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Cleaner 2000 is WRAP winner

The California Integrated Waste Management board recently honored Saratoga business Cleaner 2000 as a Waste Reduction Awards Program winner.

As an award winner, Cleaner 2000, located at 18572-B Prospect Road, and owner Abe Afshari will be recognized locally and nationally by CTWMB for his efforts in waste reduction. To qualify for the award, Cleaner 2000 had to conduct an active waste-reduction program while saving money through resource efficiency and conserving landfill space.

Postal service offers 24-hour information

Residents of Los Gatos, Monte Sereno, Saratoga and many South Bay cities--as well as several in Santa Cruz County--now have their calls to local post offices directed to an 800 number, where trained operators can answer routine postal questions 24 hours a day. Questions or concerns about postal service that operators cannot answer are referred to the appropriate local post office.

The new number, 1-800-ASK-USPS, will eventually serve most post offices in the western United States and ultimately throughout the country. The Postal Service established a toll-free number after determining that 80 percent of people calling post offices seek basic information regarding ZIP codes, postage rates, hours of operation and address changes.

Postal information is also available on the Internet at the USPS Web site.

Local spa featured in national magazines

Preston Wynne Day Spa's recent expansion was featured in two industry journals, Spa Management Journal and Day Spa.

Twelve pages were devoted to Preston Wynne in the Spa Management Journal, while Day Spa features Preston Wynne on the cover of its September/October issue.

For the Day Spa story, Preston Wynne owner Peggy Wynne Borgman kept a "before" and "after" diary of the expansion as requested by the magazine's editor in order to share the expansion experience with other spa owners. The second half of the diary will appear in the magazine's November/December issue.

Saratoga resident elected partner

KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, a tax and consulting service company, recently announced the election of Saratoga resident Robert David Quicke as partner.

Quicke currently works in KPMG's Palo Alto office, but began at KPMG as group manager of systems development in the London office. He worked for several companies in the United Kingdom before joining KPMG, including Armstrong WW Industries, AGB and Elida Gibbs.

The company has more than 6,000 partners and 76,000 professionals worldwide who serve clients in 153 countries.

Real estate agents recognized for sales

Two Coldwell Banker real estate associates who specialize in local properties earned top honors among the company's sales associates in Santa Clara County during the second quarter of 1997.

William Gorman, who works in the Saratoga office and sells properties in Saratoga, Monte Sereno and Los Gatos, was the top performer in the categories of buyer-controlled sales and gross commission income.

Jackie Jones, who works in the Almaden office and specializes in Los Gatos as well as other areas, was the leading agent in the categories of listings sold and total closed units. She has consistently been a top producer in her region and in her office.

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