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First 500 visitors this evening to Lewis & Clark Plaza
will get Jefferson peace medal replicas
Invited
guests and the first 500 visitors to the grand opening of the Lewis & Clark
Plaza, 621 Broadway, will be given replicas of the Jefferson Peace Medal, says
Elie Kassab, president of Prestige
Development and developer of the project.
The grand opening begins at 5:30 this evening. The ribbon
cutting ceremony is at 5:45 p.m. Food and beverages are being provided by Rose’s
Deli & Bakery.
Lewis & Clark Plaza is more than a 46-unit affordable
senior housing project. It is also a Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center,
featuring life-size bronze sculptures of Meriwether Lewis, William Clark,
Sacagawea and a native American chief by Battle Ground artist
Jim Demetro. Other artists contributing
to the interpretive center are Christina Demetro
and Frank Haddadin.
The foyer of the four-story building is given over to the
story of the Lewis and Clark expedition. In addition to the statues, the story
of the Corps of Discovery is told through art panels. The interpretive center
will be open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.
The housing development is a partnership among Prestige
Development, the Washington State Housing Finance Commission, Community Housing
Solutions, PNC MultiFamily Capital, Guardian Management and Key Bank. Emmons
Architects designed the downtown building, which was built by Seabold
Construction.
Marvin Case to entertain
during CRMHS auction
Marvin Case,
classical and jazz pianist and publisher of the
Reflector, provides the pre-dinner entertainment at the annual Columbia
River Mental Health Services benefit dinner and auction starting at 6 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 13, in the Royal Oaks Country Club.
The Fireside Singers,
a professional chorale group performs after dinner. The auction both silent and
live, includes travel items as well as electronic items, jewelry and art work.
Established in 1942, CRMHS helps over 9,000 southwest
Washington citizens annually.
Admission is $60. For reservations, call
Pat Stryker,
993-3049.
Southwest Washington Medical Center
becoming Mecca for those in back pain
Using a new procedure based on one originally developed
for heart surgery to relieve back pain has turned Southwest Washington Medical
Center into a regional leader in treating patients with weakened or broken
vertebrae.
The procedure, known as Kyphoplasty, combines
vertebroplasty, a minimally invasive procedure for stabilizing defective
vertebrae, with balloon catheter technology developed for angioplasty and heart
conditions.
The procedure is particularly useful in treating
compression factures common among older people who suffer from bone loss due to
osteoporosis or cancer.
“Kyphoplasty is a wonderful tool for reducing pain
associated with vertegral compression fractures and repairing spinal deformity
associated with this kind of debilitating condition,” according to
Jud Threlkeld, interventional radiologist
with Columbia Imaging, who has performed nearly 100 Kyphoplasties at the medical
center this year.
Performed under general or local anesthesia, Kyphoplasty
begins with two tiny incisions in the patient’s back. Image-guided X-ray is used
to place a probe into the vertebral space where the fracture is located. A
high-tech balloon made from a sophisticated type of plastic is then inserted
into the space and inflated. The action of the balloon helps to restore the
patient’s vertebrae to the correct position while also creating a defined space
in which to inject bone cement. Up to three fractures may be treated during the
same procedure, which requires no overnight stay in the hospital.
Threlkeld says that he has had patients in so much pain
they couldn’t get out of bed return to the golf course after the procedure.
Community foundation
accepting grant requests
The Community Foundation is accepting applications for
grants of up to $15,000 each from nonprofit organizations, according to
Anne Digenis, program officer for the
foundation.
Applications will be accepted through Wednesday, Dec. 15.
For further information, call Digenis at
694-2550, or go to
www.cfsww.org
and look up “Granting Programs.”
People
Ginger Kavanagh has
been named bookkeeper for the automation team at Applied Motion Systems,
according to H. Kenneth Brown Jr.,
founder and president of the company. Kavanagh , who has 20 years’ experience in
bookkeeping and accounting, is a graduate of Clark College.
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Jacob Greer won first place in junior informative speaking and
Paul Tanner won first place in novice
informative speaking, at the recent Pioneer Invitational Forensics Tournament at
Lewis & Clark College. Both are Clark College students. Clark, one of 22
colleges and universities to send speech and debate teams to the competition,
finished 2nd overall in the two-year college division.
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Michael Freeman has been appointed by Gov.
Gary Locke to a three-year term on the
state Rehabilitation Council for the Blind. The council advises the director of
the state Department of Services for the Blind.
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