Faller joins Coeur d'Alene Insurance

Max J. Faller has joined Coeur d'Alene Insurance as a commercial property and casualty agent. Coeur d'Alene Insurance is one of the Rossi Insurance Agencies of Idaho, established in 1895.

The company writes all types of insurance ranging from auto and homeowners to the most complicated types of commercial accounts. The company has four offices in Kellogg, Wallace, Post Falls and Coeur d'Alene.

Faller was most recently affiliated with bankcda in Coeur d'Alene.

Sweeney earns

CNE designation

Cindy Sweeney, Lakeshore Realty recently earned the CNE designation. An agent who carries the CNE designation has been trained in professional negotiation skills by the Real Estate Negotiation Institute.

A CNE professional knows how to use leading edge negotiation practices and techniques for the client's benefit. Less than 1 percent of Realtors nationwide carry this designation.

Sweeney has been in real estate since 1993.

Manes joins Keller Williams Realty

Jerry Manes, a real estate sales professional in Coeur d'Alene, has joined the Keller Williams Realty Coeur d'Alene Market Center.

Manes has an extensive background in sales, new construction, acreage and investment properties and has been in the real estate industry for eight years. He is listed as one of the top 100 Agents in the Cd'A and Spokane area, is a graduate of Real Estate Institute and earned "Circle of Excellence" outstanding achievement 2006 through 2010.

The Coeur d'Alene Market Center is at 1450 Northwest Blvd., Suite 301, Coeur d'Alene,.

Info: Ben Fairfield, 660-7204 or www.kwcda.com.

Clark, Atchley to address financial concerns

K. Sean Clark and Les Atchley will address the concerns of many Americans about the unstable economic markets next month.

They will provide strategies to weather the storm during this slow economic recovery at a complimentary speaker event, "Managing Portfolio Volatility with Alternative Investments," hosted by Atchley Financial Group, Inc.

The event will be 4-6 p.m. Thursday at Parkside Event Center in Coeur d'Alene.

Speakers will be K. Sean Clark, a Chartered Financial Analyst and the Chief Investment Officer at Clark Capital, and Les Atchley, MBA, president of Atchley Financial Group, Inc. and Certified Financial Planner.

Register online or for information, contact Janet Atchley at (208) 664-1900 or janet.atchley@natplan.

Kootenai Surgery joins Kootenai Health

Kootenai Surgery Associates recently merged with Kootenai Health. The group includes Timothy Quinn, M.D., Robert Holman, M.D., Philip Kladar, M.D., Michael May, M.D., Edward deTar, M.D., and Marcus Torgenson, M.D. All are board certified in general surgery.

The group will continue to practice from its current location at 700 W. Ironwood Drive, suite 304, in Coeur d'Alene and can be contacted at 667-1588.

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