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COVER STORY –
Environmental Learning Center taking shape on B.I.
By Kevin Dwyer |
On a sunny Sunday afternoon four years ago, Paul and Debbi Brainerd walked a pristine piece of land on the south end of Bainbridge Island and discovered what they wanted to do with the next chapter of their lives.
That lazy stroll through thick forest, meandering streams and undeveloped waterfront was inspiration for the Puget Sound Environmental Learning Center — now nearing completion — and the acquisition of 255 acres of land from Port Blakely Tree Farms... (Full Article) |
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Profiles In Success –
Custom homes built to fit a client’s life and family
By Betsy Model |
| Even as national economists predict that the State of Washington will come in last or near-last in the race to recover from the downturn in the economy and state politicians anxiously consider plugging budget holes with ferry rate increases and gasoline taxes, one segment of the local economy has hung tough in the face of layoffs, slowdowns in tourism and slides in retail sales: Puget Sound real estate... (Full Article) |
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Port of Bremerton continuing to look
towards the future
By Bill Bambrick |
| Perhaps because it is out of sight, most prospective local entrepreneurs don’t think of the Port of Bremerton as having enormous business growth potential. They would be wrong... (Full Article) |
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Achievers in Action linking local businesses
By Sandra Spargo |
| The circumstance of real estate in Kitsap County is good,” said Norm Johnson, of Reid Real Estate in Silverdale. “Ferry rates have not affected the market negatively, neither did Sept. 11. Homes up to the $200,000 range are selling very well. In fact, there’s an inventory shortage... (Full Article) |
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Top 10 Nominees For Business Leader of the Year |
| We proudly present our Top 10 nominees for the Business Leader of the Year Award... (Full Article) |
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Feldbau named to lead Group Health |
| Dr. Gary A. Feldbau, MD, has been named medical director of Group Health Cooperative and president and chairman of the board for Group Health Permanente, the state’s largest multi-specialty medical group... (Full Article) |
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Alderbrook Resort announces management changes |
| Alderbrook resort on Hood Canal in Mason County recently announced that Gary Oliver has been named as director of sales and marketing. Oliver has more than 20 years experience in the hospitality industry and will be responsible for the coordination of all revenue generating departments as well as marketing and promotional operations at the resort hotel... (Full Article) |
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Graf+Hoke wins totem award
for outdoor burn ban campaign |
| Graf+Hoke Communications of Poulsbo has been awarded a northwest Totem award by the Public Relations Society of America. The honor was for a public information campaign to promote awareness of the outdoor burn ban in Kitsap County... (Full Article) |
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Designers hold meetings in “virtual” client lounge |
| When clients of Bainbridge Island’s Daigle Design need to review a current project, there’s no problem of getting everyone together in one place... (Full Article) |
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Marketing principles featured
at KREDC 2002 annual meeting |
| The Kitsap Regional Economic Development Council’s (KREDC) 2002 annual meeting will feature Jim Andersen, CEO of Poulsbo’s Steelhead Productions, who will share his marketing insights. Steelhead is a 3-D marketing company with clients ranging from Fortune 500 firms to up and coming small businesses across the United States. His presentation will be part of a multi-faceted program... (Full Article) |
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Kitsap receives grant for Bethel corridor |
| Kitsap County was recently awarded a $1,728,000 Transportation Improvement Board (TIB) grant for the first phase of the Bethel Road corridor improvement project. The first phase will extend from just south of Salmonberry Road to just north of the Lund intersection... (Full Article) |
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New piano business opens in Poulsbo Village |
| Sherry’s Piano opened recently in the Poulsbo Village Shopping Center. Located at 19438 7th Ave. NE, the store is adjacent to the popular Chung’s Teriyaki. Owned and operated by Sherry Langlois, formerly of Langlois Pianos of Silverdale, she has more than 20 years experience in the piano industry and believes that Poulsbo, and the North Kitsap area, have long been overlooked by the piano retailing market... (Full Article) |
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Angel to chair Olympic Consortium Board |
| Her fellow commissioners may not think she has enough experience to chair a board, but members of the Olympic Consortium obviously think otherwise. Kitsap County Commissioner Jan Angel was elected to chair the 2002 Olympic Consortium Board on February 15... (Full Article) |
