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CONTINUING A LEGACY JENNY COHEN WAUCOMA BOOKSTORE
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By TRISHA WALKER Carmen Tuttle is no stranger to the Hood River business scene. She’s established a few herself, and her parents own and operate Nicholas Photography, a longstanding downtown staple. When she purchased Curves in January from former owner Julie Cantrell, it was her first time taking over an established business — and she’s found the process to be an interesting, challenging one. What’s helped: She was an eight-year member of Curves before becoming its owner, from 2001 until 2009, and had just rejoined in 2015 before learning Cantrell was selling the business; and her mother, Pam Bielemeier, also a longtime member (they joined together), comes three or four times a week to meet, greet and help clients. “The women here have so embraced her,” said Tuttle. “She’s been an integral part of making this happen. I have great team support — my parents are part of my everyday life.” Her interest in Curves stemmed from a desire to help women meet their fitness goals. “I love the idea of owning a business that offers such a beneficial service to women who value the importance of exercise,” she said. “It’s very gratifying to offer a service that has lasting benefits in the area of health, wellness, energy and attitude.” Clients range in age from 16 to 90, and consist of “busy working moms, some in professional fields, other business owners and some newly retired women.” But all share similar goals of maintaining a healthy lifestyle, strengthening muscles and bones, losing weight, decreasing body fat
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and/or sharing their successes in the Curves community. They also enjoy the women-only atmosphere, the clean and friendly environment, and the 30-minute circuit workouts. Serving clients is her favorite aspect of the business. New members receive three special coaching sessions on each of the 12 hydraulic exercise machines “to ensure they are getting the optimum workout benefits from each station,” as well as to help them become comfortable with using the machines. She offers Zumba classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and the Jillian Michael’s “Total Body Workout” videos every day. The Curves community is a strong one, she added, with women who enjoy not only working towards their fitness goals, but
sharing other aspects of their lives — it’s not uncommon to find women gathering after a circuit catching up with each other. In order to purchase the business, Tuttle was required to attend a week-long training session in Waco, Texas, learning how to become a personal trainer and how to use the machines, as well as the muscle groups each work. And she’s currently studying for her nutrition certificate through Cleveland Clinic — she expects to have it in August — that will allow her to “offer counseling on nutrition, diet and meal plans to our members in a program called ‘Curves Complete.’” Her daily responsibilities include helping clients, managing the office, scheduling appointments and taking online webinars “to keep up
with the latest fitness trends,” she said. While she’d never opened a fitness-related business before, all of her business and work experiences have been in the service sector — her “A Gorge Life” housecleaning business is in its 16th year, she’s previously worked as a realtor and wedding coordinator, and managed condos in Mosier for eight years, a position she just recently resigned. She and husband, Kevin, also manage a shipping and receiving department for KeNalu, an international stand up paddleboard company. While much of Tuttle’s time is structured around her businesses, she enjoys time with her family, which includes sons Nicholas, 8, Brycen, 6, and Ryder, 4 — “and all of their sports activities, dance
classes, and school functions.” She also volunteers in her son’s classrooms at May Street Elementary and is a member of the Sigma Phi/ Alpha Gamma community service sorority. Curves is open Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. until 1 p.m., and then again from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. For more information, stop by the center at 1108 12th St., suite B, on the Heights in Hood River, or call 541-386-6600.
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H Hood River Valley High S School c Athletic Secretary By BEN MITCHELL M Michelle ichelle Ja Jacobs has lived in Hood River her whole life been involved with either playing on, coaching, or and has bee supporting suppor ting llocal sports teams for just as long. As a longardent time ar dent supporter of Hood River Valley High School Jacobs couldn’t be happier in her role as athletic aathletics, thletics, Jac secretary secr etary ffor or HRVHS’ athletic department — a position she’s since 2003. she ’s held sin ““When When this job opened up, I was like, ‘Oh! That’s the perme,’” she says. ffect ect job ffor or m Ass the aathletic secretary, Jacobs is tasked with supportA thl ing A Athletic thletic Director Tom Ames, and has a litany of duties thatt help ma make sure that HRV athletics run smoothly. She tha keeps all the sports schedules up to date on the school’s network (which can be a real hassle in the spring when the net work (wh weather w eather fforces orc games to be rescheduled), orders buses for games through the district transportation departall the game ment, processes paperwork, makes sure athletes’ physicals men t, pr oce are date, ar e up tto o da t communicates with parents and coaches, hotel books hot el rooms for tournaments, maintains the facilcalendar, the activities calendar, and keeps track of ities calenda studentt elig eligibility. studen might as well be busy while you’re here,” she notes. ““You You migh Jacobs was Jac obs w a born and raised in Hood River, as were a lot many of whom are still in the area (Jaof her family — man parents ccobs’ obs’ par ent own Windmaster Market, right around the from school, and her brother manages ccorner orner fr om the high school married to Tyson Jacobs, who is also heavily it). She is mar involved sports, working as the general manager in volved in local spor ffor or IIndian ndian C r Creek Golf Course, as well as helping coach
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local baseball teams. They have three children: Tyler (24), Dylan (14), and Trevor (8). Jacobs says that sports “have always been a part of my life,” playing basketball and volleyball back in the days when the gym was always packed and HRV was a 4A school. “When I was in high school, pretty much all there was to do was come to volleyball games, basketball games. So the student section was always full,” she recalls. “The nice part was when I was in high school, everyone was pretty successful, so that could have been the reason, but also that was prior to all the stuff going on with windsurfing, kiting and mountain biking. Everybody is doing that kind of stuff now. It was just a little small town that the community
was involved in and everybody came to the games. It was a great time… We’re trying to get that more now here at the high school. We’re all trying to work on getting the kids here.” Jacobs graduated from HRVHS in 1989 but didn’t stay away from the district long, returning in the fall to work as a receptionist for Hood River Middle School. She answered phones and greeted people at the front desk, but also spent time coaching the school’s volleyball and boys and girls basketball teams. When she moved over to the high school, Jacobs also had a one-year stint as the assistant varsity girls basketball coach. In her time in the district as student, coach, and employee, Jacobs says one of the changes she’s noticed in sports is an increase in
specialization. “Athletes now, there are very few kids who play more than one sport. They’re more specialized,” she explains. “And we didn’t do stuff in the summertime like the kids do now. We showed up in August, played volleyball until it was basketball season… and in the summer, it was off. I think (athletes) have to be far more dedicated now than we were back then.” Nowadays, Jacobs is busy with her work and her children and doesn’t have time to coach (although she expresses a desire to return to coaching someday), but that doesn’t mean you won’t see her in the stands, cheering on HRV athletes. “When you get to know them here at school, you want to go watch them and see how the
team’s doing. The kids come in and say hi and say, ‘Are you gonna be at my game?’ So you kind of feel obligated,” she says with a laugh. “I think growing up here and working here, you become in love with a place. It really becomes part of your being. I love what I do.”
