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Jim Stoda takes teaching over corporate
law--Columbian, Stephanie Rice
The war that changed the face of America--Columbian,
Tom Vogt
Bill Marshall relates move from Thunderbolts to
Thurderbirds--Columbian, Thomas Ryll
Jobs are focus of Section 30 Redevelopment
Plan--Columbian, Jeffrey Mize
County benefits from Merle Hogg's
generosity--Oregonian, Holley Gilbert
Parents disagree on school boundaries--Oregonian,
Jason Begay
Gore endorses Howard Dean--New York Times, AP
Dollar nosedive continues unabated--USA TODAY
Renate
Atkins appointed SWMC COO
Renate Atkins
today was named chief operating officer at Southwest
Washington Medical Center by
Joe Kortum,
the medical center’s president and CEO.
Atkins comes
to SWMC from Verde Valley Medical Center in North
Central Arizona, where she served as Vice President
of Operations since 1999.
Atkins is
credited with starting the first coronary care
angioplasty program in Northern and Central
Arizona. She led several major construction and
remodeling projects at Verde Valley, including a
40,000-square foot medical office building and an
8,600-square foot ambulatory surgery center. She
helped turn what had been a modest hospital into one
of the most profitable and sophisticated medical
facilities in Arizona, according to Kortum.
Atkins began
her career as a neonatal nurse practitioner in
Flagstaff, Arizona. She was honored as the Nurse of
the Year by the Arizona Nurses' Association in 1990
and is a recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award
from Northern Arizona University.
As a member
of the medical center’s leadership team, Atkins will
oversee all clinical, technical and support
services.
“Atkins is
one of those people who gets things done,” Kortum
said today, “She really knows how to energize an
organization to make change happen and make people
feel good about that change.”
The 360-bed
medical center is in a $123 million expansion phase
that will increase patient room and surgery capacity
at the Mill Plain campus.
Fire evacuates Church of
Nazarene
More than 300
church goers at the Hillcrest Church of the Nazarene
14410 NW 21st Avenue, were evacuated about 8 p.m.
last night when a sprinkler system-actuated fire
alarm was sounded.
No one was
hurt. The fire, of suspicious origin, was
extinguished by a single sprinkler head, according
to Fire District 6 fire marshal
Richard Martin.
Damage was minimal.
Nancy Barnes elected president
of
state utility districts association
Nancy Barnes,
Clark Public Utilities commissioner, has been
elected president of the Washington Public Utility
Districts Association.
The
association represents 28 public utility districts
that provide electricity, water, sewer and wholesale
telecommunications service to over 1.7 million
people in the state.
Barnes, who
has served as a utility district commissioner since
1992, was elected to a second six-year term in 1998.
Active in community, education issues, Barnes is a
graduate of Brigham Young University, where she
studied English and journalism.
News
briefs
The
Vancouver City council, which usually meets on
Mondays, will not meet this week.
--- The board
of trustees of the Fort Vancouver Regional Library
District meets in regular session at 6 p.m. today in
Truman Elementary School, 4505 NE 42nd Avenue.
--- The Neighborhood Associations Council of
Clark County meets at 7 p.m. tonight in the Public
Service Center. ---
Clark Public Utilities’ commissioners, meeting at 9
a.m. Tuesday, will hold a public hearing on the
district’s 2004 budget. ---Clark County
commissioners have scheduled hearings on proposed
updates of the county Growth Management Plan at 10
a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9.--- Port
of Vancouver commissioners meet in regular session
at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9, to hear comments from
the public on the port’s proposed Columbia Gateway
Project. |
