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SPECIAL REPORT - HEALTHCARE QUARTERLY
Serving Clients With Grace
New home care agency sees serving customers
as the bottom line
By Rodika Tollefson |
| Kim Muniz knows first-hand how improper care can impact vulnerable elderly people. She says both her grandmother and her husband’s grandmother were abused while living in nursing homes, which contributed to their death. So when Muniz was faced with her next career choice, she decided to open her own home care agency... (Full Article) |
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SPECIAL REPORT - HEALTHCARE QUARTERLY
AWB poll finds people want private health care |
| Washington voters rank health care among their leading concerns, believe government must act to control costs, and want to keep the health care system managed by the private sector, not government. These are some of the results of a survey conducted for the Association of Washington Business (AWB) by Moore Information and Davis, Hibbitts and Midgehall... (Full Article) |
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SPECIAL REPORT - HEALTHCARE QUARTERLY
Harrison Medical Center steps up to fill the
void left by pediatric rehab program’s closure |
| The recent and unexpected closing of Puget Sound Therapy Services (PTST) in Silverdale has left 185 children and their families without critical physical, occupational, and speech therapy services. Harrison Medical Center announced it will step up and fill that void by expanding the pediatric rehabilitation program at its Silverdale campus... (Full Article) |
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SPECIAL REPORT - HEALTHCARE QUARTERLY
KPS Health Plans launches antifraud Web site |
| In an effort to fight health insurance fraud and cut consumer costs, KPS Health Plans has launched an antifraud web page. It is in conjunction with the Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner antifraud campaign... (Full Article) |
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SPECIAL REPORT - HEALTHCARE QUARTERLY
Group Health seeks members
for Board of Trustees |
| Group Health Cooperative is currently seeking candidates for three Board of Trustees positions, with elections slated for October. The application deadline is Friday, April 20... (Full Article) |
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SPECIAL REPORT - HEALTHCARE QUARTERLY
New developmental optometry practice opens |
| For people spending many hours a day working on a computer or processing paperwork, clear, comfortable vision is key to a productive day. Eyeglasses can help, but some adults and children struggle with eye coordination, focusing, or tracking issues that make reading, learning, and attention difficult... (Full Article) |
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SPECIAL REPORT - HEALTHCARE QUARTERLY
KPS honors 88 for longevity |
| More than half of the KPS Health Plans workforce was honored for employment tenure of a minimum of five years. Two employees, Nancy Koch and Terry Kennedy, were honored for more than 35 years of service... (Full Article) |
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SPECIAL REPORT - HEALTHCARE QUARTERLY
The Circle of Life:
Award-winning program helps patients, families
with end-of-life care
By Rodika Tollefson |
| In a youth-oriented culture, the topic of terminal illness and death is not a common discussion — even family members often have a difficult time talking to their loved ones about it. Yet families who face decisions about aggressive care options (procedures like feeding tubes and repeated surgeries to prolong life) may not know their loved ones’ true wishes if they didn’t talk about it before hand... (Full Article) |
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SPECIAL REPORT - HEALTHCARE QUARTERLY
Community, businesses gear
up for Relay for Life
By Rodika Tollefson |
| This June and July, people of all ages and walks of life from around the Greater Kitsap Peninsula area will come together for a common cause: to help find a cure for cancer. Relay for Life, a 24-hour event to raise funds for fighting cancer, is once again bringing the community together to celebrate hope, commemorate people who lost their lives to the disease, and help the future... (Full Article) |
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SPECIAL REPORT - HEALTHCARE QUARTERLY
St. Anthony’s groundbreaking set for April 26 |
| The new Gig Harbor hospital, St. Anthony’s, will break ground on April 26, about two years after the state approved the project. The groundbreaking will be marked by a variety of free activities for the public, from performances to a fun run, on April 28 and 29 in Gig Harbor... (Full Article) |
