Martha Stewart
convicted on four counts--MSNBC
Same-sex couples say 'I Do' in Portland--Columbian, Kathie Durbin
District judge candidates pared to four - Columbian,
Stephanie Rice
Sharp employee comes up with creative transportation solution
--Columbian, Erin Middlewood
Don't expect gay marriages in Washington--Seattle PI, Lewis Kamb
Opposition steps up as tribe seeks status-- Oregonian,
Foster Church
Judge orders Credit Union vote by mail, Oregonian -- Allan
Brettman
Vancouver to
host citizen police academy
The Vancouver
Police Department will be hosting another Citizen Police Academy
beginning on Tuesday April 6, 2004. The academy will last thirteen
weeks with classes being held each Tuesday evening from
7:00pm-9:30pm with the graduation celebration occurring on June 29,
2004. This is the sixth consecutive Citizen Police Academy the
Vancouver Police Department has hosted.
The academy is
free and open to the public and participants are asked to commit to
attend the entire thirteen weeks.
Completed
applications must be returned promptly as class size is limited and
will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.
Each application
will be reviewed and a criminal background check will be conducted
on each applicant. Participants will be notified upon acceptance or
denial to attend the academy.
Additional
information will be provided to all applicants who are accepted,
including location where classes will be held, which has yet to be
determined. For more information please contact
Judy Stewart, Vancouver
Police Department, at (360) 735-8869.
Skills center
receives national accreditation
The American
Culinary Federation has accredited the Clark County Skills Center
Restaurant Management Program. The accreditation came following an
on-site review in Vancouver of the Skills Center facility,
curriculum and instructors. The ACF - the largest organization of
chefs and cooks in the United States - advocates for American chefs
worldwide through education among culinarians at all levels.
The Skills
Center becomes just the second high school west of the Mississippi
to be ACF-accredited. Not only will students will now graduate as
certified graduates of the American Culinary Federation, but due to
the quality of the Skills Center facility, instruction and
curriculum, all graduates in the 21-year-history of the program
automatically receive accreditation.
As part of its
reality-based curriculum, the Skills Center operates a restaurant,
open to the public on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays for
breakfast and lunch. For more information, contact Restaurant
Management instructors Andrew
McColley or Greg Retchless
as well as Skills Center Director Dennis Kampe at (360)
604-1050.
Opened in 1983,
the Clark County Skills Center is located at 12200 NE 28th Street in
Vancouver. It is owned and operated by eight southwest Washington
school districts providing technical and professional training
programs to prepare Clark County high school and college students
for the workforce.
BIA and
Building Futures Foundation to award future industry leaders
The Building
Industry Association (BIA) and their charitable subsidiary, the
Building Futures Foundation, will award eight future industry
leaders with $1,000 scholarships to aid them in their academic
pursuits. The application process is open to students who are
pursuing study in a field that enhances their education and benefits
the building trades. Such fields may include construction
management, architecture, engineering, business, association
management or other building related studies. To be eligible for
the scholarship students must also be accepted or currently enrolled
at an accredited two-year community or four-year college or
university for the 2004-2005 academic year.
The objective of
the BIA Scholarship Program is to collect and distribute funds that
will aid in the education and development of future industry
leaders. Since 1996, building professionals have come together to
support high school, undergraduate and graduate students seeking
degrees in an industry related field of study.
The Scholarship
Program is dependent upon contributions provided by community minded
businesses.
Area high school
students can find applications at their schools’ career center or
counselor’s office.
Applications are
also available by contacting the BIA at 694-0933 or e-mailing joel@biasw.org.
All applications must be received by April 15th.
Camas School
District continues struggle with growth, proposes third housing
option
In a special
meeting Wednesday, Camas School District board members reviewed and
added a third student housing option to the two currently under
consideration for the next two school years.
The district
experienced an enrollment increase of almost 10 percent in the fall
of 2003 and is rapidly moving forward to develop suitable housing
arrangements for the projected 6 percent increase expected for the
2004-05 school year.
The newest option
under consideration is to move fifth-grade students from Dorothy Fox
and Prune Hill to JDZ, which currently houses Helen Baller's fifth
grade and the entire sixth grade population.
The school
district will have a parent survey for feedback on its web site:
www.camas.wednet.edu,
from March 5 through March 19.
The board hopes
to make a housing decision at its regular meeting on March 22.
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Monday on the air
Competitiveness and
the marketplace, 11 a.m., CVTV
Sustainability Part 2, 1 p.m., CVTV
Clark County Close Up, 3 p.m.CVTV
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