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Architects rendering of huge exhibition
hall being built at Clark County fairgrounds
Barrentine.Bates.Lee A.I.A rendering
shows 112,000-square-foot exhibition hall under construction at
the county fairgrounds. The $18.5 million building is the first
phase of fairgrounds master plan construction.
The building, which would hold two football
fields inside, is expected to be completed by March 2005.
As an exhibition hall the building will hold
540 exhibitor booths. For a seminar setting it will hold 2,000
participants. As a banquet hall is will serve 1,800 people.
State Higher Ed Board to consider new
funding system at Vancouver meeting
The state Higher
Education Coordinating Board will consider whether the state
should fund its public colleges and universities based on the
number of students who receive degrees rather on than the number
who enroll, as is the current process, at its 8 a.m.-to-2 p.m.
meeting, Thursday Thursday, May 20, at the Salmon Creek campus
of Washington State University Vancouver.
The new funding proposal
is part of a strategic master plan the board is developing for
higher education in the state. Also under consideration are
options to improve the transfer process for students moving
between two-year and four-year colleges. In addition, the board
will consider a pilot program to promote three-year
baccalaureate degree programs.
The board’s strategic
master plan is based on a 20 percent increase college graduates
by 2010 and greater responsiveness by the higher education
system to meet state economic needs and strategies.
The meeting in the
Student Services building is open to the public.
Al Bernstein to
dissect emotional vampires
for CRMHS Talk of the Town audience
Author
Al Bernstein’s most
recent book, Emotional Vampires,
provides subject matter for his presentation to Columbia River
Mental Health Services audiences at the CRMHS Talk of the Town
Forum & Social at 5:15 p.m. Thursday, June 3, in Pearson Air
Museum, 1115 E 5th Street.
Bernstein is a former
clinical director for the local mental health services
organization, according to CRMHS executive director
John Magnano.
Bernstein will share tips
on how to identify and deal with annoying characteristics,
including traits we ourselves have, according to Magnano.
Columbia River Mental
Health Services’ main message is one of hope for families
affected by mental illness, according to Magnano. Both help and
counseling are offered by CRMHS programs, he adds.
The $20 event includes
wine tasting by local English Estate Winery, and hors d’oeuvres
by Bella Cucina catering. Reservations are required. Call
Nanette White,
993-3048, for further
information.
Antiques appraisal
show being
shot in Vancouver Saturday
Gary Germer, local
charity auctioneer, antique authority, and appraisal and estate
sale consultant, is appraising antiques from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Saturday, May 22, in Innovative Services NW office, suite 201,
10401 NE Fourth Plain Boulevard.
Segments of the
appraisals in Vancouver will be broadcast on Fox TV Channel 12
Good Day Oregon Lifestyles
between 9 and 10 a.m. the same day.
A $2 donation will be
asked for each item appraised, according to
Michael Wilson,
development director for Innovative Services.
For further information,
call Wilson at 609-3490.
Hudson’s Bay
presenting
Life
with Mother Superior
The Hudson’s Bay drama
and band departments are presenting
Life With Mother Superior,
an adaptation of the 1966 Haley Mills movie
The Trouble With Angels,
at 7 p.m. Friday, May 21, in the school’s Black Box Theatre. The
production will be repeated at 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, May 27 through 29.
Tickets at the door are
$4 for adults, $3 for students.
News brief
Pearson Air Museum’s
Cruz-in the Runway, aircraft and vintage motor vehicle show is 4
to 9 p.m. today at Pearson Field, 1115 E 5th Street.
Iraqi wedding party apparently fired on by U.S. helicopter, more
than 40 dead--Washington Post, AP, Scheherezade Faramarzi
Vancouver financial planner Paul Lewis resigning to spend more
time with family--Oregonian, Allan Brettman
Pedigo adding products, employees--Cpolumbian, Johnathan
Nelson
PDX air travel on the upswing--Columbian, Gretchen
Fehrenbacher
Former police chief Tom Potter forces runoff with Jim
Francesconi in Portland mayor's race--Oregonian, Henry Stern
Downtown Woodland on path toward revitalization--Columbian,
Margaret Ellis
Schools have tough time getting supermajority Tuesday, but
Washougal makes it--Columbian, Amy McFall Prince
Fire District 13 voters approve levy extension, although
district may never need it--Columbian, John Branton
State Supreme Court hearing arguments over whether Treva
Torneberry, who served her time, should have been given lighter
sentence--Columbian, Don Jenkins
Sales of gas-guzzling SUVs sputter as fuel costs climb--Seattle
P-I, M. L. Like
Deal rescues Redhook Ale--Seattle Times, Kristina Shevory
Seattle tops big cities in the nation with bachelors
degrees--USA TODAY
Kerry expected to meet with Nader today--New York Times, Jodi
Wilgoren
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