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Senate appropriations bill contains $22 million for 3 SW
Washington companies
Of $100 million in the
Senate Defense Appropriations Bill for fiscal 2005, $22 million
would go to southern Washington companies, according to U.S.
Sen. Patty Murray
(D-Wash.).
Murray, who is a member
of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today said that $13
million would be used by the Navy to design, build and evaluate
vehicles that would be carried on SEALION naval craft. The local
contractor for the project is Oregon Iron Works, located in
Vancouver.
According to Murray, $4
million would be spent on developing a semiconductor laser that
would have both defense and commercial applications. The local
contractor is nLight, Vancouver.
Insitu, a Bingen,
Skamania County company, would receive a $5 million contract to
develop sensors that would detect daily changes in locations of
enemy weapons.
Association of
Washington Cities
recognizes Vancouver achievements
The City of Vancouver
earned four awards out of the six categories recognizing
Washington cities’ outstanding achievements at a recently
concluded Association of Washington Cities conference.
Vancouver earned the
Municipal Achievement Award for its City-County Domestic
Violence Prosecution Center, a unique partnership of the
Vancouver's Attorney's Office, Clark County Prosecutor's Office
and YWCA of Clark County. The center provides victims of
domestic violence with a unified support system to help them end
violence in their lives.
The city also won the top
award for a grant funding program that supports new ideas from
employees for innovative solutions to problems that benefit from
a jump-start from new grant funding.
The Diversity Champion
Award, recognizing the city's Diversity Project, which improves
service delivery to its diverse community, creates a diverse
workforce, and ensures a respectful workplace for all employees
was also won by the city.
For the fourth year in a
row Vancouver has been recognized as a “Well City,” earning the
2004 Well City Award.
LCC developing
prototypical self-guided historical and cultural tour of
environs
The Leadership Clark
County class of 2004 is producing a prototype audio CD for
self-guided driving or cycling tours of places of historical and
cultural interest in Vancouver.
The CD is narrated by
Vancouver radio personality Jeff
Williams and includes stories told by Vancouver
historians Pat Jollota
and Greg Shine. Included
with the CD is a passport-type book designed by Deane’s
Graphics.
The LCC team,
Tanya Baker,
Leonard Bauhs,
Timothy Buckley,
Dena Horton,
Dick Matson,
Dave
Seabrook and
Kevin Wann are exploring
ways of financing the project, which they hope to have in
distribution early in 2005.
Meeting to highlight
low-cost drug access
The Clark County
Department of Community Services and the Pharmaceutical Research
and Manufacturers of America are holding an informational fair
at 3 p.m. Tuesday, June 29, in the Jim Parsley Center, 4100
Plomondon Street, to explain assistance programs for free or
low-cost prescription drugs.
People
Vancouver Fire Chief
Don Bivins has been
re-elected to the board of the Washington State Association of
Fire Chiefs. He was also appointed to co-chair the Washington
State Emergency Response Commission, which is a sub-group of the
Emergency Management Council. The SERC is designed to develop
and support programs to improve emergency planning,
preparedness, response, and recovery capabilities. The group's
special emphasis is on hazardous chemicals.
News briefs
A public report by the
Center for the Arts is at 4 p.m. today in City Hall.
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Port of Ridgefield commissioners meet at 6 p.m. this evening in
port offices at 111 W Division Street.
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The City of Vancouver Transportation Services staff is
presenting plans for the improvement of Kauffman Avenue from
Fourth Plain Boulevard to 33rd Street at 7 p.m. tonight in the
Vancouver Housing Authority offices, 2500 Main Street.
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