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By PATRICK MULVIHILL Trudi Klinger, owner of Mystic Mud, had no idea she’d become a professional artist — the pottery path found her, as did Hood River. Her journey began in the early 1990s with a scenic drive through the valley. She was a wandering, jobless art major — a “total gypsy” — traveling through the Columbia Gorge on a tourist’s whim. The idea of becoming a career craft person was a pipe dream. But when Klinger spotted a “for sale” sign at a house and shop in Odell, formerly the site of Jean’s Ceramics, she took a dive and asked to buy the property. To her astonishment, it fell within her price range. Finding the home clicked Klinger’s new life into place. In just one week, she knew where she wanted to live, found a career, and met her long-term boyfriend. “That week, my life came together,” Klinger said. “I was going to be here two weeks and that was 23 years ago. In other words I didn’t go back and I have no regrets.” Her career blossomed quickly. Klinger’s art — which evokes the bold colors and idyllic geography of the Hood River Valley — has been featured in galleries in every U.S. state, and art events around the nation. However, Klinger’s affection for her home made her circle back to Hood River after her grand tour. About 12 years ago, she opened her gallery downtown and began focusing purely on making art and running a business. Nowadays, Klinger splits her time between her picturesque home studio on a farm in Odell and a downtown art gallery at 104 Oak St., next to Hood River Hotel. At her studio, she works with Jim and other companions — or “distractions” — three dogs and a gregarious bunch of goats. Green hills and picturesque orchards frame the shop
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Rachel’s Corner By PATRICK MULVIHILL Rachel Goddin and Brenda Rodriguez know play like it’s nobody’s business. A team deal, Goddin owns Rachel’s Corner, working alongside her “right hand” and head teacher, Rodriguez. For the past 11 years the duo has teamed up at the Hood River day care, tucked away at Goddin’s home at Fifth Street on the Heights. Both are parents of two young
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children, and both feel that playing around is crucial to developing emerging minds. “We really believe that kids learn through playing … all the time (we’re) counting, singing and their heads are working,” Rodriguez said. “We’re kid directed,” Goddin said. She compared the children’s brains to “sponges” where even the simplest physical and mental activities get absorbed as a life lesson. The pair got their start in nannying and general babysitting, then they notched it up to a professional level. Goddin bought the property in 2005, which had also been a daycare in its past life, and started building a team with Rodriguez, who had been employed there since she started as a part-time worker out of high school.
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Over the years, Rachel’s Corner grew. The headquarters went through a series of upgrades, including splinter-free bark, soft tile areas and all manner of toys. The lively daycare consists of a roomy backyard playground and an indoor kitchen, office and play area. It now sees 16 kids a day, a total enrollment of 23, with a staff of about five including teachers and cooks. Students range in age from six months to four years old. The business operates yearround (expect for two vacations), with a focus on outdoor play during the summer and indoor activities during winter months. Rachel’s Corner’s primary goal is to prepare students for grade school in a social and developmental sense, not a strict curriculum. Hands on learning and activity
take center stage. Bikes and other toys are abundant — and sometimes the playground gets wild — but it’s all in good fun and there’s ample room to move around, Goddin explained. But if kids are playing in a productive way, teachers at Rachel’s Corner like to leave them in their element — that allows them to absorb new motor skills. “If they’re all doing great and engaged in an activity, we’re not going to disrupt that to bring them (inside),” Goddin said. Health is also an important factor at Rachel’s Corner. The daycare has its own kitchen, where cooks serve two wholesome homemade meals per today plus a snack. The daycare team feels like a family, according to Goddin and
Rodriguez. “We’re really lucky,” Goddin said of her team, and the low turnover. Some mainstay staffers have been with the daycare for years. Goddin and Rodriguez have considered expanding the program with older children, but for now they’re happy with the evenkeeled groove they’ve established. “I feel like we’ve been in business long enough that we’re comfortable … Brenda and I have worked together for 11 years and we’ve had our ups and downs, but overall she’s my right hand — we’re sticking this out,” Goddin said.
