As a lung patient and physically challenged person I'm an avid fan of the recumbent trike for good health, safe exercise, fun and cycling in general. That said, I volunteered to sub publicity for our local club, West Sound Cycling, while Charlie Michel the regular publicity person is out of town doing a long cycling tour. I am late sending information about the club's weekly Saturday (tomorrow) ride. So I'm announcing it here in the wrong place for strictly sports but the right place for folks who want to ride with a congenial group of neat people. *** " Jim Llewellyn will be leading this Saturday's ride starting at 9 am from The St. Charles Anglican Church in Poulsbo. The route will cross over the Hood Canal Bridge to the Toandos Peninsula and back http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/30286988 Jim can be reached at 206-450-0101 or at jim.llewellyn47@gmail.com Daylight savings time has come and now spring is here. Time to get out those bikes and ride. Mark your calendars for the April 10th Daffodil classic. There will also be Tuesday evening rides available starting in Brownsville. Consult your club website calendar for other riding opportunities. Note: Bill, Mandy and Leo are working on rider certification through LAB and plan to be offering classes soon. If you have an interest in becoming certified in the 101 or advanced program or teaching these classes, please contact one of them or myself and I will get you the contact information. " http://www.westsoundcycling.com/homepage/ More later... Sharon O'Hara
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Bremerton and Navy Success and the West Sound Cycling Club Booth Photos
The new downtown Bremerton IS beautiful… but right now she is similar to a pretty girl all dressed up and no place to go.
We need more Health and Safety Fairs and next time run Kitsap Transit buses to bring people in to the event. We also need passenger boats and Kitsap Transit to bring people in from the outlying districts.
The new Bremerton is a dream place for the possibilities of ultimate luxury healthy living…if a person can imagine walking and cycling pathways throughout Bremerton downtown and meandering through the neighborhoods.
See what Steven Gardner wrote about the folks in the Union Hill neighborhood transforming itself.
Imagine the new lovely downtown expanding itself outward block by block with neighborhood walking and cycling pathways providing walking and cycling transportation and healthier citizens….just imagine the tax payer dollar savings in future medical costs through healthier people due to the energetic outdoor living lifestyle.
The walking and cycling pathways would cross the new Manette Bridge into the homey and interesting Manette neighborhood and shops to browse.
When Port Orchard/South Kitsap gets their walking cycling pathways, they will be a splendid place to cycle and visitors can cross by the little ferry or around through Gorst.
The following photographs were taken by Chuck O’Hara (he is the nice guy who helps me out) at the recent Health and Safety Fair when he took two recumbent trikes down to the West Sound Cycling Club booth for a few hours to show n tells.
More later… Sharon O’Hara
Fun, Good Health and Safety tips Meet Up in Bremerton Next Week
Don’t miss it! For early detection COPD, free Spirometry tests
are offered at the upcoming 2nd annual Health and Safety Exposition
next week in Bremerton.
The public packed information and freebie event runs 18th – 19
August 2010 at the Kitsap Conference Center and extending exhibits
along the Harborside boardwalk.
The City of Bremerton and the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard,
Intermediate Maintenance Facility), teamed with others to educate
the public on the latest in health and safety…concerns that matter
to most of us living in our earthquake fault prone area.
Here is a list of exhibitors…some I want to visit just to know what they do…intriguing names.
COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) is the 4th leading cause of death in the US, 5th in the world. A disease that takes usually twenty years before the patient has symptoms enough to mention to their doctor. By then about 50% of their lungs are permanently destroyed.
The hope and reality is that early detection can make the difference in a long slow smother or not. The Spirometry test can change life forever in the battle against COPD. Early detection can stop it in its slow lung-destroying mode.
Find the COPD Foundation exhibit on the boardwalk and sign up for the free Spirometry test. Please.
Harrison Hospital Sleep Disorder is another ‘got to see’ exhibit stop. The value of their work cannot be understated; I sleep with a bi-pap that keeps my airway open, thanks to such a sleep study done years ago. Before my bi-pap I once fell asleep in my eye doctors waiting room full of people and awakened to loud snoring …mine…and a few stares and kind smiles
I have to ask them about desaturating while asleep and if the blood/oxygen numbers mean anything when taken while the patient is asleep.
Kitsap Physical Therapy & Sports Clinic is another ‘don’t miss’…especially if you like cycling. They not only do a great rehab job with good people, Anna Marx actually rode her recumbent bike in the recent Seattle to Portland ride. Ask how she did if you see her.
West Sound Cycling Club will be there…a super group of riders in a local club holding rides for cyclists at different levels and ages. They might have a recumbent trike or two there to show seniors and physically challenged people that cycling fun isn’t over…it is only the beginning to a fit and active life again….in my opinion.
Following is a list of exhibitors…our lifeline to good health and safety at work and in our environment … all FREE.
2010 WSSHE Vendors
Acupuncture & Chinese Herbal Medicine Kitsap County Chiropractic
PSNS Shop 11 – Gas Free
Acupuncture & Wellness Center, P.S. Kitsap County Domestic Violence
Task Force Puget Sound Blood Center
ADT Security Services Kitsap County Emerg Mgmt Agency Puget Sound
Clean Air
Advanced Wellness & Rehab Kitsap Family YMCA Puget Sound Naval
Shipyard – SERT
Alpine Chiropractic Kitsap Physical Therapy & Sports Clinics REPCON
NW/Skillers Workwear and Impacto Protective Products
American Red Cross Kitsap Safety Skookum
Bayside Chiropractic Kitsap Suicide Prevention Task Force The
Personal Touch
Conner Hearing Aid Clinic Life Force Chiropractic Thermal Body Scan
NW
COPD Foundation MADD Tingley Rubber Corporation
Crime Victim Assistance Center Majestic Glove TriWest Healthcare
Alliance
Department of Ecology Martha & Mary Health & Rehabilitation TSI
Inc.
Dept of Veterans Affairs Massage Network Solutions Washington Dept.
of Labor & Industries
Emergency Medical Training Associates Miracle Alley Training &
Development Washington Prescription Drug Program Discount Card
Equipois Inc. MOLDEX, INC Washington State Department of Ecology &
Kitsap Ccounty Moderate Hazardous Waste Fac (SHARING 8′ TABLE
PLS)
Everest College MSA (Mine Safety Appliances Co. Washington State
Department of Ecology Air Quality Program
Explorer Search and Rescue National Center for Missing & Exploited
Children West Sound Cycling Club
Fleet & Family Support Services Naval Hospital Health Promotion
Island Health & Rehab
G. Baldwin Marketing Naval Hospital Health Promotion and USS John
C. Stennis PT Kitsap Credit Union in addition to $500 also
providing bags $1800
Grainger Navy Region NW Motorcycle Safety Sound Health Care
Center
Green Team & Fresh Local Nikken Independent Wellness Consultant KPS
Health Plans
Harrison Hospital, Sleep Disorder Center North Coast Electric
Assistant Production Superintendent APS Assoc
Home Instead North Kitsap Chapter ABATE of Washington Union Table –
BMTC
Honeywell Old Dominion University Costco
Kid Zone – 4-H Olympus & Associates Kitsap County Health
District
Kid Zone – Master Gardners WSU Extension Pelican Products, Inc.
PSNS Women in Trades Committee Kid Zone PSNS C/106.22
Hearing/Ergonomics
Questions?
Linda Fulton
Office Assist/Cartegraph-Tech
City of Bremerton, PW&U
Bremerton, WA
360-473-5918
Hope to see you there!
More later… Sharon O’Hara
