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The INDEPENDENT, October 18, 2007 Page 5 Business Notes Cherry Products can take care of your collision repairs, big or small Remember when “cherry” didn’t refer to the fruit? It’s not listed in the dictionary, but “cherry” also means; perfect, untouched, just like on the showroom floor. Cherry Products is the name of a body shop in Cornelius, owned by Neal Knight. You’ve probably seen his shop at 1875 E. Baseline. It has the pink Cadillac on its side with another car smashing through it. The motto, “Just the finest in colli- sion repair,” says it all. Cherry Products fixes the small fender- benders and the large smash- ‘em-ups, too. They work with your insurance company to, “be sure that everything that was damaged in the collision gets repaired, not just the part the in- surance company wants to pay for,” said Knight. This is not a new business, Cherry Products has been open since 1986. Knight’s dad, George, opened a body shop in 1964 and ran it until the mid- ‘70s before running the body shop at Doherty Ford. Neal started working there, doing the paint work, then managed the body shop from 1983 until 1986 when he opened Cherry Prod- ucts. In 1988, he expanded to Robert Blumberg named new CEO for Wauna FCU Robert Blumberg Wauna Federal Credit Union is excited to announce Robert Blumberg as its new President and Chief Executive Officer. Following an extensive search aided by a nationally distin- guished human resource firm, the Board of Directors at Wau- na Federal Credit Union chose Blumberg because of his im- pressive professional portfolio and financial education. “The board of directors and employees of Wauna Federal Credit Union welcome Robert’s leadership. He brings an im- pressive financial industry background. Members of Wau- na Federal Credit Union will reap the many benefits this cal- iber of knowledge and leader- ship will provide to our cooper- ative financial institution,” says Debi Smiley, Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer at Wauna Federal Cred- it Union. Blumberg joined MaPS Credit Union in Salem as Chief Financial Officer in 2000. Be- fore his appointment at MaPS Credit Union, Blumberg served as Compliance and Community Reinvestment Act Officer for First Bank of Beverly Hills. First Bank of Beverly Hills is a sub- sidiary of Wilshire Financial Services, Inc. a publicly traded company with over $2 billion in assets. Prior to First Bank of Beverly Hills, Blumberg worked for Southern Pacific Bank as Vice President of Operations. South- ern Pacific Bank is a subsidiary of Imperial Credit Industries, a publicly traded company with over $2 billion in assets. Blum- berg has also worked for Cen- tury Thrift and Loan as their Chief Financial Officer for over ten years. Century Thrift and Loan Association was a private- ly held financial institution with about $50 million in assets. Blumberg was born and raised in South Africa where he studied accounting at the Wit- watersrand College in Johan- nesburg. Wauna Federal Credit Union is headquartered in Clatskanie, and has branches in Astoria, Clatskanie, St Helens, Vernon- ia and Warrenton. Everyone in Clatsop and Columbia counties is eligible for membership. For more information, call our toll free number 1-800-773- 3236. Neal Knight and his pink Cadillac double the size of the original shop. Knight currently has four employees to help get your car, truck or SUV, back in shape af- Annual Harvest Festival at PCC Halloween is just around the corner and so is the Portland Community College Rock Creek Campus’ biggest event. The seventh annual Harvest Festival will be held just in time for Halloween. It will go from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Sat- urday, October 27, on the Rock Creek Campus, 17705 N.W. Springville Road. The suggest- ed donation is $5 per family, which includes, as long as the supply lasts, a free pumpkin from the Rock Creek Campus pumpkin patch. In addition, vis- itors gain free admission to the Washington County Historical Society Museum. The festival is popular with younger folks and attracts more than 1,000 people every year. “It just has gotten bigger and bigger each year,” said Mandy Ellertson, student leadership coordinator at the campus and an organizer of the Harvest Festival. “It’s great for students and is a favorite of the commu- nity.” Along with the popular pumpkin patch, the festival will include hay rides, a petting zoo featuring the animals of the PCC Rock Creek farm, face painting, musical entertain- ment, and participants will have the opportunity to have their picture taken with their pump- kin. There also will be sustain- ability tours, featuring an earth- en oven demonstration and a worm composting workshop. ter a collision. “I work with the customer to get them the result they want. Since we build show cars, we can do the car repair the cus- tomer wants,” Knight said. Knight’s family; wife Chris- tine, and sons Luke and Casey, live in Cornelius close to the shop. In fact, Luke and Casey used to spend so much time at the shop that Knight remodeled the office with them in mind. When you are there, don’t miss the working train set in the table top and the working traffic sig- nals. Cherry Products is open from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Call 503-359-5993 to schedule an appointment to have your colli- sion damage repaired.
