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Absentee ballots dribbling in
Of 118,382 absentee ballots mailed to
Clark County voters for the Tuesday, Sept. 14, primary election, 29,186 had been
returned by this morning, suggesting a lower than usual voter turnout. Absentee
ballots must be postmarked by 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 14, to be counted. Polling
places will be open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. on election day.
While the County Elections Department
will begin counting ballots at 3 p.m. on election day, no results will be
released until after 8:15 p.m. Results will be released to the public and news
media in the commissioners’ hearing room on the 6th floor of the Public Service
Center, 1300 Franklin Street. The results will also be available on the county
auditor’s office website,
www.clark.wa.gov/elections/results/
index.html.
Contested local races in the primary
election include the following:
17th District, state senator,
Democrats Paul Waadevig and
John T. Davis.
17th District state representative,
position 1, Democrats Ilene Ferrell and
Pat Campbell, and Republicans
Paul Harris and
Jim Dunn.
Clark County commissioner, District 2,
Democrats Jeanne Harris and
John Hagensen.
Clark County District Court judge,
Position 5, nonpartisans incumbent Rich Melnick,
Janna R. Lovejoy and
Craig Edward Kennedy.
Statewide voters are being asked to
select party nominees for the U.S. senate seat held by Democrat
Patty Murray. Her challengers are
Democrats Warren Hanson and
Mohammad H. Said. Republican candidates
for that position are Brad Klippert, George R.
“Nethercutt Jr., Gordon Allen Pross,
Chuck Jackson,
Reed Davis and
William Edward Chovil.
Candidates for 3rd District U.S.
representative are Democrats incumbent Brian
Baird, and Cheryl A. Crist, and
Republicans Thomas A. Crowson and
Dawn Courtney.
Gubernatorial candidates are Democrats
Mike The Mover,
Ron Sims,
Eugen Buculei, Don Hansler,
Scott Headland and
Christine Gregoire. Republican candidates
for governor are John W. Aiken Jr.,
Bill Meyer and
Dino Rossi. Libertarian gubernatorial
candidates are Michael Nelson and
Ruth Bennett.
Contesting the lieutenant governor
position are Republicans Jim Wiest,
Jim Nobles and
Scott Bonifield.
Running against incumbent
superintendent of Public Instruction Teresa
(Terry) Bergeson, in a nonpartisan race, are
Judith Billings,
KumRoon Maksirisombat,
Juanita Doyon,
David Blomstrom and
John Blair.
Six candidates are running for the
state Supreme Court, position 1, to succeed retiring justice
Faith Ireland. They are
Gary Carpenter,
Jim Johnson,
Mary Kay Becker,
William (Bill) Murphy,
Maureen Hart and
Robert H. Alsdorf. Supreme Court Justice Position 5, incumbent
Barbara Madsen, is being challenged by
Terry Lukens. Incumbent
Richard B. Sanders, Supreme Court Justice
incumbent Richard B. Sanders faces five
opponents: James White,
Steve Merrival,
Doug Shafer,
Fred L. Stewart and
Terry Sebring. See Seattle Times story on
Supreme Court candidates at
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/
localnews/2002030798_judges09m.html.
Learn how to ride a bicycle
across the Interstate Bridge free
A moving workshop demonstrating how to
cross the Interstate Bridge on a bicycle, and how to connect to TriMet’s MAX
line, is at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, starting from the Vancouver Farmer’s
Market at Esther Short Park.
The instructive session is free and
includes free TriMet MAX tickets. Sponsored by the City of Vancouver
Transportation Services, the session will provide attendees with transportation
skills such as riding a bicycle across the I-5 bridge, loading a bicycle on a
MAX car, buying transit tickets at a kiosk, using Portland’s new bicycle traffic
signal near the Rose Quarter, and finding regional bicycle connections in
Vancouver and Portland.
Participants must bring a working
bicycle, water, and a bicycle helmet. For further information, call
Terri Elioff,
696-8290.
Parents of woman killed in Palestine
to lecture on human cost of conflict in the Middle East
Craig
and Cindy Corrie, parents of
Rachel Corrie, who was killed in Gaza on
March 16, 2003, while attempting to prevent a Palestinian home from being
demolished by the Israeli military will discuss the human cost of the middle
East conflict at 2:40 p.m. in the Multimedia Classroom Building at Washington
State University Vancouver.
The lecture is sponsored by the WSU
Vancouver Center for Social and Environmental Justice, Vancouver for Peace, and
Friends of Sabeel North America. For further information, call
Ben Duncan,
546-9490.
People
Brenda
Hope, a kindergarten teacher at Hulan L. Whitson Elementary School in the
White Salmon Valley School District, has been named Education Service District
112’s Teacher of the Year. It is the second year in a row that a White Salmon
Valley School District educator won the award. Last year’s winner was
Philip Brady, Wayne M. Henkle Middle
School.
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rest of the story)
Numerous candidates vying for high court--Seattle Times--Maureen
O'Hagan
Peace bloodier
than war--MSNBC, Washington Post.com, Thomas E. Ricks
Tiny tribe is sitting on jackpot; study shows Cowlitz market is
the biggest in the northwest--Portland Tribune, Ben Jacklet
$22.7 million wasn't 'found' Clark College president
says--Oregonian, Allan Brettman
Arts center advocates intend to try to get Clark College to
rethink decision not to support center on campus--Columbian,
Brett Oppegaard
Serial arsonist's crimes hurting the innocent--Columbian,
Kelly Adams
Lesser charge filed against man who tried to circumcise his
8-year-old boy--Columbian, Stephanie Rice
Oregon judge rules Ralph Nader's name should be on
ballot--KGW-TV, AP, Charles E. Beggs
Democrats in Washington file suits to try to keep Ralph Nader
off November ballot--Seattle P-I
Floridians ordered to evacuate the Keys as Ivan poses third
hurricane threat to sunshine state in a month--USA TODAY
Records say Bush balked at order to take flight
physical--Washington Post, Michael Dobbs and Thomas B.
Edsall
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