BUSINESS BRIEFS — Business co-ops topic of Monday talk in Port Townsend . . . and other local business news
Published 12:01 am Monday, October 20, 2014
PORT TOWNSEND — A panel discussion on “Building a More Cooperative Economy” will be held from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday at the Quimper Grange, 1219 Corona St.
The event will feature local experts who have been involved with successful cooperative businesses.
Panelists include Robert Yourish, CFO for worker-owned cooperative Sunshine Propane; Jim Lyons, worker/owner at the PT Shipwright’s Cooperative; Kenna Eaton, general manager of the Food Co-op; Heather Dudley Nollette, co-founder of the CoLab; Jacob Talamante, founder and executive director of the youth work-training project Labor Leaders; and Steve Moore, board member of community-owned Quimper Mercantile.
A film on the success of a decades-old worker cooperative in Spain will be shown.
The panelists will address the advantages and challenges of a more cooperative business model and how a new generation of cooperatives and related businesses might flourish here.
Admission is by donation.
For more information, phone Deb Wiese at 360-385-1928.
Event coordinator
PORT ANGELES — Jeremy Gilchrist, a Western Washington University graduate, has been named as event coordinator for the Olympic Medical Center Foundation.
A Port Angeles High School graduate, Gilchrist graduated from Western in June with a degree in business administration in marketing and finance. He previously worked at KJR radio in Seattle.
“Because of Jeremy’s experience with social media, websites and other marketing tools, we feel that he’ll be of great benefit to us,” said foundation Executive Director Bruce Skinner.
KONP talk guests
PORT ANGELES — Here is this week’s schedule for the 1:05 p.m. to 2 p.m. local talk show segment on KONP radio, at 1450 AM, 101.7 FM and www.konp.com on the Internet outside the Port Angeles area.
Station General Manager Todd Ortloff hosts the Monday through Thursday segments.
This week’s scheduled lineup:
■ Monday: In the first segment, Dr. Jon Peters, an Oregon physician/scientist, who will present an upcoming talk on whale evolution, sponsored by the Juan de Fuca Freethinkers.
In the second segment, Scott Kennedy, chief medical officer at Olympic Medical Center, and Tom Locke, health officer of Clallam and Jefferson counties, on “Infectious Disease Preparedness.”
■ Tuesday: Steve Baxter Port Angeles School Board president; Marc Jackson, superintendent; Kelly Pearson, business and operations director; and Steve Methner, task force and bond committee member, discuss the possibility of a bond for a new high school and maintenance-and-operations levy.
■ Wednesday: In the first segment, Renee Worthy, D Bellamente, Joe Cammack and John LeClerc discuss the annual harvest benefit dinner.
In the second segment, Judith Pasco, board chair for the Mujeres de Maiz Opportunity Foundation, a Sequim-based group that holds an annual fundraiser to continue its work with indigenous women and children in Chiapas, Mexico, to provide them with access to education.
■ Thursday: Candidates forum with Steve Tharinger and Thomas Greisamer, who are running for 24th District state representative.
