The INDEPENDENT, May 4, 2006
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Business Notes
Service to the community is goal of new Banks Pharmacy owners
Banks Pharmacy opened in
December, 2005, but without a
computer system and without
being able to accept most in-
surance. By February, 2006,
those deficiencies had been
addressed and Banks Pharma-
cy is now ready and able to
work with most major insurance
companies.
Pharmacists Mark Sargeant
and Philip Darrah bought the
pharmacy in Jim’s Thriftway
and like owning a business
where they can set the hours
and determine for themselves
how to treat customers, instead
of relying on instructions from
the bosses in bigger pharma-
cies.
Sargeant grew up in Banks
and his grandmother still lives
there. His family used to own
the Sunset Fur Farms. He, as
did Darrah, got his pharmacy
degree from OSU. He now has
three kids and likes being able
to go to their games and be
with family more than he was
able to when he worked for
someone else until 10:00 p.m.
Sargeant likes, “Being able to
create, it’s fun building the
and want to open a Vernonia
branch in the future.
Sargeant said of the phar-
macy, “We are here for the con-
venience of the community with
a fully functional pharmacy for
all the community’s needs.” It’s
easy to transfer a prescription,
Main St. (inside Jim’s Thrift-
way). Banks Pharmacy is open
Monday through Friday from
10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and on
Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to
2:00 p.m. You can reach them
by phone at 503-324-5780 to
transfer prescriptions.
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Leadership.
Values.
Mark Sargeant, RPH
pharmacy up.”
Darrah grew up in Everett,
Washington, got a masters in
plant breeding and genetics
and after a bad drought year,
went back to school to become
a pharmacist. Darrah’s back-
ground gives him an edge in
knowledge of herbals, extracts
and other natural remedies.
Darrah lives in Aloha and has
four kids.
They plan to grow the phar-
macy business to the point they
need larger space in the same
complex, Oak Village Center,
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