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Local GOP considers Clark County as
“ground zero” for close state races
Looking at their slim
majorities in the state House and Senate, Clark County
Republicans are putting a “ground zero” label on the county for
the 2004 political campaign.
Local GOP leaders
Mike Gaston and county
party chair Brent Boger
say the county will be pivotal this fall and, as a consequence,
predict a large turnout at the county Republican convention 9
a.m. Saturday, April 17, in Prairie High School.
According to Gaston, most
local and state Republican office holders and candidates will
make presentations during the morning of the nearly day-long
convention.
Also during the morning,
81 delegates and alternatives from local legislative districts
will be elected to attend the state Republican Party Convention
in Bellevue May 28 and 29.
After lunch, the party
will consider a Clark County platform. Adjournment is expected
after 4 p.m.
Registration for the
Saturday session begins at 8 a.m. and is $10. For further
information, call Boger at
910-5065.
Marge Makinster,
C-TRAN bus driver,
spots fugitive, police make the arrest
Marge Makinster, C-TRAN
coach operator, picked up a passenger at 9:18 a.m. Monday
morning on her route on Mill Plain Boulevard and recognized him
from a photo as a wanted sex offender. She called the C-TRAN
dispatcher, who in turn called 9-1-1.
Thirteen minutes later,
at a stop on NE 104th Street, police boarded the bus and took
the suspect away.
“All in a day’s work,”
Makinster is reported to have said. The 23-year C-TRAN veteran
and C-TRAN are part of Clark County’s Safewatch Program.
Other Safewatch
participants are Clark Public Utilities, Clark County Public
Works, the county Sheriff’s Office and county fire districts.
Operating a combined
fleet of over 1,000 vehicles equipped with radios, drivers are
part of a countywide security network prepared to assist and
respond to emergencies that range from looking for lost children
to calling for medical and police assistance.
Symphony puts
spotlight on young artists
The Vancouver Symphony
Orchestra’s tenth annual Young Artists concert at 3 p.m.
Saturday, April 17, and at 7 p.m. Sunday, April 18, in Skyview
High School Concert Hall, 1300 NW 139th Street, features the
three winners of the orchestra’s young artists competition.
Andrew Helmsworth, 15,
Beaverton, Andrea Johnson,
14, Milwaukie, and Karine
Kasparyan, 16, Oregon City, each will be showcased in
solo performances.
Symphony artistic
director Salvador Brotons
will conduct.
At 2 p.m. preceding the
Saturday concert, Lawson Hull
will discuss composers and music with the audience, and at 6:30
p.m. Sunday a pre-concert by “Susuki Method” students is being
offered.
River City Music will
present a display of musical instruments at each concert.
For these two concerts,
student tickets have been reduced to $5 each and students will
be admitted free with each paid admission. For further
information, call 735-7278.
River Road generating
plant earns top award
Clark Public Utilities’
River Road Generating Plant has won the western region’s top
award for environmental health and safety from General Electric,
which operates the plant for the electric utility.
Singled out for their
role in operations for 2003 were plant operator
Terry Toland and
Margie Brice,
environmental health and safety manager.
The River Road plant,
which won safety awards during three previous years, won the top
award in competition with 12 other natural gas-fired generating
plants.
The plant provides about
half the utility’s power needs, according to plant manager
Jack Anderson.
News briefs
Port of Ridgefield
commissioners meet at 6 p.m. today in port offices at 111 W
Division Street. nnn
YWCA free program on the impact of sexual violence on the
community is 11:30 a.m. Thursday, April 15, in the YWCA
community room, 3609 Main Street. Bring your own lunch, or call
696-0167, to order a $7
box lunch.
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Fort Vancouver Library District board of trustees begin a
two-day retreat at 9 a.m. Thursday, April 15, in the White
Salmon Library. A public meeting will be at 6 p.m. in the
library Thursday.
Marc Boldt will run for county commissioner seat being vacated
by Judie Stanton--Columbian, Don Jenkins
Cowlitz Tribe plan calls for a casino near La Center with 425
slot machines and six gaming tables--Columbian, Margaret
Ellis
Amphitheater, neighbors at odds over traffic routes; county
hearing is April 22-- Columbian,
Erin Middlewood
Home sales in county grow hotter--Columbian, Gretchen
fehrenbacher
Employment picture in county improves--Columbian, Julia
Anderson
Ramped up transit plan has hurdles, leaders told--Oregonian,
Bill Stewart
Daughter of baseball's Jackie Robinson to speak at the library
Saturday--Columbian
New U of Dub president to get $590,000, but that still does not
top university's coach's pay, whose pay and bonuses could add up
to $870,000--Seattle Times, Sharon Pian Chan
Bush shifts policy, says Israel could keep some West Bank
settlements--New York Times, International Herald Tribune,
Brian Knowlton
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