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SPECIAL REPORT - HEALTHCARE QUARTERLY
Kitsap alliance focuses on behavioral health
By Rodika Tollefson |
| An alliance of seven health, law enforcement and human services agencies established last year has been focusing on ways to improve mental health services in Kitsap. The Kitsap County Behavioral Health Alliance, which formalized its work last November by hiring a program director, has the mission “to develop a collaborative public/private system of accessible, comprehensive, coordinated behavioral health care in Kitsap County... (Full Article) |
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SPECIAL REPORT - GOLF & RECREATION
White Horse Golf Course set to open
By Amy Hager |
| It took over a dozen years of legal wrangling, but the long awaited White Horse golf Course near Kingston is set to open this month. Located just minutes from the Kingston ferry dock, with sandy soil to allow year-round play, the White Horse Golf Club will be attractive to many due to the five distinct sets of tees, great for couples or families with different skill levels, and fairways that deliver roll no matter the time of year... (Full Article) |
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SPECIAL REPORT - GOLF & RECREATION
A conversation with Ben Pecora
By Amy Hager |
| Hopefully by now Kitsap County knows about the Kitsap Sports Council, a branch of the Kitsap Peninsula Visitors and Convention Bureau (KPVCB), and its efforts to promote sports on the peninsula. Because of the large amount of opportunity with sports and the economic development of the community, Ben Pecora was named the director in August and ever since hasn’t had a minute to breathe... (Full Article) |
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SPECIAL REPORT - GOLF & RECREATION
Sk8town gives Kitsap kids and adults
more options for being active indoors
By Maura Hallam Sweley |
| It’s a common dilemma with parents. How do you keep your children occupied — and active — during the wet winter months in Western Washington? Up until recently there were not that many options in Kitsap County. But since October 2006, when the new Sk8town recreation center opened in the new Port Orchard Events Center building off Bethel Road, kids as well as adults now have a whole new range of options... (Full Article) |
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SPECIAL REPORT - GOLF & RECREATION
‘Boot camp’ gives women
a unique fitness approach
By Rodika Tollefson |
| For many people, getting up before 5 in the morning, then out into the elements, rain or shine, to exercise for an hour may not exactly sound like the idea of fun. Yet, many women like the opportunity to work out in a small group of like-minded women under the guidance of a personal trainer. And, according to Gig Harbor’s Ellen Earl, even night owls get over their initial resistance to a 5:30 a.m. session... (Full Article) |
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SPECIAL REPORT - GOLF & RECREATION
Fore! A good cause:
Golf tournament fundraiser season is gearing up |
| Spring has sprung here in Kitsap County, which means, among other things, that the busy golf tournament season will soon be getting underway. While not all tournaments that take place around the county serve as fundraisers, golf tournaments are an extremely popular means for raising money in this area... (Full Article) |
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SPECIAL REPORT - HEALTHCARE QUARTERLY
Simon-Kranz now offering clinical hypnotherapy |
| Carol Simon-Kranz recently announced that she is now offering clinical hypnotherapy to her ongoing practice in the North Kitsap Medical Center at 20730 Bond Road, Suite 200, in Poulsbo. Hypnotherapy has been found to be useful in weight release, smoking cessation, and pain management. Contact Simon-Kranz at (360) 697-5056. |
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SPECIAL REPORT - HEALTHCARE QUARTERLY
Local day health organization receives
national accreditation |
| CARF the Rehabilitation Accreditation Commission recently announced that Elder and Adult Day Services (EADS), located in Bremerton, Bellevue, Des Moines and Issaquah, has been accredited for a period of three years for its adult day health programs designed to keep elderly and older adults healthy, active, and independent in the community.
The accreditation represents the highest level an organization can attain and recognizes substantial compliance with over 700 national standards developed by CARF specifically for adult day services. To receive this accreditation, EADS endured a rigorous peer review process and demonstrated during a site visit that its programs, services, and business practices are of the highest quality, and based on superior standards of care.