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White W h Salmon Post Office hit By ELAINE BAKKE A help w wanted anted e ad in a newspaper some 37 years ago changed the ccourse o of White Salmon Postmaster Sue Gross’ career. Gr oss’ car eer. After taking business courses in the 1970s, Sue was A fter tak ing b working legal w orking as a le eg secretary for $4 an hour when she came across acr oss a postall cclerk job in the paper. “I thought to myself work half the time I was working and still get the ‘I ccould ould w ork ha h amountt o of money’, so why not,” she said of her start. same amoun was hired Sue w as hir ed by the United States Postal Service on Feb. 10, 1979, and on o Feb. 18, 1979, her daughter was born. “During interview I asked if they knew that I was preg“D uring the in te nant, jokingly nan t,” she jok in ng said, adding “it didn’t matter.” seemed IItt only seeme ed natural after being raised in the Carson/ area SStevenson tevenson ar eaa that Sue start her career at Carson Post Office, where O ffice, wher e sh sshe worked for 10 years. She then worked aatt the SStevenson tevenso on Post Officer for two years before being transferred tr ansferred tto o th tthe downtown Portland Post Office, where worked she w orked as a business accountable representative. was given “I w as g iven a Thomas map and car and traveled from Castle Rock C astle R ock tto o FForest Grove, selling businesses the delivery pointt sequenc sequence poin e program,” she said of her time in Portland. lot of “neat details” during that time, includShe also had a lo Washington D.C. where she was one on a ing one out of W traveling to businesses trying to get them to tteam eam of 100 tr av switch from UPS swit ch fr om UP PS to USPS. TThen hen came tthe he great reorganization of the USPS and Sue was Portland Post Office. w as rriffed iff ffed ed out of o her position in the P Her boss aatt the e ttime told her of several postmaster posithe ti open in tion i th h area. So, she floated around the Portland he area taking postmaster jobs in Fairview, Estacada, Beaver ar ea tak ing po ost
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Creek and, even Carson. Keep in mind, Sue had been living in Carson during all these changes. She’d simply park a travel trailer and live in it while at work, returning home on her days off. So when a post opened up in Cascade Locks, she jumped on it and stayed there for nine years. “The people are really good there, but then we moved to Underwood,” she said. “And then a position came open in Lyle. The switch meant a 9 percent pay increase, no Oregon State taxes, and no driving the freeway during the winter,” she said. Sue was at Lyle for four years when the position for postmaster came open in White Salmon. She’s been in White Salmon for 10 years almost, exactly to the day, starting on July 14, 2006. To date, Sue has
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Buntings, Bun ting Inc. By B y LISAANN KAWACHI TThe he last 10 yyears e ha ears have ve gone b by really fast according to Judy M Mason, ason, who w ffor or the past 10 years has co-owned Buntings,, IInc. Bob. tings nc. with h her husband B o The two purchased the service that specializes ser vice shop th hat specializ es in tires, alignments, brakes from and rradiators, adiators, a decade ago fr o its former owner. started working part-time Judy star ted w orking par t-tim at Buntings in 1993 previous owner. under the pr evvious o wner. She worked three days a week bookkeeping secretarial tasks. “It was easier doing book kee eping and secr et said.. “I didn didn’t have to do any decision makback then,” she e said ’t ha ing..” A According Mason, when the previous owner wanting ccording g tto oM ason, whe approached her and asked if she wanted ed tto o rretire, etire, he e appr oached he business. until tto o buyy the bus siness. “Up un til tthat point, I had never even thoughtt aboutt o owning business,” said Mason. “The though wning this bu ever wanted own only things I ev ver w anted tto oo w were my home and car.” After giving thoughtt M Mason and her husband A fter g iving it some s though boughtt the bu business bough usiness in 2006. With purchase business, Mason’s job now came W ith the pur c chase of the business managerial aspectt as w well. with a manager erial aspec e She became the office manager.. A According Mason, manager ccor o ding tto oM ason, that tha means taking care of anything everything thatt h has to do with the office. an ything and ev erything tha “Bookkeeping, handling,, sscheduling – I do it all,” she “B ookkeeping, cash handling said.. TThis involves which includes said his also in nvolves full cycle cycle accounting ac taxes, payroll, payable accounts receivable. tax es, pa yroll, ac aaccounts counts pa yable and ac Being office Mason busy and that’s B eing the offic ffice manager keeps M how exactly where she wants to be. “I tell just ho w she likes kes it and e xactly wher guys, office) myy area,’ ” she said. “They don’t the guy s, ‘‘This This (the offic e) is m want anyy par partt of anyway, don’t want any part in w ant an o it an yway, just like I don car.. TThey don’t getting under a car hey don ’t want me out there. I don’t have clue. want drive. The guys h ha ve a clue l .Iw ant tto o gett in i a car and just dr there shop)) ar are that make that happen.” out ther e (in the he shop e the ones tha M ason said she he doesn ’t rreally eally think of herself as a business Mason doesn’t
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owner. Instead she says, “Well, I have to go show up to work somewhere. It’s great showing up at your own place. You have to put in 110 percent if not more, to keep the doors open and to make your business succeed.” When asked if being a female owner in a male dominated business was difficult, Mason said the only real challenges were in the beginning and those challenges had more to do with being a new business owner than being female. “Being an owner is when you have to prove yourself,” she said. “Before, I was working under someone so it wasn’t an issue. It took a couple of years for us to prove we’re fair, honest and going to be here — once you’ve shown people you’re reliable and that if they have a problem, you’re going to fix it. After the first couple of years it’s
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never been a problem.” At times customers have come into the shop and Mason said they initially questioned her role as one of the owners/managers. “They sometimes don’t really believe you are the owner.” When this happens, Mason said she remains calm and confident. “I treat them fairly,” she said, “and when people get to know you — they know they can trust you.” “Everyone wants to be perfect,” said Mason. “Well, you can’t be, but you can come close. I strive to be organized and on top of things. That’s my method.” Mason instills this method into all the professional aspects of her life. As well as managing and owning Buntings, three years ago Mason also started a sideline cupcake business. “When I have slack time
from Buntings, I want to fill that time with something fun and different.” Hence her cupcake business “Cupcake Parade” was born. “I enjoy baking,” she said. “It’s fun to be in the kitchen, to explore different recipes and decorate.” Her business partner to the end, Bob acts as the taste tester for Mason’s creations. “He loves that,” Mason said. “He says someone’s got to do it.” According to Mason, Cupcake Parade has kept her pretty busy as she usually fills orders in the evenings and on the weekends. “When I do something, I want to do my best, whether it’s cupcakes or right here at Buntings,” said Mason. If Buntings and cupcakes weren’t enough to keep her busy, a year ago the Masons also starting growing garlic commercially at their home. “I guess I chose it because I
