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Free WiFi with KPUD partnership

On the Cover Doctors Andrea Chymiy, left, and Marie Matty of Pacifica Medicine & Wellness, the direct primary care clinic they opened in Poulsbo. | Story, page 4

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Chiropractor’s feet-first approach Dr. Andrew Swanson, who operates Gaitlink Chiropractic Center in Kingston, has applied for a patent on a treatment he developed that adjusts patients’ extremities to fix back problems. Story, page 7

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The Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal is published by the Kitsap Sun the first week of every month, and distributed to business addresses through Kitsap County, North Mason and Gig Harbor.

David Nelson, Editorial Director david.nelson@kitsapsun.com Tim Kelly, Managing Editor tim.kelly@kitsapsun.com Mike Stevens, Marketing Director michaelstevens@kitsapsun.com Jeremy Judd, Digital Director jeremy.judd@kitsapsun.com

Homegrown help Dr. Kurt Adams has a partner for the first time at Adams Chiropractic in Silverdale — his son Cole, a recent chiropractic school graduate. Story, page 6

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Pizzeria celebrates 50 years Hand-tossed pizza and Italian comfort food has drawn generations of customers to Tony’s Pizza since the restaurant opened on Kitsap Way in 1966. Story, page 26

f you’ve logged in to Kitsap Public Utility District’s free community WiFi in downtown Poulsbo or Bainbridge Island’s Winslow neighborhood recently, you might have noticed a new welcome page.

That’s due to a new partnership between KPUD and the Kitsap Sun/Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal. The welcome page we’re hosting now gives users — your customers — news and information from around the Kitsap Peninsula as well as press releases and other information from KPUD when they log on, offering something new to attract users to the free service provided by KPUD. KPUD has been using wireless pilot areas for around five years to test the new technology needed to continue their goal of expanding high-speed internet in Kitsap County. Free public WiFi was added at the sites named above just over a year ago, and blankets most of the downtown area in both locations.

Between about 200-400 devices log in to KPUD’s WiFi service each day. Considering the amount of people visiting both communities on a daily basis, that stat told us surprisingly few are taking advantage of this resource. Residents and visitors may simply not realize it’s available — for free.

KPUD’s intent to grow awareness and use of the free service, for residents or customers in coffeeshops and businesses in those areas, made partnering with the Kitsap Sun an attractive option.

KPUD’s general manager Bob Hunter was pleased to have been approached by us about forming a partnership.

“It keeps the landing page up-to-date with relevant information for the community and visitors,” he told me. “We feel this will encourage more use of the wireless service and allows us to better test the equipment.”

Kitsap Sun digital sales manager Cecilie Burleson was my partner in setting up the program with Hunter. She said it’s wellaligned with the mission of the Kitsap Sun. “Right now, we just want to disperse news to as many people as we can, and let them know what’s happening in Kitsap. This is one more way to do that.”

The Sun has designed window stickers for businesses that indicate that free community WiFi is available at their locations, so you can let your customers know about the available service. The stickers are free and available upon request. Just e-mail newmedia@kitsapsun.com or call me at 360-792-5272 to request yours.

• Jeremy Judd is the digital director for www.kitsapsun.com and www.kpbj.com.

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‘This is good for everybody’ ■ Subscription-based model for primary care gives patients more access, doctors more time

By Terri Gleich

Pacifica Medicine & Wellness

KPBJ contributor

Walking into Pacifica Medicine & Wellness is more like entering a spa than a doctor’s office. There’s a spicy floral scent, calming music, fruit-infused water and a soothing décor of natural wood and seascapes.

Further evidence that Marie Matty and Andrea Chymiy are doing something different: The doctors greet their patients by name and sometimes with hugs, their dogs Lulu and Wesley roam the halls and their practice includes a massage therapist, health/life coach and acupuncturist.

At a time when large, consolidated medical practices are the norm across the Kitsap Peninsula, the two family practice physicians are defying the trend with a small subscription-based model that promises patients extensive access, unrushed appointments and an emphasis on wellness.

“Better access leads to better care,” said Matty. “We can practice medicine the way we feel medicine should be practiced.”

The approach is also turning out to be good business. The pair plans to cap their five-month-old Poulsbo practice at about 1,200 patients and they already have more than 1,000 — a benchmark they thought would take two years to reach.

“We are at 90 percent now,” said Chymiy (pronounced chieme). “That’s a good sign to other providers that they should look at this type of practice.”

Matty and Chymiy met at a free clinic during their residencies at Seattle’s Swedish Medical Center and have practiced together ever since. They covered for each other when each went on maternity leave during their medical training. And, they job-shared for more than 12 years at The Doctors Clinic in Poulsbo before opening Pacifica.

“We always talked about having our own practice,” said Chymiy. “The idea of a smaller clinic where we could spend more time with patients was enticing.”

19980 10th Ave. NE, Poulsbo (360) 979-0569 pacificamedicine.com Pacifica offers two types of subscriptions: • Direct Primary Care — Patients pay a monthly fee, ranging from $25 to $100 depending on their age, that covers most care, including unlimited office visits, annual wellness exams, basic lab testing, minor skin procedures and prenatal care until late third trimester.

Pacifica does not bill insurance for these patients and there are no co-pays or deductibles. This option is geared toward patients with high-deductible insurance policies or coverage that does not include primary care. It accounts for about 12 percent of the practice.

•Affordable Concierge — Patients with Medicare, Medicaid or who want to bill their private health insurance for all health care costs pay a smaller fee, ranging from $10 to $60 a month. Those patients also pay co-pays and deductibles and make up about 88 percent of the practice. There’s no monthly fee for children on Medicaid/DSHS. The monthly fee assures patients of same-day or next-day appointments, annual wellness exams with some complimentary screening tests, longer visits with the doctors and 24/7 access via phone, email and Skype.

There’s a one-time $100 fee to enroll in either program.

Other stats: Clinic manager Lauren Bonifield said the practice is about 60 percent female patients and 40 percent male, and is comprised of 30 percent children, 30 percent seniors and the rest in between. Dr. Marie Matty is bilingual and speaks Spanish to about 15 percent of her patients.

Dr. Andrea Chymiy, left, and Dr. Marie Matty at their Pacifica Medicine & Wellness clinic in Poulsbo, with their therapy dogs Lulu and Wesley.

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WE ARE AT 90 PERCENT (of maximum enrollment) now.

That’s a good sign to other providers that they should look at this type of practice.”

— Dr. Andrea Chymiy

Chymiy said she would typically see 30 patients during an eighthour day at The Doctors Clinic.

And on walk-in clinic days, Matty said that number jumped to 60 patients.

“Insurance is paying less. The government is paying less. Doctors feel the squeeze. There’s so

much pressure to see more and more and more patients and to work faster and faster and faster,” said Chymiy.

The result is a system that serves neither patients, nor doctors, she said.

“It’s not ideal care because you’re going to be rushed. And it’s exhausting because there’s also paperwork for all those patients. The complaints I hear from providers are they’re buried in paperwork, they’re working long hours and they’re not even doing the kind of care they want to do because they don’t have time.”

Matty said patients also were unhappy because they had to book weeks in advance and couldn’t see their doctors for same-day appointments when they were sick.

At Pacifica, the doctors keep their schedules open enough that they can promise same-day or next-day appointments. They are also available to patients 24/7

by phone, Skype and email. Patients who need to call after business hours have the doctors’ cell phone numbers and don’t have to go through an answering service.

“People want to see their doctors and we chose primary care because we want to see our patients,” Matty said.

To make a small practice with unlimited access work financially, the doctors adopted a two-tiered subscription system with patients paying a monthly fee that varies based on their age and insurance.

Clinic manager Lauren Bonifield said it was important to the doctors to make the subscription service affordable. “This is not something for the wealthy,” she said.

“What we’ve found is that people save money in the long run,” said Matty, who added that easy access to doctors who know their patients can prevent unnecessary visits to the emergency room, urgent care and specialists, as well

as unnecessary tests. “It improves all health outcomes and saves people money.”

The doctors have negotiated discounts for lab tests, X-rays and some medications, and pass those along to their patients. They also refer patients to specialists, if needed, and have time to make the calls themselves. And since they’re no longer with a large physicians’ group, they can refer to whichever specialist they think best.

“Our complete allegiance and alliance is to our patients and not with any organization,” said Matty.

Massage, acupuncture and health coaching are available on-site for an additional fee to enrolled patients, as well as to people who are not members of the practice.

Kristin StCarrell, Pacifica’s massage therapist and a registered nurse, said she was eager to be part of the practice because of its focus on wellness and preventive medicine.

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A new partner he’s known all his life

■ Longtime chiropractor’s son joins the practice in Silverdale

scoliosis, seizures and multiple sclerosis, he said. It also can help with anything from allergies and asthma to migraines and vertigo, according to a brochure about Dr. Cole.

“I want to reach out to help with more complex conditions, to people who haven’t responded well to more traditional treatments,” Cole said.

Using an infrared thermalscanning device, he analyzes heat patterns to see how well the nervous system functions. The idea, he said, had been used in the past but state-of-the-art technology available today makes temperature data analysis much more effective.

After being gone for six and a half years — the first three of those spent at Washington State University — Cole said the best part is being back in the community where he grew up and where his family has deep roots.

His mother, Denise, as well as her parents all grew up in Kitsap.

“I’ve been waiting to give back for the last 10 years,” Cole said.

“To be able to do that in my home town and with my family is the best part.”

By Rodika Tollefson KPBJ contributor

Since opening doors in Silverdale more than 30 years ago, Adams Chiropractic has gradually grown. At its current location since 2001, the practice now has three massage therapists in addition to offering chiropractic care

by Dr. Kurt Adams.

Adams has known for a few years that demand was growing enough to require an associate chiropractor, and recently, that expansion finally took place. And the new chiropractor has both a familiar face and name — it’s Adams’ son, Cole, who’s helped out around the office since he was a teen and recently returned to join the family business.

Cole Adams, known to patients as “Dr. Cole” so as to avoid confusion with the elder Dr. Adams, obtained his chiropractic license in May following his graduation with a doctor of chiropractic degree from Parker University — the same institution where his father studied chiropractic medicine. Kurt Adams, in fact, was part of the charter class at Parker U, which is located in Dallas.

