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Lee Coulthard elected president of the
Clark County Skills Center Foundation
Lee Coulthard,
Washougal, a Clark County business entrepreneur and outdoorsman, has been
elected president of the Clark County Skills Center Foundation. Coulthard
succeeds Mike Anderson, a Clark County
Sheriff’s Office commander.
Coulthard is Northwest Regional ServiCenter manager for
Boise Paper Solutions, a division of Boise Cascade. Coulthard has owned his own
business in Clark County and has extensive experience locally and nationally in
the paper industry. He earned bachelors degrees from Oregon State University and
a masters degree in mechanical engineering from Oklahoma University. He also
studied at Harvard University.
Coulthard is a former marathon runner and sail boar
racer. He has climbed Mt. Hood, Mt. Adams, Mt. Rainier and Mt. St. Helens and is
working on Mt. Baker.
Also elected to the foundation board were vice president
Jeff Williams, Jeff Williams Marketing;
treasurer Al Deming, financial management
consultant; and secretary Terry “Tim” Parsley,
educational consultant.
The Skills Center, which is owned and operated by nine
southwest Washington school districts, provides technical and professional
training programs to prepare high school and college students for the workforce.
Give
‘em the Pickle author Robert Farrell
to keynote neighborhood associations forum
Robert Farrell,
author of the nationally acclaimed business motivational book
Give ‘em the Pickle, will keynote the
neighborhood associations’ forum 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 8, in the Water
Resources Center.
Farrell, who founded Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlors and is
former chair of Pacific Coast Restaurants, will discuss the value of
partnerships at the session sponsored by Vancouver, Clark County, and the
Vancouver and Clark County Neighborhood Associations.
Farrell, who went on to found Engine House Pizzas, was
also involved in the opening of hundreds of successful restaurants, including
Stanfords, Newport Bay, Portland City Grill, and Henry’s 12th Street Tavern, in
Portland’s Pearl District.
A panel discussion on successful community partnerships,
moderated by Adrie nne DeDona, Vancouver
Office of Neighborhoods, features panelists Eric
Nolan, Clark County Sheriff’s Office, Lee
McCallister, Fruit Valley Neighborhood Association,
David Judd, Vancouver-Clark Parks &
Recreation, Kari Stanley, Legacy Health
System, and Bud Van Cleve, NE Hazel Dell
Neighborhood Association. The forum concludes with a workshop on partnering led
by Jennifer Reed and
Doug Ballou.
Economist says Internet will
help small businesses thrive
John Mitchell,
Western Regional economist for US Bancorp, told an audience of 75 small business
owners today that the continuing drop in the cost of information and
communications would enable many smaller businesses to reach more customers and
customers in different geographic areas, and to expand their markets using the
internet.
Mitchell addressed the Grow and Thrive in 2005 workshop,
which was presented by the Washington State University Small Business
Development Center and sponsored by the
Vancouver Business Journal and Byrd Financial Group.
Mitchell said that he expects the national economy to
continue to grow during 2005 and that inflation should be between two and three
percent.
Volunteers presented Spirit
of Clark County Awards
Clark County commissioners today presented annual Spirit
of Clark County Awards to 13 local volunteers. Leading the list was
Ina Moritz, who has served as a volunteer
for the Clark County Health Department twice a week for the past 25 years. The
value of her volunteer hours was estimated, conservatively, at $325,000.
Bridget Schwarz,
president of the Fair Grounds Neighborhood Association, was honored for having
put together a group of about 50 volunteers, who on 48 hours’ notice, put
together a reception in the Clark County Sheriff’s Office, West Precinct, for
the over 1,000 public safety personnel from 13 western states, who attended a
memorial service for County sheriff’s officer Brad Crawford, who died in the
line of duty.
Also honored were a group of 11 volunteers who
collectively staff the local guardianship monitoring program. More than $1
million improperly removed from guardianship accounts has been restored due to
their efforts. Working with county clerk Jo Anne
McBride and attorney Linda Langsdorf
Johnson, they are
Paul Fischl,
Anne Freeman,
Maryalice Gordon,
Willa Grey,
Diane Hanke,
George Haussmann,
Beverlymae Isaacson,
Carol Nufer,
Eugene Robertson,
Helen Sovec and
Judy Walls.
People
James Swanger,
Clark County District Court commissioner, will teach a Street Law class at
Hudson’s Bay High School. Hudson’s Bay is one of five schools in the state
offering the class in which a judge and a teacher team up to present courses on
the local justice system. Hudson’s Bay teacher
Lynn Butts is the teacher partner in the course. Swanger is a 1972
graduate of Hudson’s Bay.
News briefs
The 2005 Women Moving Forward Conference is 8 a.m. to 3:45
p.m. Saturday, Feb. 5, in Gaiser Hall at Clark College. Admission, which
includes breakfast, lunch and an afternoon snack, is $30, and $20 for students
and seniors. Walk-in registration will be accepted.
g The Battle Ground Chamber of
Commerce annual Recognition Banquet is at 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 5, in the Cedars
Golf Club. g Bravo! Vancouver
presents “The Best of the Baroque” in its 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 6, concert in St.
Joseph Catholic Church, 400 S Andresen Road. Headliner is trumpeter
Gerald Webster. Admission at the door is
$12 and $15. g Additional police
officers are being assigned driving under the influence patrols following the
Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 6.
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MIRIAM GREEN 
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