MONDAY, Nov. 29, 2004

Uptown Village offers holiday
shopping and wine tasting

Most Uptown Village shops are open every day, but on Saturday, Dec. 4, shoppers will find more holiday activities than usual, including wine tasting from 3 to 8 p.m.

Uptown Village is that area of Vancouver’s Main Street that is generally between McLoughlin and Fourth Plain Boulevards. The event is a fundraiser for the village. Collectable Holiday Stroll buttons will be available for $5 and will allow wearers to obtain discounts at 30 participating businesses.

For a $15 donation attendees will get the button for free and will be able to participate in the wine tasting of over 40 different wines.

Children’s activities, for which there is a $2 charge, begin at 11 a.m. and continue until 4 p.m.

For further information, call Shannon Leigha, 735-9310.

Surgeons at SWMC offering
new cataract removal system

Surgeons at Southwest Medical Center’s Memorial Eye and Laser Center are among the first in the country to use the new Infiniti Vision System for cataract removal and lens replacement.

Richard Bernheimer, Vancouver Eye Care, reports that the Infinity system is a more flexible and efficient system for cataract removal. The new technology uses liquid to clear clouded lenses.

According to Bernheimer, the new system is an alternative to the current method of cataract removal that relies on ultrasound energy to break up clouded lenses.

The medical center’s Memorial Eye and Laser Center offers diagnostic systems to identify eye diseases and provides three operating surgery suites and three laser rooms.

Miller Nash leads seminar on growth
management Tuesday morning

A seminar led by the Miller Nash law firm at 7:30 a.m. tomorrow in the Healthman Lodge will dissect Clark County’s recently adopted Comprehensive Growth Plan update. The half-day $25 per-person event also includes presentations by Bart Phillips, president of the Columbia River Economic Development Council, John McKibbin, president of the Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce, Eric Hovee, E.D. Hovee Company, and Matt Lewis, Building Industry Association of Southwest Washington.

Miller Nash’s Steve Horenstein opens the seminar asking the question, “Are we better off than we were five years ago?”

For further information, call 699-4771.

University of Phoenix bringing in seven
other colleges for Career and education fair

The University of Phoenix is the host site for the winter Career and Education Fair, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3, at the Vancouver campus in the West Coast Bank Building, 500 Broadway.

Employers from Oregon and Washington will meet with students to discuss job requirements and opportunities.

Other participating colleges are University of Phoenix Online, Concordia University, Marylhurst University, Portland Community College, Clark College, Mr. Hood Community College and Clackamas Community College.

For further information, call 993-7800.

LSW/Clark County Skills Center
entry wins gingerbread contest

A gingerbread creation depicting a Christmas model train won the Clark College Alumni Association gingerbread contest this weekend at the Festival of Trees celebration. The winning entry was designed by the architectural firm LSW and produced by the Clark County Skills Center Culinary Department.

The second place winner was the Bank of Clark County’s entry, an English cottage, designed by Architects Associative and built by the Restaurant at the Historic Reserve. An elaborate vacation holiday scene called Club Bread, designed by Architects Barrentine. Bates. Lee, and built by Clark College under the sponsorship of MacKay & Sposito, won third place. Fourth place winner was Hansel and Gretel’s house designed by DSP Architects, built by Fort Vancouver High School and sponsored by Alling Henning Associates.

People

John Weisman, director of the Clark County Health Department, has been presented the Tom Drummy Memorial Award by the Washington State Public Health Association, honoring his service with the association. Weisman has served the association as a regional vice president, president-elect, president and past president over the past two years.

News briefs

The Vancouver City Council does not meet today. g Clark Public Utilities does not meet Tuesday. g Clark County commissioners meet in regular session at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 30.
 

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

Angry Chinooks bowing out of next year's Lewis and Clark commemoration--Oregonian, Michelle Cole

Bigger earthquakes banging away at Mount St. Helens not cause for alarm--KATU

Community Pride Design Award winners dare to be different--Columbian, Scott Hewitt

Work on Cathlapotle plankhouse proceeding apace at Ridgefield--Oregonian, Foster Church

NPR 5-minute hourly news updates (Audio)

Monday on the Air

City Minutes—3 p.m. CVTV
Vancouver City Council Workshop—4 p.m. (11/22)—4 p.m. CVTV
Vancouver City Council (11/15)—7 p.m.
 

Nancy Neill staring success in the face. g Henri Moreau adding a touch of class. g Nancy Miller staring in caregiver role. g Tim Leavitt running smooth operation. g Keith Upkes tallying big bucks. g Nadine Robertson gracious with welcome. g Duke Simpson doing Yousef Karsch trick. g Monday, cloudy, dry, sunbreaks, 46. Tuesday, grayer, showery, 48. Wednesday, gray, occasional rain, 51..