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Dayton Duncan, who
presents program on
Lewis and Clark, will sign copies of book
Award-winning author
Dayton Duncan, who
presents a program about the historic Lewis and Clark decision
to take a vote on where to spend the winter of 2005, will be
available to sign his book
Scenes of Visionary Enchantment, Reflections on Lewis and Clark
at a 6-to-7 p.m. reception, today, in the George C.
Marshall House on Officers Row.
The reception, a fund
raiser for the Vancouver-Clark County Lewis and Clark Committee,
precedes the 7:30 p.m. free program in Clark College’s Gaiser
Hall. For further information on the reception, call
906-7119.
The Afghan
Women reading
tonight at WSU Vancouver is free
Washington State
University Vancouver presents a staged reading of William
Mastrosimone’s The Afghan Women
7 p.m. tonight in the Student Services Building. Vancouver’s SLC
Theater Group will perform the reading.
There is no charge for
the program, which is part of WSU Vancouver’s 2004 Honors
Lecture Series, “Living Wisdom: Cultures of World Religions.”
For further information, call
Wendy Dasler-Johnson,
546-9648.
There is a $1.50 parking
charge at parking meters or in the blue lot.
National reputation
puts Clark
County in elite company
Clark County, along with
Fairfax County, Va., Montgomery County, Md., Portland, Seattle,
Phoenix, San Diego and Sunnyvale, has been selected for a survey
of development and building permitting practices by the King
County Auditor’s Office, reports Clark County administrator
Bill Barron..
The selections were based
on national reputations for progressive permitting practices,
which include customer service, documented timeliness criteria,
accessible permit information, and cost monitoring.
Girder installation on
Highway 500 to night traffic beginning Wednesday, March 31
While 45 girders are
being installed this week on the Highway 500 bridge under
construction over NE 112th Avenue and Gher Road, access traffic
will be curtailed from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Wednesday through
Friday.
Traffic lanes on Highway
500 and on Gher Road will remain open in both directions,
however.
The new bridge, part of
the $26.7 million interchange, is expected to be completed this
fall, and the entire interchange is to be operational in the
summer of 2005.
Farmers Market Easter
bunny needs help
The Easter bunny, which
will make an appearance at the Vancouver Easter egg hunt
Saturday, April 10, needs assistance, according to bunny
spokesperson Amy Blankenship.
Volunteers are needed to
stuff eggs Sunday, April 4, and to provide staffing on April 10.
For further information, call Blankenship at
546-1560.
Bravo! Vancouver presents
an
all-Mozart program Palm Sunday
Bravo! Vancouver presents
an all-Mozart program, Requiem
and Solemn Vespers, in a
3 p.m. Palm Sunday, April 4, concert 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.
The orchestra and chorale
are conducted by Bravo! Vancouver music director
Maria Manzo. Soloists are
Mary Jo DuGaw,
Jay Fraley,
Allison Swenson and
John Vergin.
Reserve tickets are $15.
General admission is $12. Tickets are available at all Safeway
TicketsWest outlets and at the door.
People
A reception for retiring
Pearson Field airport manager
Ernie Vande Zande is 3 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 31, in
City Hall. In addition to his having been manager of Pearson
Field for the past 14, years, Vande Zande established the Vande
Zande Endowment Fund at the YWCA of Clark County, which provides
education and training to help women from abusive relationships
get their lives back on track.
News brief
Clark County
commissioners meet in informal session at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday,
March 31.
White House reverses position;
Rice to testify before 9/11Commission under oath--New York
Times, Philip Shenon and David Stout
Majority supports Bush on terrorism--USA TODAY, Richard
Benedetto
Retraining may hold answer for locally unemployed--Columbian,
Julia Anderson
Art
Walk hopes $40,000 campaign will increase interest, raise
profile--Columbian, Brett Oppegaard
Master perfumer plies international trade from small shop on
Portland's Hawthorne Boulevard--Columbian, Angela Allen
SWMC Foundation Chocolate Festival returns May 1--Columbian,
Angela Allen
Sticky clay won't slow construction of $18.5 million exhibition
hall at Clark County Fairgrounds--Oregonian, Bill Stewart
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