Movers & Shakers September 22, 2010
Author Candice Reed to speak at Cd'A library event
Candice Reed, co-author of "Thank You for Firing Me! How to Catch the Next Wave of Success After You Lose Your Job," will speak Wednesday, Sept. 29, at 7 p.m. in the Community Room of the Coeur d'Alene Public Library, 702 E. Front Ave.
Reed's writing career has spanned more than 20 years. Before her career in journalism, she lost jobs as an insurance salesperson, a funeral director, a singing/dancing waitress and an ice-cream binging weight-loss counselor.
Currently, she is a freelance journalist, creates blogs for credit unions, dabbles in copywriting and speechwriting, and once owned her own successful public relations firm. She has also been a ghostwriter for a former president.
She has published more than 5,000 business features, personal essays and travel articles in newspapers and magazines including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and The Christian Science Monitor.
Reed recently took her own advice and sold her expensive California home and moved to a cabin on Lake Chelan in Washington so she could enjoy life in the new economy.
CPR Credit Repair opens at 315 W. Dalton Ave.
Twyla-Lea Jensen, owner of CPR Credit Repair, a full credit repair and restoration business, has opened her business at 315 W. Dalton Ave. Suite 109 in Coeur d'Alene.
She said she specializes in analyzing credit and then determining how to go about repairing the credit and raising FICO scores.
Along with repair she counsels and educates clients.
"I am very proud of the work that I have done for my clients and in the great service that they can expect from me," she said.
Jensen has been in the mortgage business for more than 16 years and in the credit business through banking for more than 21 years. She can be reached at (208) 473-4446. Hours of business are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Women Making Business Alliances to hold fundraiser
The Women Making Business Alliances has planned an all-you-can-eat chicken fry with bread and salad for $5 at the Post Falls Senior Center, 1215 E. Third Ave. It is a fundraiser for Elderhelp of North Idaho.
It will be from 5:30-8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 1. There will be wine, beer and pop available, along with a business fair and silent auction.
To help out or for more information, contact Janet at (208) 660-9956 or go to www.ElderHelpofNorthIdaho.org
Tickets are available at Big Mountain Accounting and Taxes, 601 E. Seltice Way No. 203, Elder Help, 929-9292, as well as at the door.
Kroc Center plays host to health care seminars
Free health care education seminars are scheduled Sept. 28 at the Kroc Center.
"Navigating the Healthcare Highway" will be 9:30-10:30 a.m.
"The Scoop on Long-Term Care Insurance" will be 10:45-11:45 a.m.
"Navigating the Healthcare Highway" is a professional panel discussion of different types and levels of care, how they get paid for, and when those services might be appropriate.
Long-term care insurance is in the news and many people wonder if it is an insurance they should buy.
The seminars are presented by the Idaho Department of Insurance SHIBA Division.
Information: (208) 666-6847 or e-mail heather.taber@doi.idaho.gov.
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