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Kitsap Mall 2001 sales transcend economic predictions |
| Since Sept. 11, we have seemingly listened daily to the retail woes and experts forecasts of slow economic times. However, Kitsap County seems to be bucking that trend if sales at Kitsap Mall are any indicator... (Full Article) |
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Arbion Technologies named Microsoft partner |
| Port Orchard’s Arbion Technologies has been named a Microsoft Great Plains Business Solutions reselling partner. The firm will now market the Small Business Manager solution developed by Microsoft Great Plains... (Full Article) |
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Chuck Turner joins Viking Bank in Poulsbo |
| Chuck Turner has joined the Poulsbo branch of Viking Community Bank as vice president and small business relationship manager. Viking Community Bank is a $150 million community bank with offices in Poulsbo, Ballard, South Seattle, Tacoma and Fife... (Full Article) |
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Holly Ridge Center announces website |
| Holly Ridge Center recently announced that it had launched a Web site, HollyRidge.org. The site gives information on three programs... (Full Article) |
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Printers donated to charitable organizations |
| Kingston-based Olympic Printer Resources, Inc., a firm specializing in recycling laser and ink jet printer, fax machine, and copier cartridges as well as equipment repair, is offering free refurbished printers to local charities or other non-profit organizations... (Full Article) |
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Scientific panel says NMFS killing
too many endangered salmon |
| A scientific panel appointed by the National Marine Fisheries Services (NMFS) has issued a report calling the federal agency’s sport and commercial harvest levels for salmon “biologically unsustainable... (Full Article) |
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2002 Festival of Trees already getting organized |
| The Harrison Hospital Foundation is already beginning to organize its 2002 Festival of Trees. The 3-day holiday and community event takes place over Thanksgiving weekend at the Kitsap Pavilion and President’s Hall. In the last 15 years, in excess of $1.4 million has been raised to benefit the local hospital... (Full Article) |
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Camp WSNLA Young Member of the Year |
| Mary Camp, WCN, of Bainbridge Gardens recently received the Washington State Nursery and Landscape Association’s (WSNLA) Young Member of the Year Award. The award is given to a person under 40 years of age that has rendered outstanding service to WSNLA and the industry during the preceding year... (Full Article) |
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Masco buys out Wilkins Distributing |
| Masco Pacific Pride of Grays Harbor County has purchased all of the Wilkens and Gull Industries Pacific Pride commercial fueling locations... (Full Article) |
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KAPO elects 2002 officers and directors |
| Members of the Kitsap Alliance of Property Owners (KAPO) elected their 2002 slate of officers and directors recently. Jean Sherrard, founding President turned the gavel over to Jan Oleksiak who will serve as 2002 President. Vice President is Charles Shank; Secretary Dave Henden; and Treasurer Roberta Messinger... (Full Article) |
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Health & Fitness –
Reasons why prescription costs continue to soar |
| At the 47th annual conference of the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, a session on prescription drugs revealed the following... (Full Article) |
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Health & Fitness –
Clark Chiropractic introduces industrial athlete program |
| Dr. James Williams, owner of Clark Chiropractic in Silverdale, recently teamed up with Montana-based Occupational Health Services (OHS) to bring the “Industrial Athlete” program to our area. Developed by OHS, the program is a comprehensive approach to rising Worker’s Compensation costs... (Full Article) |
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Health & Fitness –
FDA approves operating room robot |
| It’s no longer shocking when a physician in South Africa takes a quick look at X-rays for a doc in Houston. But remote medicine took a big step with the creation of a remote-controlled surgical robot name Socrates that can step up to the operating table... (Full Article) |
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Health & Fitness –
No-needle shots |
| Scared of getting a shot? Now you may not have to brave the needle. A Los Angeles-based company called PenJet has announced it is ready to introduce to pharmaceutical companies a new needle-The military has used injectors for mass inoculations for some time. The PenJet system is for individual inoculations, a modern substitute for the needle long used by physicians and nurses... (Full Article) |
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Health & Fitness –
Haselwoods honored again for philanthropy |
