Albany Democrat-Herald from Albany, Oregon • 4

4 MONDAY, FEB. 17, 1992 Albany DcmocraMOcralD Two auto firms join In business By HUNTER JAMESON Albany Democrat Herald Two automotive service businesses. Continental Transmission and Repair and Valley Auto Electric are joining forces at Continental's location, 252 Queen Ave Valley Auto Electric moved to its new home in part of the Continental building n- -1. hd i Ui 1 -v. 4ir' Kit V- A 2j Detailing shop opens A to Automotive, a detailing shop, has opened at 1172D Old Salem Road Owner Jody Arthur, 30.

said the business offers free pick up and delivery of cars, pickup (rucks, campers, boats and semi- trucks from customers' homes or offices. Monthly car care plans are offered. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 Monday through Friday. Telephone number is Arthur lives in Lebanon K.C.'s Restaurant Kenneth Case and his son, Kim Case, both of Albany, have purchased the former Timber Country restaurant at 2530 Pacific Blvd.

E. and changed its name to Restaurant. Kenneth Case, an Albany resident for 15 years, ill be manager, A onetime restaurateur, Case in more recent years was a contract plasterer before retiring He and his son purchased the restaurant from l-arry and Ann Master-ton and reopened it Feb. 7 after a closure of three days for cleaning The Mastcrtons had purchased the restaurant, the former Darrell and reopened it at the end of August HM) after an extended closure will be open from 6 a to 9 seven days a week A banquet room can accommodate banquets and meetings of up to 40 people Telephone number is 928 M40 Receives realty award Don Proctor of Albany, an associate broker with ERA Ransom 4 Smith Realty, 2523 Santiam Hwy. has In the new West Albany Career Center, Duretta Christensen helps junior Jared Strait Jr.

learn about a technical school. Computers aid career exploration West Albany opens Career Center college bound In order to help parents come in ith students, the Career Center is now open from 6 to 8 Mondays Christensen, the center coordinator, is a longtime volunteer at West Albany She started as a volunteer there in fall 14 when her elih-st Km, Joel, was a sophomore She wanted to help students learn about scholarships and find out aN'iit them herself Her experience proved beneficial lnvause site and her husband, Ross, have had three sons graduate from West Albany and go on to college with scholarship A fourth child. Luira. is a junior at West Albany this year West A'Uinv's new principal. Ron Brown a-keo! Mr "hrtstcasen in August to organize and coordinate the new areer enter last week trnm its former location at 615 Ninth Ave.

It will remain a separate business and be known as Valley Electric The move "just brings two good businesses together." said Steve Wagener, 33. who owns 13 year old Continental Traasmission with his father, Loren Continental does fleet as ell as individual auto repair, but did not do m- Stv Wgnr house work alternators, on Stanley Sayla starters or generators, in which Valley specializes. Stanley Sayles of North Albany founded Valley Auto Electric with a former partner, Ron Edmiston, 20 years ago Sayles and two employees will continue with Valley Electric at the new location. The new Valley Electric is owned by Sayles, Loren Wagener and Steve Wagener. It retains its former telephone number, 928-4161.

"We have a feeling we'll enhance each other's business," Savles said "Well benefit from each other's clientele. I am sure." The arrival of Valley Electric marks further expansion for Continental. An addition three years ago tripled floor space to 16.1M) square feet With the expansion came a hydraulic lift that can hoist semi- trucks and motor homes Since the building expansion. Continental's staff has grow from five to 12 workers, not counting Valley's employees Services have increased, too Continental has added diesel truck repair and trailer repairs for semi-trucks The garage also now has a specialist in repairing generator power plants for motor homes and commer cial rigs Addition of a waiting area and paving in the front of tlie building is set for sum mer, and Wagener hopes to add more truck repair hays at the rear within a war Synthotcch reports earnings Syntlictevh Inc 12J Industrial Way. which make chemicals for pharmaceutical companies, announced pro fit of V.C.(v.

or 1 cent per share, for its third quarter, which Dec 31 The earnings compared ith a loss of $111 mi. or I cent a share, for the third quarter in If' Revenues for third quarter IVH were ni. up r. percent from fcM2.i(i in Die comparable quarter a year before For nine months, the company earned or 1 cent pit share, on revenue of $115 'Mi compared ith a lss of $1M mi. or 2 cents per share, on revenues of in the same period in Syn'heteth employs 15 workers aaswered she would not be willing to take minimum wage but would accept to per month, the job total went dow to Her final answers reduced job fields to 96 As she scrolled through the list on the computer, some of them surprised her "l-ocksmiuV" she murmured.

