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COLORADO Metron-Farnier, a Boulder-based producer of single-jet meters, has awarded a contract to Carl Thompson Associates in Louisville, Ky., for a national public and media relations program. Denver-based SP Golf has given the ad assignment for its new Bald Eagle golf ball to The Northway Group, also in Denver. NEVADA O'MileyRyan Advertising Design, Las Vegas, has developed a logo, collateral materials and a brochure for the Nevada Ballet Theatre, formerly the Nevada Dance Theatre. NORTHERN CALIFORNIA The Golden 1 Credit Union has chosen Sacramento-based DanaForan Marketing Communications to handle its upcoming multimedia advertising effort. The Stephenz Group, San Jose, has been named agency of record for Resumix, a provider of advanced automated staffing and skills management solutions for companies and organizations. Herlily Marketing Group, Oakland, has completed a direct marketing piece for Wells Fargo's EquipmentLine Express, the financial institution's small business equipment financing unit. Postcards use vintage photographs to highlight a different use of the service. Novocom, a Los Angeles-based broadcast branding group, has created a graphics package for Hard Copy, a magazine series from Paramount Domestic Television. Ramp Networks, the Santa Clara-based networking and Internet access company, has tapped Weber Harris Witt, San Francisco, as its agency of record for all advertising and integrated marketing communications work. Wall Street Communications, a Marcom agency with operations in the Silicon Valley, Utah and New York, has contracted with the Infrared Data Association to handle a series of public relations and other marketing communications projects. OREGON The Weber Group in Cambridge, Mass., has opened a Portland office to support its existing and prospective business clients in the Pacific Northwest. Donna Gibbs, who has worked at Microsoft, Nike, Mattel and Apple, has been named senior vice president and heads the new office. Koopman Otsbo, a Portland integrated marketing communications company, has completed three projects, including an annual report for Loaves & Fishes, a meals-on-wheels program in the Portland area. Karakas VanSickle Ouellette is exiting the traditional advertising business to focus on integrated public relations and interactive marketing. The agency is eliminating 14 positions, about 12 percent of its work force, in the transition. Obie Media Corp. in Eugene has opened satellite offices in New York and Chicago. The Garage, a Bend-based advertising, marketing and public relations agency, has completed an overhaul and custom rebuild for www.ruffwear.com, the Web site of Bend-based Ruff Wear, For Dogs on the Go, a maker of clothing for dogs. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Lorenz Advertising & Design, San Diego, has been retained by Holocomm Systems to create all of its marketing materials. Troy Mikell, formerly of Relativity Marketing in Los Angeles, has opened Mikell & Co. Advertising in Woodland Hills. The creative boutique has been assigned ad duties for Fashion Square in Sherman Oaks. Kaigai Machine Tools Co., an Osaka, Japan-based manufacturer of equipment used for the production of CDs and DVDs, has signed with Public Communications/West, a Santa Fe Springs-based marketing company, for trade show support. Media Dimensions, a San Diego-based marketing and communications agency, has added Martek Automation, also in San Diego, to its roster. The client manufactures modular automation systems. Nextec Applications has tapped Matthews/Mark for national "ingredient branding" advertising and marketing services. The San Diego agency will develop a branding strategy for the fabric company's beachhead marketing, create and implement a national ad campaign and provide graphic design services. Paul Keye & Partners has moved from Los Angeles to new offices in Culver City. The agency's new address is 300 Corporate Pointe, Suite 383. LPA, an Irvine-based architectural, planning, landscape design and interior design firm, has selected Newport Beach-based Hahn Communications for public relations services. USA Talks.com, a San Diego company currently building a nationwide Internet-based long-distance telephone network, has retained Stoorza, Ziegaus & Metzger, also in San Diego, for public relations and marketing chores. Dataproducts Corp., a subsidiary of Hitachi Corp. that manufactures high-speed office printers and copiers, has tapped Hunter Barth Advertising in Irvine as its agency of record for advertising, public relations and marketing services. Alcatraz Brewing Co., an operating company of California Cafe Restaurant Corp., has selected Irvine-based Morgan Marketing & Public Relations to design a public relations campaign promoting the client's grand opening this month in The Block at Orange shopping center. Bob Gold & Associates, a public relations and marketing services company for the communications industry, has moved its operations to 2377 Crenshaw Blvd., Suite 280, Torrance. Hilary Kay Associates, a marketing communications company in Tustin, has added Kishimoto Architects to its client roster. The agency will develop a targeted marketing program to enable the 9-year-old architectural firm to expand its client base in Southern California. Los Angeles-based Levinson Associates has been hired as the public relations and media consultant for the Council on Natural Nutrition. Cassle Communications, San Diego, has signed a contract with Arizona-based RJT Homes to provide advertising and public relations services for the builder's two new communities in the desert resort of La Quinta. UTAH Swire Coca-Cola USA, a Salt Lake City-based producer and marketer of Coca-Cola-related products in 19 sates, has named Harris & Love Advertising and Public Relations, also in Salt Lake City, its agency of record, effective Dec. 1. WASHINGTON Seattle-based Tim Girvin Design has completed an identity package for UJA-Federation of New York, a 100-year-old philanthropic organization. Bad Animals, Seattle, has completed a radio campaign for the Seattle Art Museum's "Egypt, Gift of the Nile" exhibit.

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