August 17, 2010
Business briefs for Aug. 17, 2010
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The owners of Lakeside Chalet restaurant describe it as a very family-friendly business. Child-friendly touches include several toys that are available for use, such as a Fisher-Price plastic mobile pony that is frequently in action around the dining room. "We're 'family-casual,'" Paula Stanley said. "Mom and pop," her husband Nick Stanley added. They and Paula's ex-husband - the restaurant's manager and main cook Steve Gibson - are part of "one big blended family," according to Nick.
There are several new faces in the kitchen at Shelby's Restaurant & Lounge, in Washougal. They include Executive Chef Rudy Garcia, Sous Chef Antonio Hernandez and Sous Chef-in Training Greg Shelby Jr. Garcia, of Camas, has been a chef for more than 20 years, in restaurants from Los Angeles to Seattle. Prior to joining Shelby's, he owned Rudy's Palate, in downtown Portland, for 2 1/2 years. Garcia graduated from Western Culinary Institute, in Portland, in 1998. Two years prior to that, he served as an apprentice with a master chef in Portland. "I'm a French style chef with Italian influence," Garcia said.
Workshed Interactive has relocated its office within downtown Camas. Shannon Van Horn and her husband Bret own Workshed, which helps clients with Internet-related marketing projects and printed marketing materials. "We design and program websites, host websites, create blogs, provide e-mail marketing services, search engine optimization services, set up social networking profiles, do print design and consult with clients regarding various marketing services and issues," Shannon Van Horn said. "Our focus is on easy-to-use web presence and marketing pieces that help our clients stand out from their competitors."
The opinion that working out is mundane and repetitive is tossed out the window at KT Bell Fitness in downtown Camas. In fact, business owner and certified personal trainer Karen Bell prides herself on mixing it up. Not only does this approach keep her clients coming back, she said, but it's better for the muscles as well. "It's never the same workout because muscle confusion is the way you keep the body working and changing," Bell said. Bell is certified through the Accredited Personal Trainer Certification program. She has been working in the health and fitness field for the past 25 years, including stints at the All Women's Fitness Spa in Portland, a women's gym in Tacoma and a Gold's Gym. For the past two years, she has led "Power Pump" fitness classes out of the Universal Institute of Martial Arts in Camas. KT Bell Fitness is Bell's first venture into owning her own business. The studio located at 415 N.E. Fourth Ave., opened in June and Bell plans on holding an official grant opening celebration in September.
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More than $1,000 was collected during the Fifth Annual Camas Car Show on July 2 to benefit the local Inter-Faith Treasure House food bank. The event also provided an opportunity for attendees to contribute canned food items, of which 111 pounds was donated. The contributions will help the men, women and children in need who receive food and other services from the Washougal based non-profit organization. According to organizers, the car show, which included 98 entries parked along Northeast Fourth Avenue in Downtown Camas, was a success. Awards were presented for "Best Topless," 1964 Chevy Corvette owned by Fred Larue; "Power Pipes Award," 1923 Ford T-Bucket owned by Don Pritchett; "Most Muscle Bound," 1968 Plymouth Sport Satellite owned by John Deckert; "Most original paint," 1941 Willy's Coupe owned by Susan Hale; "Most Racy," 2000 Mitsubishi Eclipse owned by Derrick Fronzen; "Best Work in Progress," 1984 Honda GL 1200 owned by Bob Wenick; and "Best Original American," 1963 Buick owned by Ken Cousins. The event was hosted by the Downtown Camas Association, Georgia-Pacific and Twilight Pizza Bistro. To view photos of the winning entries, visit the photo galleries at www.camaspostrecord.com.
A local counselor who specializes in parenting issues and helping adolescents and men has opened an office in downtown Camas. Joe Klemz, 33, has moved his Real Life Counseling practice to the Fearn Natural Health Clinic. He works with couples, families and children. Klemz has experience in addressing topics include anger management, anxiety and fears, grief and loss, men's and parenting issues, divorce, post traumatic stress disorder, depression, life coaching, domestic abuse/violence and academic performance issues related to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. "I enjoy the sacred opportunity to teach and advise individuals, couples and families to rally their strengths, wisdom, and solutions so they can overcome their challenges," he said. "While I mentor and teach, I alone do not have all the solutions. I believe my clients have the strength and wisdom to overcome their pain, so my role is to draw out this strength and their wisdom."
Dan Black has been on the passenger side of a car while teenagers learn how to drive, and he has lived to tell about it. Actually being in a car with aspiring drivers is the favorite part of his job at A Driving School, which recently relocated from the One Stop Shopping Center, in Camas to downtown Camas. "People say I should wear a helmet and I'm crazy," Black said. "Both of those are probably true. I have a brake on my side, and I can grab the steering wheel. "The biggest thing you need is patience," he added. "Students a lot of times have not paid a whole lot of attention [to others' driving], because they have computer games and things that are different than when I grew up."
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