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Friday, Sep. 05, 2008

Pasco man named 'Minority Small Business Person of Year'

Ingrid Stegemoeller, Herald staff writer

A Pasco businessman has been recognized by the U.S. Small Business
Administration Seattle District.

Stuart W. Fricke is president and owner of White Shield Inc., a consulting
firm that provides land surveying, mapping, environmental consulting, and
industrial health and safety services around the Northwest.

He has received the 2008 Minority Small Business Person of the Year award
for the SBA Spokane Branch.

Fricke is a Native American and member of the Arikara Tribe from the Fort
Berthold Reservation in North Dakota.

White Shield was established in 1978 and now employs 65 people in its Pasco
and Bellevue offices.

-- Ingrid Stegemoeller: 582-1537; istegemoeller@...; Business
Beat blog at www.tricityherald.com