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Paul McCoy named VP of
collections at Columbia Credit
Paul McCoy,
formerly assistant vice president collections at Columbia Credit Union, has been
promoted to vice president of the department, reports
Daniel Marciante, Columbia’s chief
financial officer.
McCoy, who has been with Columbia for the past seven
years, is a graduate of Oregon State University. Active in the community, McCoy
is a volunteer for the Blind Olympics and the Red Cross.
Task Force of elected officials
formed to assess casino impact
State Rep. Richard Curtis,
(R-18), who is also a La Center city council member, has announced the formation
of a task force of governmental officials whose purpose is to identify and
address projected impacts of a proposed Cowlitz Tribal casino on 152 acres west
of I-5 at the La Center junction.
Curtis says, “The task force will focus on educating
southwest Washington elected officials on the positive and negative impacts of
the proposed Cowlitz Tribe development, which could include an
800,000-square-foot casino, hotel-convention center, recreational vehicle park,
gas station-truck stop, restaurants, retail complex and tribal facilities.”
The task force will meet at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 26, in
the sixth-floor hearing room in the Public Service center, 1300 Franklin Street,
according to Curtis, and expect tribal representatives to make a presentation.
Curtis says those attending an organizational meeting
December 30 included the following: State Reps.
Ed Orcutt (R-18th) and Deb Wallace
(D-17th), State Sen. Joe Zarelli
(R-18th), Clark County commissioners Steve
Stewart and Marc Boldt, Battle
Ground mayor John Idsinga, and
councilmember Sandra Barnes, La Center
mayor Jim Irish and councilmember
Dale Smith, Vancouver city councilmembers
Tim Leavitt and
Larry Smith, Port of Ridgefield
commissioner Joe Melroy, and port
director Brent Grening. According to
Curtis, State Rep. Bill Fromhold (D-49th)
and State Sen. Don Benton (R-17th) have
indicated they would participate.
Deadline to register for
February 8 election looms
Deadline for voter registration for two special elections
to be held Tuesday, Feb. 8, is Monday, Jan. 24, reports Clark County elections
supervisor Tim Likness. Registration must
be done in person at the county Elections Department, 1408 Franklin Street.
Two special elections involve voters in the Hockinson
School District, who are being asked to approve special levies in the amount of
$662,500, and the urban growth boundary outside the City of Vancouver, where
voters are being asked to form and fund a metropolitan park district.
The Hockinson levy request is for maintenance and
operation over a three-year period and could cost property owners $2.70 to $2.85
per $1,000 assessed valuation each year.
If formed, the metropolitan park district would provide
funding, through a tax of 27 cents per $1,000 assessed valuation, to maintain 35
new parks and eight miles of trails.
Clark County has the money to develop the parks through a
separate tax mechanism but will not develop the facilities unless it has a
financial base for maintenance, which the parks district would provide.
NE 112th Avenue connector
under discussion this evening
Although the beginning of construction is just a little
over a year away, state Department of Transportation and City of Vancouver
officials are presenting plans for the I-5, Mill Plain boulevard exit connector
overpass to NE 112th Avenue at an open house at 6 p.m. this evening in Cascade
Middle School, 13900 NE 18th Street.
The $13.4 million project will provide a direct
connection for northbound !-5 traffic to NE 112th Avenue, eliminating the need
for motorists to use the Mill Plain exit. A five-cent gasoline tax approved by
the state legislature in 2003 is paying for $12 million of the cost; the rest is
being paid by the city.
For further information, call project manager
Jeff Schmidt at
696-8290, extension
9591.
Heritage High School honors
Martin Luther King Jr. Friday
Retired Jefferson High School teacher
Jeffery Brooks is the featured speaker at
the sixth annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. assembly at 9 a.m. Friday, Jan. 14,
in the school auditorium at 7825 NE 130th Avenue. The program is open to the
public.
Performances will be given by the Heritage dance team,
band and choir. The Sandy High School Step Team will also perform. For further
information, call Karen Gilliam,
604-3400, extension
7767.
Women in Action
book Joe Kortum
Joe Kortum,
president and CEO of Southwest Washington Medical Center, will present his view
of the next decade of healthcare in Clark County at the 11:30 a.m. Wednesday,
Jan. 19, meeting of Women in Action in the Red Lion Hotel at the Quay.
Pre-registration is required. Admission is $15 for
members, $20 for nonmembers. For further information, call
Anissa Russell,
263-6389.
People
Beverly Robinson,
executive director of the YWCA of Clark County, will be leaving that
organization in February.
News briefs
Port of Ridgefield commissioners meet in regular session at
6 p.m. this evening in port offices at 111 W Division Street.
g The final public
forum seeking citizen input on the selection of a new superintendent for
Evergreen Public Schools is at 6:30 p.m. this evening in the Image Elementary
School media room. g
U.S. Rep. Brian Baird is holding a town
hall meeting at 7 p.m. tonight in the Rose Besserman Community Room at C-TRAN’s
Fisher’s Landing Transit Center.
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