As a child, Cole suffered from migraine headaches, which he treated successfully through chiropractic care.

“I thought it (chiropractic) was a cool philosophy of how people should be treated medically because it’s noninvasive and safe,” he said.

So by his junior year at Central Kitsap High, Cole Adams had decided to follow in his father’s foot-

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Dr. Cole Adams, right, talks about joining Adams Chiropractic, the Silverdale practice his father, Dr. Kurt Adams, has operated for 30 years.

steps. And he knew he’d want to come back after medical school to work for his father.

“My dad has done so much for me to help me get into the profession,” he said. “I’m here to help grow the practice.”

Dr. Cole’s major focus — at

least initially — will be on upper cervical treatments, though he’ll also be doing spinal adjustments.

Concentrated on the two top neck bones that are associated with the brain stem, the upper cervical approach can especially be effective for conditions such as nerve pain,

All in the Family

Even before Dr. Cole came on board, Adams Chiropractic was a family business. Denise Adams has been the office manager for her husband’s practice for many years.

“Chiropractic is a lifestyle and all our boys practice that lifestyle,” Kurt Adams said. “The fact that one of our sons wanted

to gravitate toward the profession wasn’t surprising.”

Dr. Adams, who’s been a licensed chiropractor since 1985, was also introduced to this field of medicine by his family. Following a severe shoulder dislocation after a high school wrestling match, his stepfather treated the injury with chiropractic care and also inspired him to learn more about the field.

“I always had my sights on having my own business,” he said.

Since his grandparents lived on the south shore of Hood Canal, Adams had spent summers in the area. Kitsap Peninsula was a nice fit with his passion for the outdoors and activities like crabbing, boating and hiking. It also allows him to provide care for others who enjoy an active lifestyle, he said.

The practice treats patients of all ages, from infants to seniors, and Adams especially enjoys working with children and teens because he can have a bigger impact on their health.

Adams, who received the Healthy Tomorrow Award as part of Kitsap Sun’s Healthcare Heroes in 2014, said his son will become involved in managing the business over time. Dr. Adams’ goal is to be partially retired within the next five years.

“A big advantage for our patients now is that they can have a second opinion in-house,” he said. “We can offer multiple techniques if your starting treatment doesn’t work. We are very proud and extremely excited to have Dr. Cole here.”

Expanded class will enter UW medical school at Gonzaga PRNewswire-USNewswire

SPOKANE — As students begin the 2016-17 academic year, the newly-formed University of Washington School of Medicine (UWSOM) and Gonzaga University Partnership will welcome the largest-ever entering class of medical students in Spokane.

In August, 60 first-year medical

students will begin their medical training in dedicated facilities on the GU campus.

This increase in the Spokane class size to 60 entering students is a result of new funding last year from the Washington State Legislature to the UWSOM, which added 20 medical school students in Spokane. Additionally, 40 UWSOM second-year medi-

cal students — the first class to experience the school’s nationally recognized new medical school curriculum—will continue their education on the GU campus. In addition to these 100 students, more UW medical students complete third- and fourth-year clinical training in physicians’ practices in Spokane and surrounding communities.

“This is a significant milestone in our commitment to educate the next generation of health professionals for Eastern Washington and the state,” said Ana Mari Cauce, president of the University of Washington. “The growth in our Spokane class is a testament to our new partnership with Gonzaga, the excellence of our UW School of Medicine faculty and

incredible support from the state and the Spokane medical community.”

In February the UWSOM and Gonzaga announced they had established a regional health partnership to continue, enhance and expand medical education and research in Spokane with a shared See SCHOOL, 10

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Unique treatment for ‘unlocking’ the spine ■ Chiropractor seeks patent for his method of adjusting extremities to fix patients’ back problems

By Tad Sooter tad.sooter@kitsapsun.com 360-475-3783

A few thousand years ago, nobody was pounding the pavement.

Humans spent most of their time traversing soft, uneven terrain, usually barefoot. It wasn’t until relatively recently that humans began paving over the supple surfaces.

Paved sidewalks and streets made travel more convenient. They also led to many of the back problems we suffer today, according to one Kingston chiropractor.

Andrew Swanson, owner of Gaitlink Chiropractic Center, spent the past 25 years developing a chiropractic technique to counteract spine stiffness and pain that he believes is a result of the shock human bodies absorb from walkingonhard,flat,unforgiving surfaces. Swanson claims his procedure — now patent pending — fixes back problems permanently for nearlyallhispatients,meaning they don’t have to return for regular adjustments.

“I want 100 percent selfsustaining patients,” Swanson, 62, said. “I want everyone better, and I don’t want them to come in anymore.”

While most chiropractors address back issues by adjusting joints in the spine, Swanson starts with the feet. According to his

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Dr. Andrew Swanson at the Gaitlink Chiropractic Center in Kingston.

IT’S GOING TO have a big impact on health care. I just don’t know how I’m going to do it yet.”

— Dr. Andrew Swanson, Gaitlink Chiropractic Center

theory, energy absorbed while walking on pave-

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said. “I like that it’s more collaborative. They work with their patients.”

Marguerite Dyer was one of the first patients to sign up at Pacifica and said she’s been very satisfied. “It’s so comforting that when you have a problem, you can get in,” she said.

“They take the time and listen to

ment travels through the feet, up the legs and into the pelvis and spine. As a result, the spine tightens, joints compress and mobility becomes limited.

Following his theory, Swanson created a technique for adjusting the extremities — feet, legs, arms — in a pattern that mimics the pattern of the human gait. The procedure requires 27 visits.

When all the adjustments are complete, Swanson says the spine unlocks itself and stays unlocked.

“The body is clenching

you,” agreed Robert E. Lee, whose wife Denise has ALS and is also a patient. “We can see (Dr. Matty) any time we want. We just call and say we’re coming in.”

“It’s very personalized. It’s what really works for me,” said Carroll DeCamp, who said Dr. Chymiy and health coach Ulla Solberg have helped her lose 50 pounds and improve control of asthma and high blood pressure. “I am more than getting my

itself, it should be the body that unclenches itself,” Swanson said.

Swanson’s claims were backed up by the patients who contacted the Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal after he passed on a request for testimonials.

Marcy Kispert, a 41-yearold Poulsbo massage therapist, said she suffered neck pain and migraines following a car accident, child birth, “the works.”

“I’d seen chiropractors for years, I wasn’t getting any better, I was sick of it,” Kispert said.

money’s worth.”

Matty and Chymiy said they’ve structured a practice that works as well for them as it does for their patients, allowing the doctors to avoid burnout and achieve a balance between their professional lives and their families. They each have two children.

“This is good for everybody,” said Matty. “We can be people’s doctors for decades to come.”

Kispert underwent Swanson’s procedure over the course of two months last fall.

“I noticed changes after each visit, but a lot of times they were temporary,” Kispert said. “By the time he completed the whole process I was great, I was amazing.”

Kispert said she’s experienced little neck pain since, and her back seems to readjust itself.

Crystal Heasley, 46, of Bremerton had a similar experience. A retired militaryservicemember,shereceived disability benefits for chronic back problems but resisted the idea of seeing a chiropractor. She finally visited Swanson after a particularly bad bout of pain.

Heasley completed the procedure before Thanksgiving and said she experienced immediate relief.

Even a “nasty spill” on her porch didn’t lead to re-injury.

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Nascent dentists all smiles about new clinic

■ Silverdale Smiles in The Trails shopping center is second clinic opened by Gig Harbor dentist

By Tim Kelly tim.kelly@kitsapsun.com 360-792-3359

Dr. Jessica Ahn is just three years out of dental school, but Silverdale Smiles Dentistry is the second clinic she’s opened through a partnership with a dental practice management company.

Both Silverdale Smiles, which opened earlier this year in The Trails at Silverdale shopping center, and Ahn’s other clinic, Olympic Modern Dentistry and Orthodontics in Gig Harbor, are operated with Washington Dental Corporation. Olympic also is in a retail center; it opened in April 2014 at Uptown Gig Harbor.

Ahn spends most of her time treating patients at her Gig Harbor clinic but also schedules

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Dr. Hunter Simpson and Dr. Jessica Ahn at Silverdale Smiles Dentistry, which opened earlier this year at The Trails at Silverdale shopping center.

some appointments at Silverdale Smiles. The full-time dentist

there is Dr. Hunter Simpson, who graduated from the Univer-

sity of Washington dental school in 2014 and worked with Ahn in Gig Harbor before the Silverdale clinic opened.

Washington Dental Corporation is a subsidiary of Irvine, California-based Pacific Dental Services, which provides business and admin support for 14 dental clinics in the Puget Sound area. As of 2014, PDS had 400 supported dentist offices in 14 states, and plans to add more than 50 supported offices each year.

“They are a great business partner for me,” Ahn said, describing the arrangement with PDS as “a managing partnership; I work with them and own both offices together with them.”

Gary Pickard, director of industry affairs in the company’s national support center, clarified that Pacific Dental Services is a

“dental support organization” and does not have an ownership stake in its supported clinics.

“We don’t own the office, the office is wholly owned by the doctor,” he said.

He explained that owner-dentists such as Ahn contract with PDS “like a one-stop shop” for administrative services for their business. PDS touts the arrangement as allowing an “owner dentist” to concentrate on dental care for patients rather than running a business.

In the case of Silverdale Smiles — which is next to the Chipotle restaurant at The Trails — Ahn said PDS also did the market research for opening her second clinic.

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$1 million grant to fund health clinic’s overhaul ■ Peninsula Community Health Services will improve its Bremerton building

By Tad Sooter tad.sooter@kitsapsun.com 360-475-3783

More than 2,000 patients are treated each month in a downtown Bremerton clinic that used to house a grocery store.

Peninsula Community Health Service’s flagship center was shoehorned into a 1965 retail building on Sixth Street more than 20 years ago, creating a functional but awkwardly arranged medical space. A $1 million grant, announced this week, will help the nonprofit overhaul the clinic and make more space for its growing patient base in downtown.