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SPECIAL REPORT - GOLF & RECREATION
The first self-prescribed exercise
program specifically for golfers |
| For the first time, a golf exercise DVD has been devised to enable the golfer to assess his or her flexibility through a series of simple tests. Whatever joints or muscles are found to be inflexible, the appropriate corrective stretching exercise is demonstrated, creating a self-prescribed personal stretching program, crucially stretching only the regions of the body that require stretching. Additionally, a serious of ten strengthening exercises specifically for golfers is included.
The unique BodyGolf Exercise Program has been designed by Chartered Physiotherapist, Steven Harris and endorsed by client, Paul Broadhurst, European Tour and Ryder Cup player.
The DVD includes analysis of a full swing, showing why each region of the body region of the body needs to be flexible. It then shows how you can test whether you have sufficient flexibility. If you fail the test, it shows you how to improve. This combined with a Universal Golfers Strengthening Program completes a comprehensive workout, specifically for the golfer and, before long you will be driving the ball further and more accurately.
For more information, visit www.BodyGolf.co.uk.
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SPECIAL REPORT - WOMEN IN BUSINESS
Don’t play games when marketing to women
By Mary E. Weafer, Graham Communications |
| Male dominated perceptions have been the heart of marketing campaigns for years. In many industries, women have gone largely unnoticed, relegated to niche markets for cosmetics, household supplies, kids’ gear and clothing... (Full Article) |
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SPECIAL REPORT - WOMEN IN BUSINESS
Local women in banking a force
to be reckoned with
By Rodika Tollefson |
| Linda Smith, Kitsap Bank senior vice president/credit administrator, started her career in real estate as an escrow closer, and later received a real estate associates license and a limited practice officer license. She entered the banking field by being hired to handle builder banking relationships for First State Bank... (Full Article) |
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SPECIAL REPORT - WOMEN IN BUSINESS
Winifred Whitfield
Embracing the changes in her life
By Maura Hallam Sweley |
| Winfred Whitfield is a hard woman to keep up with. Her life is a series of passions that have overlapped and evolved, each time leading her in a slightly different direction... (Full Article) |
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SPECIAL REPORT - WOMEN IN BUSINESS
Local women who are making a difference
By Rodika Tollefson |
| Kitsap County has many women who are helping it make a better place to live and play — everyday heroines who are making a difference through their work or volunteer activities... (Full Article) |
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SPECIAL REPORT - WOMEN IN BUSINESS
On the rebound
Bremerton entrepreneur rebuilds business after crisis
By Rodika Tollefson |
| Located off the beaten path on Seabeck Highway, Country Nursery and Gardens has become a destination nursery. Visitors will find a tranquil location that mingles plant stock and water features, including a signature water wheel. A gift shop, landscaping and maintenance divisions complete the full-service nursery business, which is also home to Felix and Fritz, twin black cats who can be told apart by their personality — and a small patch of white fur... (Full Article) |
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SPECIAL REPORT - WOMEN IN BUSINESS
Grant Solutions:
Evolution of a home-based business
By Maura Hallam Sweley |
| For Kathleen Byrne-Barrantes, owner of Grant Solutions, starting a home based business was more of an accidental evolution than a planned event... (Full Article) |
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SPECIAL REPORT - WOMEN IN BUSINESS
Tucker receives national
Tow Women of the Year award |
| The Women of the Towing & Recovery Association of America (WTRAA) recently announced that the national Tow Woman of the Year Award recipient for 2006 is Stacey Tucker, owner of Bremerton-based Chico Towing... (Full Article) |
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SPECIAL REPORT - WOMEN IN BUSINESS
Taking the plunge:
Women embrace entrepreneurial freedom
By Rodika Tollefson |
| The trend of women-owned businesses has been growing over the last three decades, and each year more women are embracing the freedom, hard work — and for many, financial security — that comes with business ownership. The latest statistics show that about a third of American non-farm businesses are owned by women, a number that has been steadily grown... (Full Article) |
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SPECIAL REPORT - WOMEN IN BUSINESS
Two sisters bring old-time
Scandinavian traditions to Poulsbo
