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Hanging flower baskets
go up on Main Street
As they have for the past
three years, the Design Committee of Vancouver’s Downtown
Association is putting up 200 hanging baskets on Main Street,
both in downtown and uptown.
Volunteers from Hudson’s
Bay High School grew the flowers in the campus greenhouse and
Monday began installing the 85-pound baskets. They will be at
street corners between 6th Street and Fourth Plain Boulevard.
This year Wells Fargo
Bank has joined the Rotary Club of Vancouver as a signature
sponsor of the decorative project. The Clark County Juvenile
Justice System is also a sponsor.
The Design Committee is
also responsible for the Façade Improvement Program, storefront
art galleries, downtown directional signs, district street
signs, and “Welcome to Vancouver monument” signs.
The committee is also
spearheading a proposal to convert downtown Main Street to
two-way traffic.
Special commemorative
edition of WSDOT’s free state map can be ordered online
A special Lewis and Clark
commemorative edition of the biennially produced Washington
State Department of Transportation state map is available free
on WSDOT’s website
www.wsdot.wa.gov/communications/Map/order.htm.
The maps can also be
ordered by calling (360)
705-7279 and leaving a voice message. Residents may also
apply for multiple copies of the map.
The four-color,
approximately two-foot by three-foot highway map updates the
2002-2003 edition published two years ago. This special edition
includes locations of significant Lewis and Clark sites, an
outline of the trail along the Columbia and Snake Rivers, and
quotes from the explorers’ journals.
County unemployment
rate improves slightly
Clark County’s
non-adjusted unemployment rate, consistently below that of the
state and the nation, improved slightly in April, according to
the state Department of Employment Security.
Clark’s unemployment was
7.9 percent in April, compared to 8 percent for March. But it
was better than the 10 percent rate a year ago in April.
Statewide, the
non-adjusted unemployment rate went up from 6.1 percent to 6.3
percent in April. Nationally, the rate dropped from 5.7 percent
to 5.6 percent.
The number of jobs in
Clark County increased by 1,000 to 173,900 From March to April,
according to the state report issued today.
News briefs
A candlelight vigil to
honor Sgt. Jeffrey Shaver,
who was killed in Iraq Wednesday, May 12, is at 9 p.m. tonight
near the auditorium in Vancouver Barracks. Sgt. Shaver, who is
from Maple Valley, was a member of the 1st Battalion, 81st
Brigade, which trained at Vancouver Barracks.
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Clark County commissioners meet in informal session at 1:30 p.m.
Wednesday, May 19.
nnn Pearson Air Museum and Les Schwab
Tire Centers present Cruz-in the Runway at Pearson Field, 4 to 9
p.m. Wednesday, May 19. Vintage and unique airplanes and
pre-1974 cars and trucks, are featured. Adult admission is $5.
The entry fee of each show vehicle is $5. The event, which
continues each Wednesday through September, is a benefit for
Pearson Air Museum.
Clark County Crime getting much worse--Columbian, John
Branton
Bird friends opposing expansion of Frenchman's bar
camping--Columbian, Erik Robinson
Voters making school funding decisions today--Columbian, Amy
McFall Prince
City continues to push for noise reduction from PDX
flights--Columbian, Jeffrey Mize
Flight path may still fly--Oregonian, Bill Stewart
Northwest Natural proposing natural gas rate
increase--Columbian, Gretchen Fehrenbacher
John Kerry packs in supporters at Pioneer Square--Oregonian,
Jeff Mapes and Janie Har
Vancouver council stuck between service demands and no new tax
stance--Oregonian, Allan Brettman
Mt. Hood Climber safely rescued--KGW-TV, Teresa Bell
Lockes expecting third baby in November--Seattle P-I, David
Ammons
Bush puts Greenspan in office for another four years--USA TODAY,
AP
U.S. won't tap oil reserves--USA TODAY, Reuters
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