“We’re really committed to that section of town,” Peninsula Community Health CEO Jennifer Kreidler-Moss said. “So we’re really happy to have this money.”

The grant was awarded as part of Wednesday’s $260 million Affordable Care Act funding package, which included $5 million for six organizations in Washington.

Peninsula Community Health Services on Sixth Street in Bremerton.

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The money is earmarked for helping health centers construct new facilities or renovate existing buildings.

“Health centers are cornerstones of the communities they serve,” U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell said in the announcement. “(The) awards will empower health centers in Washington to build more capacity and provide needed health care to additional

individuals and their families.”

Peninsula Community Health Services is a key provider of health care for low-income families in Kitsap County. The Sixth Street clinic remains its busiest location, with about 1,500 medical visits and several hundred dental visits each month.

The renovation will help Peninsula Community Health make better use of its existing 17,500-square-foot building.

The project will create four new exam rooms and five clinical offices. The patient waiting area, medical lab and pharmacy will expand. A warehouse oddly positioned at the front of the building will move to the back, rerouting delivery trucks away from the main parking lot used by patients.

An old medical records room will become a meeting space for counseling and group classes on topics like diabetes, obesity and

substance use disorders. (Patient medical records for are now kept in a consolidated, off-site storage space.)

A propane generator will be installed as part of the project, which will allow the clinic to continue operating during a natural disaster and prolonged power outage. The building is getting energy efficiency upgrades as well.

Work will begin this fall.

Kreidler-Moss said the renovation will open space for about 2,000 additional patients to be seen at the clinic. The building won’t appear much different from the outside, but the interior will be transformed.

“It will be more of a modern look, in keeping with our other facilities,” she said.

The Sixth Street clinic is getting at least one exterior update this year. Peninsula Community Health is hosting a mural painting party in June, enlisting the help of residents to beautify a 180-footlong wall facing Seventh Street.

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HUMAN RESOURCES | JULIE TAPPERO

Transgender issues in the workplace

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ne of the most emotional and divisive debates happening right now is about permitting transgender people to use bathrooms that coincide with their gender identities.

Controversy in North Carolina has sparked discussion across the nation.

Closer to home, the YMCA here has struggled to ďŹ nd a policy that balances and respects the rights and privacy of all of its members, putting it in the bulls-eye of the bathroom debate issue.

We all know that under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act we cannot discriminate against a job applicant or employee based on their gender. But historically, sex discrimination has not had anything to do with sexual orientation. Until now, that is. Both the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Washington State Human Rights Commission have extended protections to gender identity in addition to sexual orientation.

Washington state already prohibits discrimination based on gender identity, sexual orientation, and transgender status. What is important for employers to note is that the EEOC can now insert themselves into these claims.

Just recently, the EEOC published a fact sheet on LGBT discrimination and transgender issues. The fact sheet highlights the EEOCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s increased focus on this emerging area of discrimination and retaliation.

In 2015, the EEOC received 1,412 charges of sex discrimination that related to gender identity, transgender status or sexual orientation. This was a 28 percent increase over the number

TREATING (transgender workers) with the same respect you treat every other worker will ensure you have a safe and productive workplace for all employees. of similar charges received in 2014. Of the charges that were resolved, the EEOC achieved $3.3 million in monetary compensation for workers.

The types of issues raised in these complaints included failure to hire due to transgender status, and termination when an employee intends to make a gender transition. It also includes denying an employee access to a common restroom that corresponds to their gender identity.

And, of course, all forms of harassment and discrimination for sexual orientation, gender identity and gender transition were also included.

Some employers donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know how to address this issue in their companies simply because they have knowledge gaps or unanswered questions. For instance, what does transgender mean? Does it only apply to someone who has had surgery to transition from one sex to another?

Actually, the phrase â&#x20AC;&#x153;transgenderâ&#x20AC;? covers the expression of identity itself, and employees must be able to express their gender identity without fear of retaliation or discrimination.

How do dress codes apply to transgender employees? You should allow your employees to dress according to their gender identity, but you can certainly request they present themselves as one gender or another when working with clients or customers. And you always have a right to ask your employees to meet certain grooming and dress code standards, as long as you are consistent.

What do you say to other employees when someone is clearly transitioning?

Well, this is no different than other personal employee issues. What do you say to your staff when someone is obviously dealing with situations at home, or coping with an illness, or undergoing some other lifechanging issue? We have a duty to make sure that our staff treats their co-workers with respect, and that our employees work in an environment free of harassment. On the other hand, employees have a right to privacy as well. Working alongside your employee, and bringing in a trained consultant to assist the staff, can make this process more comfortable for everyone involved.

And what about the current hot topic: bathrooms?

Washington state already requires that employers permit transgender employees to use the restroom that is consistent with their gender identity. For singleoccupancy restrooms, it is recommended â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but not required â&#x20AC;&#x201D; that they be designated as genderneutral.

OSHA recently released A Guide to Restroom Access for Transgender Workers. These are guidelines for best practices, and not requirements, but since the â&#x20AC;&#x153;bathroom questionâ&#x20AC;? is often one that employers grapple with, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good

resource to access. The guidelines include not asking an employee to provide any medical or legal documentation of their gender identity, and not requiring any employee to use a segregated facility apart from any other employee just because of their gender identity or transgender status. The EEOC has also stipulated that employees

have the right to utilize common restrooms used by employees of the same gender identity, regardless of whether the employee has had any medical procedure to transition gender.

A UCLA study estimates that 700,000 adults in the United States are transgender. You may very well have a transgender worker in your workforce. Assuming you hire the most talented people to work for you, no doubt this employee is a very valuable part of

your staff. Treating them with the same respect you treat every other worker will ensure you have a safe and productive workplace for all employees. And after all, isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t that what we ultimately all want? â&#x20AC;˘ Julie Tappero is president and owner of West Sound Workforce, a professional staffing and recruiting company based in Poulsbo and Gig Harbor.

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Two structural rammed earth walls were built last month between the front of the barracks and the old garage that will be renovated for use as a workshop.

Mclennan Design purchased the longvacant Fort Ward barracks at the south end of Bainbridge Island and plans to renovate the brick building to become the School of Regenerative Design.

BLAKE GALLAGHER PHOTO / COURTESY MCLENNAN DESIGN

TIM KELLY / KPBJ

Restored barracks will house architectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s school

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tim.kelly@kitsapsun.com 360-792-3359

Architect Jason Mclennan is moving ahead with plans for an advanced design school that will be housed in the historic Fort Ward barracks at the south end of Bainbridge Island.

He and his partners in Mclennan Design, Thomas Knittel and Dale Duncan, recently purchased the approximately 1-acre site of the barracks from Scott McFarlane for $1 million, according to Kitsap County records. Mclennan said theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re working on plans for renovation of the longvacant barracks, a brick building that was built in 1910 and is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Mclennan, founder and board chairman of the Seattle-based International Living Future Institute, created the Living Building Challenge, a stringent certiďŹ cation program for green building. He and his partners are starting the School of Regenerative Design (SoRD) to teach his

philosophy and approach to graduate students, as well as design professionals interested in continuing education. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re targeting as the primary audience are graduate-level architecture students from programs around the country and the world,â&#x20AC;? Mclennan said.

SoRDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s semester courses, which could begin in summer 2017, will be conducted like internships to offer â&#x20AC;&#x153;an immersive education on deep green regenerative design, and living building design,â&#x20AC;? he said.

The school will enroll 15-25 students at a time.

Part of the restored barracks, which has about 15,000 square feet on three levels, will be made into classrooms and part will be used as a dormitory for some students. Plans also call for renovating a shed next to the barracks to use for workshops and classes.

Mclennan Design hosted an open house and barbecue for the Fort Ward community in late April to inform area residents of plans for the design school.

Later this year, SoRD will start recruiting for its ďŹ rst class of students. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re developing partnerships with other universities, and also getting the word out through our network and the Living Future Institute,â&#x20AC;? Mclennan said.

Initially students will come for a semester, and earn credit and a certiďŹ cate toward completion of their graduate studies.

Eventually, he would like to see the school expand to offer its own masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in architecture with an emphasis on regenerative design, which uses processes that restore or revitalize natural habitats around building sites. The goal is not only sustainability, but integrating self-generated energy and water sources in buildings and using natural, locally sourced materials as much as possible in construction and design.

Mclennan, who was one of the keynote speakers at the Living Future unConference 2016 held May 11-13 in Seattle, said he and his partners will be the core faculty at SoRD.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;And weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have a long list of adjunct faculty,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bainbridge and Seattle have a great group of leaders in the enviromental world and in architecture, so thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of people to tap for lectures and guest sessions.â&#x20AC;?

The partners hope to apply for city permits for the barracks restoration work later this year.

Initial activity at the site began in May, though, as two workshops on building structural insulated rammed-earth (SIRE) walls were presented by Joss Krayenhoff. He is coowner of SIREwall USA with Mclennan, who used the engineered sandstone walls in construction of Heron Hall, his family home thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s being built near

Fort Ward Park.

Another five-day workshop, which will include hands-on work at Heron Hall and the barracks site, is scheduled for July 18-22. More information and registration for the workshop is available at http://sirewallusa.com/courses/.

A statement on the newly launched SoRD website (schoolofregen.org/) says: â&#x20AC;&#x153;We think the school will become a new community anchor for Fort Ward and will be good for the neighborhood and the local economy. We envision reinvigorating the Fort Ward community by conserving and re-using this nationally designated site.â&#x20AC;?

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BUSINESS STRATEGY | DAN WEEDIN

How to grow your revenue in less than 30 minutes a day

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et’s be very clear about one thing…

The most important function you perform in your company is acquisition of business. Period.

That ends my prepared comments. Questions?

Okay, allow me to elaborate.

Without sales to your company (or a company you’re employed with) there can be no employee benefits, no impact to clients and customers, or no charitable donations or good works in the community. Without constant and sustainable revenue growth, your family will suffer, your anxiety level climbs, no one feels satisfaction or reward, and ultimately everyone loses the chance to benefit from what you offer.