| It seems that Chuck and Joanne Haselwood just don’t stop giving to our community. They have been recognized by the Kitsap Community Foundation with the Hannah Langer Spirit of Philanthropy Award... (Full Article) |
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Environmental –
KAPO wins NMFS review of ESA salmon listing |
| The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has responded to a petition submitted in October or last year by the Kitsap Alliance of Property Owners (KAPO) to delist some of the 15 Evolutionarily Significant Units (ESUs) of Pacific salmon and steelhead currently listed as threatened or endangered... (Full Article) |
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Environmental –
Endangering the Beltway |
| So now we understand why Eastern urbanites and Washington politicians continue to extol that broken-down law known as the Endangered Species Act. It doesn’t apply to them. Or perhaps we should say, it didn’t apply to them. Consider the lawsuit over the new Woodrow Wilson Bridge, a multibillion-dollar project meant to ease gnarled traffic around Washington, D.C.’s fabled Beltway... (Full Article) |
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Environmental –
Lawsuit claims DNR in violation of state constitution |
| On Jan. 25, the North Kitsap Concerned Citizens (NKCC), a non-profit organization concerned with ensuring that the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) complies with the requirements of the Washington State Constitution in the sale or transfer of lands which it manages as trustee, filed a lawsuit in Kitsap County Superior Court against the DNR and Commissioner of Public Lands, Doug Sutherland... (Full Article) |
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The Arts –
Northwest College of Art puts a creative accent on business
By Larry Sivitz |
| Drive up onto the 36 pastoral acres that make up the campus of the Northwest College of Art in Poulsbo, and you may suddenly have the desire to apply for a creative license to go along with your driver’s license. There’s the urge to pull out an easel and paint scenic Liberty Bay as it stretches out before you, or mold a clay sculpture of one of the horses grazing in a nearby field... (Full Article) |
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The Arts –
Six nationally acclaimed sculptors, island artists at BAC |
Six nationally acclaimed sculptors and two local Bainbridge artists will exhibit new work at Bainbridge Arts & Crafts (BAC) this month.
New work by contemporary Northwest sculptors Tony Angell, Ann Morris, Tom Jay, Sara Mall, Johani, Phillip Levine, and also by Philip McCracken, complements Northwest photographer Mary Randlett’s exhibition of nature photographs, as well as Scott Allen’s landscapes and ceramics by Gail Hustedde... (Full Article) |
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The Arts –
B.I. Arts & Humanities Council puts out call to artists |
| The Bainbridge Island Arts & Humanities Council has put out a call to artists for the 2002 Bainbridge in Bloom Garden Tour, which will take place July 12, 13, and 14... (Full Article) |
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The Arts –
Young soloists featured In orchestra concerts |
| The March concerts of Bainbridge Orchestra under conductor Kathleen D. Macferran feature diversity in both repertoire and personnel. The Orchestra itself a multigenerational ensemble whose members come from as far away as Kingston, Port Orchard and Auburn... (Full Article) |
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The Arts –
Off The Map continues, Unidentified
Flying Object on the horizon |
| Off the Map, the quirky comedy by brilliant young playwright Joan Ackermann continues its run at Poulsbo’s intimate Jewel Box Theatre on Friday and Saturday nights at 8 p.m. through March 16... (Full Article) |
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The Arts –
The dilemma of selling art
By Amy Burnett |
| A week never passes that someone doesn’t call the gallery asking for help as to finding the value of a piece of art or wanting to know how to sell a piece of art. I am not a qualified appraiser. Nor am I in the business of selling art items by other artists outside the stable of artists that I represent. But over the years I have gained some knowledge and sense as to directing and assisting such inquiries... (Full Article) |
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The Arts –
Winner’s Circle Show at Sidney |
| The Sidney Museum and Arts Association will be featuring the collective works of the first place winners of last year’s open art show competition... (Full Article) |
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The Arts –
Burnett features “Birds of Bremerton” |
| The Amy Burnett Gallery in downtown Bremerton will present a show entitled “Birds of Bremerton” by artist Don Wesley. The show will open during the First Friday Gallery Walk from 5 to 8 p.m. and will continue through the month of March... (Full Article) |
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COVER STORY –
Peninsula Subaru honored by
President and CEO of Subaru of America |
Johnny Dionas, who bought Peninsula Subaru just last April, was honored recently by none other than Takao Saito, president and CEO of Subaru of America.
