BUSINESS BEAT.Byline: The Register-Guard People Steven Shewach has been named as the new Youth Corps Program Director at Northwest Youth Corps. Shewach has experience managing a training program for the Sierra Club Sierra Club, national organization in the United States dedicated to the preservation and expansion of the world's parks, wildlife, and wilderness areas. Founded (1892) in California by a group led by the Scottish-American conservationist John Muir, the Sierra Club and has worked with youth at residential and day camps, wilderness therapy Wilderness therapy is a form of outdoor education treatment that relies on the natural aspects of a primitive outdoor sojourn. Like adventure therapy and boot camps, wilderness therapy is often used for behavior modification by the families of young people. , and in high school settings. Nolin Barnes has been appointed chief financial officer at Peterson Pacific Corp., a Eugene-based maker of machines for the wood processing Wood processing is an engineering discipline comprising the production of forest products, such as pulp and paper, construction materials, and tall oil. Paper engineering is a subfield of wood processing. Many countries, notably Sweden also produce tar from pine trees. and recycling industries. Barnes is an Oregon State University Oregon State University, at Corvallis; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1858 as Corvallis College, opened 1865. In 1868 it was designated Oregon's land-grant agricultural college and was taken over completely by the state in 1885. graduate who has held senior financial or general management roles in food processing Food processing is the set of methods and techniques used to transform raw ingredients into food for consumption by humans or animals. The food processing industry utilises these processes. , sawmill sawmill, installation or facility in which cut logs are sawed into standard-sized boards and timbers. The saws used in such an installation are generally of three types: the circular saw, which consists of a disk with teeth around its edge; the band saw, which equipment and aerospace part manufacturing for more than 20 years. King Estate Winery has announced two promotions and a new hire. Doyal Eubank has been promoted to chief financial officer and Megan McKinnon This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. to controller. The two will lead all winery-related accounting, financial, technology and human resource functions. Also, the winery has named Stu Stein as its new culinary director. Trained in French cooking, he last worked at The Peerless Restaurant in Ashland as executive chef and is the author of the cookbook "The Sustainable Kitchen." Open for business Countrywide Home Loans has opened a new office at 1845 Highway 126 in Florence. Charlotte Washburn is the branch manager. F.Y.I. Mitch Hammerstad has announced that he has changed the name of his company from Hammerstad-Leavitt Insurance Agency to Hammerstad Insurance Agency. The change reflects Hammerstad's role as sole owner and president of the agency, located in downtown Eugene. Business Beat runs Tuesdays and Thursdays. It covers promotions, new hires, professional achievements, new businesses, relocations and other news. Fax items to Business Beat, 683-7631; e-mail (text in message body, not as an attachment) to tchristie@guardnet.com; or mail to Business Beat, The Register-Guard, P.O. Box 10188, Eugene, OR 97440. Photos cannot be returned. For information, call 338-2572. |
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