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Europe to examine U.S. policy limiting bids for Iraq
contracts--New York Times, AP
$48 million library
bond issue election date set for March 9--Columbian,
Tom Vogt
Inmate
increase predicted: need for new jail
looms--Columbian, Erin Middlewood
Port's Columbia Gateway plan approved--Columbian,
Jonathan Nelson
Big dreams from small La Center farm--Oregonian,
Foster Church
Electric rates to remain static, water and sewer
rates could go up--Oregonian, Allan Brettman
Utility replacing 33,000 meters--Oregonian, Alan
Berttman
NBA fines Maurice Cheeks $7,500 for verbally abusing
officials Sunday--KGW-TV, Teresa Bell
Seattle Times concession gives Seattle P-I at least
four more years--Seattle Times, Bill Richards
Kulongoski puts his brand on Oregon's recovery,
Seattle Times--Floyd J. McKay
Seattle at epicenter of global health--Seattle
P-I, Tom Paulson
Portland woman has remains of her cat made into a
half-carat synthetic diamond--Portland Tribune,
Janine Robben
Port OKs
Columbia Gateway concept
A preferred
alternative, development of 534 acres of Columbia
Gateway, was approved by Port of Vancouver
commissioners Tuesday, following a packed public
hearing.
Approved for
industrial development was just slightly less than
half of Columbia Gateway, extending along the
Columbia River west of Vancouver Lake. The
northernmost half, 541 acres, will be set aside for
mitigation and environmental habitat, according to
the plan.
Although a
final Environmental Impact Statement is not to be
completed until mid-2004, and construction later
than that, port executive director
Larry Paulson
said “today’s approval is a big step in the
development process that will increase the number of
jobs in our community.”
The plan
calls for a riparian buffer along the shore and a
buffer area around an eagle’s nest. Docks will
extend off- shore to bypass shallow water habitats.
Further
information on the project can be found at
www.portvanusa.com/property/columbiagateway.html.
Clark
Public Utilities customer reps given state public
utility Good Samaritan Award
Kathy Weston,
field service representative, and
Jan Ralston
and Mike McClean,
customer care representatives, for Clark Public
Utilities last week were presented Good Samaritan
Awards by the Washington State Public Utility
Districts Association.
According to
the citation, Weston had been assigned to disconnect
or collect from an electric utility customer. On
arriving at the residence she found the house in
disarray and the elderly woman who lived there was
in poor health. Weston chose not to disconnect the
power. She called the utility’s customer care
department.
Ralston and
McClean went to the residence and discovered that
the water had been disconnected two weeks earlier
and that the woman had no one to get medication for
her.
Ralston and
McClean bought medicine and informed the woman’s son
of her plight. On a follow up visit, they found the
woman had moved to her son’s home.
The citation
concluded: “If Weston had ‘gone by the book, and
disconnected the power, a very different result
might have occurred. With Weston’s compassion and
willingness to go the extra mile, as well as
Ralston’s and McClean’s comprehensive follow
through, a life-threatening situation was avoided.”
SimMan
adding nursing capacity at Clark
SimMan, a
human body simulator that will allow the Clark
College nursing school to increase student capacity,
will be demonstrated for the public at 3 to 5 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 11, and 9 a.m. to noon Friday, Dec.
12, in the Nursing Skills laboratory.
Working with
Oregon Health Sciences University, Clark has adapted
SimMan, until now used as virtual patient training
environment for physicians, to be used in a nurses
training environment.
“We will be
able to increase our nursing training capacity,”
says Clark’s nursing director
Shelly Quint.
Last year 160 qualified students had to be turned
away.
First Indy
gets 59th consecutive 5-Star rating; keeps
Exceptional Performance Bank status
First
Independent Bank has earned its 59th consecutive
5-Star rating from BAUERFINANCIAL Inc., Coral
Gables, Fla., the nation’s leading independent bank
rating company.
Ratings are
made quarterly. First Independent, having won the
rating in each quarter for the past ten years, is
also designated by BAUERFINANCJAL as an Exceptional
Performance Bank.
Red Cross
hires two
The Red Cross
of Clark County has added two new persons to its
staff, Michelle
Kaylor, as financial development director,
and Beth Pascall
as youth and community services coordinator, reports
Red Cross executive director
Sheryl Beauchaine.
Kaylor, a
Vancouver native, most recently was development
coordinator for the Vancouver YWCA. Pascall formerly
worked as an instructor and volunteer coordinator
for the Grants Pass School District.
News
briefs
Port of
Ridgefield commissioners meet in regular session at
6 p.m. today. --- The Washington State
University Vancouver Community Choir performs noon
to 1 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 11, in the
Student Services Building
auditorium.
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