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George Goodrich, raconteur, restaurateur, civic leader, good friend to all, dead
at 94
George Goodrich, whose Totem Pole Inn was
the gathering place and restaurant in
Hazel Dell for at least four decades, from the 1930s through the 1970s, and who
introduced Kentucky Fried Chicken to the northwest, invented The Crossing, a
downtown restaurant built almost entirely from passenger and freight railroad
cars, talked local investors into creating the landmark restaurant The Inn at
the Quay, a first for Vancouver's waterfront, breathed brief life into the
Parker House Restaurant in Washougal, and only last year, courted investors to
create a an excursion train that would give passengers a dinner outing from
Vancouver to Battle Ground and beyond, died peacefully Sunday at the age of 94.
Mr. Goodrich, however, achieved none of his success without his wife of 69
years, Bernice, at his side. Mrs. Goodrich died in 2002.
Born in El Reno, Okla., on June 27, 1910, Mr. Goodrich
married his childhood sweetheart in 1932. He had lived in Vancouver for the past
57 years. Mr. and Mrs. Goodrich traveled extensively and studied abroad as Elder
Hostel members.
Mr. Goodrich is a past president of the Greater Vancouver
Chamber of Commerce, was a first Citizen of Clark County, and was active in many
civic and community projects, including the United Good Neighbors, for which he
was a chairman. He was a president of the Washington State Restaurant
Association and a board member of the Clark College Foundation, Southwest
Washington Medical Center board, Catholic Community Services and Clark County
Mental Health.
Mr. Goodrich is survived by a daughter,
Billie C. Mazzei, Olympia, a son,
Mike, Vancouver, seven grandchildren and
nine great-grandchildren.
A memorial mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Thursday,
Thursday, Nov. 4, at St. Joseph Catholic Church. The family suggests memorial
contributions to be made to a charity of choice.
Record turnout of voters
expected in Clark County
Of 188,606 eligible voters in Clark County on Sept. 14,
67,192 cast ballots during the state’s primary election.
By this morning, 87,576 voters already had sent in
absentee ballots for tomorrow’s general election. The total number voting by
absentee ballots in September was only 56,839.
Clark county auditor Greg
Kimsey says of the expected turnout tomorrow, “It will be huge.”
Poling places will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday,
Nov.2. Absentee ballots must be postmarked Tuesday to be eligible to be counted.
Absentee ballots may also be returned, until 8 p.m. Tuesday, to the county
Elections office, 1408 Franklin Street, or may be dropped off at the 14th Street
drive-up kiosk between Esther and Franklin Streets.
Initial returns from both absentees already counted and
ballots from polling places are expected to be released about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday,
Nov. 2, in Gaiser Hall at Clark College.
CVTV, Channel 23, will provide the only live, local
election night coverage in Clark County beginning at 8:30 p.m.
Donna Mason, CVTV
executive producer, and Tony Bacon,
publisher of The Daily Insider,
will conduct candidate interviews and provide commentary and analysis from
Gaiser Hall.
The City of Vancouver approves this message
“Today, at 5 p.m., the Interstate Bridge crew of the
Oregon Department of Transportation will begin a one-week experiment to chase
away the tens of thousands of starlings that currently roost on the structure.
The crew will periodically discharge an orchard cannon, which creates a loud
noise, to startle the birds as they settle down to roost at dusk. This action is
necessary as the bird droppings cause dangerous and unsanitary conditions and
are corrosive to the structure.”
One might wonder whether the boom might scare the
droppings right out of the birds.
People
The Washington Council of Police and Sheriffs has
presented State Sen. Don Benton (R-17th)
its Legislator of the Year Award for 2004. Says
William Hanson, executive director of the 5,000-member organization,
“Benton’s voting record in the senate is one of the best on public safety
issues.” Benton said he was “almost speechless” when he received word of the
award.
News briefs
The Vancouver City Council meets in a workshop session at 4
p.m. today, during which the council will discuss the proposed 2005 budget. The
council meets in regular session at 7 p.m. this evening and will consider
delaying the lease already approved between the city and the International Air
for ten buildings in West Vancouver Barracks, including the refurbished Red
Cross Building. The possible hold-up is the result of the Army’s prohibition of
the sale or distribution of alcoholic beverages in the West Barracks, which is
not yet turned over to the city. When the city acquires that portion of the
barracks, it will not have such a prohibition.
g Polling places in Clark County will
be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov.2.
g Clark Public Utilities’
commissioners meet in regular session at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 2.
g Clark County commissioners meet in
regular session at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 2.
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MIRIAM GREEN 
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