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First Independent Bank
hires, promotes
 
Kristine
Davis
Terry Metz
Kristine M. Davis
has been appointed director of Internal Audits & Compliance at First Independent
Bank. Davis will be responsible for overseeing internal audit and compliance
functions of the bank, its subsidiaries and its 23 local offices.
Davis was formerly vice president and compliance
officer at Umpqua Bank. She is a graduate of Portland State University and is a
certified internal auditor, regulatory compliance manager, and financial
services auditor. Davis is a member of the Oregon Bankers’ Association
Compliance Committee and the Southern Oregon Compliance Officer Organization.
Terry Metz
has been promoted to vice president of First Independent’s Credit Administration
Department.
Metz, a graduate of Portland State University, has
been with First Independent since 2002. He previously was assistant vice
president and credit review manager in the bank’s Loan Service Center.
Vancouver Lake partnership holding
second meeting Wednesday
The newly formed Vancouver Lake Watershed Partnership is
holding its second public meeting at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 19, in Port of
Vancouver offices at 3103 Lower River Road. The partnership which comprises 11
governmental agencies and nine individuals, will be discussing the history of
the watershed and will hear a presentation on the Vancouver Lake flushing
channel.
The organization, formed late last year after fears were
expressed that the lowland lake may not survive without outside intervention, is
charged with reviewing threats to the future of the lake and determining a
course of action for its future.
Governmental agency members of the partnership are as
follows: Port of Vancouver, City of Vancouver Public Works, Clark County Public
Works, Vancouver-Clark Parks & Recreation, Clark County Health Department, Port
of Ridgefield, Clark Public Utilities, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the
state departments of Natural Resources, Ecology, and Fish & Wildlife.
Fire-walking teacher named Phoenix
University campus college chair
James Whitley has
been appointed campus college chair for undergraduate business for the Oregon
campuses of the University of Phoenix. Whitley, who has walked over hot coals
more than 100 times, and who is known for leading students in a fire walk at the
conclusion of his seminars, has been a business instructor for the university
since 2000.
Whitley will continue to teach in the classroom and
online as well as provide oversight for the undergraduate business school, which
includes the Vancouver campus.
Richard Curtis appointed
assistant Republican whip
Richard Curtis,
freshman Republican representative from the 18th District, has been appointed to
assistant Republican whip for the 43 Republican members in the state House of
Representatives..
Curtis, who is also a La Center councilmember, has been
appointed to the House Education and Transportation Committees. He also serves
as the ranking Republican on the House Health Care Committee.
Kaiser Permanente expects record
employee turnout to distribute food
More than 400 Kaiser Permanente employees are expected to
show up at the Oregon Food Bank distribution center at 7900 SE 33rd Avenue,
Portland, at 9 a.m. Monday, Jan. 17, to assist in packaging and distribution of
more than 250,000 pounds of food to Oregon Food Bank clients.
That number would be a record for Kaiser Permanente,
which annually works to help the food bank with its distribution on Martin
Luther King Jr. Day. In addition to money and food donated by employees, Kaiser
Permanente made a $45,000 donation to buy 35,000 pounds of salmon, a
protein-rich food.
The Oregon Food Bank provides food for 870 hunger-relief
organizations in Oregon and Clark County.
Prospective automotive technology
students, public to tour Clark College
Prospective automotive technology students and the public
is invited to tour Clark College’s award-winning, nationally recognized
Automotive Technology facilities from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 19, at
the Fort Vancouver Way campus.
Students from the Clark County Skills Center and area
high schools have already signed up for the career education day.
In 2002 Clark’s program won the top national award given by
the Automotive Industry Planning Council’s Excellence Award program. The
automotive program is certified by the National Automotive Technicians
Educational Foundation and the National Institute for Automotive Service
Excellence. For further information, call director of media relations,
Barbara Kerr,
992-2921.
News briefs
The Daily Insider
will not be published, nor will banks, state operated liquor stores, county and
city offices and most governmental agencies be open on Monday, Jan. 17, in
observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. g
The Clark County Chamber of Commerce presents a free program and discussion of
how business can become more elder-friendly at 7 a.m. Tuesday, Jan 18, in the
Quality Inn & Suites, 7001 NE Highway 99. For further information, call
Michael Golden,
892-6345..
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