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Clark Public Utilities adds new residential customers at a rate
of nearly nine a day
Although the residential
customer growth rate is somewhat slower than that of a year ago,
Clark Public Utilities has been adding nearly nine new
residential customers a day during the first two months of 2004.
More than 4,000 new
residential customers were hooked up to the electric utility in
2003, a rate of growth of about 3 per cent.
It has been a little
slower during the first two months this year. During January the
utility signed up 213 new families. Last month, 323 new
residential customers were added to the system.
Last fall, the utility
predicted an annual residential growth rate of 2 percent. The
actual rate of growth so far is 2.12 percent.
County reappraising
Salmon Creek
and Hazel Dell residential property
As part of its ongoing
reappraisal program, Clark County Assessor’s Office appraisers
are making physical inspections of residential property
northwest of Vancouver through May.
The physical inspections
are, at a minimum, an exterior observation of property and
buildings, and usually new photographs are taken.
The geographical areas
included in the residential reappraisal are unincorporated areas
of the county that include Salmon Creek, Hazel Dell, Vancouver
Lake, Salmon Creek and Mt. Vista.
Commercial property
reappraisals to be inspected are in downtown Vancouver west of
I-5, and also nclude Fruit Valley and the Port of Vancouver. In
addition, some commercial property in Rosemere and Hazel Dell
will also be reappraised.
For further information,
call 397-2391.
Bravo! Vancouver
presents all-
Mozart program on Palm Sunday
Bravo! Vancouver presents
Mozart’s Requiem and
Solemn Vespers in an
all-Mozart concert at 3
p.m. Palm Sunday, April 4, in St. Joseph Catholic Church, 400 S
Andresen Road.
The Bravo! Chamber
Orchestra, Chorale, and soloists will perform during a program
last presented in 1995.
Reserve tickets are $15.
General admission is $12. Tickets are available at all Safeway
TicketsWest outlets and at the door.
Confluence Project
offers Clark County schools bicentennial art assignments
Schools in five
Washington counties, including Clark County, are being offered
Lewis and Clark Bicentennial art assignments similar to that
undertaken by artist Maya Lin.
Sixth through 12th
graders will be asked to create interpretive art about the
impact of Lewis and Clark on the Northwest.
Up to ten schools will be
selected to receive $5,000 grants to help pay the cost of the
winning art projects, according to Confluence Project executive
director Jane Jacobsen.
Lin, who created the
Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall in Washington, D.C., has been
commissioned to create commemorative Lewis and Clark art
projects at five locations in Washington, including a pedestrian
bridge over the Lewis and Clark Highway in Vancouver, and a
project at Frenchman’s Bar in Clark County.
David Douglas Park
master
planning meeting is Thursday
A review of the master
plan for David Douglas Park improvements is at 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 25, in the cafeteria of McLoughlin Middle
School, 5002 MacArthur Boulevard.
Vancouver-Clark Parks and
Recreation will be presenting the final preliminary master plan.
People
Matt Lowe has illustrated
the book Fearless Men and
Fabulous Women: A Reporter’s Memoir of Alaska & The Yukon,
written by his grandfather, northwest travel writer
Stanton H. Patty. The
book highlights Patty’s experiences and travels. Lowe is a
physical education teacher at Burnt Bridge Creek Elementary
School.
News brief
Clark County
commissioners meet in informal session at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday,
March 24.
Gov. Locke dedicated WSU Vancouver engineering
institute--Columbian, Tom Vogt
Vancouver council cool to tax hikes--Columbian, Jeffrey Mize
Milt Dennison leaving Camas to become superintendent of
Clackamas Education Service District--Columbian, Amy McFall
Prince
Only a few fifth graders to be affected with shuffle to relieve
overcrowding in Camas schools--Columbian, Amy McFall Prince
Democratic legislative candidate shifts to another
opponent--Columbian, Don Jenkins
Five nearest planets align for easy viewing--Columbian, Erik
Robinson
Jon Clemens to run new Sharp Laboratories business
unit--Columbian, Julia Anderson
Analysis finds geographic pattern in library vote--Oregonian,
Allan Brettman
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