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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2015
EDWARD STRATTON — The Daily Astorian
EDWARD STRATTON — The Daily Astorian
Luottamus Partners bought the Abeco building, while Prana Massage is moving into the former Medical Spa LaCost space.
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stone and traditional Thai
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for “life force.” Oviatt is a of Epsom salts warmed to
By EDWARD STRATTON
The Daily Astorian
Abeco Office Systems
will stay, said Mitchum,
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Luottamus will restore the
western portion of Abeco,
removing the green awning,
making it more historically
accurate and opening it up
to a retail tenant.
skin temperatures. Users
float in them for about 90
minutes, separated from all
noise, light and the outside
environment.
Joining Oviatt at the new
location will be Gearhart
acupuncturist Hilary Simila
of One Mountain Acupunc-
ture and Botanicals. Sim-
ila creates Chinese herbal
medicine remedies. She
also does tui na, a hands-on
body treatment using Chi-
nese Taoist and martial arts
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cupping.
Check for updates on
Prana Massage’s Facebook
page. Oviatt can also be
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leighoviatt@gmail.
com. For more information,
visit www.pranawellness-
center.net
CEDR workshop focuses on
keeping businesses in the family
By EDWARD STRATTON
The Daily Astorian
About 70 percent of the
businesses in Clatsop Coun-
ty are family owned, said
Director Kevin Leahy of
Clatsop Economic Develop-
ment Resources (CEDR).
“Many times, if you
don’t have a succession
plan, it just closes,” said
Leahy, touting an upcom-
ing workshop on succession
planning CEDR’s sponsor-
ing on March 2 and 3 in As-
toria and Seaside.
The seminar, “Succession
Planning: Enhancing Value
and Preserving Legacy,” cov-
ers an introduction to seces-
sion planning, its link with
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siderations of transitioning
ownership,
understanding
succession options, family
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challenges and opportunities.
As a follow-up, it offers 90
minutes of complimentary
telephone consultation.
One owner contacted
him, Leahy said, saying
they didn’t want to be seen
at the workshop because
people might think they’re
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at Buoy Beer Co.
Anglim’s seminar, “How May I Help You? Putting
Service Back in Customer Service,” gives priority lists a
boost in the right direction. He takes participants through
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what are customers looking for and what are successful
business doing?
Learn strategies for building your customer service
program. Leave this seminar with tips, techniques and
ideas for getting repeat customers, a free form of adver-
tising.
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bers of the association can attend. Register online at
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information, contact Stacey Brown at president@lchrma.
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trying to sell their business.
“This isn’t about today
or tomorrow,” said Leahy.
“This is about looking at the
future of your business.”
Teaching the seminar is
Arnie Hendricks, a manage-
ment consultant and chief
financial officer who has
worked for 23 years with
more than 250 companies.
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ning adviser and family
business adviser.
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that a plan that is able to
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is best, and it starts with just
some education of the process
and then identifying some
initial steps that they can
take,” said Hendricks.
A favorable outcome, he
added, is not only benefi-
cial to the business owner’s
retirement plans, but also
to all of the stakeholders
depending on the business,
including children, employ-
ees, customers, vendors and
the community as a whole.
The first iteration of the
seminar runs from 8:30 to
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March 3 in the Cannon
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Preregistration is re-
quired, and the seminar
costs $49 per person, pay-
able at the event by check or
credit card. Email SBDC@
clatsopcc.edu for a registra-
tion link, or call 503-338-
2402.
United Way announces
new board members
United Way of Clatsop County has announced three new board
members: Justin Grafton of Justin Grafton Studios, Capt. Daniel Tra-
vers of the U.S. Coast Guard and Zach Gantenbein of U.S. Bank.
Also serving on the board of directors are: Charlene Larsen, presi-
dent; Dick Easton, past president; Christine Lolich (health care consul-
tant), secretary; Mary Ritter, treasurer; Scott Docherty of Redhare; Jim
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tal; Esther Moberg of Seaside Library; Nick Benas of Clatsop Behav-
ioral Healthcare; and Donna Larson of Clatsop Community College.
For information, go to www.clatsopunitedway.org or call Stacey
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Clatsop County
Property Transactions
Seller: Clatsop County Sher-
Price: $385,000
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Seller: Patricia A. Kopecky
Buyer: Premier Community
Buyer: Cheryl Adamscheck
Bank
Address: 3345 Bayview
Address: 'LDPRQG Terrace, Seaside
Lane, Gearhart
Price: $328,000
Mark Alfonse and Kari Hall run K & M Catering and
Bandit Cafe on the second floor of Columbia Hall on
Clatsop Community College’s main campus.
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INTERVIEWS WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES
BY EDWARD STRATTON
Mark Alfonse and Kari Hall,
owners
K & M Catering
and The Bandit Cafe
Columbia Hall, Second Floor
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Kari Hall and Mark Alfonse, former operators of food
truck West Side Deli, have also operated K & M Catering for
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catered the Knappa Schools Foundation auction. And for the
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Clatsop Community College’s Columbia Hall. The catering is
by appointment, and the cafe is open for breakfast and lunch
from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
What do you do?
Kari: “We do weddings; we do anniversaries; we do birth-
day parties; we do Christmas parties. December’s busy for us.
We can do bartending. We have a bartender. But we don’t do
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Mark: “We can serve it or do a buffet. It’s usually a buffet
line.”
How did you get into this business?
Kari: “We started this about 20 years ago. It all started
with my cousin’s wedding. It went from there. A friend of hers
then hired us, and it just kept going on from there. And then I
also worked at Hauke’s (Sentry Market) in their deli and did
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we’ve gone as far as Portland, St. Helens; we’ve done New-
berg, up in Washington.”
Who are your usual clientele?
Kari: “Mostly weddings, Christmas parties, we do a lot
of those. We do a lot of luncheons, especially up here at the
college. It’s hit and miss.”
Mark: “Some months there’s nothing, then I go and sit at
home and the phone rings and then boom.
I would say June, July, August and December are our busy,
busy, busy months. We do things on the spur of the moment,
like funerals, because things like that happen. We’re on call all
the time, it seems like.”
What are some of the quirks and challenges of your
business?
Kari: “Finding help. People say ‘Call me when you need
help.’ It’s like, I call ’em up, ‘No, I can’t do it,’ and they back
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and then after their senior year they’re gone, so we have to
start all over. But it’s usually just her and me.”
Kari: “If it’s anything over 250 people, we hire people.
But most of the time it’s just him and me. And then it depends
on if it’s the glass plates and stuff like that. We need kids who
can bus tables and stuff like that. We hire out if we have to, but
most of the time we do it.”
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Seller: Jeffrey Michael Lein-
assar
Buyers: Jill Benish, Gai L.
Williams, Tamarah L. Fitzsim-
mons
Address: 90459 Par Road,
Warrenton
Price:
Seller: Donald W. Pear-
son
Buyers: Mathew Gillis and
Scott Gillis
Address: : 6LXVODZ
St., Cannon Beach
Price: $279,000
Seller: Camille Marion Hol-
land
Seller: Robert Leo Jarvis
Buyer: Nathan I. Rehnert
Buyer: Sara A. Musemeche
Address:6HYHQWK$YH
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Hammond
Astoria
Price: $240,000
Price: $285,000