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Fate of Columbia
Credit Union board of directors to be decided at Sunday meeting
The fate of eight of nine
Columbia Credit Union Board of Directors members will be decided
this Sunday as ballots are cast and counted in an election
forced by dissidents who opposed the financial institution’s
short-lived attempt to become a mutual bank.
Mail-in ballots were sent
to Columbia’s 59,000 members earlier this month. Deadline for
return of the mail ballots is today, but members who bring those
ballots to the 3 p.m. Sunday, March 28, meeting in the gymnasium
of Hudson’s Bay High School, 1206 E Reserve Street, may cast
them there.
The ballots gave members
the opportunity of voting either to retain or todismiss each of
eight directors.
In the event that the
vote is to overthrow any board members, credit union members
attending the Sunday meeting will vote for successors.
Both the credit union and
the dissident group, Save Our Credit Union, suggest that members
arrive as early as 1 p.m. to go through the credentialing
process and to meet board nominees.
Credit Union members
voting in a special election last November approved conversion
of Columbia, the county’s largest credit union and one of the
largest in the country, to a mutual bank.
The vote was 4,821 in
favor, 4,407 opposed.
But before the plan could
be implemented, objections were raised by a group of members,
aided by Oregon activist Lloyd
Marbet, under the banner “Desperately Trying to Save
Columbia Credit Union,” which collected over 3,500 member
signatures in an attempt to rescind the vote for becoming a bank
and to recall the then-nine board members who voted to become a
bank.
The credit union board
balked at holding the called-for special meeting, but did decide
against pursuing the bank idea.
The dissidents went to
Clark County Superior Court and gained a ruling calling for a
vote on the board membership and Sunday’s special membership
meeting.
Columbia Credit Union
board members are Karen Martel,
chair, Edwin C. Bell,
vice chair, Ervin Dale Magers,
secretary and treasurer, William
F. Byrd III, Robert M.
Byrd, Mark L. Ail,
Dennis McLachlan and
Constance A. Jones.
The dissidents’ slate is
Duane D. Bequette,
Emmy J. Winterburn,
Richard A. Perkins,
Steve A. Straub,
John C. Creek,
Tony D. Ward-Smith,
John E. Bucholtz and
Ralph M. Erdmann.
Further information is
available from Columbia Credit Union by clicking
on
www.columbiacu.com,
and from the save the Columbia Credit Union group by clicking on
www.saveccu.com.
49th District Town
Hall is Saturday
Republican state Sen.
Don Carlson and
Democratic state Reps. Bill
Fromhold and Jim Moeller
are conducting a 49th District town hall meeting at 10 a.m.
Saturday, March 27, in room 680 in the Clark County Public
Service Center, 1300 Franklin Street.
The legislators will
discuss the results of the just completed legislative session.
Mr. Hudson’s Bay
Pageant unfolds at Skyview High School Saturday night
Twelve Hudson’s Bay High
School seniors will be competing for the title Mr. Hudson’s Bay
during the 12th Mr. Hudson’s Bay Pageant at 7 p.m. Saturday,
March 27, in the Skyview High School auditorium.
While the contestants
show off with talent, comedy and dance, the ultimate winner is
the young man who raised the most money for Doernbecher Hospital
over the past several weeks.
Last year, contestants
raised over $64,000 for the hospital’s Kids Making Miracles
Program. Since its inception the pageant has raised over
$250,000 for Doernbecher.
Contestants are
Grant Bennett,
Jason Boal,
Tony Christensen,
Chris Conger,
Darren Johnson,
Lukas Kaltur,
Michael Kern,
Jack Messner,
Brandon Morgan,
Martin Smith,
Mac Tucker, and
Kevin Walker. Admission
is $8 at the door.
People
A reception for the new
United Way of the Columbia-Willamette president
Brent A. Stewart is 5 to
7 p.m. Wednesday, March 31, in the Water Resources Education
Center. For registration, call
892-3600, extension 305.
Alert witness, good deputy luck result in captured robbery
suspects--Columbian, John Branton
Envisioners put broad brush on downtown's future--Columbian,
Jeffrey Mize
Limited funds threaten Vancouver sidewalk
improvements--Vancouver Business Journal, Cami Joner
Business mentality helps Claudine Walker manage Free Clinic's
growth--Vancouver Business Journal, Charlie Devereux
Getting to know zebras not easy--Columbian, Gregg Herrington
Kauffman Center on the cusp--Columbian, Gretchen Fehrenbacher
Money
rolls through Portland this weekend--KATU
Double J Tack gets new lease on life--Oregonian, Foster
Church
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