Ag Supply Company was established in 1933 in Wenatchee Washington serving the local farming communities in the Wenatchee and the Eastern Washington Region. They are a local company providing petroleum and propane in the Wenatchee area and hardware, lawn and garden and feed in several Ace Hardware Stores throughout Washington.

Sultan Ace Hardware became a division of Ag Supply Company following a long process of demographic and performance studies. Ag Supply Company hires development people and brokers to look for new business opportunities. The Front Porch Feed Store in Sultan was for sale and is exactly what Ag Supply Company looks for. The building and other needed demographics such as population, schools located in the community, a small community that could support a hardware and feed store all seemed to fit. General Manager, Al Sanow was called to make a visit. Al drove to Sultan from Wenatchee to get his first look. “I went in and passed as a customer to get a feeling of the business and community”, commented Al.

They liked what they saw and following a lot of number crunching, found it would be feasible and profitable to convert the building to an Ace Hardware to provide hardware and continue to sell feed and garden supplies to the community.

The building was closed on November 30, 2011 for remodel. A construction trailer was parked in the parking lot to provide uninterrupted service to their customers.

Sultan Ace Hardware opened their doors for business on February 18, 2012 and will have their official Grand Opening April 27, 28 and 29th with the ceremonial ribbon cutting beginning at 11:30 AM on Saturday, April 28th.

The City Council and community are encouraged to attend the grand opening.


Pictured above: General Manager of Sultan Ace Hardware, Al Sanow and Mayor Carolyn Eslick

Dr. Brian Copple is the City’s first duel recipient of the Business and Volunteer Spotlight awards. Dr. Copple is the owner of Sultan Chiropractic and Massage Center. He has also volunteered serving the Sultan community on various special projects and commissions for the last 25 years. Dr. Copple is a leader in the community, often working quietly behind the scenes to make Sultan a great place to live and do business.

The Mayor is please to recognize Brian Copple for his many years of service both as a community member and business leader.

Brian and Debbie Copple moved to the Sky Valley in 1987, settling their family in Startup. They started their business, Sultan Chiropractic and Massage Center in the building on US 2 where the Sky Valley Medical Center is now located. In those beginning years, it was just Dr. Copple and his wife, Debbie who kept the business running.Sultan.

In 1996 they purchased the Sultan Sporting Goods Store building located at 311 US 2 from former Mayor, Larry Koehler. The building was remodeled for the Chiropractic Center and later to include rental space for what is now known as Sky River Natural Health Care.

Since Sultan Chiropractic and Massage Center opened, they have treated over 5,000 patients. Last year they celebrated their 25th year of being in business.

Dr. Copple now has 2 employees and 2 massage therapists.


Pictured above, Mayor Carolyn Eslick and Brian Copple

In 2010, Maggie Torza missed out on the opportunity to sell Pampered Chef products at Sultan’s Winterfest. She wanted to participate in Winterfest, and began wondering what else she could sell. Maggie met Mayor Eslick and Chamber Director, Debbie Copple that day and the 3 of them discussed the delicious, decadent desserts she creates. Mayor Eslick and Debbie Copple encouraged Maggie to create and sell them at Winterfest.

Maggie was very successful at Winterfest in 2010 and went on to work with Mayor Eslick and Ms. Copple on a business plan. "If it wasn’t for Carolyn and Debbie, I wouldn’t be in business today." Maggie commented. "They helped me turn a hobby into a real business."

Miss Maggie’s Desserts officially started in June, 2011 when Maggie found a kitchen to rent at the Twin Eagles Café in Snohomish. She is currently looking for a commercial kitchen to rent in Sultan.

Maggie is a member of GROW Washington, a retail outlet business incubator in Snohomish, founded by Mayor Carolyn Eslick.

Miss Maggie’s Desserts can also be found in the Ventures Store in Pike Place Market in Seattle (another business incubator), Fresh Market Café in the Wine Cellars of Washington, Public Market in Snohomish. Maggie is planning on having a store front in Sultan within the next 5 years.

She is also planning on "Going Virtual" on her web site. Customers around the world can add her chocolates to their shopping cart and order her sweets on-line. She has been test shipping her chocolates to relatives in England, Kansas and Rossberg Washington.


