Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal 24/07

July 2011 Vol. 24 No. 7

The Voice of Kitsap Business since 1988

Recycled Garage A LEED Showcase Old Sears Auto Center “recycled” as architect’s new LEED Platinum headquarters Renovation fuses old and new, pays tribute to building’s history.

By Rodika Tollefson When Rice Fergus Miller Architecture and Planning moved into its new headquarters at the beginning of June, one of Bremerton’s long-abandoned buildings came back to life, housing one of Kitsap’s fastest-growing businesses. The building, which in its former life was a Sears auto center, was built to LEED Platinum standards (the highest possible) and once certified, will become the first Platinum commercial building on the Olympic Peninsula.

The architectural firm is not new to the idea of repurposing old buildings — it had previously transformed a vacant Good Guys retail box into a medical building and headquarters for The Doctors Clinic, an efficiently functioning space that features innovative design. Neither is the company new at designing a super-green building: From left to right, Founding partner, Steve Rice; Mike Miller; Dave Fergus.

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Inside Special Reports: Healthcare Quarterly, pp 6-13 Environment & Ecology, pp 28-32

Human Resources, pg 16

Port Orchard Chamber,

Technology, pg 17

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Real Estate, pp 23-25 Financial, pp 26, 27 Automotive, pp 34, 35

Home Builders Newsletter,

Editorial, pp 36-38

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CleanSpace’s Moore completes lead training CleanSpace Northwest announced that project lead Harley Moore has successfully completed the Department of Commerce “Lead Renovator training”. This training is required so that CleanSpace Northwest, Inc. can properly assist customers with homes built before 1978 that may contain lead paint products. CleanSpace Northwest Inc is an authorized Basement Systems Dealer specializing in basement and crawlspace repair. Reach them at (360) 698-0260.

McFadden receives major achievement award Edward Jones Financial Advisor Pat McFadden of Poulsbo recently received the A.F. McKenzie Achievement Award for her outstanding business building skills and client service efforts over the past year.

“When you work for a firm that is known for its outstanding service,” McFadden said, “it’s quite an honor to be singled out for your service record.”

James D. Weddle, Edward Jones’ managing partner, added, “Pat is an outstanding member of the Edward Jones team who personifies the ideal financial advisor, someone who is 100% dedicated to serving the financial needs of her clients. I am very pleased to present this well-deserved award.”

McFadden was one of only 1,869 financial advisors out of more than 12,000 to receive the A.F. McKenzie Achievement Award.

Kitsap Bank names scholarship recipients Kitsap Bank announced its scholarships to the sons and daughters of employees who are graduating from high school and pursuing higher education. This year’s scholarship recipients include Klohowya Secondary School graduate, Joey Cilinceon, son of Sue Besselievre; and South Kitsap High School graduates, Skyler Gahley, daughter of Jamie Gahley; and Aaron Smith, son of Linda Smith.

“We are pleased to be able to provide scholarships to such deserving students, stated Jim Carmichael, president/CEO, “At Kitsap Bank we feel that education is important, and are happy to help our employees’ children reach their educational goals.”

Cilinceon, who has received numerous scholarships, is active in choir, soccer, Honor Society, and has been named one of the top 10 percent of seniors in the nation. He will study Pre-Med at Western Washington University. Skyler Gahley, a member of the acting ensemble and International Order of the Rainbow for Girls, plans to study Theatre at Central Washington University. Aaron Smith, who works in the pro shop at McCormick Golf & Country Club and managed the Student Store for two years, is undecided in his major, but will pursue his education at either Olympic College or Central Washington University.

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Deisler joins commercial staff at Columbia Bank Columbia Bank welcomes Eric Deisler as assistant vice president and commercial banking officer of the Silverdale branch. In his new position, he will be responsible for evaluating loan applications and maintaining commercial loan portfolios for clients in Silverdale, Poulsbo and Bremerton.

“We are quite pleased to have Eric join our team in Silverdale. He comes to us with a great deal of skill from his prior banking positions. Eric also possessed a high level of enthusiasm coupled with a deep historical knowledge of the local market,” said Dan Patjens, senior vice president and retail lending manager. “Eric will be a huge asset for us as we continue to enhance our presence on the Olympic Peninsula.”

Most recently, Deisler worked for U.S. Bank in Grand Forks, North Dakota as a small business relationship manager for four years after completing his Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from nearby Mayville State University where he also competed as a college athlete.

EHL Insurance promotes Amy Simonis EHL Insurance, headquartered in Poulsbo, announced the promotion of Amy Simonis to senior employee benefits advisor. She will have the primary responsibility of customizing employee benefits plans for businesses looking to attract and retain their most important asset, their employees.

Bainbridge Cinemas now offers closed rear captioning Movie patrons with hearing loss can now enjoy movies on the big screen Bainbridge Cinemas, a locally owned five screen movie theater in the Pavilion on Bainbridge Island, now offers closed rear captioning to moviegoers.

The “Rear Windows Captioning” system is designed for use at individual seats so as not to disturb other patrons. The equipment is installed in one auditorium but is expected to expand eventually. Bainbridge Cinemas will rotate its movies through that auditorium, so that most if not all films will be available in captioned form during the first few weeks of their release. The captioned films will be identified on the Bainbridge Cinemas Web site, newsletter, phone line, marquee and social networking outlets.

Moviegoers who wish to take advantage of this system will be able to pick up a complimentary reflector at the box office when they purchase their tickets. The Rear Windows system can be used in any seat and will display the written dialogue in mirror image from an LED board mounted on the rear wall of the theater. The reflector will fit into any cup holder and can be simply adjusted so the captions appear to the viewer either below or superimposed on the screen, similar to subtitles. These are only visible to individual viewers and will not disturb the visual experience of others.

Bainbridge Cinemas has made this upgrade in cooperation with the Washington State Communication Access Project (Wash-CAP), a non-profit membership corporation whose mission is to make Washington’s public businesses accessible to people with significant hearing loss. Wash-CAP’s efforts have prompted captioning at Seattle’s three largest live theaters, at Seahawks, Sounders and Mariners games, at Seattle Arts and Lectures events, and aboard Washington State Ferries.

The captioning system was developed by the Media Access Group at WGBH public television in Boston, which prepares captions for the vast majority of major-studio, first-run movies.

Liberty Bay Botanicals opens in Poulsbo Liberty Bay Botanicals, located at 17325 Jensen Way, in Poulsbo is an expansion and name change of a business owned and operated by Christine and Jim Wingren.

Christine’s love of botanicals started early and over the years she has collected books on Herbs and their uses in cultures dating back to ancient Egypt. Originally started as Treasure Cosmetics a line of all natural body products and color cosmetics it quickly blossomed into a full line of herbs, spices, teas Poulsbo Mayor Becky Erickson cuts the ceremonial ribbon and salts from around the world. as Liberty Bay Botanicals celebrates its grand opening The firm has over 200 ingredients in-stock, including ,any hard to find items such Herbal Chocolate Chai Tea and fresh blended aromatherapy oils. Customers can choose from any of the house blends or create a truly custom product. Liberty Bay Botanicals also offers wedding and event favors of dried lavender and rose petals or individual servings of floral Teas.

For more information, contact Liberty Bay Botanicals at (360) 271-7602 or libertybaybotanicals@yahoo.com.

Winslow Passport to be extended

North Woods Productions wins Telly Award

Sandra Fleming, who previously owned Alexandra’s Clothing, has opened a new store in downtown Poulsbo — Alexandra Home. Located in the former Shoreline Gallery space on Front Street, Alexandra Home is all about mixing the new with the old.

The store is filled with items that have been reclaimed and repurposed into useful and unique decor items for the home.

Among the accessories and painted furniture Alexandra Home will offer new apparel, jewelry, art, soaps and lotions and vintage flea market finds.

Hours are 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Tuesday-Saturday, Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and closed on Monday. Reach Alexandra Home at (360) 930-8766.

North Woods Productions received a coveted Silver Telly Award (top honor) for the 2010-11 Campaign Video it produced for United Way of Kitsap County. The awards recognize outstanding local, regional and cable TV programs and commercial segments, film and video productions and Web videos, commercials and films.

The North Woods crew is currently in production for United Way’s new 2011-’12 campaign video. Videos for two other North Woods clients, Simpson Lumber Co. in Tacoma and Painted Boat Resort in Madeira Park, B.C, were also recognized at the Aegis Film & Video Production Awards earlier this year.

For information visit www.northwoodsproductions.com.

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With construction deadlines extended for the main section of Winslow Way into midJuly, The Bainbridge Island Downtown Association and Winslow Street Smarts are extending the popular Winslow Passport Program through July 31.

The new date will give downtown shoppers more time to visit Downtown Winslow merchants and complete their Passports before the July 31 turn-in deadline. Each participant completing the required 20 stamps may enter the grand prize drawing for a chance to win one of five Winslow shopping sprees.

Shoppers wanting a little more adventure will have one more chance to earn up to ten free Passport Stamps by participating in the final Winslow Scavenger Hunt, scheduled for Sat., July 2. Participants can solve clues and enter to win cash prizes and gather free Passport stamps as they discover hidden treasures around downtown. Scavenger hunters should check in at the Winslow Street Smarts booth on Madrone Lane (10 a.m. – 4 p.m.) to pick up their hardhat and first clue.

Visit the Winslow Street Smarts website, www.winslowstreetsmarts.com for updated information on parking, detours, and construction related issues.

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Small Business Development Center back to full time staffing

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By Rodika Tollefson Kent Loveless has been counseling people for more than 10 years but when it came to opening his own business, he wasn’t sure where to start. Loveless has wanted to open a solo practice offering chemical dependency and other counseling, and the timing seemed right earlier this year.

“I’ve been thinking about doing it for years but I had no idea how to get started,” he said.

A few weeks ago, he opened doors to Bridges to Recovery in Silverdale — and gives credit to assistance received from the Small Business Development Center, which got him on the right track. The center is located in the Norm Dicks Government Center in Bremerton and provides free, confidential counseling and technical assistance both to startups and established businesses.

Loveless worked with SBDC business adviser Elaine Jones to develop a business plan and cash flow estimate. “I plan on staying in real close contact with Elaine,” he said. “When I get the chance, I will recommend the Small Business Development Center to everybody.”

Jones started with the Bremerton SBDC in mid-November and is staffing it full-time.

The office had operated on a full-time basis a few years ago but for the past few months, it was staffed with advisers coming in from other areas a few times a month.

“I have been busy from day one,” said Jones, a native Washingtonian who moved back from Texas after accepting the job.

The center is one of two dozen SBDCs around the state that are operated in partnership between the U.S. Small Business Administration and Washington State University’s Office of Economic Development and Global Engagement, with other higher education institutions and economic development offices also participating at some of the locations. The

technical assistance provided by the advisers ranges from marketing and financing to planning and hiring, and the centers have resources such as market research data.

Jones said the SBDC clients fall in three categories: people who just need some quick answers, people who come in a few times for short-term help or information, and people who become involved on a longterm basis. Many referrals come from banks, especially for businesses looking to get a loan, and Jones can assist with the assembly of a loan package, among other things.

“It’s what’s fun about the job; you never know what’s going to walk in the door the next day,” she said.

She said a lot of interest has come from startups, possibly due to the economy because some people who lose their jobs are looking to strike out on their own. She’s also seeing interest from Navy personnel who are two or three years away from retirement and are planning ahead.

“There are a lot of people with ideas, everything from a latte stand to something that requires millions of dollars,” she said.

One of her tools is a color-coded cash flow template that clients can follow along on their own screen. “It teaches them to think like a business person instead of like a business expert in whatever they’re expert in,” she said.

That’s one of the steps Karin Kay said has helped her solidify her business plan.

Kay, who has owned Karin Kay Properties for seven years, is looking to add a propertymanagement division to her real estate business. A real estate agent for nearly 30 years, she said when she started her business, she improvised as it grew.

“To create a business plan, something a bank will look at, is an aspect I haven’t done before and I was frightened by it,” she said.

“Elaine was remarkable — she took me every step and thought of things I didn’t think of before. She also helped me rethink costs and diminish some overhead, and

helped me minimize my expectations for the first year, but with a growth plan.”

For Jones, this kind of business consulting is now new. Prior to returning to Washington, she owned a consulting business that advised small businesses, especially in the technical industry. She had also owned a massage therapy practice and throughout her career wore hats that ranged from a registered lobbyist in Washington, D.C. to program developer, planner and public relations/government affairs specialist. Although she already had an MBA since the late ‘80s, she went back to school in 2008 to pursue a master’s degree in technology commercialization.

“I learned a lot more about going from idea to product and building financial statements without an existing business,” she said. “…I’ve been exposed to a lot of different businesses.”

Jones said most Small Business Development Centers have about 120 to 150 long-term clients per a year, and she was on track to reach those numbers. She was also developing an educational program, planning to offer workshops and seminars.

“What’s really satisfying to me is, for sole proprietors there’s no one you can talk to as a sounding board,” she said. “Here, all we care about is that we want you to be successful, and we have tons of resources.”

Rotary District Governor announces donor hours and contributions Rotary’s District Conference theme this year was “Let the Good Times Roll,” and indeed they did as about 500 Rotarians and guests rolled into town for its annual gettogether this year.

One of the highlights of the three-day meeting was the announcement by District Governor Bob Martin of all the hours members expended on charitable work and all the money they contributed toward projects designed to improve the lives of those who are less fortunate, both here and abroad, during the past year.

The District includes just over 5,000 Rotarians in 88 Clubs from Port Hardy, BC in the north, to Woodland (near Vancouver, Wash.), including three in Gig Harbor and two in Port Orchard and Bremerton. District-wide, Rotarians have worked just over 417,000 hours and donated over $4,320,000 in charitable

funding this past year and for the three Gig Harbor clubs, it was 15,240 hours and $156,687 in contributions.

Also, the Port Orchard Rotary club tracked its cumulative volunteer time and monetary donations to tally over 417,136 hours and $4,320,843.

In reviewing the amazing accomplishments of his 88 clubs, Martin said “I am proud to be a Rotarian and I have always been proud of the accomplishments of our clubs. When I asked each club to track their service hours and monetary contributions for this past year, I knew it would be a lot, but I did not imagine these numbers. I hope these numbers will affirm in the public’s eye that Rotary’s motto, Service above Self, is more than just words, that it is the essence of Rotary.”

Silver City Brewery wins 6 medals at NABA

Rush Security opens in Bremerton

Silver City Brewery recently were awarded six medals, three gold, one silver, and two bronze, at the North American Beer Awards (NABA).

Silver City’s flagship Ridgetop Red Ale won gold in the Irish Red Category, Winterbock won gold in the Traditional Bock category, and Old Scrooge successfully defended its gold crown in the English Old Ale category rounding out the gold winners.

Clear Creek Pale Ale was the English Pale Ale category silver medalist. Copper Mountain Bock in the Marzen category and Fat Scotch Ale in the Scotch Ale category brought home the Bronze.

With the six NABA awards added in Brewmaster Don Spencer, has accumulated nearly 60 medals.

In response to learning the results Spencer had this to say. “It feels great to be recognized and makes me so proud of the team we have. We must be doing something right.” He added that “I’m most proud of the consistency and continuity in which we have garnered accolades such as these that has allowed us to be mentioned amongst some of the best breweries in the US” For more information about NABA visit www.northamericanbrewers.org/awards.

Founder and owner Augie Lujan announced that Rush Security, LLC has opened in Bremerton at 851 6th Street, Suite 120. The full service security company provides armed and unarmed uniformed personnel for full and part time security, for special events, construction sites, indoor and outdoor security.

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Three Port Orchard automotive repair facilities earn AAA Top Shop Award

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Each year, AAA Washington evaluates the quality of repair work, courtesy of employees, and the shop cleanliness of each AAA Approved Auto Repair facility in Washington and northern Idaho. Measured by customer satisfaction surveys and feedback, the “best of the best” earn a AAA Top Shop Award. The facilities that earn this honor typically have received customer satisfaction rates close to 100 percent during the last calendar year. AAA announces that these Port Orchard auto repair facilities have been recognized as AAA Top Shops: Bruce Titus Port Orchard Ford – 1215 Bay St – (360) 876-4484 Bethel Automotive – 6750 Bethel Rd – (360) 876-2266 Grey Chevrolet – 4949 Hovde Rd – (360) 876-8091 Before being eligible for a AAA Top Shop Award, shops must met the precise standards needed to be part of the AAA Approved Auto Repair network. For customers, AAA approval signifies guaranteed, quality service from an auto repair facility that upholds strict requirements and offers a full range of services. AAA Approved Auto Repair facilities: • Meet or exceed AAA exacting standards regarding equipment and certified technicians, and have an excellent track record of customer satisfaction.

• Guarantee service or repairs for 12 months or 12,000 miles, whichever comes first.

• Must offer a written estimate; if requested in advance, return replaced parts; and obtain approval before doing any work beyond the original estimate. complimentary vehicle • Provide inspections to AAA members when having other services performed.

• Agree to let AAA arbitrate any disputes regarding quality of service or repairs.

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Kitsap Peninsula takes strides to bring newest cancer screening, treatments close to home

By Rodika Tollefson Dr. Ronald Reimer, a local veteran oncologist, ponders the changes in cancer survival statistics from when he began his career more than 35 years ago compared to today. In breast cancer alone, the chance of surviving at the time was 50 percent, while today more than 80 percent of patients are expected to be cured. That means as many as 65,000 lives saved every year in the United States.

But when he looks at the reasons for the change, he says there’s really no silver bullet because it wasn’t just one thing that contributed to it — it was a combination of better screening, better technologies and continuous new treatments. He sees that same trend continuing today.

“I think there’s a lot of progress being made. It’s never one thing when you win a war, it’s not one bullet,” he said. “It’s a sustained effort.”

This kind of a sustained effort has been happening not only nationally but also locally, on the Kitsap Peninsula. Working collaboratively or individually, local physicians from various fields are bringing

the latest screening methods, treatments and approaches to the community, from the latest clinical trials to state-of-the-art imaging technology that in some cases is not available anywhere else in the state.

One example is cutting-edge, threedimensional mammography screening at InHealth Imaging in Poulsbo. The technology, called Selenia Dimensions system and manufactured by Hologic, was approved by the Federal Drug Administration in February.

InHealth recently became the first practice in Western United States to offer the service and patients have been coming not only from outside of Kitsap Peninsula, but from outside the state as well. One woman was reported to be traveling from the Philippines just to have this screening for breast cancer, which is the second-leading cause of cancer death in women after lung cancer.

Called breast tomosynthesis, the technology allows radiologists to see a 3D reconstruction of the breast via a series of one-millimeter thick slices.

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“I learned over the years it’s not benefitting the patient population to wait on the technology to be widespread,” Henne said. “I don’t want to wait until they ask me to do it, I wanted to bring it to the community now.”

Another example is new MRI technology that became available in March at Olympic Radiology in Bremerton for comprehensive prostate MRI and MRI-guided prostate biopsy. The first of its kind in the state and one of the few on the West Coast, it uses dynamic contrast enhancement and diffusion-weighted imaging that can detect microscopic movements of water molecules and runs the images through a computer analysis.

The computer-aided detection (CAD) allows for diagnosis that may be missed by other tests as well as more precise detection of the cancer’s location and whether it has spread outside of the prostate gland. It also performs more accurate biopsies because it can collect samples in a precise location (compared to ultrasound-guided biopsy that takes random samples in an area).

