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Clark College commencement to be in
Amphitheater at fairgrounds Thursday
Clark College’s entire
graduating class, including students attaining certificates of
proficiency and achievement—a record 1,364 students—will be
together in commencement ceremonies beginning at 7 p.m.
Thursday, June 10, in the Amphitheater in Clark County at the
fairgrounds.
It is the first time
since 1989 that the graduating class has not been divided
because of lack of space. The amphitheater offers about 8,000
seats under cover.
Vancouver Mayor
Royce Pollard is the
commencement speaker. Addison
Jacobs, chair of the college board of trustees, and
Sherry Murphy, student
president, will also speak.
Clark’s president,
Wayne Branch, will
preside as 692 associate in arts degrees, 48 associate in
science transfer degrees, 349 associate in applied science
degrees, and 275 certificates of either proficiency, or
achievement are issued.
A record 45 Clark
students will receive their degrees through the Running Start
Program and graduate from their respective high schools
simultaneously.
In separate ceremonies at
11 a.m. Saturday, June 12, in the O’Connell Sports Center at the
Clark Campus, students earning general education certificates or
adult high school diplomas will be honored.
County GIS website
generated record
half million computer maps last month
Clark County’s GIS
website,
http://gis.clark.wa.gov,
generated a record 515,113 computer maps during May.
The reason, according to
Assessment and GIS spokesperson
Bob Pool, is the new Property Information Center posted
on the website.
All a user need do to
access consolidated property information is enter a street
address according to Pool. The information that immediately pops
up includes ownership, assessed value, size, and recent sales.
Users can follow up with links to maps, and obtain such
additional information as neighborhood associations, polling
places, and legislative boundaries.
Last month the site took
130,409 requests for appraisal reports, 61,152 requests for
building information, 19,054 inquiries about building permits,
23,019 requests for recorded documents, and 19,499 requests for
tax reports.
Pool says that he expects
the GIS website will generate over six million maps this year,
more than double that of a year ago.
Residents in
unincorporated areas of county to get bills for clean water
program this week
Clark County residents
and property owners in unincorporated areas of Clark County will
receive bills for the county clean water program this week.
The average bill for
residential property owners is $33 a year. Commercial bills are
higher, based on impervious surface areas.
The bills can be paid by
mail or at any branch of the First Independent Bank.
Last year the county
spent more than $1 million on storm-water capital improvements.
$80 home composting
bins going for $25
A home composting bin
sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 12, offering 80-gallon
plastic composting bins, being sold elsewhere for $80, for $25
each, is being conducted by the Clark County Public Works
Department in four locations in the county.
Sales locations are
Westfield Shoppingtown parking lot near the J.C. Penney store,
the Salmon Creek Park and Ride, NE 134th Street and Highway 99,
Fisher’s Landing Transit Center, SE 164th Avenue and SE Cascade
Park Drive, and the Battle Ground High School main parking lot,
300 W Main Street.
For further information,
call 397-6118, extension
4352.
Federal offices closed
Friday;
local and state offices open
Although federal offices
will be closed Friday, June 11, the official day of mourning for
former president Ronald Reagan, local city, county and state
offices will be open.
The major stock exchanges
will be closed Friday.
U.S. flags should be
flown at half-staff.
News brief
Clark County
commissioners meet in an informal session at 1:30 p.m.
Wednesday, June 9.
Vancouver Lake
plan partnership coming together--City of Vancouver news release--Loretta
Callahan
Greenspan says inflation may force fed to raise rates
sharply--New York Times, Kenneth N. Gilpin
Former President Reagan generated GOP sparks in Clark County in
1976--Columbian, Don Jenkins
Bones raise specter of D. B. Cooper--Columbian, John Branton
Deb Wallace Flag Act allows residents in subdivisions to fly old
glory regardless--Columbian, Don Jenkins
Russian minister, not Putin likely may lecture in
Vancouver--Columbian, Dean Baker
Maria Cantwell zeroing in on Enron tapes--Seattle Times,
Christopher Schwarzen
Vancouver Community Services Department getting into
limelight--Oregonian, Allan Brettman
PT 658 afloat--Oregonian, Bill Stewart
Battle Ground mother between Iraq and a hard place--KGW-TV,
Teresa Bell
Trauma
docs could leave Legacy Emanuel Health Center today--KATU
White House anticipates UN will pass Iraq resolution, possibly
unanimously--USA TODAY, Bill Nichols
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