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Construction proceeding apace on Vancouver Hilton Hotel
across from the Esther Short Park plaza
Hilton Hotel
rising on Columbia Street at E 6th Street will look like
the look like the drawing above when it opens for
business in July 2005. Local organizations are urged to get
reservations for large events in early
200 Russians expected
in June; committee searching for housing, asking for donations
An unprecedented 200
Russian visitors expected for the June commemoration of the 1937
transpolar flight to Vancouver by a single-engine Russian
airplane piloted by Valery Chkalov, has put the Valery Chkalov
Cultural Exchange Committee on a full court press to find
housing space and cover expenses.
This year is the 100th
anniversary of the Russian hero Chkalov’s birth, and it is being
celebrated throughout the year in Russia.
According to
Jess Frost, exchange
committee chair, the needs are, in order: cash donations,
in-kind meals and snacks from area restaurants, items for gifts
and gift baskets, Russian- or German-speaking interpreters,
drivers and large vans and buses, and administrative help.
For further information,
call Frost at 735-0635,
or Doug Lasher,
371-9160.
Turn off TV and swim
free tonight
Swimming is free between
6:30 and 8:30 p.m. this evening in the Jim Parsley Center pool,
2901 Falk Road, as part of Kaiser Permanente’s participation in
National TV Turnoff Week.
Kaiser, according to
chief of pediatrics Rasjad Lints,
Vancouver, is picking up the tab for swimmers. All they have to
do is show up.
Lack of exercise and too
many hours spent watching TV are contributing to an epidemic of
obesity, and constitute a serious threat to health, says Lints.
For further fat-fighting
facts, call (503) 813-4820.
Public comment will be
accepted during part of day-long PDX Noise Compatibility meeting
Public comment will be
accepted between 3:45 and 4:15 p.m. Saturday, April 24, during a
day-long meeting of the Portland International Airport Noise
Compatibility Study committee in the second floor conference
center in the main terminal of the airport.
The meeting, which is
open to the public, is from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For further
information, call Anne Mitchell,
community affairs aviation program manager,
(800) 547-8411, extension
4837.
Discount fair and
carnival ride tickets on sale
Clark County Fair goers
may buy discount fair tickets and carnival ride books by
clicking on
https://fairs.concerts.com/fairs/clarkcounty/
ticket_form_2004.asp, or calling
Jill Yates, marketing
coordinator at 397-6180.
A ten-day pass is
available for $99, Yates reports. Other discounts are 36
carnival ride tickets for $15, and general admission for $6—a 25
percent savings.
The 2004 Clark County
Fair runs from Friday, Aug. 6, through Sunday, Aug. 15.
News brief
Household hazardous
waste, including paint, batteries, and electronic items,
including television sets and computers, may be taken to the
Frito Lay plant, 4800 NW Fruit Valley Road between 9 a.m. and 1
p.m. Thursday, April 22. There is no charge, according to
Jim Mansfield,
spokesperson for the sponsoring Clark County Hazardous Waste
Program.
Solemn, colorful, Nez Perce ceremony is Saturday in Vancouver
Barracks--Columbian
Local salary gap widens--Columbian, Julia Anderson
I-5 weekend closure to make way for 129th Street bridge
girders--Columbian, Erin Middlewood [Will also make
Home and Garden Idea Fair goers take detours]
Regional libraries debut internet filters--Columbian, Tom
Vogt
Two out of three Clark County residents just plain too
fat--Columbian, Don Jenkins
Ridgefield barbecuer suing national cable channel Food
Network--Columbian, Jonathan Nelson
Time to grow up and welcome light rail--Columbian, Tom
Koenninger
Library board holds off on vote--Oregonian, Allan Brettman
Gucci Group names U of O grad new CEO--KGW-TV, AP
Starbucks second-quarter earnings blow through the roof--KATU
Scientists win battle over Kennewick Man skeleton--Seattle P-I,
AP
Gregoire seeks halt to release of lawsuit documents--Seattle
Times, Steve Miletich and Mike Carter
Paul Allen launches warplane collection, Seattle Times--Peyton
Whitely
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