Correction---Merrilees Twice and an Interview with the “Tequila Duffer”

In the story about “Paul Menzel looks to Double Biz by End of Year ---,”

http://www.leasingnews.org/#paul

subtitled “as Jim Merrilees Joins Santa Barbara Bank & Trust-Vinsonhaler promoted to VP/Project Manager/Laura Poore joins in marketing,” the text

version had two pictures of Mr. Merrilees taken in 1993 (wearing an 1950

Indianapolis Indians baseball replica jacket) when he was president of Colonel Pacific Leasing, Tualatin, Oregon.

http://two.leasingnews.org/imanges_uael_wael/merrilees.jpg

Maria had caught the error of the double picture for the “up-grade” version and the web site version that she sends and posts daily on line.

For the “text” readers particularly, here is the picture that should have run

in your edition:

Fall, 2000 Paul Menzel, Senior Vice-President; Devon Vinsonhaler, Regional Marketing Representative; and  Steve Reid, Assistant Vice-President, Santa Barbara Bank & Trust.

http://www.leasingnews.org/pictures_past/past_8-26-02.htm

By the way, this was the first of the series “Pictures from the Past, ” August 26,2002.

Most of them come from the magazine collection, although some readers have sent in photographs by mail or the world wide web. We also post these pictures on line at:

http://www.leasingnews.org/pictures_past/past_INDEX.htm

Now if Merrilees can only figure a way to play at the MAEL Golf tournament,

He could start promoting business for Santa Barbara Bank and Trust Leasing.

Most likely he will be playing at the United Association of Equipment

Leasing tournament to be held in Portland, Oregon on October 9,2003.

. http://www.uael.org/events/fall2003/thufri_sched.htm

Merrilees said in an in interview his one criteria was to stay in Oregon, as he has been living here since 1987.

“We just opened this office. Laurie has been with me since 1995, and with

four kids, she also wanted to stay in Oregon, so to continue to work with

her, and here especially, is very good news.”

The telephones are working at the new office (888) 684-0506.

He stated Republic Leasing of South Carolina was a “short stop on

The road” and had no other comment to make.

“I have known Paul (Menzel) and his company for a while, “ he continued.” We can help with vendors and brokers, and with the new processing procedures,

this is the right time to get started.”

When Jim Merrilees was with Colonial Pacific Leasing he brought on the

“Bliss System,” an automated broker program, then credit scoring in 1987

with fair-Isaacs, and when president, was the first to go on line in 1989

with a processing system.