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Countryman new at Kitsap Bank |
| Cindy Countryman has recently joined Kitsap Bank as the Payroll/HR Coordinator. She has over 10 years of payroll/accounting and human resources experience and has received the Professional in Human Resources designation. According to Kitsap Bank’s President and CEO, James Carmichael, “Cindy brings a wealth of experience to this position and we welcome her aboard.” |
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Kitsap Credit Union names new branch manager |
| Kitsap Credit Union recently named Terri Porter as its new Kingston branch manager. The Credit Union announced the opening of its newest branch inside the Albertson’s grocery store on State Route 104 and Hansville Rd April 21. Porter brings over 20 years of financial knowledge and experience to this new position. |
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Encore Communities honors
Employees of the Month |
Encore Communities recently announced that Pam Duerr from Country Meadows at the Silverdale Campus, and Elizabeth Anderson from Claremont East have been named employees of the month for May.
Duerr has been an Encore employee for 14 years and for the last two years she’s been the Activity Director at Country Meadows.
Anderson has worked at Claremont for seven years as a dietary aide.
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B.I. man is new KMHS Foundation President |
| The Kitsap Mental Health Services Foundation has elected new officers for 2004-2005. James Beaufait of Bainbridge Island, a Partner in the Buffet Alan Group, LLC, will take the helm as president beginning July 1... (Full Article) |
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Silverdale Chamber names
Member of the Quarter |
| Luanne Hickman of Chapman University has been selected as the Chamber’s Member of the Quarter. She was instrumental in developing and tabulating both the Business Survey that went out to all Central Kitsap businesses... (Full Article) |
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Nancy Skagg signs on with Kitsap Bank in G.H. |
| Nancy Skagg has been appointed operations supervisor for Kitsap Bank’s new Pioneer Way branch in Gig Harbor. She has over 12 years banking experience, most recently at Columbia Bank... (Full Article) |
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Young joins Timberland Bank in Poulsbo |
| Michael R. Sand, president of Timberland Bank, recently announced the addition of Derek Young as manager at the Poulsbo branch. Young will oversee operations and loan activity for the branch which opened in 1999... (Full Article) |
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Encore Communities recognizes pair for April |
| Both Wendy Hughes, from the Silverdale Campus and Shawna Garcia, from Claremont East have beennominated as Encore’s April Employees of the Month... (Full Article) |
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LBAC names April Employee of the Month |
| Liberty Bay Auto Center (LBAC) has named Paul Tyson as the employee of the month for April. He is a sales professional, has been with LBAC for 7 years and is known for his willingness to go the extra mile for customers as well as co-workers. Tyson can be reached at (360) 697-4066. |
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Olive Garden sends LeGrand to Italy |
| Debra LeGrand of Port Orchard, a chef at the Silverdale Olive Garden Restaurant, recently won a trip to Italy to attend culinary classes at Olive Garden’s Culinary Institute of Tuscany. |
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Kitsap Credit Union names new branch manager |
| Kitsap Credit Union has named Shane Spiese as its new Gig Harbor branch manager for both the Olympic Plaza and North Branch locations. He brings over 5 years of financial experience to this position. |
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Olympic Surgical Associates adds two |
| Olympic Surgical Associates of Port Orchard and Gig Harbor recently announced the addition of Ruth Johnson as the business manager and Dawn Allen as an aesthetician... (Full Article) |
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Kitsap Credit Union honors long time employee |
| Kitsap Credit Union is honoring long-time employee Leslie Mosbarger for her 33 years of financial service experience with the Credit Union. Mosbarger began working for the Credit Union as a student in March of 1971, and she will formally retire April 2... (Full Article) |
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Leviton joins CFA |
| Debbie Leviton joins CFA/Northwest Mortgage Professional’s Bainbridge Island branch as a loan officer, specializing in helping people to make their dreams come true... (Full Article) |
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Liberty Bay names
March Employee of the Month |
| Liberty Bay Auto Center (LBAC) announced that Russ Shorten was selected as the employee of the month for March. He is an ASE Certified Technician and has been with LBAC since it opened in 1989. Shorten treats every customer’s vehicle as if it is his own and does what it takes to get the job done right the first time. |
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Lane merges with Silver City Chiropractic |
| Dr. Tony Lane of Lane Chiropractic has joined Dr. Joseph Christman at Silver City Chiropractic, located at 3100 Bucklin Hill Rd., Suite 101. Drs. Lane and Christman can be reached at (360) 613-0430. |
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Pugh joins Kitsap Bank on Bainbridge Island |
Kitsap Bank announced the addition of Lisa Pugh to its commercial lending group. Pugh has been named senior commercial lending assistant and will operate from Kitsap Bank’s Bainbridge Island branch, where she will be providing support to the commercial loan officers.
