Petersen Hastings, a Registered Investment Advisory firm located in Kennewick, WA, announced today it has been named one of InvestmentNews’ 2020 Best Places to Work for Financial Advisors in the nation for the third consecutive year. This program is dedicated to identifying and recognizing advisory firms across the United States that empower, encourage, and inspire employees to provide their clients with the best possible investment and financial planning advice. The firm was named a top employer in both 2018 & 2019 by InvestmentNews.

“Petersen Hastings is pleased and honored to once again earn a spot on the InvestmentNews Best Places to Work for Financial Advisors list for 2020,” said Scott Sarber, CEO & President of Petersen Hastings. “We strive to go beyond offering our employees attractive benefits and perks: we create a workplace that empowers our team, giving them the skills and confidence needed to provide our clients with the best possible financial planning team of experts available to them. Being recognized for our accomplishments on a national level for the third consecutive year is a success we are very proud of,”
said Sarber.

Being named a top employer is a reflection of Petersen Hastings’ employee engagement in a number of areas, including personal and professional development, workplace satisfaction and overall team success. “Being an excellent workplace begins with recognizing our team’s aspirations (personal, professional, educational) and nurturing them along with a flexible, family-friendly work environment. By doing this, we are able to create a space where our employees thrive at being their best,” said Sarber. “This honor reflects our company-wide commitment to our team, our clients, and our
community.”

To learn more about Petersen Hastings’ unique team culture and career opportunities, please visit the “Join Our Team” page on www.petersenhastings.com.

Petersen Hastings is a Registered Investment Advisor located in Kennewick, WA. As a primary fiduciary, Petersen Hastings serves committed investors with complex financial needs. Our multigenerational team of experienced and credentialed professionals delivers innovative solutions through The Trusted
Financial PathTM to enhance and preserve wealth.

For additional information, contact Scott Sarber, CFP®, AIF® at 509-735-0484 or [email protected].

The Tri-Cities Cancer Center is excited to announce that we are making a change to the way we are offering our Cancer Crushing Cuisine Cooking Classes for the next few months to ensure the health and safety of our patients, community and staff.

Starting in May, the Tri-Cities Cancer Center in partnership with Chef Kyle Thornhill of Tsunami Catering will be offering fun and educational cooking classes called Small Bytes that you can take from the comfort of your own home. The classes will be led by Chef Thornhill and will highlight the cancer fighting properties of the ingredients in the dish being prepared.

Each class will be held from 6:00-7:00PM using Zoom. Each cooking class will be unique and will be limited to 8 participants per class. Ingredients for the virtual class will be delivered the day of the class to each participant via a no-contact delivery. To register or for more information, please visit tccancer.org/cuisine
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When: Wed, May 20th | Wed, June 10th | Wed, August 12th | Wed, October 14th from 6:00-7:00PM
Where: Comfort of your own home
Cost: $40 per individual per session ($20 for supplies and apron; $20 will go to the TCCC Foundation to fund the building of a community garden)

Prosser Memorial Health, in partnership with the Prosser School District, Thrive Coalition, Boys & Girls Club of Prosser and Comprehensive Mental Health, will launch an online mental health initiative for youth in our community May 7, 2020.

Mustangs Matter is an interactive, social media-based platform where teens can talk to local mental healthcare providers like Heather Morse, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner at the Prosser Clinic, and discuss a variety of different topics facing youth today. Mustangs Matter has an Instagram page with IGT Live to view the discussions in real time and submit questions and comments. The videos will also be available on the Mustangs Matter website: www.mustangsmatter.org. The website also has a number of resources for youth and parents, phone numbers and a dedicated email, [email protected], where someone can reach out directly if they need additional resources or have a concern they would like addressed privately.

“Mustangs Matter sprung out of conversations I was having in the community when I was conducting face-to-face interviews on community needs in our area and how the Boys & Girls Club in Prosser would respond to those needs. Hands down everyone rated teen mental health as the number one area of need. Our Mustangs Matter partners all have some resources for teens in need of support and resources but after talking we decided it was best to pool our resources and create a platform that was more relatable for our target audience. Thus, we went down the interactive, social media path,” said Jessica Hoefer, Resource Director, Prosser Boys & Girls Club.

There is a student advisory group from Prosser High School that is part of this initiative as well. Select students along with a mental healthcare provider will discuss on live stream videos relevant mental health topics that teens face along with ways to cope. “We wanted to make sure

that whatever we ended up doing in response to the teen mental health need was relevant, meaningful and delivered in a way that would get youth interested and engaged in the
information,” said Erika Wassom, Project Coordinator, Thrive Coalition.

