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David Smid, RE/MAX
Integrity was recently
appointed to the
Harrisburg Planning
Commission.
www.integrityonline.cc
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Kevin Kenan has joined
Oregon Community
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security officer.
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Oregon Community Credit Union has
announced the following board officers for
2010: Jennifer Lushenko, Peterson Pacific,
chair; Janet Mayes, PeaceHealth, first vice
chair; Doug Wilkinson, Thorp, Purdy, Jewett,
Wilkinson PC, second vice chair; and Bev
Anderson, secretary. Lee Beyer has been
elected to the Oregon Community Credit
Union board of directors.
www.oregoncommunitycu.org
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Adam Rust, Sunnie Hunter
and Robert “Bob” Avery
have joined RE/MAX
Integrity as brokers.
www.integrityonline.cc
A professional designer and
former marketing director
with branding expertise,
Paul Adkins is CAWOOD’s
newest graphic designer.
www.cawood.com
Longtime Eugene floral
designer Julianne Harris
has rejoined the staff at
Dandelions Flower & Gifts.
www.dandelionsflowers.com
Matthew S. Gralund, S.E.,
joined M. R. Richards
Engineering as a senior
engineer.
www.mrrichards.com
Three employees of The Ulum Group have
become Public Participation certified. Vice
president Deborah Herron, director Amber
Williamson and public relations associate
Adrienne Webb completed The International
Association of Public Participation (IAP2)
Certificate Program.
www.ulum.com
The Eugene Public Library
Foundation recently
elected its officers and
board of directors for 20102011. Larry Deckman was
elected president; Jennifer
Geller, vice-president;
Anita Larson, secretary; Pam Whyte, treasurer;
and Connie Regali, past president. Board
Members are Val Close, Doug Barber, Susan
Daniell, Doug Bales, Connie Bennett, Kim
Esrig, Ann Fidanque, Jenny Jonak, Sherrill
Kirchhoff, Hue-Ping Lin, Sharon Posner,
Malcolm Scott and Dan Temmesfeld.
Just by changing the
sign, we’ve given
LibertyBank a
firmer foundation.
LibertyBank is now Home Federal Bank.
www.myhomefed.com
Home Federal Bank
Est. 1920
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At Sheppard, we promise to always serve you as a person first and then take
excellent care of your automotive needs. We’ve been serving Lane County for
over 60 years and are proud to be a part of this community.
Soroptimist International Eugene is pleased
to announce its new officers & board for 20102011: Carol Brown, president; Janet Caldwell,
president elect and delegate; Amy O’Donnell,
secretary; Suzanne Temple, MD, treasurer;
Vicki Simrell, director; Martha Falkenstein,
director; and Katherine Swem, director.
www.soroptimisteugene.com
Serenity Lane welcomes
Mike Dyer, chief financial
officer. Dyer was a 15-year
member of Serenity Lane’s
board of directors.
www.serenitylane.org
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BUSINESS NEWS
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your bank?
Summit Bank announces the appointment of
R. Paul Weinhold as vice chair of its Board of
Directors.
www.summitbankonline.com
Kids’ FIRST (Forensic
Intervention Response &
Support Team), a childfocused program serving
children who are victims of
physical and sexual abuse
going through the judicial
process, has hired Tina J. Morgan as director.
James Harris and Andrea Ortiz are new board
members.
www.lanecounty.org/kidsFIRST
Terrific Trade Show Graphics!
U.S. Bank has named Dallas
D. Scofield to the position
of senior lender and regional
manager of commercial
banking.
www.usbank.com
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Moss Adams announces the
promotion of Kate Miles,
CPA, from senior accountant
to manager. www.