“We’re pretty excited about this,” said Dr. James Rohlfing, a veteran radiologist with Olympic Radiology. He said the technology had been approved more than a year ago and Dr. John Hedges with Kitsap Urology Associates approached him with the idea of

making it available locally after learning about its success in California from a colleague.

Also for prostate cancer — the most prevalent type among men after lung cancer — one new treatment is Provenge, approved last year and delivered at Peninsula Cancer Center in Poulsbo since this April.

Administered in an injection form, Provenge is the first immunotherapy for prostate cancer (immunotherapy uses a person’s cells to simulate the immune system and attack a disease). Used in certain cases when other treatments have failed and metastasis has developed, it works by harvesting a person’s immune cells through a blood draw, separating specific white cells and manipulating them, then injecting them back.

“It’s a brand new mechanism for treating prostate cancer, different from traditional methods of treatment,” said Dr. Alex Hsi, cofounder of Peninsula Cancer Center and Peninsula Prostate Institute. He said he hopes to incorporate this treatment into clinical trials for other prostate cancer indicators.

Hsi said in addition to immunotherapy, new treatments becoming available are molecular therapies that inhibit the growth of cancer cells, such as a pill called abiraterone, approved by the FDA this April for late-stage prostate cancer that has failed other treatments. The drug targets a specific protein that contributes to cancer growth.

“We’re seeing the front edge of a wave of new therapies and it’s a very exciting time in cancer treatments because there are a lot of new therapies beyond the traditional methods,” he said.

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Olympic Radiology expands to Poulsbo location, adds state-of-art technology radiology group has been in business for about 25 years. The practice was the one to bring the first outpatient scanner to Kitsap Peninsula and also had the first MRI in the county, for about five years before anyone else. Olympic Radiology is an independent practice, owned and operated by the three physicians and a facility director.

Services offered by Olympic Radiology include ultrasound, X-Ray (including walkins at both locations) and CT, among others. The Bremerton location also does nuclear medicine and interventional radiology such as image-guided biopsies.

Added to the list in Bremerton a few months ago was the ability to do a comprehensive prostate MRI and (with a referral from a urologist or oncologist) MRI-guided prostate biopsy. The MRI utilizes new technologies such as specialized coils for high resolution and dynamic, contrast-enhanced imaging with CAD (computer aided detection). It is the first and only one of its kind available in Washington state.

The Poulsbo location is in the Cascade View Medical Center, a two-story, $15 million facility occupied by seven practices

and owned by the majority of those entities.

“All the practices have been in North Kitsap for many years and they knew this is people wanted, something convenient and a lot of services under one roof,” Metters said.

She said Olympic Radiology expected to see a drop in traffic in Bremerton after the opening of the new center, but the demand has been bigger than anticipated.

“There’s been no pull away from the Bremerton volume,” Metters said. “…More and more patients are becoming involved in their health care and they want services closer to home.”

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By Rodika Tollefson Olympic Radiology has expanded earlier this year to a second location. The new Poulsbo facility offers the same services available in Bremerton, with a few exceptions. The move was made as a convenience to patients who live in North Kitsap as well as on the Olympic Peninsula, according to services manager Allyson Metters.

“The expansion has been planned for several years. We worked with a lot of local physicians (to do it),” she said.

Three radiologists rotate between the two campuses so there’s always one radiologist on staff in Poulsbo. The new location employs six technologists, and four new staff will be added to accommodate the expansion.

One service that’s different from Bremerton is an open MRI machine, which helps patients who feel claustrophobic. The open MRI has been on the wish list for both patients and physicians for a while.

“We’ve been surveying patients and physicians, and for years they’ve been telling us they want an open MRI. It’s been the most popular feature at this location,” Metter said.

Another technology only available at the Poulsbo campus is a state-of-the-art PET/CT scanner, the only in-office machine of its kind in Kitsap County and Olympic Peninsula.

The scanner fuses two technologies, positron emission tomography (PET) and computed tomography (CT), to allow physicians to more exactly pinpoint cellular activity abnormalities that may indicate diseases such as cancer, heart or neurological disorders. The scanner can help with earlier diagnosis of cancer and more precise treatment.

Olympic Radiology has provided PET/CT services to the area for about a decade through a partnership with Alliance Imaging and the service had been so popular, the portable imaging trailer was coming to Bremerton twice a week.

“When we opened here, we decided it would be a great service to provide inoffice,” Metters said. “It’s a bonus for patients.”

The scanner is most frequently used in oncology but can also be used for cardiac testing and in neurology for diseases like Alzheimer’s. “(The technology) can be extremely useful because there are things on a CT that look like cancer but if they don’t show up on PET, then you know it’s not,” said Dr. James Rohlfing, who has been with the practice for 18 years. The fused scanner can also show if there’s tumor left after or during treatments, helping establish a better treatment plan.

Prior to the Poulsbo opening, the practice switched to digital X-Ray, and with all procedures now digitized, clinicians from other offices can log securely into a digital archiving system to view their patients’ information over the Internet.

The Bremerton office of Olympic Radiology opened in 1999 but the

Harrison Medical Center deploys eHealth information exchange

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Harrison Medical Center recently launched an information exchange system that allows physicians and medical practices using electronic patient records to communicate among each other, regardless of the technology each utilizes for the electronic records.

The information exchange, which uses GE Healthcare’s eHealth Solutions, allows health care providers to exchange patient information without having to fax or send over records. However, patients must first sign a release allowing for the sharing of information among providers; if they do not, the system automatically excludes their records to be viewed outside their physician’s office.

Harrison Medical Center has transitioned to electronic medical records between 2008 and 2010. Working with GE Healthcare was the next step in the process, with the goal of enabling clinical collaboration and information sharing across practices with more than 400 physicians. Since the health care facilities use different EMR systems, often times those systems cannot communicate and exchange data.

“Working with GE to implement a

Health Information Exchange (HIE) supports our ‘Vision 2015’ strategic priorities around physician and provider alignment, operations redesign and cultural transformation,” said Adar Palis, executive vice president and chi ef administrative officer of Harrison Medical Center. “GE’s HIE platform will help us significantly improve the quality and efficiency of the care our clinician community provides to patients.”

He said the health information exchange concept is relatively new, so Kitsap Peninsula is ahead of the curve.

In addition to deploying the HIE at Harrison, the healthcare organization is working with other local providers to make the system available. “It’s not just a Harrison product,” Palis said.

Harrison will provide the back-end work to other interested practices, and Palis said the new system doesn’t require a lot of additional training because each facility will still be viewing the information in its own EMR system.

Earl Jones, vice president and general manager of GE Healthcare’s eHealth Solutions, said, “We’re committed to helping Harrison Medical Center meet near-

term goals for its Health Information Exchange and to provide innovative solutions that help Harrison leverage its HIE investment to enhance care team coordination, patient engagement, and chronic disease management as the center grows.”

This is not the first time Harrison Medical Center has made its own technology available countywide. When the electronic medical records system was launched, the organization offered to

SCREENING

therapy worked specifically when a certain gene mutation was present. After new clinical trials, it was shown Tarceva actually worked better before chemotherapy in those cases and now, all patients who are newly diagnosed with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer are tested for the mutation prior to determining a course of treatment.

“It’s not a pleasant drug to take but compared to chemotherapy or death, it’s not a bad drug to take,” Reimer said. “The testing has become a critical part of the decisionmaking process for one type of lung cancer, and with the epidemic of lung cancer in nonsmokers, it’s a big deal. It’s not a small number of people (who can be affected).”

He said what really makes a difference with regards to the latest screening and treatments, is having them available close to home. Many patients have to work or take care of families even while undergoing treatment, and being able to get the care in their own communities makes a difference in their ability to work or meet other obligations at the same time.

Other new local services that are filling the gaps include a fusion PET/CT scanner.

The screening has been offered by Olympic Radiology twice a week in Bremerton via a portable trailer in collaboration with another organization, but an in-house PET/CT machine became available in Poulsbo when the practice opened its second location.

The scanner can better localize and more accurately diagnose many types of cancer as well as identify if cancerous tumor is left after or during treatment. For example, Hodgkin’s lymphoma often leaves a residual mass after treatment and a CT scan could not detect whether the mass was an actual tumor, but the CT combined with the PET allows for that differentiation.

“It’s made a big difference in how patients are treated,” Rohlfing said.

The technology is valued at $2 million, and Olympic Radiology is among the many local health-care organizations that are making those kinds of major investments to bring access to latest technology on the Kitsap Peninsula.

“What’s really cool is that you have that in Kitsap County,” Reimer said. “If you have new technology but have to drive or fly a great distance to access it, it makes it difficult for patients… If we work just a little harder to accommodate people’s needs, it brings great value and having the latest technology (and treatments) available at local level is not just cool — it can make a huge difference, and it makes for better, more personal care.”

from page 6 Clinical trials, used to both fine-tune the use of approved drugs and to test the efficacy of newly developed drugs, also give access to experimental treatments in cases where other treatments have failed the patients. On the Kitsap Peninsula, oncologists from several practices have access to the same major clinical trials available at big healthcare organizations in Seattle.

Reimer said one example of how clinical trials benefit patients is a targeted therapy called Tarceva, developed about six or so years ago for end-stage, non-small-cell lung cancer (the most prevalent type). Because it doesn’t work in all patients, originally the drug was given only after chemotherapy failed but researchers soon realized the

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New Peninsula Breast Center provides one-stop for breast cancer patients

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By Rodika Tollefson Local breast cancer patients have a new choice on how they approach their course of treatment. Earlier this year, a consortium of healthcare providers from different specialties launched Peninsula Breast Center to provide a multidisciplinary approach.

Patients who choose to be treated through the center can see multiple providers in one visit, including their oncologist, radiologist, pathologist and so on, and all the specialists meet before the appointment to discuss and review the cases.

“It’s a new approach for breast cancer,” said Dr. Berit Madsen, co-founder of Peninsula Cancer Center in Poulsbo, where Peninsula Breast Center is based. “…All the specialists in volved review the materials about the patients we’re going to see and we come up with a recommendation as a group based on everyone’s input.”

The multidisciplinary approach is the same as the one used by the Peninsula Prostate Institute, created last year with the focus on prostate cancer patients. Peninsula Prostate Institute is also headquartered at Peninsula Cancer Center and has been proven very successful.

Since its launch this January, Peninsula

Breast Center has had two to four new cases every Thursday. Participating providers come from Peninsula Cancer Center, Harrison Medical Center, The Doctors Clinic, Advanced Medical Imaging, InHealth Imaging and Pathology Associates of Kitsap.

The center has an advanced registered nurse practitioner (ARNP) who coordinates the patient appointments, and a dedicated phone line (360-697-8024), and patients can be referred by a provider, or self-refer, regardless of whether they’re currently affiliated with any of the participating physicians. They can also use the model for a second opinion.

“At the end of the conference, we give a written recommendation to the primary care physician,” Madsen said. “The primary care physician is often kept out of the loop and we make a big effort to keep them right in the center of it.”

Madsen said this model works well for breast cancer because it’s a fairly common disease and it requires the input of different specialists. It’s a regular approach for a big medical center, but more unique to a group of providers located throughout the community.

“We’re using technology to make up for

that, so some specialists don’t have to be here physica lly, they can do Web conferencing,” she said.

So far, more than 50 patients have been seen through Peninsula Breast Center, coming from all over Kitsap and Olympic peninsulas.

The staff is collecting data on outcomes, such as how quickly the patients begin treatment after the diagnosis.

“We think this results in patients being able to get from diagnosis to treatment much faster than the usual method,” Madsen said.

Denise Bundow, ARNP, the coordinator for Peninsula Breast Center, also acts as navigator to help patients connect with resources and to follow up on their care. She said one thing that makes this program powerful is the ability of different physicians to look at same information together — for

example, a surgeon reviewing the MRI with a radiologist.

“Many times, they don’t have that opportunity,” she said. “…It’s truly powerful and you can see things that could have been missed.”

Madsen said this model has resulted not only in higher patient satisfaction but also in positive feedback from the physicians, who found the approach a stimulating way to practice. “I think they recognize this gives a higher quality of care to patients… and it’s a nice way to practice.”

The consortium is currently working on an effort to add another clinic in the south end of the county, and the hope is to have it in place by the end of the year.

“Our hope is that by offering this approach, we’ll have fewer patients going to Seattle for cancer care,” Madsen said.

InHealth Imaging first clinical site on West Coast to offer 3D mammography Women who undergo routine mammograms at InHealth Imaging LLC now have the latest screening and diagnostic technology available. InHealth Imaging, based in Poulsbo, is the first center in the Western United States and one of the first women's centers nationally to offer 3D breast tomosynthesis for breast cancer screening.

The 3D technology has patients from all over the state making appointments to have their mammograms performed at InHealth Imaging’s main campus in Poulsbo. In addition to patients making the trip from outside the area, one patient was coming from the Philippines to have her mammogram performed by Dr. Manfred Henne and his staff at InHealth Imaging.

“It is important for me to work with a physician that offers the most revolutionary life saving tools as I have a family history of breast cancer,” she said in a press release. “Making the journey from the Philippines is worth insuring I have the best care available.”

Breast tomosynthesis is a revolutionary technology that gives radiologists the ability to identify and characterize individual breast structures without the confusion of overlapping tissue. During a tomosynthesis exam, multiple, low-dose images of the breast are acquired at different angles. These images are then used to produce a series of one-millimeter thick slices that can be viewed as a 3D reconstruction of the breast.

By offering women the latest technology in mammography, InHealth Imaging hopes to increase the number of women who will be routinely screened. Breast cancer is the secondleading cause of cancer death among women, exceeded only by lung cancer. Statistics indicate one in eight women will develop breast cancer sometime in their lifetime. The stage at which breast cancer is detected influences the chance of survival. If detected early, the fiveyear survival rate is 97 percent.

For further information about InHealth Imaging, call (360) 774-0431 or see www.inhealthimaging.com.

EHEALTH from page 8 subsidize 85 percent of the costs of implementing its EMR platform (GE Healthcare’s Centricity) at any health care facility in the county as well as to host it. The federal government has required all patient records to be converted to EMRs by the year 2015, and for the smaller practices, implementation can be cost-prohibitive because the financial assistance from the government is limited and pays after implementation. So far, eight local practices with a total of more than 50 providers have taken advantage of the Harrison offer.

“(We’re paying) with money set aside as a value we can offer our community and our patients,” Palis said. Kitsap Peninsula medical providers began implementing electronic medical records several years ago; however, one limiting aspect described at the time was the inability of each EMR system to communicate with another unless it came from the same software provider.

The health information exchange system solves that limitation.

Palis said the ultimate goal is to have a countywide exchange that taps into a statewide system. Healthcare leaders predict that eventually, a nationwide EMR system will be developed so patients can receive continuing of care no matter where they are.

Harrison implements national program recognizing nurses include, among other things, a banner to hang in the nurse’s unit, a certificate, pin and hand-carved stone sculpture for the recipients. The sculpture, called “A Healer’s Touch,” is handcrafted in Zimbabwe specifically for DAISY Foundation by 14 artists, as their full-time source of income.

The recipients are announced at a celebration with staff that includes Cinnabon cinnamon rolls, which were Patrick’s favorite during his illness. May said no one on the nine-person committee, with the exception of the chair, knows the recipient until the announcement is made.

Nominations are reviewed via a “blind” process, with names and any other identifying references removed.

Nancy Lorber, RN, OCN, the recipient of the first award in March, said May personally called her and asked to make a presentation at a managers’ meeting about Harrison’s palliative program, where Lorber currently works. It happened to be Lorber’s day off.

“I prepared a presentation and came expecting to do a presentation,” Lorber said. “I came into a full room… Something didn’t seem quite right.”

Lorber, who has been with Harrison for seven years including in the oncology unit, said nurses don’t usually Nancy Lorber, RN, OCN think twice about the care they provide because that is part of their job, but “it’s wonderful to be recognized.”

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By Rodika Tollefson Harrison Medical Center launched a new program earlier this year that recognizes outstanding nurses every month. Called the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses, this nationwide program has recognized more than 7,000 in 670 healthcare organizations as of last October.

At Harrison, patients, staff, community members and physicians can nominate advances registered nurse practitioners (ARNPs), registered nurses (RNs) and licensed practical nurses (LPNs). Cindy May, RN, Harrison’s chief nurse and director of nursing practice, quality and operations, said the committee has been receiving 10-14 nominations a month, including from the community, since the program’s inception.

“We’ve had an impressive response,” she said. “We’re really excited to be part of this.”

She said for nursing professionals, it’s important to understand medical science but the job is also largely about human connections and compassion. “I don’t think any of us go into our work expecting to get thank-you’s,” she said, “… but I think it means a great deal for the nurses to know the care they gave made a difference.”

That was exactly the reason the award was created by the DAISY Foundation.

DAISY (which stands for ‘Diseases Attacking the Immune System’) was created in 2000 by the family of J. Patrick Barnes after he died, at age 33, of complications from Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia Purpura (ITP), an auto-immune disease.

The family was so touched by the nursing care he received, they wanted to do something in Pat’s memory to honor nurses.

The effort took off since then and the program is supported by several professional organizations, such as the American Organization of Nurse Executives. Almost 900 nonprofits participate currently in the DAISY Award.

“We started out as a family that needed to say thank-you,” said DAISY co-founder and President Bonnie Barnes, Patrick’s stepmother. “…It has worked beyond our dreams. We didn’t know the nursing profession would embrace this program to this extent.”

To date, more than 120,000 nominations have been written for DAISY. Each participating organization sets its own criteria for the program — such as how frequently to award and which nurses are eligible (some limit it to RNs, for example).

There is no application process to partner with the DAISY Foundation and the program is open not just to healthcare organizations but any facility that employs a nursing staff including ambulatory clinics and long-term care facilities.

“The number of the awards each gives a year depends on the number of staff,” Barnes said. “Some may do only two, while others do 24 a year.”

Harrison pays $100 a month to the foundation to cover materials, which

St. Anthony Hospital launches toy drive for young patients St. Anthony Hospital in Gig Harbor is collecting toys for children who are being treated in the emergency room or visit the ER with a family member. The hospital is encouraging community members to donate new, packaged toys (used toys are not accepted due to considerations for allergies and other factors). Suggested items include stuffed animals, Hot Wheels or Matchbox type cars and other toys younger children can hold. Coloring books with crayons and books for older kids are also popular.

“They comfort and distract a child. We have children that come in and need to be treated or come in with family needed to be treated. Either case can be very stressful for them,” said Jacquie Goodwill, marketing manager at the hospital.

The toys are distributed in the emergency room, as needed, by ER physicians, nurses or technicians.

St. Anthony Hospital has received toy and book donations in the past from community groups, including the Gig Harbor Mid-Day Rotary and residents of Merrill Gardens, who organized their own drives. However, this is the first time the hospital has found itself without the toys and decided to reach out, Goodwill said.

New toys are welcome in any quantity and do not have to be expensive. Goodwill said many people, patients and community members alike, frequently ask how they can help, and this would be a simple and effective way for them to give back.

Toys can be dropped off at the St. Anthony Hospital Emergency Department during this ongoing drive. St. Anthony Hospital, which is part of the Franciscan Health System, is located at 11567 Canterwood Blvd. N.W. in Gig Harbor.

For more information, contact Shannon Kingston at 253-530-2109 or shannonkingston@fhshealth.org.