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Waucoma Bookstore By TRISHA WALKER You might say that Jenny Cohen stole husband Muir’s retirement dream of owning a bookstore. No, wait — that’s what Muir says. “Muir always said he would purchase a bookstore when he retired. He likes to say I stole his dream,” Cohen jokes. The couple purchased Waucoma Bookstore from Sally LaVenture eight years ago, but the store has been open for much longer than that, as it will celebrate its 40th anniversary in October. It’s a bit of a downtown landmark. “I love that I can be talking to a stranger in Portland and they know exactly where the bookstore is located — and many of them have already been to the bookstore,” said Cohen. “It’s great to be located in downtown Hood River,” Cohen said. “You meet so many interesting people, whether they just hopped off the train and are wandering around or are from overseas and are enjoying the beauty of the valley.” At Waucoma, she’s responsible for bookkeeping and payroll, as well as ordering toys and gifts, marketing through social media, coordinating events and helping customers. With Muir, she shares the duties of ordering books. She’s also on the Booksellers Advisory Council for the American Bookseller Association, the national trade association for booksellers made up of 25 council members who serve a two-year term. Owning a bookstore was not on the couple’s radar initially — it was more of a dream for later. The two were living in Beaverton, where she worked as a financial analyst at Bonneville Power Administration and he was a software
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engineer at Electro Scientific Industries, tentatively making plans for a move back to Hood River, Muir’s hometown. “Our original plan was that I was going to work with Muir’s dad, Ron Cohen, at his business Middle Mountain Tax Services, since I have a business and finance degree and I’m licensed as an enrolled agent and tax consultant,” she said. “We weren’t sure what Muir was going to do. “Around that time, Sally LaVenture sent out an email to family and friends saying she was ready to retire and was selling Waucoma Bookstore,” she continued. “Several family and friends forwarded the email to Muir, and we figured it was the perfect time to jump on it since we were moving back … I only worked at Middle Mountain Tax Services for one season. We realized that both of us needed to be at the bookstore. Plus working with books is a lot more fun.” Although during tax season, you can find Muir helping out at Middle Mountain Tax Services. Her favorite part about owning a bookstore are the people she’s met. “The people in the bookselling industry are very supportive,” she said. “We’ve gotten to know other booksellers and publishers in the Pacific Northwest, and also across the U.S. at various trade shows and conventions. I love that any time I have a question about something, I know I can email, call or text a fellow bookseller who will give me
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“What’s been nice about my move to the Gorge is that I’ve been able to throw my heart and soul into treating the kinds of things I like to treat, like athletic injuries,” she said. Nobbs has practiced with Tim Foley since moving to Hood River from Canada in 2006. They have a shared connection — special post graduate training in manual therapy and biomechanics. “I figured he’d appreciate my skill set,” she said. What most people don’t know about physical therapy is that they often don’t need a doctor’s referral to seek treatment. “Maybe you have a movement problem, or you can’t sit as long as you want — you can access PT care, and hopefully get care without having to take that extra step (of seeing a doctor first),” she explained. She’s also found that people wait too long before addressing a problem. “If you address movement problems when they’re mild, they’re much easier to treat with significantly fewer treatments than if you go a long time and end up compensating for that injury,” she said. Her advice: If something is bothering you, seek treatment sooner rather than later. Nobbs sees PT as “a great adjunct treatment” with other therapies, such as acupuncture, chiropractic and massage. “I used to practice acupuncture in Canada in conjunction with PT,” she said. While she doesn’t practice here, “because of my acupuncture background, I often have patients doing whitesalmonenterprise.com
both treatments simultaneously.” In fact, they have an acupuncturist on staff — Wendy Foley, Tim’s wife. Because her caseload continually fluctuates, Nobbs is able to take new patients, although sometimes it takes a week or two before she can get someone in. Nobbs has always had an interest in medicine, although she took a few turns before settling on PT. She thought she would be a veterinarian as a teenager, “but I changed my mind the first time I volunteered at the vet clinic and we had to put a dog to sleep.” So her thoughts turned to medicine, but “I realized in my late teens that in order to be a doctor, that’s a lot of years of education, and your job ends up being your life.” She didn’t want that, either. She had no idea what a PT was or did, but met a women on her hockey team (“I’m Canadian,” she said by way of explanation) who was a physical therapist and invited her to job shadow. “That’s how I found out what they did, and that would be my path. The only blip — I did a few years in general science with a major in genetics,” she smiled. “I worked in a genetic research lab one summer and was so bored. It sounds exciting, but counting bacteria is pretty tedious — there wasn’t enough social interaction to keep me happy. “I have not regretted my decision whatsoever, and I still love my job.” Nobbs can be reached at Tim Foley Physical Therapy, 1700 12th St., Suite C, at 541-386-9735. For more information about bike fitting, visit gorgebikefitter.com.
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In Sanskrit, Kula means community; in Hawaiian, it means open field of learning. It is with those thoughts that chiropractor Katie Kula treats her patients at Kula Chiropractic Sports and Wellness Center in White Salmon. “I like to meet my patients where they are in their journey of health and focus on them getting back to their goals,” said Dr. Katie, noting those goals can be as simple as gardening to something as strenuous as kiteboarding. It is also how she got into the field of chiropractic in the first place. “I was inspired to become a chiropractor after suffering a back injury while playing volleyball in high school. I went to my hometown chiropractor and his adjustments got me back on the court,” she said. “I knew I wanted to pursue a career in healthcare, and after that experience, I realized it would be a good fit for me, allowing me to combine my passions for exercise, nutrition and natural health.” Katie grew up in a small, picturesque town -- Hermann, Mo. -- on the Missouri River, similar to White Salmon. After graduation, she attended Missouri State University where she earned her Bachelor of Science degree in sports medicine/athletic training. From there she attended Logan University’s College of Chiropractic in St. Louis, Mo., where she earned her Doctor of Chiropractic diploma, cum laude. During her four years at Logan, Katie met her future husband Dr. Joe Kula. Katie worked alongside her hometown chiropractor for a year while Joe finished at Logan. Joe’s senior internship in Portland, Ore, led both doctors to the Pacific Northwest, where they got associate positions at
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a sports medicine clinic in Seattle, under the direction of Dr. Jim Kurtz, team chiropractor for the Seattle Seahawks. ““That experience was a huge stepping stone in both our careers,” said Dr. Katie. “We gained from the knowledge he shared from that elite level and that integrative approach; we learned how to work with sports athletes better and, in turn, helped us with treating the general population too.” After working with Dr. Kurtz for four years, the couple were ready to be their own bosses. “The energy of the Gorge was calling to us,” Katie said. The couple had been coming to the Gorge on getaways – enjoying the area’s hiking, skiing, and wineries and breweries. They were engaged here and married at Husum Highlands B&B.