You can’t name a business that is successful, philanthropic or significant that doesn’t count on revenue being generated. That includes every nonprofit because without fundraising, they can’t provide much needed help to those who need it.

Are we in agreement? Good.

That was the easy part. Let’s discuss how you assure that your business can exponentially grow its revenue with the minimal investment of 30 minutes a day, so that you can exceed your expectations and accomplish much more for your family, employees and the world around you.

I’m going to provide you a 5-step blueprint to either execute yourself or train your sales team to do. While it seems simple enough, I will help you to also overcome critical obstacles to its success.

Step 1: Make a list of every single client you have. Divide them into current and past. Find the name of the decision maker.

It doesn’t matter if they are still with the company. Include their phone number and email, as best as possible.

Step 2: Call every one of them systematically. This will be a daily function, so you don’t have to “hurry.” Call the current ones first because they know you best. Your objective is to get a testimonial and ask for a referral. Plan on 10 minutes a call.

Step 3: Once you’ve reached them, ask two main questions.

First, what are some of the favor-

ite things of doing business with you? Second, how have they been most impacted by your work together? Ask clarifying questions in return. Quantify their answers.

Take copious notes and ask them if you can use their words in your marketing and website. Once you’ve gained permission, take one more step…

Step 4: Ask for a referral. Simply ask who they know that can also benefit from the same value and experience they did.

Step 5: Add testimonials to all your marketing. Call on every referral.

That’s it. Allocate 30 minutes a day to this function. If you have a sales force, each person should do this.

Sound too simple? While I’ve omitted a lot of key language and other methodology because this is a column and not a book, the process is that simple. The biggest problem is actually implementing this and sticking to it.

Let’s consider the three key obstacles: 1. Fear. Fear of rejection, of not being liked, of the uncertainty of responses all lead to not picking up the phone and calling (note I said call, not email). Your fear

SCORE MENTORING | KEN SETHNEY

How can I make business blogging more manageable?

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ccording to Hubspot, B2B marketers who use blogs receive 67 percent more leads than those who don’t. Also, companies who provide relevant content in their blogs get 97 percent more links to their websites because readers share it.

These seem like very strong incentives to start and maintain a business blog.

Blogging can be an important part of

a small business content marketing strategy. It can help you by increasing your online authority, building trust and credibility as readers see your expertise and knowledge of your industry.

It can also improve your chances of ranking better in online searches. Websites that generate new content regularly are favored over those that do not.

Blogging, however, takes time, creativity

has no basis because these people already like you and want to help you. Stop getting in your own way.

2. Ignorance. Not knowing how to respond and being unprepared lead to many trying, failing, and then giving up. This is all in the language and influencing skill. While the process is simple, training on the “how” needs to be invested in for the sake of success.

3. Lack of accountability. Often, everyone is excited at the outset, but “gravitational pull” can easily take hold if someone isn’t holding people (or themselves) accountable.

Let’s fix this. The 5-step process to exponentially growing your sales works if…

1. You seek out help. Find experts through a variety of channels to help you train your sales people (including you) in influential language. This will increase confidence and effectiveness. The better they get, the more fun they will have and the better results you will achieve.

2. You set accountability. This isn’t a dictatorship with dire consequences for not meeting quotas. Rather, it’s a professional approach to empowering and teaching. It requires a high level of trust and collaboration with the right people at the leadership position.

3. You make it a priority. That means committing to investing time, finances and resources.

4. You make it fun. Whether

and effort. An infographic from Blogging. org shows that while 60 percent of businesses have a blog, only 35 percent actively update their blogs, and 65 percent haven’t updated their blog in over a year.

As with any content marketing effort, blogging requires consistency to generate results. If lack of topic ideas or time constraints have prevented you from maintaining your company blog, here are a few ideas for making those obstacles less of an issue.

• Look to your customers for ideas. What frequently asked questions do they have about your products or services?

• Don’t reinvent the wheel if you don’t have to. See what others in your industry are talking about. Provided you don’t copy their ideas, unique perspectives, or wording verbatim, you can address the same topics by providing your own take on the subject.

Note that including a mention and link

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it’s you or your sales people, the acquisition of business should be fun. You’re providing a great value of service or product to help improve someone else. Which leads to the last one…

5. You provide genuine value.

Sales will never be sustainable if they are manipulative. You must believe that you are providing valuable products and services and helping others. You’re just receiving equitable compensation for the tremendous value you give.

Everyone in the organization must contribute to sales, not for greed or malice, but for the opportunity to benefit others and provide for every employee and their family. Without revenue growth, stagnation sets in and the slippery slope turns into a landslide and takes out everyone that’s counting on your business.

By making the commitment to invest 30 minutes a day to my 5-step plan, you’ll be serving clients, employees, families and the community.

Now that’s what I call an exponential return on investment!

• Dan Weedin is a strategist, speaker, author and executive coach. He helps small business and middle market business leaders and entrepreneurs to grow more profitably and create a better life.

You can reach Dan at 360-6971058; e-mail at dan@danweedin. com or visit his web site at www.

DanWeedin.com.

to the blog that was your inspiration can generate goodwill — and it will likely result in that person/company sharing your post, too.

• Share a customer success story. Consider reaching out to your clients about being featured in posts like this one. Featuring how your products or services have helped a customer solve a problem demonstrates your effectiveness in a way that doesn’t appear self-centered.

• Capture ideas promptly in a good old-fashioned notebook or an app like Evernote. With so many other aspects of running your business on your mind, you might forget those amazingly brilliant blog topics as quickly as you thought of them.

Write them down immediately.

• Schedule time on your calendar to work on your blog posts. If you make your blog a part of your professional routine, See SCORE, 14

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U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent Jeff Picinich (kneeling), who is stationed in Port Angeles, smiles as he inspects the new coastal interceptor vessel with agent Jesse Wozniak, of southern Florida, at Thursday’s ceremony for the boat at SAFE Boats International.

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The 2,000th vessel produced by SAFE Boats International is the first of a new breed.

Hull No. 2,000 belongs to Alexandria, a sleek, 41foot coastal interceptor developed for U.S. Customs

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you’ll be more likely to stay on track.

• If you have an employee who is adept at writing, consider delegating the blog responsibilities. Or consider contracting a freelance writer to ghostwrite your blog posts for you.

• To save time writing, use a speech-to-text app or the feature in Gmail on your mobile device to dictate an initial draft that you can go back and edit later.

and Border Protection. Alexandria is the first of 17 vessels SAFE Boats will deliver to the federal law enforcement agency in the initial phase of what could become a $48 million, 52boat commitment.

Officials unveiled the boat during an acceptance and naming ceremony May 26 at the manufacWhile these tips won’t make blogging effortless, they will help you in your efforts to generate ideas and make the blogging process more efficient. When you do, you’ll get more sales leads and search engine links to your website.

• If you need guidance in how to make your blogging more effective so you can grow your business, contact SCORE — Mentors to America’s Small Business.

SCORE is a nonprofit organization with more than 12,000 volunteers who pro-

turer’s Port of Bremerton headquarters. Alexandria was named for one of the first cutters employed by Customs after the agency’s founding in 1789. While giving a nod to history, the vessel represents a technological leap forward for agents in the field, said Edward Young, deputy assistant commissioner for Customs and Border Protection See BOAT, 15

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Alex Hilborn of Bremerton, a SAFE Boats worker, sports a commemorative shirt as he looks over the new coastal interceptor vessel May 26 at SAFE Boats International.

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“The coastal interceptor vessel will provide our agents with a high level of protection, mobility and reliability,” Young said.

SAFE Boats CEO Dennis Morris remarked the completion of the 2,000th hull and the rollout of the coastal interceptor were both milestones in the growth of the company.

“The timing worked out incredibly well,” Morris said. “Our company and our products have evolved significantly since our humble beginnings in 1997.”

Thenewcoastalinterceptors will replace aging vessels in Customs and Border Protection’s fleet. They’ll also provide a significant performance upgrade, said Supervisory Marine Interdiction Agent Eric Zegowitz. The aluminum-hull SAFE Boat can carry a crew of nine and reach speeds of 54 knots, driven by four, 300-horsepower outboards.

A 600-gallon fuel tank gives the boat a range of more than 350 miles. Zegowitz was especially impressed

by Alexandria’s shock-absorbing seats, designed to cushion the jarring impact

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SAFE Boats CEO Dennis Morris carries a bottle of ceremonial champagne for the coastal interceptor at its unveiling May 26.

THIS BOAT will do the job.

This appears to be the wave of the future for us.”

— Edward Young, deputy assistant commissioner for Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operation

of the hull pounding across waves.

“It will be comfortable,” Zegowitz said.

Young said the first set of boats will be deployed intercepting contraband in open water off California,

Florida and Puerto Rico, zones the agency considers some of its “highest threat areas.”

“This boat will do the job,” Young said. “This appears to be the wave of the future for us.”

The Customs and Border Protection contract also bodes well for the future of SAFE Boats, which recently renewed its lease in Bremerton. Morris said SAFE Boats will continue to pursue large federal contracts, while courting new overseas clients. He expects the company will expand its workforce in Bremerton over the next few years.

SAFE Boats employs about 250 workers at its Olympic View Industrial Park plant and more than 100 at the Port of Tacoma where it’s building a line of Navy patrol boats.

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Les Schwab rolls across town into new store

Kitsap taxis trying new app to keep up with ride services

By Tad Sooter tad.sooter@kitsapsun.com 360-475-3783

PHOTOS BY MEEGAN M. REID

Kyle Vonhofen, left, and Tyler Stiltner roll tires through the bay as they go about changing and replacing tires for customers at the new Les Schwab store in Port Orchard on its opening day, May 23.

The Les Schwab tire center in Port Orchard has relocated to its new store, which opened May 23 at 1891 SE Sedgwick Road across from the Fred Meyer shopping center.

Construction began last fall on the new store, which is in a 14,658-square-foot building with eight service bays and a spacious, well-appointed customer waiting area. The building was designed with energy-efficiency features such as LED lighting and skylights.

The new location also offers easier access than the old downtown location on Bay Street.

That property with Les Schwab’s old 12,284-square-foot building across from the Bruce Titus Ford dealership is listed for sale for $2.2 million. The property includes three parcels totaling 3.2 acres.

