Jennifer Weicher

Jennifer Weicher

BUSINESS BRIEFS: Port Townsend company lands Naval repair contract . . . and other items

PORT TOWNSEND — Craftsman United Inc., 304 10th St., has been awarded a $344,642 federal contract set aside for small businesses from the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command.

According to a news release, the contract is for dry docking and repair work on Range Vessel TWR-8 for the U.S. Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Keyport, where the work will be performed.

Training completed

SEQUIM ­— Olympic Medical Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation’s Jennifer Weicher recently completed an advanced training course in head and neck lymphedema therapy through the Norton School of Lymphatic Therapy.

Weicher, a speech language pathologist, has been with Olympic Medical since July 2006.

She works with patients requiring speech therapy for Parkinson’s disease, augmentative and alternative communication, dysphagia management, stroke rehabilitation and now head and neck lymphedema.

Weicher treats adult and pediatric patients.

For more information or to make an appointment, phone Olympic Medical Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation at 360-582-2601.

Medicare meeting

FORKS — A Medicare town hall meeting will be held at the Forks Elks Lodge, 941 Merchants Road, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 12.

This free public event provides an opportunity for Medicare recipients to review their prescription drug plans for 2016 with an unbiased statewide health insurance benefits adviser.

The annual open enrollment period runs from Oct. 15 to Dec. 7.

For more information, phone 360-374-9496.

Agent designation

PORT ANGELES — Agent Darcey Beck from Wenner-Davis & Associates Insurance on Sept. 28 successfully completed the Certified Insurance Service Representative designation from The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research.

To earn this designation, Beck attended five courses covering all phases of the insurance business and passed five comprehensive examinations, according to a news release.

Additionally, The National Alliance requires annual attendance in the program to maintain the designation.

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