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Emerald BioStructures supports advancement of new drug candidates Emerald BioStructures, a Bainbridge Island-based leading provider of integrated structural biology services, announced in June that protein crystal structures determined at Emerald BioStructures have supported the advancement of three drug candidates to clinical trials for leukemia, asthma and spinal muscular atrophy. This milestone brings the total count of Emerald’s collaborator INDs (investigational new drugs) to eight, with six of these in clinical trials, and makes Emerald BioStructures one of the most prolific structure-based drug design contract service organizations in the world.

Targeted drug design enables the progress of the most promising candidates for clinical development and increases chances of clinical success because it reveals molecules with desirable properties, such as high solubility, low molecular weight, and other drug-like qualities.

“The power in designing drugs based on structures of biological targets is that we’re able to rapidly discover novel therapies that affect the molecular mechanisms responsible for the disorder,” said Gary Rosenthal, Ph.D, executive vice president of research at N30 Pharmaceuticals LLC, the sponsor of the asthma trials.

One of the drug candidates, called DCC-2036, is being developed for the treatment of a resistant form of leukemia by Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, with clinical trials performed at Tufts Medical Center, MD Anderson Cancer Center and the University of Michigan Cancer Center. The Deciphera drug candidate has shown early promise in treating individuals with leukemia who have developed a mutant enzyme that leads to a relapse that is resistant to all currently marketed therapies. DCC-2036 blocks this mutation at the molecular level.

“The molecular targeting performed at Emerald allowed us to tailor our drug candidate DCC2036 to the specific mutation that causes resistance to traditional therapies for this type of leukemia,” said Daniel Flynn, CEO of Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, the trial’s sponsor. “Structure-based drug design is promising in its efficiency and Emerald offers best-in-class structural biology services.”

Emerald BioStructures is an integrated gene-to-structure contract research organization that provides collabor ative drug discovery services to pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, academic institutions, and government facilities. For more information, go to www.emeraldbiostructures.com.

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Peninsula Prostate Institute hosts Boxers and Birdies event On Thursday, July 28, Peninsula Prostate Institute is hosting a Charity Golf Classic at Gold Mountain Golf Club (7623 West Belfair Road, Bremerton) to benefit prostate cancer research in Kitsap. Tee-time is at 1 p.m., followed by dinner at 6. The dinner event is open to non-golfers as well ($25 suggested donation).

Celebrity golf shorts will be the game changer at this fun event. The Seahawks, Sounders, Howard Schultz, Tom Douglas and local sponsors are donating decorated boxer shorts that will be on display. Event sponsors include Peninsula Cancer Center and The Doctors Clinic.

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Allyn businessman joins Harrison Medical Center board of directors Fred Barrett of Allyn joined Harrison's board of directors in May. For 30 years, he has successfully developed market-driven software products and services for both startup and established companies. Barrett founded Allyn Technology Group, Inc., a company that’s leading innovation in supply chain visibility and energy smart grid technologies for business and residential electric customers. He is an active Rotarian

and serves as board president for both the Pacific Northwest Salmon Center and the North Mason Education Foundation.

Barrett has a unique blend of technology, sales and marketing experiences in business-to-business, business-to-consumer, e-commerce, and supply chain technologies. His vision and execution skills across the corporate domain enable early market entry and solid

Indigo Fountain Therapeutic Massage now certified for orthopedic massage Anthea Kranovich, owner of Indigo Fountain Therapeutic Massage in Silverdale, has earned advanced certification for orthopedic massage. "Many sports and injuries from exercise or simply over-doing it are helped by massage," said Kranovich — a graduate of the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, and the Port Townsend School of Massage.

Kranovich adds this certification to advanced training in other modalities such as Swedish; deep tissue; hot stone; propriceptive neuromuscular facilitation; advanced technique for acute neck and dysfunction. "Orthopedic massage is for treatment of aches and pains from sub acute and chronic injury, as well as from postural imbalances acquired over time. The soft tissues of the body, such as the muscles, tendons, ligaments and fascia, are brought

into balance with gentle yet effective techniques like Myofascial release, Muscular Energy Technique, and joint decompression.”

She added that this fully clothed style of massage is good for well defined injuries, like rotator cuff and knee problems, and more ambiguous pain/discomforts such as low back pain from jobs that require long hours of standing. It is especially useful for sports/dance injuries, repetitive-motion injuries, recovery from motor vehicle accident injuries, such as whiplash, and aids in protection against re-injury.

Indigo Fountain Therapeutic Massage is located on Randall Way in Silverdale, directly across from the new Haselwood YMCA and can be reached at (360) 7318665 or by email at indigofountain@yahoo.com.

Killebrew joins Gig Harbor Naturopathic Medicine

Port Orchard earns Well-City Award The City of Port Orchard recently earned the Well-City Award from the Association of Washington Cities (AWC) Employee Benefit Trust. It was one of 82 cities to earn the coveted award. The award is based on meeting stringent standards in the promotion of personal health and wellness practices for City employees.

Award recipients receive a two percent premium discount on their Regence BlueShield or Asuris Northwest Health medical coverage for employee & spouses in 2012.

“While the two percent premium discount is a considerable motivation in times of strained budgets, the rewards go beyond the monetary savings.” said Mike McCarty, AWC CEO. “A city that works on employee health sees increases in productivity, morale and employee retention, and decreases in absenteeism and injuries.”

“We’re exceptionally proud of our City employees for taking a pro-active role in the management of their own personal health, and that of their families, said Port Orchard Mayor Lary Coppola. “The fact that their doing so also saves the taxpayers of our City money on insurance premiums, is an added extra bonus.”

GSM, GPS, M O D B U S , satellite and related Smart Sensor systems into energy utilities’ data and telemetry initiatives.

Throughout his career, Barrett has Fred Barrett been involved in a number of startup companies, helping to formulate product and market strategies, lead technology development, grow sales, and position for additional investment and/or acquisition.

A resident of Allyn, he is current member and past trustee of the North Mason Chamber of Commerce and board president of the Pacific Northwest Salmon Center and the North Mason Education Foundation.

PROGRAM from page 11 “I was extremely honored,” said Lorber, who will work part-time starting this fall so she can attend University of Washington for a master’s degree in nursing. At age 55, she has been a nurse for nine years, having joined the field after previously being a homemaker, then waiting for the right time to get the right education.

“It’s valuable to have programs like this,” she said. “…It promotes nursing and it brings honor to our profession.”

Three members of the Barnes family including Bonnie attended the March inaugural celebration. Barnes said they were so impressed by how Harrison implemented the program, a PowerPoint presentation by Harrison will be shared with others as “a model for best practices.”

“We were really impressed. They did everything right,” she said. “…It has to be embedded in the culture of each organization, and they did it beautifully.”

For more information about the DAISY Foundation, go to www.daisyfoundation.org and to learn more about Harrison’s program or fill out an online nomination, visit www.harrisonmedical.org/home/daisyaward.

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Gig Harbor Naturopathic Medicine, located at 6659 Kimball Dr., Suite C306, announced the addition of Dr. Todd Killebrew, N.D. to the clinic.

Dr. Killebrew will address most any medical condition but his areas of expertise include adrenal and thyroid dysfunction, type II diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and gastrointestinal disorders. He also specializes in acute and chronic pain management, and says he prefers to address pain without the use prescription painkillers.

“I have seen so many patients who feel hopeless and whose lives have been so negatively impacted by chronic pain. Many of them rely on powerful pain medications simply because they are unaware that there are alternatives,” said Dr. Killebrew.

His preferred techniques to address pain, in addition to botanically derived antiinflammatories, include trigger point injections and neural therapy (also known as biopuncture). He has received extensive training in these therapies from some of the nation’s leading pain experts.

For more details on Dr. Killebrew’s practice, visit www.drkillebrew.com or call (253) 851-7550.

technology foundation.

Prior to Allyn Technology Group, Barrett co-founded RFTrax, Inc., a hardware/software technology company focused on supply chain visibility and highvalue asset management and tracking in 2001. Barrett led the company’s technology initiatives, positioning the products for inclusion in U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s “Operation Safe Commerce” container security initiatives, and other international supply chain pilots. He codeveloped and received a patent for “intermodal telemetry and monitoring solution,” which is now in use by major corporations.

RFTrax was acquired in 2005 by Fairfield Industries of Sugar Land, Texas.

Barrett is also a founder and principal in AscentIQ, Inc., a software technology platform enabling faster integration of RFID,

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Running on Empty: Avoiding the Success Trap

By Dan Weedin I like to run. Well, actually that’s not entirely true. I run because it seems to be the best and easiest way for me to get cardio-vascular exercise now that I’ve hit an age where getting hurt playing sports becomes increasingly feasible!

If you’ve ever run any distance, you know that just like a car guzzling fuel, your body guzzles energy. I’ve found that if you keep a pretty steady pace, it’s easy to get into a good rhythm and you’re able to manage your energy level and even increase it, as you get better.

There is a danger, however. You can easily be lulled into a false sense of success. I should know because it happened to me! I got into a consistent habit of running on the treadmill at the gym. It was an expected environment free of speeding cars, muddy roads, and angry, chasing dogs. I cruised at a fearless pace watching ESPN and listening to my iPod blare the Black Eyed Peas to train to. I had reached success.

Then, I went on the road. A client who likes to run marathons asked if we could hold our meeting while we ran. No problem. Not long into the run, it turned into a problem. The challenges of running outside on uneven surfaces, wind in your face, more volatile inclines, and even the sun beating down on you, sapped my energy. My pace was sluggish and my confidence shaken. I was running on empty because I had entered the “Success Trap.”

In my case, I had become successful at one aspect of training. I was lulled into a false sense of security that all I had to do was continue doing what I was doing and I would see ongoing growth and success. When my world changed, I found that Marshall Goldsmith’s admonition of “What got you here won’t get you there” is certainly true.

In business, it’s easy to get ensnared in the success trap. My professional mentor and author of Million Dollar Consulting, Alan Weiss has explained the success trap as this way — “To continue doing what brought you to this point but not attempting to innovate, reinvent, or improve — in other words, resting on the plateau.”

So how can you tell if you’re in the success trap? Here are a five signs…

• You stop learning. Confident people continue to learn. Arrogant people think they know it all. When you reach a point in your career where you think you’re “all that,” and can rest on your laurels, you’ve got problems.

• You stop trying new things because you’ve “always done it this way.” I refer you back to the Marshall Goldsmith quote.

• You become bored. Even things you are passionate about can become stale without nurturing. This leads to apathy.

• Your revenues flatten out and/or start declining.

• You have nothing new to offer.

So how do you get out of this conundrum? Here are 5 simple steps.

1) Seek help. Find colleagues, peers, support groups, mastermind groups, or coaches to help you remove the blinders. Fresh perspectives, new ideas, and accountability are what you need.

2) Take bold risks. Try something new in your business. Be innovative. That thing you were afraid to try; try it. Business is not for the faint of heart or tired and exhausted.

3)Commit to learning. I don’t care how long you’ve been in your industry, you can still learn more.

You can learn new skills, or enhance ones that need enhancing. When you’re learning, you’re growing.

4) Add a new product or service. Be creative. Develop new intellectual property; discover new ways to improve someone’s life or business; find new ways to generate revenue. Talk to your customers about where they need help and then find a way to solve their problems.

5) Take time for life. Life balance is critical for success. The morphing of professional and personal lives due to technology highlights the need for mastering your time and priorities even more. The better your life balance, the better your attitude. And attitude is everything in business!

So now my training has changed. I still run on the treadmill the majority of the time due to convenience. But now, I mix in outside runs to add variety and balance to my regimen. The things I once did to become successful are the foundation. The new things challenge me and allow me to grow and discover new opportunities. I’m no longer running on empty!

What about you? Are you confined to the success trap? If so, or if you see yourself headed down that path, then challenge yourself with the easy and painless solutions I’ve outlined.

You’ll find a new reality where you are running at the head of the pack.

(Editors Note: Dan Weedin is a Poulsbo-based management consultant, speaker, and mentor.

He helps entrepreneurs, organizations, and small business owners to create remarkable results through leveraging the power of relationships. He is one of only 32 consultants in the world to be accredited as an Alan Weiss Master Mentor. You can reach Weedin at (360) 697-1058; e-mail at dan@danweedin.com or visit the web site at www.DanWeedin.com.)

Watson lights the way with an electricity reduction Watson, a Poulsbo furniture manufacturer, has completed a lighting fixture upgrade that will reduce its annual electricity usage by 49 percent and total power consumption by 11percent — enough to power 15 average homes per year.

The project to replace 426 lighting fixtures on Watson’s manufacturing floor and within its administrative offices was made possible with the help of Puget Sound Energy, Energy Conservation Services, and North Coast Electric.

Through a grant program aimed at reducing energy consumption, Puget Sound Energy contributed 50 percent of the total cost for the upgrade. Watson spent $31,977, an expense it anticipates recouping with 26 months of applied savings.

“The decision to move to a more efficient lighting system was a no brainer,” said Clif McKenzie, Watson CEO. “We’ll reduce our carbon footprint by 8 tons each year and we expect to save nearly $74,000 over the lifetime of the system.”

In addition to replacing bulbs with ultraefficient LED and induction light fixtures, new ‘daylight harvesting’ sensors in the plant and lunchroom will automatically shut off banks of lights during peak sunny times. Occupancy sensors in halls and meeting rooms will curb energy waste when areas are vacant.

Energy Conservation Services assisted the Watson team with their grant

application and provided a survey, calculations, materials, and labor coordination. North Coast Electric sourced the fixtures and provided expert advice regarding controls.

According to Greg Kooistra, Watson’s VP of Engineering, “The swap took just under one full week and caused no adverse impact to daily business.” Prior to the retrofit, Watson consumed 1.7 million kWh per year.

Kelsey creates series of medallions for Kitsap Mall

United Way’s Fall Fund Drive kick off golf tournament United Way of Mason County will kick off its Fundraising Campaign with a golf tournament on Sat., August 27 at the Lakeland Village Golf Course in Allyn.

Shotgun start time is at 11 a.m. and includes a 4-person scramble. The $100 per person participation fee includes golf, tee prizes, and a BBQ following the event. All net proceeds will go to forward the mission of United Way of Mason County to “Mobilize the power of our local community to help our neighbors in need and advance the common good.”

To register, send checks payable to UWMC to Barb Dunbar, c/o GDRCo, PO Box 9001, Shelton, Wash. 98584 before August 1. For additional information regarding cart reservation, call (360) 427-4749 or contact Barb at bdunbar@greendiamond.com.

A local art project that was originally conceived of by Rene Morris, the senior property manager at Kitsap Mall, was to have local children draw what they saw as natural icons of the Pacific Northwest and then to have an artist reinterpret those images into 2 dimensional sculptures to place in the floor throughout the mall.

After a series of meetings with local artists, Morris chose Port Orchard artist James Kelsey for the project, Kelsey, who is well known for his work in stainless steel work and other metals, has work that adorns the Norm Dicks Government Center as well as a number of other locations. After a month of work, all of the 36 medallions were delivered to the Kitsap Mall and will be installed in the very near future.

The Nature Store and Bug Museum opens in Bremerton Now open in Bremerton, an innovative and unique retail store. A combination of Nature Gift Store and Bug Museum will combine to offer an opportunity for families with children of all ages to enjoy seeing creatures, critters and creepy crawlers of every type imaginable right before your eyes. Visitors can watch and even take home a Butterfly Kit that transforms a caterpillar through the metamorphosis stages and grows into a live butterfly. From ant farms, tadpoles, pet frogs, ladybug kits and much, much more, it’s all here.

The Nature Store also offers a huge selection of nature themed gifts for home and garden that includes framed butterfly artwork, butterfly houses and feeders as well as houses and feeders for toads, ladybugs and other assorted wildlife. The vast selection of exotic gifts is like no other retail store. You’ll find unique gift ideas from living ant farms to dragonfly art and many other exotic displays.

KCHS Exhibits Honored by Washington Museum Association New World War I exhibit debuts also The Kitsap County Historical Society Museum has been honored with Awards of Exhibit Excellence from the Washington State Museum Association at the recent WMA annual conference in Walla Walla. The award was received by Scott Bartlett, curator, on behalf of the Kitsap History Museum.

The traveling exhibit, Mosquitos in Kitsap, and the major exhibit, Spanning the Great Peninsula – Bridges of Kitsap, received the outstanding recognition. The Museum currently features, Made for Walkin’, an exploration of footwear and the

art of cobbling. Made for Walkin’ as well as the museum’s four other exhibit area can be viewed Tuesday through Sunday.

The museum also debuted “Over Here, Over There,” which explores the role played

by Kitsap County in supporting US efforts in World War I (WW1).

This new exhibit in the Wally Kippola Library chronicles Kitsap County’s contribution to the allied victory through the story of local military and civilian men and women, WWI propaganda, military uniforms, artifacts, and historic

photography. The Museum, located at 280 Fourth St in downtown Bremerton is free to active duty military and their families from Memorial Day to Labor Day. The mission of the Kitsap County Historical Society is to collect, preserve, and exhibit the diverse culture, heritage, and history of Kitsap County for the education and enjoyment of the public.

Reach the Kitsap County Historical Society Museum at (360) 479-6226, info@kitsaphistory.org or on the web at www.kitsaphistory.org.

Centennial celebration of Starvation Heights to benefit KRL Foundation

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On July 16 enjoy an afternoon with bestselling author, Gregg Olsen, as he visits the home of Dr. Linda Hazzard. Tour her original 1911 residence; view the famous front room, living room, and infamous claw footed bathtub. Be careful as we pass the ravine on the way to what’s left of the famous sanitarium deep in the woods. This may well be the last time a tour will be available to the public on the “Hazzard” property before the woods reclaim history.

Tour details: Gather at the Olalla Grange located at 7554 Fragaria Road SE in Olalla • Noon to 12:20 p.m.: Gregg Olsen presents Starvation Heights • 12:20 to 12:50 p.m.: Ghost Stories presented by Mercedes Yeager of Market Ghost Tours • 12:50 to 1p.m.: Paranormal talk by Darren Thompson of Washington State Paranormal Investigations and Research.

• 1 to 2 p.m.: Guided tours of the Hazzard home, ravine and sanitarium.

The Grange will have special commemorative items for sale and door prizes based on Starvation Heights and Barnes and Noble will be selling books with a percentage of the sales benefitting the Library.

Tickets are $50 and can be purchased through the KRL website (www.krl.org) or directly on Brown Paper Tickets (www.brownpapertickets.com) One hundred percent of each donation will go to benefit the Kitsap Regional Library (KRL) Foundation to enhance the libraries collections, programs, and services for the community.

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Big Brother monitoring your employees work times? There’s an app for that!

By Julie Tappero, President West Sound Workforce In 2009 when Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis took over her new job she said, “There’s a new sheriff in town.” Since then, there has been little doubt that she sees her role as one of labor law enforcement. In fact, she seems to embody the current administration’s view that the way that many employment issues will be solved is to enforce them at the business level.

Do you have employees who voluntarily check their email and respond from wherever they are, 24/7? In our high-tech world of smart phones, tablets, netbooks, etc., the line between work and home can be blurred. When we can access our work email accounts by simply picking up our phones, it becomes very easy for people to check emails on their own time. People choose to check their work emails during their personal time, for a variety of reasons — maybe they like knowing what tasks will be waiting for them when they get to work in the morning, maybe they’re eager to see if a big client has responded to a message, maybe they want to track the shipping of an important package.

Whatever the reasons, clearly they wouldn’t be doing this if they minded using personal time for work-related tasks. But do you know who does mind? That’s right: Secretary Solis! And now your employees might mind too, because the Department of Labor (DOL) has created an app that enables workers to record their own worktimes — including personal time they’ve chosen to spend on work issues, regardless of whether or not their employer gave them permission to perform that work outside of business hours.