The new, larger Les Schwab tire store on Sedgwick Road across from Fred Meyer in Port Orchard has easier access for customers than the old location downtown on Bay Street.

Slick mobile apps have helped “ride-sourcing” services like Uber and Lyft disrupt the old taxi guard in big metropolises.

In Bremerton, some taxi drivers are harnessing the same technology with the hope of reversing that trend.

Anthony Williams, owner of AAA Tony’s Taxi, says he’s signed up 10 licensed cabdrivers to work with an Android and iOS application called TaxiTapp. The app allows users to request quotes from nearby drivers, book a trip and pay their fare. Drivers are paid by credit card through the app, or the customer can choose to pay with cash. A $1 service fee is charged for each ride.

The app is easy to use for customers and drivers, said Williams, who collects 20 cents of each local service fee through an agreement with the developer.

“This app is super slick,” he said.

Williams said he contacted the creators of TaxiTapp while searching for a way to compete with services like Uber before they gained a strong foothold in See TAXIS, 28

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Poulsbo venture to include low-income housing ■ Housing Kitsap, Sound West Group

plan joint development on Viking Ave.

By Tad Sooter tad.sooter@kitsapsun.com 360-475-3783

A former mobile home dealership in Poulsbo could be transformed into a residential neighborhood if a joint venture between Housing Kitsap and a private developer comes to fruition.

The nonprofit housing agency and development firm Sound West Group announced plans recently to build a mixed affordable and market-rate housing development at 19647 Viking Ave., the former site of Golden Homes.

Sound West is under contract to purchase the property, according to the announcement, and is completing due diligence steps before finalizing the purchase.

“It is a very exciting time but very early in the process,” Sound West Group partner Wes Larson said in the announcement.

Housing Kitsap executive director Stuart Grogan said the partners hope to build between 70 and 100 housing units on the 2-acre site to help meet a growing need for housing for lowerincome residents.

“Poulsbo was certainly in need of some additional affordable

housing options,” Grogan said.

Rents increased sharply in North Kitsap during the past two years. Average rent in large apartment complexes in Poulsbo and on Bainbridge Island was nearly $1,300 per month at the end of 2015, up about 25 percent from 2013, according to data provided

by Tom Cain of Apartment Insights Washington. Vacancy rates among those complexes hovered at about 4 percent.

Lately the city has been losing affordable housing units rather than adding them. An apartment complex on Hostmark Street called Woodcreek has opted out of a federal subsidy program and is increasing rents to market rate, displacing many residents. Grogan said it’s possible other subsidized properties in the area could follow suit.

In response to the loss of homes for low-income families, Poulsbo Mayor Becky Erickson convened an informal task force of developers, housing officials and nonprofit leaders to brainstorm affordable housing solutions.

That discussion led Sound West Group and Housing Kitsap to collaborate on the Viking Avenue proposal.

Housing Kitsap, formerly Kit-

MEEGAN M. REID / KITSAP SUN

A development that would be a mix of market-rate and affordable housing is proposed for the Golden Homes site on Viking Avenue in Poulsbo.

sap Consolidated Housing Authority, provides more than 900 homes for low- and moderate-income households in the county.

Sound West is a development and property management firm that currently is building the Spyglass Apartments in Bremerton.

Grogan said developing the Viking Avenue site is a complex process that will take at least three years to complete. The first step is to vet the property and ensure a housing development is feasible there.

Then the partners need to secure funding, likely using a combination of affordable housing tax credits, grants and conventional bank loans. Grogan said partner-

ing with a private developer will help Housing Kitsap leverage limited government funds available for affordable housing projects.

Though it still is in the early stages, Erickson said she was thrilled by the Viking Avenue proposal.

“One of the goals we have in Poulsbo is to provide housing for all socio-economic groups,” she said “There’s real diversity in what’s being built moving forward.”

The Viking Avenue property won’t sit idle while housing options are studied. Sumner RV plans to open a dealership on the site June 2.

POULSBO WAS CERTAINLY in need of some additional affordable housing options.”

— Stuart Grogan, Housing Kitsap executive director

Old auto corridor to see return of an RV dealership

By Tad Sooter tad.sooter@kitsapsun.com 360-475-3783

Recreational vehicles are making a comeback on Poulsbo’s Viking Avenue.

An RV dealer will open on the old auto corridor in June, though not the dealer most Poulsbo residents are familiar with.

This time it’s Sumner RV, a Pierce County business, setting up shop on Viking. Sumner RV has signed a two-year lease on the former mobile home dealership at

19647 Viking Ave. NW, adjacent to the property where Poulsbo RV got its start.

Steve Cohn with Sumner RV said the company saw Poulsbo as a prime location to tap into the West Sound market.

“The reason why we chose Poulsbo was the growth,” he said.

“The growth over the last five to seven years has been phenomenal, from Bremerton north.”

Cohn said Sumner RV could eventually stage as many as 60 rigs at the Viking Avenue lot, though its inventory will be

smaller at the beginning. The dealer will offer Forest River products including Sandpiper fifth-wheels, along with several models of Apex travel trailers.

Used and consignment RVs also will be available.

Scott Foreman, who will serve as sales manager in Poulsbo, said Sumner RV recently experimented with a satellite office in Fife but had trouble drawing traffic. He believes Poulsbo will be a better fit.

“It’s a good location,” Foreman said. “We draw a lot of our cus-

tomers over to Sumner from the peninsula.”

Sumner RV will become Viking Avenue’s first permanent recreational vehicle dealer since Poulsbo RV departed its namesake city in 2008. Poulsbo RV still owns property on the east side of Viking Avenue and attempted a brief return last fall with a pop-up show. A Poulsbo RV representative did not return a recent call to discuss the company’s long-term plans on Viking.

Sumner RV is taking over a lot previously occupied by Golden

Homes. The troubled mobile home seller shut down in 2014 after the state determined the dealership was insolvent and suspended its license. Sumner has begun staging some RVs on the property, which also is home to several other businesses.

In May, Housing Kitsap and Sound West Group announced a potential joint venture to buy the former Golden Homes property and build a mixed affordable and market-rate housing development there. (See story above)

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There exists concern among many that should another recession come soon, the government will have few, if any, tools to bring the economy back towards growth and prosperity because interest rates are already near rock bottom. As a result, it is feared that our economy could quite possibly remain in the doldrums for some time. Fortunately, this is simply not true. There remain numerous tools at the disposal of the Fed and of the Congress. Below are some ideas that are surely being considered should more intervention become necessary.

To begin, the central bank could once again ramp up its purchases of Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities (MBS) through another round of quantitative easing. But rather than sticking to just Treasuries and MBS, this time the Fed could buy a much broader range of assets, including highyield bonds, stocks, and even real estate to get asset prices up and markets out of the doldrums.

Another step the Fed could take is to push interest rates into negative territory, meaning it would start charging, yes charging, banks to keep money on deposit rather than paying them the current rate of 0.5%. While this seems preposterous, at present central banks in Denmark, Japan, Sweden and Switzerland, along with the European Central Bank are doing precisely this. The aim would be to encourage banks to lend by penalizing them to hold cash. In a similar vein, the Fed could alternatively pay banks to lend money to borrowers. This policy is less harmful than using negative interest rates, as it does not reduce bank profits nor does it encourage banks to charge their depositors to keep deposits on hand to recoup the money paid to the Fed. Paying banks is akin to using a carrot, lower rates; a stick.

In addition to the above, the Fed could also promise to keep mortgage rates at or below a certain level for an extended period of time with the explicit aim being to boost lending activity by enabling more people to qualify for a mortgage. This would boost home sales and residential construction activity.

Another way to boost spending and inflation is for the government to announce a tax cut and issue bonds to finance it. But, rather than selling the bonds to private investors (which takes money out of circulation), the Fed would buy the bonds. This “Helicopter money” (HM) named in honor of Milton Friedman and which fuses fiscal and monetary policy, is as close as you can get to raining cash from the clear blue sky like manna down on households. While HM is not to be rushed into, in a deep recession or global crisis, it might well make sense. And, if it were coordinated by a group of rich countries, all the better.

Lastly, the Congress could surprise us and use fiscal policy and pass structural reforms. Fiscal policy such as large tax cuts or spending on large infrastructure projects would give private sector firms more confidence about future demand and thus make a recovery more likely. Structural reforms could include tax reform and increased deregulation.

In short, the government is far from being out of policies that could be employed to jump-start the economy in the event of a recession in the near future. While some policies will undoubtedly work better than others, the key will be to implement a number of them at once.

Elliot Eisenberg, Ph.D. is President of GraphsandLaughs, LLC and can be reached at Elliot@graphsandlaughs.net. His daily 70 word economics and

2016 Officers

President................................... Kevin Ryan 1st Vice President............... Miriam Villiard 2nd Vice President ...........Berni Kenworthy Treasurer ............................. Leslie Peterson Secretary ..............................Brent Marmon Immediate Past President..... Judy Mentor Eagleson

2016 Builders & Assoc. Directors Bill Broughton, Ellen Ross-Cardoso, Walter Galitzki, Stuart Hager, Jim Heins, Joe Hurtt, Chad Lyons, Brendan McGeer, Jo Pederson, Shad Smallwood

2016 State Directors Robert Baglio, Lary Coppola, Judy Mentor Eagleson, Wayne Keffer, Berni Kenworthy, Ron Perkerewicz, Kevin Ryan, Miriam Villiard

2016 Alternate State Directors Rick Cadwell, Kevin Hancock, Byron Harris, Justin Ingalls

Life State Directors Bill Parnell

2016 National Directors Berni Kenworthy, Shawnee Spencer, Kevin Ryan

2016 Alternate Natnl. Directors Mike Brown, Jeff Coombe

Life Directors Rick Courson, Bob Helm, Bill Parnell, John Schufreider, Dori Shobert, Jim Smalley, Larry Ward

2016 Council & Committee Chairs Build A Better Christmas ..... Randy Biegewald Built Green.............................Walter Galitzki

By Laws & Nominations ........Judy Eagleson Developers Council..................... Mike Wnek Golf Classic........................Shawnee Spencer Govt. Affairs Cmt..................Miriam Villiard Remodelers Council Chair.....Molly McCabe Membership ....................... Berni Kenworthy Parade of Homes .................................... TBD Peninsula H&G Expo....................Lena Price Peninsula H&R Expo Leslie Peterson & Judy Eagleson

HBA Staff Exec. Vice President .....Teresa Osinski, CGP tosinski@kitsaphba.com Events & Admin. Assistant .......Katie Revis hbaevents@kitsaphba.com

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Taking Time to Build As summer approaches there always a more intense draw on our time to get outside and soak up the great Northwest at its finest. As most native residents know typically summer begins after July 4th. It is easy to forget the importance of keeping current with our changing Industry, and during the Summer we have a unique opportunity to do so on so many levels and build our network and business.