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and deliver. Many women appreciate having the option to have a female chiropractor.” “I literally have a patient who is 1-years-old and one who is 93, and everything in between,” she said. Types of injuries seen by Dr. Katie include carpal tunnel, knee injuries, hip arthritis, rotator cuff injuries, headaches, sciatica, neck and lower back pain, and whiplash, to name a few. That doesn’t mean the Kulas have all the answers, however, referring out for such things as X-rays, MRIs, or other health issues. In her spare time, Katie loves to hike, ski, read, and visit wineries. She also loves to travel, having been to five of the seven continents and all four oceans. She travels back home to Missouri quite often too, visiting her parents, four
sisters and brother, and her six nieces and nephews. And, of course, she loves spending time with her husband Joe, who is her best friend and business partner. Katie and Joe hope to raise a family in the Gorge, but right now, their business is their baby. One of Katie’s other passions is coaching volleyball for the Gorge Juniors Club team. “I’ve been influenced by other strong women in my life: my mom, my sisters, my high school volleyball coach, my female chiropractic mentors and colleagues,” she said. “That’s one of the reasons I volunteer as a coach; I hope to be a role model for these young ladies. Not only teach them how to play volleyball, but inspire them to be strong, successful women in the future,” she said.
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Melika M elika swim swimwear wear and a activewear By B y KIRB KIRBY Y NEUM NEUMANN-REA ANN-R As As a businesss owner, ownerr, Melissa Melissa TTokstad okstad has far less time tto spend at at her passion p for for being in the w water, but she knows every every day day that that the clothing she sells is helping her customers enjoy outdoor pursuits. enjoy the rivers rivers or lakes, lakes, or other o Tokstad Tokstad opened open ned Melika, Melika, her Oak SStreet tre boutique, in October tober 2005, and and through through the ups and downs of owning a business has retained her love retained e love of the water, w She purchased business,, a popular store purchase ed the Kerrit’s Kerrit’s business for Kerri Kent of Kerrit’s, and for swim and active ac a tive wear, wear, from from Ker ri K rechristened name. rechristened itt with her Hawaiian Hawaiian nam “Kerrit’s thought it would be “Kerrit’s was was a play play on Kerri, Kerri, and I th good to said. She still has the “Meto make it ‘Melika’ ‘Melika’,” TTokstad okstad said lika” lika” mini-license mini-licen nse plate plate her husband, husband, Kevin Tokstad, gave her during during a trip trip to to the islands. islands. The The Hawaiian Hawaiian n idea is imbued in the spirit of a store devoted they can wear voted to to equipping equip pping women women with clothing clo for for workouts workouts or o just hanging hanging out. out. “I was because they was a sailboat sailb boat racer racer and found found Kerrits K had lots of items item ms that that wore wore well well under und wetsuits,” Tokstad said. said. “I was was a fan. faan.” Tokstad, Tokstad, a Maine Maine native native who grew grew up sailing, worked for Nike and got married Nike as a product product line manager in 2006 2 that that summer. summer. “The Maine, and I was “ The wedding weddin ng was was in Kennebunkport, Kennebunk talking who has a talking with maid m of honor Erin Erin O’Connell, O’C house here here (Hood (Ho ood River), River), while we we were sailing in my dad’s boat boat the day day before b ore the wedding bef wedding and a she said Kerrit’s was closing, closing, and I said, said s , ‘that’s ‘that’s terrible’ terrible’ but b then thought, ‘maybe not. nott.’” For Melissa and For two two weeks weekks on European European honeymoon, hon
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Kevin talked extensively about the idea of buying the store: “How would we do it, and what would it take,” Melissa said. “We both had good jobs in Portland. That was mid-July and by September it was a done deal.” “It has been hard, but not as hard as starting all on my own. I started out with an existing store, which was better,” she said. Two years after buying it, and expanding to Bend, the recession hit, and Melika had to adjust. Tokstad closed the Bend store to save the Hood River one. “It was not easy. It was brutal at times,” she said. Her bookkeeper left, giving her the option of hiring a new person or taking on the bookkeeping to save money. “I knew how to do it, I’d looked over their shoulders
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enough, and decided to do the books myself.” She found it helped her to better focus on the store. “It gave me a good look at everything that was going in and out,” she said. “When someone else is signing the checks, it’s easy to ignore what’s happening. It forced me to make hard decisions about the store. I still do my own taxes, but I probably should give that role to someone else. “Around that time we started taking on other lines, previously it had been only our style, but bringing in other lines helped to have that diversity,” Tokstad said. “A lot of my lines did well and we would add more to fill the space that didn’t do as well,” she said. She designs her clothing, with help from the Portland firm Creative Capital Design, and the piec-
es are cut and sewn in Hood River and Portland. “It’s a good time to work with some else and have their input,” she said. “Creative Capital has worked with Nike and Tommy Hilfiger, so it’s a bit of a stretch for them to work with me,” she joked. Self-manufacturing is more cost-effective but buying other lines means “not as deep an inventory commitment,” she said. “I’ll come with a concept, and work with pattern maker Maeling Kiyokawa, and working with a design firm gives me more inspiration. “The whole concept behind Melika was taking fabrics commonly used for working out and translating them to styles you can wear every day,” she said. She’s adjusted to long hours
since becoming a business owner and a mother. “I feel like customers have changed with me, that the customers are a reflection of me. It’s a good place for active moms,” Tokstad said. She said she is proud to be among the many women owners up and down Oak Street. However, it’s a long ways from what she envisioned doing while in college. Tokstad attended the women’s only Smith College in Massachusetts, studying classical languages and anthropology. “I’m surprised I’m not an archeologist,” said Tokstad, now the mother of “two amazing kids”: Carson, 6, a first grader at Westside, and Lily, two-and-a-half, who will attend Bright Beginnings preschool.
