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Addison Jacobs appointed port’s
government relations director
Addison Jacobs,
vice president of the Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce has been appointed
government relations director for the Port of Vancouver, Port executive director
Larry Paulson announced Wednesday.
Jacobs, who will report directly to Paulson, will
join the port on December 1.
Jacobs will be responsible for maintaining contacts and
relationships with various economic, governmental, political, and community
organizations at the local, state and federal levels to shape, develop and
implement governmental actions. In addition, Jacobs will be actively involved in
strategic planning for the Port’s marine and industrial growth for the benefit
of Southwest Washington, particularly in the areas of transportation, freight
mobility, channel deepening and port expansion.
Jacobs brings over 30 years of experience in
strategic planning and government relations As vice president of the Greater
Chamber of Commerce where she was responsible for the chamber’s government
affairs, strategic planning, and employee management.
Jacobs previously owned her own consulting business,
Addison Jacobs Company, where she provided project and process facilitation and
management services to public and private organizations She earned a bachelors
degree from the University of Puget Sound and currently is pursuing a master of
business administration degree at Marylhurst University.
Jacobs is a trustee and past chair of the Clark College
Board of Trustees and is a member of the Vancouver School District Management
Task Force and the Southwest Washington Workforce Development Council.
Bill Fromhold named
Policymaker of the Year
State Rep. Bill Fromhold
(D-49th), just reelected to a third term, has been named 2004 Policymaker
of the Year by the Washington Association for Career and Technical Education.
The award will be presented at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 5, in the Clark County Skills
Center Restaurant.
“Without Fromhold’s support, career and technical
education would have suffered major cuts,” WACTE executive director
Kathleen Loop said.
Fromhold is vice chair of the state Appropriations
Committee and vice chair of the state Higher Education Committee.
Running for the state
legislature is spendy
The cost of running for state senate offices in southwest
Washington will exceed $1 million, for this year’s election, according to state
Public Disclosure Commission records.
The third most costly senate race in the state was waged
by 17th District Sen. Don Benton,
incumbent Republican, who spent $237,718.58 in defeating Democratic challenger,
Paul Waadvig. Benton won by over 55
percent of the votes.
In a race that some are still saying is too close to
call, 49th District Sen. Don Carlson
spent $198,454.08, compared to $193,359 spent by Democratic challenger
Craig Pridemore. Wednesday morning only
493 votes out of 40,601 votes cast separated Pridemore and Carlson. About 7,000
votes are yet to be counted in that close election.
Democrat David Seabrook,
who waged an unsuccessful campaign to unseat Republican Sen.
Joe Zarelli, spent over $219,143 in his
campaign.
The eighth highest spender statewide for a state
representative race was 17th District incumbent Democrat
Deb Wallace, who spent $148,454.58 to
defeat Roy Rhine. Wallace got 53 percent
of the votes.
Nine projects getting recognition at
Community Pride Design Awards dinner
Nine local building and civic improvement projects will
be recognized at the 9th annual Community Pride Design Awards dinner at 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 16, in Royal Oaks Country Club.
Winners selected from 31 projects nominated are as
follows: Anthem Park at Uptown Village, Vancouver, Historic Reserve Red Cross
Building, Ray Hickey Hospice House, Camas Public Library, La Center Community
Building, Washougal Police facility, Cascadia Village Apartments, Discovery
Courtyard in the Washington State School for the Blind and Thomas Jefferson
Middle School.
More than 400 nativity
scenes to be shown
More than 400 nativity scenes will be on display during
the fourth annual Festival of Nativities, Thursday, Dec. 2, through Saturday,
Dec. 4, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 10509 SE 5th Street.
The 3-to-9 p.m. event is free, according to spokesperson,
Fran Rutherford. For further information,
call 896-5854.
News briefs
A special display of employee art at the JD White Company
is 4-to-7:30 p.m. today in the company offices at 1111 Main Street. The free
show is part of downtown Vancouver’s Thursday Art Walk Evening.
g The Lewis and Clark Corps of
Discovery commemorative dinner is at 6 p.m. this evening in Gaiser Hall at Clark
College. The public is invited to participate. Dinner is $30.
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