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Lisa Gibert named president
of Clark College Foundation
Lisa Gibert, Clark
College Foundation chief operating officer and acting president today was
appointed the organization’s new permanent president by the foundation board.
Foundation board chair, Patsy Eby, said
the board’s action is effective immediately. Gibert replaces
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz who resigned as
president in December 2004.
“During the last two years, Gibert has been the anchor of
the $60 million foundation during a period of leadership transition. Her unique
blend of skills in both management and finance will serve the Foundation, Clark
College, and the community very well in our mission of providing a margin of
excellence to Clark College and its students,” said Eby.
Prior to her appointment as the foundation’s chief
operating officer in 2004, Gibert served for seven years as the foundation’s
director of finance and administration. In 2003 she also served as interim
president for nine months.
Gibert was previously employed by Moss Adams LLP, the
largest regional independent accounting firm on the west coast. She holds a
masters degree in business administration from the University of
California-Irvine and is an active member of the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants, the Washington Society of CPAs, and the Vancouver Rotary
Club.
La Center - Clark Public Utilities
sound like willing buyer - seller
Although there is no formal offer on the table, the city
of La Center and Clark Public Utilities likely will find a way for the city to
reclaim its wastewater system that has been owned and operated by Clark Public
Utilities for the past 13 years.
Regardless of who owns and operates the system, which has
one of the lowest sewer rates in Clark County, rates are expected to increase
beginning next month.
Clark Public Utilities’ commissioners will discuss plans
for a rate increase in the La Center Community Center, 1000 E 4th Street, at 6
p.m. Monday, Jan. 24. The utility will hold a public hearing on a rate increase
proposal the following day in Clark’s Community Center, 1200 Fort Vancouver Way
La Center city officials have informally discussed
acquisition of the system over the past several weeks.
Clark Public Utilities executive director and CEO
Wayne Nelson says that the utility is
open to transfer of the system’s ownership to La Center.
There seems to be no controversy between the city and the
utility over operations. Last year, Clark Public Utilities completed
construction of a new wastewater treatment plant in La Center, bringing the
value of the utility to $6.4 million and a current debt of $5.4 million.
Current residential sewer rates in La Center are $26.89 a
month. They could go as high as $36 a month, according to one scenario being
considered by Clark.
County employment up
8,300 for the year
Clark County gained 8,300 jobs during the past year,
according to the state Employment Security Department. At the end of 2004 total
employment in the county stood at 179,500 jobs, and the unemployment rate went
down during the year from 8.7 percent in December 2003 to 6.9 percent last
month.
Statewide, the job growth was the strongest in six years,
with a gain of 60,000 jobs in the twelve-month period, according to Employment
Security commissioner Sylvia Mundy.
It was the highest percentage increase since 1998,
according to Mundy.
The unadjusted unemployment rates for December 2004 were
5.4 percent for the United States and 5.8 percent for the state.
County to get sixth
District Court judge
Clark County commissioners, who will appoint a sixth
District Court judge in May, today said that application forms will be available
Monday, Jan. 31, in the commissioners’ offices in the Public Service Center,
1300 Franklin Street. Applications will not be mailed, according to county
administrator Bill Barron.
The appointment will be for eight months. The position
will be on the ballot this November.
According to Barron, the entire list of applicants will
be forwarded to the Clark County Bar Association for a judicial preference poll
to rank the candidates. The candidates will also be interviewed by a select
committee consisting of Barron, retired Superior Court judges
James Ladley and
John Skimas, and past president of the
bar association Patricia Pabst.
The committee will review the responses to the
applications, the preferential poll and their interviews to select a list of
three to five finalists, from which the county commissioners will select the new
judge.
Reception for Don Carlson
to be In Hamilton Hall
A reception honoring Don
Carlson and his service as both state representative and state senator
from the 49th District will be from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 26, in
Hamilton Hall in the Red Cross Building in Vancouver Barracks.
Arch Miller, Port of
Vancouver commissioner, will be the master of ceremonies. Former U.S. Sen.
Slade Gorton will be in attendance.
For further information, call
Margie Ferris,
892-8607.
People
Linda Loven, who
has been with First Independent Bank since 2003, has been promoted to vice
president and loan administration manager in the bank’s Commercial Real Estate
Department. Loven, a graduate of Northeastern Illinois University, has 22 years’
experience in commercial real estate lending.
News brief
Joe Kortum,
president and CEO of Southwest Washington Medical Center, presents, the lecture
“Healthcare: The Next Decade in Clark County,” at noon Wednesday, Jan. 19, Women
In Action luncheon in the Red Lion Hotel at the Quay. For further information,
call 263-6389.
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