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Zak Designs plans to open four international offices

Dinnerware maker to partner with companies in Mexico, Australia, Brazil, and Japan
February 26, 1997
Addy Hatch
Zak Designs Inc., of Spokane, expects in coming months to expand its international operations substantially by opening new offices in Mexico, Brazil, and Australia. The Airway Heights company, which makes tableware and childrens dinnerware as
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Cousins turn ideas into reality

Siverson Design
February 26, 1997
Addy Hatch
POST FALLSCousins Cory Siverson and Chad MacDonald say theyre like everyone elselooking for that million-dollar idea.To get where theyre going, though, they help other companies and individuals develop their ideas.Their young venture,
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West Plains to get 870 apartments

Vandervert-led companies start Cheney complex, plan another by Airway Heights
February 26, 1997
Linn Parish
Companies headed by prominent Spokane developer Dick Vandervert have two big West Plains apartment projects in the works that are to include 870 living units and are to be built at a total cost of nearly $56 million.Work already is under way on
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Potlatch charts new direction

Company wants Lewiston mill to meet high packaging standards, introduces products, retires debt
February 26, 1997
Richard Ripley
After having endured two tough years in a row, Potlatch Corp. is setting a new direction.When the big Spokane-based wood-products company announced March 18 it was selling its coated printing papers business, Chairman and CEO L. Pendleton Siegel
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Aurora expects rapid growth

Spokane company says strong ties with Microsoft to boost revenue, more than double its work force
February 26, 1997
Addy Hatch
Spokane software developer Aurora Consulting Group says it expects to generate tens of millions of dollars in additional revenue in the next 18 months through strong ties it has forged with software giant Microsoft Corp., a relationship thats to
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Senior housing complex is being built in Valley

Development on Sprague will include 25 living units, is set to open by year-end
February 26, 1997
Linn Parish
National Church Residences, a Columbus, Ohio-based nonprofit provider of housing for low-income seniors, is developing a 25-unit apartment complex for such residents in the Spokane Valley, its second such complex here.White Water Creek Inc., a a
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Harcon gets $6 million bridge job

Work set to begin soon on Argonne Road spans; traffic will be reduced
February 26, 1997
Adrienne C. Dellwo
Spokane County has awarded to Harcon Inc., of Spokane, a nearly $6 million contract to replace the structurally deficient Argonne Road Bridge across the Spokane River. The bridge, which actually consists of two bridge structures, is being replaced
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B&B Distributors Inc. moving beyond Spokane

Company to buy distribution rights in Tri-Cities, Yakima; to sell Coors rights to Odom
February 26, 1997
Addy Hatch
B&B Distributors Inc., a longtime Spokane beverage distributor, has agreed to sell its Spokane-area distribution rights for Coors and Keystone beers to Odom Northwest Beverage, also of Spokane.In addition, B&B plans to buy the distribution for a
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Economic index suggests possible turnaround here

WSU profÂ’s compilations indicate that past monthsÂ’ trends might be reversing
February 26, 1997
Paul Read
Spokanes economy may have bottomed out and begun a move into more positive territory, according to the most recent Leading Economic Activity Index compiled by Washington State University professor Don Epley.The index, one of two Epley last to
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Janek Co. closes all four offices

Real estate agencyÂ’s founder considers whether to reopen, says she may start litigation
February 26, 1997
Linn Parish
Janek Co., a Spokane real estate company that has specialized in marketing high-end homes, has closed all of its four offices in Eastern Washington and North Idaho.Jan Ekstrom, the companys founder and president, says she closed Janeks this
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