April 2011
Welcome new members!
They cite friendships, networks, community as reasons to join
Luncheon Speakers
Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce luncheon meetings are held at the Port Townsend Elks Lodge, 555 Otto St., at noon each Monday, federal holidays excluded. Everyone is welcome!
Monday, April 4 – Larry Crockett
The executive director of the Port of Port Townsend, will give an update on the Port’s activities.
Monday, April 11 – David Timmons Port Townsend city manager gives an update on city projects, including construction downtown and the outlook for this summer. Sponsor: Ajax Café.
Monday, April 18 – Theresa Percy
The director of the Port Townsend Public Library, speaks on “The Port Townsend Public Library ... The next 100 years of free and equal access to opportunity and learning for the business community.”
Monday, April 25 – Keven Elliff
The business development and marketing consultant, will discuss how to use Internet marketing strategies to connect with customers and build business revenue.
By Heather Flanagan New members are crucial to the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce’s success. The wider the network, the more we can help build bridges to sustain our businesses. The following are new members at the Chamber this month. We encourage you to check them out and swing some business their way.
cause if she doesn’t like it, she’ll let me know! What can I say? Nan is a local treasure in the Jefferson County community. She plays the piano at various venues around town. Her own personal piano is located on the third floor of the hospital (Jefferson Healthcare) in Port Townsend. “Since I moved to Port Townsend in 1991, one of my dreams was to play a variety METRO BAGELS of piano music for different Jeff Dale and Mike Garling audiences, which included are the co-owners of Metro children, students and patients Bagels, which is, for me, actual in the hospital and residents in proof that God exists, for it nursing homes,” Nan says. “For is the answer to my prayers! me, the universal language of (Well, not all of them.) What life is music. From the songs amazing bagels and so close to of the Broadway stage to the home. Now all I have to do is Jeff Dale holds a bagel firmly in his tongs outside the new Metro Bagels classical and spiritual melodies wake up before 2 p.m. and I’ll of Bach or Brahms, melodies location on Sims Way. be set. have the way of capturing a Metro Bagels isn’t just for certain time and place. word out about their new busi- bagels.com. Visit them on the stocking up on a dozen for “In 2002, I gave Jefferson ness. Plus, they figured it was web at metro-bagels.com. home use. You can also stop Hospital a gift of a Baldwin the only way to get us to leave by for tasty lunch sandwiches piano to be located on the thirdNAN TOBY TYRELL and a coffee. On a windy, cold, them alone. (By “us,” I mean floor waiting room. My dream Before I tell you anything “me.”) rainy day, you will enjoy the was to be able to play music for about Nan Metro Bagels also has free parking that is just a dash from the staff and patients. Realizing Toby Tyrthe front door. Metro Bagels is early-morning delivery to how good music soothes the rell, I have Port Townsend, Kala Point, open every day from 7 a.m. to soul and gives pleasure, I hoped to confess 2 p.m. They are located on one the Tri-Area, Marrowstone I could play each week and that that she is and Port Ludlow seven days a of the Sims Way roundabouts, has been possible. Other places week. There is a baker’s dozen a personal at 1980 W. Sims Way, Port which I’ve performed music friend of minimum order ($12). Orders Townsend. Takeout menus are include Seaport Landing, where mine. So the must be placed by 5 p.m. the available. the women and men make a pressure is Metro Bagels decided to join night before. Bagels are delivthe Jefferson County Chamber ered between 5 and 7 a.m. Call really on for Nan Toby Tyrrell great audience and are full of enthusiasm for songs from the me to write 360-643-9171 to place a pickup of Commerce to be a part of something that she will like, beContinued on Page 4 order or email orders@metrothe community and to get the
Chamber wholly independent No ties with national chamber, politically or financially By Kim Aldrich Chamber President
Commerce There have been a lot can and do wield of people questioning some whether the Jefferson influCounty Chamber of Commerce is a member ence. For example, of or financially supElliot ports the US Chamber Kim Aldrich Tiber, of Commerce. presiThe answer is no, dent of the Bethel, NY we are not a member Chamber secured the and no money goes to permit for Woodstock; them from the coffers of the Jefferson County the president of the St. Louis Chamber came Chamber. We are a wholly inde- up with the name for Charles Lindbergh’s pendent local business plane, The Spirit of St. network whose goal is Louis and helped raise to further the interests most of the money for of our local business the aircraft; and it was community. the Chamber of ComTom Donohue and merce of Los Angeles the U.S. Chamber of that sent the letters and Commerce do not conbrochures to movie protrol local Chambers of ducers to entice them Commerce. to come to Southern Local Chambers of
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California. It was George Trenholm of the Charleston, South Carolina Chamber who asked for a thorough charting of the waters around Charleston Harbor (That information became critical for blockade running during the Civil War) and it was a subcommittee of the Chicago Chamber of Commerce who engineered Al Capone’s downfall. Local Chambers of Commerce have a long history of facilitating and aiding projects that have shaped communities and enterprise, and many of Jefferson County business owners have served on the Chamber Board with the desire to make Jefferson County a great place to live. Currently, there is a local group, the Quimper Mercantile Exchange, that is working to bring viable shopping for essential goods
to Jefferson County. Chimacum Corner Farm Store, a Chamber member, has created an alternate place to shop for organic foods and is helping to support local farms, as well as building community in the Chimacum Area. Debbie Waldrop the manager of The Inn at Port Ludlow, and a Chamber board member, is bringing new energy to The Festival by the Bay (formerly Port Ludlow Days). Teresa Verraes, our Executive Director, works with Jefferson County, Port Townsend City and the Port of Port Townsend as well as Team Jefferson and Regional Tourism Councils to keep abreast of the direction of our communities and how we can best support our local businesses. We are, overwhelmingly, local. There is no us and them. There is only us.
