Tube Time Adds Free Internet Access, More Hours

By The Bellingham Herald, Bellingham, Wash.

Mar. 8–Tube Time, a downtown Bellingham business that provides an indoor play area for children, recently added free Internet access and expanded its operations to seven days a week. Patrons of Tube Time, located next to the Bellingham Public Market at 1522 Cornwall Ave., now can connect to the Internet via a Wi-Fi network. Tube Time also added a quiet room for adults as part of a major renovation. Besides wireless Internet access, the room features a large window for keeping an eye on children. “Parents, grandparents and baby sitters can check their e-mail, write letters and get some work done while their children are enjoying a healthy experience in a safe environment,” said co-owner Dale VanderYacht. Tube Time now is open from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. on Sundays during the winter season. For information about birthday parties and group rates, call 715-9167 or visit www.tubetimefun.com. CURVES WAIVES SERVICE FEE DURING FOOD DRIVE Curves, a health fitness franchise, is waiving its normal service fee for any new member who brings in a bag of nonperishable groceries and joins between Feb. 27 and March 11. Last year Curves, organized a food drive and collected 10.6 million pounds of food for local communities all over the world – almost 3 million more pounds than the year before.More than 251,000 new members joined Curves during last year’s food drive. Others also can donate by dropping off nonperishable food items at Curves Monday through Saturday during business hours through the month of March. Curves has two locations in Bellingham: 3060 Northwest Ave. and 505 32nd St., No. 105. Curves is also located in Lynden at 8132 Guide Meridian. STERLING INSURANCE OFFERS MEDICARE ADVICE Sterling Life Insurance Co. is hosting seminars to present information on Medicare. Topics will include Medicare in general, health insurance programs that supplement Medicare, and Medicare Advantage plans. The seminars will be held at Sterling’s Bellingham office, 2219 Rimland Drive. The first seminar will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, and will continue every second Tuesday of the month through 2006. Attendees are under no obligation to purchase any Sterling plan. A licensed agent will be available to answer questions about Sterling Insurance plans. Established in 1958, Sterling Life Insurance Co. is licensed in 43 states and Washington, D.C. It employs more than 500 people nationwide. To learn more, visit www.SterlingPlans.com or call the Bellingham office at 392-9160. NOMINATE NOW FOR ADMINISTRATOR AWARD The Bellingham Chapter of the International Association of Administrative Professionals is accepting nominations for Whatcom County’s 2006 Administrative Professional of the Year. Finalists will be publicly recognized and the winner will be announced at the 44th annual Administrative Professionals Day Luncheon, April 26 at the Best Western Lakeway Inn and Conference Center. Qualifications include having a mastery of office skills, providing leadership within the organization and exercising good judgment. Nomination forms are available online at www.Bellingham -aap.freeservers.com/whats_ne w.html and are due by March 24. Completed forms may be e-mailed to Anne Hopkins at anne.hopkins@sterlingplans. com or mailed to Anne Hopkins at P.O. Box 29784, Bellingham, WA 98228-1784. For more information, call Hopkins at 647-9080, ext. 2001, before March 24. Send your business news to business@bellinghamherald.com, mail it to Business Notebook at The Herald’s address or send a fax to 756-2826. Please include a contact name and phone number.

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