Karla Martinez has something impossible to sell. But it’s not impossible to buy.

Turner Moving and Storage, at the Napa Airport Executive Centre, announces the addition of Cathi S. Wastal to their local staff.

Gerrett Snedaker, Henry Mayo and Earl Shuttleworth owners of Frank Howard Allen Realtors, the Wine Country Group, announces that Charles “Charlie” Laughlin has joined the sales team at their Napa office.

Henry Schlangen, the top producing Pacific Union agent in Napa and Sonoma counties, was recently named highest volume producer in the Upvalley marketplace, according to the Northern Bay Area BAREIS multiple listings service rankings for 2008.

Beth Pratt, director of Napa Valley College’s Small Business Development Center, has been named director of Career Technical Education Programs at the college.

Architect Chris Craiker was selected to serve as a commissioner for the California Architectural Board. His job is to interview and score architectural candidates for licensing under the California Supplemental Examinations.

A charter aircraft service, feeling that Northern California is under served, has landed at Napa County Airport.

If you think of knitters as little old ladies in rocking chairs, Connie Egan has news for you.

Excellent customer service is the lifeblood of any business.

As if he were not already busy enough, it appears that John Tuteur, Napa County assessor, recorder and county clerk, may have taken on an additional title this week as county astrologer.

A great deal more than vegetables grow in a community garden. And in these times of economic upset, both market and mind are returning to the ground of relationships for comfort and connection. That’s why locals, including Lena Septimo, are picking up their spades and heading for a food- and fun-producing adventure with others. “All we did was look at what Napa needed,” explained Septimo, co-organizer of Napa’s new community garden on Jefferson and Trower streets. “It needed a place amidst all the grapevines for people to grow strawberries, tomatoes or Swiss chard.” 

McNichol & Tillem

When I started in the financial services industry, most companies offered some form of a pension plan. The essence of these plans was that if you worked a certain number of years, you were rewarded with a guaranteed pension that you could not outlive.