BUSINESS BRIEFS: Port Angeles law firm hires two new attorneys . . . and other items
Published 12:01 am Sunday, November 15, 2015
PORT ANGELES — The law firm of Platt Irwin, 403 S. Peabody St., has recently hired two new attorneys.
Allison Mahaney graduated from Lewis & Clark Law School with a certificate in environmental and natural resources law.
She worked as an intern at the Port of Portland, Ore., and the Eighth Coast Guard District Legal Office in New Orleans.
She is returning with her family to the North Olympic Peninsula, where she served as operations coordinator from 2007 to 2010 with the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary.
David Berger graduated summa cum laude from Seattle University School of Law in 2014, ranking second in his class.
After law school, Berger worked as a law clerk for Justice Susan J. Owens at the Washington Supreme Court.
David and his wife, Tien, are moving to the area.
Business expands
SEQUIM — Via Vita Chiropractic & Wellness, 128 W. Bell St., welcomes new yoga teacher and Reiki master Renzo Reyes to the wellness center.
Reyes is a certified yoga instructor from Orange County, Calif.
He spent the past four months at Shoshoni, a yoga retreat in Colorado, teaching yoga, learning more about meditation and cooking vegetarian food.
He will teach level 1 yoga classes and restorative yoga with reiki.
For more information, phone 360-683-4989, email info@ViaVitaWellness.com or visit www.ViaVitaWellness.com.
Home health
PORT ANGELES — Olympic Medical Home Health (OMHH) was recognized for the 10th year in a row by HomeCare Elite, a national review that identifies the top 25 percent of all Medicare-certified home health agencies.
Just 131 organizations nationwide have earned a HomeCare Elite award every year since the inception of the award in 2006, according to a news release.
OMHH is among 22 HomeCare Elite winners in the state of Washington.
“This recognition is a result of our dedicated and caring staff that provides quality nursing, physical, occupational and speech therapy, social work and home health aide services to our patients,” said Joan Warren, director of Olympic Medical Home Health.
The public is invited to an open house at OMHH’s new location at 801 E. Front St. to celebrate 10 years of award-winning care.
The event will be held from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, with a brief ribbon-cutting ceremony at 4 p.m.
For more information on the HomeCare Elite award, visit www.nationalresearch.com.
Contact Olympic Medical Home Health at 360-417-7315.
CAPS designation
SEQUIM — Boni Osborn of By Design Group Inc. has earned the Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist (CAPS) designation to remodel or modify a home to meet the needs of homeowners or their visitors who may be physically challenged.
The National Association of Home Builders, in partnership with the AARP and NAHB Research Center, created the CAPS program to provide universal home modifications.
By Design Group Inc. is a general contractor specializing in “aging in place” and universal design/remodeling and features Best Bath System’s barrier-free walk-in bathtubs and low-threshold showers designed for people of all abilities.
Graduates are required to maintain their designation by attending continuing education programs as well as participating in community service projects.
For additional information about the CAPS program, visit www.nahb.org/caps.
For more information about by Design Group Inc., visit www.bydesigngroupinc.net or phone 360-582-1843.
Real estate office
PORT ANGELES — Town & Country, 1205 E. Front St., will host a ribbon-cutting and open house for the public from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Owner Dan Erickson and designated broker Eric Hegge will be on hand to give tours and answer questions during the open house.
Town & Country Realtors Mark Macedo, Debra Haller, Nels Gordon and Doc Reiss also will be in attendance.
Refreshments will be served.
For more information, phone Erickson at 360-683-6000 or 360-461-3888, or phone Hegge at 360-683-6000 or 360-460-6470.
KONP talk guests
PORT ANGELES — Here is this week’s schedule for the 1:05 p.m. to 2 p.m. local talk show segment on KONP radio, at 1450 AM, 101.7 FM and www.konp.com on the Internet outside the Port Angeles area.
Station General Manager Todd Ortloff hosts the Monday through Thursday segments.
This week’s scheduled lineup:
■ Monday: Clallam County Prosecuting Attorney Mark Nichols.
■ Tuesday: Port Angeles School District.
■ Wednesday: Russ Veneema, executive director of the Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce, and Jim Moran, chamber president, will give a quarterly report.
■ Thursday: Port Angeles Lions Club’s annual Food-a-Thon.
