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Jewelry and art silent auction
precedes free Saturday Vancouver Symphony concert in Esther Short Park
A silent auction of a “vast array of
jewelry and art,” beginning at 4 p.m., precedes a 6 p.m. short commemorative
program and a complete Vancouver Symphony Orchestra concert of patriotic music
in Esther Short Park Saturday, Sept. 11.There is no charge for attending either
the auction or the concert.
The auction is the second since Sept.
11, 2001. Jewelry pieces range in value from $65 for a black onyx bead strand to
$3,025 for a lady’s garnet, sapphire and chalcedony necklace. Proceeds go to the
Vancouver Police and Fire Public Safety Foundation and are used to buy safety
equipment for police and fire fighters. The jewelry and two
Jim Demetro bronze sculptures were
donated for the auction by Vancouver businessman
Elie Kassab. Demetro donated two of his own pieces. Go to
www.vanpolice.org to see the complete
catalog and program.
Food and drink will be available from
vendors. Concert-goers are urged to bring blankets and low-back chairs.
CRESA helps commemorate 9/11
West 13th Street between Franklin
Street and Kauffman Avenue will be blocked off from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 11, for 9/11 commemorative events sponsored by the Clark Regional
Emergency Services Agency, Clark County Sheriff’s Department and the Vancouver
Fire Department.
More than a dozen safety-related
agencies and organizations will be conducting demonstrations and displaying the
newest safety technology and equipment.
Complementary refreshments will be
served, according to CRESA spokesperson Jean
Nealy.
Candlelight tours at Fort Vancouver
tonight and tomorrow show off old ways
Free candlelight tours of the Fort
Vancouver National Historic Site are being conducted from 7 to 10 p.m. tonight
and Saturday, Sept. 11.
Visitors will see blacksmiths working,
bakers baking, clerks working in the fur store and the Indian trade shop, and
re-enactors portraying other facets of life from the early 1800s
Sponsors of the annual event are West
Coast Bank and Boyds Coffee.
Fundraiser for Brian Baird reelection
campaign is Sunday at the Crowley place
A fundraising evening and harvest
party for 3rd District Democratic U.S. Rep.
Brian Baird is 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday. Sept. 12, at the home of
Chris Crowley and
Martha Howe, 2706 NE 369th Street, La
Center.
Crowley promises great food from Tommy
O’s Restaurant, great music from Mostly Honest
Jeff & the Truth, pony rides and apple picking. Donations of $50 are
requested, says Crowley. To respond, call
696-1993. If lost on the way, call
263-3792.
Bush ahead in coffee bean poll
President
George W Bush is leading Democratic
presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry by
10 votes in an ongoing poll being conducted at the All American Deli & Ice Cream
Shop in the Westfield Shoppingtown mall, according to deli spokesperson
Jim West.
West, who does not vouch for the
scientific accuracy of the poll, says it will continue through the November
election. According to West, Kerry was leading for the first two weeks of the
poll, then Bush took the lead after the Republican convention.
Deli customers participate in the poll
by dropping a coffee bean into one of three jars. The third jar is
Ralph Nader’s.
The poll as of this morning gives Bush
577 votes, Kerry, 567, and Nader, 63.
News briefs
The Vancouver Sausage Fest at St. Joseph
Parish, 400 S. Andresen Road, opens with Bavarian dinner at 6 p.m. this evening.
Sausage Fest, which runs through Sunday, Sept. 12, is free and includes carnival
rides, food, and arts and crafts booths, and family entertainment at the main
stage. Fest beer garden entertainment, for which there is a cover change, opens
tonight with Hard Days Knights at 7 p.m.,
followed by Slam at 9 p.m.
Johnny Limbo and the Lugnuts close out
the festival with a performance at 6 p.m. Sunday.
g A bunco party to
help support the Holiday Gift Shop is at 7 p.m. tonight in Memories on Main
Street, 1108 Main Street. The $20 admission charge includes dinner and
beverages. g
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s open rehearsal for 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11,
concert in Esther Short Park, is at 7 p.m. tonight in the Water Resources
Education Center, 4600 SE Columbia Way, and is free. The symphony Orchestra, led
by director and conductor Salvador Brotons,
also presents a free concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 12, on the grounds of the
Jim Parsley Community Center. g
A pair of F-15 Eagle jet fighters from the 173rd Fighter Wing, Klamath Falls
will fly over the Patriot Games at the Lacamas Swim and Sport Club in Camas at
9:11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, in commemoration of 9/11.
g Free workshop on
riding bicycles across Interstate Bridge to Expo Center TriMet MAX station
begins at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, at Vancouver Farmers Market by Esther
Short Park. g
Riverview Community Bank Parade of Homes at Granite Highlands in Washougal
continues 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily through Sunday, Sept. 19. General admission is
$12.
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