<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div></div><div>A well deserved congratulations to B. J. Swanson, one of Latah County's finest resources.</div><div><br></div><div>Courtesy of today's (January 5, 2012) Moscow-Pullman Daily News.</div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); line-height: 24px; "><h1 style="font-size: 24px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; float: none !important; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 34px; color: black; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font: normal normal bold 24px/27px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Swanson named LEDC executive director</h1><p style="font-size: 17px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; float: none !important; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 16px; color: black; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font: normal normal normal 17px/24px 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><strong style="font-size: 17px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; float: none !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; ">By Amelia Veneziano Daily News staff writer</strong></p><p style="font-size: 17px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; float: none !important; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 16px; color: black; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font: normal normal normal 17px/24px 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">After five months of placing 'interim' before her title, BJ Swanson is the new executive director of the Latah Economic Development Council.</p><p style="font-size: 17px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; float: none !important; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 16px; color: black; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font: normal normal normal 17px/24px 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Swanson, who retired from AmericanWest Bank in July, says jobs are her top priority in the role.</p><div class="encrypted-content" style="font-size: 17px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; float: none !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><p style="font-size: 17px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; float: none !important; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 16px; color: black; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font: normal normal normal 17px/24px 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">That means helping existing businesses throughout Latah County expand, as well as bringing in new ones.</p></div><div class="encrypted-content" style="font-size: 17px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; float: none !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><p style="font-size: 17px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; float: none !important; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 16px; color: black; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font: normal normal normal 17px/24px 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">"Quite often, what businesses need is a second set of eyes to help them," Swanson said. "I serve as a central contact for businesses, helping them resolve problems when they do need help."</p></div><div class="encrypted-content" style="font-size: 17px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; float: none !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><p style="font-size: 17px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; float: none !important; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 16px; color: black; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font: normal normal normal 17px/24px 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Swanson worked in banking for 46 years and has been involved with the LEDC since 1988.</p></div><div class="encrypted-content" style="font-size: 17px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; float: none !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><p style="font-size: 17px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; float: none !important; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 16px; color: black; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font: normal normal normal 17px/24px 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">She will work 12 hours a week in the position, which necessitates hiring an assistant executive director to work 20 hours per week. The LEDC has received several applications for the position and will make a hiring decision soon. Swanson intends to work two years as executive director, and envisions eventually turning the reins over to the hired individual.</p></div><div class="encrypted-content" style="font-size: 17px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; float: none !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><p style="font-size: 17px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; float: none !important; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 16px; color: black; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font: normal normal normal 17px/24px 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">For the board, securing Swanson was a coup.</p></div><div class="encrypted-content" style="font-size: 17px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; float: none !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><p style="font-size: 17px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; float: none !important; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 16px; color: black; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font: normal normal normal 17px/24px 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">"We know what BJ's made of. She's got the connections and experience. She goes out and talks to someone, and 'boom boom,' there's a new business in Potlatch," said board member Robin Woods. Woods started a business in the region and had Swanson's assistance in securing an SBA loan, as well as with banking.</p></div><div class="encrypted-content" style="font-size: 17px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; float: none !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><p style="font-size: 17px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; float: none !important; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 16px; color: black; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font: normal normal normal 17px/24px 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">"At some council meetings, there's lots of talk and grinding away, but with BJ, she knows what she's talking about and gets stuff done," Woods said. "We're very lucky in Latah County to have her."</p></div><div class="encrypted-content" style="font-size: 17px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; float: none !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><p style="font-size: 17px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; float: none !important; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 16px; color: black; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font: normal normal normal 17px/24px 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">For Swanson, it's about going while it's fun. As the chairman of the board at Gritman Medical Center, a volunteer position, and with the LEDC, she's happy to stay involved in the community.</p></div><div class="encrypted-content" style="font-size: 17px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; float: none !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><p style="font-size: 17px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; float: none !important; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 16px; color: black; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font: normal normal normal 17px/24px 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">"In two years, if I still have the energy and they still want me, I'll keep going," she said. "I enjoy it, so we'll see what happens."</p><p style="font-size: 17px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; float: none !important; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 16px; color: black; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font: normal normal normal 17px/24px 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><img src="cid:5AEA93FF-2628-4D03-84F5-D1A555ADE163" alt="image.jpeg" id="5AEA93FF-2628-4D03-84F5-D1A555ADE163" width="300" height="298" apple-original-width="300" apple-original-height="298"><br></p><p style="font-size: 17px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; float: none !important; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 16px; color: black; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font: normal normal normal 17px/24px 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal; ">------------------------------</span><br></p></div></span><br><div>Seeya later, Moscow.</div><div><br></div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Spokane, Washington</div><div><br></div><div>"If not us, who?</div><div>If not now, when?"</div><div><br></div><div>- Unknown</div></div></body></html>