"I'm going to te a bncklaver?" hen Baker had te computer print out information on being a law ver, she as pleased to learn that some lawyers never go into court She dies not like speaking in groups During a report in biology class last "I hyperventilated and almost passed out" Some students seeiwd certain about careers even before doing the questionnaires "I already know what I'm going to do," Tom Groat said He plans on enlisting and being a career Army officer other students discovered wider possibilities Paul Felgentraeger said he had been planning on working in pharmacy, but the exploration class "has opened me to more occupations'' including engineering and being an airplane pilot Sime discovered tliey nrded to keep looking Brian Palmer wants to work outside, but a printout on being a forester persua'k-d him that was not something he wanted to do for the rest of his hfr Actually I don't think I old enough to (Wide what I want to do now I on I) li," he Mid Two years can make a kg difference Ja kson Holmes, a scmr, know Holme was in the Career Center gathering information on (ring a police olficer, f.relghter emergency medual technician Thise were dif ferent choices from what he was con Sidermg wtien he was a sophomore 'Now that my last years coming atut. I want lu get down what kith! of field I jilt to he said been honored as the top commercial producer for I'M among ERA in Oregon and Washington Proctor has been wiling commercial real estate with Ransom Smith 13 years. His aw'afd was presented at Don Proctor the annual awards banquet in Portland last month Other staff members of Hansom Smith honored for multimillion dollar sales were Gilly Iewis and Rob Powell, who are associate broken, and Judy Moore and Mary Workman, who are sales associates Woodland Info Night CORVAIJXS The fourth annual Woodland Information Night will be held from 7 to 9 Monday, Feb 24. at Siuslaw National Forest head quarters, 4077 Research Way, onalhs Sirakers at the free pngrarn will highlight help and information available for woodland owners Seakers will include Steve Vaught. service forester, state lvpartment i4 orestry.

Conrad Tull, forest practice forester, state Icpartment o( Forestry and Rick Fletcher, Oregon State I'niversity Extension forestry agent For further information, call Fletcher in Corvallis. 757 C5o Business news? Starting a new business'' one'' Moving'' The I H-nwrat Herald in vites readier with business news to call Hunter Jameson. V.1. 2211, Fxl 118 The Career Center that opened West Allwny High School this fall puts a variety of information for post high school work and study in one easily accessible spot "This is a good place for a parent of a college IxHind kid. because you get immersed in information," said Judy Stanley, one of volunteers who staff the center under Coordinator Duretta Christensen "It was like it was locked away with the counselors before Stanley is the mother of a junior.

Scott, and a freshman. Stacey. at West Altkiny She is the wde of Dr lin Stanley, an orthojiedist Books, pamphli'ls and computers in the center give information on col leges am) technical and vocational sctumls and financial aid Job mfor mation is available for students who are going right to work as well as the Ho (to stU'Hits arrive at their three At West a questamruire Nioklet called 'The I arerr dame" help the "The Career ian.e aks students to mark whether they l.kr or hsl ke IVo activities ranging from fixing a car to leading a meeting Answers guide students to one of six hrad career areas A Msund lkiet tii -lp us'r come up with sjusific 'ts A qw-stamriaire 'lijest." provide aiHitlK-r way Iof-soptmniores In use preferences jik) skills to iwrrow ftv.bil.t,'s All puhlic high Mhool Ijiui CiKinty subsritr to vuest." anottx-r prilu't of CI in Eugene "Ujet of 21 questions Ttie first question aks students wlw-tlK-r t-y would lie. dislie or have no By HUNTER JAMESON Albany Democrat Morale! Career exploration has joined the computer age In the new Career Center at West Albany High School recently, sophomore Kaan Anderson used a com puter to find out more about U-coming a teacher auk; The computer is sto ked ith jot) data supplied by the'Oregon Career Informa Uon Syten baed at the t'nnersity of ijrr Eugene Tlie service sends out floppy discs with new information to West Altwny and ottx'r sulfscnU-rs at least twice a year. The public now can" use Career Infor mation Svstem programs apjunnl men! at Linn Benton Community Col lege Please Mr related article From a computer printout, Anderson found that 9.7jo peoplrwrk as teai twr aides in Oregon.

