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Two to one, commissioners
adopt Comprehensive Plan
The board of Clark County
Commissioners voted today to approve the updated Clark County Comprehensive
Growth Management Plan by a two-to-one vote; commissioners
Craig Pridemore and
Judie Stanton, in favor, commissioner
Betty Sue Morris, opposing
The new plan will add 7,378 acres of
land to urban growth boundaries.
Rich
Carson, director of the county Department of Community Development says,
"The plan will accommodate a population of 517,741 people at the end of 20 years
planning period, and the plan will require some $4 billion in future
infrastructure improvements.”
The update of the plan this year is
required by the state Growth Management Act.
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra offering
three free concert events this weekend
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra opens
a trio of free musical events with an open rehearsal at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 10,
in the Water Resources Education Center, 4600 SE Columbia Way.
Under the sponsorship of Riverview
Community Bank and the City of Vancouver, the symphony, led by music director
and conductor Salvador Brotons, will
offer a tribute of patriotic music, opening with the presentation of the colors
at 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, in Esther Short Park. In addition, the orchestra
will perform works by Borodin and Ives.
A free encore to the Saturday program
will be performed at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 12, outside the Jim Parsley Community
Center.
For further information on the
Vancouver Symphony 2004-2005 series, call
735-7278, or go to the website,
www.vancouversymphony.org.
Athena Award Nominees named
When Women In Action announce the 2004
Athena Award winner at their second annual Emerging Leaders Forum at 4 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 15, in the Red Lion at the Quay, she will be one of the
following:
Pam
Brokaw, manager of the Vancouver Water Resources Education Center.
Jane
Cote, associate professor of accounting, Washington State University
Vancouver.
Shannon Decker, assistant vice president, First Independent Bank.
Madeleine Dulemba, technical editor, JD White Company.
Eileen
Ferrell, journeyman electrician and owner of IM Web Services.
Linda
Horowitz, realtor, Windermere Real Estate Stellar Group.
Carol
Keljo, president-owner, Security Signs.
Ramona
Lupo, owner Ramona’s Baskets Bearing Gifts.
Teresa
Munn, loan officer, Accel Mortgage Corp.
Tami
Nesburg, senior vice president, Regents Bank.
Kari
Otos, CEO, Rocksolid Community Teen Center.
Diane
Partee, executive regional vice president, Arbonne International.
Robin
Pelletier, founder and executive director, Early Choice Pediatric
Therapy.
Barbara Saur, program assistant Mature Learning, Clark College.
Diana
Smith, owner, Padgett Business Services.
Terri
Tweedell, executive director, Battle Ground Chamber of Commerce.
KGW-TV’s
Kelly Love is the moderator. Admission is
$35 for WIA members, $40 for nonmembers. For further information and
reservations, call 418-6888.
Clark Public Utilities considering
higher underground standards
Clark Public Utilities is considering
upgrading standards for underground distribution lines but will discuss the
proposed higher standards with home builders before taking action.
The utility district has about 6,500
miles of distribution lines, 2,940 miles of which are underground cable. The
utility’s policy in recent years has been to provide all new residential
development with underground distribution service, the cost of which is borne by
the developer. Currently the utility is installing about 100 miles of
residential distribution cable a year.
Under consideration is placing new
underground distribution lines in conduit, which, while more costly, would
inhibit the risk of failure, would be more easily repaired, and in most
instances could be installed with smaller transformers, resulting in about a
break-even cost to the utility and developers.
Never too late to apologize
The
Insider did it again, twice in the same day (not a record) making major
mistakes. Last Friday we led off with a piece about
Mary Legry’s retirement by saying she had
worked for the late 3rd District U.S. Congresswoman,
Jolene Unsoeld. Legry worked for Unsoeld
all right, but Unsoeld is alive and well and living in Olympia. Then, on behalf
of Leadership Clark County, we stated the part-time job of executive director
entailed only 25 hours a month. Actually, it’s a whole lot more work than that,
25 hours a week, according to Leadership Clark County board chair
Gail Spolar. Applicants should send a
letter of interest and resume to Leadership Clark County, Executive Director
Search, 1701 Broadway, Suite F, Vancouver, WA 98663.
People
Kevin-Neil Klop has been appointed to the Clark County Animal Control
Advisory Board. g
Bob Bandarra and
Doug Quinn have been appointed to the
Clark County Wastewater Facilities-General Sewer Planning Committee.
News briefs
Clark County commissioners meet in
informal session at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 8.
g Unless rained out,
the Cruz-In at Pearson Field, 1115 E 5th Street, is 4 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Sept.
8. Admission is $5. Food and beverages are available. Music is free;
fifteen-minute airplane rides are $15.
g Auditions for
orchestral-chamber music instrument players for the Junior Symphony of Vancouver
are Thursday, Sept. 9. For further information, call
696-4084, extension
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rest of the story)
AP: U.S. death toll passes 1,000--USA TODAY, AP
Artifacts from 9/11 highlight Vancouver Police and Fire
commemoration of the World Trade Center event and a fundraising
auction for police and fire safety equipment Saturday in Esther
Short Park--Oregonian, Holley Gilbert
KATU's
Steve Dunn interviews Condoleezza Rice at 5 p.m. today on
Comcast Channel 4. Rice spoke to the Portland World Affairs
Council at noon--KATU
Record $442 billion deficit sets a record, but is less than
predicted--USA TODAY, AP
Thurston County judge rules that state's ban on same-sex
marriage is unconstitutional--Seattle P-I, Tracy Johnson
When fees go up at state parks, attendance goes down--Columbian,
AP
Camas launches its own emergency broadcast
station--Columbian, Dean Baker
Clark county rental home market in transition--Columbian,
Jonathan Nelson
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