Dr. Marion started her visit at local hot-spot Voodoo Doughnuts, where she was presented with a custom-made 3in4 Need More doughnut. The establishment also unveiled a ‘Guitar Rocking Granny’ doughnut to commemorate Portland’s participation in the nationwide Bring Your Talent contest, which is co-sponsored by Emeritus Senior Living and the 3in4 Need More campaign. The grand prize winner will receive a year’s free rent at an Emeritus Senior Living community. The local leg of the competition took place at Emeritus Senior Living in southeast Portland, after a speech by Dr. Marion; she was also interviewed by Lars Larson on his KXL radio show at 101FM.

“In today’s busy world, it’s easy to push aside important issues such as long term care planning,” said Terry Truesdell, President and CEO of the National LTC Network. “Events like this help people pause and think about how they would handle a long term care need. It also encourages them to seriously consider long term care insurance as a solution for this risk. On behalf of all our colleagues at The Network, I congratulate Mike Skiens and MasterCare Solutions on a job well done in Portland.”

About MasterCare Solutions:
MasterCare Solutions is a national insurance brokerage with nearly 25 years of experience focusing exclusively on long term care insurance. MasterCare is a proud sponsor of the 3in4 Need More campaign; the firm’s President, Mike Skiens, currently serves as Chairman of the National LTC Network’s Board of Directors. Information: www.ltcexperts.com .

About The Network:
Since 1994, the National LTC Network has been a national leader in long term care insurance distribution, counting among its 30 member firms some of the most respected and successful firms in the industry – including trailblazers in workplace sales, association sales, and traditional individual sales. Information: http://www.nltcn.com .

The National LTC Network is proud to be a major supporter of the 3 in 4 Need More campaign.

About 3in4 Need More:
The 3in4 Need More campaign is dedicated to raising awareness of the importance of planning for one’s long term care needs; it is a public service of the 3in4 Association, a nonprofit 501(c) (6) corporation. Information: www.3in4needmore.com .

- PHOTO CAPTION: (L-R) Nathan Sanow, Dr. Marion, Erica Drake.

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“LTCA has been a groundbreaking industry leader in social media, so it’s great to see their work recognized by SeniorHomes.com,” commented Terry Truesdell, President and CEO of the National LTC Network (www.nltcn.com).

“Here at LTCA we’ve been building our Twitter presence for nearly 3 years. Because of its intimacy and immediacy, I identified Twitter as the perfect platform to assist not only our producers, but also consumers and other professionals looking for information on long term care planning,” said Stephen D. Forman, LTCA’s Senior Vice-President & Social Media Brand Manager. “I feel optimistic about our strategy, since we recently achieved the milestone of surpassing the 99.99 percentile rank by Followers and established ourselves as THE online source for high-quality long-term care content.”

SeniorHomes.com reports that they received more than 450 nominations. Judges considered criteria including 1) Quality of writing, 2) Accuracy and insight, 3) Navigation and design, 4) Breadth and depth, and 5) Engagement with, and Number of Followers.

About LTCA:
With roots dating back to 1974, Long Term Care Associates, Inc. (LTCA) has now entered its 5th decade focused exclusively in the LTC insurance marketplace. Headquartered in Bellevue, Wash., the company is proud to service over 5 million members of sponsoring organizations, and count the claim payments to its clients in the tens of millions of dollars. LTCA can be followed on Twitter @ltcassociates.

About the National LTC Network:
Since 1994, The National LTC Network has been a leader in long term care insurance distribution. The Network counts among its member firms some of the most respected and successful firms in the industry. Members include trailblazers in workplace sales, association sales, and traditional individual sales.

About Contest Sponsor SeniorHomes:
SeniorHomes (www.seniorhomes.com) is a free resource for people looking for senior housing or senior care for a loved one or themselves. SeniorHomes features expert-written articles and a comprehensive directory of care options.

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“This is a major milestone for Foley Group. Our company began as a representative for Lithonia Lighting in 1961, and Foley Group still represents Lithonia and the Acuity line today,” said president and co-owner, Scott J. Denney. “We’re pleased about celebrating 50 years in business. Foley Group is delighted to offer the most cutting-edge products and industry expertise for our customers, enabling them to provide the most innovative lighting and lighting control solutions to their clients,” Denney continued.”

“This is an exciting time to be in the lighting industry. The technological advancements in LED lighting and digital controls are revolutionary and enable end users to maximize energy savings and reduce maintenance costs. At the same time the controllability of LED fixtures is easier than ever before for the installer and the end user. In addition to using less energy which saves money and helps the environment, these innovations literally increase the quality of light in the space,” said Denney.

Digital LED lighting is the way of the 21st century, as it is emerging as the viable alternative to fluorescent fixtures.

The team at Foley Group has over 253 years of combined experience in the lighting industry which has resulted in the company’s position as the most respected firm in the field.

“We rely on Foley Group because of their people’s expertise in lighting and lighting control solutions of every type,” said David W. Rezac, principal at the multiple award-winning architectural firm, 360 Architecture, Inc.

About Foley Group, Inc.:
Founded in 1961, Foley Group, Inc. is a highly-respected market leader in the lighting industry. Foley Group is based in Kansas City, Kansas with branch offices in Springfield, Missouri and Wichita, Kansas. For further information, please visit: http://www.Foley-Group.com .

The Foley Group logo is a trademark of Foley Group, Inc. Lithonia Lighting is An Acuity Brands Company. Any and all other trademarks listed herein are property of their respective owners.

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The Institute is one of our Nation’s premier organizations focusing on educating professionals on the legal, ethical and moral uses of reverse mortgages.

