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2012 C AREERS E DITION
Jackson
Firefighters
c o n t in u e d f r o m p a g e 5
Fire Cadet B.
Small helps Zaid
6 apply a tem-
porary tattoo
Saturday, May
19 at an Open
House at Fire
Station 13 on
Beacon Hill in
Seattle.
P H O T O B Y S U S A N F R IE D
in g e n e ra l — I’ll a ls o w o rk w ith
S o u th w e s t W a s h in g to n a n d o th e r p a r ts o f
th e s ta te .
“ E s s e n tia lly th e r e a r e a lo t o f b a d f e e l-
in g s o u t th e r e a n d it is p a r t o f m y jo b to
h e lp a lle v ia te s o m e o f th a t s tr e s s . I ’ m n o t
s u r e w h ic h w a y s I ’ ll d o it a n d h o w I ’ ll d o
it, b u t le t m e g e t p a s t w e e k o n e a n d th e n
w e ’ ll b e w o r k in g w ith th e g r o u p a n d w e
w ill m o v e to w a r d s th a t.”
To m U n g e r, a s p o k e s p e r s o n f o r W e lls
F a rg o , s a y s th e e c o n o m y is im p r o v in g , th e
b a n k is m a k in g m o r e lo a n s , a n d th e e n tir e
s ta ff s tr o n g ly s u p p o r ts J a c k s o n ’s m a n d a te .
“ I w a s ju s t ta lk in g to th e h e a d o f o u r
b u s in e s s b a n k in g u n it f o r th is r e g io n a n d
h is te a m p r o v id e s lo a n s f o r s m a ll b u s in e s s
a n d m id d le - m a r k e t b u s in e s s e s — h e s a id
lo a n g r o w th w a s u p 6 0 p e r c e n t in th e f ir s t
q u a r te r o v e r th e p r e v io u s y e a r,” U n g e r
s a id .
“ I w a s ta lk in g to th e w o m a n w h o m a n -
a g e s o u r f in a n c in g f o r a ff o r d a b le h o u s in g
a n d s h e w a s te llin g m e th a t w e ’ r e th e
le a d in g p r o v id e r o f f in a n c in g f o r a ff o r d -
a b le h o u s in g in th is r e g io n — la s t y e a r w e
d id $ 2 4 m illio n in f in a n c in g in O r e g o n f o r
a ff o r d a b le h o u s in g ,” U n g e r s a id .
“ C o b i’s b a c k e d b y a n e n tir e te a m o f
p e o p le ,” U n g e r s a id . “ W e h a v e o v e r 6 ,0 0 0
te a m m e m b e r s in O r e g o n a n d S o u th w e s t
W a s h in g to n a n d s o s h e is th e h e a d o f w h a t
s h e ’s d o in g , b u t s h e ’s g o t th e s u p p o r t o f
e v e r y b o d y b e h in d h e r.”
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