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Artwork by area students will be displayed around town during Art Wave.
Art Wave kicks off in May Experience “Art Wave,” an inspiring exhibit of more than 400 pieces of children’s artwork created in the Port Townsend School District in grades K-12. The Art Wave exhibit is on display throughout May in businesses in the Uptown and downtown historic districts. Also, mark your calendars for the new “Art Affair” event from 5:30 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, May 7 during the First Saturday Gallery Walk. This event was formerly “The Chair Affair” and it is being planned as an art sale this year to benefit children’s arts programs in Port Townsend public schools. Port Townsend Artscape will be soliciting art donations from our community of artists and arts lovers. They are asking supporters to look in their homes, basements and attics for “tucked away” artwork of any media. Visit ptmainstreet.org to preview the art in May. Email Susan Doyle at susanpdoyle@hotmail.com for more information. For more information, visit ptmainstreet.org or Port Townsend Main Street Program’s Facebook page.
On building strong communities Now more than ever, your neighbors are your allies The recent events in Japan motivate us all to reflect upon the fragile nature of life, the personal connections we build, the strength of the community we have constructed around us, and the possibility that it could be dismantled in an instant. If so, what changes might we experience? How would we prepare for our future and what steps would we take to make each moment count? As I consider these questions and converse with friends, partners and members of the Chamber, I have come to realize the absolute necessity of building a stronger tri-county community. Therefore, I remain committed to investigating the needs
of our membership, in hopes that we will exceed member expecTeresa Verraes tations Executive Director while creating a Chamber that is a powerful partner of businesses in Jefferson County. Often, the focus of our conversation revolves around how our member community can be involved. Many are asking, “What can we do? What kinds of changes are possible? What type of action is required?” Recently, the Small Inns group invited me to a brainstorming session.
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During our discussion, I had a chance to ask them about their challenges and opportunities, and was inspired by their responses. I realized that when times get tough, some of us choose defeat. For others, the struggle forces us to come out of our shells and pull together. I am encouraged by these exchanges. There is nothing more promising than when people choose to move out of that “oh so familiar place” of fear of the unknown, and focus on positive changes that lead to powerful solutions. No matter how unconventional the idea may be, sometimes simply changing your thinking or obtaining more information can make all the difference. The real challenge, however, is acting upon this newfound frame of mind. What action is re-
quired to meet the needs of our membership and exceed expectations? I feel as though the answers are becoming clear. This clarity emerges from our collective humanity, compassion for one another, and from our ability to inspire and create change. Paul Hawken, renowned entrepreneur, visionary environmental activist and author, maintains that, “Inspiration is not garnered from the litanies of what may befall us; it resides in humanity’s willingness to restore, redress, reform, rebuild, recover, re-imagine and reconsider.” Now, more than ever, your neighbors are your allies. When it seems like our struggles are insurmountable, our ability to work together will allow us all to overcome them. Yours in service, Teresa Verraes Executive Director
Briefly... Chamber Ambassadors Group
The Ambassadors group meets from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on April 21 at Banana Leaf Thai Bistro, 609 Washington St., Port Townsend. Please contact the Chamber office to find out more about this fun program and how you can be involved, or to talk about having a ribbon cutting or celebration at your business. All members are welcome to be a part of the Ambassadors group. This is an ever-growing, fun, social group that is getting together once a month at various member restaurants. Members spend some time talking about new businesses that can be welcomed or businesses that have something new going on that can be celebrated. Ambassadors are planning upcoming open houses and ribbon cuttings. The rest of the time is spent eating, drinking and laughing – and getting to know fellow Chamber members better. The Chamber would like to thank the following members for being part of this group: Sherry Kack, professional referrals (and organizer for the group); Carol Woodley, Hadlock Realty & Hadlock Motel; Heather Flanagan, certified life coach and Chamber membership director; Marilyn St. Clair, Victoria House; Mark Cole, Upstage Restaurant; Melinda Short, Oasis Daycare & Preschool; Mickey Davis, Subway; Nina Dortch, Holly Hill House; Nancy Tocatlian, T’s Restaurant; Sandi Bird, Life Care Center of Port Townsend; Vi Koenig, PT Laundromat & Car Wash; Viva Davis, Hadlock Realty; Riannan Clark, Jefferson Title Co.; Karen Anderson, Visitor Information Center; Karen Gale, Aloft Images; Pam Lampman, Wells Fargo; Jon Muellner, Windseye Design; and Marilyn Staples, The Green Eyeshade.