The Department of Labor’s new timekeeping app is free to use, and it’s compatible with iPhones and iPod Touches. The DOL is exploring making it compatible with other smart phones, such as Androids and BlackBerries. The DOL’s press release states that “This new technology is significant because, instead of relying on their employers’ records, workers now can keep their own records. This information could prove invaluable during a Wage and Hour Division investigation when an employer has failed to maintain accurate employment records.”

Secretary Solis goes on to say, “This app will help empower workers to understand and stand up for their rights when employers have denied their hard-earned pay.”

It’s clear that the DOL’s intention is to assist employees in making wage claims.

Through the app they can email their hours directly to the DOL and can access the DOL’s website in order to get their questions answered and lodge a complaint against their employer. In situations where an employee has been wronged, this can be an extremely useful tool — but it is also a tool that can be used fraudulently.

In addition, as part of this initiative, the DOL launched their “We Can Help” Campaign, which added 250 new field investigators to target employers of the most vulnerable workers — such as those in the hospitality, construction, janitorial and home health industries. Their goal is to enforce wage and hour and overtime laws for all workers, including those who are not here legally.

Another example of this renewed emphasis on enforcement is the focus that the Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) division of the Department of Homeland Security has placed on businesses since 2009. ICE has been authorized to audit employers since 1986, but it was virtually unheard of until recently. In 2009, a directive was issued to ICE agents to target businesses by auditing their I-9s. All businesses must complete an I-9 on every worker when hired in order to verify the worker has the right to work in the United States.

As I write this article, it has just come out in the news that 1,000 companies have been notified this week that their hiring records will be audited. This brings the total for the fiscal year to over 2,300, surpassing last year’s record of 2,196. ICE has reported that 99 percent of the employers they audit have errors on their I-9s, and that the average I-9 contains 5 errors.

The audits can result in large civil fines, sanctions, and even criminal charges for businesses. These penalties can even target individual employees within a company — such as HR professionals and corporate officers — who don’t properly complete I-9s.

The I-9 compliance manual for employers is 64 pages long, turning the act of completing a one page piece of paper into a complex process. The businesses targeted include IT,

construction, food production, produce growers, and garment makers. The theory behind this emphasis is that our country will experience a reduction of illegal immigrants through the enforcement of employment laws that bar the hiring of illegal workers.

Another area of recent enforcement emphasis has been on independent contractor and employee misclassification.

Last year the Department of Labor hired 100 new investigators to target employee misclassification, and starting this year, the Internal Revenue Service started a three year process to audit as many as 6,000 companies for the purpose of identifying employee misclassification.

They are looking for individuals who have been improperly paid as independent contractors, and who should have been classified as employees. Why this heavy emphasis now on enforcement? As companies are seeking ways to cut costs, many are looking to outsource work through independent contractors.

Independent contractors are not bound by wage and hour laws and are responsible for their own payroll taxes. The administration has estimated that these audits could result in as much as $7 billion in unpaid payroll taxes over the next ten years. They will be targeting some of the same industries that ICE is targeting, such as hospitality, construction and health care.

When Secretary Solis took over her new position, she proudly announced “The Department of Labor is back in the enforcement business.” One of her first areas of emphasis was on OSHA enforcement and worker safety. The 2010 fiscal budget increased funding in this area and provided for the hiring of 130 more OSHA investigators to increase enforcement of violations.

And there’s still more enforcement efforts proposed to come our way. In the DOL’s proposed 2012 budget, The Employee Benefits Security Administration would get 1,089 FTEs to, among other things, enforce the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, and the Affordable Care Act. They expect to conduct more then 3,800 civil and criminal investigations, which is an increase of 12 percent over 2010.

The Wage and Hour Division of DOL is asking for 107 more full time employees (FTEs) in order to increase their investigations and the DOL is asking for more FTEs in order to increase OSHA investigators.

What is the take-away for businesses?

Emphasis by government today is not on educating, but rather on enforcing. As small business people, laws are complex and often overwhelming, but nonetheless, compliance is required — without exception or deviation.

You should utilize every avenue available to you to stay on the right side of the law. Many Chambers of Commerce offer a broad range of educational activities and resources. The SBA’s website is a great portal to the type of information that business owners need to know.

Anyone can join the local chapter of the Society of Human Resource Management and attend educational meetings about employment law, and there is a wealth of information on their website. There are also the tried and true methods of networking with other business owners and managers, sharing questions, and mentoring each other, so we can learn and grow.

It’s easy to feel like the government is out to play the ‘gotcha game with us. But in reality, they’re trying to catch those folks that are flaunting the rules, or who just don’t care about compliance at all. Don’t stay awake at night worrying about what tomorrow’s mail is going to bring. But also don’t close your eyes and put your fingers in your ears when it comes to addressing these often complex issues. That approach will likely leave you blindsided by some serious unpl easantness.

As with so many things, educating yourself is the key to protecting yourself.

(Editor’s Note: Julie Tappero is the President and owner of West Sound Workforce, a professional staffing and recruiting company based in Poulsbo and Gig Harbor. She can be reached at julie@westsoundworkforce.com. View her LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin.com/in/jtappero.

The recommendations and opinions provided are based on general human resource management fundamentals, practices and principles, and are not legal opinions, advice, or guaranteed outcomes.

Consult with your legal counsel when addressing legal concerns related to human resource issues and legal contracts.)

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Google, PayPal wrestle over mobile payment business Google’s ambitious plan to replace credit cards with smartphones has pitted the Mountain View, Calif.-based Internet search leader against online payment pioneer PayPal, in a legal battle, which contends Google stole its ideas by hiring away two key executives.

It’s not unusual for a company to file suit when a rival hires away a key executive. In fact, Google also was sued six years ago when it hired a top Microsoft Corp. executive to oversee its China operations.

Before that case was settled, both companies filed documents that revealed interesting details about their rivalry.

Google also one of six Silicon Valley employers who got into trouble with the U.S. Justice Department for agreeing not recruit each other’s top engineers and other workers with specialized skills. The companies settled the allegations last fall by agreeing not to enter into “no-solicitation” agreements for five years. Neither eBay nor PayPal were among the employers involved in that settlement.

PayPal painted a picture of betrayal and corporate espionage in a lawsuit filed in a California state court, just hours after the unveiling of the “Google Wallet” payment service in New York. The 28-page complaint alleges the service evolved from research that eBay Inc.’s PayPal had been

working on for the past decade. PayPal fingers two central culprits in the intellectual heist — one of its former executives, Osama Bedier, and former eBay executive Stephanie Tilenius.

In its response, Google says it merely identified talented candidates to run its mobile payments service and then made them offers that proved too tempting to refuse. “Silicon Valley was built on the ability of individuals to use their knowledge and expertise to seek better employment opportunities, a principle recognized by both California law and public policy,” Google spokesman Aaron Zamost said.

“We respect trade secrets, and will defend ourselves against these claims.”

The civil complaint alleges Google spent more than two years discussing a partnership that would have relied on PayPal to process payments for an application market set up for Google’s mobile phone software, Android. However, Google stopped the Androiddiscussions after it had hired enough PayPal employees to set up its own mobile payments service, according to the suit. Interestingly enough, the suit doesn’t directly connect the application markets system with the technology behind Google Wallet.

Google recruited Bedier, a PayPal executive for nine years, while the two

companies were in talks about their alliance. After initially waffling, Bedier left PayPal to become Google’s vice president of payments four months ago. The suit alledges that before leaving, Bedlier copied some of PayPal’s secrets to his personal computer and also uploaded other sensitive information to the Internet storage locker DropBox. The suit also alledges that Bedier urged Google to hire other PayPal employees working on mobile payments before he took the new job.

Google wanted to hire Bedier so badly that Eric Schmidt, then Google’s CEO, and company co-founder Larry Page, got personally involved in the recruitment effort, according to the suit. Page replaced Schmidt as Google’s CEO last month.

Tilenius, now Google’s vice president of commerce, began the wooing of Bedier with a Facebook message on July 15, 2010.

As part of an agreement when she left eBay in October 2009, Tilenius had agreed not to recruit eBay employees until March of this year.

Google, Tilenius and Bedier are all named as defendants in the suit filed in Santa Clara County. It seeks to a court order protecting PayPal’s trade secrets, punitive damages and royalties from any revenue generated by Google Wallet.

Alaska Airlines issues iPads to pilots iPad’s will replace up to 25 pounds of paper flight manuals.

Alaska Airlines has issued iPad tablet computers to its pilots to replace up to 25 pounds of paper flight manuals. The airline said the so-called “electronic flight bag” does not yet include navigational charts, but the company is exploring that possibility as well.

Alaska said the 1.5pound iPad must be stowed during takeoff and landing — just as passengers are required to do.

Among the anticipated savings are “fewer back and muscle injuries caused by pilots carrying flight bags that can tip the scales at 50 pounds or more fully loaded,” Alaska said. The company claimed it’s the first major U.S. airline to replace paper manuals with an iPad. In February, Executive Jet Management, a unit of NetJets that flies small chartered jets, became the first commercial operator authorized by the Federal Aviation Administration to use iPads as the sole source of reference info while on the runway and in the air.

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Gig Harbor earns official Main Street designation The Gig Harbor Historic Waterfront Association (GHHWA) has earned official designation as part of Washington State’s Main Street program. The Main Street designation allows Gig Harbor’s downtown and waterfront community to officially join a statewide and national program aimed at revitalizing the economy, appearance and image of traditional business districts like Gig Harbor.

The Gig Harbor Historic Waterfront Association, a non-profit group comprised of business people, residents and community leaders, began working to earn Main Street status three years ago. The group organized itself based on an approach provided by the national Main Street program but could not officially use the designation until now. As a result of the Main Street designation, GHHWA board members are planning to rename the local organization this summer.

“This is a proud and encouraging milestone for our downtown community, and it comes at a time when so many in our town are working to rebuild and re-energize our local economy. The timing could not be better,” said Gary Glein, president of GHHWA. “This is the start — not the end — of something positive and progressive for Gig Harbor’s downtown district. Our Main Street designation gives us a badge of credibility and a proven framework for organizing, promoting and designing our future in way that respects both community heritage and economic realities. Now the real work begins!”

While earning the Main Street label an event award helps to create some promotional buzz, the designation also allows Gig Harbor to continue using a well-documented, grassroots approach designed to address issues and growing pains common in traditional commercial districts across the country. The Main Street approach consists of a four-part framework (organization, promotion, design, and economic development) that has been repeated successful ly in numerous downtown communities. The mission-oriented strategy involves working with locally owned businesses and unique architectural and community characteristics — such as Gig Harbor’s waterfront — to generate economic growth and community pride.

“The Main Street approach is not a quick fix; it’s a blueprint that can help residents, business owners and civic leaders work together for the long run and in all sorts of economic environments,” said Paul Kadzik, Gig Harbor resident, city councilman and GHHWA board member.

“Congratulations to Gig Harbor for becoming a nationally certified Main Street program,” said Allyson Brooks, director of the Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, which oversees the Main Street program. “While the Gig Harbor Historic Waterfront Association has been using the Main Street approach for several years, it’s a pleasure to see them attain this national status.”

“The Main Street program has provided an impetus, and the business community, the city, the maritime community and the residents have united in an effort to help revitalize our waterfront and downtown area,” said Tomi Kent Smith, a resident of the waterfront area.

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Kitsap Humane Society welcomes new board members The Kitsap Humane Society (KHS) announced that Gerald Porter and Dr. Cary Hills are joining its board of directors. Both are active supporters and partners to KHS. Porter is an ordained Episcopal priest and retired in 2002 as an executive with the Diocese of Olympia and has extensive nonprofit experience.

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Events And Activities

The HBA Member Advantage

Monday, July 4th Happy Independence Day! The HBA is Closed Today

2011 OFFICERS President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Justin Ingalls, RCS First Vice President . . Wayne Keffer, CGR, CAPS Second Vice President . . . . . . . . Robert Baglio Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Randy Biegenwald Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dee Coppola, CGA Immediate Past President . . Ron Perkerewicz

2011 BUILDER & ASSOC. DIRECTORS Derek Caldwell • Karla Cook • John Leage Robert Lubowicki • Judy Mentor Eagleson Jim Way, CGB • Jason Galbreath • Kevin Hancock Leslie Peterson, CGA • Shawnee Spencer

Wednesday, July 6th Kitsap HBA Remodelers, 4:00 p.m.

2011 STATE DIRECTORS

Thursday, July 7th Developer’s Council, 7:30 a.m.

John Armstrong • Robert Baglio • Derek Caldwell Lary Coppola • Walter Galitzki • Brent Marmon Gale Culbert, CGR, CGB, GMB Wayne Keffer, CGR, CAPS • Greg Livdahl

Friday, July 8th HOME BUILDERS GOLF CLASSIC Rolling Hills Golf Course 1 p.m. Shotgun Start

2011 ALTERNATE STATE DIRECTOR Robert Coultas • Rick Courson

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2011 NATIONAL DIRECTORS Robert Baglio • Justin Ingalls, RCS Wayne Keffer, CGR, CAPS

2011 ALTERNATE NATNL. DIRECTORS David Smith • Mikael Brown • Jeff Coombe

LIFE DIRECTORS

Monday, July 11th — August 26th HBA Energy Retrofit Underway Verify w/HBA all meeting locations now through remodel

Rick Courson • Jim Smalley • Bob Helm Bill Parnell • Larry Ward John Schufreider • Dori Shobert

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Tuesday, July 12th Fall Home Show Cmt, Noon Location TBD

Build a Better Christmas. . . Randy Biegenwald Built Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Walter Galitzki

By Laws & Nominations . . . Ron Perkerewicz Developers Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . Norm Olson Golf Classic . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shawnee Spencer Govt. Affairs Cmte. . . Wayne R. Keffer CGR, CAPS Remodelers Ccl Chair. . . David Godbolt, CGR, CAPS Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Baglio Parade of Homes . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dee Coppola Peninsula H&G Expo . . . . . . . . . Melvin Baird Peninsula H&R Expo . . . . . . . . . . . Tom Taylor

Thursday, July 28th Location May Change Due to Candidate Interviews, Start Times May Change Executive Committee, 2:00 p.m.

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Thursday, August 4th Location TBD Developer’s Council, 7:30 a.m.

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This past month we’ve had an array of items going on with the Justin Home Builder’s Association of Ingalls Kitsap County, so please allow me to jump around. We began Kitsap Trident Homes the process of updating our 2011 President website, made an appearance at the Board of County Commissioners Meeting presenting a letter in opposition to the increase of fire flow proposal and work’s about to begin to retrofit our building to make it more energy efficient.

I’ll start with a topic that I’m excited about and happy to see get some traction moving forward. A couple months back we put out a request for proposal to update our website, to give us a fresh look and simplify navigation. We were fortunate to have great responses from many qualified providers, making the selection process a difficult one for us, though a nice problem to have. Congratulations Eric Amundson and IvyCat Website Services for getting the contract. Our leadership and staff are excited because once this is up and going, we consider this to be another virtual employee that works 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

My hope is the new website will serve many additional purposes for our members and the general public. First and foremost, I want it to be a continued resource to help find our members when looking for help on a project. I also see this as a great tool to market and promote what we do as an association, in our place of business and our involvement in different events throughout the community. I’d like to see our Virtual Commercial and Residential Tours take off with this new platform, so those that choose to, can have an opportunity to show off their skills. We will continue to have a calendar with our events and a place to sign up for them online. There will be a tab that will keep you up to date on all the member benefits.

Finally, I’d like to see us provide an opportunity for advertising. This will be great way to promote your business while at the same time, help to support the Association.

At the June 13th Board of County Commissioners meeting we had representation on our behalf to speak in opposition to another proposed regulation. As I’ve mentioned in previous newsletters, there has been a drive to increase both residential and commercial fire flow within Kitsap County. While we support our firefighters and their jobs and risks they take on a day-to-day basis, we can’t continue to burden the people with more rate increases. This message was meant to be a voice on behalf of our developer and builder members, as well as homebuyers, ratepayers and citizens of our community. Our hope is our County staff and elected officials will keep this in mind while pursuing this item, and other matters, that have an obvious trickle down affect in difficult times.

I just saw on the news that Puget Sound Energy is looking to raise rates by more than 8% next year. My thought is instead of continuing to add to the already stringent regulations we have, let’s get proactive in getting to be more efficient with what we have currently. We are beginning construction on our building soon to showcase what upgrading certain items in your home or business can do for the monthly budget constraints. We want this to be educational for anyone who wishes to learn more about the process and see the results. There will be a number of open houses during construction with detailed information and comparisons to learn from. This was a project we had been promoting while sending the message to our members to get on the small works roster with the County. Walter Galitzki with Sun Path Custom Construction is the Project Manager on this and we’d like to thank Commissioner Charlotte Garrido for presenting the opportunity and seeing this through. If you have any questions on this, I’d suggest contacting our devoted HBA staff.

Having just returned from the meeting of the State Board of Directors I feel it is important to let our membership know that CGP the meetings were positive and productive. You can all take pride Executive Vice President in the incredible effort of Art Castle, Interim Executive Vice President of BIAW. Though the budget situation for the BIAW was very bleak at the beginning of 2011, through Art’s leadership and the vision of the current BIAW Executive Officer’s Council, the State Association is showing signs of a return to health. Staffing has been significantly cut, but those employed are working harder than ever. The bright spot on the budget front is that the change to the ROII Select program is showing signs that participating companies will realize positive and valuable returns in the coming years. In fact due to the hard work of the ROII staff at BIAW in getting hundreds of claims closed in recent weeks, even those who are still waiting for the final payments from the previous ROII program may see better returns that anticipated. Additionally, BIAW has looked more closely at the risk associated with another 800 or so companies that didn’t meet the new $10,000 per year in L&I premiums to find that those companies should be extended invitations to participate given their no loss history. 36 of those companies are members of this association and we hope they take this opportunity to join the ROII Select program.

Whether one of the 36 or one of the originally qualifying companies; we encourage you to look closely at the new ROII Select program. There is still time to get in before fall. Frank Romero at BIAW is best suited to answer the details on the program, what kept on salary really means and when it may not make sense.

There is flexibility and the more you know; the more you may save.

The HBA is about to udergo a “face lift” in two distinctly different and important ways. The first is the energy retrofit we are partnering with Kitsap County, and the Department of Energy to complete.

Commissioner Charlotte Garrido has championed getting grant funds accessible to Kitsap residents for use in upgrading their homes to be more energy efficient. These same techniques can be used in the commercial setting as well and may both reduce the use of energy but also help to cut costs at time when every business is looking for ways to save money. Using our building as a showcase, the HBA will receive new insulation, an air tight front door, low flow toilets, duct sealing, improved HVAC performance, improved lighting, and a “cool” energy efficient roof, among other things. We are excited for this opportunity to again be a leader and a location for the public to come and learn about how “do-able” these types of upgrades are for both light commercial buildings and residences.

The other “face lift” is the updating of our HBA website. A small committee has been working the last few weeks to select a web design firm and with that selection made, we are starting the process of creating a new, improved HBA website. The new site will still make it so members and the public can find member services, but it will also be more attractive, easier to navigate, and easier to keep updated. The calendar, a useful tool over the years, will continue to be accessible and 24 hours a day, members will be able to find out details about their member benefits.