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If you’ve bought a home in the Columbia River Gorge in the past couple decades, there’s a decent chance that Kim Salvesen-Pauly might have had a hand in the process. Salvesen-Pauly is the owner of Windermere Glenn Taylor Real Estate — the largest real estate firm in the Columbia River Gorge — and has a real estate career in the Gorge that spans over 20 years. As someone who helps people find their dream homes, Salvesen-Pauly says that her job is “to spread joy,” although her job duties at Windermere consist of plenty other tasks as well. “I am in charge of the overall operation of the business, start to finish. Though I have the best people in every position, it is important to me that I can do every single one if we get into a bind,” she explains. “So one day, I may be helping out on the front desk and the next I may be covering floor in a different location; I will do whatever it takes to support my agents and staff. Each weekday, except Friday, we have an office meeting in one of our locations and then a property tour. I meet with agents regarding transactions and marketing and I review file documents to the tune of about 2,500 a month with the help of my best friend, Kim Chadney, who is in charge of broker development. Every day is different and I love it that way.” Salvesen-Pauly currently lives in Carson with her husband, Rick Pauly, who owns Stave Designs and co-owns Windermere Property Management Columbia River Gorge with Salvesen-Pauly, where he is in charge of business development. She has two children: Rachel, 29 (who is in charge of advertising and marketing for both the real
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estate and property management companies as well as serving as the office manager for the Stevenson branch), and Michael, who passed away in 2010. Though she currently lives in Carson, Salvesen-Pauly recently sold her house and is in the process of building a new house in Stevenson, where she grew up, graduating from Stevenson High School in 1985. She got interested in real estate from an early age, noting that her father was a real estate attorney and “I was always fascinated with his work.” Her father was also the prosecutor for Skamania County and owned Skamania County Title Company. Her mother was the head of the county’s election department. Her aunt and uncle also owned a Windermere real estate office in Seattle “and I admired
them for their lifestyle and business approach,” she says. After graduating from Stevenson, Salvesen-Pauly attended Western Washington University, majoring in Political Science and was also enrolled in the pre-law program. Her educational background included business and contract law (helpful in the real estate industry), and Salvesen-Pauly says she still maintains an educational goal of obtaining a law degree at some point. Salvesen-Pauly first began her real estate career in the Gorge in the early 1990s before moving to the Oregon Coast, where she managed a couple real estate offices that had multiple branches. After about 10 years living on the coast, Salvesen-Pauly returned to the Gorge in 2005 where she worked as risk manager for Windermere
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Glenn Taylor Real Estate as well as principal broker and sales manager for the Hood River and The Dalles offices. Two years later, she took over as owner of the Hood River office after Glenn Taylor retired after more than 35 years. A few years after that, Salvesen-Pauly expanded the business, acquiring the Bingen, Stevenson, and Goldendale offices (the latter of which Salvesen-Pauly closed) to create the largest real estate firm in the Gorge. In the time that she’s been in real estate, Salvesen-Pauly has seen plenty of changes in both the Gorge and the business. She says that she’s witnessed a trend in people moving to smaller areas in the Gorge that were once seen as undesirable. She’s also seen an increase in people from Portland selling their homes as market prices
soar in the metro area, then buying homes in the Gorge to commute to the city. On the business side, Salvesen-Pauly says that it is moving faster than ever now and though technology has made it easier to adapt to that speed, “there is a need more than ever to maintain interpersonal relationships. There is no substitute for the face-to-face contact and the need to be able to actually speak with someone to discuss the facets of your real estate transaction.” One thing that hasn’t changed, though, is Salvesen-Pauly’s love for what she does. “I love everything about my job,” she says. “The challenges, the success, the fun, the business strategy, and mostly the people I come in contact with every day and those who surround me.”
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paddock p add Paddock’s P a addo ck’s A Appliances p and Mattresses Mattr By B y KIRB KIRBY Y NEUM NEUMANN-REA A
Lorna Lorna Paddock Paddo ock is right right at at home, home in both a bright showroom room or dusty dusty trail. trail. As and Mattresses, As an owner owner of Paddock’s Paddock’s Appliances Appli Paddock as the main Paddock relishes relish hes the customer customer interaction in sales person for for o the business she owns with her husband, Rod. Rod. When is horses: she owns When not working, wor o king, her main passion pa two two and is boarding boaarding a third, third, and she s enjoys trail riding as well well as helping g friends friends with ranch ranch needs, by tending cattle at at spreads spreads in Washington Washington state. state. Lorna from his parents, Lorna and Rod Rod o purchased purchased the business p b Russ and Betty Betty Paddock, Paddock, as part part of o a series of iterations and locations locations the t Heights Heights anchor business has gone through through over over the t years. years. While of appliance and While Lorna Lorna estimates estimates that that the world w mattress mattress sales might might be 75 percent percen male, it’s a job she loves loves and recognizes recog o nizes that that women, women who make most of the appliance working with appliance decisions, deciisions, feel feel most comfortable co another woman. womaan. “They to understand,” “ They know know another woman woman is going g Lorna Lorna said. said. Herr sister, sister, Debbie Debbie Popp, Pop handles books and serves serves as back-up back-up - sales person. “I like being with w the people. people. I find fi it’s helped in the business, business, since since I do all the ordering, orderin it helps me to be on the floor so I can needs better,” Lorna caan understand peoples’ peo said. said. She grew owned by her parents, grew up p on the dairy dairy farm farm o Donna Portland Road. She Donna and d Edwin Edw dwin i “Cap” “Cap” King, King i , on P graduated from from m Hood River River Valley Valley High School in 1981 and graduated attended school scho ool for for a while before befor Russ and Betty asked attended