Meetings
Tuesday, April 5 – 7:45 to 9 a.m. – Coffee Talk (formerly known as the Breakfast Meeting), Resort at Port Ludlow, One Heron Road, Port Ludlow Tuesday, April 12 – 5:30 to 7 p.m. – Chamber After Hours (formerly known as the Mixer), WSU Extension, 201 W. Patison, Port Hadlock
Chamber contacts Chamber Staff
Executive Board
Executive Director Teresa Verraes director@jeffcountychamber.org
President Kim Aldrich Cobalt Mortgage Vice president Fred Obee The Leader Secretary Molly Force N.D. Prosper Natural Health Past President Kris Nelson Siren’s Pub Treasurer Kerry Robinson Frontier Bank
Event Coordinator Laura Breckenridge admin@jeffcountychamber.org 385-7869 VIC Manager Karen Anderson info@jeffcountychamber.org Membership Director Heather Flanagan
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Directors Jordan Eades Hope Roofing Chuck Russell Valley Tavern Ron Ramage Quimper Inn Katherine Brady Brady Chiropractic Linda Streisguth Puget Sound Energy Judy Cavett FairWinds Winery Carol Woodley Hadlock Realty & Hadlock Hotel
Debbie Wardrop Resort at Port Ludlow Vi Koenig PT Laundromat Terra Tosland Worldmark Club Piper Diehl Ludlow Bay Wellness Spa Nancy McConaghy Coldwell Banker Kathryn Brady Brady Chiropractic Bill Wise Team Jefferson
Alex Viniski Ancestral Spirits Dominic Svornich Kitsap Bank
Newsletter Advertising Sara Radka The Leader 360-385-2900 We welcome your submissions. If you have news to share, send articles and photos to director@jeffcountychamber. org or mail to 220 12th St. Port Townsend, WA 98368.
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New members Pilates, during WWI, and was used to help heal German soldiers. It 1930s and 1940s, as well as classical selections from J.S. Bach and seems ironic to Laura that it is now so popular with women. It is really my own original improvisations. helpful for everyone and a logical “As long as I have this gift of playing music, I will use it to benefit next step for people completing any kind of physical therapy. others. All kinds of music hold the Pilates is great for people who potential to create beauty and magic. sit at a desk all day, athletes, new My hopes are to continue playing moms, seniors, golfers, equestrians, good music as long as I can.” dancers. People with lower back Nan is joining the Jefferson pain, arthritis, shoulder and neck County Chamber of Commerce to pain, and bad knees can all benefit meet new friends and learn about from regular practice. I am hopwhat others are doing in the coming it can also help people who are munity. She would really like you hunched over their laptop computers to know that she absolutely loves at Undertown. playing her piano for events such All Points Pilates is a small, fully as dinner parties and weddings for equipped studio at Shold Business reasonable rates. You can contact Park (the one with the salmon head Nan at 360-385-6653. sculpture and the WSU Extension Office) in Port Hadlock. Small mat ALL POINTES PILATES classes and private sessions using Well, I am on Laura Garling’s the Pilates apparatus are offered in schedule to try Pilates out for the a quiet, clean environment. The Pifirst time. Our lates equipment includes a reformer/ new executive tower, wunda chair, step barrel, director, Teresa ped-a-pull and various props. You Verraes, swears can have a full-hour personal private by it! Dependsession with Laura for only $50. (I ing on my told her she should raise her prices experience, I now that she’s a Jefferson County may update this Chamber of Commerce member, so article. So stay you should schedule and appointtuned! ment soon!) For more about All I have to Points Pilates: allpointspilates.com. admit my Laura Garling Schedule an appointment by calling total ignorance about Pilates before meeting Laura. Laura Garling at 360-316-9113. I had only heard about it on sitcoms. SONGWRITING WORKS I imagined some kind of New Age Songwriting Works™ Educakick-boxing. I was really wrong. tional Foundation serves hundreds (Not the first time.) Pilates is a form of elders, families and practitioners of exercise that fully engages the each year through hands-on songmind while emphasizing balance, alignment, strength and flexibility of writing workshops and artist-inresidence programs with elders and the body. By placing the emphasis others. on strengthening the core muscuTo date, 3,000 participants have lature (especially abdominal and composed more than 300 original back extensor muscles), the trunk songs. Audiences around the world becomes stabilized, the spine can come into better alignment, and the hear the songs through community body is able to move freely and effi- performances and publications, ciently. This flexibility, core strength recordings, radio and film projects, including the internationally acand stability can be transferred claimed CD “Island on a Hill” and to “real life” and practiced while Nathan Friedkin’s documentary, “A performing functional movements Specially Wonderful Affair,” both (getting in and out of the car, doing featuring songs and performances the dishes, tying your shoes), or by singers and songwriters of the while playing sports, riding horses, Jewish Home San Francisco, averetc. Pilates was created by a Gerage age 87. man “physical-culturist” Joseph Continued from Page 1
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In addition, Judith-Kate Friedman and associates serve as consultants to the fields of arts, aging, creativity, health, music, wellness, social services and education. They offer keynote presentations, produce special events, and consult on creative programming, legacy projects and print and Internet publications. For more information, see their website: songwritingworks. org, or contact Judith Friedman at 360-385-1160.
