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Blaine Nisson gets send off Tuesday
A farewell party for
Blaine Nisson, twice interim president of Clark College, who this week
officially became president of Umpqua Community College, is at 2 p.m. Tuesday,
Nov. 23 in the Gaiser Hall Student Center on the Clark College campus. Nisson
had been vice president of student affairs at the college after the arrival of
Wayne Branch as president in 2003.
Nisson, who has been in higher education for over 30
years, earned his doctorate in education in 2003 from Oregon State University,
the same year he was graduated from Leadership Clark County. He succeeds
David Beyer at Umpqua. Beyer, who had
been Clark College president on a one-year contract for the 2002-03 year. Beyer
is moving on to become president of Wenatchee Community College.
It was through Leadership Clark County that Nisson became
co-chair of the board of directors of the Southwest Washington Center for the
Arts, a group trying to create an arts center in Clark County.
Clark College vice president of instruction
Roberto Gutierrez has been named to take
Nisson’s place on the arts board.
For additional information on Nisson’s sendoff, call
Cindi Olson, 992-2103.
Vancouver’s HOSTS
gets federal recognition
The Vancouver mentoring program HOSTS, was specifically
identified as a model in the Improving Education Results for Children with
Disabilities ACT, which passed Congress today, U.S. Rep.
Brian Baird (D-3) reports.
HOSTS, an acronym for Help One Student to Succeed, was
founded in Vancouver in 1971 by former Vancouver teacher
Bill Gibbons. For three decades HOSTS has
delivered structured mentoring programs to more than a million children in
grades K through 12, providing personalized instruction for improving reading,
writing, vocabulary, math and critical thinking and study skills.
Baird says official recognition of HOSTS in the bill
gives the organization clout with federal grants.
Keith McPhun named VP
of manufacturing for IGI
Keith McPhun,
former manufacturing manager and director of operations for Micropump, has been
appointed vice president of manufacturing at Vancouver-headquartered IGI, a
manufacturer of specialty engineered products.
McPhun is also chair of the Southwest Washington
Workforce Development Council.
McPhun will be responsible for the long range planning
and day-t0-day operations for IGI’s manufacturing plants in Seattle,
Wilsonville, Salt Lake City and Denver.
IGI products are used in aerospace, medical, national
security and personal electronics products.
Bruce Chandler elected
House Republican Leader
State Rep. Bruce Chandler
(R-15th), Granger, has been elected House Republican leader by the Republican
Caucus this week. Chandler, who is 52 is beginning his fourth term in the state
legislature. He had been deputy Republican leader. The 15th District includes a
slice of Washougal and eastern Clark County.
Diane Schuur will headline
Clark College Jazz Festival
Diane Schuur, a
double Grammy Award winner and graduate of Vancouver’s state School for the
Blind, returns to Vancouver Sunday, Jan. 30, to headline the 2005 Clark College
Jazz Festival.
Schuur will be backed up by
Scott Steed,
Patrick Lamb,
Jim Zimmerman and the Clark College Jazz
Ensemble. The 3 p.m. concert is in the Concert Hall at the Skyview High School,
1300 NW 139th Street.
Tickets are $25 for general admission, $35 for reserved
seating, and are available through Safeway TicketsWest outlets.
People
Greg Flakus’s GF
Strategies, a special events consulting company, has been has signed on to do
work for the Cowlitz County Regional Conference Center and the Benton-Franklin
Fair. The company has clients throughout the west, including the Clark County
Fair.
News Briefs
WinterFaire, three days of gift shopping among two floors
of arts and crafts at the Water Resources Education Center, begins at 5 p.m.
today. Hors d’oeuvres are being prepared by the Clark County Skills Center
Culinary Department. There is no admission charge for the event that continues
through 3 p.m. Sunday. g The YMCA of
Columbia-Willamette is holding its first Harvest Benefit & Auction, at 6 p.m.
this evening in Montgomery Park, 2701 NE Vaughn Street, Portland. For further
information, call (503) 327-0016.
g The Vancouver-Clark Parks &
Recreation Department’s annual holiday bazaar is 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov.
20, in the Marshall Community Center. Admission is free.
g Sat
Tasiro, grand master of Washington Free Masons presides over a state
recognition luncheon at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 20, in the Masonic Center,
2500 NE 78th Street. g Visitors at
Pearson Air Museum will be treated to hot spiced apple juice during the museum’s
Winter Fest from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 21.
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