Awards & honors
Four scientists, Dick Kouzes, Ljiljana Pasha-Tolic, Jon Schwantes and Katrina water, of the US Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, have been selected for admission to the Washington State Academy of Sciences.
You will join other scientists and engineers from across the state who are recognized for excellence in science and leadership. Academy members provide scientific and technical analysis to inform public policy and work to increase the role and visibility of science in Washington state.
Kouzes is a PNNL lab worker working in the fields of neutrino science, homeland security, non-proliferation, and computer applications.
Paša-Tolić is PNNL Laboratory Staff and Senior Visual Proteomics Scientist in the Functional and Systems Biology Group in the PNNL Environmental Molecular Science Department and the Environmental Molecular Science Laboratory.
Schwantes is a PNNL Senior Research Scientist and Nuclear and Radiochemistry Team Leader with over 20 years of experience as a radiochemist in the fields of environment, chemistry and superheavy element physics, astrophysical nucleosynthesis, science-based warehouse management and nuclear forensics.
Waters is director of the Biological Sciences Division of the PNNL. Her research focuses on the interface of environmental pressures and infectious diseases on human health.
- Debra Netz, a Registered Nurse on the Lourdes Counseling Center’s PACT team and an interim substance use disorder expert, was recently recognized as a recipient of the Daisy Award for Outstanding Nurses. In her role, Mains works with seriously mentally ill patients. The anonymous nomination for Mains showed examples of how she also sat with patients in the emergency room and intensive care unit on her days off and how she is committed to ensuring that her patients see general practitioners and specialists for their ongoing needs. The award is an international program launched in memory of J. Patrick Barnes, whose family saw firsthand the difference his nurses made in his care through clinical excellence and empathetic care. The family created the award to express their gratitude to the nurses and to allow other patients, families, and staff to thank and honor their special nurses.
- CEO of Dura-Shine Clean Carlos Martinez recently completed the Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Initiative’s educational scaling program. The eight-week immersive program provides business owners with education, expanded networking, personal mentoring, and a better understanding of how to access and manage capital to scale their businesses. The program is a collaboration between Stanford GSB Executive Education and the Latino Business Action Network. It is aimed at U.S. Latino business owners who have more than $ 1 million in gross annual revenue or who have raised at least $ 500,000 in external funding.
- The State Department of Ecology recognized 126 wastewater treatment plants, nearly 40% of the state’s wastewater treatment plants, for top status this year. That is, they met all government pollution limits, carried out all monitoring, submitted reports on time, planned spill avoidance, treated waste, and met all of the operational requirements set out in their permits. Awards in Counties Benton and Franklin went to: Benton City wastewater treatment plant, West Richland Wastewater Treatment Plant and Pasco sewage treatment plant.
New employees
- Lourdes Health discontinued Dr. Marshall Keith Brown as General Practitioner at Lourdes Internal Medicine & Primary Care Clinic, 507 N. Fifth Ave. in Pasco. He is certified by the American Academy of Family Physicians and the National Board of Physicians & Surgeons. He has practiced as a family doctor, medical director, chief physician, emergency doctor, emergency service and hospital doctor. He attended the medical school at Nova-Southeastern University and then completed a residency at the University of Kansas School of Medicine – Wichita Family Medicine. In his final year of the program, he was chief resident and later also attended the Royal College of Medicine. Most recently he worked at Lourdes Urgent Care on Road 68.
- DR. Mandeep Kaur joined the Miramar Health Center in Kennewick. She earned her PhD in Dental Surgery from the University of Washington School of Dentistry and a Bachelor of Science in Public Health from the University of Washington.
- Movement Mortgage has hired a loan officer Jessica Moyers and assistant Mariela Sanchez in its new branch at Kennewick, 8378 West Grandridge Blvd.
- Wenaha Group, a construction management consultant, hired Jake Hartwig to join the company as a project manager in the Kennewick office. His extensive experience gives him a thorough understanding of industry standards on projects ranging from schools, retail, and commercial to residential. He has a bachelor’s degree in industrial design and over three decades of project management and architecture experience in various market sectors and building types. Most recently he supported the design and construction of the Harrah K-8 School for Mt. Adams School District in the Yakima Valley. He will work with the team on the Walla Walla High School modernization project.
- The Tri-City Americans has hired American alum and co-owners Stu Barnes as the team’s new head coach. Barnes, 50, began his hockey career in 1986 with the St. Albert Saints in the Alberta Junior Hockey League before moving to the WHL the following season. After a year with the New Westminster Bruins, Barnes moved the franchise to Tri-City for the 1988/89 season. Barnes was awarded the Four Broncos Memorial Trophy that year, which was named WHL Player of the Year. In the 1989 NHL Entry Draft, he was selected by the Winnipeg Jets in fourth place.
He finished his junior career with 144 points in 63 games in 1989-90, placing it second all-time in American franchise history for points in a single season.
Barnes went on to enjoy a 16-year professional career playing 1,136 games in the NHL with the Winnipeg Jets, Florida Panthers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Buffalo Sabers and Dallas Stars. During his NHL career he scored 575 points (261 goals, 336 assists) and twice reached the Stanley Cup final (Buffalo, 1999; Florida, 1996).
Barnes was the captain of the Buffalo Sabers in the 2001/02 and 2002/03 seasons. He then moved to the Dallas Stars, where he again held a leadership role in the 2006-07 and 2007-08 seasons and carried an “A”.
Since retiring from playing in 2008, Barnes has spent five years as an assistant coach with the Dallas Stars. He also trained as an assistant coach at the Dallas Stars Elite 14U AAA and head coach at the Okanagan Hockey Academy in Penticton, British Columbia. Most recently he worked as a Pro-Scout for the Seattle Kraken.
Barnes will be the 15th head coach in American franchise history.
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- Benton REA donated $ 15,000 to local food banks. Benton REA has received a matching grant of $ 7,500 from the CoBank Sharing Success program. Collectively, the donation of $ 15,000 will help families through three organizations within the Benton REA membership service: $ 9,000, Tri-City Food Bank for West Richland and Benton City; $ 3,000 to the Jubilee Ministries Food Bank in Prosser; and $ 3,000 to Sunrise Outreach Center Food Banks serving Mabton and Sunnyside.
- The number of people who received $ 50 Visa gift cards to roll up their sleeves to get a Covid-19 vaccine was 1,012. The program “Give Business a Shot in the Arm” courtesy of Tricity Regional Chamber of Commerce, the Association of Washington Business and the Washington State Department of Commerce, was designed to increase the immunized population to reduce the risk of Covid-19 infection and to help the local economy begin the economic recovery process.
The program ran June 11-30 at the Columbia Basin College vaccination center. Anyone who received their first or second shot was eligible for a gift card. The Benton-Franklin Health Department handled the distribution of the gift cards.
- US cellular Donated 100 WiFi hotspots and at least 12 months of service to the Boys & Girls Club of Counties Benton and Franklin to ensure internet access for this summer and the entire school year 2021-22. The hotspots help the nonprofit increase their connectivity when local teenagers are in the clubs and are also loaned out to families to aid home access. UScellular donated more than $ 1 million to hotspots and wireless services to 16 boys & girls clubs in eight states in 2021.
In addition, UScellular has donated $ 115,000 to the Benton and Franklin Counties’ Boys & Girls Club since 2015 to support science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, educational experiences and other initiatives, including $ 30,000 in 2021.
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