This year the KBA is again having its annual golf tournament and I want to personally invite all members to attend and have a great time getting to know others in this great business called Construction! Over the many years that this event has been held positive relationships with new and existing members have evolved. This is an event that not only allows you to enjoy the beautiful weather but, it also lets you treat yourself or your employees to a casual atmosphere with others in our Industry. Personally I have made many good friends and business associates at this and many of the other events the KBA is involved with.

If you are an avid golfer you will need to get this on your calendar for sure as the schedules fill up fast this time of year. Do not worry if you are like me and would rather swing a salmon rod than a club, you will have a great time. Remember that all are invited. If you know of someone who is not a current KBA member give them a call and let them know this is a perfect opportunity for them to learn more about the only construction industry association in the County. Those of you that are members know that our diverse membership includes commercial developers, architects, engineers,home builders,commercial builders, remodelers,interior designers, plumbers, painters,electricians,spiders,concrete suppliers, flooring companies, spiders,foundation and flat work contractors,lumber and material suppliers.

There are too many to list them all.

If your are a new business that is looking for a great way to engage and build a solid foundation with strong ties to the pulse of construction in Kitsap County I encourage you to get involved with the KBA. As a long time member of this community I know first hand the power of a strong family has on your business and the community at large. I love the old saying that “those who show up make the rules”. So if you desire to make an impact in any endeavor your impact starts with that first step and letting others know you want to let your voice be heard. As members you can help continue to shape the working environment and regulations that affect our bottom line and our way of life. I am so fortunate to have had the opportunity to help others in our organization improve their business and by working together a strong bond and sense of community. So take the time to build!

Register today for the KBA annual, Builders Classic Golf Tournament!

Early “birdie” rate saves you $15.00 per golfer (pay by 6/24). Hole Vendors, don’t miss the chance to “Make green on the green!” Call the KBA today (360-479-5778)!

Teresa Osinski CGP Executive Vice President The KBA has been busy, busy, busy. I want to thank the members that took the time to help pull of another annual, Affordable Housing Council fundraiser as well as the donations made directly to the Home Builders Foundation. This annual, themed dinner event is always fun. The money raised is used to support candidates that want to serve in elected office. The contribution of time to the support the event, items to auction off and raise money, and your attendance is everything to the KBA. Thank you!

The annual Builders Classic golf tournament is just around the corner!

Be sure to get your team registered and paid by June 24 in order to secure the early “birdie” reduced registration rate! You’ll save $15 per player! The event is on Friday, July 8 at Rolling Hills in E. Bremerton. The theme this year is “Under the Big Top” so start thinking how you’ll walk away with the best theme attire! Hole vendors are needed! This golf tournament is a terrific way to slow down and get to know the golfers. As a hole vendor you have the opportunity to chat with and introduce yourself and your company to our golfers as they play through. In this way, the tournament is like an outdoor business expo! Make green on the green! Enjoy the day as a hole vendor at our annual tournament. Please call the KBA today to learn which holes are still available and the fee to participate.

Don’t forget, that all KBA members are welcome to attend and participate in the monthly meetings of the Government Affairs Committee. Be an informed voter by sitting in on interviews of those running for office. You are welcome and encouraged to attend. The GAC meets at least once each month and that includes the final Thursday of the month. The meeting usually begins at 2:30pm but be sure to watch the on line calendar or call the KBA for any updates. In order to accommodate enough interviews each month, the meeting may begin earlier. The meeting always concludes by 3:30pm. Take advantage of the access your membership gets you! Be sure to come and participate in one of the monthly GAC meetings.

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Miriam Villiard, Heritage Builders NW LLC

The idea behind retro is simple: eliminate workplace injuries through improvements in work place safety and preventative strategies. If an employee is injured, help them get better quicker by offering a successful return to work Workforce Training – Local elections matter experience. Accomplish this and your More and more, you are seeing in the news and reading in papers and business is rewarded with a lower L&I magazines about the shortage of workers, particularly in the trades. This has premiums from an improved experience factor, and if you are a participant in a been anticipated for many years, due to the significant shifts that have occurred retro program, you may also earn a refund. in our public school systems. Most of us that are in our 40s, and older, can recall that our public high schools offered a variety of “shop” classes.

As one of the oldest and largest retro groups in the state, BIAW’s R.O.I.I.® Public schools offered auto shop to construction, and sometimes electrical Select program has returned over $500 million in refunds to construction – and HVAC; maybe even more. Most of us had the opportunity to try on a related companies that have participated since 1982. “trade” while we were in school. Several years ago, the school systems began In addition to returning millions of dollars to local businesses throughout the moving rapidly away from helping kids learn the skills and independence of a state, R.O.I.I.® Select is committed to partnering with our member participants professional trade. to help them navigate L&I’s workers’ comp system, building more successful As we’ve seen, and those of us with high school aged children know very companies in the process. R.O.I.I.® Select and our team of experts are focused well, that the public school system is geared to drive all kids to higher education/4-year college. During these years of shifting away from technical/ on better outcomes; better outcomes for employers, better outcomes for injured workers, better outcomes for the system, and better outcomes for our retro trade curriculum options, the schools have continued to have high drop-out group. When the goal is a better outcome for all parties involved in a claim, rates, increased numbers of 5-year students, and an output that has resulted everyone wins. in kids that aren’t college-bound finding it difficult to get living wage employment.

No one could have anticipated the double-whammy of the educational shift and the collapse of the construction industry. During the collapse, 50% of the construction workers lost their employment. Many of these workers have not returned to the trades even as the market is finally rebounding. Additionally, like any other industry, the construction industry is faced with an aging work force that is on the verge of retirement with very few younger workers coming along to fill the gap. So maybe it’s not a double-whammy, but rather a trifecta of negative factors colliding to create a significant void in the backbone of our economy.

There are many things that need to be done to address this in both the short and long term. The KBA has begun an effort to explore where it might be able to play a helping role for our current members as well as for the future of the industry. I look forward to learning more about this as it develops.

I want to encourage each of you to remember that local elected officials play a role too. Pay attention to the actions of your local school boards. Find out what programs are being taught in your local junior and senior high schools.

Encourage your elected board members to research this issue and become champions for a more diverse curriculum. Working in the trades is rewarding and can garner a very comfortable lifestyle. Small business is alive and well in Kitsap County and much of it is owned and operated by business men and women construction related trades. While the school boards are essential to the development and education of our youth, other levels of government impact both the future and the current situation. Ask elected officials at all levels to look for innovative ways to support trades training and small businesses through tax breaks and employment incentives.

Let’s encourage our young workers to see the opportunities before them by partnering with the small business owners that could replace the education they didn’t get in our public schools. On the job training can be very effective and essential in developing well rounded and skilled workers, but there is high cost to the employer. Let’s look for ways to make it a win-win for everyone.

Enroll Now in R.O.I.I.® Select All employers in the construction trades (this is a large category) should find out if they can benefit from the R.O.I.I.® Select program. Only members can benefit, but anyone can ask for a review and consideration.

Last year the KBA returned a half a million dollars to our participating member companies. Let that sink in. Our small association returned a significant amount of money back to our participating members.

What are some of your major business expenses? If you think of payroll when you consider significant expenses, a portion of that is due to your worker’s compensation insurance costs. As a subset of total wages, it is likely the fees you pay to L&I are a significant factor in your payroll expense. What would you do with a refund of some of the annual premiums you pay? As a risk pool the annual return will vary, but the last couple of years the return has been over 40%. What if it was 10% or 15%? It’s still a significant amount of money back in your account to do with as you wish. How might a program like this make you more competitive? How might the opportunity to get some of those expenses back help you invest in your company and your workers?

Dare to compare! If you’re already in another similar program, find out if they offer you outcome-based claims assistance, risk management services, a return-to-work options program, L&I audit assistance, claims investigations and litigation, and safety services. How do they stack up against R.O.I.I.® Select? Remember, R.O.I.I.® Select offers in-house services to its member companies and is transparent about the way it calculates enrollment fees and pay-outs.

Don’t miss out! The R.O.I.I.® Select program has been helping construction companies for decades! Find out how this program can improve your bottom line. Contact the KBA today for an application!

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UPCOMING CLASSES – The KBA — Your source for education!

KBA classes are affordable, local, and on topics important to your business. All professionals are welcome to register and attend our classes.

June 9 – Significant Changes to the 2015 Building Codes – 8am July 20—Certified Erosion & Sediment Control Lead (2 days) July 22—CESCL Recertification—8am All courses listed above will be at the KBA office in Bremerton. Please register directly with BIAW at www.biaw.com, or call the KBA office for assistance (360-479-5778).

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Carrying on a 50-year tradition at Tony’s ■ Pizzeria has been a popular

gathering place since 1966 on Bremerton’s Kitsap Way

By Tim Kelly

tim.kelly@kitsapsun.com 360-792-3359

PHOTOS BY MEEGAN M. REID

Kitchen manager Eric Branson, one of several employees who have worked at Tony’s Pizza for more than 25 years, tosses pizza dough.

Longtime waitress Peggy Davis serves up a basket of bread to regular customers George Slaughter and Karen Ludington in the dining area that overlooks Oyster Bay.

At Tony’s Pizza in 1966 • A pepperoni pizza cost $1.75 • Spaghetti and meatballs was $1.50

Twenty years after longtime owner Tony Zampella retired, there’s still a “Tony’s Pizza” neon sign outside the Bremerton restaurant. The name, the sign and the business have aged well.