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Three Rivers Casino & Hotel has announced
two senior staff promotions. Armando Lopez
has been named hotel general manager and
Melissa Samel has been promoted to lead cook
of the World Market Buffet.
www.threeriverscasino.com
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Rosemary Pryor, vice
president marketing and
strategic planning at Oregon
Community Credit Union
has been confirmed by the
Oregon State Senate as
a member of the Oregon
Workforce Investment Board.
www.oregoncommunitycu.org
The executive officers of the 2010-11 Birth To
Three board of directors are President Liz
Gill, Prevedello Hettick Marketing Company;
President Elect J. Mark Eddy, PhD, Oregon
Social Learning Center; Secretary Ian
Richardson, Gleaves, Swearingen, Potter
and Scott LLC; Treasurer Robin Matthews,
CPA, Jones & Roth PC; and Immediate Past
President Donna Moore. Five newly elected
board members have joined the board: David
E. Anderson, U.S. Bank; Sheri Greatwood,
4J School District; Linda L. King, University
of Oregon; Rachelle Villano, DDS; and Phil
Weiler, University of Oregon.
www.birthto3.org
Home Federal Bank
is one of the highest
capitalized banks in
the country!
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The Professional Women’s Forum recently
elected new board members for 2010-2011.
They include Kristi Kernutt, president; Mary
Adams, president-elect; Mary Bartlett,
treasurer; Harriet Cherry, secretary; Linda
Apling, marketing and communications;
Sara Brandt, membership; Kerry Rasmusson,
meeting coordinator.
The Willamette Valley Chapter of the
Construction Specifications Institute has
announced new board members and officers:
Larry Banks, PIVOT Architecture, chapter
president, with Allen Wright of CH2MHILL
serving as president elect. Sheri Konowitz of M.
R. Richards Engineering will be secretary and
Dennis Watson of RedBuilt will be treasurer. Tana
Baker of Chambers Construction and Michelle
Cross of Harvey and Price will serve as board
directors. Special Chapter awards for service were
presented to past president Matt Keenan, Kpff
Construction Engineers and committee chairs
Tana Baker and Steve Gunn, Construction Focus.
David Willis, State Farm Insurance, was
elected president of Lane County NAIFA
(National Association of Insurance and
Financial Advisors).
www.davidwillisinsurance.com
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www.myhomefed.com
July marked the first month in EPUD’s 27-year
history that the utility will operate without the
help of Coy Kratz, operations and engineering
manager. After 45 years in the electricity
industry, Kratz officially retired on June 30.
www.epud.org
Renee Van Norman has
been selected for the
position of director of the
Pearl Buck Preschool.
www.pearlbuckcenter.com
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BUSINESS NEWS
Same Friendly Faces.
Same Great Service.
Jon Meyers
KUDOS
Endowment co-chairs Phyzz Berwick,
Andy Berwick, Mary Ann Moore
announce completion and next steps of
$10 million endowment.
The newly renovated lobby of the Courtyard by Marriott.
BUSINESS NEWS
The 116-room Courtyard by Marriott
located in the Gateway area of Springfield
has completed a major renovation of its
lobby. The Eugene Springfield Courtyard
by Marriott is managed by InnSight Hotel
Management Group.
www.eugenespringfieldcourtyard.com
Adam’s Sustainable Table, one of the
two restaurants that make up Chef Adam
Bernstein’s The Sustainable Table Inc., has
been awarded the coveted 3 Star Certified
Green Restaurant® mark from the national
nonprofit Green Restaurant Association. It is
the first 3 Star Certified Green Restaurant®
in Oregon, and one of only 25 3-star
certified restaurants in the United States
to receive this top rating for sustainable
practices.
www.adamsplacerestaurant.com
David Funk, founder and former creative
director of Funk/Levis, and Jennifer Bell,
former marketing director of the Science
Factory, announced the formation of their
new specialized marketing communications
firm, bell+funk.
www.bellandfunk.com
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Winnebago Industries has recently
announced that Guaranty RV Centers has
earned its Circle of Excellence award.
www.guaranty.com
Pacific Continental Bank was recently
named by The Seattle Times as one of
the Northwest region’s top 20 companies
of the decade. The Top 20 list recognizes
publicly traded companies headquartered
in Washington, Oregon or Idaho that have
provided shareholders with the highest
total returns between 2000 and 2009.
