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Businesswoman Lydia Work
earns SBDC Silver Star Award
Lydia Work,
founder and owner of American Paper Converting Inc., Woodland, is being
recognized by the Washington State University Small Business Development
Center-Vancouver with its Silver Star Award for “outstanding business
development and contributions to the Southwest Washington community.”
The award will be presented Friday, Feb. 4, during the
Small Business Development Center’s “Grow and Thrive in 2005” seminar in E. B.
Hamilton Hall in the Red Cross Building at Vancouver Barracks.
American Paper Converting Inc., 1660 Heritage Street,
Woodland, manufacturers of bathroom tissue and paper towel products, was founded
by Work in 1997 as a flexible and innovate supplier of towel and tissue to
janitorial and food service distributors.
By 2001 APC opened a 48,000-square-foot plant in
Woodland, which currently employs 60 persons.
According to SBDC spokesperson
Jan Harte, Work first came to the SBDC in
1995 to develop a business plan, following that up by opening the company with
two employees in 1997. Work then found a new technology for producing customized
paper products at a trade show in France. Work applied the new system at her
start-up company and, since, APC offers an exclusive Soft’n Solid coreless bath
tissue system. APC towel and tissue products are sold to janitorial and food
service independent distributors.
Sponsored by the
Vancouver Business Journal and Byrd Financial Group, the half-day
seminar, designed to teach business owners how to focus on net worth, is 8 a.m.
to 1 p.m. Registration for the $15 event must be completed by Tuesday, Feb. 1.
For further information, call 992-2939.
Substance abuse survey
can be completed on-line
A community attitude survey about the problem of
substance abuse in Clark County has been posted on the Internet at
www.clark.wa.gov/alcohol-drug/index.html.
All responses will be held confidential, according to
Geoff Knapp, spokesperson for the county
Department of Community Services.
The data collected will be used in prevention and
treatment planning.
Miller and Rodda paints can be
recycled
A pilot program developed by Clark County and two paint
manufacturers offers county residents an opportunity to take old paint and paint
products to two local stores where they will be recycled into alternative fuel.
The program participants will accept only paint and
paint-related products sold by their company. They are Miller Paint Company,
2607 NE Andresen Road, and Rodda Paint & Décor Center, 7723 NE Fourth Plain
Boulevard.
For further information on solid waste and recycling,
call 397-6118, extension
4352.
Jim Dunn appointed assistant ranking
Republican on Housing Committee
State Rep. Jim Dunn
(R-17th) has been appointed assistant ranking Republican on the Housing
Committee in the state House of Representatives.
After sitting out for two years, Dunn was elected to a
new term in the legislature in November. He is also a member of the House
Children & Family Services and the Agricultural & Trade Committees.
Dinner theater mystery solved
The cause of the lack of telephone calls to the American
Legion Post 14 Dinner Theatre from actors trying to set up appointments for
auditions being held Saturday, Feb. 5, at the legion post, 4607 NE St. James
Road, is that the telephone number was jumbled in the Thursday, Jan. 20, edition
of the Daily Insider. The number to call
to audition for two mysteries and one drama is
253-8582.
News briefs
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra opens a Mozart weekend with
its Simian Trio performing free at Borders Books Music Movies and Café, 811 SE
160th Avenue. Orchestra is joined with pianist
Barbara Robertsfor its Mostly Mozart concerts at 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan.
22, and 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan 23, in the concert hall at Skyview High School, 1300
NE 139th Street. Tickets at the door are $15 to $35.
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