Pugh has over five years banking experience, most recently as commercial loan assistant for Viking Bank. She holds a BA in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance and minor in speech communication from the UW.
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Dr. Brian Thornton joins
Larson’s dentistry practice |
| The practice of Dr. Eldon Larson announced the addition of Dr. Brian Thornton, who graduated from University of Washington School of Dentistry. Recently Drs. Brian and Jennifer Thornton have been traveling to local schools teaching children how to take care of their teeth through educational puppet shows. |
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Kurabi joins American Marine in Seattle |
Ned Kurabi has joined American Marine Bank as Vice President and Commercial Loan Officer. He will be based in American Marine Bank’s Seattle Office located at 1000 Second Avenue.
Kurabi has over 30 years banking experience, most recently as Senior Vice President at Asia Europe Americas Bank in the local and international markets. Kurabi will be concentrating his efforts on commercial banking in the Seattle area.
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Credit Union names new branch manager |
| Kitsap Credit Union has named Connie Rouse as its new PSNS branch manager. Rouse bring over 16 years of financial service experience to this position... (Full Article) |
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Leviton joins CFA Mortgage Professionals |
| Debbie Leviton joins CFA’s Bainbridge Island branch as a loan officer, specializing in helping people to make their dreams come true... (Full Article) |
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Poulsbo Chamber hires new executive director |
| The Greater Poulsbo Chamber of Commerce announced that North Kitsap’s Jim Martin has accepted the position as new executive director of the chamber. Martin fills the position that was vacated by Robert Ford at the end of July 2003... (Full Article) |
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Local business group elects new officers |
| The Silverdale chapter of BNI — Business Network Int’l, recently elected a new slate of officers for the upcoming year... (Full Article) |
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Two local women named to Girl Scouts board |
| Captain Carol Hoffman of Bremerton and Betsy Hollingsworth of Port Orchard were recently appointed to Girl Scouts – Totem Council’s board of directors. As members of the board, they will be responsible for assisting in policy making, financial management and strategic planning effort. |
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Nicks joins Silver City Chiropractic |
Silver City Chiropractic recently announced the addition of Megan Nicks as a chiropractic assistant.
Silver City Chiropractic can be reached at (360) 613-5711.
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Encore honors Employees
of the Month for February |
Sylvia Rosimo, a ward clerk, from Northwoods Lodge and Nancy Baker from Clarmont East has been selected as the Encore Communities’ Employees of the Month for February.
Both are valued members of the Encore Communities team.
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Henderson selected as Member of the Month |
The Bremerton Area Chamber of Commerce has named Robin Henderson as the Chamber’s February member of the month. Henderson, who owns Robin’s Office Machine Services, was recognized as an active participant in the Chamber’s recent Operation: Thank You, an event in which member volunteers visit other Chamber members and deliver the Chamber’s new community guide.
For more information, contact the Chamber at (360) 479-3579 or chamber@bremertonchamber.org.
