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Get Equipped for Entertainment

Broadcast Vision.Broadcast Vision started out in the early ’80s by providing audio/visual entertainment to people stuck in a location for a long time, such as dentists’ offices and tanning salons. By 1989, the company offered wireless entertainment equipment to health facilities.

Do the Right Thing

These stories are compelling. Many commercial clubs give and give, but too often no newspaper articles are written about their good deeds, and no television stations cover their significant contributions to the community.

Will the Real Robb Please Stand Up

I have a confession to make… I am a dolt. That’s right, kids. I, being the all-powerful way-into-it recap artist that I am, idiotically forgot about Survivor. It was almost a half-hour into the show before I realized my dolt-ness. And I’m sure many of you think I’m going to make the connection between “Rob-doltness” [...]

Member Orientation Breeds Success

By implementing a new level of member orientation, Cooper Fitness Center (CFC) was able to increase member satisfaction, personal training revenues and employee management skills, all in one fell swoop.

Locker Rooms with a Winning Touch, Part 4

Diaper changing areas. Facilities with a daycare program should offer diaper changing areas and baby seats in at least one toilet stall. Rounded corners. To promote both safety and cleanliness, locker room design should include as many rounded corners as possible. This makes it easier to access areas where mold and mildew are likely to [...]

Locker Rooms with a Winning Touch, Part 3

Towel service. If you can afford to have a front-desk person or locker room attendant handing out towels to members as they enter or exit the locker room, it’s a nice service touch. If not, make sure to offer a pick-up spot and drop-off hamper close to the locker room entrance.

Locker Rooms with a Winning Touch, Part 2

The area should also be disinfected daily and vacuumed at least once a day, depending on use. Small touches While cleanliness is crucial, it’s important to create a room that’s warm and not sterile, says Robert Keeler, associate partner with Langdon Wilson Architecture in Newport Beach, Calif. Outfitting your locker room with amenities like shampoo, [...]

Locker Rooms with a Winning Touch, Part 1

‘The locker room is the one area where a club can really distinguish itself in terms of member comfort and quality of accommodation.’ In terms of facility operation, you might say the locker room is the stepchild of the fitness facility. While much attention and money is paid to other areas of the fitness center [...]

Chick For a Day

Amidst the children’s books, several of the writers who contributed to the Chick For a Day anthology read their pieces in A Clean Well-Lighted Place for Books, in San Francisco.

This Property Has It All !!

This 9-year old 1750sq.ft. home sits on 5.44 acres with a great water view & view of Victoria Canada. The home has 2-bedrooms, 2-baths, 2-fireplaces, a sun room with water view, attached 30′x30′ 2-car garage, heated 52′x60′ shop with RV storage, grease pit and a one bedroom apartment upstairs, a 52′x30′ barn with a corral [...]