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BUSINESS 4A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 2015 Dog groomer comes to you Couple travels across the U.S. to fetch mobile grooming van massage dogs as they’re be- ing cleaned, and the electric grooming table adjusts for different sizes of pets. Prices for dog grooming are based on the breed of the pet and the condition of its coat, said Lincoln, who styles each clip to the customer’s By EDWARD STRATTON The Daily Astorian HAMMOND — A pet groomer for 14 years, Karen Lincoln was thinking of a job for her partial retirement. Lit- tle did she know it would take her and her husband, James, on a cross-country journey. They traveled to New Hampshire to pick up a con- verted Dodge Sprinter van with a full-service grooming station inside for her new business, The Dog Wash Waggin’. “The most common issue I’ve heard from pet owners is that they don’t like the time it takes to drive to the groom- er, wait two or three hours to pick up their pet and then return home again,” said Lin- coln, who will travel from Knappa to Cannon Beach to owners wanting their animals groomed. The van features a self-con- tained heated water source of up to 60 gallons, stores its own wastewater and uses a vacuum system that picks up hair as a dog is clipped and a Cross country When the Lincolns went looking for mobile dog groom- ing vans, the search took them to the other end of the coun- try in New Hampshire, from which they proceeded south to Florida to visit friends, then on up to Hammond. The van had to follow a snowplow for 150 miles through a storm, said James Lincoln, but the roughest part was going through demon- strations in New York City. The Lincolns traveled through New York City during protests in the aftermath of the Dec. 3 decision by a grand jury not EDWARD STRATTON — The Daily Astorian Karen Lincoln, a pet groomer for 14 years, traveled to New Hampshire with husband James to buy a mobile dog washing and grooming vehicle for her new business, The Dog Wash Waggin’. hand-held dryer. The stainless a Bathing Beauty System us- ing pulses of warm water to Pantaleo in the choking death of Eric Garner. Now back in Hammond after her whirlwind tour of the U.S., Karen Lincoln said she’s starting the business, setting up a Facebook page and her website at www.thedogwash- waggin.com. She’s also avail- able at 503-440-6225. Buoy Beer barrels into Portland Buoy Beer Co. announced that Maletis Beverage will distribute its lineup of beer to the greater Portland, Sa- lem and southwest Wash- ington regions. “Maletis does great work with a fantastic rep- utation and we’re excited to partner with them to get exciting because it will allow us to expand from the coast and get our beers into the beer mecca that is Portland,” added Buoy Beer Head Brewer Kevin Shaw, a 20-plus-year veteran of a larger area in the coming months,” said Buoy Beer co-founder David Kro- ening. “This partnership with Maletis is very Northwest. “Maletis has great relationships with re- tailers and we look forward to working with them to bring our beers to the thirsty consumers in the north- west.” Buoy Beer Co. brews on a 20-barrel Mathews presides over chamber in 2015 The Astoria-Warrenton Area Chamber of Com- merce, at its annual ban- quet Saturday night, an- nounced Loran Mathews, organizer of the Scandina- vian Midsummer Festival, as the president of its board of directors for 2015. He is joined by: • David Reid, the pres- ident throughout 2014 and the local proprietor of Aflac. His term on the board lasts until 2017. • Treasurer Lorrie Radu of P & L Johnson Mechan- ical, whose term lasts until 2016. • Caroline Wuebben of Holiday Inn Express, whose term ends this year. The chamber’s advi- sory board includes Andi Day from the Long Beach Visitors Bureau; Astoria City Manager Brett Estes; Warrenton City Manager Kurt Fritsch; Superinten- dent Craig Hoppes of the Loran Mathews Astoria School District; Director Kevin Leahy from Clatsop Economic Devel- opment Resources (CEDR) and Clatsop Community College’s Small Business Development Center; Bran- don Craft from the Cham- ber Ambassadors; and Clat- sop County Manager Scott Somers. Metalcraft Fabrication brew house for its main-line of European Style Lagers and Northwest Ales. It also brews on a Portland Kettle Works three-barrel pilot system for specialty beers served in its taproom and restaurant. “Buoy’s waterfront location in As- toria, where the Pacific Ocean meets the Columbia River, is one of our country’s greatest natural wonders and our sales team will help bring a bit of that experience to thousands of retail- ers in Oregon and (southwest) Wash- ington,” said Rob Maletis, owner of Maletis Beverage. Tongue Point Job Corps earns chamber honor While Buoy Beer Company was named Asto- ria-Warrenton Area Chamber of Commerce’s member of the year for 2014, Tongue Point Job Corps Center took home the honors for January. Many people driving past the Tongue Point Job Corps Center sign on U.S. Highway 30 might not know about the 64-acre campus, home to 473 students training in 16 different trades, as well as earning col- lege credit. Opening its doors to students 50 years ago on Feb. 2, 1965, more than 25,000 young adults have studied at Tongue Point. The fourth largest employer in Clatsop County, Job Corps has employed more than 150 local residents every year since it opened. Through wages, student spending, college