“There was no question, for me, whether to retain the name,” says Mike Malane, an unassuming guy who didn’t need to see his name in lights when he took over the iconic pizzeria after working for its namesake owner for seven years.

You don’t mess with success, which is why Malane — along with a staff that includes some employees who have worked there since before he was hired in 1988 — has maintained the hand-tossed pizza and Italian comfort food, the red-checkered tablecloths and the familiar tradi-

Owner Mike Malane was hired as a cook at Tony’s in 1988, and took over the restaurant after Tony Zampella retired in 1996.

• A meatball sandwich was 75 cents • The pizzeria originally was part of a San Diego-based family chain called Filippi’s Pizza,

but Tony Zampella soon bought out his coowner after the restaurant moved from downtown Bremerton to Kitsap Way in 1966.

tions that generations of customers love about the place.

“When I came on the scene, all we had to do was make sure we carry on,” Malane says.

The pizza place has been in the same spot on Kitsap Way since 1966 — when Lyndon B. Johnson was President, anti-Vietnam war protests were spreading, and “Ballad of the Green Berets” was Billboard’s No. 1 song for five weeks. It was the first year of Medicare and daylight saving time. A postage stamp cost a nickel and gas was 32 cents a gallon. The first Super Bowl and Neil Armstrong’s walk on the moon were still in the future, and there was no busy highway junction with Kitsap Way just west of Filippi’s Pizza, the original name of the restaurant 50 years ago.

In 1991, an article in the Bremerton Sun about the 25th anniversary of Tony Zampella’s pizza place made this observation: “There aren’t many eateries in Bremerton today that survived the volatile restaurant business’ last quarter-century — and not many restaurateurs.”

The restaurant still has a 1966 Bremerton phone book, and the Yellow Pages section has listings for only two other pizzerias back then — Pizza Pete’s was downtown, and Gaslight Pizza was on Kitsap Way where Brother Don’s restaurant and bar is today.

The only eatery in the old phone book besides Tony’s that still operates in the same location is Crazy Eric’s drive-in in Navy Yard City.

According to the Washington Restaurant Association, there are only three WRA-member restaurants in the state that have been in business for 50 years.

“According to our statics, nearly one out of every six restaurants close or change hands every year,” Stephanie Davenport, communications manager for WRA, wrote in an email to the Kitsap See TONY’S, 32

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Food server for ferries looks at Kitsap hub

■ Company may set up distribution center in Bremerton

By Tad Sooter tad.sooter@kitsapsun.com 360-475-3783

The company selected to provide food and beverages on Washington State Ferries is considering a Bremerton presence, even as its contract remains in legal limbo.

Connecticut-based Centerplate, the concessionaire picked by WSF in March, held a job fair in late May at the Kitsap Conference Center and Proposed Centerplate site on Marine Drive in Bremerton. plans to hold another in June. The company also ners to discuss opening a comrequested a pre-permit applica- missary and distribution center tion conference with city plan- in a warehouse at 1305 Marine

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Drive. The meeting was scheduled for June 1.

“We’re looking at Bremerton

as a possible location to set up an operation,” Centerplate assistant manager Joshua Pell said at the job fair.

Centerplate representatives were in town to take applications for galley, driver and warehouse positions. Pell said the number of hires needed for ferry jobs has yet to be determined.

Centerplate, which runs concessions at Safeco Field and the Tacoma Dome, was picked to replace two companies currently providing concessions on ferries.

One is Olympic Cascade Services of Bremerton, which employees about 75 people in Kitsap.

Olympic Cascade filed for a restraining order in Thurston County Superior Court to block WSF from awarding the contract and is appealing the selection of Centerplate. A court hearing is set for June 24, according to WSF. Centerplate’s recent job fair drew a number of Olympic Cascade employees. Christopher Simmons of the Inlandboatmen’s Union, which represents ferry galley personnel, spoke

with workers outside the event.

Simmons said Centerplate has no contractual obligation to hire current galley workers, but he believes the company would be smart to do so. Workers on the boats already hold Merchant Marine certification, food and alcohol serving permits and numerous other credentials.

Some have decades of experience on the vessels, Simmons said. The most senior galley worker started in 1974.

“These are jobs people tend to stick with,” he said. “It’s a big family.”

Centerplate representatives said the company is interested in hiring current galley workers but can’t make any commitments until the contract challenge is resolved.

“We recognize the wealth of experience already on the boats,” said Justin Thulien, of Centerplate.

Centerplate is posting job openings at Indeed.com and other major job boards.

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“This was the next obvious wave coming for our business,” he said.

Williams is pitching TaxiTapp to local drivers, knowing he needs a strong roster of cabs to make the app worthwhile for customers to keep on their phones. The app is free for drivers to download and put to use.

“I tell them they have nothing to lose,” Williams said. “It’s about working with other people, lifting them up, lifting myself up, lifting the customer up,” Veteran driver Dorothy Gilson, of 1st Choice Taxi, is among those trying out the app. She thinks it could make the taxi business more efficient for drivers and their fares.

“It’s a great idea,” Gilson said, “but no one knows about it yet.”

Andrew Alexandre, of Viking Cab, said he hadn’t tried TaxiTapp but has been looking into using a mobile booking platform.

“Absolutely it would be something we’d be interested in,” he said.

Craig Burton, general manag-

Williams uses his phone to demonstrate the TaxiTapp app.

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Tony Williams, of AAA Tony’s Taxi, has signed up 10 cab drivers to start using TaxiTapp, an app that allows users to request quotes from nearby drivers, book a trip and pay their fare.

er of Harborside Taxi, was less enthused. He said the company already is busy and a mobile app could interfere with its dispatch system.

“Not to say we’re not looking for new business,” Burton said.

None of the taxi operators felt ride-sourcing services were affecting the Kitsap market yet. (A

quick search on the Uber app on a recent Friday evening showed a half-dozen cars spread across the county.) But all the operators agreed those drivers should be

made to follow the same rules as regular taxis.

Bremerton recently amended its code to require taxi drivers to show proof of proper insurance and licensing, and pass criminal background checks. Compliant taxis carry a green sticker on their bumper.

City attorney Roger Lubovich said drivers working with ridesourcing services aren’t currently subject to those regulations.

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New 24-hour fitness gym opens in Gig Harbor

By Tim Kelly

training,” said Alex Joudy, who emphasizes nutrition as much as a workout regimen with gym members he Gig Harbor Strength & trains.

Fitness is a new 24-hour Joudy and his wife disgym opened by Alex Joudy, a covered the Gig Harbor personal trainer who wasn’t community when they had planning to start his own previously visited her sister business when he moved to who lives in the area, but Gig Harbor last year. He’d they weren’t looking to be been there, done that for five entrepreneurs when they years in California, and left moved their family up from when that venture got too California. stressful.

“I had told him we’re not However, while working opening a gym up in Washas a personal trainer at The ington,” Oakes-Joudy said.

Club gym in Gig Harbor, “We’re not doing that again, Joudy became friends with it was too stressful.”

Alex Kathawa, who worked But they changed their out there. They became minds after becoming friends, and late last year friends with Kathawa, and Kathawa suggested openshe said the situation is ing a gym as partners. better because the couple “I always wanted to have is working together at Gig a gym, but I’d never met the Harbor Strength & Fitness. right person,” said Kathawa, “It’s been good, this time TIM KELLY / KITSAP PENINSULA BUSINESS JOURNAL who’s financing the venture. around especially,” Oakes“I talked to other people Alex Joudy and his wife, Anna Marie Oakes-Joudy, stand in the main workout room at their new gym, Gig Harbor Strength & Fitness.

Joudy said. “Having supportI’ve known in the past that ive friends, supporting each have been in the industry,” he Joudy said during a recent con- host a weekend seminar July 15-17 a month or $85 per couple, and other, and both of us being in it.” added, “and I almost got involved versation at the gym. on the Starting Strength training $100 a month including classes Alex Joudy said it’s been a good in few partnerships, but it didn’t There’s a separate room four system developed by Mark Rip- two days a week. The only class experience for him to work with a seem like the right fit. What I real- strength training, with seven petoe, a former competitive pow- not included in that is a special- business partner, which he didn’t ly needed was somebody I could power rack stations. Most of the erlifter and Olympic weightlifting ized strength training class that have in California. identify with and click with who equipment in the larger workout coach who will be at the seminar. Oakes-Joudy leads in eight-week “I don’t have a business backcould be able to run it. And that’s room was purchased from a cor“We have a separate strength cycles with a maximum of eight ground, but I’m good with peoAlex.” porate gym that was closing in room, but we want people to un- participants. ple,” he said.

Kathawa is a commercial prop- Tacoma, Joudy said. derstand you don’t need to be a The co-owners both wanted to Kathawa thinks their new erty owner and manager, and he His wife, Anna Marie Oakes- powerlifter to do strength train- offer gym memberships only on a business is a concept that could found the site for Gig Harbor Joudy, is the strength and condi- ing,” Alex Joudy said. monthly basis, with no contracts work in other locations around Strength & Fitness, which opened tioning coach and a competitive The gym, which offers secure or enrollment fees. The gym also the area. in March in a 5,500-square-foot powerlifter, as well as the mother 24-hour access to members, also offers a free seven-day pass for “We’re not a big-box gym,” he space at Soundview Park business of four children including 3-year- has an aerobic workout room people to let them try the place said, but big enough to offer a vacenter. old twins. for group workouts and various out before becoming a member. riety of programs and classes in a “These were four individual Gig Harbor Strength & Fitness classes, including yoga and a four“There are no pressure sales comfortable workout space. small suites, and we ended up held a local powerlifting compe- week Yoga Barre Fusion class. tactics, even though we do have “I’m eager to expand; I really just blowing the whole thing out,” tition in April, and the gym will Gym memberships are $50 different services like personal enjoy this business,” he said. tim.kelly@kitsapsun.com 360-792-3359

Visit Kitsap Peninsula adds board member, shares in tourism grant Visit Kitsap Peninsula announced that Port Madison Enterprises CEO Russell Steele has joined the tourism promotion agency’s board of directors.

