BUSINESS

KITSAP MARTIAL ARTS AND FITNESS MOVES TO HOSTMARK STREET

Kitsap Martial Arts and Family Fitness is moving its location to 1015 Hostmark Street Suite 104 in Poulsbo. This is just above the intersection of Hostmark and Highway 305, behind the Chevron station.

The move takes place Nov. 15 after the morning KUT class. Business opens at the new location on Monday, Nov. 17. Kitsap Martial Arts & Family Fitness will keep the same telephone number. For more information call (360) 779-6233.

MEGAN NIGHTINGALE EARNS HONOR FROM HEARING PROS

Megan Nightengale, AuD of Peninsula Hearing Inc. is among the outstanding hearing care professionals honored by the 2008 Oticon Focus on People Awards, a national competition that recognizes individuals who are helping to eliminate negative stereotypes of what it means to have hearing loss. Nightingale’s selection as a winner in the Practitioner Category was announced at the 11th annual Oticon Focus on People Awards Ceremony in Denver. The awards ceremony was attended by more than 300 leading hearing care professionals from across the country.

Nightingale fits hearing aids and takes a holistic approach in treating hearing loss through listening to her patients and assessing where their communications struggles are, by offering communication counseling with the patient and family and friends and providing self-paced, individualized training. She donates her services to the Lion’s Club Hearing Aid Bank and is often invited to speak to local Hearing Loss Association groups to provide information on the latest information and techniques to deal with communications issues.

The Oticon Focus on People Awards were created in 1996 by Oticon Inc., one of the world’s oldest and most respected hearing instrument manufacturers.

For more information about the Oticon Focus on People Award and hearing health, log on to www.oticonusa.com.

KITSAP BANK OFFERS REVERSE MORTGAGES

Through a unique partnership with Security Reverse Mortgage Company of Gig Harbor, Kitsap Bank is pleased to provide qualifying customers the option of a reverse mortgage.

Reverse mortgages are federally backed, regulated and insured by the Federal Housing Administration. They allow consumers who are 62 and older, own their own home, and have equity in their home to turn the value of their home into cash in the form of a lump sum, line of credit, or monthly cash advance.

Kitsap Bank, in partnership with Security Reverse Mortgage, will be offering informational seminars to its customers in the coming weeks.

For more information call (360) 876-5542.

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