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.

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