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Michael Kissinger’s three-day Vancouver Wine & Jazz Festival opens today with
Kathy Walker and the UpShots
Kathy
Walker and the Upshots’ blues
under blue skies open Michael Kissinger’s
7th edition of the Vancouver Wine & Jazz Festival at 4 p.m. today in Esther
Short Park. Comfortably cool, but dry, the audience will be treated to New
Orleans’ Preservation Hall Jazz Band’s
hot licks at 6:30 p.m., followed by two-time Grammy winner, “America’s #! Cajun
Band,” BeauSoleil, at 8:30 p.m..
Saturday’s 8:30 p.m. headliner is
David Clayton-Thomas & Blood Sweat & Tears.
Jazz saxophonist David Sanborn concludes
the festival Sunday with a show beginning at 7 p.m.
Click here for a complete schedule of
entertainers.
Besides jazz, there is wine, as
promised. According to Kissinger, more than 125 individual wines available for
tasting, sipping, and buying by the bottle or case, from over two dozen
wineries. Food from several vendors is also available, and scores of northwest
artists will be showing off and selling their work.
All-day general admission is $15 per
day. Children 12 and younger are free with a paid adult. For further
information, click on the Wine & Jazz Festival in the
Insider’s advertiser’s column.
Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital
top construction project for 2004
$220 million Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital just south of NE 139th Street was
named #1 construction project of the year. When completed by the fall of 2005
the complex will offer 165 beds, a 15-bed Level III neonatal intensive care
unit, medical offices and 1,500 parking spaces. The three main structures are
connected by pedestrian sky bridges.
The $220 million Legacy Salmon Creek
Hospital was named top construction project for 2004 by the
Vancouver Business Journal and the
Columbia River Economic Development Council during a reception Thursday in a
warehouse close to the number two construction project of the year, the $47
million Vancouver Hilton Hotel & Conference Center in burgeoning downtown
Vancouver.
In all, 57 construction projects,
including buildings, subdivisions, and highway construction, were submitted,
vying for a position among the top 25 projects of the year.
Vancouver Business Journal publisher
John McDonagh said that the collective
value of the projects was over half a billion dollars.
Rounding off the top five projects
were the following: Fairfield Park, a $35 million subdivision being developed by
Pacific Lifestyle Homes north of Vancouver; Salmon Creek Commons, within walking
distance of the new hospital, a $31.2 million mixed-use project by Fletcher
Construction, which includes offices and 116 residential units and Hamilton
Construction’s $25.9 million expansion of I-5 to three lanes in both directions
south of the junction of Interstate Highways 5 and 205.
Combined, the top 25 projects
employed 2,760 construction workers at peak times.
Ground was broken on the Legacy
project, designed by architects Zimmer Gunsul Fraska Partnership and Design
Team, Portland, May 21, 2003. When the Legacy Salmon Creek Campus is expected to
open at the end of summer 2005, it will have 165 of its licensed 220 beds
completed, parking for 1,500 vehicles, and medical offices. The three-building
complex will be connected by pedestrian sky bridges.
Vancouver ready for Doggy Olympics
The Humane Society for Southwest
Washington’s second annual Doggy Olympics begins at 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 28, in
Orchards Park. Dog races, obstacle courses and Frisbee catching are among the
events, reports Kathryn Dulemba, the
society’s community education coordinator.
In addition to competitive events, the
society is sponsoring a microchip implant clinic. Chips will be implanted and
registered for $20 per pet, according to Dulemba. For further information, call
750-0847.
People
Randy
Smith, C-TRAN coach operator since 1996, recently became the first C-TRAN
to win a Washington State Roadeo Championship, when he took first place driving
a 35-foot bus through a seven-minute obstacle course.
Julia Jones, a C-TRAN paratransit driver
entering the statewide contest for the first time, took fifth place in the
Roadeo paratransit category.
News brief
The Clark County Health Department is
holding a back-to-school health screening from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug.
28, in the North County Family Resource Center, 701 E Main Street, Battle
Ground. Enrollment in Washington’s free/low-cost health coverage will be
accepted. Immunizations are free to children who bring shot records. Dental,
vision and hearing screenings are free. Bicycle helmets are available. Sports
physicals are $20.
(Click on the headlines below for the
rest of the story)
Percentage of Clark County people living below poverty line
decreased slightly in 2003--Columbian, Kelly Adams
County commissioner candidates on the same page--Columbian,
Erin Middlewood
Columbian's best picks in entertainment
Field of four for Marc Boldt's legislative seat to be paired to
two Sept. 14--Oregonian, Foster Church
HP looking to produce HD-TV, digital music players, etc., New
York Times, Reuters
Dream team slumbers, has a shot at bronze, though--USA TODAY, AP
PGA Leaderboards (includes Jeld-Wen
Tradition in Portland, and Buick Championship)
Olympic scores--Official website of the
Athens 2004 games,
www.athens2004.com
NPR 5-minute hourly news updates (Audio)
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