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Doing Business in the USA
Response to a Jan. 19 column, “Buying
American Products Creates American Jobs,”
by AWB President Don Brunell.
During the 10 years of “momentum” in
Spokane (1987-1997) we chronicled “Let’s
do business together.” It was amazing the
amount of connectivity we experienced
locally by matching businesses up with local
vendors and suppliers, etc.
As a result, millions of dollars stayed at
home and supported our local economy every
year. It’s a simple concept that works. With
the computer technology we have today,
the ability to connect the dots nationally is
possible. So, “Let’s do business together USA.”
Thanks for writing the article.
Dave Clack, Past AWB Chair
Spokane
Thank You for Honoring Our
Seattle Plant
On behalf of the Ash Grove Cement
Company, thank you and your sponsor, Davis
Wright Tremaine LLP, for honoring our
Seattle plant with the 2012 Better Workplace
Award for Safety.
We were pleased to have earned the
recognition, and we have begun to challenge
ourselves so that we can enter again in next
year’s competition and defend our “title.”
We were impressed with the luncheon and
the video presentation featuring our safety
programs; we will share it with our group.
Our award is displayed prominently in our
trophy cabinet in our main entrance.
We appreciate the recognition of the
hard work our Seattle team puts in to
ensure a safe workplace. Thank you
and your members for sponsoring the
awards program.
Todd Hamilton, Plant Manager
Ash Grove Cement Company, Seattle
Novo Nordisk expands diabetes program for children
in developing countries goo.gl/X4NFy via
@bccc @novonordisktbl
– Dr. Faith Mehmet Gul (@drfameg), Feb. 17
Great tour – Pepsi Northwest Beverages. They’ve
reduced their waste by 80%! AND No layoffs during
the recession. Proud @awbolympia member
– Kris Johnson, AWB vice president of operations (KrisJohnson _ IOM), Feb. 3
Reagan’s Unsung Legacy: Frozen Food Day
n.pr/y7m6O2
– NPR News (@nprnews), March 7
Great sessions yesterday and this morning at TriCities
Leg. Day in Olympia. @awbolympia @tricitieschamb
@TriCitiesVCB @GovGregoire
– Vista Engineering (@vistaengr), Feb. 17
Today is National Frozen Foods Day...so let me see
frozen peas, Lean Cuisine or oh, I know, ICE CREAM!
– Mrs. L (@rwlynn), March 6
@awbolympia’s president Don Brunell, on why the
@EximBankUS should be renewed: bit.ly/wwUJjV
– Free Enterprise, U.S. Chamber of Commerce news site (@FreeEnterprise),
March 16
Welcome to the official Twitter channel of the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
More info: federalreserve.gov
– The central bank of the United States (@federalreserve), announcing its
arrival on Twitter, March 14
Lesson for Senate Ds: you can’t roll the minority
when it’s the majority #politics101 #waleg
– Jim Brunner, Seattle Times reporter (@Jim _ Brunner), March 5
With the euro crisis in abeyance, high oil prices have
become the latest source of worry for the world
economy econ.st/zs1WCT
– The Economist (@TheEconomist), March 13
spring 2012
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