Muskan’s fantastically tasty all-you-caneat buffet is $8.95 and available 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. daily. Owners Deepika and Manoj Kumar are pleased to present delicacies from the Punjab region DON’S PHARMACY of northwestern India. According As someone to Manoj, “Indian food, like Indian who is highly culture, is very diverse and distincmedicated (or tive. Every corner of the India offers should be), I a vast range of culinary delights and can tell you has been influenced by many differfirsthand of ent cultures, including those of the the quality and Moguls, Portuguese, Persians and care of service British.” you receive at The Punjabs have the reputaDon’s Pharmation of being gourmets and the best cy. That is why cooks in the country. The Punjab is I am practically particularly famous for its curries, Don Hoglund manic about a blend of as many as 20 herbs and telling you spices, as well as tandoori clay oven that they have joined the Jefferson cooking. County Chamber of Commerce! (Or You simply must try this, the maybe I am not medicated enough?) only daily buffet in Port Townsend. Don Hoglund is the proprietor You will experience delight at the and chief pharmacist at Don’s Phar- quality and flavorful food as well macy located at 1151 Water St. in as the welcoming people who are Port Townsend. The phone number creating and serving this feast to is 360-385-2622. There is almost you. I felt like one of the family, so always great parking and seldom a welcomed by this unassuming and line. The very welcoming staff usu- friendly couple. You can find Musally has your new prescription ready kan Indian Restaurant on Facebook for you in less than 15 minutes and and on YouTube. they are always great at letting you know the wait time. SCOTT ROSEKRANS While you wait, you can browse Something the rest of the store, which I like to you may not call the Ikea of Port Townsend. They know about stock everything from personal care the Jefferson and medical home care products to County Chamschool supplies, dishware and area ber of Comrugs. Shop locally and give Don’s merce: Not all Pharmacy a try! You will feel cared members are for by a professional team. business owners. We also MUSKAN INDIAN RESTAURANT have individual Ebullient! That is how I would community Scott Rosekrans describe my emotions after experimembers, notencing Muskan Indian Restaurant’s for-profits, buffet, located where T’s used to government agencies and, yes, live, 2330 Washington St. Muskan elected officials. Scott Rosekrans is open every day, with the excepis one such elected official. He is tion of Tuesday, 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. our esteemed prosecuting attorney.
Kind of sounds scary, doesn’t it? But Scott is a really nice guy. He barely threatened me when I joked that I was going to print that he wears fuzzy bunny slippers to work! (Actually, he just laughed.) For those who don’t know, state law requires that each county have a prosecuting attorney, and Scott was elected to replace longtime prosecutor Juelie Dalzell. His job is to prosecute Jefferson County criminals. He also provides legal advice to county officials around contract law. Scott has lived in Jefferson County for nearly four years. He’s been a lawyer since 1989. I had the audacity to ask him if he passed the bar exam on his first try. He said, “Yes I did … I did because I studied like my hair was on fire!” While Scott does not actually wear fuzzy bunny slipper to work, he does sing in his church choir and teaches Sunday school. He says he enjoys working in a small town, because the people he works for and with somehow feel more real. He sees them in court, but also in the grocery store and in church, and now in the Chamber! He says he enjoys actually being able to see the positive impact of his work out in the community. Scott decided to join the Chamber to create the opportunity to get to know business owners under pleasant circumstances. Usually, when he meets a new business owner, it is because something unfortunate and criminal has just happened to them. He also wants to take advantage of the communication hub that the Chamber provides for its members. Indeed, many stories you read in the Port Townsend & Jefferson County Leader or the Peninsula Daily News come from speakers at the Monday Chamber luncheons at the Elks Lodge. If you are interested in getting in touch with Scott Rosekrans, you may reach him at 360-385-9180 or srosekrans@co.jefferson.wa.us. DELL’S GUESTHOUSE Got a minute? That’s all it takes to get to the beach and relax
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when you stay at Dell’s Guesthouse at North Beach. Of course, you and I who live in Jefferson County already know what a beautiful part of the county this is. But I want to let those of you who might be reading this who are in Seattle or San Francisco or Spain know that this is a wonderful place to stay, in one of the most breathtaking regions of the world! You will gaze with delight at the Dell Craig Strait of Juan de Fuca and Mount Baker. By day, you can shop, eat, and sip the best espresso in the Victorian seaport town of Port Townsend. By night, you can relax in your cozy, quiet and spacious 800-square-foot suite. Other amenities include private bath, fireplace, private entrance, queen bed plus a folddown plush futon to sleep as many as four, kitchenette with microwave and fridge, TV, and VCR. Children and pets are welcome if supervised. Dell’s Guesthouse is joining the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce to be part of the business community here, as well as to enjoy the support that the Chamber provides for businesses in the tourism industry. Find out more and book your stay! Contact Dell Craig, 360385-3783, delnorthbeach@olympus.net; 510 56th St., Port Townsend, WA 98368.
