TUESDAY, Nov. 9, 2004

Doug Ness elected CREDC chair

Doug Ness has been named chair of the board of the Columbia River Economic Development Council, succeeding Mark Fleischauer. Ness is finance director of The Columbian Publishing Co.

 CREDC, 1101 Broadway, is billed as Clark County’s primary job-recruiting agency. The nonprofit organization serves 180 individual, group and agency members with a staff of six and an annual budget of $3470,000.

 “Business activity is at record levels,” according to Bart Phillips, CREDC president. The organization was responsible for helping 14 companies bring approximately 660 new jobs to Clark County and investing $55 million in capital improvements, Phillips added.

Serving on the CREDC board of directors,  along with Ness, as the executive committee along with Ness are the following: David Doss, Columbia Credit Union; Bill Dudley, Landerholm, Memovich, Lansverk & Whitesides, director emeritus; Ron Frederiksen, RSV Construction; Paul Hodge, Team Construction, treasurer; Tim McMahan, Stoel Rives; Jerry Olson, Olson Engineering, secretary; Kathleen Sego, EthicsPoint; and Paul Winters, Winters & Associates, chair-elect.

Recognized for their contributions to economic development are the following:

Outgoing board chair Fleischauer, JH Kelly Co., for his six years of executive committee service, including his service on the industrial lands committee and Team Clark County.

Financial planner Mary Robinson, 2004 winner of the Vancouver Rotary Club’s Vocational Service Award, whose community work includes being a member of the Vancouver Symphony and Vancouver National Historic Reserve boards.

Team Clark County, 21-members of CREDC who completed a three-year strategic marketing program.

The Port of Portland’s International Air Service committee, which recruited Lufthansa, Mexicana and Northwest Airlines international flights.

Win free tickets to Vancouver Symphony’s
West meets East concerts this weekend

The Vancouver Symphony’s artistic director Salvador Brotons will conduct the orchestra in the world premier of American composer Matt Doran’s Symphony #3, at two concerts this weekend in the Skyview High School Concert Hall, 1300 NE 139th Street.

The 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov.13, and the 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14, concerts also include Ives Shuman’s Variations on America, and selections from Romeo & Juliet by Serge Prokofiev. A musical discussion by Brotons precedes the Saturday concert at 2 p.m.

Single-seat tickets range from $15 to $35. A student is admitted free with each paid admission. For further information on this weekend’s concert, call Kelly O’Neill, 735-7278.

To qualify for a drawing for free tickets to either the Saturday or Sunday concert send the correct answer to the following question to the Daily Insider, tony@dailyinsider.info:

In what city does Salvador Brotons reside when not conducting the Vancouver Symphony?

Answers must be received no later than 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 11.

Twelve Days in Clark County is being previewed this evening at the Clark County Historical Society

A 43-page school workbook, Twelve Days in Clark County, written by Barbara J. Kubik, Vancouver, and illustrated by Diana Rice Bonin, Camas, for the Clark County Historical Society will be previewed this evening during a free teacher workshop from 4 to 7 p.m. in the historical society museum, 1511 Main Street.

The book, describing the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery journey through Clark County, was produced locally with grant funding from The Meyer Memorial Trust and the National Park Service.

The book will be on sale for $8.95, plus tax, according to historical society director Susan Tissot. For further information, call 993-5679.

WSDOT funding to help
repair county bridges

Clark County will receive $3,127,000 for improvements to three bridges, part of a statewide allocation of $35 million by the state Department of Transportation.

The major slice of the allocation, $2.4 million, is earmarked for the Klineline Bridge on NE Highway 99 in Salmon Creek. The remainder of the funding will be used for rehabilitation of the Lucia Falls Bridge on NE Hartwick Road near Yacolt, and maintenance of the Daybreak Bridge on Daybreak Road near Battle Ground.

The improvements, which will not begin until 2007, are part of the state Department of Transportation bridge projects funded by the national Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program.

Awards to abound at combined BIA,
Community Pride Design Awards event

The ninth annual Clark County Community Pride Design awards and the third annual Building Industry Association of Clark County Building Excellence awards are being combined Tuesday, Nov. 16, at Royal Oaks Country Club.

The social hour begins at 6 p.m. and the dinner at 7 p.m. For ticket information, call Kathi Curtis, 397-2375, extension 4382.

News briefs

Clark County commissioners meet in informal session at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 10, in Conference Room B in the Public Service Center, 1400 Franklin Street. g The Evergreen High School Fall Choir Concert is at 7 p.m. this evening in the high school at 14300 NE 18th Street. g The Heritage High School Fall Band Concert is at 7:30 p.m. tonight in the high school at 7825 NE 130th Avenue.
 

Headlines from at home and around the world:
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Mount St. Helens VolcanoCam [updates every five minutes]--USDA Forest Service, Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument

Vancouver Marine Sgt. David Reis, 29, Evergreen High School graduate, one of 16 Americans killed in Fallujah so far--KATU, AP

U.S. forces push into the heart of Fallujah--USA TODAY, AP

Property taxes in older neighborhoods going up 8 to 20 percent, downtown commercial rates will be higher than that--Oregonian, Allan Brettman

State Rep. Deb Wallace, former C-TRAN planning director will ask C-TRAN to postpone service cuts; C-TRAN director Lynne Griffith argues that cuts can't be put off any longer--Columbian, Erin Middlewood

Vancouver Democrat state senator-elect Craig Pridemore says the first bill he will introduce will be to allow Clark Public Utilities to continue providing appliance repair service it has offered since it was formed after World War II--Columbian, Don Jenkins

Killian Pacific planning to build $2.5 million three-story building west of the West Coast Bank Building in downtown Vancouver--Columbian, Gretchen Fehrenbacher

Sinkhole closes one southbound lane of I-5 at the south end of the temporary Salmon Creek Bridge, traffic backing up--KATU

Local chestnuts may wind up roasting on an open fire--Oregonian, Foster Church

State top job still up for grabs as more ballots are counted--Seattle P-I, Angela Galloway

NPR 5-minute hourly news updates (Audio)

Tuesday on the Air

George C. Marshall Leadership Award Ceremony—3:30 p.m. CVTV
2004 Veterans Day Parade—4:30 p.m. CVTV
Portland Blazers at New Jersey (live)—4:30 p.m. FSN, KXL, KRMZ
Vancouver Planning Commission (live)—7 p.m. CVTV
 

Karen Stanley offering firewood at bargain rates. g Janelle Ward bridging the gap. g Kathy Aery welcomed to Clark County. g Doug Johnston reporting another on-time, on-budget project. g Ann Rivers turning out graphics and designs. g Tuesday, cooling a little, showers expected in the late afternoon, 53. Wednesday, possible showers in the morning, sunny afternoon, 60. Thursday, mostly dry, partly cloudy, 59.