Anchorage Daily News

Wasilla again wins top financial award

The City of Wasilla announced it has received the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Government Finance Officers Association of the Untied States and Canada for its comprehensive finance report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007. The Finance Department has won this award for 12 years in a row, the city said. The award is the highest form of recognition for governmental accounting and financial reporting, the city said.

FAA recognizes air maintenance service

The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded Northern Air Maintenance Services the Diamond Certificate of Excellence for their maintenance training program. This award reflects NAMS's high training standards, which exceed federal requirements. This continued training is vital to a safe operation and NAMS is proud of all of their maintenance employees, each of whom received individual Aviation Maintenance Technician awards from the FAA. NAMS is a subsidiary of Northern Air Cargo Inc.

5 businesses honored for going greener

Green Star, an Anchorage nonprofit that promotes recycling, has awarded five businesses with the Green Star Award certification for their environmental programs:

• Capitol Glass Northern Windows recently upgraded all of its lighting, saving an estimated $500 per year in energy costs. Capitol Glass has also instituted numerous waste-preventing initiatives in its manufacturing process.

• Two staff members with AES Operations & Maintenance, on the North Slope, created a Green Team to organize fellow employees. The effort includes expanded recycling, increased efforts to raise awareness among staff, use of wind-generated power for traffic signals, and distribution of mugs, lunch bags and water bottles to employees to reduce the use of disposable items.

• Total Reclaim's employees bike to work almost every day. The company also helps educate the community about recycling by presenting information in schools, villages and conferences, and providing training on proper shipping procedures for recyclables.

• Camai B&B and Alaska's North Country Castle B&B are both involved in introducing green business concepts through their involvement in the Anchorage Alaska B&B Association. Their efforts led to the creation of the association's Going Green Program.

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