AUTOWORKS Now, open up and say “vroom.” We want to welcome AutoWorks to the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce. AutoWorks is a full-service auto repair facility behind West Bay and Les Schwab, 2313 Third St., Port Townsend. Phone is 360-385-5682. AutoWorks is locally owned and operated with ASE master technicians providing repair and
maintenance on domestic, Asian and some European vehicles. AutoWorks was started by Steve and Kathy Tucker in 1994 at the old hilltop Texaco location. After several successful years, a new building was built in the current location. In 2004, Mark DuMond purchased AutoWorks from the Tuckers. Mark DuMond has worked in the auto parts and repair industry locally since the late 1980s. After school and a stint in the Marine Corps, Mark returned to East Jefferson County to raise his family, making Port Townsend and the surrounding community his home. With the future in mind, AutoWorks has made it a company mission to protect its employees, customers and the environment. They proudly display a five-star Enviro Star award. AutoWorks was the first automotive green business in Jefferson County, as well as a recognized AAA business with a 98.7 percent customer satisfaction index and a AAA top shop award winner.“We at AutoWorks invite you to stop by, ask a question or two, meet the office staff and let us check your oil.” LEXAR HOMES Perhaps you have noticed the new bold green-and-blue Lexar Homes sign at the Kala Point turnoff (where Cobalt Mortgage is located; call Kim Aldrich if you need a refi). Holly Mayshark is the new regional sales manager for Lexar Homes. Tim Gibbs is the branch and construction manager. Rachel Yandle is the administrative assistant and the glue Holly Mayshark that keeps the place together. (They actually use nails and screws to keep the homes together, not glue.) Lexar is the “refurbished” version of HiLine Homes, with a new focus on energy efficiency, customer service and flexible building options. They are also committed to creating homes that go above and beyond current energycode standards. So now it is possible to get the cost savings of a prefab home (stick built!), the freedom to add it to your own property and the comfort of knowing that your house is a good
investment for the future of the planet. (I wish I needed to buy a home right now, just so I could go talk with Holly for hours and pick out lighting fixtures and countertops. Doesn’t that sound like fun?) “At Lexar Homes we’ve been helping families realize their home dreams for many years. Building homes is our passion. We believe every family should experience the security and fulfillment of home ownership. At Lexar, we strive to build you a home that is perfect for you in every aspect, including size, cost and maintenance. No matter where your land may be – a rural setting or neighborhood lot – when building, your first call should be to Lexar Homes. We have the experience, reputation and most important, an excellent satisfaction rate. Our customers refer us over and over again. We are proud of our integrity, excellent service and environmentally sound practices. See for yourself. We encourage you to walk through one of our many model homes or explore our website to realize all that Lexar Homes has to offer. Choose right, live right, with Lexar Homes,” say company officials. Lexar is joining the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce to be a part of the business community as well as to get the word out about the new vision and high-quality standards that come with Lexar Homes. They have many happy customers in the region, and Lexar looks forward to serving many more. For more information, please visit Lexar on the Web: lexarhomes.com. Holly gave me a tour, and it was fun to experience her obvious respect and appreciation for her product. She would love to give you a tour: hmayshark@lexarhomes. com or 360-379-1799. There are offices throughout Washington state, too. Heather Flanagan is the membership director for the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce. She is also a professional business and life coach specializing in helping entrepreneurs mainHeather Flanagon tain momentum with
their goals. Heather offers one free introductory coaching session and can be reached at 360-379-0322 or heather@heatherflanagan.com.
Time for new D-Day with vitamin regime Sigrid Cumming USANA Health Sciences
to meet the nutrient requirements of nearly all healthy individuals. The RDA for “D-Day” occurred on June vitamin C is 60 mg daily. This level will prevent scurvy; 6, 1944 and was one of the however, you don’t begin most significant battles in to see a health benefit in the winning World War II. medical literature until you It’s time for our own “Dsupplement between 1,000 Day” – supplementing with vitamin D (and more) against and 2,000 mg of vitamin C. To get that much in your diet, chronic disease! you would need to eat 18 Dr. Cedric Garland and large oranges or 80 avocados researchers from U.C. San Diego Moores Cancer Center every day! So RDA levels found that daily intakes of vi- have no effect on chronic tamin D by adults in the range degenerative diseases. So let’s see what the of 4,000 to 8,000 IU (intermedical literature has shown national units) are needed to advanced levels of other reduce by about half the risk antioxidants can do to protect of several diseases – breast cancer, colon cancer, multiple our health. Many studies have shown sclerosis and type 1 diabetes. individuals with the highest Dr. Ray Strand, author of vitamin C levels have the Bionutrition: The Medical lowest incidence of coronary Evidence that Demands artery disease and it helps a Verdict – Should you be prevent strokes. There is a taking Nutritional Supplesignificant decrease in the risk ments? wrote that recent of several cancers, especially studies have shown nearly 90 percent