In a ceremony held in the Gorst’s dealership’s showroom, Dionas was presented with the Stellar Performer Award, the top award a Subaru dealership can earn. Dionas is only the second Subaru dealer in the nation to receive the award, which is bestowed for all-around performance, including sales, customer service, parts and human resources... (Full Article) |
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Teachers wish for WEA alternative spawns new group |
Plagued by lawsuits for misusing union dues for political campaign finance violations, the Washington Education Association (WEA) is busy determining how to pass along to teachers the cost of the state’s largest fine ever.
Meanwhile, a grassroots team of teachers has been working statewide to create an alternative to the WEA... (Full Article) |
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KeyBank Donates $5,000 to Fishline |
| Jim Washam, President of KeyBank’s South Puget Sound District, presented a $5,000 check from Key to Tricia Sullivan, executive director of local foodbank North Kitsap Fishline, during a reception held Jan. 17, as part of the new Poulsbo Key Bank branch grand opening. The newest KeyCenter is located at 19735 10th St. NE... (Full Article) |
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Bainbridge Island firm sued by SEC in huge fraud |
| The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed suit against a Bainbridge Island company and a related high-profile Seattle company alleging the two firms bilked investors of more than $79 million. The lawsuit is the culmination of the largest stock fraud investigation in the state’s history... (Full Article) |
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TimberGrass recognized as a Business in the Green |
| Bainbridge Island’s TimberGrass LLC, a manufacturer of bamboo flooring and panels, is the latest firm to be recognized as Business in the Green. The company became a member of the County’s Green Works program in December, and was singled out for meeting program criteria in the categories of waste prevention, recycling, and buying recycled-consent products... (Full Article) |
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Three Bremerton eateries close within a week |
| Three of Bremerton’s most visible, and arguably popular restaurants all shut their doors within a week of each other last month. The Keg Steakhouse, located in Bremerton’s hospital district for 11-1/2 years, closed down on Jan. 19... (Full Article) |
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Federal employees raise record $1.9 million for CFC |
| The Federal employees of Kitsap and Mason Counties donated a record $1.9 million through the annual Combined Federal Campaign (CFC), representing a 24 percent increase over last year... (Full Article) |
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PROFILES IN SUCCESS
Landscape firm focuses on image to grow its business
By Betsy Model |
| At eight years of age, Silverdale resident Ken Perry knew a lucrative business when he saw one. Today, at age thirty-five, Perry still knows better than to yawn when it comes to someone’s lawn... (Full Article) |
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Changes in federal procurement guidelines |
| With a new emphasis on domestic security, the federal government is seeking new contracting partners for not just defense items, but everything from basic goods suppliers to information technology, security, and medical research. New procedures designed to streamline the federal sales process, secure products and services faster and protect contractor intellectual property are now in place... (Full Article) |
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The Radio Guy goes mobile once again |
| After establishing a very successful business selling and installing stereo and other high-tech gear in cars, mainly for dealers and referral clients, The Radio Guy — Eric Kleiva and his wife Carol — have gone back to doing business the way they liked best — working from a mobile unit... (Full Article) |
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Frontier Bank offers economic forecast
Michael Parks, editor of Marples Business Newsletter is keynote speaker |
| Frontier Bank has, once again, scheduled its popular annual Economic Forecasts for 2002. The bank has conducted the program in the areas it does business for a number of years. However, this year will mark the first for Kitsap County since Frontier bought out North Sound Bank... (Full Article) |
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United Way blows away fundraising record |
| It was a celebration on January 24 at Mary Macs McCormick Woods, as the United Way of Kitsap County announced at its Victory Celebration luncheon the charity had exceeded its 2001 fundraising goal during the 64th annual campaign... (Full Article) |
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Higher Source under new ownership |
| The Higher Source, a Bainbridge Island-based regional guide to the healing arts as well as alternative and homeopathic healthy lifestyle choices, is under new ownership... (Full Article) |
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VCB presents awards, installs new board |
| The Kitsap Peninsula Visitor and Convention Bureau (VCB) held its annual meeting and awards banquet on Saturday, Feb. 2nd, at the newly completed Tuckers at Gold Mountain... (Full Article) |
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Hart to host investing education seminar |
| The Hart Investing Company will host a savings, investing and stock education seminar entitled, “Methods for doubling your money.... (Full Article) |
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Boxlight announces first ever “warehouse” sale
Portion of proceeds to be donated to local Chambers of Commerce |
| Poulsbo’s Boxlight Corp., which relocated to Poulsbo from California in 1989, has been one of the world’s leading distributors of projection equipment and supplies for the past 17 years. In all that time, it has never had a “sale” of its products. That however, is about to change... (Full Article) |
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Point-No-Point Casino names management team |
| The new Point-No-Point Casino slated to open early spring near Kingston, has announced the management team that will run Kitsap’s newest gaming establishment... (Full Article) |
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PREDICT/DLI finalist for third year |
| Each year, Plant Engineering Magazine selects 150 finalists from the thousands of entries submitted worldwide for its Product of the Year competition... (Full Article) |
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ENVIRONMENTAL
Is “Smart Growth” really so smart?