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Bremerton Chamber executive director
earns IOM recognition |
| 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... (Full Article) |
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Kitsap Bank names Employee of the Quarter |
| What does it take to earn the designation “Employee of the Quarter” at Kitsap Bank? According to Jim Carmichael, bank president, “Dedication and commitment to excellence... (Full Article) |
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Frontier Bank announces pair of promotions |
| Lisa Hobbs has been promoted to assistant vice president and manger of Frontier Bank’s western region account services department. She began her banking career with the former North Sound Bank in 1996, joining Frontier Bank with the merger in July 2000... (Full Article) |
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Kitsap Credit Union names new loan officer |
| Kitsap Credit Union has named Lynn Morris as its newest loan officer. She brings over 19 years of mortgage lending experience to this position... (Full Article) |
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Kitsap Physical Therapy
& Sports Clinics adds staff |
Jason Kampf and Kimberly Matas are two new physical therapists — each with a doctorate in physical therapy — that have joined the staff of Kitsap Physical Therapy & Sports Clinics.
Kampf specializes in treating orthopedic problems at the Poulsbo Village office and Matas currently holds a certificate in manual therapy and is working with spinal problems at the Silverdale office.
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Two local winners at NW Flower & Garden Show |
The Classic Nursery & Landscape Company of Redmond was awarded The Founder’s Cup — best of show — at the 2004 Northwest Flower & Garden Show. Each of the Show gardens was judged on how well it achieved its own design objectives and on the quality of execution.
Elandan Gardens in Gorst received a Gold Medal and Susan Goetz Creative Gardener/Rosedale Gardens in Gig Harbor took Bronze.
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Hall takes helm at Finch Place Apartments |
| Linda Clinton Hall has been named manager of Finch Place Apartments, located on Bainbridge Island, according to Quality Management’s property manager, Susan Meyers. Reach Hall at (206) 842-0724. |
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Lee honored as Employee
of the Quarter by Allvest |
Terrance Lee has been named as Employee of the Quarter by Allvest Work Release, LLC, the services contractor at state-owned Peninsula Work Release in Port Orchard.
Known for his “can do” attitude and cheerful disposition, Lee received a certificate and cash reward. Honorable Mention was former employee of the year winner, Head Cook Mac Macaraig, who has been with the facility since its inception in 1996.
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Liberty Shores’ Stolhand receives
Activity Director of the Year Award |
| Carolyn Stolhand, activity director at Liberty Shores Assisted Living Community, was recently honored by the Washington State Association of Activity Professionals as “Activity Director of the Year 2003.” She has been activity director at Liberty Shores for almost seven years. |
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Two hire on with CleanSpace Northwest |
CleanSpace Northwest, the area’s crawlspace/basement encapsulation system company, announced the employment of two new representatives.
Laureen Miklian will be servicing Kitsap, Mason and Pierce county homeowners. She has been involved in the remodeling industry for nearly 20 years in San Diego... (Full Article)
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Besselievre joins Kitsap Bank IT department |
| Michael Besselievre, has joined Kitsap Bank as senior vice president/Chief Information Officer... (Full Article) |
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Encore Communities honors two employees |
| Encore Communities recently named its Employees of the Month for December and January... (Full Article) |
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Art Anderson Associates adds to design team |
| The Bremerton-based engineering firm of Art Anderson Associates recently announced the addition of structural engineer Adam Brockus, naval architect Paul Kotzebue, AutoCAD designer Bob Danskin, and network designer Todd Willis to the firm... (Full Article) |
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Local woman named 2nd VP of TOPS |
| Nancy Marasco of Manchester has been named 2nd vice president of TOPS Club Inc. (Take Off Pounds Sensibly). Marasco was first elected to the TOPS board in 2001. She currently serves at a regional director and can be reached at (360) 871-6120. |
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Raphael honored by Liberty Bay Auto Sales |
Liberty Bay Auto Centers has named sales professional Micah Raphael as its Employee of the Month for December. Raphael is outgoing, friendly, and very knowledgeable about his products and delivers excellent customer service.
Reach him at (360) 697-4066.
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