tuition, local contracts and local purchasing, it infuses about $10.5 million annually to the local economy. In addition to items crafted by students as part of their learning, which are popular auction items for nonprofits’ fundraisers, students and staff annu- ally contribute more than 5,000 hours of communi- ty service and career service training, worth about $100,000, to nonprofit organizations and local agen- cies. Grow your business with social media The Astoria Downtown Historic Dis- trict Association (ADHDA) is holding one of its merchant-focused series of short Novel Efforts Downtown (NED) Talks, “Five Ways to Get More Cus- tomers through the Door with Social Media,” at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Street 14 Coffee, 1410 Commercial St. NEDTalks are free and open to the public. No RSVP required. Speaker Tara Gentile will help busi- ness owners channel their everyday ac- tivity into social media updates that bring in customers, both new and loyal. Gentile is a business strategist and the creator of Quiet Power Strategy. Since 2009, she’s grown a thriving business online using social media with active communities on Twitter, Facebook, and her blog. Her work also has been feature in Fast Com- pany, Forbes, DailyWorth, and Design*- Sponge. For information, call Alana Garner at 503-791-7940. ‘Ready, Set, Start Your Business’ class offered Clatsop Economic Development Resourc- es (CEDR) returns with its continuing workshop Ready, Set, Start Your Busi- ness Jan. 21 in Astoria. Instructor Tom Leiner, co-owner of Pat’s Pantry spice shop and an adviser with CEDR and Clatsop Community College’s Small Business Develop- ment Center, teaches partic- ipants how to: • Identify their reasons for starting a business. • Decide whether busi- ness ownership is right for them. • Evaluate business op- portunities. • Learn the basics of starting a business. • Research market po- tential and the feasibility of an idea. • Plan for and manage growth. If participants decide they want to actively pursue opening a business, they - dential appointment with an adviser from the college. The workshop costs $20, payable at class with check or credit card. To register, email SBDC@clatsopcc. edu, or call 503-338-2402. EDWARD STRATTON — The Daily Astorian Jerry Richardson runs Advanced Collision Repair in Seaside. Richardson, who has won multiple environ- mental certifications and awards, has taken pains to make his operation more environmentally conscious, including a fully enclosed downdaft painting booth. Making the Dollar INTERVIEWS WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES BY EDWARD STRATTON Jerry Richardson, owner Advanced Collision Repair 1202 South Holladay Drive Seaside 503-738-9321 or jerry@crash1-4me.com What do you do? “All phases of automotive repair. Collision is our primary business, but we do home mechanical, also. We have to, because when a car’s in a wreck, the me- chanical part gets damaged. People don’t think of a body shop as a mechanic’s shop, but we’re actually more qualified than most mechanic’s shops.” How did you get into this business? “I started as a kid in school, just interested in cars. Started working in my garage, around my folks’ house fixing things when I was a kid and got a job at a shop — in 1968 was when I first got paid to fix something. This business, I got the name Advanced Auto Body in 1972. And it’s followed me tax-wise. I moved down here in ’82 from Longview (Wash.) and worked in a shop that was in Gearhart … for a while and then bought a piece of property and had my own shop at the (Seaside) airport where Kiwi Glass is. Then (I) sold that and went home and worked for a while — was doing insurance work at home — and then bought this place and started fixing it up. I think we (Richardson and wife Jan) bought this in 2003.” Who is your clientele? “We get a mix of everything. We have people come from the Long Beach (Wash.) Peninsula, from Tilla- mook, Seattle. We have some customers who actually save their dents up and come to experience what we do here. We do really high-quality work. The other shops talk about it or advertise it, but we actually do it.” What are some of the quirks or challenges of running your business? “Challenges are dealing with the insurance compa- ny, hampering our ability … to make a profit, or work at such a tight margin to do a quality job that it’s dif- ficult. The insurance company’s the biggest problem. Everybody thinks ‘Oh; they pay so much.’ No, they don’t. They chisel us down so tight that most shops will buckle to that and do a cheap job and ‘Boom; there you go.’ But we try to do a quality repair, so we’re on a tighter margin.” Clatsop County Buyer: Michael A. Mur- dock Address: 170 S.W. Kal- mia Ave., Warrenton Price: $285,000 na Road, Seaside Price: $340,000 Seller: Steven M. Scigli- ano Buyer: Justin M. Guyette Address: 421 12th Ave., Seaside Price: $215,000 Property Transactions Sellers: Robert G. Murray and Janice L. Murray Buyer: Angela J. Cooter Address: 89556 Shady Pine Road, Warrenton Price: $520,000 Seller: Generation Mort- gage Company Buyers: Jeffrey Bodner and Celeste Bodner Address: 2145 N. Wahan- Seller: Clatsop County Buyer: U.S. Bank Nation- al Association Address: 799 4th Ave., Seaside Price: $301,074 Seller: Sunrise Homes, Inc. Sellers: Donald M. Mc- Daniel and Edith H. McDan- iel Buyers: Justin C. Hall and Alesia Lau Address: 1268 Kensing- ton Ave., Astoria Price: $196,000