Additionally, for the tenth consecutive year,
the publication named Pacific Continental
to its Best of the Northwest list (formerly
referred to as the Northwest 100). Ranked
43rd overall, Pacific Continental was the
second-highest ranked financial institution
on this year’s list.
www.therightbank.com
McKenzie-Willamette Women’s Health
and Birth Center has adopted new patientmonitoring technology that can transfer
crucial labor information about mother and
baby to obstetricians’ hand-held mobile
device. The Center is the only hospital
south of Portland to feature this patientmonitoring technology.
http://www.mckweb.com
Progressive Insurance recently awarded
SELCO Insurance Services with its 2009
Growth Award. Out of the top 20 insurance
agencies in the entire state of Oregon,
SELCO Insurance Services was recognized
for having the largest percentage of policy
growth in 2009.
www.selco.org
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On the eve of its 40th anniversary season,
the Oregon Bach Festival reached another
milestone — it surpassed $10 million in
cash and pledges towards its Saltzman
Endowment. The Festival presented the
Silver Baton Award to Wells Fargo.
www.oregonbachfestival.com
CAWOOD was recently honored with
three international awards, including
an Interactive Distinction Award in the
health care services category for the
Eugene Pediatric Associates website
(www.EugenePeds.com); the Interactive
Distinction Award in the food and beverage
category for the Market of Choice website
(www.MarketofChoice.com); and the
Integrated Campaigns Distinction Award, in
the business to consumer category, for the
Oregon Imaging Centers Make Time for the
Girls campaign.
www.cawood.com
Travel Lane County honored the following
Chamber members at its 2010 Visitor
Industry Celebration dinner: Mount Pisgah
Arboretum, with the Eugene, Cascades &
Coast Enrichment Award for its preservation
of native habitats, educational programs
and year-round community events; Eclectic
Edge Events, with the Eugene, Cascades
& Coast Hospitality Award for its work in
managing hundreds of road races, track
meets, cross-country championships and
marathons in the local area; and Cindy
Jensen of the Lane Ice Center, with the
Eugene, Cascades & Coast Appreciation
Award, in recognition of her commitment
to Lane County’s ice skating programs and
events over the last two decades.
www.travellanecounty.org
Siuslaw Financial Group was ranked
number 33 in the Top 200 community
banks, as published in the June issue of US
Banker. The ranking is based on the average
three-year return on shareholder equity
among the approximately 7,600 community
banks with less than $2 billion in assets.
Three organizations have been honored
with Birth To Three’s top volunteer awards
for 2009-10. They are: Enterprise Rent-aCar, Levi Strauss and Eugene Kiwanis Club.
Among the individuals honored as leading
volunteers, Birth To Three recognized: Gerri
Couper, Andy Moore, Donna Moore, Fran
Curtis and Rebecca Paschall.
www.birthto3.org
As part of its Leadership Scholarship
program, Siuslaw Bank distributed $1,500
scholarships in 2010 to 12 graduating seniors
in Lane County. Since 1964, Siuslaw Bank
has awarded scholarships to graduating
high school students to recognize them
for their achievements. The bank was
recently awarded with a 2010 “Readers
Choice” award from The Register-Guard in
recognition of its status as Lane County’s
favorite community bank.
www.siuslawbank.com
Stronger Bank.
LibertyBank is now Home Federal Bank.
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
A transition checklist
W
hether you are beginning to plan for your business succession or it’s still sometime in the
future, here are some steps to help you with those important decisions. For further assistance please consult
any Chamber-member attorneys, CPAs, appraisers and business coaches in the Chamber’s printed business
directory or on-line at www.eugenechamber.com (Business Directory). Thank you to Jones & Roth CPAs and Business
Consultants for the use of their Business Success Planning Model.
Phase I – Identifying Goals
Assess specifics of owner’s
situation, goals and needs
Establish action steps,
timeline and identify team
responsibilities
Phase II – Preparing the
Business for Succession
Develop contingency plan
Review basic estate
documents (will, buy-sell
agreements, ESOPs, etc.)
Phase III – Discussion and
Implementation of Key
Concepts
Verify goals
Determine value of
business
Prepare the business for
succession
Determine who gets the
business
Determine how they
receive it
Phase IV – Monitoring of
Determine when they
Progress
receive it
Present succession plan
Fund the transfer
to key family members or
Develop estate plan for the
stakeholders
Monitor and adjust
owner
timelines and goals
Design wealth
management for the owner
Phase V – Sale
Consult on actual
transaction
Develop tax strategies
Phase VI – Estate Planning
for the Owner
Design an income stream
to meet the owner’s
retirement goals and needs
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