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Woman overcomes deafness to teach music to
children--Columbian, Gregg Sherrard Blesch
Residents praise, fault urban growth
line--Columbian, Erin Middlewood
Holiday meals, food offered to the needy--Columbian
John Kerry's wife touts husband's policies on
Vancouver visit--Columbian, Gregg Herrington
Ridgefield School District voters to get special
levy vote in February--Columbian, Amy McFall
Prince
Port wants taskforce to address Vancouver Lake
problems--Columbian, Julia Anderson
Both ambulance bidders rejected--Columbian, Erin
Middlewood
Powerful cleric opposes U.S. plan for elections in
Iraq--New York Times, Joel Brinkley and
Ian Fisher
Cleric dooms U.S. Plan for Iraq--Washington Post,
Rajiv Chandrasekaran
County
population growth still climbing
Clark County
population has grown by about 10,000 persons since
January, according to new electrical hook ups
recorded by Clark Public Utilities.
While growth
was under 2 percent for most of the year, the annual
rate of growth of residential customers increased to
2.58 percent at the end of October.
So far this
year, the utility has signed up 3,232 new
residential households—1,216 in September and
October alone.
Port
communicators earn awards
The Portland
Metro chapter of the Public Relations Society of
America and the Oregon Columbia International
Association of Business Communicators gave the Port
of Vancouver Communications Department a Spotlight
Award and Award of Merit respectively for the port
communication program highlighting the port’s 90th
anniversary in 2002.
Two events
commemorating the anniversary. the Seafarers
International Festival attached its largest crowd
ever, 5,000 people, and the Symphony at the
Waterfront attracted 3,000.
“Make a
family tradition of giving blood on Thanksgiving
Day”—American Red Cross
The 9th
annual American Red Cross Thanksgiving Day blood
drive in Portland is from 7 a.m. to noon in the Red
Cross Portland Donor Center, 3131 N Vancouver
Avenue.
“Make giving
blood tomorrow a family tradition,” says
Shawna Burkholder,
spokesperson for the Clark County Chapter.
“If you can’t
donate on Thanksgiving Day, the Clark County Chapter
has two blood Drawings, Friday, Nov. 28,” Burkholder
says. They are 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Clark
County Blood Center, 6300 NE St. James Road, and 1
to 6 p.m. in the Mill Plain United Methodist Church,
15804 Mill Plain Boulevard.
Parking at
Vancouver metered
spots is free Thursday and Friday
Parking if
free at all metered locations in the City of
Vancouver Thanksgiving Day and Friday
City offices
will be closed both days as will Clark County
offices, and schools and colleges in the county.
The
Daily Insider
will not be published Thursday or Friday. Most other
businesses will be open as usual Friday.
Festival
of Nativities on view next week
The third
annual Festival of Nativities exhibit presented by
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is
open from 1 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4, through
Saturday, Dec. 6, in the church at 10509 SE 5th
Street.
Admission to
the exhibit, consisting of over 400 nativities from
around the world, is free.
Vancouver
Mall shoppers to get traffic help
Beginning
Friday, Nov. 28, and during peak traffic hours on
expected heavy shopping days, Vancouver police will
be directing traffic at strategic intersections at
the Vancouver Mall.
The most
serious shopping days are Nov. 28 and 29, and Dec.
13, 20, 21, 23, 24 and 26.
Hispanic
Metropolitan Chamber dinner
to support Latino college scholarships
The Hispanic
Metropolitan Chamber’s 9th annual casino night and
buffet dinner in support of Latino college
scholarships is at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4, in
the Marriott Hotel, 1401 SW Naito Parkway, Portland.
Tickets are
$50 each for members of the Hispanic Chamber, $60
for nonmembers. Call (503) 222-0280 for
reservations.
Festival
of Trees opens Friday morning
Public
viewing of Festival of Trees decorated trees and
wreaths, presented by the Vancouver Rotary
Foundation begins at 9 a.m. Friday, Nov. 28, in the
Red Lion Hotel at the Quay. Viewing continues
through Sunday, Nov. 30. General admission is $3.
The Vancouver
community Christmas tree in the community square at
Esther Short Park will be lighted during a ceremony
that begins at 6 p.m.
For further
information on the three-day festival events, click
on the Festival of Trees ad in the
Insider web
edition.
News
briefs
Port of
Ridgefield commissioners meet in regular session at
6 p.m. today in port offices at 111 W Division
Street. Under consideration is the port’s 2004
budgets. ---
The Clark County Public Facilities board meets at 5
p.m. Monday, Dec. 1, in the Public Service Center.
The board will discuss both the Vancouver
hotel-conference center and the Clark County
Fairgrounds projects.
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