“The Network is dedicated to helping consumers solve problems associated with the current or possible future costs of long term care. Historically, we have done this through long term care insurance. However, with today’s high-quality and federally-regulated reverse mortgages market, we believe this could be a valuable option for our clients to consider. We are looking forward to working with American C.E. Institute to provide this important training and the knowledge our member firms and their producers want and need,” said Terry Truesdell, President and CEO of The National LTC Network.

About The Network:
The National LTC Network has, for 16 years, been a national leader in long term care insurance distribution. The Network counts among its 30 member firms some of the most respected and successful firms in the industry. Members include trailblazers in workplace sales, association sales, and traditional individual sales.

The Network site: www.NLTCN.com.

About the American C.E. Institute:
The Institute has educated more than 2000 independent financial advisors on the legal, ethical and moral uses of reverse mortgages, and is expanding its courses nationally. Institute founder Michael Banner is a highly recognized leader in the national reverse mortgage industry. He has been in the mortgage industry for over 25 years.

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Heartland Heroes Hunt was born out of a high school graduation project that Garden City resident, Tim Telinde and his daughter, Mackenzie, worked on together.

“Each senior was responsible for creating a project that would produce a product and end result that could be measured,” explained Telinde. “I’d been in the service and had many friends serve as well. We came up with the idea of providing a weekend of hunting and fellowship for wounded soldiers and their families to help transition them back into civilian life.”

Activities include swimming and games for the kids, manicure and hair appointments for the wives, and a day of pheasant hunting for the soldiers. This year the weekend culminated with a concert by the Adam Craig Band.

Co-founder Telinde, who owns a hunting and guide business in Garden City, and fellow business man, Brian Beavers, meet with Warrior Transition Teams at Fort Carson, Colorado and Fort Riley, Kansas each year to choose up to 20 families to come to the all-expenses-paid weekend.

The Adam Craig Band was approached with the Heartland Heroes Concert idea by retired First Sergeant TJ Inslee who became friends with the band during one of their numerous trips to Fort Carson.

According to Inslee, “I had the pleasure of meeting the band while serving at the Wounded Warrior Unit at Ft. Carson Colorado in 2009. The band played on several occasions for the Wounded Warriors of Ft. Carson as well as Ft. Riley, Kansas. I felt an instant connection to them and I kept in touch. I approached them last year with the idea of playing at the Heartland Hero Hunt. They jumped at the chance to support the soldiers and their families. The show couldn’t have been better. The band embraced the men and women in uniform with the kind of kinship only found in families. I salute them and extend my deepest gratitude for their support of the Heartland Hero’s Hunt, the United States Military, and the nation’s finest; The Wounded Warrior.”

“We were honored to have an opportunity to contribute in our small way to the lives of these soldiers and their families,” said lead singer Adam Craig.

Telinde and Beavers are already talking about next year’s event and plan to include another Adam Craig Band concert in 2012.

“The Adam Craig Band put on a once in a lifetime performance for wounded servicemen and their families in our small community,” said Telinde. “The band embraced our slogan ‘healing heroes, helping families’ with 120 minutes of great music. We cannot thank them enough for coming here and making our project unforgettable.”

More information: http://adamcraigband.com .

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The NWKREC is a regional economic development group with a focus on promoting wind and other renewable energy as a means of increasing economic development in its region.

According to Ron Kresha, president of Golden Shovel, the two companies came together to offer a comprehensive economic development solution at an affordable price.

“The Northwest Kansas project really brings together the best of Golden Shovel Agency and Applied Data,” said Kresha. “This unique solution of a superior regional Web presence coupled with state of the art GIS and site selection technology will propel the 22 counties of Northwest Kansas into the forefront of innovative economic development.”

Unlike other systems that focus solely on either Web design or site locator tools, Economic Gateway combines both into one system at a cost that is affordable for organizations of all sizes. The end result is a fully functional, custom designed economic development Web site complete with a site selector map and a suite of economic development Web site modules.

In addition, because it employs a Software as a Service (SaaS) subscription model, the Web system will never become antiquated because upgrades will continually occur as they are developed. As such, there will be no need to update the Web site or site selector tool in the future – it will always be state-of-the-art, saving organizations both time and money.

Economic Gateway is ideally suited for rural groups due to the cost savings, but is scalable for more urban areas as well. It unites the region with its member organizations and allows them to share resources while maintaining individuality.

Jim Ward, President/CEO of ADC, said as a small business owner with a vested interest in economic development, he is pleased to offer a solution that will help economic development organizations to compete in a global economy.

“The community development and wind energy solution for the Northwest Kansas region is a step into the future for economic development regions throughout the nation,” said Ward. “Not only will the region as a whole benefit from the increased exposure and GIS technology, but none of the counties will be left behind. This type of cooperation simply is going to bring the region together and make Northwest Kansas more competitive.”

While NW Kansas is the first group to sign on, others are in process. The NWKREC will also have a wind farm GIS map to aid people in the wind farm industry in gathering information about available sites and area resources.

The new NWKREC Web portal will be featured at the official launch of Economic Gateway at the Mid-America Economic Development Council (MAEDC) Competitiveness Conference and Site Selector Forum, which will be held Dec. 5-7, 2010 in Chicago.

For more information on Economic Gateway, visit:
GoldenShovelAgency.com/Economic-Gateway.

About Golden Shovel Agency:
Golden Shovel Agency brings over 10 years of experiencing combining Web technology and design expertise to present communities in their best light. Golden Shovel is located in Little Falls, Minn. Information: www.goldenshovelagency.com.

About ADC:
ADC is a GIS and Web development firm headquartered in Eau Claire, Wis., with branch offices in Nebraska, Colorado and California. It focuses on creating geospatial solutions for clients throughout the nation. Information: www.adc4gis.com.

Media Contact:
Ron Kresha, CEO
Golden Shovel Agency
+1-320-639-0110.

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