of the population lung, gastrointestinal, cervical and pancreatic. It also lowers in the U.S and Canada has blood pressure and can reduce a vitamin D deficiency, and your risk of developing diabeadded it’s also associated with osteoporosis, bone frac- tes. It decreases the incidence of cataracts and macular ture, autoimmune diseases, degeneration. obesity, asthma, influenza, High levels of beta-carokidney disease, high blood pressure and cardiovascular tene (natural vitamin A) have been shown to significantly disease. After a four-year decrease your risk of heart clinical trial involving attacks, age-related macular nearly 1,200 women, it degeneration and cataracts. was concluded that the risk By merely eating 6-8 servof developing any type of cancer was 60 percent lower ings of fruits and vegetables every day you lower your in the group taking calcium risk of cancer, heart disand vitamin D. How many prescription drugs can make ease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s dementia, Parkinson’s disease that claim? However, he states it should also be taken and macular degeneration with a comprehensive spec- by two- to three-fold. Great advice, but how many of us trum of vitamins, minerals are doing that seven days a and essential fatty acids for week, 365 days a year. In optimal health and energy 1997, the medical journal levels. Pediatrics issued a report Many over-the-counter that only 1 percent of United vitamins follow the government’s RDA (Recommended States children get the proper recommended nutrients from Daily Allowance) guidelines their diet. Has that improved – the average daily dietary in 14 years? intake level that is sufficient April 2011 Jefferson County Chamber Newsletter 5
Check out the chamber’s Celebrate Civic District opening Visitor Information Center -- you’ll be impressed By Karen Anderson What is a VIC? VIC is an acronym for Visitor Information Center. The PT VIC (Port Townsend Visitor Information Center) is located in the Jefferson Transit Parkand-Ride, in the same building as your Chamber offices. This location was new in May 2009 after more than 10 years on Sims Way. The VIC is supported by your Chamber of Commerce, your membership and in part, by the City of Port Townsend. The VIC is open 362 days a year and is staffed by over 60 people volunteering their time for 50 shifts throughout the week. It is open Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and Sunday 11 a.m.-4 p.m. for all of your local information needs. Most of the volunteers who donate their time at the VIC have lived in Port Townsend or Port Hadlock for many years, long enough to be considered “locals.” Their wealth of knowledge about Port Townsend, past and present, is immense. They are aware of current events either due to personal involvement and/ or interest or because they have the tools to find information when asked. Some other volunteers have recently moved to Port Townsend within the past few years or even the past few months! They are as valuable a resource to you as you are to them. While they continue to expand their comfort level with Port Townsend’s layout, businesses, festivals and various quirks on their own, your questions encourage them to reach their tendrils of knowledge even further to areas they previously may not have known about or considered. The diversity of our volunteers means that you will always have a different experience and receive different ideas of what to do or where to go when you come in. Chamber members use the VIC to their advantage in many ways. The Chamber of Commerce offers brochure racks to display member information for visitors to gain more detailed knowledge about local businesses. VIC volunteers have access to Chamber information regarding member restaurants, lodging, things to do, and resources for visitors 6 April 2011 Jefferson County Chamber Newsletter
and locals. Chamber events are promoted through the VIC and a yearly calendar displaying Reader Board dates is available for all to peruse. It doesn’t stop there! The VIC is for everyone! The VIC knows that there is more information about Port Townsend than what is available within the Chamber membership. All community events can be posted on our community bulletin board. Non-member organizations who focus on a few events each year can promote their events through the VIC as well as members. Volunteers work from an event calendar, which is compiled each year for all annual Jefferson County events, as well as weekly calendars, which are a collaboration of known annual and weekly events, ptguide.com, ptleader.com and word of mouth. Calendars are sent to volunteers via email and are also put into a binder full of new and pertinent information for volunteers to read. Weekly e-newsletters to volunteers also keep volunteers abreast of new Chamber members and changes within the Jefferson County business community. VIC volunteers have reported going to other towns’ VICs while traveling. Visitors have reported that the VIC is the first place they come to when heading into a new town. Signs on Sims Way direct visitors to the PT VIC in the parkand-ride. The VIC keeps track and tallies where all visitors are from. Most visitors hail from Washington state, British Columbia, California and Port Townsend. VIC volunteers hear many stories from repeat visitors who vacation in the area every year. The PT VIC is your one-stop shop to find all you need to know about what’s happening in town. If you’ve been looking for another way to promote your business or event, bring in your material. Though brochure service is limited to the Chamber membership, event promotion is not. Remember, the VIC is only as good as its membership and town. Stock the VIC with your materials and dedicated volunteers will distribute it to all locals and visitors who walk across our threshold. Come in and play “Stump the Volunteer!”
