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Surveyors first to book Vancouver
Hilton Hotel and convention center
Intersection at 6th and Columbia Streets is expected to get busy when
226-room Hilton Hotel and conference center is completed in mid-2005. Visitor
and Convention Center has already booked 1,700 conventioneers for early 2006.
Two major bookings were announced for the Vancouver
Hilton Hotel and the convention center by the Southwest Washington Convention
and Visitors Bureau today, which will bring in a total of 1,700 attendees.
The first to book the hotel and convention center, under
construction at 6th and Columbia Streets, are 1,000 members of the Washington
Land Surveyors’ Association and the Professional Land Surveyors of Oregon, who
will hold a three-day conference in Vancouver in March 2006. Also booked into
the hotel are 700 members of the Oregon and Washington affiliates of the
National Recreation and Park Association in April 2006.
A total of 500 hotel rooms throughout the Vancouver area
are being held for the surveyors’ convention, according to
Kim Bennett, president of the Southwest
Washington Convention and Visitors Bureau. The Hilton will have 226 rooms when
it opens in mid-2005. Currently there are 2,100 hotel rooms in Clark County.
According to Bennett, the two conferences will add
$583,000 to the local economy. Bennett says the bureau is working with 34 other
organizations and businesses interested in holding meetings in Vancouver.
When completed, the hotel and convention center will
provide reception space for up to 1,300 persons, banquet space for up to 1,100
persons, a junior ballroom for up to 600 persons, nine breakout rooms and
underground parking.
WSU Vancouver professor participating
in $1 million nanotechnology research project
Daniel Chiang,
engineering faculty member at Washington State University Vancouver, along with
Washington State University Pullman and Portland State University professors,
will be developing thermal switches using carbon nanotubes, under a $1 million
grant from the National Science Foundation.
“This multidisciplinary and multicampus effort will
strengthen the nanoscience and microtechnology research in the Pacific
Northwest,” according to Jun Jiao,
Portland State University physics professor.
Nanotechnology is a hybrid science combining engineering,
materials science, and chemistry, the goal of which is to create useful
structures and devices by manipulating individual atoms and molecules.
Nonometers, the measurement of objects subject to nanotechnology, are objects no
larger than a millionth of a millimeter.
Clark College gets state grant
to train Micropump employees
Clark College has received an $11,650 grant from the
Washington State Job Skills Program to provide employee training for Micropump,
a local manufacturer of industrial gear pumps.
Ten Micropump sales, marketing and customer service
employees will be trained in basic principles of pump technology, to help serve
customers more effectively, according to Clark College spokesperson
Kristin Kautz.
The training program is administered by the Clark College
Customized Training Department, which earlier provided training to employees for
Vancouver’s nLight Photonics, a semiconductor laser manufacturer.
The training program was designed to provide specialized
training for area employers in support of their need for qualified employees.
Clark County road maintenance complies
with Endangered Species Act
Clark County’s routine road maintenance practices have
been certified by the NOAA Fisheries as fully compliant with the Endangered
Species Act, reports county Endangered Species Program coordinator
Joel Rupley. Clark County is one of the
first in the state to be certified in compliance.
County maintenance crews are trained to identify
important habitat locations within road maintenance rights-of-way, and have
developed provisions for responding to emergencies, such as chemical spills,
Rupley says.
RSVP looking for a few good
55-year-olds
and up to volunteer for community projects
Vancouver’ Retired and Senior Volunteer Program has issued
a call for volunteers, 55 years and older, for upcoming community assignments.
Volunteers are sought for the Southwest Washington
Medical Center hospital gift shop, for America Reads and America Counts Programs
(to work with the Evergreen School District), the Columbia River Mental Health
Services annual benefit auction, November 13, and the American Cancer Society
Discovery Shop.
Training is available for volunteers. For further
information, call Bobbi Casanova,
696-8221.
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