The INDEPENDENT, April 15, 2004 Page 5 Business Notes Keenon Land Services to be under new ownership after 16 years Keenon Land Services, Inc. (KLS) has announced the re- tirement of founder L. Jerry Keenon effective May 1, 2004. Keenon and wife, Dolly, started the survey company in 1985 and have served the area’s needs ever since. KLS is now a full-service surveying company offering many surveying and mapping services, including water rights examinations. Jerry Keenon, left, is going fishing while Don Wallace takes over the business. New Wauna information services V-P Nickerson brings experience Terry Nickerson has been named vice-president of Infor- mation Services for Wauna Federal Credit Union. Nickerson brings over 25 years of experi- ence in Terry Nickerson b a n k i n g , manufacturing, engineering, and information technology to his new position. His experience includes managing projects for ERP systems, large medical and marketing databases, banking projects, HRIS, CRM, POS systems and complex business applications. Nickerson has de- veloped, engineered and man- aged six major data/call cen- ters from concept to comple- tion. His last center was an in- ternet provider capable of sup- porting 80,000 servers, an in- ternational network that ex- ceeded three-million hits per shift. Nickerson’s engineering pro- jects included designing two major computer systems and a high-level cyber security sys- tem. He has also designed logic analyzers, security systems and graphical avionics systems. Nickerson is pleased to be able to put his skills to work at an organization that is located in and serves smaller rural com- munities. Lewis & Clark Bridge project update Rolling slowdowns will continue on weekdays so workers can ac- cess the bridge. The slowdown is usually two vehicles, one carrying the crew and the second driving behind the first to give the crew time to exit the first vehicle. Mo- torists will experience a slowdown as opposed to a stop and start sit- uation. This is done to avoid any sudden stops and rear-end acci- dents. See the following for a monthly calendar of scheduled closures, including dates when closures cannot be scheduled. • Toll Free Project Hotline: 1-866-427-4630 • Project Web Page: www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects/lewisclarkbridge • Lewis & Clark Bridge Deck Replacement Project E-mail: lewisclarkbridge@wsdot.wa.gov • Highway Advisory Radios: Kelso, WA AM 1580 Rainier, OR AM 530 Keenon plans to do some fish- ing, though he will still serve the company in a consulting role. The company will now be in the capable hands of new own- ers, Don and Kim Wallace. Don Wallace has been with Keenon for 16 years and has wide experience in both field and office elements of survey- ing. The Wallaces will have two crews fully equipped for sur- veying, to continue offering the fast, accurate, and professional services that Keenon Land Ser- vices, Inc. has become known for providing. There will be no change in the office location, 1224 E. Alder Street, Vernonia, or the phone number, 503-429-6115.