Seattle Sun Newspaper - Vol. 8, Issue 1, January 2004
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Seattle Sun business briefs
Ballard loses two stalwarts
The Ballard business community has lost two of its own with the recent deaths of Scot McDanold, co-owner of the Secret Garden Bookshop, and Thomas Jay Breiwick, founder and president of Pacific Marine Equipment.
McDanold, 55, passed away on Oct. 27. He and wife, Christy, owned the Secret Garden Bookshop at 2214 NW Market St. A celebration of his life was held on Nov. 2 at the store.
"He had a real physical presence here on Market Street, where our offices are located," says Beth Williamson Miller, Ballard Chamber of Commerce executive director. "He was always a very cheerful, 'say hello' kind of of a guy and certainly will be missed."
McDanold, a Seattle University graduate, had worked extensively in the audiovisual and print media, including a long stint as a customer-service manager for ProLab, a Fremont photographic processing lab. He was an avid sailor and a baseball fan, according to his obituary in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. He is survived by wife, Christy, and children Mathew, Elizabeth, and Catherine.
Breiwick, 56, was murdered on Dec. 2 while attending the International Work Boat Show in New Orleans. He was attacked and beaten near his hotel in what police suspect was a robbery. A graduate of Shoreline High School, he earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of Washington.
A Ballard Chamber member for more than 20 years, Breiwick served as chamber president in 1985 and was named Ballard Business Person of the Year in 1983. "He was a very special individual who did a lot for this community and a part of our chamber family," says Miller. According to his Seattle P-I obituary, Breiwick was an avid reader, traveler, golfer, and gardener. He is survived by his wife, Linda, and daughters Leigh and Jennifer Brinkley.
Dexter + Chaney hire Levine
Lake City-based software designers Dexter + Chaney have hired Perry Levine as the Western regional account manager for the company's Forefront construction management software.
Levine, formerly employed by Timberline Software, will be responsible for selling Forefront to highway and general-construction company prospects in Washington, Oregon, California, and Hawaii. He holds a degree in finance from California State University, Northridge.
Levine was previously employed as Western regional sales manager for Deltek Systems and Western regional account manager for Best Software's MAS 500.
Dexter + Chaney was recently named to Deloitte & Touche's "Fast 50" for Washington state, a ranking of the state's 50 fastest-growing technology companies, for the seventh year.
Frontier adds money adviser
Dale Scott is now offering his services as a financial adviser with Raymond James Financial Services Inc. to customers of Frontier Bank in Lake City, as well as other Frontier branches in the North End.
Scott has spent 11 years providing area residents with financial planning. He was formerly a financial adviser with Pacific Northwest Bank in Stanwood. Prior to that he was financial service manager and financial adviser with Anchor Savings Bank in Aberdeen. He began his investment career in 1992 at Dain Bosworth in Everett.
Raymond James Financial Services, located at Frontier Bank, offers financial planning services, retirement account planning, and a comprehensive line of investment products. Raymond James Financial Services is member of the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) and the Securities Investors Protection Corporation (SIPC).
Frontier Bank's Lake City branch is located at 2825 NE 125th St. For more information, call Scott at 866-788-2030.
Allstate agent gets award
Margaret Wang, an Allstate insurance agent in Lake City, was recently awarded the "Agency Hands in the Community Award" for her commitment to volunteering in the community. With this award comes a $500 grant from The Allstate Foundation that will benefit the Northwest Chinese School where Wang volunteers. Wang has sponsored several school events in the past, including publishing NWCS' 2002-2003 year book. She also works as a volunteer helping its daily operations. To help promote Chinese culture in the region, Margaret performed at the Tacoma International Film Festival as a member of NWCS's waist-drum troupe. She has been elected board director of NWCS, serving as the chairwoman of the fundraising committee, devoting many hours of her own time helping govern one of the largest Chinese organizations in the greater Seattle area.
Local actor stars in TV ads
Rick May has been busy since leaving his job this summer as managing director of Civic Light Opera, a musical theater company based in North Seattle.
May, a veteran actor, has been starring in several television commercials, including two for Quality Rentals, a furniture rental business, which were taped in June.
In the TV spot currently airing, May appears as a corporate executive who is questioning an employee about how he could afford such nice, new furniture implying that perhaps he was embezzling from the company. The employee gets out of the jam by explaining he is renting it from Quality Rentals.
"At some point, and who knows when," May says, "you may see me as a grouchy father-in-law, reading the paper as his daughter and son-in-law cavort on videotape. A fun one." May, who also appears in TV commercials for Great American RV, says he will be appearing on the radio as well, in a series of man-on-the-street spots for Car Toys.
U-Village QFC 'reopens'
The QFC supermarket at University Village held a grand reopening on Dec. 10 to celebrate the completion of an extensive remodeling project. The store now offers expanded fresh meat, seafood and produce departments, a new walk-in wine cellar, a new service deli, a gourmet cheese shop, a hot carving station, a new service bakery, an increased selection of organic and gourmet foods, and a 24-hour pharmacy. The store is at 4547 University Village Plaza NE.
UW Biz School raises $20M
The University of Washington Business School has received $20 million in donations from members of its advisory board to help fund the construction of a new 200,000-square-foot building and remodel its existing building to accommodate its growing needs. The advisory board is composed of regional and national business executives.
The new Business School building will be built near the north entrance to the UW campus. It would be the university's first academic building to be funded entirely with private donations. The Business School needs to raise a total of $100 million for the project.