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them to start up a new business: Paddock Video, in 1983, It was the first video store in town, and after a few years they also sold Maytag appliances at the same location, on Belmont (in what is now Columbia Gorge Veterinary Clinic and Tropical Illusions). That building, and the Belmont and 12th/13th intersection, has changed over the years. Meanwhile, the Paddocks added RV sales and wood stoves to the mix at its then main store in the old Byers Motors building (now the Expertec/Mercado Guadalajara building), a few blocks south of the current Paddock’s, all part of what was a multi-faceted and changing set of enterprises for the company during the 1970s and 1980s. In 2016, with appliances and mattresses the two-pronged store approach, “We’ve stuck to what we know,” she said. Russ Paddock happened in and said, “Over the years we’ve managed to go with the flow.” Lorna said the recession in the previous decade was “a really tough time,” but they weathered it thanks to loyal customers. The Paddocks purchased their current property, at 12th and C streets, in 1993, consolidating its efforts there, first as Paddock Appliances and Electronics (which the soon-to-be-changed sign still reads.) They also got out of the satellite sales business a few years ago. It is now Paddock Appliances and Mattresses, reflecting the shift to bedware the business made a few years ago. Their store was formerly Hackett’s Appliance, owned by the late Larry Henningstad. What had been a sleepy appliwhitesalmonenterprise.com
ance store is now a dealer in sleep. “We got out (of videos) at the perfect time,” as DVDs came into vogue, Paddock said. They sold their tapes individually, and the proceeds paid for the remodeling of what is now the mattress showroom. At the time it was still electronics, but that arm of the business was volatile, with prices and rises falling with the stock market, and when the store’s national buying group offered a mattress sales program to small dealers, the Paddocks retooled, and sell Serta exclusively. (Two laminated images of the cuddly Serta sheep have a prominent place on her office wall.) “We took out the TVs and put mattresses on the floor, but it was a learning experience. There’s lots of technology to mattresses,” Paddock noted, adding that varying types of mattresses — memory foam, spring, and hybrids — continue to change, so there is always something new to learn. Paddock said the store itself is “a place to learn — we teach people about appliances. We don’t just want to sell them something and get them out the door. I’m not happy if I’m not sure they know all about their purchase and it’s not the exact thing they need in their home. “I like when they do a remodel and we can help them with the whole project.” “We have a great crew, our best ever,” she said. With Rod and Lorna on staff are Marilyn Nichols, service manager; Debbie Popp; Tyler Linville, delivery; Dwight Nichols and Jeremy Shuler, service technicians; and Frank Levin, installer.
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“Happy” is the perfect theme song for Juliet Pouillon – wife, mother, CFO and co-owner of Domaine Pouillon winery, farmer, and Skyline Hospital Board member. “I’m really happy. I feel so lucky to live here, have this magical life on this winery. My life is fun, my employees are amazing. Life has been good to me,” she said. Living in the Gorge and owning a winery is definitely not what Juliet set out to do with her life when she was studying at Oregon State University. “I was going to be the world’s greatest director,” Juliet said of her studies in communications and stage craft. While going to school, she was also working as a chef. “It’s amazing how that education fed into my current job. I’m doing all this because it feels like what I was meant to do. I’ve done a lot of things, but they lead back to all of this – the winery, the tasting room … ,” she said. Juliet’s entrance to Gorge wine, wineries and vineyards began in 2005 when she was introduced to her husband, Alexis Pouillon, by their respective parents. On their second date, just after Alexis had bought property in the hills above Lyle, the couple crushed grapes. “It was a mind blowing, fun thing,” she said. “I thought I could do this for the rest of my life.” Juliet explained that Alexis was working as a vineyard manager in Sonoma Valley, Calif., when he decided he wanted to own his own winery. “When Alexis saw this property with the wild grape growing on the front of the property (the grape he calls the “mother vine”) and the windmill that pumps all our water, he felt a uniqueness here.” And, so began Domaine Pouillon at 170 Lyle Snowden
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Road. The name coming from domaine, which when used in association with wineries means estate in French; and Pouillon, the couples last name – thus Pouillon Estate. Although the winery sources 75 percent of its grapes, the Lyle vineyard produces about 3.25 tons of grapes annually. “We’ve been dry farming our grapes, which focused on the roots initially and then on the grapes. Although the winery has a capacity to produce 3,500 cases of wine, it’s currently only producing 2,500. In addition, the whole property is certified Biodynamic®, which is the highest international certification of organic and humane farming. “We’re still small, but it allows us to give everything a personal touch. For us, it’s all about integrity. Our job satisfaction comes from
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being the creators of the wine, from the soil to the bottle,” she said While Alexis manages the vineyard and produces the wine, Juliet is responsible for managing the winery business, overseeing activities in the tasting room which is open Thursday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., bookkeeping, and on-line sales and shipping. Currently, the winery produces 11 different Rhône-style blends and sells to consumers throughout Washington and Oregon. The winery also has distributors in Washington, D.C., New York, Florida and Virginia. It ships to customers in 33 states. “If it’s not wine making, it’s what I do,” she said of her job. Since the couple lives on site, that means working from home while raising a family. The couple
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have two small children – Jean Pierre who is 4-and-a-half and Genevieve who is 2-and-a-half. “My first job is mom. But both our parents worked at home, so it’s normal to be working at home. It’s the model we grew up with,” Juliet said. As a mom, Juliet loves sewing and making clothes for her children. She also quilts and is an organic gardener. “I’m following in my mom’s footsteps. She raised us being a seamstress.” As if that weren’t enough, Juliet ran for a seat and was elected to serve on the Skyline Hospital Board of Directors last fall. “Serving on the Skyline Hospital board is fascinating. I didn’t expect it to be as exciting and interesting as it is. This is a new enterprise for me and I’m lucky to be working
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with this board. The members are really concerned about the community and its health.” Prior to serving on the Skyline Hospital Board, Juliet served on the Lyle Community Council and has been an active Grange member. “Everyone should do some type of public service,” she said. Today, 10 years after crushing the first grapes, Juliet feels the winery is just where the Pouillon family wants it to be. “Hitting the 10-year milestone has caused us to look back and give ourselves a high five,” she said. “I’m struck by the people I meet, small business owners and entrepreneurs, people who realize to live and thrive here you’ve got to make your own way.
