BUSINESS BRIEFS — A Pink Up fundraiser . . . and more

  • Peninsula Daily News and The Associated Press
  • Friday, October 24, 2014 12:01am
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Pink Up fundraiser set in PA

PORT ANGELES — Storm King CrossFit fitness center will hold a fundraiser workout for Pink Up Port Angeles from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday

CrossFit, 304 W. Front St., will offer three WOD (Workout of the Day) options: one for existing CrossFit participants, another for walk-ins and a third for children.

Each WOD will be designed to accommodate all fitness levels and will last no longer than 15 minutes.

To participate, a minimum donation of $5 is required.

For more information, visit www.tinyurl.com/lmkqskh.

Storm King CrossFit also has been participating in an ongoing fundraiser for the Pink Up campaign by selling $30 T-shirts at the fitness center.

More than 225 special pink T-shirts have been sold so far.

Storm King also has donated $1,000 to the cause.

Newcomers’ Club

PORT ANGELES — The Newcomers’ Club of the Olympic Peninsula will host a Thanksgiving buffet Tuesday, Nov. 4, at Joshua’s Restaurant, 113 Del Guzzi Drive.

Socializing begins at 11:30 a.m.

The featured speaker this month is Reed Aubin, program manager for education of the North Olympic Salmon Coalition.

Aubin will explain the plans for the 3 Crabs area of Dungeness, including plans to remove the buildings and restore marshland.

Reservations must be made by noon Friday, Oct. 31, by phoning 360-504-2522.

Cancer research

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Bargain Boutique, 2120 W. Sims Way, will be open from now through Dec. 1 from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays to help raise funds for Seattle Children’s Research Institute’s Ben Towne Center for Pediatric Cancer Research.

Rotating items will be for sale, and donations are being taken.

Last year, $2,500 was raised; the goal this year is $5,000.

For more information, phone 360-385-6639 or email sue.garlinghouse@seattlechildrens.org.

Alaska Air profits

SEATTLE — Alaska Air Group Inc. on Thursday reported third-

quarter net income of $198 million.

On a per-share basis, the Seattle-based company said it had profit of $1.45. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to $1.47 per share.

The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.41 per share.

The airline posted revenue of $1.47 billion in the period, matching Street forecasts.

Alaska Air shares have risen 27 percent since the beginning of the year. The stock has risen 41 percent in the past 12 months.

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