The HBA is operating with just two staff right now. Soon we will be back to a staff of three. From time to time the office is closed due to meetings away. If you are coming by, remember we do have a drop slot to the right of the front door if you need to leave something for us. Feel free to call in advance of your trip if you want to verify someone will be here if that is required. We try to be here as much as possible as we know your time is valuable.

Teresa Osinski

July 2011 Edition

Government Affairs Committee Wayne R. Keffer, WRK Construction, Inc. 2011 Chair

The HBA of Kitsap County is always looking to serve its members. This is done in many ways, from educational opportunities made available thru the NAHB’s University of Housing’s profesional designations process, or local training put together by our own association, like energy codes, lead certification, and First Aid/CPR. All these offerings are kept affordable and help to continue to keep a high level of professionalism among the area construction and housing industry professionals.

The HBA also helps members through group buying power in the form of discounts at retailers such as Staples and Verizon Wireless, or in insurance like the BIAW health insurance plan and the Return on Industrial Insurance Select plan.

To further connect our members with their membership, we are in the process of developing a new web site that will help to give our membership more presence and opportunity for increased visibility to each other and the public seeking professional contractors for work on their homes and businesses.

Of course there is the social aspect that leads to friendships and professional relationships that are beneficial to our members too. In May we held our annual auction, attending by 100 or more members all enjoying a pirate themed, fun event together. In July many of us will gather for a great day on the links at Rolling Hills Golf Course for the annual Builders Classic. I also want to talk about another thing the HBA does really well. When it comes to public policy The HBA represents the building community, small business and the community at large, whether they are members or not. With filing week over and the campaign season in full gear, we will be scheduling interviews in key races we want to focus our attention.

Elected officials directly affect the price of housing each day. In their roles they adopt regulations related to land use and building. They consider taxation matters and individual service fees. All of these things affect the local economy and specifically the housing industry.

We care about understanding the perspective of the candidates and will be holding interviews to evaluate how much they understand the responsibility of leadership at the elected level. We have a diverse membership and I am sure that our needs are diverse as well, that’s why it is so important that members come to these meetings. All HBA members are welcome to attend the interviews and be a part of the decision making process. We hope you take the time to attend.

Contact the HBA office for the dates and times.

As always it is a pleasure to serve at the HBA and I, for one, am excited for the positive discussions we are going to have during this election season.

There may still be time to play!

HBA Builders Classic will be back at Rolling Hills Golf and Country Club on July 8th. The shotgun start is at 1 p.m. GREAT prizes will be awarded. All golfers will get carts, goodie bags, and a couple free drinks on the course. Our numerous hole sponsors make the day extra entertaining with fun ways to win additional prizes during your round of golf. We cap the day off with a great dinner (included in your entry fee) and lots of raffle prizes. Call the HBA to register your team today!

Peninsula Home & Remodel Expo September 30, October 1 & 2 It’s time again to “Reinvest in Your Dreams!” Vendors are welcome to submit applications to participate in this fall’s best Expo focused on everything you could want and need for a comfortable home. Booths are reasonably priced and on sale now. Contact the HBA Expo Director, Toni Probert at 360-479-5778 for information on how you can become a part the Peninsula Home & Remodel Expo. Event dates are September 30, and October 1 & 2. Admission ticket prices are kept affordable to give our vendors the best opportunity to reach many Kitsap area residents. Our free “How to Seminars” and other attractions make the Peninsula Home & Remodel Expo a great investment for your business. Don’t delay, this Expo sells out quickly.

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Welcome New Members Jeff Goller Goller Grade & Gravel LLC 350 N. Beach Dr., Port Ludlow, WA 98365 (360) 779-2388 Email: info@wedoponds.com Sponsor: David Godbolt, CGP, CAPS, Sentinel Construction & Consulting Inc

Rick Cadwell The Cadwell Group/Silverdale Realty PO BOX 3544, Silverdale, WA 98383 (360) 865-1818 Email:rick@cadwell.biz Sponsor: Robert Baglio, The BJC Group Inc.

Thank You Renewing Members Over 30 Years

Over 10 Years

Olympic Wiring (33)

Hard Rock Inc

Over 25 Years

10 Year Anniversary

Arness Inc (29)

Newton Construction Inc

Over 20 Years

Over 5 Years

Smallwood Design & Construction Inc Pacific Northwest Title Company

Over 15 Years

Kitsap Newspaper Group Robison Plumbing Service Inc Pristine Homes LLC Puget Sound Energy

Collins Homes/Kitsap Kitchen & Bath Company

Over 2 Years Custom Tile Works

15 Year Anniversary Mentor Company Eklund Electric Inc

A Spike is a member who sponsors new members into the association. The association loses a number of members each year from non-renewal due to changes in business circumstances. This membership loss must be made up with new members if the association is to continue; without active Spikes our association would not exist.

FIRST YEAR RENEWALS Scott’s Tree Service Inc.

REMODELERS — Residential or Commercial, BIG or small!

Kitsap HBA Remodelers Council Remodeling Excellence Awards. IMPORTANT DATE: Entry Deadline is SEPTEMBER 16, 5 p.m. Basic Requirements are: 1) Must be an HBA member 2) Must be a member of the Kitsap HBA Remodelers Council or submit membership payment with REX entry ($40).

3) Entries must have been completed within the last 14 months.

4) Full payment is required at time of submittal ($100 for first entry; $50 for each subsequent entry) 5) Strict adherence to the photo limit is required. Entrants submitting more photos than allowed will be disqualified.

These annual awards are prestigious and coveted. There are a huge variety of categories that span the residential and commercial field in numerous price levels. Packets will be available in July and all HBA members in the remodeling field are encouraged to participate. Details on the presentation of awards will come later.

GOOD luck every one!

LIFE SPIKES CREDITS Jim Smalley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380.5 Tim Burke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 Gale Culbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 Dee Coppola . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243.5 Kerry Chamberlin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 Dale Armstrong. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235.5 Bill Parnell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218.5 Michael Hancock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187.5 Andy Mueller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Douglas Woodside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Kevin Parnell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Bob Helm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175.5 John Armstrong. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.75 Rick Courson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 James Ingalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Randy Biegenwald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126.5 Greg Livdahl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Robert Lubowicki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.5 David Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Michael Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85.5 Larry Ward. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.5 Jeff Coombe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.5 Dori Shobert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Lary Coppola. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.5 Rick Cadwell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Joanne Lockwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.5 Charlie Mackall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Donna Milner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.5 Cheryl Gallup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.5 Scott Henden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.5 Ron Perkerewicz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.5 Larry Elfendahl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.5 Justin Ingalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Wayne Keffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.75 Steve Crabb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.5 Steve Brett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Barry Keenan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

SPIKES CREDITS Brent Marmon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Dave Revis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.75 Jeff Swan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.5 Robert Coultas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.5 AnnaLee Todd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Joe Gates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.5 Darren Devitt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 SPIKE CANDIDATES CREDITS Robert Baglio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Walter Galitzki. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.5 Brad Reid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Corey Watson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Derek Caldwell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Frank Murr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Jim Heins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Judy Granlee-Gates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.75 David Godbolt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Jon Brenton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Karen Alyea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Len Mallory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Robert Simonoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Ted Bowman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Al Timm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5 Brett Warner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5 Daryl Hemley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5 Ken Holmgren. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5 Mark Khulman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5 Michael Glading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5 Rob Smallwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5 Ron Galla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5 Ron House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5 Daniel Ryan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 James Pickett. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 John Leage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 John Ramsdell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Judy Mentor Eagleson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Ken Orlob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Leslie Peterson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Mike Orcutt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Molly McCabe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Shawnee Spencer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Steve Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Steve Morrison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Bill Carter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Jim Ullrich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

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NAHB National Survey on Housing and Homeownership As America struggles with complex economic challenges in the wake of the Great Recession, long held principles have come under intense scrutiny. Some policymakers even suggest that homeownership and housing choice should no longer be national priorities.

This is in direct opposition to the beliefs of most Americans, according to a recent national survey jointly conducted by Public Opinion Strategies and Lake Research Partners for the National Association of Home Builders.

The survey clearly shows that owning a home is still very much a part of the American Dream. Americans believe that homeownership is the single best investment for middle class families and helps provide for retirement and children’s

education. They also believe that a strong housing industry means more jobs and more money for our communities.

Key Survey Results • 75 percent of voters say that owning a home is the best long-term investment they can make.

• 73 percent of voters who do not own a home say it is a goal is to eventually own a home.

• 71 percent of voters oppose proposals to eliminate the mortgage interest deduction, and 63 percent oppose proposals to reduce it. The majority also oppose eliminating the deduction for interest paid on home equity loans, eliminating the deduction for interest paid on a second home, limiting the

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deduction for those earning over $250,000 per year, or limiting the deduction for home owners with mortgages over $500,000.

• 95 percent of home owners say they are happy with their decision to own a home, and believe that owning their own home is important.

• 57 percent of Voters, across party lines, say they would be less likely to support a candidate for Congress who wanted to eliminate the home mortgage interest deduction.

The biggest barrier for those who want to own a home is money for a down payment and closing costs.

McCabe elected to the Thermador Design Council Molly McCabe, owner of A Kitchen That Works, has been elected to the Thermador Design Council. McCabe is one of 20 professional designers from across the United States to be selected from a pool of one thousand nominees. The Design Council provides industry expertise on design trends as well as input on the physical design of appliance products.

Staging company announces new name, receipt of designation Roberta Anderson, owner of Anderson Homes Redesigned LLC, has introduced the new corporate identity for the company. Anderson will be offering her services under the banner of Hearth & Home Staging.

“After six years in business, it was time for a redesign,” said Anderson. “As Anderson Homes Redesign LLC, we built a successful company by providing excellent customer service in redesign, color consulting and home staging. Hearth & Home Staging will continue to build on that foundation. We feel the name change better reflects the company’s comprehensive menu of services to Realtors and home sellers.”

In other news, Anderson announced that she recently earned the designation of Design Specialist, upon completion of training from HGTV’s The Stager’s Matthew Finlason in Seattle.

For further information, reach Anderson at (360) 471-4763, stager@HandHStaging.com or visit the company’s new web site at www.HandHStaging.com.

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Tim Ryan Construction, Inc. (TRC) announced that it has been awarded the contract to build the Suquamish Museum. The facility is an 11,000 square foot museum with spaces for exhibits, performance, gift shop, exhibit preparation, archive storage and work areas. The building is located on a heavily treed site and will be landscaped with additional native plants. Along with a wood carving and basket weaving sheds the site will include trails, outdoor seating and interpretive signage. The project scheduled to be complete in March 2012 and is targeted for LEED Silver certification and will be the second LEED project completed by TRC. The architect for the project is Mithun Architects, Designers & Planners of Seattle.

Reach TRC at (360) 779-7667 or visit www.TimRyanConstruction.com.

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Photos courtesy William Wright

from page 1 The firm’s new headquarters was its seventh LEED project. But what made this project different from all the rest was the company’s dual role: both as the designer and the owner.

Steve Rice, one of the three partners in the firm, said sometimes there’s a fear for companies that they will spend a lot of money on a green building without knowing if it was worth the investment.

“We wanted to find out how it feels for owners,” he said.

To answer the question of how sustainable a project they could build, the staff, along with the builder, Tim Ryan Construction, came together in a charrette (brainstorming session) to discuss their vision.

“This was a very important event in what we achieved. We set aside the issue of which LEED level we wanted and looked for the most sustainable goal within financial reason,” Rice said. “It didn’t take long to realize it had ‘Platinum’ all over it.”

The three-level, 30,000-

square-foot building was built

by Sears in the 1940s as an auto center to complement its retail operation across the street. When Sears moved to Silverdale, the building stood empty for 24 years, possibly doomed to an eventual demolition, like so many other old buildings in downtown Bremerton.

For the architects at Rice Fergus Miller, the worn-down building with a partially-built interior was the sort of challenge professionals would relish — not only to create a showcase for sustainability and a space employees will love, but also to make a design statement and to experiment with some new ideas. The final product, two floors with a mezzanine level, is a fusion of old and new (with some design surprises to the untrained eye) and a study of sorts in how old materials can be creatively recycled.

“We have a ‘new meets old’ ethic,” said Dan Ryan, president of Tim Ryan Construction, who worked with the architects on the project. “If you’re recycling an old building, if something is

sound, you keep it.”

For the construction crew, that meant extra attention had to be paid every step of the process to determine what stays and what goes — and what can be done with whatever doesn’t stay. One of the things that didn’t stay was a portion of the upper-story floor: A hole was cut to allow for air and light movement as well as create sort of a connection between the staff on the two levels. The 1948 Douglas fir beams were taken to a sawmill in Indianola to make smaller boards for the 35-foot long “feature wall” by the entrance that tells the firm’s history. Salvaged 2-by-2 ceiling furring found new life as seven beautifully done, bar-height collaboration tables, thanks to the craftsmanship of Bremerton brothers Chris and Ryan Tincher, a general contractor and finish carpenter, respectively.

What gives the building its character, as well as a lot of texture and dimension, however, is fusion of old and new in the design itself. A rustic-looking wall leading to the upper level is the original. The ceiling, on the other hand, is a successful combination of salvaged and new. With the roof rotted beyond repair, the non-rotted portions were reused for reframing the original high roof, while the rest of the roof — the majority —used new lumber.

“Do you try to make old things look new? We stepped back and said, as a design approach, we’ll let the old and new collide,” Rice said.

The True Star of the Green Approach Before the design began, Rice said the focal question was, “Given what we’re inheriting, what’s the most sustainable thing we can do?” Which translated into recycling anything unusable and repurposing and reusing everything possible. In the end, 75 Cover, page 25

OSHA announces 90-day phase-in for fall protection requirements OSHA has announced a three month phase-in period to allow residential construction companies additional time to come into compliance with the Agency’s new directive Compliance Guidance for Residential Construction.

This decision is in response to the

National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) efforts, including the recent meeting between NAHB and OSHA’s leadership, where Barry Rutenberg, NAHB first vice chairman of the board and Dean Mon, chairman with the Construction Safety and Health Committee. The pair

argued that builders need additional time to fully understand the steps that must be taken, and to properly plan for, the fall protection change. They also stressed there is a continued need for more fall protection training and compliance assistance for residential construction employers.

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square feet). But the projected savings will add up to $24,000 per year, so the additional investment will pay for itself within 12 months.

One feature that will not pay for itself is the rainwater harvesting system that reduces potable water use by 65 percent, capturing water runoff and recycling it for irrigation and bathrooms. The complex engineering system and installation make the feature less economically appealing, but contributes to the building’s environmental stewardship.

Preserving History The idea of “old meets new” is expressed in several areas via plaques containing historic information about the building. In a way, the new Rice Fergus Miller headquarters is curating the history of its predecessor. Even the three conference rooms are named B, T, and O, a nod to the old advertisement on the building that said “Batteries, Tires and Oil.” “We have saved and reused a piece of Bremerton’s retail heritage and that was important to us,” Rice said.

Rice Fergus Miller Architecture and Planning, which has 39 employees, outgrew its previous space across the street four years ago. Their goal was to remain in downtown Bremerton — and the partners see the $5 million project as a reinvestment into downtown.

The company has been in existence for as long as its new home has been empty: 24 years. Three years after Rice launched the firm solo in 1987, Dave Fergus joined as a partner in 1990, and Mike Miller came on

board in 2002. The firm moved to its previous headquarters in 1991, and went on to become one of Kitsap Peninsula’s most successful locally owned professional businesses. Revenues have been steadily climbing, with around $7 million in gross revenues in 2010. The firm specializes in health care, senior housing, fire and emergency services as well as community projects.

“We’ve filled a little void and we’ve made good strides,” said Rice, giving credit to his partners, the staff as well as Bremerton and Kitsap County for being supportive of their business. “I never imagined we’d be a firm this size in a place like this.”

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from page 24 percent of the building’s shell and interior structure was reused.

The building has many features one would expect from an environmentally friendly project: solar panels providing for 10 percent of the energy needs, materials such as cork flooring and lumber certified as sustainable by the Forest Stewardship Council, recycled content carpet, low-VOC finishes. The project received 64 points already from the design toward the 80-point requirement for the LEED Platinum certification, with 93 total points submitted (points are submitted in two phases, including one pre-construction).

Certification was expected sometime in July.

What really takes the project over the top is its heating and cooling method, a highly sophisticated system with a simple premise: As long as the temperature outside is between 60 and 75 degrees (called the passive zone), neither heating nor cooling will be provided by the system itself. The energy use is expected to be at about 32 percent of an average office building in Seattle, and the firm says this will be the most energy-efficient office building in the Puget Sound region (and possibly in Western Washington).

The HVAC system takes into account heat generated by bodies, computers and lighting, and uses outdoor temperatures as a gauge. The thermostat itself is outside, and sophisticated system controls integrate heating, cooling, ventilation and lights, and can be fine-tuned as the occupants settle in.

“The system does not respond to inside temperatures,” Rice said. When the outside temperatures are within the passive zone range, a green light stays on, telling the staff they can open windows to let fresh air in.

Outside of the range, the light turns red, and 24 mini-heat pumps begin working.

The ventilation is preheated for further energy efficiency, and since the system accounts for the extra insulation blanket and the heat generated by people and things, it may actually take four to five days of sub-60 temps for the pumps to kick in. A massive fan attached to the ceiling, which can be seen from the first floor because of the open design, continuously mixes tempered and ventilation air.

“There is not a system like this anywhere. It’s a custom approach,” Rice said.

A complex computer model was used during the design phase to simulate it. The system costs about $1 more per square foot over a typical system, so the company paid $22,000 extra (based on the net 22,000

In response, the Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA, Dr. David Michaels, called Mon and said that he has instructed OSHA's field staff that for the first three months that the new directive is in effect, compliance officers will not issue fall protection citations to home builders who are using the protective measures in the old residential construction fall protection directive.

Instead, if inspected OSHA will issue a “hazard alert letter” informing the builder of the feasible methods they can use to comply with OSHA’s fall protection standard or that a written fall protection plan must be implemented. If the builder’s practices do not meet the minimum requirements set in the old directive, OSHA will issue a citation.

Additionally, if a company fails to implement the fall protection measures outlined in a hazard alert letter and during a subsequent inspection of one of its jobsites where OSHA finds violations involving the same hazards, OSHA will also issue citations.

The three month phase-in period ends Sept.15.

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Work toward your own financial Independence Day

By Schelley Dyess On July 4, we shoot fireworks, attend picnics, watch parades and otherwise celebrate our nation’s independence and the many freedoms we enjoy. But as you go through life, you’ll find out how important it is to work towards another type of freedom — financial freedom. That’s why you need to put strategies in place to help you work towards your own Financial Independence Day. And there’s no way to “sugar-coat” this task, because it will be challenging.

In recent years, a combination of factors — including depressed housing prices, rising health care costs, frozen or eliminated pension plans and the financial market plunge of 2008 and early 2009 — has made it more difficult for many of us to accumulate the resources we’ll need to enjoy the retirement lifestyle we’ve envisioned. In fact, the average American family faces a 37 percent shortfall in the income they will need in retirement, according to a

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recent report by consulting firm McKinsey & Company.

But now that we’ve gotten the “bad” stuff out of the way, let’s turn to the good news: You can do a great deal to work towards financial freedom during your retirement years. Here are some suggestions that can help: Save and invest more. Obviously, the younger you are, the greater the benefit you’ll get by increasing your savings and investments. But whatever your age, you’ll find that it pays to save and invest more. During difficult economic times, of course, it’s not always easy to boost your savings and investments, but try to find ways that are as “automatic” as possible. For example, whenever you get a raise, increase your 401(k) contributions, which come directly from your paycheck. And whenever you get a “windfall,” such as a tax refund, try to use part of it for your IRA or another investment account.

