Business briefs

Mt. Diablo Trust moves to Sequim

Mt. Diablo Trust has opened at 530-C W. Fir St., Sequim. Owner Diane Horton specializes in wills, trusts, durable powers of attorney for health care and financial powers, funeral/burial directives, guardianship of minor children, deeds and retitlement. She moved to the area from northern California, where she established her 23-year business at the foot of Mount Diablo. Call 360-460-4418 or e-mail LgLDoc@gmail.com.   

Soil seminar presented free

Dr. Craig Cogger presents “Good Soil Is Everything” at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 19, at McComb Gardens, 751 McComb Road, Sequim. Cogger is an Extension and research soil scientist with Washington State University, Puyallup. The seminar is free; seating is limited. Call 681-2827.

 

M.V. COHO moves to expanded spring schedule

In time for the Memorial Day long weekend, Black Ball Ferry Line is launching its expanded spring schedule with six sailings a day on the M.V. COHO’s 90-minute route between Port Angeles, and Victoria, B.C.

The M.V. COHO will depart Port Angeles daily at 8:15 a.m., 12:45 p.m. and 5:20 p.m. The 8:15 a.m. and 5:20 p.m. sailings are new departure times for the M.V. COHO and mark a change from previous schedules. Return sailings from Victoria are at 10:30 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. daily.

See CohoFerry.com for special offers on travel packages to Victoria and Vancouver Island, along with complete trip planning information.

Wind Rose begins happy hour

Wind Rose Cellars, 155 W. Cedar St.,

Sequim, now holds a happy hour from 5-7 p.m. Wednesdays. Call 360-358-5469.

Swap meet invites sellers

The first of MAC’s 2012 community swap meets is at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 26, at the DeWitt Administration Center field, 544 N. Sequim Ave. Space rental is $20 per meet, payable on the day. Call Priscilla Hudson, 681-2257, with questions.

Guild Thrift store is open

The Sequim Dungeness Hospital Guild Thrift Shop, 204 W. Bell St., in Sequim, will be open from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, May 19. Spring fashions for guys, gals and children are featured as well as household accessories. All white tag items are marked half price. A few tickets are left for the May 23 Fashion Show at 7 Cedars; the thrift shop is closed that day.

Gray qualifies for leaders conference

Cheryl Gray, an Edward Jones financial advisor in Sequim, has qualified for the firm’s 2012 Financial Advisor Leaders Conference to be held in St. Louis, Mo. The conference recognizes leading financial advisors and provides additional training. Gray was one of only 570 financial advisors out of 11,000 with the firm who qualified.

Butler joins EDC board

On April 19, the Clallam Economic Development Council board of directors unanimously approved the appointment of Don Butler, president of Carlsborg’s High Energy Metals, to fill an at-large position. The company has been a member since 2011. Visit www.clallam.org for more information about the EDC.

Mobile Imaging Tour completes run

The Mobile Breast Imaging Tour, which traveled the peninsula and through the Northwest between October 2011 and March 2012, benefited more than 2,300 women, many of them without health insurance. The tour, a partnership between Ford Motor Company and local Ford and Lincoln dealers, was in Port Angeles in January.

Humphrey completes professional designations

Bill Humphrey, Managing Broker of John L. Scott, Sequim, has received his Certified Residential Brokerage, Certified Negotiation Expert and Senior Real Estate Specialist designations. Reach him at John L. Scott/Sequim, 1190 E. Washington St. or 683-4131, ext. 138.