New business
John Ferguson has opened Ferguson Law Office PLLC and will concentrate on water, construction and employment law. Ferguson served as executive director of the Montana Water Trust for six years.New branch
The Missoula Public Library is opening a new branch at Frenchtown High School in January. It will offer area residents full library services, including Internet access, interlibrary loans, audio/video collections and books.New associates
Missoula Nissan-Hyundai has hired several new associates. Don Matelich is a new sales consultant. Matelich has several years of experience in the auto sales industry and is factory-certified for sales. Katie Cummings is the new business manager. She graduated from the University of Montana with a degree in finance. Her responsibilities include all aspects of financing and insuring new vehicles as well as tailoring specific benefit packages for customers. Robin Gearhart is a new service adviser. Gearhart brings with her several years of experience from a local express lube. Her responsibilities include overall accommodations for service customers. Chris Thurston is a new sales consultant. He previously worked in the shoe department at J.C. Penney.Massage therapists Rachel Romanelli, Daniel Carney, Lynn Redding, Brian Weyand and Melanie Mundt and Feldenkrais practitioner Celeste River have joined the new Health Options Clinic, 3031 S. Russell. Health Options is an integrative clinic that includes massage, acupuncture, chiropractic and physical therapy services.
Matt Condon has joined the staff of the Boys and Girls Club of Missoula County as a volunteer specialist. His job includes working with the board of directors to develop and implement curriculum for both board and volunteer training, recruiting and orienting new volunteers and board members, facilitating strategic planning and increasing community awareness of the goals and programs of the Boys and Girls Club. Condon has more than two decades of experience working with young people as a youth pastor. He holds a bachelor's degree in social science and a master's degree in religion from Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif.
Tyler Potts has joined the finance department of ALPS as an accountant. Potts has a bachelor's degree in business administration with an emphasis in accounting from the University of Montana. Potts previously worked in construction and residential plan design in Billings and in accounts payable for Profiles International Inc.
Elisha Thomas has joined ALPS as an administrative assistant and receptionist. Thomas has customer service, receptionist and computer experience. She previously worked at Big Sky Resort and Missoula Youth Homes.
Kris Lundin has joined the Partners Creative advertising and public relations agency as media planner/buyer. Lundin will create media plans, negotiate rates and placement and generate media estimates, insertion orders and client reports. Lundin received a bachelor's degree in business and marketing with a minor in communications from the University of Minnesota-Duluth. She previously worked as a media buyer for Martin/Williams Advertising in Minneapolis.Promotions
Nick Monaco is the new sales manager at Missoula Nissan-Hyundai. Monaco has been with the dealership for more than two years, formerly as the business manager, and has been in the auto sales industry for 3 1/2 years.
Keith Belden has been promoted to Southwest regional director for Morrison-Maierle Inc. and will relocate to Tempe, Ariz., after January 2008 to assume management of the firm's Arizona operations. Belden previously was Morrison-Maierle's Missoula office manager. He joined the firm in 1991 and opened the Missoula office in 2000. Belden is a 1985 graduate of California State University-Chico and is licensed as a professional engineer and land surveyor in Montana and California. 
Deborah Johnston will succeed Belden as the firm's Missoula office manager. A registered professional engineer in Montana, Idaho and Washington, Johnston has more than 14 years of experience in engineering and construction. She received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Gonzaga University in Spokane in 1994 and completed postgraduate studies in water resource management at the University of Idaho. Johnston joined the firm in 2002.Certification/licensed
Mark McQuirk of Lambros Real Estate ERA has received his broker's license.
Noel Phillips has achieved registered yoga teacher designation through YogaAlliance. Phillips is a National Strength and Conditioning Association-certified personal trainer and owns ShapeShifters Personal Training.Keith Cron of Tetra Tech Inc. has become a certified industrial hygienist. Cron will provide Tetra Tech clients with monitoring programs for mold and other biologicals and water intrusion/infiltration at residential, commercial and industrial sites; health and safety audits for Occupational Safety and Health Administration compliance; and stack testing for compliance with Environmental Protection Agency emission standards.
Baiba Eastlick, a certified public accountant associated with Campbell & Associates P.C., has been awarded the certified fraud examiner designation by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.
Liz Dye of Portico Real Estate has certified as an e-PRO through the National Association of Realtors.Expansion
Lambros Real Estate ERA announced the opening of a real estate sales office in Kalispell. Ted Dykstra Jr. of Ted Dykstra Realty and Janae Moore of ERA First Choice Realty have joined the new office, located at 65 Commons Way in Kalispell. Call 257-3721.Recognition
The following were top producers for Lambros Real Estate ERA for the month of October:
Bill and Barb McQuirk, commercial; Laurie Page, Seeley Lake; Brandy Snider, residential; Tillie Marshall, Polson; Debbie Hess, Philipsburg; and Michele Gillespie, Hamilton.Beaudette Consulting Engineers Inc. placed second in the Best Firm to Work For 2007 annual ranking in the October issue of Structural Engineer magazine.
Jim and Diane Day were first in sales and Dacy Holland was the top listing agent for Missoula and Plains offices of Coldwell Banker Wachholz & Co. for the month of October.Cherie Hansen, broker/associate with RE/MAX of Bigfork, was third in sales for the state of Montana for the month of September. Hansen has been selling real estate since 1978.
Kevin Miltko has been awarded fellowship in the American College of Dentists during its annual meeting and convocation in San Francisco recently.
Robert Farmer, PHR, corporate training coordinator for Missoula Federal Credit Union and president-elect of the Big Sky Chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management, was awarded Credit Union National Association's ELLy Award at the sixth annual ceremony in Las Vegas. Farmer won top honors nationally in the “WOW” category, which is presented to the credit union with the best overall training curriculum or event.
Susan Hay Cramer, CEO of United Way of Missoula County, received the Poverello Center Inc.'s first Distinguished Service Award at the shelter's second annual Double Haul Fly Fishing Competition and Fundraiser recently. Cramer is a former vice president of the Poverello board of directors. The fly-fishing competition results are as follows: Biggest Fish and Smallest Fish, Mary Ann Mancini and Mary O'Connell of Payroll Data, guided by Brandon Henley; Most Fish “Heaviest Net,” Ben and Joe Galloway (private), guided by Casey Hackathorn; and Best Fly Fishing Guide, Josh Lauer and John Havlik (tie).Elected
The Watson Children's Shelter board of directors elected the following new officers:
Diana Nash, Zip Auto Service, president; Greg Beach, Beach Transportation, vice president; Greg Peck, certified public accountant, Junkermier, Clark, Campanella, Stevens P.C., secretary-treasurer. Newly elected directors include Steve Falen of Partners Creative and Jeff Shay of the University of Montana School of Business Administration.The Kiwanis Club of Sentinel-Missoula elected the following officers for 2007-08: Brent Small, president; Claudia Denker, president-elect; Keith Dowling, vice president; Linda Merchant, treasurer; Mary Oestrich, secretary; Monte Turner, immediate past president. Leslie Womack is the 2007-08 Division 1 Montana District lieutenant governor.
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