Rebalance your portfolio. It’s always a good idea to periodically rebalance your investments to make sure they are still aligned with your goals and risk tolerance. But it’s especially important to rebalance as you get older and you near retirement. At this stage,

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you’ll want to decrease the volatility in your portfolio and lock in what gains you’ve achieved, so you may want to move some (but certainly not all) of your more aggressive investments into less volatile ones.

Cut down on debts. It’s easier said than done, but anything you can do to reduce your debt load will free up money to invest for your retirement. Work diligently to pay off whatever debts you can and examine your lifestyle to find areas in which you can reduce spending.

Consider working part-time during retirement. Many Americans are now living longer and enjoying happy, healthy retirements. In fact, the concept of “retirement” has changed so that it now includes any number of activities – including part-time work in a completely different area from one’s previous career.

If you are willing to do even a little parttime work during your retirement years, you can greatly reduce the financial pressures you may face during this time of your life.

The 4th of July comes and goes quickly. So put strategies in place now to help you work towards your own Financial Independence Day.

Kitsap Credit Union recently named Eva McLaughlin as the new branch manager of their Silverdale Highlands Branch, located on the corner of Ridgetop and Myrhe.

McLaughlin’s natural progression to branch manager comes after five years of supervisory experience at both the Bangor and East Bremerton branch locations.

Jerry Richardson, Kitsap Credit Union regional manager, welcomes McLaughlin to her new role, sharing that, “Eva has proven herself a skilled supervisor and an energetic leader with over 20 years of experience in the financial industry”.

McLaughlin is excited to foster a team that is already well known for its excellent service. Aside from her operational duties, McLaughlin stated she will focus on “… helping members meet their financial goals, by means of education. Many people don’t know what we can do for them or how to even get started on reaching their goals.

This location is a great place to start; we have home loan officers and a certified financial planner, all willing to sit down and help members reach their dreams.”

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Banks and Olanie promoted to senior vice president position at Kitsap Bank Kitsap Bank recently announced that commercial lenders, Bob Banks and Andre Olanie, have each been promoted to the position of senior vice president/commercial market manager.

Banks will oversee the bank’s commercial lenders and loan activity in South Kitsap, Mason, and Pierce counties, while Olanie will manage the bank’s northern territory, which includes North Kitsap, Jefferson and Clallam counties.

Banks Rod Near, senior vice president/commercial market manager continues to manage the Central Kitsap region. In the five counties where it operates, Kitsap Bank’s commercial lenders number 14 strong, providing a personalized, relationship-driven approach, to better address the unique needs of business customers.

“Kitsap Bank has been proactive throughout these tough economic times. While many of our competitors are struggling with problem credits and looking to clear loans from their books, we’re in a position where we have money to lend,” notes Steve Politakis, executive vice president/CCO, Olanie “Bob and Andre will help manage the effort to match qualified borrowers with a loan that will meet their needs both now and in the future.”

Banks has over 25 years of banking experience to his credit, and has been with Kitsap Bank since 2006. He will continue to be based out of the bank’s main branch in Port Orchard.

Olanie has nearly 30 years of banking experience, 10 of which have been with Kitsap Bank.

He is based out of Kitsap Bank’s Poulsbo branch.

Liberty Bay’s Peterson honored by Bremerton Chamber Leslie Peterson, senior vice president/CLO with Liberty Bay Bank, was honored as Member of the Month for June, by the Bremerton Chamber of Commerce. She has been an active member and volunteers much of her time to help out with the Armed Forces Events along with other Chamber activities.

Liberty Bay Bank officials commended Peterson for her ongoing commitment to the community and to her production staff of lending officers, mortgage professionals, and lending assistants she manages.

Chase doubles SBA lending in first half of 2011 Chase doubled its lending through the Small Business Administration in the first half of fiscal 2011, providing $448 million to help businesses and the U.S. economy grow. The bank remained the No. 1 SBA lender in the country, with 2,373 SBA loans for the first half of the fiscal year.

The bank was the SBA leader in several states and cities. In Washington, it was ranked the No. 3 SBA lender based on the number of loans (68) in the first half of this year and No. 6 based on the amount loaned ($22.1 million total).

Officials said the dramatic increase in Chase’s 2011 SBA continues the bank’s expansion of SBA lending. It increased lending 217 percent in 2010, providing $434 million in credit to businesses.

“SBA loans provide the lifeblood for so many business owners who reinvest in our neighborhoods by hiring employees, improving their property and buying supplies and services,” said Michael Cleary,

CEO of Business Banking at Chase, part of JPMorgan Chase & Co. “The SBA guarantee allows us to extend credit to a wider range of businesses that need capital to survive and grow.”

Earlier this year, Chase increased its lending commitment 20 percent, to $12 billion, to American small businesses. Businesses can access more working capital, term loans for expansion, commercial mortgages, lines of credit and business credit cards.

To encourage businesses to expand, Chase is offering a summer promotion through Aug. 31 to waive the SBA guarantee fee up to $10,000 on new SBA business loans or lines of credit. In addition, Chase participates in the SBA Patriot Express program, which offers preferred rates and terms for veterans, active military in the transition process, or spouses of either.

Details are available through more than 2,500 business bankers at 5,200 Chase branches.

Hembry named senior trust officer with Key Private Bank Daryl Hembry has been named senior trust officer for Key Private Bank in Tacoma. He will work with a team of specialists to administer a portfolio of investment management and trust accounts.

A business and estate planning attorney, he was most recently assistant vice president and trust officer with Union Bank in Tacoma.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in

economics from Colorado State University and he studied graduatelevel economics at Boston College before receiving his doctorate in law from the University of Utah, School of Law and his master of laws in taxation degree from the University of Washington, School of Law.

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Sustainable policies a new green trend

By Rodika Tollefson For eco-minded businesses, a recycling plan, paper waste reduction and energy savings are likely the first ideas to be implemented. They’re all things that will save money so it makes financial sense as well. In those categories, one popular move currently is to take a look at lighting fixtures — in some cases, businesses are saving 30 percent to 50 percent on their electricity bill by simply switching bulbs to fluorescent.

Niels Nicolaisen, coordinator for the EnviroStars program in Kitsap County, said that’s common among the businesses that certify through the program. “Almost everyone is retrofitting their lighting to get more efficiency,” he said. “Fluorescent tubes are a popular item I see a lot.”

But many companies are going beyond the basics. One growing trend is the adoption of sustainable policies and procedures that become incorporated into the daily way of conducting business. It mostly happens at bigger companies, but even small businesses are taking steps in that direction.

“More businesses are interested in having policies in sustainable and green purchasing. I think it’s going that way,” said Vicki Bushnell, education and community coordinator with the Kitsap County’s solid waste division. “They’re also promoting telecommuting, carpooling and other things to reduce carbon footprint.”

Andy Philley, vice president of manufacturing at Watson, a furniture manufacturer in Poulsbo, said a sustainability plan can look at things such as product sourcing and packaging, down to proper disposal and employee education. As a green company, everything Watson does is viewed through the lens of sustainability, but many of their procedures can easily be adopted by other industries.

Packaging, for example, is a major issue and Philley said it’s important to think about it ahead of time. Some vendors are open to taking their packaging back or to ideas on minimizing it.

“You could try to get reusable totes, avoid petroleum products and have as little cardboard as possible,” he said. “…Having the conversation in advance and then knowing what you’re going to do with it once it gets there is important.” Simple things could include having recycling bins easily accessible and labeled, and having a cardboard compactor on hand if there’s high-volume cardboard usage.

Perhaps a less orthodox approach, but effective nonetheless, is to look in the trash regularly. This will achieve two things: It will help make sure things are being diverted properly and continuously educate employees

about recycling; it may also lead to new ideas on whether any trash could be processed differently.

At Watson, this kind of exploration is leading to one major change: With sawdust being the top garbage filler, the company looked at the problem and discovered that if the sawdust can be turned into brickets, it can be recycled through the same stream where they take many other recyclables, Recovery 1 in Tacoma. The plan is to buy a bricketer.

Cost is always a question for a business and it’s true that some eco-friendly measures are bound to cost more. But things are changing.

“Companies will adopt things if they

work and are cost-effective,” Nicolaisen said. “What’s happening is that a lot of the things are becoming industry standard… and the prices are coming down.”

The trend of being environmentally friendly continues to grow. For example, the EnviroStars program, which is voluntary, has about 110 certified businesses currently, compared to about 80 five years ago (businesses have to recertify periodically). And the awareness is growing both on the side of business leaders and the consumers.

“It filters down to the customers — th ey will want to know at some point (if you’re green),” he said.

Puget Sound Energy launches ‘Green’ natural gas program Puget Sound Energy recently launched a new program aimed at helping natural gas customers shrink their carbon footprint and announces that Seattle University is the first commercial customer to take advantage of the utility’s Carbon Balance Program to offset 100 percent of its natural gas usage. Approved this spring by the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission, the program allows PSE customers to essentially neutralize the greenhouse-gas emissions from their natural gas use by purchasing carbon offsets from independently verified projects in the Pacific Northwest.

“Puget Sound Energy wants to help our customers go green,” said Cal Shirley, PSE vice president of Energy Efficiency Services. “We’re committed to helping reduce the amount of greenhouse gases released into the environment.

One way we do that is by supporting projects in our region that give our customers the choice and ability to reduce their carbon footprint in a simple, low-cost way.”

Seattle University, which heats its campus buildings and water with natural gas, began offsetting 100 percent of its gas usage through the Carbon Balance Program on May 1.

The university estimates that its

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purchase of carbon offsets will lower the school’s greenhouse-gas emissions by more than 6.4 million pounds of carbon dioxide annually or the equivalent of taking more than 530 cars off the road for one year.

“Seattle University is leading by example,” Shirley said. “The university is demonstrating that, individually, we can choose to make a positive difference for our planet.”

While natural gas is the cleanest-burning fossil fuel, there are greenhouse-gas emissions, primarily carbon dioxide, associated with burning the gas. PSE’s new, voluntary program — modeled after the utility’s award-winning Green Power Program for electric customers — gives PSE’s natural gas customers the opportunity to purchase blocks of carbon offsets. The offsets are generated at local dairy digesters that reduce or capture greenhouse gases.

The first carbon offsets PSE customers can purchase in the Carbon Balance Program are from a biogas anaerobic digester at the George DeRuyter and Sons Dairy in Outlook, Wash.

PSE is purchasing the dairy’s carbon offsets through the Bonneville Environmental Foundation on behalf of Carbon Balance

Program participants. The offsets meet the verification protocol established by the Climate Action Reserve, North America’s largest carbon offset standard.

Natural gas customers can purchase carbon-offset blocks at $4 each and have these charges added to their monthly PSE bills. One block is equivalent to removing 400 pounds of carbon dioxide from the environment. The average residential natural gas customer using 68 therms of natural gas per month can be carbon neutral, offsetting 100 percent of his natural gas use, by purchasing two 400 pound blocks at $8 per month.

Commercial and industrial customers can also join the program with a minimum purchase of two blocks for $8. Because natural gas usage varies greatly between individual commercial and industrial customers, PSE will work directly with these groups of customers to help determine their annual natural gas usage and the number of blocks needed to achieve a 100 percent offset.

For more information about PSE’s Carbon Balance Program for natural gas customers or to join the program, call (800) 562-1482, Monday through Friday, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., or visit www.PSE.com/CarbonBalance.

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By Kathleen Byrne-Barrantes There is an unprecedented need for renewable energy and conservation while addressing the growing demand for businesses and jobs to support them. For decades it has been clear that the way Americans produce and consume energy is not sustainable. Our addiction to foreign oil and fossil fuels puts our economy, our national security and our environment at risk.

A clean-energy champion from Washington State, U.S. Rep. Jay Inslee (DWash.), who sits on the House Committee on

Energy and Commerce, has long advocated that, “…jobs that come from the shift to clean and renewable energy are concentrated in manufacturing, construction, and skilled facilities operations. They are grounded in the community and hard to outsource — good jobs that rely on highly skilled workers and offer family-supporting wages.” In his 2008 book called Apollo's Fire: Igniting America's Clean Energy Economy, Inslee focused on the challenges and opportunities facing America as it navigates the dual crises of global warming and peak oil.

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) included more than $80 billion for the development of renewable energy sources, expanding manufacturing capacity for clean energy technology, advancing vehicle and fuel technologies, and building a bigger, better, smarter electric grid, with the goal of creating new, sustainable jobs.

In late 2009, I contributed to Energy Efficiency & Conservation Block Grant funding workshops during the Energy Summits for industry professionals held in Seattle under contract with the (then) vicepresident of the Water Environment Federation (WEF) Performance Digestion Team of the Bioenergy Subcommittee. ARRA grants through the U.S. Department of Energy encouraged energy conservation efforts, including use of combined heat & power (CHP) applications from wastewater treatment plant operations we have right here.

And as Inslee said, “Once we free utilities … to sell energy efficiency you know what they do? They sell energy efficiency services and programs — usually implemented through the utilities — that also create thousands of jobs.”

Investments in a smart electric grid and

energy efficient homes, offices, and appliances will also reduce our overall energy consumption and these investments will lead to the industries of the future, help us lead a global clean energy economy, and create millions of jobs over time.

In October 2009, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus established five ambitious goals to reduce fossil fuel consumption in the Navy and Marine Corps and increase the use of alternative energy to at least 50% of our energy requirements no later than 2020.

There are five Navy bases in this region comprising NAVFAC and companies with active Department of Defense contracts on the Kitsap Peninsula total 453 — with the predominate employer being the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. NAVFAC is the Systems Command that delivers and maintains quality, sustainable facilities, acquires and manages capabilities for the Navy's expeditionary combat forces, provides contingency engineering response, and enables energy security and environmental stewardship.

“Reducing our reliance on foreign sources of energy makes the country more secure.

Competition over fossil fuel resources has been one of the leading sources of conflict for thousands of years. Today, little has changed — whether it is oil, natural gas, or electricity — disruptions in the flow of energy can cause major economic havoc and negatively affect both our national security and international stability,” said Secretary Mabus, “Just as we have done for 235 years, the Navy and Marine Corps are leading the nation in adopting new technology to make our country more secure.

With the assistance of scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, farmers, and industry — and with the leadership and support of the President, we are helping to create a new energy future,” he said.

Increasing alternative energy use by the Navy and Marine Corps also helps create an alternative energy market. The Navy uses a third of the fossil fuels consumed by the Federal Government, which in turn uses about two percent of fossil fuels in America.

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Elixsys attend World of Coal Ash trade show Elixsys, LLC, announces that the company’s leadership staff is attending the World of Coal Ash (WOCA) trade show.

Approximately 90 million tons of coal fly ash (CFA) is generated by coal-fired electricity plants each year in the U.S. Elixsys has developed a method that removes heavy metals from CFA, and converts it into zeolites. Zeolites are a source material for marketable products such as fertilizer, soil supplements, animal feed stock, adsorbents, detergents, water softeners, and much more.

“Attending WOCA is a significant step for our business,” said Troy Niehaus, Elixsys managing director. “We’re seeing major interest from the industry’s coal-powered utilities and fly ash handlers, as well as partnership opportunities with manufacturers who can use our converted coal fly ash as a source material for many different product types. The work we do at the WOCA show will lay a clear path to market. We’ve had a focused direction for some time now, and the WOCA show will further define our business development for the coming months.”

Leonard Passmore, Elixsys chief engineer, stated: “With the help of Vignette Creative on Bainbridge Island, we produced a four minute marketing video and it has been valuable for conveying the Elixsys message.

We’ve managed to create a buzz regarding our process that has helped draw people to our booth. We have a lot to say about transforming coal fly ash into new sources of revenue, and attendees want to hear it. As planned, this trade show will generate a lot of work for the team, and we’re looking forward to developing the relationships we’ve started at the WOCA trade show.”

David Marsing, CSO of Eagle Harbor Holdings, Elixsys’ parent company, stated: “The Elixsys team is making a successful entrance into coal fly ash industry, specifically with remediation and conversion, and I’m pleased with their results. From all fronts we are being received well with the Elixsys business model, and I expect profitable success soon. The Elixsys team has an extraordinary ability to focus on the objectives and deliver ahead of schedule.

We’ll see considerable growth with the company in the coming quarters.”

ENERGY from page 30 move the country toward a clean energy economy.

As war efforts are anticipated to wind down soon, recent evidence shows big defense companies are already on the move, tightening their belts and trimming their businesses as they anticipate a tougher business climate ahead (Ref. Defense giants get ready for tough times, Nick Wakeman, Washington Technology, July 15, 2010). While the more traditional IT companies don’t have the same breadth of business lines as the large defense companies, they would be smart to follow the actions of these companies because they often lead the way for the government contracting market, on its way up and down. It has never been more important for the Defense Cluster to reshape its business model in light of what will surely be cuts or at least flat growth in the big defense platform business.

Given the importance of the electricity sector to the economy and security, publicprivate partnerships may be warranted to promote the energy industry as a viable employment option, to develop strategies for encouraging retirement-eligible workers to remain employed in the industry, and to ensure adequate training and education opportunities to support the reliability and safety of the electricity grid.

The U.S. Department of Energy “Workforce Trends in the Electric Utility Industry report provided two recommendations to meet future labor requirements: foster math and science education and build interest in energy-related careers. Based on the time necessary to develop qualified personnel, these recommendations cannot immediately produ ce meaningful results. However, they are part of a long-term solution to meeting the future energy workforce demands of the United States.

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The Navy has for nearly two years required a hiring preference for all military veterans, regardless of discipline in a program called “Hiring Heroes” and this year provided “Wounded Warrior” program expansion guidance. The United States Armed Forces have suffered over 30,000 injured Soldiers, Sailors and Marines in Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. These wounded personnel represent a valuable recruitment source for future Navy and Marine Corps Acquisition professionals. The Naval Acquisition Development Program — Wounded Warrior (NADP-WW) is currently available to any Wounded Warrior that meets Office of Personnel Management qualification standards for the prospective job series at the GS-7 level. The expansion allows entry of those Wounded Warriors who qualify at the GS-5 level and now an additional program year for a total program length of up to four years to enhance employment of non-degreed Wounded Warriors transitioning from active duty to careers in the acquisition workforce.

“Our current workforce includes engineers, scientists, project managers, utility, and transportation workers,” said Leslie Yuenger, Public Affairs and Protocol Officer, NAVFAC Northwest. “Our future workforce will have a similar mix, but the growth in emerging technologies requires experience or

knowledge in math, science and computer skills whether this experience or knowledge comes from a military background or a civilian background our need is the same.”

NAVFAC Northwest also organizes recruiting events and encourages local businesses to take part in its job symposiums.

“In the Civil Engineer Corps our officers are civil, mechanical, structural and environmental engineers and architects. In the Construction Battalion our enlisted are builders, welders, concrete workers, electricians, and utility workers. The "crosswalk" for those veterans to work for us as civilians is easily translated, but we also hire Sailors and Marines from other disciplines if they have the qualifications to meet our vacancies.”

You may contact Yuenger at 360-3966387 or leslie.yuenger@navy.mil for more information and what local naval bases are doing to enhance opportunities for returning military personnel.