“Russell Steele has a wealth of expertise in the hospitality and tourism industry and an appreciation for the role that leisure travel plays in the Kitsap Peninsula economy,” said VKP board

president Steven Gear. “We are excited that he’s joining the VKP board and look forward to his contribution to continue to grow the Kitsap Peninsula region as a destination for leisure travel and events.”

Steele has more than 40 years of experience in all phases of hospitality management, including overseeing the successful opening of the Suquamish Clearwater Resort and Casino, and the recent expansion that added 10,000 square feet of meeting space and

a 98-room, six story hotel wing.

Visit Kitsap Peninsula also announced that it will receive $10,000 from a nearly $100,000 Port of Seattle grant to support tourism across Washington. VKP will use the grant to create an international portal to the organization’s website.

VKP executive director Patricia Graf-Hoke said the idea came from local hoteliers, who are seeing an influx of international travelers, particularly from Japan and China. Visit Kitsap Peninsula will

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Bainbridge artist sticks it to Trump

Sally Noedel, of Bainbridge Island, struggles to keep up with orders for her Donald Trump voodoo doll, which is sold on Amazon.com and eBay.

Noedel started making voodoo dolls of several political figures, but the Trump dolls emerged as the most popular.

Noedel used to spend most of her time making custom piñatas.

In recent weeks, keeping up with the demand for Trump dolls has taken over her schedule.

“It’s just about all I have time for,” she said.

Noedel has sold about 600 dolls. Most of the sales streamed

in over the past month.

Interest spiked when Fireworks, a chain of Seattle-area gift shops, began stocking the Trump dolls. She got another boost after she set up a table at a regional Democratic Party caucus meeting in Suquamish.

“This week seems to be the

turning point,” she said in late May. “There’s been such a jump (in sales) and for orders of multiple dolls. I just had a woman order a bunch for all her co-workers.”

They’re also sold on Noedel’s website, donaldtrumpvoodoo. com, as well as eBay and Amazon.

A few Trump fans have ex-

pressed their dislike.

“Someone said, ‘Why not be fair and make a Hillary doll?’”

Noedel said.

A Hillary Clinton doll was considered, but Noedel doubted sales would come close to Trump’s.

And besides, Trump supporters might enjoy having one of her little Trumpies.

“They don’t have to stick it with pins,” she said. “They could just cuddle it. Maybe cast happy spells on it.”

Noedel’s workshop was a onewoman operation until a few weeks ago.

She now contracts with a company in Arizona to silk-screen her Trump design on muslin fabric and do some of the initial sewing.

Her retired dad is now helping with packaging and shipping.

More help might be needed if sales continue to climb.

Noedel gets wistful about the days, not so long ago, when she spent her work hours building colorful piñatas for birthday parties and bar mitzvahs. Piñatas are much more fun to make, but her biggest sellers — ferries, salmon and dreidels — don’t come close to voodoo doll Trumps.

“I think this will continue at least to the (Republican) convention in July and probably on to November,” Noedel said.

“If Donald Trump becomes president, that’d really boost sales.

I might become a millionaire.”

ally seen as being a proponent of the arts, but the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation recently presented the Colonel John W. Thomason, Jr. Award to art-

ist Mardie Rees of Gig Harbor for her sculpture titled “Soul of the Forward and Faithful.” The award is given each year to an individual artist for a distinguished

work depicting Marine Corps life.

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■ Orders spike for her voodoo doll that has cast a spell on customers

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When a triumphant Donald Trump steps to the podium at the Republican National Convention in July, he might suddenly feel hundreds — perhaps thousands — of sharp, stabbing pains all over his body.

That would be thanks to a Bainbridge Island artist and the Trump voodoo dolls she can’t seem to make fast enough.

“At first, I made a whole bunch of political figures, but Trump became the front-running doll really fast,” Sally Noedel said in her backyard workshop near Rolling Bay. “This is the one most people most want to stick pins into.”

Each flame-haired “Trumpy” comes plastic-wrapped with a selection of colorful pins and a list of suggested “voodoo spells” to cast while poking the little guy full of holes. It retails for $9.95.

“If you hear Donald Trump say something about minority groups or women or any of the things he says that offend so many people, this is a harmless way to respond,” she said. “You can take out your pent-up feelings.”

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How earn-outs can facilitate agreement between buyer, seller

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arn-outs are often used when selling a company when the buyer and seller do not agree on the purchase price and/or have differing opinions about the future growth and performance of the company.

It is a deal-making tool that can bridge this value gap. If the buyer and seller can come to terms on thepurchaseprice,thenthereisno need for an earn-out agreement.

In an earn-out, the original owners are paid an agreed upon price for the business. Then, they are obligated to stay with the

company through a transition period and are paid an incentive based on the performance of the company. Essentially, the seller must “earn” part of the purchase price based on the performance of the business after the sale.

If the company achieves or exceeds the performance targets, the prior owners net more from the sale of their company. If the company does not achieve these goals, the buyer has protection against overpaying.

Earn-outs should not be confused with seller financing. Seller financing is a loan provided by the seller of a business to the purchaser, which is paid back over time.

It is used when the parties agree

on a price, but the buyer cannot secure enough cash to buy the business outright. We will leave this topic for another day.

Clearly there are risks with an earn-out, especially considering that the old owner is expected to work for the new owner.

Here are a few things to think about: Metric: Most earn-outs are tied to the company’s performance, such as sales, earnings or some other measure over a three-tofive-year period.

Sellers usually prefer to keep the measure unambiguous and as close to the top line of the income statement as possible, such as revenue. Not surprisingly, buy-

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ers generally prefer a bottom-line measure such as net earnings. It is best to keep it simple and easy to quantify.

Financial Resources: The seller will want to be sure s/he has the resources at his disposal to influence the performance goal. For instance, if the goal is new customer acquisition, you want to be sure the marketing budget stays intact.

Key Players: Similar to keeping the necessary financial resources in place, it is also important to retain key employees that are critical to realizing the goal.

Control: Make sure you have management oversight over any departments that execute on your goals. Again, if your goal is new customer acquisition, then you better have oversight of the sales department.

Length of Contract: Keep it as short as possible. You can always renew or renegotiate. But things change, and you want to be sure you can actually exit the business in a timely manner (after all, that

is what this is all about, right?)

Processes: Be sure to have clear processes in place to both measure performance as well as pay out the incentive. It is always good to include an example in the earn-out agreement. Define a process to resolve any disputes that might arise.

If you are thinking about incorporating an earn-out in the sale of your business, keep it simple and understandable. And, be sure to engage experienced legal and financial advisors to help you work through the nuances.

If you would like to discuss how we can help you structure an earn-outagreement,pleasegiveus a call. We would be happy to help.

them now 10 years to save enough for a down payment on their first home.

The bad news is young graduates cannot afford to buy homes in high-priced West Coast cities like Seattle and Portland. Young people without college degrees can’t earn or save enough to buy homes in 20 of the 26 major metropolitan areas in America.

That is not good for our economy because sales of existing homes, housing starts and building permits are considered leading economic drivers.

When Pew concludes the growing young adult population living at home has not fueled demand for housing units and the furnishings, telecom and cable installations and other ancillary

ed nationwide by the EPA’s Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training program.

This year’s grants totaled $3.5 million. Of the more than 14,600 people who have completed the program’s training since 1998, about 72 percent have found work in an environmental job, according to the EPA.

oday, more Millennials are moving back home even though the economy is improving and wages are inching upward.

Recently, Pew Research Center revealed that a third of young adults today are more likely to live with their parents than they were before the Great Recession.

Unemployment among young adults has been dropping since 2010, as has the number of Millennials living independently.

In 2007, prior to the recession, about 42.7 million individuals in that age group lived on their own. In the years in between, the population of 18- to 34-year-olds grew by 3 million, yet the share of Millennials living independently has decreased from 69 percent in 2010 to 67 percent this year.

The trend is despite the good news that employers plan to hire 11 percent more new college graduates this year than they did in 2015, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers’ 2016 Job Outlook Report.

This figure applies to all majors and degree levels, but it is more

noticeable for STEM graduates — science, technology, engineering and math.

The “not-so-good news” is wage growth continues to be sluggish, dropping from just under 4 percent in 2008 to a postrecession high of 2.5 percent in December and January, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Earlier this month, Business Insider’s Bob Bryan wrote the underlying reasons for the “move back home trend” are a variety of economic factors. They include student debt, high costs of firsttime homes, escalating rents and

slower-than-expected economic growth over the past few years.

Rent Jungle, an online firm that compares apartment rents nationally, finds that monthly rents in West Coast metropolitan areas are too expensive. For example, in February a two-bedroom apartment in San Francisco averaged $4,126 compared with Seattle ($2,125), and Portland ($1,450).

Spokane checks in at $755.

Apartment List, a San Francisco-based apartment rental research firm, surveyed 30,000 renters and found student loan repayment coupled with high rents reduces young people’s ability to save enough for a down payment on their first home.

It reports that 58 percent of the college-educated Millennials have monthly student loan payments averaging $410. It takes

S’Klallam get grant to train for green jobs

tection Agency awarded the tribe $200,000 to train 38 tribal members for short- and long-term jobs that boost environmental health in areas affected by pollution.

The training program includes 240 hours of instruction in hazardous site safety, first aid, hydrology, environmental chemistry and practical guidance in underground storage tank cleanup, meth lab decon-

tamination and asbestos abatement. Students who complete the training will receive two state and five federal job certifications.

The tribe will offer the training to unemployed and underemployed tribal members. About 1,200 people belong to the tribe.

Tribal Chairman Jeromy Sullivan hopes some of the students will assist with cleanup work in

and around Port Gamble Bay. “It’s an awesome opportunity,” he said. “It’s good for the environment, good for us and good for everybody, really.”

The tribe will work with the Hood Canal Coordinating Council, Kitsap Builders Association, Bellingham-based Northwest Indian College and other groups to assist with job placement.

The grant was one of 18 award-

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The Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe received a federal grant that’s expected to help put 38 of its members to work with green jobs.

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