With the completion of construction downtown on Water Street in April, one thought comes to mind: Let’s celebrate! Through a series of festival-style weekend events from April 29 through the Memorial Day weekend, the community can join in the celebration of the newly completed Civic District, named as such in the City of Port Townsend’s Urban Waterfront Plan. The completion of this area creates increased accessibility and business opportunities for the merchants who have been most affected by the construction. Combined with the new Northwest Maritime Center at the far end of Water Street, this upgraded area downtown now offers a bridge of connection all the way to the ferry terminal. Listed below are just some of the events that will be happening from April 29 through the Memorial Day weekend. Posters will be available with this information, as well as links on the Chamber’s website beginning April 1. Please check back as times and events could possibly change. FRIDAY, APRIL 29 Main Street’s Downtown Open/Available Space Tour, 4 to 7 p.m. Get an insider’s look at potential properties for lease or for sale in downtown Port Townsend. Start the walking tour at the Mount Baker Block Building, 213 Taylor St. SATURDAY, APRIL 30 Dedication of the newly remodeled Cotton Building, 1 p.m. Following the dedication, the Port Townsend Arts Commission will have a photo exhibit chronicling the construction of Gerard Tsutakawa’s work “Salish
Sea Circle.” They will have a panel that will discuss the role of public art in communities.
Museum, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. The Jefferson County Museum will be open for evening visitors during Gallery Walk. This is a chance SUNDAY, MAY 1 to see the museum and the Main Street’s Art Wave charming historic photobegins (children’s art is graphs of Jumbo the dog, in showcased in stores through the City Council Chambers. May). Gallery Walk, 5:30 to 8 JCHS Founders’ Day p.m. Celebration, City Council Chambers, 1p.m. PT Shorts in Cotton This is the annual meet- Building, 7 p.m. ing for the Jefferson County Historical Society and the SATURDAY, MAY 14 presentation of the Historic Madison Street Arts & Preservation Awards. FolCrafts Fair, 10 a.m. to 6 lowing the presentation, p.m. the new Rothschild House Dessert Cookbook will be Dedication of Tsutakawa unveiled with a reception “Salish Sea Circle” and held in the Cotton Building dedication of the Comat 2 p.m. munity Plaza/Pope Marine Park, 1 p.m. FRIDAY, MAY 6 A variety of children’s JCHS First Friday art activities will be hapLecture, City Council Cham- pening in the Pope Marine bers, 7 p.m. Building from 2 to 4 p.m. Popular poet and journalA professional photogist Mary Lou Sanelli will rapher will be on hand to read from her works. “catch the moment” for kids and families with the “Salish SATURDAY, MAY 7 Sea Circle” and photos will The unveiling of “The be available for purchase for Three Otters” at the Northa nominal fee. west Maritime Center, noon. The 30-inch-tall bronze SUNDAY, MAY 15 sculpture is by renowned Madison Street Arts & Northwest sculptor and Crafts Fair, 10 a.m. to 6 Whidbey Island resident p.m. Georgia Gerber. One of her most famous local pieces SATURDAY, MAY 21 is Rachel the bronze pig at Rhody Grand Parade the Pike Place Market. This – in the heart of the Civic public artwork is made pos- District, 1 p.m. sible by the generosity of the Summit Family Founda- SATURDAY, MAY 28 tion. Memorial Day Weekend A variety of activities Opening Day on the Bay/ will be going on downtown, Parade of Boats at NWMC, including street music and 1 p.m. small bands playing. Times Sponsored by the Port and locations will be anTownsend Yacht Club. nounced at a later date. Main Street’s Art Fundraiser for Children’s Art in schools, all day downtown. Free Day at the JCHS
Please join us for as many of these activities as you’re able to attend! All events are free and open to the public.
April events
2 – PT Gallery Walk, 5:30 p.m. 2 – PTAC Angel of the Arts, Upstage, 3 p.m. 2 – PT Farmers Market. Uptown, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. 6-10 – ArtFest, Fort Worden 14-17 – Choro, Centrum 16 – Earth Day Spring Cleanup 22 – Earth Day 23-24 – 11th Annual JeffCo EXPO 24 – PT’s 160th Birthday! 24 – Easter 29-30 – Granny’s Attic, Cape George Colony 30 – 14th Annual AAUW/UWF Kitchen Tour 30 – Spring Migration Tour, PTMSC FUTURE EVENTS
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JeffCo Homes Show Rhody Festival Tractor Days PT Wednesday Farmers Market opens Classic Mariners’ Regatta Secret Garden Tour Festival of American Fiddle Tunes Hadlock Days Centrum’s Jazz Festival Centrum’s Blues Festival Jefferson County Fair Uptown Street Fair Wooden Boat Festival JeffCo Farm Tour Historic Homes Tour Port Townsend Film Festival Kinetic Skulpture Race
Contributions to United Good Neighbors stay here to help Jefferson County people By Patience Rogge “When you donate to United Good Neighbors, you are supporting 38 local nonprofit organizations,” states Carla Caldwell, executive director of the Jefferson County member of United Ways of Washington. “Every dollar raised stays right here in our community.” In the current atmosphere of budget cutting by federal and state governments, social service agencies are being impacted and it is increasingly important for communities to look after their own. United Good Neighbors (UGN) focuses its funding allocations on five major areas: emergency services, youth services, community services, mental health services and senior services. Its first aim is to provide safety net services, emergency food and shelter. To ensure that funds go to organizations that will fill these community needs, UGN has a stringent certification process that requires nonprofits to demonstrate that they are on a sound financial footing, have a functioning board of directors and do not duplicate services already available. An allocation committee made up of community members evaluates each applicant and its request based on a set of guidelines before deciding on how much and to whom funds will be granted. Although the annual fundraising campaign is drawing to a close, Caldwell emphasizes that the work of UGN is ongoing throughout the year, “Our goals are to raise awareness of the community about the