Leveraging alliance partnerships to focus on targeted education, assisting in key workforce development, facilitating development of computer-based training for manufacturers of tomorrow’s smart grid technologies and tools, enhancing existing training systems and those that are currently manufacturing new technologies that will make the smart grid work may increase supply of the future workforce needed. New programs could also provide transitional education for workers migrating to smart grid technologies or to next-generation electric power sector manufacturers from other areas of manufacturing.

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across both the public and private sectors.

These 78 million individuals born between 1946 and 1964 have accumulated a wealth of experience and knowledge, and represent 44 percent of America’s workforce. For electric utilities, whose service quality and reliability depends on maintaining an adequate, knowledgeable workforce, managing the upcoming retirement transition is a particular challenge. Analysis indicates a significant forecasted shortage in the availability of qualified candidates by as many as 10,000 lineworkers, or nearly 20 percent of the current workforce. This could eventually limit the nation’s ability to maintain and/or increase electricity supply, potentially impacting the economic and national security of the United States.

In 2005, power line installers working for electrical utilities and outsourcing companies numbered 58,020. Demand is expected to outpace supply over the next decade. As a result, they are one of the highest paid professions in the United States that does not require a post-secondary education, attributable perhaps to the hazards inherent to the job. The percentage of the lineworker workforce expected to retire within the next five to ten years could approach 50 percent in some organizations. The loss of institutional knowledge is a critical concern, especially for a profession heavily dependent on mentoring and on the job training. In addition, recent data shows a decline in the number of power engineering faculty, exacerbating the problem.

Rick Tift, Executive Director of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS&IMF), said, “The Navy loses more and more of their trained lineworkers every day to the private sector such as Puget Sound Energy leaving a critical need within the shipyard for trained and experienced workers.”

There are currently 1700 Veteran Students enrolled at the local community college with an additional 818 receiving benefits. Because military bases including Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (PSNS) may have a current or future need of Smart Grid-related military occupational specialties, it will be important to

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Beyond paper and aluminum: things you didn’t know you can recycle

By Rodika Tollefson The economy has undoubtedly impacted every aspect of American life, including the way people spend their money. The shrinking retail sales may be a tell-all about a reduction in consumerism — whether by necessity or because it’s trendy — but there’s one other number that may indicate America’s love for “stuff ” is changing. For the past few years, the amount of garbage generated nationwide has been decreasing: According to the Environmental Protection Agency, between 2007 and 2009 (the last year available), municipal solid waste (a.k.a. garbage) generation went from 255 million tons to 243 million.

Still, considering that amount is double that of four or five decades ago, it’s easy to understand the efforts to promote and encourage recycling. Consumers, of course, are complying, recovering about 34 percent of materials nationwide (from less than 10 percent 30 years ago). But while paper recycling has become second nature (and 64 percent of it is diverted from the landfill), a growing number of people are looking for ways to recycle various other things that usually go into the trash, from candy wrappers and Ziplock bags to potato chip bags and Elmer’s glue sticks.

“These things aren’t garbage, they’re resources that can be turned into other things,” said Lauren Taylor, director of U.S. public relations for TerraCycle. “…A lot of people don’t realize there are options beyond their traditional forms of recycling.”

TerraCycle (www.terracycle.net), based in Trenton, N. J., has been a popular program especially at schools, including on the Kitsap Peninsula. The company takes a variety of packaging and food containers including butter and yogurt tubs, upcycles or recycles it into products, and gives cash back to nonprofits at 2 cents per item (with nearly $2.7 million paid so far). Anybody can participate — businesses, civic groups, sports teams and individuals can sign up for what TerraCycle calls “brigades” to collect items — but only nonprofits receive money, so anyone else can designate their favorite charity as the recipient of the cash.

The company pays for the postage, and is receiving collections from a total of 20.6 million people from all over the United States and 14 countries.

Juice packs are the most popular items for collection at schools. At Belfair Elementary, a group of third-grade volunteers from the K-Kids Club took turns during their free time after lunch to take out straws, cut the tops off and rinse out the Capri Sun containers. As long as students are willing to run it again next year, the school will continue the program.

“I think it was worthwhile — (it) gave students sense of responsibility for a worthy cause,” said their teacher, Michael Siptroth.

At Crosspoint Academy in Bremerton, the program was sponsored by the parentteacher association, with students collecting Capri Sun and Honest Kids juice pouches. TerraCycle is part of the school’s “Green Team” effort, which is also looking

to implement composting. “I think it’s wonderful the schools are starting to educate the kids because we’ll have new generations that are aware, and it will be natural to them because they’re trained,” said teacher Carla Fonten, who coordinates the recycling.

TerraCycle makes about 260 types of products from the packaging, including office supplies, bags, plant pots and toys.

Many sport the designs of their “parent” materials. There are M&M and Oreo totes, Clif Bar and Kashi notebooks, and Doritos Pyramid speakers, many sold at retailers like Walmart.

Joni Landeen, a parent who is overseeing the upcycling at Crosspoint, said she’s seen students using some of the products and they are “really fun.” “TerraCycle makes it so easy,” she said, adding that she may propose other brigades to the PTA next year.

Another company that turns No. 5 plastic — often not accepted through curb recycling programs — is Preserve, based in Massachusetts. Through its Gimme 5 program, it accepts via mail and collection points any clearly labeled No. 5 plastic including medication bottles and caps (but not bags). Although Preserve doesn’t pay for shipping, it collects at some co-ops and at Whole Foods stores, where the plastic is compressed to three-quarters of its volume and transported via the markets’ distribution network to keep carbon footprint low. The company uses the plastic to make Preserve toothbrushes and razors (available at stores like Trader Joe’s) and some tableware. Another popular item it accepts for recycling is Brita water filters, and everyone from individuals to businesses — and in some cases municipalities — are signing up to participate in Gimme 5.

“When we launched the program in 2009, we experienced such great response, we’ve been floored by it,” said Christie Lee, the company’s product development manager and sustainable design lead.

“We’ve been scrambling to recycle every piece of No. 5 plastic. We’re at the point where we think we can sustainably expand the program with help from our partners.”

A few other less commonly recycled things that can be kept from the landfill (for free) closer to home: Salish Sea Expeditions, an educational company on Bainbridge, accepts used candles and crayons year-round. Middle and high school students on boat-based science research trips use those as fire starters for campfires. Contact ahead of time to arrange drop-off (see salish.org for contact information).

Paper towel and toilet paper wrap, plastic newspaper and dry cleaning bags, and any other clean, clear No. 2 and No. 4 bags can be recycled at any store like QFC or Lowe’s that collects plastic grocery bags, in the same bin. Beware that contamination (wrong type or dirty plastic) puts those programs in jeopardy.

DVD players, MP3 players, electronic cables, fans, vacuums and various other electronics are accepted at Best Buy (three

items per household per day). The store also takes TV and computer monitors but charges $10 for those and in exchange gives $10 gift cards (those items can be recycled for free at many waste-collection sites).

According to the company, its recycling partners make sure the items do not end up in the landfill or in foreign countries.

Commuting to Seattle? Drop off any brand athletic shoes at the Nike store, where its shoe collection program is so popular, it fills three to four boxes every week. Some people drop off shoes by the hundreds; call the store in advance in that case to get help hauling them in from the parking lot. The shoes are recycled into gym flooring, playground covering and other projects — see an example at Silverdale Waterfront Park’s playground.

Pots and pans, microwaves, water heaters, battery power tools, electric or gas motors and numerous other electronics, appliances and metals are accepted at North Kitsap Metal Recycling LLC in Kingston for free. The company even pays for nonferrous metals like car rims, copper wire and radiators on Saturdays (per pound).

See www.nkmetal.com for details.

For other suggestions, go to Kitsap County’s list at www.kitsapgov.com/sw/recycle.asp or see suggestions from Sustainable Bainbridge at www.sustainablebainbridge.org/road-mapto-zero-waste.aspx.

One push in the recycling arena is for composting, and several Kitsap schools are leading the charge by collecting lunch waste. Some businesses are starting to do the same.

“The most expensive way to get rid of trash is via the trash. If you can compost a lot of stuff in your business, you can save money,” said Diane Landrey, who coordinates the Zero-Waste, an initiative of Sustainable Bainbridge.

But, she adds, even more important than recycling or composting is to think about use in the first place. “The best thing is to reuse, repair… It’s a mindset — thinking about what happens to the object once you’re done with it,” she said.

At Islandwood, that mindset is part of its educational program. Students and campers there collect juice pouches and potato chip bags for TerraCycle, and staff have their own program, recycling things like batteries and compact fluorescent lamps.

“Recycling is the first step in our mind.

Reducing and reusing are the first two steps,” said Islandwood’s overnight program coordinator Lauren Brohawn. “Some people say there’s four R’s — so we can rethink our purchases and use… Recycling is one of those things people automatically go to but there’s other things they may not be recognizing, like thinking of those other R’s.”

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July @ Port Orchard 2011 The Port Orchard Chamber of Commerce is a membership based organization of businesses and individuals working together to promote a favorable local business climate, encourage strong community leadership and support quality of life.

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Thanks to the many, many volunteers, donors, in-kind contributors, residents and visitors who participated in the 6th Annual Murder Mystery Event and 23rd Annual Seagull Calling Festival — all part of the

Kitsap Harbor Festival. We had great weather and great participation! Special thanks to the committee and Murder Mystery Chair Patti Kirkpatrick.

The list of fun, friendly family activities over the summer is long and includes the Fathoms O ‘Fun Grand Fireworks Show on July 4th, Concerts by the Bay every Thursday evening and on July 4th, Farmers Market every

www.portorchard.com 360-876-3505 Saturday, Art Walks every 3rd Friday, the Chris Craft Rendezvous at the PO Marina on July 8-10th, The Cruz Classic Car Show and Festival by the Bay on August 14th, Olalla Bluegrass Festival on August 20th, Kitsap Kick-Off Soccer Tournament on August 26-28th and a and a new event — Taste of Port Orchard Labor Day weekend!

SPOTLIGHT ON A MEMBER Tawkk.com/Salimeh Evjen Daily deal sites like Groupon and Local Twist are all the buzz, but have bypassed places like Kitsap County. This is where Tawkk.com comes in. Tawkk (pronounced like a parrot sound) is based out of Kitsap County and features local merchants. Tawkk launched at the start of March and has already hoasted Lucky Star, Cuppa Bella and NorthWest Golf Range. With the cost of gas going up and the movement to buy local, Tawkk allows local merchants to showcase their products and services with a highly discounted certificate on Tawkk.com. The past three weeks have been lash extensions, mammography exams, and now mobile oil

changes. Tawkk is a member of many chambers, but specifically joined Port Orchard’s chamber because of all the great businesses and activities Port Orchard has to offer.

Salimeh Evjen purchased the website from an existing business in Portland after hearing many complaints from friends who had signed on with Groupon and stated that most of their deals were in Seattle. Salimeh previously owned Relax Massage at the Kitsap Mall and previous to that has worked in health marketing with several different practices.

For more information on Tawkk.com please email info@tawkk.com or call 360-598-3355.

July General Membership Meeting Thursday, July 14th, 2011, 11:30 a.m.

Location: Trophy Lake Golf & Casting Presenter: James Donaldson Donaldson is a former NBA and Seattle Sonics Player, owner of The Donaldson Physical Therapy Clinic and author of “Standing Above the Crowd.”

Today, James devotes the majority of his time to various community activities and to the operations of The Donaldson Clinic. James frequently conducts speaking engagements (motivational, inspirational, educational) for organizations, schools, and youth groups and is very involved with various Chambers of Commerce. He understands what it takes to sustain a strong business environment that is conducive to the success of businesses overall. He also serves as a coach for other small business owners. Reservations are required! Please reserve by July 12th. Chamber members are $20 if prepaid and $22 at the door, Non chamber members cost is $22 and they must prepay.

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Community Affairs and Candidates Forums The Port Orchard Chamber Legislative / Government Relations Committee expects to host several Community Affairs Forums and Candidates Forums in the next few months. In mid-July a Recap of the Legislative Session is planned, in September a Candidates Forum for the Port of Bremerton Commissioner race and in October a Candidates Forum for the Port Orchard City Council and Mayor’s Race. Please check the Port Orchard Chamber website at www.portorchard.com for exact dates, times and locations.

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2011 Hyundai Genesis: Value priced rear-wheel drive luxury sedan

By Lary Coppola Years ago, Hyundai was the new car of last resort — the cheapest new car you could buy. Hyundai has come a very long way since then, and the Genesis sedan is proof. It’s a high value, rear-wheel drive luxury sedan offering a choice of V6 or V8 power.

The Genesis seats five in a well-appointed cabin, featuring wood and aluminum trim, chrome accents, soft-touch materials and state-of-the-art technology. For example, while an iPod interface is standard, the voiceactivated navigation system includes a multimedia interface that’s easier to use than what’s offered in most luxury cars, and there’s an optional 17-speaker audio system with 7.1 Surround Sound.

I originally drove this car when it was first introduced as a 2009 model, and was impressed then. This go around, driving the V8 version, impressed me even more.

Model Lineup: The 2011 Hyundai Genesis sedan is offered in two models — the Genesis 3.8 and 4.6. Both are named after the size of their powerplant.

The Genesis 3.8 stickers at $33,000 and comes standard with leather upholstery; leather-wrapped tilt/telescoping steering wheel with audio controls; dual-zone automatic climate control; cruise control; heated front seats; eight-way poweradjustable driver’s seat with lumbar adjustment; four-way power-adjustable passenger seat; heated power mirrors; power windows and door locks; remote keyless entry and starting; seven-speaker AM/FM/CD/MP3 stereo; iPod interface; XM Satellite Radio; auxiliary audio input jack; Bluetooth cell phone link; autodimming rearview mirror; compass; universal garage door opener; automatic headlights; theft-deterrent system; fog lights; and P225/55R17 tires on alloy wheels.

Options include a $2,500 Premium Package that adds premium leather upholstery; leather-wrapped dash and door trim; power tilt/telescoping steering wheel; memory for the driver’s seat, a sunroof; Lexicon 14-speaker audio system; six-disc CD changer; automatic windshield defogger; rainsensing wipers; and a power rear sunshade.

The Premium Navigation Package ($2,000) adds P235/50R18 tires on alloy wheels with chrome inserts, 40-gigabyte hard drive navigation system, XM

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The Genesis 4.6 (our test vehicle) stickers at $43,000. There are no options. The 4.6 as it comes standard with all the standard and optional equipment from the 3.8, plus electro-hydraulic power steering, chrome bodyside moldings, illuminated door sill plates, woodgrain trim on the steering wheel, and auto-dimming outside mirrors.

Safety features on both include dual front airbags, front and rear side airbags, curtain side airbags, tire-pressure monitor, electronic active front head restraints, antilock brakes with brake assist and electronic brake-force distribution, traction control, and electronic stability control.

Walkaround: The Hyundai Genesis looks like someone sat down at the computer mixing and matching design elements from the Mercedes E-Class and BMW 5-Series. Styling isn’t really aggressive, but more pleasingly athletic.

Except for a semi-discreet badge on the trunk, you wouldn’t know this was a Hyundai, and numerous people mistook it for a Mercedes.

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Overall, the car resembles the more angular shape of the BMW as opposed to the softer, rounder Mercedes design. The roofline mirrors the 5-Series, right down to the dogleg rear pillars.

The Genesis features a high trunk line and a lower fascia adorned with dual exhaust tips hinting at its sporty character.

Interior: The Genesis boasts a luxurious cabin, with soft-touch materials everywhere, including a leather-wrapped dash — something usually reserved for much more expensive vehicles — and chrome accents.

The easy to read electroluminescent instrumentation features white numbers on a black background with blue accents.

The center stack includes a small screen at the top that displays radio and climate information, with radio controls at the bottom, and 10 buttons devoted to climate control. The CD slot sits below the center stack and below is a small cubby for CDs. The front seats are comfortable and sit

up high. Front and rear head and legroom are plentiful. The trunk is deep, with 16.0 cubic feet of cargo room.

Under The Hood: The standard 290horse, 3.8-liter V6 puts out 264 pound-feet of torque. The Genesis 4.6 features Hyundai’s 4.6-liter Tau V8, which puts 385 ponies on the pavement (with premium gasoline; 378 with regular) and 333 poundfeet of torque (324 lb-ft with regular gas).

Both engines are mated to 6-speed automatics with a manual shiftgate.

Behind The Wheel: Our test V8 delivered plenty of smooth power and offered pretty decent mileage (17/City— 25/Highway) — especially for this performance level.

The Genesis benefits from rear-wheel drive architecture, a rigid structure, and advanced five-link front and rear suspensions — all hallmarks of great sports sedans. Although not quite as agile as some of its competitors, the Genesis is a legitimate sports sedan. On winding roads it handles well, with a generally nimble feel through corners. The V8 benefits from electrohydraulic steering that provides sure steering in the tightest corners.

The Genesis rides well, smoothing out most bumps, but can get bouncy over ruts and humps at highway speeds.

Whines: Tall rear passengers may have a complaint with headroom. While there’s a pass-through from the trunk, the rear seats don’t fold down.

Bottom Line: As luxury sports sedans go, the Hyundai Genesis is the real deal, and its price point makes it a very attractive alternative to the BMW 5-Series, Lexus GS, Mercedes E-Class, and Infiniti M. Both the V6 and V8 models deliver fine handling, a smooth ride, and more than adequate power. Although not an even-up match for the very best in its class, the Genesis is equally luxurious, surprisingly capable, and costs significantly less.

QUICK PICK 2011 Mitsubishi Lancer Ralliart: A pocket rocket for urban road warriors

By Bruce Caldwell The 2011 Mitsubishi Lancer compact sedan is available in a wide range of engines and options that allow buyers to build everything from a sensible commuter to a near race-ready rally car. We drove the Lancer Ralliart, which is only slightly less ferocious than the awesome Lancer Evolution.

Walkaround: The Ralliart is aggressively styled with scoops, side skirts, high performance 18-inch wheels/tires, big dual exhausts, and a hard-to-miss Rotor Glow (candy orange) paint job.

Interior: The interior is handsome with a performance slant. Front legroom is excellent.

Under The Hood: The 2.0-liter DOHC I-4 turbocharged (with intercooler) engine is a screamer.

It’s mated to a very high performance twin-clutch, 6-speed automatic transmission with paddle shifters. It has full-time all-wheel-drive with an active center differential. Performance is awesome.

Behind The Wheel: The Lancer Ralliart is like a go-kart with doors. It’s a blast to drive on winding country roads. It darts in and out of traffic with alacrity.

Whines: The ride is firm bordering on harsh, but that’s expected in a slightly tamed racecar for the street. The lack of safe, legal places to use all the technology is frustrating.

Bottom Line: The 2011 Mitsubishi Lancer Ralliart is a blast to drive, but it’s better suited to open roads than congested freeways.

2011 Scion xB: Big fun in a compact wrapper

By Bruce Caldwell Practical doesn’t have to be boring. Case in point: the 2011 Scion xB Release Series.

The unique/cute/quirky/odd (take your pick) hatchback/mini wagon/compact sedan/mini mini van (take your pick again) is a little difficult to classify, but it’s not difficult to praise. The versatile, compact commuter/errand runner is distinctive looking and fun to drive and operate. It’s styling puts a smile on your face and driving it keeps the smiles coming.

