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Camas Septemberfest opens
weekend run this afternoon
Septemberfest 2004 opens this
afternoon at 4 p.m. at 5th and Birch Streets. in downtown Camas.
The two-day community celebration
features German-style food, a beer garden, cruse-in car show, and arts and
crafts booths.
Musical headliners are the
Smilin Scandinavians at 6 p.m. today, and
Saints or Sinners at 4 p.m. and
Ron Ruedi and the Hurricanes at 6 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 18.
Admission to the beer garden is free
except when bands are playing, in which case admission is $5.
In its third year, the celebration,
organized by the Camas-Washougal Rotary Club and the Columbia Gorge Chapter of
the American Business Women’s Association, benefits youth and community
projects.
Social event to show off 54 feet of
tapestry
Tapestry, stitched by scores of
volunteers, will be shown off at a Fort Vancouver Tapestry social from 2 to 5
p.m. Sunday, Sept. 20, in the tapestry workroom in the State School for the
Deaf, at the corner of Evergreen and Grand Boulevards.
Stitchers have put together 54 feet of
tapestry depicting historic events in Clark County and are hard at it, working
toward completing the project in time for Lewis and Clark Bicentennial
celebrations.
Fort Vancouver Tapestry spokesperson
Sherry Mowatt promises music,
refreshments and raffle prizes during the social event. For further information,
call 992-0975.
Rally to supporting C-TRAN
set for Monday in the park
Bus riders, community leaders and
others supporting C-TRAN Proposition 1, an increase of three-tenths of a cent in
sales tax in Clark County, will gather in the public plaza in Esther Short Park
at 5 p.m. Monday, Sept. 20, to kick off the campaign to get voters to vote yes
on the proposition Nov. 2, according to YES for C-TRAN committee co-chairs,
Mike Worthy and
David Cooper.
Passage of Proposition 1 will ensure
that buses and para-transit systems across Clark County remain in place,
according to the co-chairs. Without the increase in sales tax of three cents on
every $10 purchase, transit service will be reduced by nearly half and most
outlying cities would be entirely without bus service.
C-TRAN provided nearly 7 million
passenger trips in 2003, traveling over 19,000 miles a day taking county
residents to work, to medical appointments, to churches and on other errands.
Clark Public Utilities to get nearly
$2 million from antitrust settlement
Clark Public Utilities has been
awarded nearly $2 million from the Washington Consumer Energy Fund, based on an
antitrust settlement with three energy companies , which allegedly illegally
manipulated energy prices during the West Coast energy crisis of 2000-2001.
“While this is a wonderful opportunity
for us to help our customers, the settlement represents only a small percentage
of the massive overcharges by unscrupulous energy companies during the crisis,”
says Nancy Barnes, president of the
utility board of commissioners.
The three energy companies are
Williams Energy, El Paso Energy and Duke Energy.
The Washington Consumer Energy Fund
was selected to make distribution of the funds to utilities in the state. The
Clark Public Utilities settlement was the largest awarded in the state of
Washington.
Under guidelines established by WCEF,
the money must be used for conservation programs and assistance for low-income
customers.
Barnes said Clark will used the funds
to add $550,000 to Operation Warm Heart that provides assistance to low income
customers, will provide $525,000 as rebates for purchase of energy efficient
refrigerators and clothes and dishwashers, $450,000 for weatherization programs,
$100,000 for replacement of refrigerators for low-income customers, and $80,000
for supplemental funding for the federally funded Low Income Heating Energy
Assistance Program.
Some of the of the programs will be
administered by the Clark County Department of Community Services.
Senor volunteer positions take
city activities to next level
Senior volunteers are making city
programs run more smoothly by serving as ushers, hosts and hostesses, greeting
visitors, and caring for artifacts in the historical museum.
Vancouver’s Retired and Senior
Volunteer Program is seeking more volunteers 55 years and older for the
following assignments:
Four-hour shifts once a week in the
Clark County Public Service Center, Vancouver City Hall and Clark County
Courthouse greeting visitors and answering questions.
Working as ushers, hosts and hostesses
during theater productions at the Slocum House Theater.
Working in the Clark County Historical
Museum.
For further information, call
Jeanne Phipps or
Bobbi Casanova at
696-8221
News briefs
A free forum, “Let’s Talk: Introducing
Friends and Loved Ones to Recovery, is at 6 p.m. this evening in Southwest
Washington Medical Center. For further information, call
397-2075, extension
7822.
g The 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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