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Hospice
House gets name—Ray Hickey’s
Southwest
Washington Medical Center’s Hospice Southwest
inpatient hospice center has been named the
Ray Hickey
Hospice house.
Hickey, who
is lending his name to the facility, also donated
$1.5 million toward construction of the facility on
E. Mill Plain Boulevard. He was one of 1,100 people
whose donations to the Southwest Washington Medical
Center Foundation came to more than $3.1 million for
the 20-room facility that’s to be completed next
April.
Hickey is the
former owner of Tidewater Barge Lines. His list of
gifts includes a $1 million piece of land to the
city of Vancouver for the nearly mile-long
Renaissance Trail along the Columbia River
Waterfront, $500,000 to Celebrate Freedom Forums,
and $300,000 to the Jack, Will and Rob Kids
Foundation youth center in Camas.
The Ray
Hickey Hospice House will provide end-of-life care
in a homelike environment, says
Robert Ellis,
physician director for Hospice Southwest. According
to Ellis, in addition to private rooms for patients
there will be some overnight accommodations for
family members.
The medical
center foundation continues to raise funds for
operations of the facility.
Clark
Public Utilities repair service
to continue for the time being
Clark Public
Utilities’ extremely popular appliance repair
service, under attack in state courts, will continue
at least until the utility decides whether to appeal
the most recent legal setback.
Tuesday, the
state appeals court ruled that appliance repair is
beyond the scope of public utility districts in the
state of Washington. A Clark County Superior Court
judge ruled in 2002 that the law did ot provide for
the repair service. Earlier, a state auditor issued
an opinion that the service was not permissible. A
proposed bill that would have specified that the
service was legal failed in the last state
legislative session.
“We’re
reviewing the case and will consider an appeal to
the state Supreme Court,” utility spokesperson
Mick Shutt
said.
The service
has been available to Clark’s customers since the
utility signed on its first customers in 1946.
Framed
“maps as art” available from county
The Clark
County Assessment and GIS Services is offering
framed maps and aerial photos of Clark County
locations for up to $200 each. The maps, customized
to the buyer’s requirements, come with gunmetal gray
frames and anti-glare Plexiglas cover. Unframed maps
are $50.
The county’s
2004 road atlas is available for $22.
Maps are
available from the GIS Store, second floor of the
Public Service Building. For further information,
call 397-2391.
Instructional
Materials Committee forming
An
Instructional Materials Committee is being formed by
the Evergreen School District to
provide review of the curriculum adoption process
and to address instructional materials issues.
Applications
for two-year terms on the committee are being
accepted through Monday, Jan. 5.
For further
information, call
Pat Norby,
604-4001.
News
briefs
Information
about Vancouver’s proposed new environmental
ordinance is being presented today during a
5-to-7:30 p.m. open house in City Hall. The proposed
ordinance would consolidate all of several city
ordinances focusing on the environment and is being
financed through the state Department of Community
Trade and Economic Development. Presentations are at
5:15, 6 and 7 p.m.
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The Clark County Planning Commission is holding a
hearing on a new home occupation ordinance at 6:30
p.m. today in the sixth floor hearing room of the
Public Service Building.
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The Puget Sound Blood Center is holding a blood
drive from noon until 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 18, in
the International Air Academy, 2901 E Mill Plain
Boulevard. |
