The restaurant serves traditional Mexican dishes including carnitas, enchiladas, nachos and more. Hours: 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Sunday. Contact: 509-579-0404, Facebook. Hairbrained Studios has opened at 4303 W. 27th Ave., Suite G in Kennewick. The salon offers haircuts, colors and styling for men and women, as well as waxing and tanning services. Hours: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Contact: 509-735-7070, Facebook. New York’s Bocca Felice has opened at 1308 Lee Blvd. in Richland. The restaurant serves New York-style pizza, wings, wraps and salads. Hours: 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday and 10:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. Contact: 509-5547242, boccafelice.net, Facebook. Sophisticated Ink has opened at 5215 W. Clearwater Ave., Suite 106 in Kennewick. The studio does tattooing and body piecing in a private or traditional setting. Hours: noon to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday and noon to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Contact: 509-5795841, Facebook. MOVED Sara Nelson Design moves to 4309 W. 27th Place, Suite 103 in Kennewick on Sept. 4. Contact: 509-545-4584, saranelsondesign. com, Facebook. Tri-County Partners Habitat for Humanity has moved to 313 Wellsian Way in Richland. Contact: 509-943-5555, habitatbuilds.com, Facebook. Wild Goose Design has moved to 215 E. Main St., Suite A in Hermiston, Oregon. Contact: 509-528-7121, Facebook. ADDITIONAL LOCATION Sunrise Dental has opened a third location at 660 Swift Blvd., Suite C in Richland. Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Contact: 509-9409055, sunrisedentalteam.com. CLOSED Paper Street Brewing Co. has closed its alehouse at 701 The Parkway in Richland.

Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business • August 2018

AROUND TOWN

Local young professionals group Mid-Columbia Rotaract and Tri-Cities Sunrise Rotary raised $8,500 to benefit the Service Peace Warriors and their work with local veterans during the Red 10 Bash beer pong fundraiser held earlier this summer. They presented a check to the group July 25 to support their efforts to train dogs placed with veterans around the area. (Courtesy Mid-Columbia Rotaract)

Finding a parking space at the busy Kennewick Costco store soon may get easier. Construction on a designated employee parking lot behind the store is expected to free up more parking spots for customers, according to Kennewick Costco officials. The new lot at the corner of West Quinault Avenue and West Grandridge Boulevard is across the street from Great Harvest Bread Co. It will feature 110 spaces and is set to be completed by the end of August, according to Kennewick Costco officials. Ray Poland & Sons Construction of Kennewick is the general contractor.

Joker’s Nightclub and Casino in Richland recently remodeled its 20-year-old bar. The back bar was remodeled with new shelving and coolers. Bar manager Tami Caufield and contractor Ryan Clary went to the bar and nightclub show in Las Vegas and came back with the newest ideas in bar wells designed by Tobin Ellis. With the chilled glasses and condiments handy at each well, the improvements enable bartenders to speed up service. Two sets of beer taps were moved to the front of bar and the lines are glycol chilled to keep the tap beer cold. Joker’s enlarged its beer cooler two years ago and added a second cooling unit. With the cooler enlargement, the remodel cost about $110,000. (Courtesy Joker’s)

Kids line up for balloon animals from Big Top the Clown during Kennewick’s National Night Out event on Aug. 8 at Southridge Sports and Events Complex. Face painting, archery, free food, performances and games attracted about 1,200 people to the free annual event that aims to promote police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie. (Courtesy city of Kennewick)

The Port of Kennewick and city of Kennewick received the 2018 Governor’s Smart Communities Smart Partnership Award for their collective efforts to create and adopt the Vista Field redevelopment master plan for the 103-acre former airport in the core of the city. From left are Kennewick Mayor Don Britain; Dave Anderson, Department of Commerce; Blake Baldwin, Gov.Jay Inslee’s office; and Thomas Moak, president of the Port of Kennewick Board of Commissioners. (Courtesy PS Media)

This year’s Leadership Tri-Cities Class has kicked off its year of community service and leadership development. Class 24 includes, front row, from left: Brandon Andersen, Bonsai Audio; Scott Hagihara, Lamb Weston; Renée Adams, Mid-Columbia Ballet; Richa Sigdel, city of Pasco; Diane Hamlin, Kadlec; Leo Martinez Jr., Numerica Credit Union: Sara Schwan, The Children’s Reading Foundation; Julie Schroeder, Academy of Children’s Theatre; Michele DeGooyer, Medicity. Second row, from left: Megan Cook, Walla Walla Community College; Tracy Spooner, Mission Support Alliance; Adele Dallman, Washington River Protection Solutions; Kaitlin Carter, Energy Northwest; Cindy Powell, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Kelsie Smith, Columbia Basin College; Crystal Carter, Rebuilding Mid-Columbia; Patti Jones, CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Co.; Lori Lott, Tri-Cities Cancer Center Foundation; Jennifer Cunnington, STCU; Hector Cruz, Visit Tri-Cities; Rebecca Weber, Department of Agriculture. Back row, from left: Jerry Cochran, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Ryan Malm, Columbia Basin College; Ben Stewart, Energy Northwest; and Marc Newman, 1st Security Bank. (Courtesy Leadership Tri-Cities)

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