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SPECIAL REPORT - REAL ESTATE ON THE PENINSULA
Coldwell Banker/McKenzie involved
in cancer walk |
For the third year, Coldwell Banker McKenzie on Bainbridge Island is part of the Avon Walk For Breast Cancer. This two-day event will be held July 12 and 13.
Barb McKenzie and Kate Dean of Coldwell Banker McKenzie will walk 26 miles for Breast Cancer Awareness. With family, friends and Coldwell Banker staff afflicted, the McKenzie offices’ awareness of breast cancer is high. They are a major contributor to the event.
Donations may be made through Coldwell Banker McKenzie Associates, 337 High School Road NE, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110. Please make checks payable to: AVON Walk For Breast Cancer. |
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SPECIAL REPORT - REAL ESTATE ON THE PENINSULA
New expertise for RE/Max’s Adams |
Colleen Adams with Remax Unlimited, Bainbridge Island recently completed a luxury home marketing course offered by The Institute for Luxury Home Marketing held over the RE/MAX Satellite Network.
Adams is now provisional member of the Institute and will be awarded the designation of Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist once performance standards have been submitted and reviewed.
Adams may be reched by calling (206) 842-9232. |
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SPECIAL REPORT - REAL ESTATE ON THE PENINSULA
Windermere Real Estate donates $1000 |
| Sales associates and staff with Windermere Real Estate’s Kitsap Group offices recently teamed up with the Windermere Foundation to donate $1,000 to St. Vincent De Paul/St. Olaf’s Church. The money will be used to assist a single father with three children with emergency housing needs. |
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SPECIAL REPORT - REAL ESTATE ON THE PENINSULA
Plummer signs on with Washington Mutual |
William E. Plummer has joined the staff at Washington Mutual Home Loans in Silverdale. After working in the Seattle area market, he will serve as the Office Coordinator for the Silverdale branch.
Plummer brings four years of experience in the lending industry to the firm, including working in the prime and sub-prime markets. He has also served as a general mortgage broker. |
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SPECIAL REPORT - REAL ESTATE ON THE PENINSULA
Beam, Scheffer earn ASP designation |
Marlene Scheffer and Janice Beam with Realty Station Inc. have recently earned the designation of Accredited Staging Professional by successfully completing a detail course and examination. The ASP designation is a benchmark of true excellence in customer service for home sellers.
Scheffer and Beam are dedicated to the principals and practices of Staging and the many benefits this service will bring to their clients.
They can be reached at (360) 377-5699. |
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SPECIAL REPORT - GOLF
Canterwood, the enclave of the golf exclusive
Golf community has almost reached maximum capacity
By Temple A. Stark |
Canterwood Golf and Country Club has its own real estate company.
It also has a development company and is one of the Peninsula’s most exclusive golf courses, within a gated perimeter... (Full Article) |
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SPECIAL REPORT - GOLF
A roundup of peninsula area golfing facilities |
| Alderbrook Golf Course 300 Country Club Drive, Union (888) 898-2560 Course Pro: Ron Stull Alderbrook is an 18-hole, par 72 course. It is 6,326 yards long and is assigned a course/slope rating of 70.3/118. Weekday (Monday through Thursday) green fees are $32, $25 for Seniors... (Full Article) |
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SPECIAL REPORT - GOLF
Devotion for the game of golf
needed to continue from here
By Temple A. Stark |
Anyone with $10,000 and four hours a day to spare can begin their exodus into the game of golf. Fortunately, so can a working parent with $100 and a couple of hours to kill on a Wednesday afternoon.
The journey starts with ignoring all advice from friends... (Full Article) |
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SPECIAL REPORT - GOLF
Some unwritten rules of golf etiquette
By Stephen Kaczor |
| The first rule of golf is to look good. Ugly people are only allowed to play golf when accompanied by an attractive and fashionably dressed companion. Not only must you look good, you must be very, very quiet. Whispering is generally favored, especially whispering with a seductive and mysterious raspy-voice... (Full Article) |
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SPECIAL REPORT - GOLF
Golf and climbing walls seemed a natural fit
Rocket Golf pushes toward general family entertainment
By Temple A. Stark |
Next time you want to play golf, don’t forget the long rope, hooks and the carabiners.
Staff at Rocket Golf, also known as the Northwest Driving Range, will, however, be ready if you do. After all, their new climbing wall is meant to be fun for whoever has the moxie to try it... (Full Article) |
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SPECIAL REPORT - GOLF
Golf etiquette
Definition: ETIQUETTE: The conduct or procedure required by good breeding
or prescribed by authority to be observed in social or official life.
By Temple A. Stark |
First things first, golf is a religion. No one should forget that. A person would no more pick up an opponent’s ball on the course than curse in church.
Mild cursing on the golf course is OK, however, provided it’s whispered.
That’s one of the unspoken standards of golf etiquette. Golf is a game of rules, behind only baseball and jungle war strategy in their breadth and importance. Just ask the golf widows... (Full Article) |
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SPECIAL REPORT - GOLF
Putting green: a feel for trial and error
One gentle step toward getting in the game
By Temple A. Stark |
The gentle strokes at the putting green can make or break a day on the links.
Ideally, the speed of the ball on display there will also be a great indicator of how the course’s greens will play... (Full Article) |
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SPECIAL REPORT - GOLF
Technology invades the links
By Steve Littfin |
| Are you a frustrated golfer, unable to estimate distance with reasonable accuracy? Perhaps you’re cursed with an incorrigible slice or would be content to swap your golf and bowling scores? Fret not, for what you lack in skill or aptitude can in part be acquired through technology... (Full Article) |
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SPECIAL REPORT - GOLF
Harrison Foundation Golf Classic set |
| The Harrison Foundation Golf Classic is scheduled for August 9th at the Kitsap Golf and Country Club. There will be a 1:30 p.m. shotgun start for the 17th annual fund-raising tournament. Susan Caulkins, a member of the Harrison Hospital Foundation Board of Directors, is chairman of the tournament this year... (Full Article) |
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SPECIAL REPORT - GOLF
Some ideas to help you travel with your clubs |
| Invest in hard-sided travel cases. Some airlines now require a signed waiver of liability for damage to golf clubs that are checked as baggage unless they are in hard-sided cases... (Full Article) |
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SPECIAL REPORT - GOLF
Bainbridge Chamber sets Golf Scramble |
| Mark your calendars for the Bainbridge Island Chamber of Commerce’s seventh annual Golf Scramble. This year the Chamber board of directors decided to hold the event Thursday, Aug.21, at Wing Point Golf & Country Club, with a shotgun start at 1:00 p.m... (Full Article) |
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