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Discovery Walk Festival prompting thousands to walk
throughout Vancouver this weekend
The 8th annual Discovery
Walk Festival is bringing out thousands of walkers and
bicyclists to Vancouver this weekend, beginning with the Mayor’s
Walk that begins between 4 and 6 p.m. today and ends at 9 p.m.
Opening ceremonies are at 6:30 p.m.
Sanctioned by the
International Marching League, the walking festival attracts
walkers and walking teams from Norway, Japan, Germany, Britain
and North America.
Sponsored by Southwest
Washington Medical Center and New Balance Shoes, registration,
and the beginning and end of all events, is at the Red Lion
Hotel at the Quay.
Walking events range from
3 to 42 kilometers, and cycling events range from 25 to 50
kilometers. Swimming events are at the Hough Pool.
The Discovery walk is
also part of the SWMC’s Passport to Wellness program. The
medical center is offering free fitness workshops from 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Registration for official
events is $8 per event, except for children 12 and under, which
is free. For further information, call
(877) 269-2009.
Nez Perce Memorial event
includes peace pipe ceremony with military veterans
All military veterans are
invited to participate in the peace pipe ceremony with the Nez
Perce Indians during the Indian nation’s seventh annual memorial
commemoration at Vancouver Barracks Saturday, April 24.
The two-and-a-half-hour
memorial, which is proffered to heal old wounds, pays ancestral
tribute to the Chief Redheart band, which was imprisoned at
Vancouver Barracks during the winter of 1877-78.
The public is invited to
watch and listen to the speeches, singing and dancing, and the
riderless horse procession. The ceremony begins about 10 a.m. at
the barracks north of the Fort Vancouver National Monument
parking area on E 5th Street. Visitors are urged to bring
blankets and lawn chairs.
Home and Garden Idea
Fair in full bloom
Clark Public Utilities’
Home and Garden Idea Fair opened today at the Clark County
Fairgrounds. It will be open until 8 p.m. tonight and Saturday,
and until 5 p.m. Sunday. The fair opens at 9 a.m. Saturday and
10 a.m. Sunday.
The fair hosts the
largest plant sale in the Vancouver-Portland metropolitan
region. Admission is free, but parking is $3. Donations for
Operation Warm Heart will be accepted.
News briefs
Recycleman and the
Dumpster Divers entertain
during an Earth Day celebration at 7 p.m. tonight in the Old
Liberty Theater, Ridgefield.
There is no charge for the show, billed as suitable for
all ages. Recycleman is portrayed by
Pete DuBois, Clark County
waste reduction specialist.
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Portland International Airport’s Noise Compatibility Study
Advisory Committee meets from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April
24, in the St. Helens Room, 2nd floor conference center in the
airport’s main terminal. Public testimony will be accepted
between 3:45 and 4:15 p.m. For further information, call
(800) 547-8411.
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The Con Grazia Wind Quintet of the Oregon Chamber Players
present a concert of opera favorites at 7:30 p.m. Saturday,
April 24, in the Mago Hunt Recital Hall at the University of
Portland, 5000 N Willamette Boulevard. General admission is $10.
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It’s Peanut Butter & Jelly Day at the Pearson Air Museum from 1
to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 25. Children 12 and under are admitted
free. General admission is $6.nnn
The third annual Share a Bowl fund raising dinner for Share,
which serves the hungry and homeless in Clark County, is at 4:45
p.m. Sunday, April 25, in Skyview High School, 1300 NW 139th
Street. Adult admission is $25 for adults, $5 for children 5 to
12, and free for children under 12. Entertainment is by concert
rock violinist Aaron Meyer
and guitarist Bill Lamb.
For further information, call
JoMarie Hansen, 696-1701.
People
Jennifer Peterson has
been elected to the Tea Advisory Board of the Specialty Tea
Institute, a division of the Tea Association U.S.A. Peterson is
a master tea blender and owner of Carnelian Rose Tea Co., 1803
Main Street, a wholesale and retail tea outlet. Peterson has
also been selected to chair the 2005 Tea Symposium, being held
in conjunction with the Specialty Coffee Association of
America, meeting in Seattle in April 2005.
Last night's hearing on Amphitheater traffic jambs didn't get
much past the arguing stage--Columbian, Jeffrey Mize
Baird opposes plan for Congressional elections after
catastrophe--Columbian, Jeffrey Mize
Clark County Demos to hold convention Saturday in Hudson's Bay
High School--Columbian
Stretch of !-5 to be closed in both directions this
weekend--KGW-TV, Antonia Giedwoyn
A bitter return to war for Washington National Guard
soldiers--Seattle P-I, Mike Barber
Cardinal says no communion for pro-abortion politicians--New
York Times, AP
NPR Morning Edition, April 23, 2004, Bob Edwards (audio)
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