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I-205 near 134th Street will be closed in
both directions at various night times next week
Construction of the NE 20th Avenue
interchange with I-205 in Salmon Creek will cause night time
closures in both directions at different times next week.
Short detours will be set up to provide for
north- and south-bound traffic.
Tuesday, July 6, and Thursday, July 8,
southbound I-205 traffic will be closed between 10 p.m. and 5
a.m.
Wednesday, July 7, and Friday, July 9,
northbound I-205 traffic will be closed between 10 p.m. and 5
a.m.
The state Department of Transportation says
last-minute changes in the weather could alter closure days.
Wine & Jazz Festival
volunteers
to earn free admission, tee shirts
Volunteers for the Vancouver Wine & Jazz
Festival, Friday, Aug. 27, through Sunday, Aug. 29, in Esther
Short Park will earn a tee shirt and free admission to the
festival on each day they volunteer, according to festival
executive director Michael
Kissinger.
Shifts are three-and-a-half to four hours
long. Several jobs are available, including pouring beer, wine
and water, working backstage and in the VIP hospitality chalet,
and in a labor pool.
All volunteers are required to complete a
one-hour training session, at which time they receive tee shirts
and festival worker identification.
Deadline to apply for volunteer positions is
Monday, July 12. For further information, call volunteer
coordinator Donna Quesnell,
694-0766, or click on
www.vancouverwinejazz.com.
Nominations being
sought for
Community Pride Design Awards
Nominations for 2004 Community Pride Design
Awards are being sought by the Clark County Community
Development Department.
The program, established in 1996 by public
and private organizations, recognizes outstanding and innovative
efforts in creating buildings, developments, civic improvements
and environmentally sensitive design projects.
Nominations are due by Friday, Aug. 27, for
projects completed in calendar 2003 or the first half of 2004.
For further information, call
Kathi Curtis, 397-2375,
extension 4382.
Vancouver
Business Journal preparing
professional association directory
Listings of professional associations for a
professional association directory being prepared by the
Vancouver Business Journal
is free, according to business journal associate editor
Susie Bodman.
The directory will be part of a Guide to
Professional Services, which is being published Friday, July 23.
Deadline for listing is Wednesday, July 14.
For further information, call Bodman at
695-2442.
Nine local vocalists
to perform, compete during 4th of July celebration at the
reserve
Nine Clark County high school students have
been selected to perform and compete during the Sunday, July 4,
celebration at the Fort Vancouver Historic Reserve.
Competition for the grand prize, a
consultation with Becky Stroebel
of Sterling Talent, begins at 10 a.m.
The competition program is co-hosted by
KGW-TV newsman Bruce Sussman
and 11-year-old Kyra Smith,
Vancouver. Washington Lt. Gov.
Brad Owen is one of the judges.
The competing vocalists are
Sara Gile,
Joselyn Halleck, Lisa
McGuire and Mallory
Springer, all of Skyview High School;
Amanda Goolsby, Washougal
High School; Katie Kalua
and Nick Young, both of
Mt. View High School; Troleda
Munkers, Heritage High School; and
Catherine Kohn, a home
schooler.
People
Karen Brown,
Vancouver, has been appointed by Gov.
Gary Locke to a
three-year term on the state Higher Education Facilities
Authority. Brown is a multicultural student affairs-retention
manager at Clark College. The authority authorizes tax exempt
bonds and loan proceeds for private, nonprofit institutions of
higher education. nnn
Incumbent Republican State Sen.
Don Benton (D-17th) has been endorsed for reelection by
the state Aerospace and Machinists Union, according to Benton’s
campaign office. Benton has no primary opposition, but two
Democrats, John T. Davis
and Paul G. Waadevig, are
running in the primary for his position.
County's rapid growth continued over 3 1/2-year
period--Columbian, Erin Middlewood
Time to just give up - motored out--Columbian, Don Jenkins
Device quiets locomotives--Columbian, Erik Robinson
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