Public policy experiments to rein in ‘sprawl’ have
questionable impacts on the environment
By Tara Servatius |
| Call me an urban refugee. I know what it’s like to live an urban planner’s dream, and believe me; I fully understand why many urban planners return to their suburban homes at night. After a month of listening to clueless council candidates rail on about the evils of sprawl – which no one ever really bothered to define – I have to admit that I still don’t understand what’s wrong with it, or why municipal governments across the nation are so hell-bent on “fixing” it... (Full Article) |
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HEALTH & FITNESS
Managing stress naturally
By Jaclyn Henderson |
| Our world is filled with noise. Cars act up, and racket enters our lives from the tube, the monitor, the game-boy and the children, so much so that we might think that peace and quiet has finally left our lives for good. What can we do to get it back... (Full Article) |
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HEALTH & FITNESS
Dicks, Inslee and Dunn co-sponsor stroke legislation |
| U.S. Representatives Norm Dicks, Jennifer Dunn and Jay Inslee, have joined more than 70 other members of Congress as an original co-sponsor of new legislation that could reduce the death rate of the No. 3 killer in Washington State, stroke... (Full Article) |
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KCFCU Promotes Jorgenson |
| Brett Jorgenson as been promoted to Senior Vice President /Chief Lending Officer at Kitsap Community Federal Credit Union (KCFCU). He has been with the local financial cooperative for more than a year and has over twenty years of lending experience... (Full Article) |
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Westsound Bank opens new branch in Silverdale |
| Bremerton-based Westsound Bank has opened a second branch in Silverdale. The announcement was made by David K. Johnson, president and CEO... (Full Article) |
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Bangor named best Navy base |
| Naval Submarine Base Bangor near Silverdale has been voted by readers of the Navy Times as the world’s best Naval base. “I have always known that Bangor was a top-notch installation, but to be honored by your peers within the Naval community is particularly meaningful,” commented first district Congressman Jay Inslee... (Full Article) |
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A Room by Design moves |
| A Room by Design, Interior Arrangement, has moved to a new location. The new office is in Old Town Silverdale in the Lee’s Interiors building at 9020 Washington Avenue... (Full Article) |
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Coach offering free sessions |
| Poulsbo-based business and life coach, Maria Marsala, will be offering a “Free Friday Coaching Day” on Feb. 8 from 1 to 8 p.m. According to Marsala, the offer is meant to celebrate International Personal and Business Coaching Week, which takes place Feb. 3–9... (Full Article) |
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Give the unexpected for Valentine’s Day this year
By Jaclyn Henderson |
| You won’t have to look very far this year in your search for that perfect gift for your loved one on Valentine’s Day. Stores and restaurants on the Kitsap Peninsula are ready to sell you their favorite items, and to stun you with some new ones... (Full Article) |
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OC search for new president is on |
| The Olympic College Board of Trustees has appointed a presidential search committee to help find the college’s next president. The committee will begin its work by meeting with Dr. Bob Barringer of Gold Hill Associates, a community college presidential search specialist and consultant... (Full Article) |
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Rice Fergus to design Renton fire
station and operations center |
| Bremerton’s Rice Fergus Architects has been selected by the City of Renton to design Fire Station No. 12, a new fire station and Emergency Operations Center for the city... (Full Article) |
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