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March 2004
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West Sound Workforce names DeFord as Employee of the Month
March 12, 2004 @ 12:00am | The KPBJ

West Sound Workforce has selected Jessica DeFord as employee of the month for January. She is an experienced receptionist/escrow assistant who has been working with West Sound Workforce since October 2003.

West Sound Workforce has offices in Poulsbo and Gig Harbor and can be reached at 394-1882 or 853-3633.

 
DONOBi, Inc. now a public company
March 12, 2004 @ 12:00am | The KPBJ

Silverdale-based DONOBI, Inc. and H-NET.NET, Inc. recently announced they have completed the acquisition agreement between the two companies that was put in motion last year.

As a result, Anton Stephens will step down as president and CEO, and Christine Stephens will resign as CFO. The current management team of DONOBi, including President and CEO, Bill Wright, Vice President, Brett Green, and Interim CFO, Terry Stein will run the merged company, which anticipates officially changing its name to DONOBi, Inc., as well as its Over The Counter trading symbol in the coming weeks. read more »

 
Chris Rieland: Delivering great service with integrity
March 12, 2004 @ 12:00am | Rodika Tollefson

Despite growing up amidst two generations of real estate and mortgage industry professionals, Chris Rieland originally set out to be a nurse. “I grew up listening to foreclosure stories. In college, I assumed I was working at a title company to pay my tuition,” she says. read more »

 
Lantz Responds
March 12, 2004 @ 12:00am | The KPBJ

Lary Coppola has made it perfectly clear that when it comes to Tort Reform, his objective requires no objectivity.
Debating an issue requires more than offering your own opinion — it is a two-way street requiring the exchange of ideas. Contrary to his previous statements, I, in fact, led the public debate on this issue last year by calling for an exceptional three-hour hearing on ESSB 5728. Mr. Coppola doesn’t seem to believe that actions occur if they run counter to his opinion. In case you missed it, it was the hearing doctors attended wearing their white coats and stethoscopes. read more »

 
Tort Reform
March 12, 2004 @ 12:00am | The KPBJ

I have been reading up on the issue of Tort Reform and found a quote showing the aggregate cost of medical related claims to the insurance companies. The information claimed that the impact of these claims on insurance rates was not significant.

The REAL cause of raising premiums was deemed to be the slumping stock market. The “slump” certainly found its way into the premiums. I am not sure that the 2003 stock market improvement did the same. Heard the other day on MSNBC that Safeco had record earnings for 2003. read more »

 
Tort Reform
March 12, 2004 @ 12:00am | The KPBJ

I don’t believe Mr. Coppola is being at all “combative” about Tort Reform as Stare Representative Pat Lantz has alleged. What he’s done is point out the fact that Rep. Lantz has betrayed the trust of every citizen in the State of Washington by not letting this issue reach the House floor for debate.

They say that power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. It appears that Rep. Lantz, in her position of absolute power over which bills reach the House floor and which ones don’t, has been absolutely corrupted by her comrades in arms, the trial lawyers. read more »

 
Commissioner's Retreat
March 12, 2004 @ 12:00am | The KPBJ

Common sense should tell us that we haven’t and don’t need all the “sensitivity type” stuff we have had pushed on us all since the 50’s. I have observed enough of them thru the years to know.

But then of course what will we do with all the over-educated psychology graduates turned out yearly by our colleges and universities? Guess they need work!

Norma L. Card
 Bremerton

 
Jennifer Dunn, Janet Jackson, racial slurs and more
March 12, 2004 @ 12:00am | Adele Ferguson

ITEM: U.S. Rep. Jennifer Dunn, R-Bellevue, announces she will not run for re-election this year, after 14 years in Congress. She has remarried and aspires to making some big bucks in private industry. Washington Republican leaders fear losing her 8th district if the “wrong” Republican becomes their candidate. read more »

 
Bremerton Chamber executive director earns IOM recognition
March 12, 2004 @ 12:00am | The KPBJ

Silvia L. Klatman, IOM, executive director of the Bremerton Area Chamber of Commerce, recently graduated from the Institute for Organization Management, a four-year professional development program of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, held at the University of Arizona in Tucson.

Two former executive directors of the Bremerton Area Chamber are also graduates: Sen. Betti Sheldon and Rep. Beverly Woods . read more »

 
Phynity expands its sales force
March 12, 2004 @ 12:00am | The KPBJ

Conrad Hill

Phynity, a Silverdale-based software development firm, whose flagship product is the much heralded Camelot Reporting, has announced the addition of Keith Conrad and Michael A. Hill to its sales division. Both have extensive sales backgrounds with experience locally and nationwide. read more »

 
Doing an ROI on the intangible software purchase
March 12, 2004 @ 12:00am | Tyler Anderson

For any growing and changing business the purchase of capital goods is standard. Equipment is fairly easy to assess the return on investment, however, a non-tangible product such as software can be more challenging. As with any ROI model three dimensions should be incorporated at minimum. First, the net tangible benefits or the net financial savings or gains that can be easily quantified. Second, the net intangible benefits, the net savings or benefits from the solution that are significant to business goals, strategy or operations. read more »

 
Permit? Contractor? I don't need no stinking permit or contractor!
March 12, 2004 @ 12:00am | Jim Kendall

It can be very confusing when it comes time to figure out when and if you need an electrical permit. For homeowners business owners that decide to do some “do-it-yourself” wiring, permits and inspections may or may not be required. A licensed electrician may or may not be required. read more »