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Southwest Washington Medical Center Foundation gives
$167,532 to help local cash-starved mental health
agencies--Columbian, Tom Vogt
Streakers in Spokane restaurant watch as their
car--with their clothes inside--is stolen--Seattle
P-I, AP
Arts Center group asks city for $60,000 for
feasibility study--Columbian, Brett Oppegaard
Battle Ground targeted for most county
growth--Oregonian, Bill Stewart
State Sen. Don Benton introduces bill to continue
tax breaks for companies involved in high-tech
research--Columbian, Don Jenkins
U.S. Rep. Brian Baird says federal legislation may
free up a big chunk of money to replace the
Interstate Bridge--Columbian, Erik Robinson
Brian Baird questions cost of light rail--Oregonian,
Allan Brettman
Government has no place in marriage--Columbian,
Elizabeth Hovde
Spirit driving off dock to explore surface of
Mars--Washington Post, Fred Barbash
Columbia Credit Union's vote to convert to mutual
savings bank scrutinized by federal
regulators--Columbian, Jonathan Nelson
Now Northeast is getting Arctic cold weather--New
York times, Christine Hauser
Credit
union members turn in petition for board meeting to
halt conversion to bank
An
organization headed by
Lloyd Marbet,
Portland, yesterday presented Columbia Credit Union
with petitions signed by 3,593 members of the credit
union calling for a special board meeting to rescind
a plan to convert to a state-chartered mutual
savings bank, to remove all nine credit union board
members, including
David Doss, president of the 59,000-member
organization, and to elect interim directors.
At a special
meeting Nov. 3, approximately 9,200 member-votes
were counted and 52 percent were in favor of
converting the credit union to Columbia First Bank.
The
conversion was to have been effective this month,
but federal regulators have been reviewing the
process.
Columbia
Credit Union’s by-laws require petitions containing
at least 2,000 valid signatures to call a special
meeting.
The credit
union is one of the largest financial institutions
in Clark County and is the county’s biggest lender
of automobile loans.
Three-bedroom, home in Vancouver
one of the best buys in the Northwest
The average
sale price of a three-bedroom home in Vancouver last
fall was $184,000, according to Windemere Real
Estate spokesperson
Ray Bachman.
The same home
in Portland except in North Portland ranges from
$186,000 to $305,000. The average price of North
Portland homes was $173,000.
The most
costly locations in Washington for three-bedroom
homes were in the Puget Sound area, including
islands. Toping the list was Friday Harbor, where
the average sales price of a three-bedroom charmer
was $533,000.
The least
costly place to buy a three-bedroom home in
Washington was Centralia, the average, $92,000.
Highest price
housing on the west coast is Carmel, Calif., where
it takes $1,739,000 to buy a three-bedroom house.
Closer to home, Ketchum, Idaho, three-bedroom homes
are selling for $1,146,000.
Bachman,
formerly of Vancouver, sells for Windemere in Bend.
Vietnamese New Year
celebration Friday
An annual
event sponsored by Columbia River Mental Health
Services, the Vietnamese New Year will be celebrated
at 3 p.m. Friday, Jan. 16, in the main CRMHS clinic,
6926 NE Fourth Plain Boulevard.
The Year of
the Monkey will be ushered in by Vietnamese foods,
folk dance performances, and a traditional dragon
dance.
For further
information about this free event, call
Kim Larson,
993-3139.
Evergreen School District sets
community forums on graduation requirements
A series of
six public forums to discuss graduation requirements
in the Evergreen School District begins with a 6:30
p.m. session today in Covington Middle School, 11200
NE Rosewood Road.
In addition
to discussing increased high school graduation
requirements, the district will make a presentation
on the state requirement requiring that all students
pass 10th grade reading, writing and math sections
of the Washington Assessment of Student Learning in
order to graduate.
People
Sabrina Willis,
team captain who led the Clark College women’s
basketball to a second place finish in a December
tournament, and Evan
Kimberley, men’s basketball, were both named
Clark College/Les Schwab Student Athletes of the
Month.
News briefs
Fort
Vancouver Regional Library District board members
are meeting by conference call at 5 p.m. today. The
call will be initiated from the Vancouver Community
Library. The public may attend.
--- Annual
Economic Forecast breakfast sponsored by the
Columbian,
First Independent Bank and the Columbia River
Economic Development Council, and the Greater
Vancouver Chamber of Commerce, is 7 a.m. Friday,
Jan. 16, in the Centennial Center of the Red Lion
Hotel at the Quay. Admission is $30.
--- 49th
Legislative Legislators, Sen.
Don Carlson
and Reps. Bill
Fromhold and
Jim Moeller,
are hosting a district day in Olympia,
Wednesday, Feb. 4. A Capitol Campus tour is
scheduled for 10 a.m. to noon, followed by a
brown-bag lunch. For further information, call
(360) 786-7696.
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