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Indian Creek F Family amiily E Eye ye C Clinic linic By KIRBY NEUM NEUMANN-REA A ANN-REA Rebecca Chown frames her work work as an eye eye doctor doctor as fulfilling and challenging. She is ”owner and lone doctor” doctor ” of o Indian Indian Creek Creek Family Family Eye Clinic, a well-lit, warm office office at at 12th and Pacific Pacific furfurnished with plenty of reclaimed aimed wood wood designed designed to to put patients, staff, and the doctor ease.. ctor herself, hersselff, at at ease That, and Griffin the Labradoodle, radoodle e, who is always always ready ready to to ease the tension for youngsters gsters who ho are are scared scared of getting an eye exam. “Historically, optometry was was dominated domina minated by by men, and that trend has shifted,” said Chown, optometry d Cho wn, n, the only opt ometry owner in Hood River County. nty. “Now there are lot more women, women, more more women women than men graduating from optometry ry schools, schoo ols, and it goes back to to the lifestyle factor, and so many many different different areas areas of optomeoptometry: so many options that provide owning provide that tha t t flexibility flexibility of o wning your own practice.” Chown, a Portland native, e, settled d in the Gorge Gorge in June 2006, working for another clinic before bef efore establishing ICFC in April 2011. “Starting one cold was not the smartest smartest thing, thing, but ccerertainly rewarding,” she said,, citing long, long ong, crazy crazy hours. hours. “I love what I do. I think we here, we have have a great great team team her e,” she said. “When I opened the practice, practice, I designed designed it with a very warm comfortable feel. byy R Rosemary el.” She iss assisted assisted b osemary Shephardson, insurance filling; lling; Angie Angie Pease, Pease, office office managmanager, optician; Rachel Bell, technician; Plummer, chnician; n; and Jennifer Jennifer P lummer, patient care coordinator. Chown attended Pacific University Universit ity in Forest Forest Grove, Grove, earning her optometry doctorate ctorate in 2003. Chown Chown was was orce in 2001 and went went directly directly commissioned in the Air Force
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from school tto from o ser service v e aatt a base in vic Montgomery, M ontgomery, A Ala., la un la., until til June 2006. 2006 “I always always kknew new I w was as going tto o be in medicine medicine,, an and d didn didn’t ’t kknow now whatt form, wha form, but I really really e liked the lifestyle lif estyle of the opt optometrist o ometr ist and kknew new I ccould ould balan balance nce it with famifamily,,” she said, ly said, shif shifting ftin ting g fr from om her initial choice, choic e, obstetrics/gynecology, obstetrics/g gynecology, bebecause of the ““challenging” challe enging” on onon-call call hours in tha thatt field. field. “I’m “I’m still onon-call, call, still s ac accessible, cessible, but the emer emergency gency af after ter hours ar are e pretty pr etty limited, limited, and d I am ffortunate ortunate tto o work work a normal normal da d day, y,” she said. said. ““The The hours are are goo good. od.” That leaves That lea ves sufficient sufficien cient time tto o be husband,, Zach, with her husband Z , and their children: Kiernan, Ainsley, childr en: K iernan, 11, 1, and A insleyy, 6. This front This summer, summer, the e home fr ont is byy an ongoing home ccomplicated omplicated b project, thatt rrenovation enovation pr oject, meaning tha Chown ffor or a time Cho wn will w be ccommutommut-
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ing fr from o TTollbridge om ollbridge P Park. ark. “I “It’s It’s a nic nice e campg campground, round, with sho showers, wers e , and it it’s ’s close tto o the pr praca actic tice, e,” Cho C Chown wn said. said. “Trying “ Trying to to give give the kkids ids a home base is super impor importrtan ant, t, w we e are are super family oriented, oriented, and w we e lo love ve tto o camp camp..” Cho Chown wn also so enjo enjoys ys “running “running and biking, biking, hik hiking, ing, all the nor normal mal gor gorge ge ac activities. tivities.” P Part art of home ccomes omes tto ow work ork with w Cho Chown: wn n: her Labr Labradoodle adoodle Gr Griffin. iffin n. “He is a par partt of the clinic clinic,,” she sa said. aid. “He ccomes o omes tto ow work ork with me me,, he e rreeally he helps elps a lot with kkids ids who of often ften ha have ve a little anxiet anxietyy ar around ound get getting tting ey eyes es checked cchecked..” Chown provides “full-scope Cho w pr wn ovides a “full-sc ope e practice, from pr p acticce,” fr om kkids ids tto o those aatt end e life, of lif e, meaning she deals with evev erything from eye alignment issues er ything fr om ey e alig nment is ssues with childr cchildren en to to macular degenerdegen nerelderly. aation tion in i the elder ly. have somewhatt of a ““We We do ha ve somewha
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pedia pediatric tric emphasis emphasis. s. I see a lot of pedia pediatric tric cases cases,,” sh she e said said.. “II w work ork w well ell with kkids, ids, and d understand them, ha having ving kkids ids of m myy o own. wn. “A “And, And, they they’re ’re fun fun,,” Cho Chown wn said said.. “E “Everything verything is new w and e exciting, xciting, and it it’s ’s good helping helping put their parpar en ents’ ts’ minds aatt ease e when a ser serious ious pr problem oblem ccomes omes up up. p.” TThe he clinic is booked ked out un until til AuAugust gust,, a mix mixed ed bless blessing sing ffor or Cho Chown wn and her staff staff. ff.. “I’m “I’m not n comfortable comfortable with it it,, not ffor or the sake of our clien clients, ts,” she said said.. “B “Booking Booking out tto o A August ugust is a nic nice e th thing ing tto o be able tto o sa say, y, but with pa patients tients with aller allergies gies needs,, tr trying or other needs y ying tto o make space challenging. spac p e is challeng gin ng g. “It’s every day, “I t’s a challenge ev e ery da y, and looking I am look ing tto o add d another associate. We provide personalized socia te. W e pr ovide e personaliz ed care, we tryy tto understand car e, w e tr o und derstand their (clients’) lifestyle (clien ts’) lif estyle tto o help me better better
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