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Friday, September 20, 2013 | North Kitsap Herald
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B.R.A.T.S. reborn as R.A.T.S. Former Breidablik School program By KIPP ROBERTSON
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We Have Thousands of Reasons to Join Together And we care about each and every one Harrison Medical Center is now affiliated with Franciscan Health System to make healthcare better for you. Our shared missions bring us together. Making a positive difference. Providing exceptional healthcare. Creating healthier communities. You, our patients, are at the center of every decision we make. With Franciscan Health System, we will collaborate on best practices and share exper tise to improve the quality of care. We’re planning to bring you new services, more specialists, and state-of-the-ar t medical technologies. And we will share systems, to make healthcare more efficient and reduce costs. Together we are making healthcare better for you and your family for generations to come.
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Bremerton Silverdale Port Orchard Belfair harrisonmedical.org Referral & Information 866-844-WELL Franciscan Health System is a regional nonprofit health system serving south and west Puget Sound. St. Joseph Medical Center, Tacoma • St. Clare Hospital, Lakewood • St. Anthony Hospital, Gig Harbor • St. Francis Hospital, Federal Way • St. Elizabeth Hospital, Enumclaw • Franciscan Medical Group • Franciscan Hospice and Palliative Care • Highline Medical Center, Burien • Harrison Medical Center and Harrison HealthPartners, Kitsap and Olympic peninsulas • FHShealth.org
POULSBO — Bob Webb is taking on a new challenge: teaching R.A.T.S. how to unicycle. The former instructor of Breidablik School’s B.R.A.T.S. program, which taught students circustype skills for more than 20 years, will begin hosting a community program Sept. 25 through Poulsbo’s Parks and Recreation Department. “It’s a worthwhile program,” Webb said. “It’s not [an] alternative, but it’s different than programs like soccer, and all individual. It takes a lot of practice and determination to get good.” The R.A.T.S. (Really Athletically Talented Students) will be open to people ages 8 and older, according to the Poulsbo Parks and Rec pamphlet. The program will be housed in the Kitsap Children’s Musical Theatre space — the former Ford dealership on Viking Avenue. The program is a way to keep the ideal of B.R.A.T.S. alive. “It was fun and athletic,” Emma Marshall said. Emma, 10, is a sixthgrade student at Poulsbo Elementary. She is a former Breidablik student and member of the B.R.A.T.S. During her time with the Breidablik program, she not only learned to ride a traditional unicycle, but also the triple-stack unicycle, which has three wheels, and the Giraffe — both which are much taller and more technical. “[Bob Webb] is a good teacher,” she said. When the staff at Poulsbo’s Parks and Rec Department heard Breidablik Elementary would close, they began brainstorming on how to keep the B.R.A.T.S. equipment in use and get the whole community involved, Recreation Programmer Kris Goodfellow said. Webb has presented summer camps in the past, so it wasn’t a difficult transition. The two camps held this past summer had more See R.A.T.S., Page A17