Future topics include: Dealing with depression, anxiety, suicide prevention, and how to help friends in need.

Trios Health is pleased to announce that Trios Southridge Hospital has been awarded Level III Trauma Designation for adult and pediatric services from the Washington State Department of Health.

This designation demonstrates the attentiveness that Trios Health has toward providing high-quality trauma care for our community.

“It shows that we’re really committed to providing a high-level of trauma care to the community and that we’re trying to raise the bar to give the community better treatments. The community knowing that we provide Level III trauma care is a big confidence booster,” said Bryson Casale, Trauma and Stroke Coordinator. “As a hospital, you don’t have to be designated, but it shows a level of commitment to the trauma program and compliance with state laws.”

Trios Health CEO John Solheim added, “We’re proud of our trauma team and the work they do in Making Communities Healthier. This designation is a reflection of their commitment and diligence to ensuring that we’re able to provide high-quality trauma care and their willingness to go the extra mile for our patients.”

The designation continues Trios’ current Level III designation, which is renewed every three years. Trios is also the only Tri-Cities area hospital with a pediatric trauma designation. The state offers a limited number of pediatric trauma designations per region. Trios is in the South-Central Region.

The designation entitles Trios to use the trauma service designation level title, receive trauma patients from the prehospital agencies and referring facilities in the state, and receive annual Trauma Fund grants. Bryson said the Trios trauma program group has been working diligently to remain in compliance with state laws and have a quality trauma program.

“There are benchmarks we’ve had pretty significant turnaround on, and we’ve worked to update major policies and have a multidisciplinary quality improvement program,” he said.
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Bryson said Trios passed the designation review with no outstanding items. He added that the trauma program will continue to seek ways to improve and provide quality trauma care for our community.

Columbia Park Golf Tri-Plex is back open for regular golf and FootGolf. In appreciation of the frontline employees, the Tri-Plex is offering one free round of golf or FootGolf, May 11-15 to anyone in healthcare, police, fire or state patrol. The sacrifice and dedication of our local frontline employees is helping to save lives and we hope they will enjoy this nice weather and a free round!

• Safety of customers is the top priority and the following policies and rules have been implemented to allow golfing to safely return to our course
• Groups will be limited to 2 players (up to 4 players from the same household will be allowed)
• Tee times will be made in advance and we encourage pre-payment
• Check-in for golf will be in a designated space limited to one guest at a time
• All golfers must provide contact information before playing golf (email or phone #)
• Golf carts will be limited to one rider per golf cart (no additional fees will apply)
• We ask that all guests pay with credit card (no cash)
• The driving range will be limited to golfers playing that day
• Doors will be propped open to avoid touch points
• Ball washers have been removed from the golf course to reduce touch points
• Rakes have been removed from the golf course bunkers to reduce touch points (play as ground under repair)
• The cups have been raised above ground level and flag sticks are to remain in place to avoid touch points
• Garbage cans have been removed from the golf course to reduce touch points
• Cleaning of high touch points has been increased to 4 to 6 times per day
• Employees at point of sale stations wear gloves and masks
• All employees have received additional training on sanitary standards
• Disc Golf is not available at this time
• FootGolf players must bring own soccer balls. We are not renting out equipment at this time
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For more information, please contact Brandon Lange at (509) 585-4279 or [email protected].

Virtual Prom 2020
May 9th, 8:00pm - 11:00pm Pacific Time

XPROi A/V will provide an online space for the virtual prom event to happen. The Dance Machine DJs, DJ Scramble (George Penn) & DJ Snell (Ryan Snell) will be spinning today's best music. 107.3FM, The Beat (Jeff Jacobs) will simulcast the mix.

All parties involved are doing this as a way to give back to the community. There is no cost for students (or the community) to participate in this event.  

The Class of 2020 is sacrificing a lot. Our companies want to help how ever we are able to in these unique and challenging times.  This event will allow the students to have a virtual prom experience with small groups (if their parents allow.) 
Below is the link to participate. (We will still broadcast on the earlier webinar link, the twitch link will have way better audio quality.)

www.twitch.tv/djscramble

Below is a link to the Facebook group set up for the event. 
www.facebook.com/groups/1120328028328285/

We will have a text line so students may text in requests and prom pictures on the day of the event. Pictures will be inserted into the feed at random. The students will have the ability to send text messages to the broadcast. The text line will be moderated.

Music will be edited to meet the FCC standards for broadcast decency. Content will be geared towards High School Juniors & Seniors.

If you have any questions or would like to schedule an appointment for a studio tour, please call George Penn at 509-308-6631 or the XPROi office at 509-628-5288. XPROi is keeping modified hours of noon til 7:00 PM PST, but can schedule appointments outside of that time frame. 

