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Taste of Vancouver
bursting with local talent
Some of the biggest and best names in
the Vancouver-Portland music scene entertain for four days this Labor Day
weekend at he Taste of Vancouver in Esther Short Park.
In addition to music, forty artists
will be displaying their work and a dozen food vendors, ranging from Bacchus to
Who Song & Larry’s will be in attendance. Widmer Brothers, Budweiser and Red
Hook, along with fine wines, will complement lunches, dinners and snacks.
Tickets are $5 for each of the first
three days and $10 Sunday.
The entertainment schedule is as
follows:
Friday,
North by Northwest, 4 p.m.,
Design, 5:30 p.m., and
The Retros, 8 p.m.
Saturday,
The Rockaroos, 12:30 p.m.,
Michael Allan Harrison, 2 p.m.,
Crazy 8’s, 5 p.m., and
Quarterflash, 8 p.m.
Sunday,
The Rose City Kings, 1:30 p.m.,
Paul Delay, 3 p.m.,
Linda Hornbuckle Band, 5 p.m., and
Curtis Selgado, 8 p.m.
Monday,
Johnny Martin, 11:45 a.m.,
Pepe and the Bottle Blondes, 1 p.m., and
Pink Martini, 3:30 p.m.
When Greg Kimsey says,
“ooops,” Insider jumps
“Ooops,” Clark County auditor
Greg Kimsey declares on the subject line
of an e-mail to the Insider this morning.
Oops grows to three Os or more depending on the severity of the error. In this
case three Os is about right.
Monday the
Insider reported in a news story about
how to vote with the new primary balloting system: "The trick, to avoid getting
a ballot tossed out, is to use the correct ballot and to vote only for
candidates of that color of ballot. Accidentally punching a Republican
candidate's chad of a Democratic ballot will nullify the entire ballot."
That’s not correct.
Kimsey states correctly: “In the
situation you describe the vote for the Republican candidate would not be
counted but any votes for Democratic candidates would be counted.”
The moral of this story is, “pay
attention when you vote in the new primary.”
Clark County stepping up
West Nile virus surveillance
Although Washington is one of two
states in the lower 48 that in 2004 has not experienced a positive finding of
West Nile Virus in mosquitoes or animals, recent cases of the disease in horses
and birds in northeast Oregon suggest the disease may inevitably spread to Clark
County, according to Lou Dooley, county
Health Department environmental services manager.
To counter the possibility, the county
Health Department and the county Mosquito Control District are stepping up
surveillance, testing and control measures.
The Mosquito Control District will
continue to control floodwater mosquitoes, but will also increase control
efforts for the Culex species of mosquito, carrier of the West Nile disease,
which breeds in stagnant water around homes in cups, pans, birdbaths, yard
features, and in storm drains in catch basins under streets.
Crows, jays and magpies are especially
susceptible to the virus, Dooley says. The sudden death of these birds could
indicate the presence of the disease.
“We encourage the public to report
dead birds or areas of standing water by calling the mosquito hotline,
397-8430,” Dooley says.
People
Philip
E. Ruhmshottel has been appointed by Gov.
Gary Locke, to the state Veterans Advisory Committee. Ruhmshottel is the
former commandant for the Northwest Division of the Marine Corps League. The
Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee advises the governor and director of the
Department of Veterans Affairs. g
Victoria Tamis, Southwest Washington
Medical Center pharmacist, has completed her doctor of pharmacy degree and has
achieved board certification as a pharmacotherapy specialist. Tamis is one of
three SWMC certified doctors of pharmacy.
News briefs
Democratic 17th District state Rep.
Deb Wallace and her Republican
challenger, Roy Rhine,
hold their first of three political debates at 7 p.m. tonight in the
Clark Public Utilities offices in Orchards, 8600 NE 17th Avenue.
g A fundraiser by the
campaign to reelect Democratic 49th District state Rep.
Jim Moeller is at 5:30 p.m. today at the
home of John Rowe and
Jim Christen, 1319 NW 52nd Street. For
further information, call 737-8754.
g U.S. Sen.
Patty Murray (D-Wash.) will tour Clark
College training facilities for Automotive Technology and Diesel Technology
following a meeting with college president Wayne
Branch at 8:45 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 1, at Scarpelli Hall, to discuss the
federal support for workforce training programs.
g Clark County
commissioners meet in informal session at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 1.
(Click on the headlines below for the
rest of the story)
Racetrack supporters rev up their efforts to lure NASCAR to
Oregon, but Washington has pole position--Oregonian,
Catherine Trevison and Dan Uthman
Medians divide highways for safety and more are
coming--Columbian, Erin Middlewood
Principals get first day jitters at school, Cape Horn-Skye
Elementary's Mary Lou Woody admits--Columbian, Amy McFall
Prince
Voters' guides getting voters' complaints--Columbian, Don
Jenkins
Wal-Mart to build 4th local store--Columbian, Gretchen
Fehrenbacher
Ridgefield teachers and school district agree on new
contract--Oregonian, Jason Begay
Nudists expected to frolic Saturday at Seattle's Discovery Park
beach; city attorney says no arrests unless activities prove
offensive to others at the beach--Seattle Times, Brandon
Sprague
Moscow subway blast claims 10--USA TODAY, AP
At least 16 die in two Israeli bus bombings--USA TODAY, AP
Bush now saying 'we will win' terror war--USA TODAY
12 Nepali hostages reportedly killed in Iraq--Washington Post,
Karl Vick
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