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David Kelly named president of Southwest Washington Medical
Center Foundation
David Kelly,
general manager of Northwest Home Care, Portland, and a member
of the Southwest Washington Medical Center Foundation since
1995, has been elected president of the foundation board.
Kelly, who is also chair of the regional
American Heart Association Board serving ten western states,
will lead the foundation in a major fundraising drive planned to
support enhancements at the medical center.
Kelly succeeds
Brett Bryant, who has
been president of the foundation for the past six years. Bryant,
who will remain on the foundation board as immediate past
president, says, “I wanted to get the Ray Hickey Hospice House
up and running. Now it’s time to let someone else have some
fun.”
Kelly had been secretary to the board, a
position that has been filled by retired cardiologist
Stan Freidberg. Friedberg
has been a member of the foundation since 2000.
Randy Grove
has been reelected board vice president, and
Laurie Kusch, reelected
treasurer.
The foundation is the primary fundraising
arm of the medical center and manages over $9 million to benefit
programs including Healthy Steps Women & Children’s Clinic,
Cardiac Care, Hospice, Cancer Care, Diabetes Education, and
Physical Rehab.
Archaeologists locate
1832 magazine
in fort; public invited to watch the dig
Professional and student archaeologists from
two universities have found the remains of an 1832 powder
magazine in the southeast corner of the Fort Vancouver National
Historic Site.
The powder magazine was the only brick
building at the Hudson’s Bay Company’s Fort Vancouver.
National Park Service archaeologists and
students from Washington State University Vancouver and Portland
State University have unearthed the rock and mortar foundations
of the structure.
The bricks were imported from England, and
the mortar was made from ground-up coral imported from the
Hawaiian Islands.
The archaeologists have found large pieces
of coral and hand-forged square nails.
An 1844 inventory lists over 14,000 pounds
of gun powder in 158 barrels and kegs. The gun power was sold to
employees, missionaries, native Americans, American settlers and
members of fur brigades, according to the NPS, which is in
charge of the fort site.
The public is welcome to visit the dig
between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, July 31. For
further information, call
Douglas Wilson, 921-5241.
News briefs.
Port of Ridgefield commissioners meet in
regular session at 6 p.m. this evening in port offices at 111 W
Division Street. Under discussion will be the Ridgefield Market
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Six-to-Sunset Riverview Community Concert in Esther Short Park
headlines the Bobby Torres
Ensemble, 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, July 15. Blankets and
low-back lawn chairs are recommended. Food vendors are in
attendance. For further information on the free concert, call
696-8478.
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However, the story in our Tuesday, July 13,
editions about the Vancouver Lake Watershed Partnership
accepting applications from the public for roles with the
partnership was premature. The lead agencies are still working
out how the partnership will develop. Likely they will seek
applications, in the very near future, but thus far they are
not.
Commercial-retail project may grow out of old Jantzen factory at
Grand Avenue near Highway 14--Columbian, Julia Anderson
Businesses try to boot the buses--Columbian, Erin Middlewood
Port rails
reaching capacity--Vancouver Business Journal, Cami Joner
Some protesting future fireworks sales--Columbian, Jeffrey
Mize
Local NAACP chapter president, Earl Ford, says "Amen" to Bill
Cosby comments--Columbian, Kelly Adams
Job surge expected here--Columbian, Jonathan Nelson
Metropolitan retail on a roll, but slow to start
downtown--Oregonian, Allan Brettman
Festival planer K. C. Fuller aims to draw Portland consumers
north to this week's Hot July Nights in Esther Short
Park--Vancouver Business Journal, Cami Joner
Green Party candidates will appear on November general election
ballots--Seattle P-I, AP
Amendment banning gay marriage fails in Senate--USA TODAY, AP
Insurgents kill governor of Mosul--USA TODAY, AP
Shaq goes to Miami Heat--Washington Post, AP, Stephen Wine
In a surprise, retail sales see biggest drop in months--NEW York
Times, Peter S. Green
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