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The INDEPENDENT, April 17, 2003
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Business Notes
anks’ new saw shop has familiar faces
.
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Banks newest business,
Precision
O utdoor
Power
Equipment, which will feature
Stihl power tool products, is op
erated by the familiar faces of
Tim Weaver and Terry Pesenti.
Precision O utdoor Power
Equipment is also an extension
of Precision Pump, ably operat
ed by Weaver for the past nine
years.
Weaver grew up in his fami
ly’s hardware and pump busi
ness. He demonstrated a pre
cocious ability to understand
pumps, doing such a good job
of assembling tank packages
and helping out in the store,
that he earned enough money
to buy a Honda 50 motorcy
cle... when he was seven years
old.
While going to school, he
continued working weekends
and summers in the family
business, Banks Hardware,
and, at the age of 21, was of
fered a job as territory manager
for
a
pump
distributor.
W eaver’s territory included
Oregon, northern California
and a small part of Washington
so, in his spare time, he added
a branch office in Boise, Idaho,
where he spent eight months
getting sales and staff estab
lished.
Nearly five years later, he
signed on with another pump
company, again handling out
side sales, but with a larger ter
ritory. After another four years,
Weaver purchased the pump
division of Banks Hardware.
Now there are six additional
employees and “the best equip
ment available to service water
systems."
“I guess stress was lacking
in my life,” Weaver said, so
Precision
Outdoor
Power
Equipment was started.
Pesenti, who has lived in
Manning since 1970, has
strong roots in the logging com
munity. He worked as a logger
for 13 years, for such compa
nies as Mead Logging, Olson
Logging and Gwin Logging. He
left the woods in 1989 to run
Banks Saw Shop, where he
stayed for six years.
Pesenti is a Stihl certified
service technician with many
hours of specialized training
and, while at the saw shop,
was awarded a trip to Stihl
headquarters in Virginia Beach
for being first in sales for the
entire area.
“This was a great accom
plishment for a little saw shop
in Banks,” Pesenti said proudly.
Since leaving the saw shop
for self-employment, he has
been operating a landscape
business for the past eight
years. With his working knowl
edge of both logging and land
scaping, Pesenti can recom
mend the proper Stihl product
for many applications.
Precision Outdoor Power
Equipment is located at 42425
NW Banks Road, at the inter
section of NW Sellers Road,
just off Hwy. 47 in Banks. They
are open Monday through Fri
day from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00
p.m., Saturdays from 9:00 a.m.
to 2:00 p.m.
Tim Weaver and Terry Pasenti
Morning Mist is
a sunny place
for collectors
Food handler’s class set at Lew’s
Dixie Palmer is pleased to
announce the Grand Opening
Celebration of Morning Mist
Collectables and More. Drop in
for refreshments and check out
the cool merchandise in her
shop in the old Joy Theater
building, at the corner of Bridge
street and Adams Avenue.
Morning Mist Collectables is
the kind of store where you will
find something for everyone —
from antique European furni
ture, to ‘30s and ‘40s decor, to
zany yard decor.
Palmer has great gift ideas
for him or her. Looking for that
special Mother's Day gift? How
about soap - homemade to or
der, or functional wrought iron
A Food Handler’s class will
be held at Lew’s Place, 934
Bridge Street, Vernonia, on
Tuesday, April 22, at 10:00 a.m.
It is strongly recommended
that the Food Handler's booklet
be read before taking the test.
The booklet may be checked
out at the Vernonia Public Li
brary or purchased for $2.00
from Columbia County Public
Health at 23270 Gable Road in
St. Helens.
Those attending need to
bring a pen or pencil.
For more information, call
Mark Edington at 503-366-
3828.
VERNONIA INN
Dixie Palmer
art, three dimensional gift design, and enjoys helping her
cards,
hand-crafted
bead customers find what they are
bracelets, many types of vases, looking for.
beautiful hand-painted emu
After browsing the store at
eggs, and so much more.
711 Bridge Street, Palmer en
In addition to the joy of find courages shoppers to have fun
ing unique items, Palmer loves checking out all of the shops in
sharing them with the public. Vernonia.
She has an eye for beauty and
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