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Grogan and Rhoads promoted
at First Independent Bank
 
John Grogan
Jennifer Rhoads
John Grogan has
been promoted to senior vice president of the Credit Administration Division of
First Independent Bank. Also promoted is
Jennifer Rhoads, to vice president and manager of Advisory & Brokerage
Services Group of the Private Banking Division.
Grogan had been manager of the bank’s Credit
Administration Division for the past year. He is a graduate of California State
University and the Pacific Coast Banking School.
Rhoads, a Vancouver native, is a graduate of Washington
State University. She is a member of the WMCA board of directors, president of
the hazel Dell Community Association and a member of the board of the Washington
State University Cougar Club. Rhoads is also a classroom instructor for Junior
Achievement and is a volunteer art instructor at Felida Elementary School.
Vancouver, La Center
sewer rates going up
While the Vancouver city council last night was
increasing city utility rates, including sewer rates, Clark Public Utilities was
meeting in La Center, explaining to three residents, including mayor
Jim Irish, why it would have to raise
sewer rates for 750 customers on the system the public utility district operates
for La Center.
This morning, utility commissioners approved increases in
monthly sewer rates and sewer system development fees for the La Center sewer
system..
Vancouver residential sewer rates will increase from
$25.48 a month, to $27.77 in February, $30.27 in January 2006, $33 in January
2007 and $33.16 in January 2008.
La Center residential sewer rates will increase from
$26.89 to $35 in February. A special senior citizen residential rate will
increase from $22.50 to $29. Utility district commissioners also increased the
system development charge from $4,320 to $5,000, effective February 1.
Monthly sewer rates vary widely in Clark County, from a
low of $20.74 a month in Washougal, to a high of $37.71 in Ridgefield. Serving a
large area northwest of Vancouver, including Salmon Creek, the Hazel Dell Sewer
District charges residential customers $30.50 a month and has a system
development charge of $4,250.
The Vancouver city council approved small monthly
increases for water service, as well as for garbage and yard debris collection.
Venture capitalist joins small
business seminar panel
Michael H. Reynoldson,
vice president of InvestAmerica Venture Group, has been added to the panel of
experts who are presenting a half-day seminar devoted to helping businesses
leave daily distractions behind and focus on net worth, set for Friday, Feb. 4,
in the E. B. Hamilton Hall, 605 Barnes Road, in Vancouver Barracks.
Other presenters at the Washington State University Small
Business Development Center seminar are John
Mitchell, US Bancorp, Craig Byrd,
Byrd Financial Group, and Steve LaCesa,
Oak Tree Insurance, Lake Oswego.
Reynoldson, based in Vancouver, is a registered
investment advisor. A graduate of Washington State University, he received a
masters degree in finance from the University of Iowa.
The seminar is sponsored by the
Vancouver Business Journal and the Byrd
Financial Group. A $15 registration fee for the seminar that begins at 8 a.m.
includes a catered lunch, according to Jan Harte,
business development specialist for the WSU SBDC. For further information, call
Harte at 992-2939.
City advisory group on
finances meets Thursday
Vancouver’s newly created five-member Finance Working
Group meets at 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 27, in City Hall to begin a search for a
solution to the city’s problems of funding its core services.
The public meeting is the second for the group headed by
mayor Royce Pollard. Other members are
Dan Tonkovich, mayor pro-tem,
Beth Quartarolo, Hewlett-Packard and past
president of the Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce,
Mark Brandon, First Independent Bank, and
Jim Etzkorn.
People
A no-host luncheon and informal roasting gathering
celebrating the retirement of C-TRAN’s chief financial officer,
Fred Bateman, is at 11:45 a.m. Monday,
Jan. 31, in Beaches Restaurant, report organizers
Steve Horenstein,
Donna Mason and
Gail Spolar.
News brief
Clark County commissioners meet in informal session at 1:30
p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 26.
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