By Rodika Tollefson |
| Downtown Poulsbo’s Scandinavian flair doesn’t escape any new visitor — but when a Norwegian walks into the store and exclaims, “It’s like old Norway,” that’s an obvious compliment to a place that tries to capture the old traditions of the Scandinavian regions... (Full Article) |
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SPECIAL REPORT - WOMEN IN BUSINESS
Creating opportunities: These women
entrepreneurs looked beyond the usual
By Maura Hallam Sweley |
| It’s the dream of many to go out on their own, start their own business, be their own boss. And each year an increasing number of women are doing just that... (Full Article) |
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SPECIAL REPORT - WOMEN IN BUSINESS
Darlene Piper: mother, attorney, entrepreneur
By Maura Hallam Sweley |
| One thing that you could never describe Darlene Piper as is a slacker. A single mother, Piper attended law school at night with working during the day at a litigation law firm. She continued to work in civil litigation for four years after passing the bar, and then, in 1998, opened her own law firm so she could spend more time with her sons, who were 6 and 4 at the time... (Full Article) |
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SPECIAL REPORT - WOMEN IN BUSINESS
Kitsap Bank announces Silcott promotion |
| Kitsap Bank recently announced the promotion of Janet Silcott to marketing officer. She joined Kitsap Bank as marketing coordinator in 2004. “Janet has distinguished herself, consistently taking on greater responsibilities in the marketing department, and excelling in her role... (Full Article) |
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SPECIAL REPORT - WOMEN IN BUSINESS
NW WBC hosts Women’s Networking program |
The Northwest Women’s Business Center (NW WBC) will be offering the Women’s Networking for Entrepreneurial Training (WNET) in Kitsap four times. Each will take place on last Thursday of the months of April, June, August and October from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The training is open to all startup and established business owners. The cost is $25 pre-registration and $35 at the door. Discounts are offered to students, chamber and business association members at pre-registration.
Information and registration: infonwwbc@seattleccd.com or (425) 954-4040. |
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SPECIAL REPORT - WOMEN IN BUSINESS
Horizons Foundation provides support for YWCA |
| The YWCA of Kitsap County has received a $10,000 grant award from the Seattle-based Horizons Foundation. The grant will be used to support operating cost for the YWCA LIVE Legal Advocacy Program.
YWCA Executive Director Linda Joyce states that “support from foundations like the Horizons Foundation is so critical to our ability to support the needs of women and children in crisis.” Founded in 1990, the Horizons Foundation supports many human services and environmental causes.
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SPECIAL REPORT - RETIREMENT LIFESTYLES
Plan ahead before selling
your business for retirement
By Maura Hallam Sweley |
| Building a business is a labor of love for most small business owners, but there always comes a time when they are ready to retire. Much of a business owner’s net worth is often tied up in that business, and so many business owners choose to sell their business in order to finance the retirement lifestyle they desire... (Full Article) |
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SPECIAL REPORT - RETIREMENT LIFESTYLES
Have you talked to your parents
about their finances?
By Maura Hallam Sweley |
| There comes a time for many adult children when they are faced with the task of bringing up important, yet sensitive, financial issues with their aging parents. It’s not always an easy thing to do. Parents may feel that their financial affairs aren’t any of their children’s business. They may worry about sibling conflict over inheritances. They may not be prepared to address the inevitable feelings about mortality that such a discussion will stir up... (Full Article) |
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SPECIAL REPORT - RETIREMENT LIFESTYLES
Certified Senior Advisors
trained to better serve seniors
By Rodika Tollefson |
| Finding a new lawyer, accountant, financial adviser or another professional who is credible and trustworthy requires homework at any age, but it can be even more challenging for seniors, who face unique situations. The Society of Certified Senior Advisors was created to educate professionals from various industries on issues faced by seniors, and to offer credentials to those who complete the education requirement as well as uphold the organization’s code of ethics. The SCA designation can be used in any profession, and it is specifically geared to provide a broad look into all aspects of aging... (Full Article) |
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