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Firstenburg contribution will complete community athletic
fields at Ridgefield
Ed and
Mary Firstenburg have
entered into a partnership with the Ridgefield Booster Club, the
Lewis River Soccer Club and the Ridgefield School District to
complete the phase II expansion of athletic fields at Ridgefield
High School.
The athletic complex will
serve the community as well as the high school.
The Firstenburg’s
$150,000 contribution is being added to $138,000 already raised
in the community for phase I.
The new sports center
will have a practice football field, which will also be used for
track and field events, and two full-sized soccer fields.
Firstenburg’s first job,
after earning an MBA at the University of Washington, was as
head of the commercial department at Ridgefield High School,
where he taught business and shorthand.
The sports center will be
named the First Independent Bank Sports Complex.
According to
Mark Burton, president of
the Lewis River Soccer Club, the community is still being asked
for another $12,000 to round out phase I.
Library board of
trustees to discuss bond election during retreat at White Salmon
The Fort Vancouver
Regional Library District board of trustees, meeting in a
day-and-a-half retreat session this week in the White Salmon
Valley Community Library, is expected to discuss the March 9
election results in which voters approved a library voting
district (Greater Vancouver Capital Facilities Area) by slightly
more than 60 percent but failed to give the proposed $48 million
bond issue approval. The 57 percent majority yes-vote the
measure got was shy of the mandatory 60 percent supermajority.
The retreat is from 9
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, April 15, and 9 a.m. to noon Friday,
April 16. A regular public meeting will be from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
Thursday.
All of the board’s
retreat sessions are open to the public, but public comment will
be accepted during the 6 p.m. meeting only.
The $48 million project
would have doubled the size of the downtown Vancouver Community
Library and greatly expanded the east Vancouver library in a new
location near the Firstenburg Community Center.
YWCA Social Justice
Forum to discuss community impact of sexual violence
Suzanne Brown-McBride,
executive director of the Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault
Programs, will discuss the impact sexual assault has on the
community and how to become an agent of change, at a YWCA of
Clark County forum at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, April 15, in the YWCA
community room, 3609 Main Street.
The forum is free.
Attendees may order a $7 box lunch or bring their own. For
further information, call
696-0167.
Chamber holding after
hours
meeting in VancouverCenter
The VancouverCenter, 601
Columbia Street, is the scene of the Greater Vancouver Chamber
of Commerce Business After Hours program from 5 to 7 p.m.
Tuesday, April 13.
For further information
and to register to attend, call
694-2588.
Absentee ballots for
Battle
Ground voters in the mail
Battle Ground voters are
being asked to approve a $7.6 million, 20-year bond issue and a
$368,000 special levy at a Tuesday, April 27, special election,
the absentee ballots for which were sent by mail Friday.
The bond issue would
enable the city to develop existing neighborhood parks and open
space and to improve parks and facilities, including sports
fields and hiking trails.
The special levy would
increase property taxes by $2.58 per $1,000 assessed valuation.
The proceeds would be used for operations and maintenance of the
city’s park system.
News briefs
The Vancouver City Council does not meet today.
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Neighborhoods Association Council of Clark County meets at 7
p.m. tonight in the Public Works conference room, 4700 NE 78th
Street. nnn
Clark Public Utilities’ commissioners meet at 9 a.m. Tuesday,
April 13. nnn
Clark County commissioners meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 13.nnn
The Forum at the Library presents a program on obesity and
health at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 15, in the Vancouver Community
Library.
Local pupils dish out praise and criticism on ratemyteachers.com--Columbian
Crackdown targets Oregon-licenses vehicles--Columbian, John
Branton
97-year-old first-time author to tell his
story--Columbian, Mike Bailey
Bartlett's landing is back in business on Government Island,
Oregonian, Bill Stewart
Beer and pop cans fetch a premium in Oregon--Oregonian,
Foster Church
Channel deepening is a sound option--Vancouver Business Journal,
Larry Paulson
East Vancouver Business Association hires Kristy Conaway as
director--Vancouver Business Journal, Cami Joner
Man bets life savings in Las Vegas, wins $270,600--USA TODAY, AP
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