Seattle Sun Newspaper - Vol. 7, Issue 8, August 2003
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A bit of history about local businesses
Each year, some of our advertisers share information about how they, their businesses, or their employees got their start. For more information, see their ads in this issue.
ANANDA YOGA
Terry McGilloway started Ananda Yoga in Seattle in 1983, after the former CPA lived and trained at Ananda Village in California. The business moved in 1994 to its present location in the Roosevelt District because of the neighborhood's reputation as the "metaphysical belt" of the Northwest, he says, adding: "Yoga and meditation have been central to my life for health, clarity and inspiration."
Roosevelt · 523-4343
FREMONT MEDICAL & DENTAL
Physician Dr. David Harvey, his dentist wife Mahvash Khajavi and her sister, Parivash Khajavi, also a dentist, opened Fremont Medical & Dental earlier this year to be closer to their respective homes. David and Mahvash live in Wallingford, while Parivash and her husband, a pediatrician who has a separate practice, live near Green Lake. "We are your neighborhood medical and dental clinic," says Mahvash.
Fremont · 267-7300
HOME OWNERS CLUB
The Home Owners Club is a contractor referral service formed in 1959 by Seattle businessmen Boris Kramer and Richmond. The business was sold in 1980 to current owner, Matt Maury, a 15-year veteran of the Weyerhaeuser Co. who was in search of a new challenge. The club remains committed to its original mission of helping Seattle-area residents find competent, licensed contractors whose work is guaranteed.
Seattle · 622-3500
LAW OFFICE OF MONI T. LAW
Attorney Moni T. Law opened her own practice earlier this year after 16 years at other firms. The aptly named Law had wanted to become a lawyer since the sixth grade. "I wanted to advocate for people, pursue justice, and make a difference in society," says Law, who also describes herself as a "peace activist" and "proud mother" of an 11-year-old boy. Prior to becoming an attorney, she worked at a campus ministry and considered entering that profession instead. Washington Law & Politics magazine named her a "Rising Star" both in 2000 and 2001.
Downtown Seattle · 292-1244
MAPLE LEAF LUTHERAN
Maple Leaf Lutheran Church began in 1946. In January, the church hired Terry Vogel to fill the newly created position of community outreach director. Vogel, who has a B.A. degree in education from Pacific Lutheran University, has helped launch several outreach programs, including English as a Second Language, night shelter, study-buddies, and a jazz benefit concert series. He has also gotten the church to host a Walk and Fun Run for Annie's Playground, participate with youths from the Meadowbrook Out of School Experience program to make a quilt, and sponsor a Kimchi Festival.
Meadowbrook · 524-2448
BARBARA PETERSON, SEATTLE SCHOOL BOARD
Barbara Schlag Peterson, a Seattle School Board director, grew up in NE Seattle and was a member of Nathan Hale High School's first-ever graduating class. While in high school, she was a contributing writer to the Lake City Star, reporting on news from schools in the area. As an adult living once again in NE Seattle, she became president of the Nathan Hale PTSA and a founding member of the Lake City Playground Advisory Committee, whose efforts led to the creation of a city park behind the old Lake City School (now Lake City Professional Center). She is currently seeking reelection to the School Board.
Pinehurst · 364-8767
PONY EXPRESS
Rod and Marie Spencer purchased and renamed Pony Express-Lake City in October 1996 from previous owner Dick Bolender, who needed surgery and had no one to run the business when he recuperated. As a fellow merchant, Marie, who with Rod co-owned a dart supplies store in Lake City at the time, offered to work for Bolender at minimal wages in 1994 and continued to work part time until he was ready to retire. "This is an industry that is constantly changing and has changed from being strictly a shipping and mailing business to a variety of services from copies and faxing to offering the community bill paying services and more," says Marie. "It's been fun to see the business develop into a key part of Lake City area."
Lake City · 367-6245
REAL REHAB PHYSICAL THERAPY
Physical therapists Izette Swan and Bruk Ballenger opened Real Rehab earlier this year after having both worked at other clinics. Izette formerly taught math as a Peace Corps volunteer in Botswana, Africa; Bruk was formerly in the U.S. Army, where he served a tour in Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm. Both later earned degrees in physical therapy from the UW. Izette notes, "We are on a mission to help and encourage people to become more physically active to improve their health and well being."
Greenwood · 706-7500
THE RE STORE
The RE Store opened in Bellingham in 1993 to address concerns regarding the huge amount of usable building materials being disposed of. Today, it is a self-sufficient nonprofit that diverts more than 3 million pounds of waste a year from needless disposal while providing affordable building materials to the public. In 1999 a second RE Store opened in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood. The store accepts materials from the public as either a tax-deductible contribution or in trade for other materials.
Ballard · 297-9119