 projects it supplied would increase significantly.
The economic downturn in the mining and smelting industry, once a prime market for suppliers of pipefitting materials, would have its greatest impact on the companys Butte operations.
The evolution in the marketplace, from heavy industry to tourism and high tech, has been a change, Maxwell says. And like all businesses, weve seen a tremendous increase in the speed of the work. We build things a lot quicker. Construction now is fast track. Buildings that once took a year and a half to construct are now built in less than a year.
The most pronounced change, Maxwell says, has been in the nature of his competition.
When I first came to Spokane in 1961, we had seven competitors locally, he says. Through mergers and acquisitions, that number is now down to four, and we are the only locally owned distributor of the types of products we carry. Our competition is nationally or internationally owned. In terms of volume, Maxwell ranks his company about the third largest locally.
Through the years, M&L Supply has kept its focus on Eastern Washington, North Idaho, and Western Montana, and on supplying plumbing and heating contractors on a wholesale basis.
We basically cover the area from the Tri-Cities, through Spokane into North Idaho, and as far east as Bozeman, says Maxwell. We provide the full range of plumbing, heating, and industrial products. Our business is inventoryall the pipe fittings, faucets and plumbing fixtures, valves, boilers, and water heaters. We purchase from manufacturers all around the country.
Maxwells son, Mark, joined the family business in 1983, as did his son, Bill, in 1990. By 1995, the company had grown to 29 employees here, while its Butte branch had ebbed to a staff of six. A strong Spokane-area economy during the preceding few years had spurred its growth here and required it to move out of the 17,000-square-foot building it had bought in East Spokane back in 1976. The company built a new, 42,800-square-foot office-warehouse facility just a block to the east at 4114 E. Ferry. After the move, a few additions to the work force brought M&L to the employment level it maintains today, 31 in Spokane and seven in Butte.
While Maxwell says close to 60 percent of M&L Supplys business is centered around the work of contractors based in Spokane, the Coeur d Alene area also provides a strong market. The companys Butte branch continues to contribute to the success of the business, and much of the economic downturn southwestern Montana has experienced seems to have passed, he says.
He adds that the Inland Northwest region is a funny trading area that often seems to move in the opposite direction of the national economy.
Over-the-counter sales to contractors remain a significant part of M&L Supplys business.
A lot of our sales are direct, what we refer to as will call, Maxwell says, but we will also deliver. We operate four trucks out of Spokane and two out of the Butte office.
We do a lot of bid-specification work, Maxwell adds. We review contract bid specifications and provide the contractor with a quote on the materials to be included in his bid.
M&L provided materials for a major part of the work on such recent projects as River Park Square, the Spokane Valley Mall, and Lewis & Clark High School.
Were strong on commercial and industrial, and do only a limited amount of residential business, Maxwell says. We also do business with some general contractors, state agencies, schools, and Kaiser, both directly and indirectly.
Last year, the company had sales of about $10 million, a figure that has grown moderately, but reliably over the past five years. Despite what Maxwell describes as a slow first quarter in commercial construction this year, hes optimistic about 2001.
Weve seen a lot more commercial bids for the second half of this year, he says.
As the company moves toward its third generation as a family-owned business, it has the appearance of an operation thats easily inclined to be as optimistic about the next few decades as it might be about the next six months.
Were locally owned and operated, and we intend to stay that way, Maxwell says, sounding like the head of a company that itself could be described as a local plumbing and heating fixture.Spanish is the most widely spoken language in the world after Chinese and English. In 2015 there were nearly 470 million native speakers of Spanish living in 22 countries. If you add 21 million foreign language students world wide, and those with limited knowledge of Spanish, the number rises to 559 million. In fact, 6.7% of the world’s population already speaks Spanish and it is expected that this figure will reach 7.5% by 2030. Within four generations it is expected that 10% of the population will understand Spanish. Furthermore, Spanish is the third most commonly used language online, with 7.9% of Internet users communicating in Spanish.
A degree in Spanish and Latin American Studies from Dalhousie University will allow you to engage with this growing global community. Our courses provide a solid foundation for anyone wanting to experience the diversity of the Hispanic world. We offer language course that cater from beginners to the most advanced, as well as classes in translation, Spanish and Latin American civilization, history, culture, politics, literature and film.
You do not need to major in Spanish in order to take advantage of our program. Many students take out classes to complement degrees in other disciplines. Spanish language skills and knowledge of Latin America’s social and political history and culture can be tremendous assets to anyone studying international business or development, as well as anyone interested in working with government agencies or non-profit organizations.
The Diploma of Spanish as a Foreign Language (DELE) is the official accreditation of the degree of fluency of the Spanish language, issued and recognized by the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport.
The Instituto Cervantes is in charge of organizing the exams, while the University of Salamanca is in charge of the preparation, correction and final evaluation of all the tests. The exam tests your ability to read, write, speak and understand Spanish. There are six levels of DELEs offered that match the divisions determined by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages:
Diploma de Español A1
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The exams are offered in November and May in more than 50 countries around the world. The Department of Spanish and Latin American Studies organizes the examinations at Dalhousie every spring.
For more information about the format of the exam, dates and application deadlines, contact the Spanish Department DELE coordinator.Illinois College’s new online programs are generating interest as the College’s enrollment reaches its highest level in a decade.
The college added all-online programs earlier this this year in nursing, agribusiness and business management. Spokeswoman Amy Jones said the new programs are expected to meet goals set for their first year.
The college announced in March that it would be launching the three programs in an online format.
A $25,000 grant from Passavant Area Hospital helped support the online RN to BSN — registered nurse to bachelor of science in nursing — program.
Pamela Brown, founding director of the Illinois College nursing program, said the first group started in May. The program is now up to five students, which she is happy with.
Within the next year, she hopes to have 20 students in the program and to continue to grow from there.
The program has not run into any technical problems and the students are giving good feedback on the program — “word of mouth works,” Brown said.
So far, the students are primarily from within about a 90-mile radius of the college, Brown said. And they’re all working nurses who also are moms.
“The flexibility of the online program is really important to them,” she said.
The RN to BSN program can take as little as a year or as long as two years to complete, depending on the student’s college background and the number of classes they’re able to take.
The college’s total enrollment is up 7% from last year — increasing from 980 to 1,048 — and the number of new students is up by 12% — increasing from 335 to 370.
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