Pictured above: Debbie Copple, Director of Sky Valley Chamber of Commerce; Maggie Torza, Owner of Miss Maggie’s Desserts; Mayor Carolyn Eslick

Mayor Carolyn Eslick and the Sultan City Council recognized LeMaster Auto Body as the October Business Spotlight at the October 13, 2011 Council meeting.

In 1999 Allison Blanscet and Phil King purchased LeMaster Auto Body located at 811 Main Street, Sultan. Phil had a background in mechanics and Allison took over the business side. They hired 2 collision technicians and grew to employ 3 technicians from 2001 – 2005. Although Allison and Phil have second jobs, they still run the business together with the help of one technician.

LeMaster Auto Body specializes in major and minor auto body repairs. Minor repairs can range from buffing and polishing. Major repairs include replacing doors, fenders, sheet metal, frame straightening and alignment. LeMaster also sells spray-on bed liners for pick-up trucks and car batteries.

Since Allison and Phil purchased LeMaster Auto Body, business has been up and down with the economy. However, Allison reports business has been better this year than in the last few years

Pictured: LeMaster Auto Body owner, Allison Blanscet and Sultan Mayor, Carolyn Eslick.

The City of Sultan’s May Business Spotlight is DOCUFEED TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, located at 32533 Cascade View Drive, Sultan. Docufeed is an independent manufacturer of superior quality precision feed rollers for paper handling equipment. Their customer base is office equipment dealers and they sell their products all over the United States as well as Canada, Spain, Indonesia, Australia, the United Kingdom, Germany and Ireland.

Pictured: Mike Chambers, James Durrett, owners of DOCUFEED TECHNOLOGIES and Sarah Davenport-Smith, Mayor Pro-Tem

Susan Greene opened the first Flat Iron Gallery in 1979 and has remained in Sultan for 31 years. Thank you Susan Greene.

The business recognized at the September 23, 2010 City Council meeting is a new business located on Main Street, Prospectors Plus. Prospectors Plus is a real working mining store with an active and lively prospecting club. Owner, Chris Brawn’s passion is to teach and promote practical, safe and profitable prospecting and mining for miners of all ages.

A Cut Above was recognized at the October 28, 2010 City Council meeting as a local business that has been in Sultan for 20 years. Owner, Danette Macki opened her hair styling business located at 509 Main Street in 1990 and has been a mainstay in Sultan ever since.

Allied Waste was recognized at the November 18, 2010 City Council meeting. The City of Sultan contracts with Allied Waste for the collection of recycling and organic materials from residential and multi-family customers in Sultan. Allied Waste is also a Community Partner in every sense of the word, supporting Sultan with donations of time, equipment and funding.

Koppenberg Enterprises is located at 32620 149th St. SE, Sultan and was recognized as the Business Spotlight at the December 16, 2010 City Council meeting.

Koppenberg Enterprises is one of the nation's premier manufacturers of columbarium niches. To date they have manufactured, shipped or installed more than 250,000 pre-cast cremation niches throughout the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico. Their creative designers and craftsmen can fabricate virtually any configuration requirement specified. Koppenberg Enterprises employs 20 local people.

Mayor Carolyn Eslick congratulates Denice Ingalls, owner of Sky River Mead for being the City of Sultan’s Business Spotlight for February.

The business recognized at the February 24, 2011 meeting is Sky River Mead, located at 32533 Cascade View Drive, Sultan.

Sky River Meadery was established in 1997, releasing the first bottles of mead wine in 1999. Mead, or honeywine, is an ancient form of winemaking, with roots throughout Europe, Africa and Asia. The goal at Sky River Mead is to reintroduce the world to exquisite mead and honey wine.

Sky River Mead is a woman-owned Washington winery and is proud to be among the older wineries in the state. The finest Washington honey is selected for Sky River Mead, as well as the finest Washington fruit for the Sky River Raspberry Honey Wine.

The business recognized at the June 9, 2011 meeting was Romac Industries, Inc. located at 125 South Sultan Basin Road, Sultan. Romac Industries, Inc. is a manufacturer of high quality, innovative waterworks and fluid control products that are sold worldwide.

The Sultan Facility of Romac Industries houses the foundry that makes sand molds, melts and pours a high quality ductile iron into the mold to create castings for waterworks projects. Operation of a foundry requires very specific, expensive equipment and requires a lot of electricity. The Sultan Facility is the most modern foundry on the west coast with the latest state of the art technology.

Pictured: Bob Gilmore, Assistant Manager for Romac Industries and Mayor Eslick