Walkaround: We noticed the wild color of our test Scion xB before it reached the end of our driveway. The super brilliant blue is officially called Voodoo Blue and it might be visible from outer space. The Scion xB is available in many different trim levels. It’s a popular vehicle to customize and the factory helps with special models like our tester Release Series 8.0. A small dash plaque informed us that our car was number 20 out of 2000. Some handsome charcoal-colored 10-spoke 17-inch alloy wheels were part of the Release Series. The wheels were mated to 225/45R17 Dunlop tires.

Styling of these little Scion boxes has always been outside of the box and that’s been a large part of their appeal. The current iteration is smoother than previous ones, but it’s still a long ways from mainstream conservative. The combination of unique fascias, scoops, trick wheels, and vibrant color provide so much personality that styling

quirks become positives instead of negatives.

Interior: The interior is both unique and traditional.

The centralized dash/gauges layout is different, but the black cloth (with blue highlights) bucket seats are pretty conservative. The seats are supportive and comfortable on long trips.

Legroom is excellent for both front and rear occupants. Even with the front seat all the way back there is ample rear seat for passengers over six feet tall. The boxy styling provides excellent headroom. The above average size sunroof doesn’t hamper driver headroom.

Storage/cargo space is very good for such a compact car. The rear hatch opening

is sufficiently large, but it doesn’t open quite high enough for tall users. The cargo floor is flat and the split rear seatbacks easily fold nearly flat. There’s additional shallow storage underneath the cargo floor.

Under The Hood: The sole engine is a 2.4-liter DOHC inline four cylinder that’s rated at 158 horsepower with 162 lb-ft of torque. The engine was mated to a fourspeed automatic transmission in our tester.

Performance was surprisingly peppy. A 5speed manual transmission is also available.

The brakes are four-wheel discs. The EPA fuel economy estimate is 22-mpg city and 28-mpg highway. These days those numbers are fair, but not newsworthy.

Behind The Wheel: The happy exterior of the Scion xB and stylish, comfortable seats give the car a positive edge before the ignition is activated, but the actual driving experience backs up those positive expectations. The xB isn’t Mini Cooper responsive, but the Release Series high performance rolling stock help the vehicle’s sporty nature.

The downside of the low profile tires and relatively taut suspension is a highway ride that can be a little harsh. This is especially true over freeway expansion strips. The ride isn’t jarring, but it isn’t plush, either.

The controls, gauges, steering wheel size/position, a large dead pedal, and excellent seats all contributed to an enjoyable driving experience.

Whines: Rearward vision is a little hampered by the thick C pillars. Our tester had the optional $449 Alpine stereo upgrade, which did absolutely nothing for us. We thought its performance was below most standard equipment stereos.

Bottom Line: The 2011 Scion xB Release Series is unique, practical, and fun.

It’s a very affordable car that stands out in a crowd. It offers spacious comfort and passenger/cargo versatility. It’s easily maneuverable, gets reasonable fuel economy, and is solidly built. Add a huge dose of fun to all those positive traits and you’ve got a great little multi-purpose vehicle.

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By Bruce Caldwell Honda Accords are tremendous vehicles. Their engineering, quality, comfort, and value are first class, so why management felt the need to add the odd Crosstour hatchback sedan baffles us. It’s not a typical wagon, sedan, or SUV. Walkaround: It’s hard to get past the sloped rear roofline of the Crosstour. The current Honda front-end styling borders on ugly, also.

Interior: The Accord interior is excellent in terms of ergonomics, comfort, features, and materials. The hatchback and folding seats supply good cargo space, although the angled rear glass hampers usability and visibility.

Under The Hood: The 271 horsepower V-6 and 5-speed automatic transmission are segment benchmarks. Smooth should be an Accord synonym. The Real Time 4WD is excellent.

Behind The Wheel: The Accord Crosstour is a surprisingly large car, but it’s easy and pleasing to drive.

Whines: The Accord Crosstour is goofy looking. The odd rear styling negatively affects rearward vision. Looking in the rear view mirror provides a constant reminder of the car’s misguided styling.

Bottom Line: The 2011 Honda Accord Crosstour is a typically excellent Accord platform that scores high marks in everything not related to the odd body style.

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Congressional report details AARP’s financial gain from healthcare law, questions tax-exempt status

By Rep. Dave Reichert Communication Staff Three Members of Congress have released “Behind the Veil: The AARP America Doesn’t Know,” a new report exposing the conflict between AARP’s drive for profits, the best interests of its members and the organization’s tax exempt status.

The report, which is the culmination of more than a year-long investigation, concludes that AARP stands to make upwards of one billion dollars over the next ten years as a result of the new health care law through the sale of their endorsedMedicare insurance products.

Discussing the reports findings, the Congressmen highlighted three critical areas of concern: 1) The negative impact of AARP’s advocacy efforts on its senior members, 2) Profits gained by AARP as a result of its Medicare insurance-related business activities and advocacy efforts, and 3) Whether AARP abused its taxexempt status. The Members, who all serve on the Ways and Means Committee with jurisdiction over tax-exempt organizations and Medicare, turned the matter over to the IRS for further investigation.

Congressman Dave Reichert, a member of the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, who has previously raised concerns that AARP advocates for policies that are not in the interest of its members, pointed out the organization’s everincreasing profits: “The information contained in this report uncovers and confirms a pattern of AARP putting profits before the interests of the older Americans they are supposed to represent. AARP stands to make upwards of a billion dollars

over the next ten years as a result of the new health care overhaul law. In fact, by profit, they would be the 6th largest insurance company in America, and it will get even bigger as the health care takeover law is implemented. It’s clear AARP appears to be operating much more like a big insurance company than a non-profit seniors’ advocacy group. The evidence is there; my hope is that the Internal Revenue Service will take it from here.”

Congressman Wally Herger (R-CA), Chairman of the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, discussed the effect of AARP’s business practices on its senior members. “Seniors are struggling, and we believe they ought to know what we’ve learned about AARP. The new health care law, which AARP strongly supported, means one-half trillion dollars in cuts to Medicare services for seniors, and that means seniors face the prospect of losing the care they have and like. But as seniors deal with these cuts, AARP’s profits are likely to increase by more than $1 billion over the next 10 years. Why are seniors sacrificing while AARP rakes in enormous profits? That just doesn’t make sense.”

Congressman Charles Boustany (RLA), Chairman of the Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee, voiced concerns about whether AARP’s activities interfere with the organization’s tax-exempt status.

“The lack of strong walls between AARP’s for-profit and non-profit side raises questions. AARP enjoys a privileged taxexempt status, but in many cases AARP resembles a for-profit entity. Now that the information gathering phase has concluded, we are turning over this report to the IRS. The IRS is best equipped to handle further

investigation, and if it is determined AARP has abused its tax-exempt status, it will be up to the IRS to determine whether or not that privileged status ought to be revoked.”

Key Findings AARP is in fact a large, complex and sophisticated organization with over $2.2 billion in total assets and had revenues in excess of $1.4 billion in 2009 alone.

AARP has four primary revenue sources: royalty payments (primarily from insurance companies), membership dues, publication advertising and grants (governmental and non-governmental). In 2009, AARP revenues from royalties were two and half times higher than its membership dues.

Since 2002, income generated from AARP membership dues has increased 32 percent, or $60 million. However, during this same period, income derived from AARP’s business relationships, primarily with insurance companies, has nearly tripled, increasing by $417 million. Royalty payments from for-profit companies comprised nearly 46 percent of AARP’s revenue in 2009, while membership dues totaled just 17 percent of total revenues.

As a result of the new health care law, the Obama Administration estimates more than 7 million seniors will lose their current Medicare Advantage plans, resulting in a massive migration of seniors to Medigap plans. AARP is the nation’s leading provider of Medigap plans and has a contract in which AARP financially gains for every additional Medigap enrollee.

Based on low, mid and high-range estimates, AARP stands to financially gain, AARP, page 37

Under siege from the unchecked federal bureaucracy

AARP from page 36 over and above the millions of dollars they currently receive from United, between $55 million and $166 million in 2014 alone as a result of new Medigap enrollees stemming from the health care law’s cuts to MA, which AARP strongly endorsed.

Under the midrange estimate and under their current contract, AARP’s financial gain from the health care law could exceed $1 billion during the next 10 years. This is because AARP will see their royalty payments increase as seniors are forced out of MA plans and buy AARP Medigap plans instead.

Despite a massive increase in revenues, AARP’s cash and in-kind contributions to the AARP Foundation only increased 11 percent ($3.1 million) while cash and in-kind contributions to AARP’s Legal Counsel for the Elderly actually decreased 9 percent ($300,000) from 2004 to 2008 (the only years for which AARP provided data).

Meanwhile, the AARP Foundation recently committed an estimated $14 million in each of the next three years to become the primary sponsor of NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon.

The AARP Foundation received government grants totaling over $97 million, which comprised 81.9 percent of the Foundation’s total revenue in 2009.

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By: Don C. Brunell, President Association of Washington Business Partisan wrangling in Congress over the federal deficit and government spending has created gridlock. Not much else is getting done. Into that void have stepped federal bureaucrats who are circumventing Congress to implement sweeping policy changes.

With President Obama’s legislative initiatives stalled in Congress, his appointed agency directors are finding ways to implement his programs without congressional approval. These aren’t penny-ante changes — some programs carry trillion-dollar price tags.

One example is the agenda of organized labor. Congress angered union leaders when it failed to approve union-backed “card check” legislation. The measure would have eliminated the secret ballot when workers vote whether to approve a union in the workplace. In the wake of that defeat, pro-union activists appointed by the president to the National Labor Relations Board are doing what they can to help push through the union agenda.

Case in point: Obama’s NLRB stepped in on behalf of the unions asking an administrative law judge to shut down Boeing’s non-union South Carolina production facility. NLRB General Counsel Lafe Solomon says Boeing acted out of “anti-union animus,” and its decision to move had the effect of “discouraging membership in a labor organization” and thus violates federal law.

While NLRB rules allow for companies to make decisions based on economics, the unions claim that Boeing set up a second production line in South Carolina for the 787 Dreamliner in retaliation for union strikes against the company. Never mind the fact that the machinists union shut down Boeing’s commercial aircraft production line four times since 1989, a 58-day strike in 2008 cost the company $1.8 billion and the company has a backlog of 800 orders for an aircraft that is more than three years behind schedule.

Another example is when the Senate tubed the president’s costly cap-and-trade bill to control greenhouse gases. The Environmental Protection Agency systematically implemented its own version of the program through new regulations on coal and woodfired power plants — regulations that are estimated to cost more than $15 billion. Those new standards will shut down coal-fired power plants, which, in some parts of the nation, are the primary source of electricity.

Worse yet, the National Association of Manufacturers estimates the EPA’s proposed ozone standard will add more than $1 trillion per year in new regulatory costs and will result in the loss of 7.3 million American jobs by 2020. Those new costs will be passed on to families, hospitals, schools and businesses, increasing consumer prices during a crushing recession.

So how do we stop this juggernaut?

Congress should wake up, and regardless of party affiliation, those we elect to legislate need to take back control of the legislative branch of government. Congress sets policy and federal agencies enforce it — at least that’s how our separation of powers is supposed to work. The end-run around Congress by federal bureaucrats must stop.

Congress is distracted because lawmakers are embroiled in a high-stakes, high-profile fight over our $14.3 trillion national debt. Right now each taxpayer’s share is $130,000 and every citizen owes $46,300.

Unfortunately, paying off that debt is much harder when agencies like EPA and the NLRB are running up costs for business, making it harder for private-sector employers to create jobs, driving up consumer prices and increasing gas prices and utility bills for America’s families.

One fact should not escape the president, Congress and the bureaucrats: According to the National Association of Manufacturers, because of taxes and regulatory costs, American plant owners’ costs are 18 percent higher than their nearest competitors — and that figure doesn’t include labor costs. By ceding their authority to unelected bureaucrats, Congress is driving those costs even higher.

It has to stop. The president needs to back off and rein in his activist appointees. Our nation is in serious trouble.

And in this corner…

Now that Governor Christine Gregoire has announced she won’t run for a third term, the matchup everyone knew was coming is finally official — Attorney General Rob McKenna will face off against Congressman Jay Inslee. There are some other Democratic names I’ve heard bandied about, but it will be Inslee vs. McKenna no matter who else tries to jump in — on either side.

This isn’t Inslee's first run at the Governor’s mansion. He served four years in the State Legislature before serving one term in Congress in the early 1990s from the 4th District in Eastern Washington. He lost that seat to current 4th District Rep. Doc Hastings in the 1994 Republican sweep, then sought the Democratic nomination for Governor in 1996. Inslee didn't get past the primary, losing to Gary Locke, who went on to serve two terms.

Inslee is already attacking McKenna online with a petition urging him to drop out of the lawsuit against President Obama's unpopular health care overhaul. McKenna signed on to a multistate challenge of the law, arguing the unconstitutionality of the requirement that individuals purchase private health insurance or pay a fine.

Inslee has accused McKenna of supporting the lawsuit to build support among "right-wing extremists." I’d like to believe most thinking people will see right through such blatantly transparent political rhetoric. However, the left-leaning people in this state never cease to amaze me by their unwillingness to think independently, choosing to believe almost anything espoused by a Democrat.

McKenna will have plenty of ammunition to fire back at Inslee over his

rabid, job-killing environmentalism. That ban on incandescent light bulbs in favor of compact fluorescents comes immediately to mind. They are only made in China — not in America like most incandescents — and are considered hazardous waste when they’re ready to be disposed of. Just for giggles and grins, the next time you buy one, look at the instructions on the packaging for disposal, and you’ll see what I mean.

And then there’s his support of President Obama’s goal of shutting down any and all industries powered by coal — our nation’s most abundant natural resource.

LARY COPPOLA He doesn’t have an answer to The Last Word what those regions of the country that depend on coal for the majority of their electricity are supposed to do, or where money to retrofit power plants to use some green form of fuel will come from. But as usual, real world consequences are ignored in blind pursuit of green ideals.

Inslee talks a lot about green jobs, and how they will be our economic salvation.

How many people do you personally know that actually have one? And there’s the whole global warming — excuse me, climate change — thing.

Meanwhile, early polling shows McKenna with a sizable double-digit lead at this point. Look for the Democrats to try and muddy up McKenna’s squeaky-clean, Boy Scout image, distort his record as AG, and use their pathetic, but effective, class

warfare strategy to tie him to big business and George Bush. What really scares them is that in the last election, McKenna was the second most popular vote getter statewide behind State Auditor Brian Sonntag, and that he easily carried the Democrats’ stronghold — King County.

This one has the potential to get real ugly — way worse than the 2004 GregoireRossi matchup — as the Democrats realize that control of the Governor’s Mansion could slip away for the first time in a generation.

I recently attended the Association of Washington Cities Annual meeting in Spokane. It was interesting on a number of levels, and most notable was a class I took on the status of medical marijuana, how it impacts Cities, and their options in dealing with proposed dispensaries, as well as some other issues. I heard a new term there — “ganjapreneur” — as well as got a crash course in weed economics.

There was also a session called by the Mayors of Spokane and Bellingham looking for support to stop shipments of coal bound for Asian markets from travelling by rail across our state. They cited potential health hazards that I found rather suspect, and unsupported by any valid science. I just chalked that up to little more than manufactured hysteria to support the elimination of coal-fired power plants.

The problem is, those aren’t plants in our country. However, their arrogant line of thinking is that if they can interrupt the flow of coal, those other countries will be forced to find green alternatives. What they’ll be forced to find is alternative sources for coal,

which in my view will just kill even more American jobs. But hey, isn’t stopping the use of coal worth it?

I have to admit I was pleasantly surprised to hear Congressman Norm Dicks, the ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee and the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, say it’s time for the U.S. to pull out of Afghanistan.

With more than 34 years under his belt as our congressman, Dicks has a wellestablished a reputation as a hawk that always backs a strong defense budget, which as we all know, is good for our region.

However, as more Democrats push President Obama for a quick end to the decade-long war in Afghanistan, Dicks has added his voice to the chorus, saying America can no longer afford the monthly $10 billion tab, and that Congress needs to spend more of that money right here at home.

I have to agree. Imagine what $10 billion a month could do in terms of job creation and reducing the enormous debt the Obama administration has rung up.

Dicks’ change of heart is turning heads in the other Washington, with some of his colleagues viewing it as a clear sign that the U.S. has reached a turning point in the war.

I sure hope so.

The State Legislature in its so-called wisdom has eliminated the $2 million Tourism Budget — which generated $15.2 billion in revenue statewide in 2010. That looks like a pretty good ROI to me. With that kind of thinking running things in Olympia, is it any wonder this state is the financial mess it is?

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Obama: Best or worst president?

“I read with some incredulity your statements in your recent article about Obama’s reelection,” writes Tim Thompson of Bainbridge Island.

“Foremost amongst them was a quote from Miss (Peggy) Noonan stating that she hadn’t heard a single person say they loved Obama as president.

Now, in ADELE FERGUSON fairness, I’d Politics have to say that in eight years, I never heard anyone I know say that they loved George W., but it would have been naive of me to assume that there weren’t a substantial number of people across the U.S. that were sincerely happy that he was leading our country.

“So let me hereby state that I love Barack Obama as my president. In fact, I’m happier with him as president than anyone else who has held the office in my adult life. Not only do I respect and admire his administration, I

don’t know a single person in my professional circle that doesn’t feel the same way.

“I’ve been an international travel photographer for the past forty years, having done several assignments for National Geographic, plus producing eight single photographer books on subjects ranging from Puget Sound, the Pacific Coastline, Ireland and the Alps. I’ve joined a couple of organizations for travel writers and shooters and some fellow members have become close friends. Most are in their mid to late sixties, like myself.

“We all are strong supporters of President Obama and are thrilled to have a person in the White House who is intelligent, thoughtful and committed to taking our country in a direction far more promising than that created by the Republican debacle of the Bush years. Let me be clear. I think Obama’s achievements during his term of office have been exceptional. Not only did he avert a global financial meltdown brought on by the massive financial greed of Wall Street, he has been able to put into law a medical

system that will finally be able to start providing health guarantees to most people here that similar to what has been available to virtually every other developed country in the world for 50 years. He’s doing just great. Yes, I certainly believe and fervently hope that Barack Obama will be reelected for another four years. But it won’t be because he managed to beat out a better Republican opponent.”

Well, I’d say he certainly has fooled you, and your friends, Mr. Thompson, or else you have very poor memories. As poor as Obama himself, who spent 20 years in the pews of the America-hating Rev. Wright and doesn’t recall a single word of the hate the Reverend spewed. He promised transparent government with bills explained before being signed and rammed through a health bill no one had read or wanted. He hired himself at least 33 “czars” to run parts of his administration, the intent to avoid confirmation and examination by the Senate.

One of his first acts in the White House was to send a bust of Winston Churchill back

to the British Embassy to demonstrate his lack of respect for that elder statesman. He also promptly sent money to the Palestinians who were firing rockets into Israel, and later tried to force Israel to agree to withdraw its territory to the lines by which the armistice was signed ending the war launched on Israel by its Arab neighbors.

He bowed and scraped to foreign leader s. He proposed negotiating with the likes of Iran. He promised to close Gitmo and bring our troops home from Iraq, neither yet done. He sent troops into Libya, which had not threatened us. He put a moratorium on oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, yet loaned Brazil $2 billion for oil exploration and said we would be one of its customers. He promoted redistribution of wealth and ponied up billions of dollars to try to beef up the economy, where unemployment continues to soar.

He did manage one thing. He now replaces Jimmy Carter as our worst ever president.

(Adele Ferguson can be reached at P.O. Box 69, Hansville, Wa., 98340.)

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