Hayden Homes has been honored with the 2020 Avid Benchmark Award for excellence in homebuyer satisfaction.  Four of Hayden Homes’ regions including, Central Oregon, I-5 Oregon, Inland Northwest and South Idaho, were recognized for scoring among the top 25 percent of Avid’s nationwide databases on the New Home Move-in Experience survey. In addition, two team members, Community Manager Matthew Schoener and Project Manager James Russell, were recognized with Service Awards for scoring among the top 10 percent of Avid’s nationwide database. 

“We are deeply honored to receive these awards,” said Geoff Harris, Customer Experience Director for Hayden Homes. “Our team is passionate about supporting our buyers through their home buying journey and this award is a testament to their dedication of providing the most caring and trusting experience possible.” 

Homebuilders throughout the U.S. were honored with the prestigious awards for scoring highest with their customers on homebuying experience surveys. Award winners were chosen based on results received from some of the largest publicly traded NYSE/NASDAQ builders, North America’s largest private builders, and hundreds of small volume and custom builders from coast to coast. 

“We are very excited to announce the winners for our Avid Awards this year. The builders we are honoring have shown a dedication to service and quality that far exceeds expectations,” said Zach Buehl, vice president of client success, Avid Ratings. “The recipients should be proud of their accomplishments as all of Avid's customers care deeply about customer experience, but these select few have risen above and beyond the crowd. Avid is proud to bestow honors on each and every winner.” 
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The Avid Awards are regarded as a trusted benchmark of customer service performance in the homebuilding industry. Avid Ratings has long been at the forefront of bringing transparency of builder performance to consumers by consumers since 1992. In order to determine the Avid Award winners, homebuilding companies are evaluated using Avid’s award-winning platform. Every homebuyer survey in Avid’s database is meticulously analyzed to determine each builder’s Avid Index Score, which is evaluated using scores from the total homebuying experience, the willingness to refer, and the actual number of recommendations a buyer has made.

Mid-Columbia Libraries' (MCL) 12 branches, Bookmobile, and returns boxes remain closed until further notice; however, its vast digital collection, including more than 100,000 eBooks, eAudiobooks, eMagazines, and streaming video, are available anytime.

“The health and safety of our staff and communities are very important to us,” says Executive Director and Chief Librarian Kyle Cox. “We thank customers for their understanding and patience as we continue to monitor this unprecedented situation and follow the guidance of state and local officials. We encourage everyone to try an eBook or eAudiobook or dive into our digital resources if they can. There is a wealth of enriching and entertaining content to discover.”

As health and safety restrictions are eased by the governor, MCL will work towards offering curbside pickup for books and materials holds; this will be the first stage of service before reopening branches to the public. Any items that were placed on hold before the closure will continue to be held until after branches reopen. All physical material due dates will be extended until after branches reopen; MCL does not charge overdue fines.

Many resources are available at midcolumbialibraries.org including personalized reading recommendations, Ancestry genealogical research for library cardholders, reading challenges, family and student resources, and much more. Weekly storytimes, trivia, activities, and updates can be found on Facebook.

Due to COVID-19, the 7th Annual Ag World Golf Classic has been rescheduled from June to August, with a goal of keeping everyone safe and healthy.  There is still time to join hosts JR Simplot, Lamb Weston, McCain Foods, Potato Growers of Washington, and Ag World Support Systems, LLC. for this 7th annual fund-raising charity golf tournament benefiting the Ronald McDonald House Charities Inland Northwest.

The tournament is part of Ag World's campaign to make a difference by supporting the Ronald McDonald House's mission to strengthen local families and promote children’s health.  Your participation and generosity continue to support the vital work of the Ronald McDonald House Charities Inland Northwest.  By participating in the Ag World Golf Classic, golfers and sponsors are able to join the Ronald McDonald House in helping critically ill, chronically ill and seriously injured children and their families stay together during their medical care.  

The Ag World Golf Classic is an 18-hole scramble which includes great food and fun with Bar-B-Ques along the course, a cart for ease of play, all followed by an ice cream bar social.  Registration begins at 11:00 am with a shot gun start at 11:45 am.

In addition to joining the Ag World Golf Classic as a golfer, you can also consider being a sponsor.  There are several levels of sponsorships, all providing exposure to potential business partners while at the same time supporting a great cause.  Sponsorship includes advertising promotions at both events!

Sponsorships and online golf tournament registration are available at agworldgolf.com or by contacting Warren Henninger at 509-760-2662.  Thank you in advance for your generosity.  We hope you will join this wonderful event.