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Marce Edwards is the business editor. She has been at The News Tribune for seven years and has written about technology and big businesses in the South Sound including Weyerhaeuser and Russell. Before moving to Tacoma, she worked at The Idaho Statesman in Boise. She is a Northwest native who likes to garden and refuses to use an umbrella. She lives in Tacoma with her husband and two kids.
C.R. Roberts is a Tacoma native. Before joining The News Tribune, he worked as a freelance writer and part-time cowhand on a cattle ranch in Northern Idaho. He writes about small business, personal finance and other business issues.
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Kelly Kearsley has been a business reporter at The News Tribune since 2005. She covers the Port of Tacoma and international trade. Being born and raised in Spokane she’s used to living in cities with inferiority complexes and, in fact, prefers it. Prior to working at The News Tribune, she spent three years as a reporter for The Bulletin in Bend, Oregon and another year working stints for The Associated Press and Seattle Times. She graduated from Pacific Lutheran University. She lives in Tacoma with her husband and miniature schnauzer.
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And so the East-West Candy War begins again.
The Associated Press is reporting today that Wenatchee Rep. Mike Armstrong plans to “introduce legislation to name Aplets & Cotlets the official candy of Washington” during the upcoming legislative session, which begins Jan. 12.
Aplets and Cotlets, made of apples, apricots and, I’m assuming, some kind of gelatin, are produced in Cashmere, not far from Wenatchee.
“The bill is likely to revive the battle with backers of Almond Roca. In 2001 a state candy bill was introduced to crown the crunchy chocolate almond treat made by Brown & Haley in Tacoma since 1912. It failed to pass,” the story says.
Hearing of this perfidy (I mean, have you ever actually eaten an entire Aplet or Cotlet? Do you know anyone who has?), I called Pierson Clair, president and CEO of Tacoma-based Brown & Haley. He seemed unworried by the Cashmerian call-to-arms and he was complimentary of his cross-state rival.
“The State of Washington is home to some of the great confections of the world,” he said. “Brown & Haley uses ultra-high quality raw material from the State of Washington, such as butter, and I’m sure other Washington confectioners use other high-grade raw materials for their products. I’m sure that the elected officials of Washington can develop a method so that all of the extraordinary fine confectioners of our great state can enjoy a heightened awareness by the public of our great tradition.”
He continued, “I am sure that the lovers of Roca, such as Debbie Regala, Dennis Flannigan and Jeannie Darneille, will take great delight in talking about the premium quality of the Roca family in the next Legislature.”
And if we're actually voting on this, I'd like to nominate the Mountain Bar.
Readers can join in an online poll here.
It’s been one of those years, but there’s a new year on its way. It’s so close you can almost taste it.
But have we learned out lesson? Will we take the hard-earned answers of 2008 into the questions we’ll face in 2009?
It’s all about resolutions. Are you making any business-related resolutions for 2009? Anything about investment strategies? Spending? Saving?
If you’re a business owner, what changes will you make in 2009 in light of 2008?
And beyond work and money, are you making any personal or philosophical resolutions that will go into effect on Wednesday at midnight?
If any of this fits you, please post a reply here or reply by e-mail to c.r.roberts@thenewstribune.com by Tuesday afternoon. Thanks.
And best wishes for 2009!
Weyerhaeuser no longer will try to sell its Westwood Shipping Line.
The Federal Way-based company said today that the weaker shipping markets and tight financing conditions for potential buyers made this a bad time to sell.
Weyerhaeuser had announced in May that it was exploring a strategic alternative for Westwood, a wholly-owned subsidiary that operates a fleet of seven ships used by customers to ship forest products, containerized and oversized cargo.
"We did not feel that the current market conditions would allow us to recognize a reasonable value for our assets and operations," Guy Stephenson, Westwood Shipping Line president, said in a news release. "We look forward to continuing to provide safe, uninterrupted service to our customers while pursuing new business opportunities and expanding our service."
Westwood serves customers in more than 20 ports in Japan, Korea, China and North America with a fixed-day, weekly sailing schedule.
