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Jennifer Kampsula wins
Marshall Leadership Award
Mayor Royce Pollard congratulates Jennifer
Kampsula on her nomination for the General George C. Marshall Leadership Award
earlier this year. Today he announced she is the 2004 winner
Jennifer Kampsula, an attorney with Kell, Alterman & Runstein, was named
the 16th winner of the General George C. Marshall Leadership Award, Mayor
Royce Pollard announced today.
The Marshall Leadership Award, the
only one of its kind in the country, was developed in cooperation with the
General George C. Marshall Foundation and was created to honor Marshall’s legacy
by recognizing individual commitment to leadership and public service.
Kampsula was nominated by
Dave Rogers regional vice president of
the American Cancer Society and endorsed by U.S. Rep.
Brian Baird (D-3rd).
Kampsula is a member of the American
Cancer Society, Washington State Trial Lawyers Association, Oregon Trial Lawyers
Association, Oregon State Bar, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Identity
Clark County, SWIFT, Miss Washington Scholarship Program and the Portland Rose
Festival Association.
Kampsula will be guest of honor at the
Celebrate Freedom Star Spangled Gala Sunday, Oct. 17. The award is one of the
Celebrate Freedom programs coordinated by the Vancouver National Historic
Reserve Trust. The award will be presented officially by the Vancouver National
Historic Reserve Trust at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 3, in the Marshall House of
Officers Row.
Baird says sales tax deduction may
come in time for 2004 tax filers
U.S. Rep.
Brian Baird (D-3rd) today predicted that
a bill allowing Washington residents to claim deductions on federal income tax
for state sales taxes paid, which was approved in the House yesterday, will be
OKd by the Senate.
Baird has championed the restoration
of Washington federal tax payers sales tax deductions since first being elected
six years ago.
The bill would permit Washington tax
payers to deduct as much as $500 a year, and they could begin claiming the
deduction in 2004.
Baird’s proposal, like those from
other sales tax states, has failed in the past. However, the provision included
in Corporate Tax Bill this year will apparently overcome any further opposition.
Nor is the bill likely to be vetoed since Florida, Texas and Wyoming are among
the seven states to be affected.
Nine new doctors join Family
Medicine residence program
Nine doctors have joined Family
Medicine of Southwest Washington’s three-year Family Practice Residency program.
The new residents are
R. J. Axtell, University of Washington
Medical School graduate; Shaun Ehsani, a
University of California graduate; Anna Lattin,
Texas A & M Medical School graduate; Tad Lowder,
Vancouver native and graduate of Mountain View High School. He was graduated
from the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific;
Lance McQuillan, who earned his medical
degree from the Medical college of Wisconsin;
Siyavash Mohandessi, a native of Tehran, Iran, and graduate of the
University of Washington Medical School; Sherri
Rutherford, from Eagle Point, Ore., who graduated from Oregon State
University; George Thomas, a Brigham
Young graduate; and Kristy Thompson, from
Puyallup, who was graduated from Western University of Health Sciences College
of Osteopathic Medicine.
Home & Garden Idea Fair to be in
Clark County Exhibition Hall in April
One of the first events at the Clark
County Exhibition Hall, when it is completed at the county fairgrounds next
spring, will be Clark Public Utilities’ Home & Garden Idea Fair, April 22
through 24.
The first commercial event booked for
the hall is America’s Largest Antique & Collectible Show, set for Jan. 14 and
15, 2006.
The $18.5 million building has 100,000
square feet of column-free exhibit area, a space so large that exhibitors can
drive a semi-truck inside and turn it around for large-scale installations,
according to Tom Musser, executive
director for the Clark County Fair Association. The exhibition hall’s covered
area is the size of two football fields.
Movable wall systems will make it
possible to divide the building into smaller spaces, accommodating up to three
separate events simultaneously—“for example,” Musser says, “one large hall with
540 exhibitor booths, an evening banquet for 1,800 people, or a seminar event
for 2,000 people.”
In addition outside exhibitor space
will be available. The parking area will accommodate 7,500 vehicles.
Michelle Danley elected PIC board
chair
Michelle Danley has been elected board chair of Partners in Careers, a
private nonprofit agency serving Clark County job-seekers and employers for the
past 25 years. Danley is Gov. Gary Locke’s
southwest Washington representative.
Nancy
Baker, Port of Vancouver commissioner, was elected vice chair.
Peter Fels, Vancouver attorney, was
elected secretary. Richard High, vice
president of Riverview Community Bank, serves as finance committee chair.
Honor society being installed
at WSU Vancouver next week
A chapter of Kappa Omicron Nu, the
national honor society for students and professionals in family and consumer
sciences, will be established at Washington State University Vancouver next
week.
Kappa Omicron Nu member
Sarah Shoffner, assistant professor of
human development and family studies at the University of North Carolina, will
officially establish the WSU Vancouver chapter in ceremonies at 7:15 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 13.
WSU Vancouver has been affiliated with
the society for the past six years. The society’s mission is to empower leaders
through scholarship, research and leadership development.
Hazardous waste collection Saturday
Hazardous waste, including pesticides,
paints, batteries, household cleaners, block foam, and electronic equipment,
including computers, monitors, printers and television sets, may be dropped off
free between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 9, at the Clark County Public
Works Operations Center, 4700 NE 78th Street.
Unlabeled products, empty paint cans,
leaking containers, packing peanuts, and household appliances will not be
accepted. The hazardous waste drop off is sponsored by the county Public Works
Department.
News briefs
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, under
the direction of Salvador Brotons,
features violin soloist Natai Zori
in its season-opening concerts at 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 9, and 7 p.m. Sunday,
Oct. 10, in the Skyview High School Concert Hall. For ticket information, call
735-7278.
g Washington State
Veterans 4 Kerry are meeting at 10 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 10, at Democratic
headquarters, 7610 NE 5th Avenue. Former Georgia U.S. Sen.
Max Cleland, Kerry Edwards co-chair, will
be in attendance. g
In commemoration of Columbus Day, and along with bankers and
teachers and some governmental folks, the Daily
Insider will be absent from the
work-a-day world Monday, Oct. 11.
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