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Demos to caucus across the state Feb. 7 to help
select Democratic presidential candidate--Columbian,
Gregg Herrington
Local Convention and Visitors Bureau expectiong
'hords' of visitors in 2005 after downtown
convention center and county exposition hall are
completed--Vancouver Business Journal, Tami Joner
House bill would set aside $90,000 for a study of a
four-year college in southern Washington--Columbian
Freeman Keller began a career in real estate began
nearly 50 years ago and he's still helping people
make deals--Columbian, Susan Fitzgerald
North County Community Food Bank getting Battle
Ground fire station to expand operations--Oregonian,
Dee Anne Finken
Nancy Nellor Retsinas combines skill, passion to
improve Clark County--Vancouver Business Journal,
Charlie Devereux
Europeans claim first direct evidence of water on
Mars--New York Times--Terence Neilan
Rush Limbaugh's attorney tells court addicts should
be treated as patients rather than criminals--USA
TODAY, AP
Whether
it’s a casino, truck stop or discount outlet mall,
County and Cowlitz preparing
Clark County
commissioners will make official a proposed
agreement between the county and the Cowlitz Indian
Tribe at a public hearing at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Feb.
10.
Under
consideration for development by the tribe for its
150-acre site on I-5 near the La Center junction are
a casino, truck stop, discount outlet mall or all
three.
Whatever
development decisions are to be made, they will be
for the economic benefit of the tribe, according to
John Barnett,
tribal chair.
Nothing will
happen, however, until the U.S. Department of
Interior and Bureau of Indian Affairs approve the
Cowlitz’s application to make the property an
official Indian reservation.
When that is
accomplished, it would mean the land being held in
trust for the tribe would be under tribal
jurisdiction as a sovereign nation and not subject
to any other law.
However, the
memorandum of understanding as drafted spells out
agreements among the tribe, Clark County and
municipalities in the county, and the state that
would as seamlessly as possible integrate and pay
for municipal services including law and justice,
water and sewer, streets and highways, and repay the
county and state for any loss property taxes.
In addition,
a provision is included that, in the event a casino
were developed, 2 percent of the gross profit would
be turned over to the county.
The proposed
agreement and related material can be found at
www.clark.wa.gov/general/commiss.htm.
Presidential candidates’ pictures and
websites are on
Daily Insider website
Washington
Democrats at the precinct level on Saturday, Feb. 7,
will be selecting presidential candidates and
delegates to the state Democratic convention, a
process that will determine who the state will
support at the national Democratic convention this
summer.
Information
on how a Democrat can participate in the precinct
caucuses can be found on the
Daily Insider
website,
www.dailyinsider.info.
In addition,
links to the official websites of the seven current
contenders is also on the
Insider
website. Although President
George W. Bush
has no competition for nomination as the
Republican’s presidential candidate, a link to his
website also appears on the website.
Links and
pictures can be found down the far right column on
the screen.
State
website that provides
business assistance launched
The state
Office of Regulatory Assistance, created by the
state legislature last year, has opened a website
making it easier for businesses and citizens to
access state government regulations, permitting
requirements and rule-making procedures.
Launched
today,
www.ora.wa.gov
offers links to state agencies and regulatory
offices and provides information on almost every
area of governmental-business regulation.
A link to the
website is also posted on the
Daily Insider
website.
Fort Vancouver Tapestry
Project coming
to end of 100,000 hours of stitching
The Fort
Vancouver Tapestry Project founded by
Eleanor Van de Water
and Sherry Moffatt
in 1999 will be completed early in 2005,
after more than 100,000 hours of stitching by over
40 volunteers.
Currently the
organization is in the process of expanding its
five-member board of directors to nine members as it
prepares to find a permanent location for the
108-foot long long-wool on linen narrative tapestry
depicting Vancouver’s history.
Moffatt,
managing and artistic director for the project, says
the completed tapestry will be mounted within the
Vancouver National Historic Reserve. But, she adds,
the transition to completed piece requires new
leadership and expertise.
Persons
interested in applying for membership on the board
should call Moffatt at
992-0975.
News brief
The 42nd
annual Clark College Jazz Festival continues today
and Saturday in Gaiser Hall on the college campus.
Fifty-two jazz bands and fourteen jazz vocal
ensembles are competing from Washington and Oregon
high schools. Tickets are $5 a day. For further
information, call
Chuck Ramsey,
992-2188, or
992-2662.
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