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Afghan explosion kills seven GIs--USA Today, AP
Homeowners, road crews brace for severe
flooding--KGW-TV, Abe Estimada
State of the City address- 'Open for
Business'--Columbian, Jeffrey Mize
Mayor says shop here or else--Oregonian, Allan
Brettman
Clark County governments could get millions for new
projects--Oregonian, Marisa Dorazio
Local soldiers in 81st Armored Brigade prepare for
deployment--Columbian, Dean Baker
Demos building momentum for caucuses--Columbian,
Don Jenkins
Fire departments win grants to buy new
equipment--Columbian, Margaret Ellis
Farmers market funds falling short?--Columbian,
Jeffrey Mize
County
chamber of commerce forming
Although
related in name only, a new chamber of commerce is
being formed in Clark County
Called the
Clark County Chamber of Commerce, the organization
has been active since last November, according to
its founder and interim executive director,
Izad Khormaee.
Board
members, in addition to Khormaee, who is president
of E1 Solutions Inc., an information technology
solution provider, are
Dee Metro,
president of Excalibur Limo;
Denise Pearce,
Opsahl, Shepp & Company;
Terry Phillips,
president, The Phillips Group;
Michael Polvay,
general manager, Bill Copps Inc.; and
Shane Wilcox,
general manager, the Red Lion Hotel at the Quay.
According to
Khormaee, “Although we have excellent chambers and
business associations focused on city cores,
Vancouver, Camas, Battle Ground, no one business
advocacy organization existed to provide leadership
and coverage for the whole of Clark County.”
“Our goal,”
Khormaee continues, “is to ensure that the more than
370,000 residents and over 10,000 businesses in
Clark County receive the appropriate level of
recognition and influence at [the] metro, state and
national level.”
For further
information, go to the website
www.searchclark.com.
Successful
treatment program for youthful offenders gets SWMC
Foundation help
Southwest
Washington Advocates for Youth, a local interactive
education program with immense success in educating
youthful offenders about the consequences of
drinking and drug use, has gotten a $10,000 boost
from the Southwest Washington Medical Center
Foundation.
According to
Lynn Bohart,
executive director of the medical center’s
foundation, the local SWAY program has cut the rate
of repeat offenses involving drugs, drinking and
driving to 7 percent, compared to the national rate
of 25-40 percent.
Participants
in the program tour the Clark County Morgue, spend
four hours of nighttime observation in the Southwest
Washington Medical Center trauma department, and
attend a workshop where people describe how alcohol
or drugs led to injury or death of loved ones.
The
foundation grant will cover the cost of about 100
participants. For further information, call
684-2588.
State the
County address is at noon Friday
Chair of the
board of Clark County commissioners,
Betty Sue Morris,
delivers the 2004 State of the County address at
noon Friday, Jan. 30, in the ballroom of the Red
Lion Hotel at the Quay.
The address
is co-sponsored by the Greater Vancouver Chamber of
Commerce. Call
694-2588 for further information.
Parks and
Rec offering private piano lessons
The
Vancouver-Clark Parks and Recreation Department is
offering private piano lessons for students from 6
years of age through adulthood.
Half-hour
lessons include basic music theory, piano technique,
and an introduction to the world’s favorite pianists
and piano music.
For further
information on the $59, 30-minute sessions, call
Becky Anderson,
696-8065, extension
3.
Planning
Commission to talk city finances
The Vancouver
Planning Commission’s informal First Thursday
discussion at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 3, in City Hall
will take up city financing. The presenter will be
Paul Lewis,
manager of city financial management services.
People
Erin Hall,
daughter of Diana
Shaw and Ed
Hall and a Heritage High School sophomore,
this month served as a page in the Washington State
House of Representatives. Hall was sponsored by Rep.
Bill Fromhold
(D-49th). Pages perform ceremonial duties as well as
take messages to and from legislators.
News
briefs
Award-winning Portland author
Molly Gloss
is the featured speaker in this year’s first
Washington State University Vancouver’s professional
writing series. There is no charge for the 7 p.m.
tonight program in the multi-medium lecture hall at
the Salmon Creek Campus.
--- A
continuation of a series of meetings discussing
graduation requirements in the Evergreen School
District is at 6:30 p.m. today in the Frontier
Middle School, 7600 NE 166th Avenue.
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