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Group sells offering, to buy BruchiÂ’s chain

New company plans restaurants in Seattle, with headquarters there
February 26, 1997
Lisa Harrell
Bruchis Inc., a Spokane-based chain of corporately owned and franchised Bruchis sandwich shops, is expected to be sold sometime in the next 10 months to a newly formed Seattle company that plans to market the chains restaurant concept a
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Big apartment project begins in Liberty Lake

Alvin J. Wolff Inc. builds 186-unit Big Trout Lodge complex for $8.5 million
February 26, 1997
Chad Cain
Alvin J. Wolff Inc., of Spokane, has broken ground on an $8.5 million, 186-unit apartment complex in Liberty Lake.Work on the big complex began last month on a 9.5-acre site just north of Country Vista Drive, to the east of and behind an a
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Bus graphics? ItÂ’s a wrap!

Something Different...
February 26, 1997
Kim Crompton
You dont need to go to Sheryl and Jay Oiens business on Garland Avenue to see what kind of work they do. You can stand on most any busy street corner in the Spokane area and the Oiens highly visual products will come to you.The Oiens
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Spokanite heads surge by clothier

Jones serves Cutter & Buck, a stock market darling, as chairman, CEO
February 26, 1997
Sandra Hosking
Former Spokane clothier Harvey Jones is heading a fast-growing Seattle-based sportswear company that now is working to build a worldwide distribution network.The company, Cutter & Buck Inc., hopes to make its clothing a prominent brand, as
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Zak Designs loads its plate

Distributor of dinnerware plans facility in England, to double revenue
February 26, 1997
Lisa Harrell
Since arriving in Spokane just six years ago, Zak Designs Inc. has quadrupled its sales, more than tripled the size of both its work force and its West Plains facility, and made a push into foreign markets.Now the distributor of cartoon to
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Creating new veins to ease pain

Radiologist here replaces blocked blood vessels with synthetic channels
February 26, 1997
Lisa Harrell
Spokane radiologist Rod Raabe has begun implanting artificial veins inside blocked blood vessels in patients legs to help restore blood flow and eliminate leg pain that can be debilitating.Raabe is working with the Heart Institute of on
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FirstBank hopes to open branch in Liberty Lake

Bank operates six locations overall, may open additional outlets in Spokane area later
February 26, 1997
Chad Cain
FirstBank Northwest, a rapidly growing bank with headquarters in Lewiston, Idaho, and an office in Coeur dAlene, has applied to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. for approval to establish a branch bank in Liberty Lake.If the FDIC the a
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Farmers & Merchants plans branch

Third Avenue facility should be open by end of the year, other new sites also slated
February 26, 1997
Anita Burke
Spokane-based Farmers & Merchants Bank plans to open a new on the southern edge of downtown Spokane by the end of the year, says Ric Odegard, the banks executive vice president and chief operating officer.A new branch, to be located in a
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Company plans building southwest of downtown

It has bought block near Freeway Plaza, envisions three- or four-story structure
February 26, 1997
Chad Cain
A Spokane limited liability company called Otak Holdings LLC says it plans to develop a three- or four-story office building on a one-block parcel that it recently bought southwest of downtown Spokane.Otak would develop the structure on a
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Bankruptcy judge OKs sale of AlloyÂ’s assets

Alliance LLCÂ’s purchase of trailer-making operation here is to close by Oct. 1
February 26, 1997
Kim Crompton
A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge here has authorized the sale of the assets of Alloy Trailers Inc., of Spokane, to California-based Alliance LLC, essentially clearing the way for a financial rescue of the struggling trailer-manufacturing John M.
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