2 of them in the 'hndH illamette X'altfy She learned the starting average wage for the job is per hour in the run) alley. $7 liour the average maximum Aides in spiTial education e.rrn mre Cnder tlx Job outlook heading tin-comtHiter said supplv and demand for teacfier aid-s would l' tjalarued in tlw near future The- long run outlook depends on state and Jural vhrnil funding Tfie printout also said teacher aid-s need vertsd and numerical apdtmle. clerical skills ami a high: s'(nl or getn-ral etjuivalenc) d.plonu'; A li.t of relattsi oe up.rns lu-k-d library assistant. iiutta rnor ls tectinician and receptionist Anilerson as completing tw'n 'Lis ol career exploratim uivfc-Cake'ti all West Aitsinv sophomores this'vVjr ne assignmenl was to citme up with list of three tentative rarw choices Stuik nts also considered hu courvs to take as juniors and seniors to meet gtwls the public -t Vu ran do. a holarsh That one we re Parting to u.sir tore and more National and college inhtrriia lion also is available People search out scfiools Uiey watil by programs, regions or states When an I.Bi'C stu Wn jsked bir all the in tle I n.teil States that of (i-rH a lour year auto tty of meihanic pf-'arti CIS fiund one in Montana CIS a's has mhirmation wr.tirui apfb ati'ffl letters, resumes and str a two iitnef (areer s-f Vices college Wiet ins.

the national iii-rup-tiorut u'li4 Il.i').)!i4 a'id i1s on vaf tius fa ids are ava-lahie art enter I a'si otfefs jn err st 'hj' zir Ni fia evt-r h.ken a ('ass r.CC PeHT.a'-;! full me a pirt t.r.e are l-stJ tfr wnn.T, Pr 'fs! Sw.l preference atut ointmuous work doing the same thmgs many times a day and working at a steady pace other questions ask to what degree the answerer would lie tring precise, us ing farts, working with other, (ring (rsuasive or expressing creativity on the other question ask for self assessments of abilities, mh a eye-hand coordination and use of word ithrr queries ask lie amount of schooling the student want to complete and geographic area Erica Baker, a cljvsmatr of Amier son was siring what yuesl would say h-r mteresi U-ing a laywer or mi retary Wl-n she yuestion IK asking her desired start. lig age. ttr computer s.nd trr answers far had narrowed 3 7 jotei yuesl contains to I tH In'n sfe Kher lann IU-riton CLipter offit lals are Tevlin. vice presnVnt Pat 11 kn mm retary treasurer, and Ron Peter F.g.in. Phd Spr tig Jay Surge ami Pa! tut.

d.revtor LBCC CBrG6r CsntSr Mid-valley rcmodclcr gains office in Brent Cxiurli') of Brenl Gourley Ctm st ruction in Allan) secretary for l'2 o( the Oreg'fl Remileler Asviciation (iourley alvi is president of the Linn lienton CKiptif of tlie remmk ler grwip stato association Prescient of the state iwn lation for l'erj is David Fwing oi He is a memtier of tlie drra'er portLirwl Cr-ipter of the remmV-ier Sale 43.99 Pi IS is open to Memtier ol trie putmc can use "Vm-st." get computer printouts on jot from the Oregon Career Information System and use other career inform turn free at tlie I.ir.n Benton Coni'tmrnty College Career Center in Albany The center in Takena Hall is open from lam to 5 Monday ttin-gh Friday Pntple wishing to use com puteried s-n es sfiouid (all t'C to make an appointment, acctird.ng to Marlene Projst. tor of (arm and Kntry Center services at I.HCC This is the f.rst year I.lu (' has had the computerized Oregon areer Inf. mation System and t'rpM is rnthusiastic "It an ve you all o( inf rna tion and it 1 geared to Orr-gori she said or propte Ctr.s fc-ri'lg going back to si of going on 1 an prm i in formatiojj ofi um a arni fmatv a at Org.i tex hmi and 'na! a well MS -u Remember 1 2.00? Tho good ol' days gofio1 Loarn how you can protect your investment Charles E. Peck Seminar Rr 7 A T-s Was Yo'i C'i asl i. vr Next Semin3r: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20th 2:30 and 7:00 p.m.

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