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Clark College asking state for $30 million to create an east
Vancouver satellite campus
Following through with a
2001 proposal to create an east Vancouver Clark College campus,
Clark’s president, Wayne Branch,
yesterday announced the community college is requesting
$30.5 million from the state to build a 68,542-square foot
campus in the Columbia Tech Center development east of 164th
Avenue.
The funding request was
sent to the state Board for Technical and Community Colleges.
The Clark College
Foundation has agreed to buy 9.5 acres for the campus at a cost
of $1.4 million.
The satellite campus
would house just over a thousand full-time students and would
play a more significant role in local workforce training and
economic development, according to Branch.
Leadership Clark County taking applications
Applications are being
accepted by Leadership Clark County for the 12th course of
study, which runs from September 2004 to June 2005.
The enrollment deadline
is April 30. Approximately 35 students will be accepted. The
course is open to individuals who work or live in Southwest
Washington and the Portland metropolitan area, according to
Keith Culp, executive
director.
Nearly 300 persons have
been graduated from the ten-month course of study that helps
prepare students for leadership positions in making Clark County
a better community.
For further information,
call Culp at 567-1085.
Google and What Happens Next is the subject
of librarian’s presentation at award ceremony
Joseph Janes, associate
professor at the University of Washington Information Schoo,
will discuss electronic access to information, at the Altrusa
Library Service Award dinner, at 6:30 p.m. this evening in the
Camas Public Library.
Janes’s talk is titled
Google and What Happens Next.
The 2004 Altrusa Library
Service Award will be presented to one of 14 nominees from the
50 libraries in Clark County.
The cost of the dinner is
$25. For further information, call
Susan Arney,
901-0279.
Unwanted reusable household items may
be taken to county Reuse Fair May 1
The Clark County Reuse
Fair, a kind of free swap meet for unwanted household and
outdoor objects, is 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, May 1, in
the county Public Works Operations Center, 4700 NE 78th Street.
The public is invited to
drop off items that are in good working condition and to pick up
items they want, reports Bob
Patterson, spokesperson for the county Environmental
Services Department.
Items that will be
accepted include household items, gardening and landscape tools,
furniture, computers, electronics, toys and art work.
Refrigerators, freezers and air conditioners will not be
accepted.
For further information,
call Patterson at 397-6118,
extension 4493.
Battle Ground parks issues ballot must be
returned and postmarked today to count
Ballots for today’s
special election in Battle Ground must be postmarked today to be
counted, reports county Auditor
Greg Kimsey.
At issue is a $7.6
million bond measure that would pay for improvements to existing
city parks, sports fields, and hiking and walking trails, and a
special levy that would raise $368,000 for park operations,
construction and maintenance.
News briefs
The Amphitheater at
Clark County is the site of the Greater Vancouver Chamber of
Commerce Business After Hours gathering from 5 to 7 p.m. this
evening. Entertainment is part of the event, which costs $10 per
person. Backstage and on-stage tours are being offered. The
amphitheater is at the Clark County fairgrounds, 17200 NE Delfel
Road. For further information, call
694-2588.
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Clark County commissioners meet in an informal session at 2 p.m.
Wednesday, April 28.
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The Oregon Chamber Players, open rehearsal is 8 to 8:45 p.m.
Wednesday, April 28, in All Saints’ Episcopal Church, 4033 SE
Woodstock Boulevard, Portland. There is no charge for the event,
and the audience is invited to meet the musicians afterward. For
further information, call (888)
627-8788, extension 1.
Clark College to add satellite campus in east
Vancouver--Columbian, Tom Vogt
Work begins on Hazel Dell boys and girls club--Columbian, Amy
McFall Prince
Elmer Edgell getting Dutch award--Columbian, Dean Baker
All kinds of good news being reported about downtown
Vancouver--Columbian, Julia Anderson
Tidewater Cove's condos going like hotcakes--Columbian,
Gretchen Fehrenbacher
Oregon, Washington growth lags behind national average--KGW-TV,
Abe Estimada
TriMet's
'Yellow Line' begins running this weekend--KATU
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