Caldwell took up the reins of UGN last year when Bob Peden, the organization’s long-time director, retired. Her background in education and ministry, and lifelong interest in social services were perfect fits for the job. With a BA in education from the University of Washington and a divinity degree from Seattle University, her career has included high school teaching, working as a pastoral associate, educating lay ministers for the Diocese of Seattle and a stint as principal of St. Cecilia’s School in Bainbridge Island. Her Carla Caldwell is the executive director of United Good Neigh- family has deep roots in bors. The annual UGN campaign raises money for a number of Jefferson County and after years of commuting, she community nonprofit organizations. wanted to be involved in her local community. Now, urgent needs of some of to educate community working from her office at our neighbors, to help the organizations on how to the Shold Business Park, partner agencies maxibecome more effecCaldwell’s involvement mize their effectiveness tive through a series of with an organization whose in meeting those needs by workshops on things like motto is “Giving from the minimizing the amount of building capacity, netHeart,” proves you can time and resources they working and leveraging come home. spend on fundraising, and assets. We see ourselves Caldwell can be conto help donors, who often not as competitors but as tacted at 219-A W. Patison feel overwhelmed by the two prongs of fundraisnumber of requests for ing – UGN fills immediate in Port Hadlock, by email at carla@weareugn.org funds from many worthy needs and the foundation causes, and target their fills long-term needs, like or by phone at 360-3853797. giving to nonprofits that building endowments.” have demonstrated accountability in the use of donations. “We are grateful to local businesses, who make up about half of our contributions. At this point, If you are We use we are at 85 percent of a member of Twitter and our goal. It is critical that the Jefferson Facebook to people know how great County showcase our are the needs of the homeless, the impoverished Chamber of Commerce and members and bring you the and the aged right here use Twitter or Facebook latest business news that is in Jefferson County and -- please follow us @ important to our members help UGN make up the 15 percent shortfall. JeffCoChamber on Twitter – so if you’ve got some “This year, we are and Jefferson County news, a deal, a Twitter-only working in partnership Chamber of Commerce on special – tweet about it and with the Jefferson County Facebook. we’ll help spread the word. Community Foundation
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Volunteer of the month
McCutchin all smiles, quick with a laugh By Karen Anderson You wouldn’t guess it by looking at him, but Gene McCutchin is a softie. He tends to hold his cards close to his chest until you get him talking. Once you’ve got him going, he’s all smiles and laughs and quick quips, which say more with their omissions than the actual words spoken. The first thing you will notice when talking with Gene is his southern accent. It fades into a comfortable dialect to rest your ears on as he starts to tell you of the sugar fine, white sands of Pensacola, Fla., where he grew up. Playing with hurricanes of 100 mph winds wasn’t enough for Gene. Like many young men, he dreamed of seeing the world. So after earning his degree in political science, he joined ROTC and started training as a pilot with the Air Force in New
because, “I grew up on the coast. I would rather be on the coast.” Gene and Carol met in Austin, Texas. They talked about moving back to the area in the northwest Gene had previously been so enamored with, so they took a vacation. One of their stops was in a small, sunny town called Sequim. They bought a house without ever having seen the inside. They visited Port Townsend regularly and liked the strong sense of community it offered. A Gene McCutchin volunteers at the chamber and with the North- couple of years later they west Maritime Center, the Wooden Boat Festival and the Jef- found a view with a house ferson County Pilots’ Association. attached to it that made them Jersey. Surprisingly, New the country, from the east move to Port Townsend in Jersey lived up to its monicoast to the west and then 2007. Gene began volunteerker, “The Garden State,” back to the middle. During ing at the Visitor Information but it threw its weather a short time in Oregon, he Center (VIC) immediately challenges to the Florida fell in love with the Pacific after that. “I like to volunnative, teaching him how Northwest. Soon after, he teer because you get to tell to survive snowy winters, was transferred to Missouri. people where to go,” He which proved extremely When asked if he liked livjoked. beneficial later as he found ing in Missouri, he laughed, Moving to Port Townsend himself moving all over “I don’t live there now!” was not without its concesOf all of the places Gene sions though. Gene had lived, he and his wife, Carol, to leave his woodworkended up in Port Townsend ing shop back in Sequim.
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But that’s the thing about Port Townsend. It makes up for these concessions in so many ways. Gene volunteers at the Northwest Maritime Center building boats and is currently helping with an 18’ Buzzard’s Bay Sloop. He also spends his time volunteering with the Wooden Boat Festival and the Jefferson County Pilots’ Association as acting chairman for the 2011 Port Townsend Fly-In at the Jefferson County International Airport July 16. Gene leaned back in his chair at the Owl Sprit downtown after eating one of their delicious sliders, “I used to volunteer for the Serenity
House while we were living in Sequim … it’s weird but it’s true, you get back what you give.” Thank you, Gene, for your positive and determined attitude and for including the VIC in your life! And thank you to all of the VIC volunteers who work so hard and keep things going!
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