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Mayor Royce Pollard says:
State of the City Address is Wednesday
The annual State of the City address will be
delivered by Vancouver Mayor Royce Pollard
at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 16, in the 40 et 8 building, 7607 NE 26th Avenue.
There is no admission charge but, seating is
limited. Both reservations and car pooling are recommended. The building will be
open at 10 a.m.
For further information and reservations, call City Hall,
696-1077
Russian consuls coming to Vancouver
at behest of cultural exchange committee
Russian consul general
Vladimir Volnov will address Russian-American relations at a gathering
sponsored by the Valery P. Chkalov Cultural Exchange Committee at 3 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 26, in the commissioners room in the Public Service Center, 1200
Franklin Street.
Volnov will be accompanied by senior Russian consul
Alexander Doronin. Both are based in the
Russian Federation’s consulate in Seattle, which represents the federation in 11
western states.
The public meeting will follow by two days a meeting
between U.S. President George Bush and
Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin.
The Vancouver committee annually commemorates the
trans-polar flight from Moscow to Vancouver ending June 20, 1937, when pilot
Valery Chkalov landed a Russian airplane at Pearson Field. For further
information, call Jess Frost, chair of
the cultural exchange committee.
Clark Public Utilities has BPA
transmission hike covered, but market-based rates another story
Recent increases contemplated by Bonneville Power
Administration to increase transmission rates for power will have a small impact
on Clark Public Utilities, but not enough to cause rates to increase, Clark
officials say.
However, if a Bush Administration proposal requiring BPA
to adopt market-based rates were to become effective, the cost to Clark Public
Utilities customers could be as much as $25 million a year, according to utility
spokesperson Mick Shutt.
Shutt says that similar proposals have surfaced in past
years but nothing has come of them. Bonneville provides power at cost to its
northwest preference customers.
According to Shutt, the entire northwest congressional
delegation is opposed to the proposal.
Final Vancouver meeting of PDX
noise study is Wednesday
A report of the Portland International Airport Noise
Compatibility Study Committee, which will be concluding three years of meetings
this spring, will be given in at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 16, in Hudson’s Bay
High School, 1206 E Reserve Street.
Despite considerable pressure from Vancouver and Clark
County residents, very little appears to have been done to mitigate
proliferating airport noise issues on the north side of the Columbia River.
A formal public hearing by the Noise Compatibility Study
Committee will be held in the Port of Portland Commission Room, 121 NE Everett
Street, Portland, at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 9.
Lecture boosts understanding of
traveling exhibit on Indian treaties
Robert J. Miller,
Lewis and Clark College law professor delivers a free public lecture, “American
Indian Legal and Political Encounters: Lewis & Clark and the Doctrine of
Discovery and Treaty Making” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 16, in the Student
Services Building at Washington State University Vancouver.
Miller, a citizen of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of
Oklahoma, is also chief justice of the Court of Appeals for the Grand Ronde
Tribe. This year marks the 150th anniversary of the northwest Indian Treaty
negotiations between territorial governor Isaac Stevens and northwest Indian
leaders and the 200th anniversary of the arrival of Lewis and Clark in the
northwest.
The Clark County Historical Museum, one of the sponsors
of the lecture series, is showing a traveling exhibit , “The Northwest Treaty
Trail,” at the museum at 1511 Main Street, through March 31.
News briefs
The Vancouver City Council meets in workshop session at 4
p.m. today. g The Fort Vancouver
Regional Library board of trustees meets in workshop session at 5 p.m. and
convenes in a regular public meeting at 6:15 p.m. this evening in the First &
Clark Building, 606 NE 1st Street, Battle Ground.
g The Neighborhood Associations
Council of Clark County meets at 7 p.m. this evening in the county Public Works
conference room, 4700 NE 78th Street. g
Jan Harte, Washington State University
Small Business Development Council certified business counselor, presents a
discussion on leveraging tax dollars at a 7 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 15, meeting of
the Clark County Chamber of Commerce in the Quality Inn & Suites. The public is
invited, and there is no charge. g
Clark Public Utilities’ commissioners meet in regular session at 9 a.m. Tuesday,
Feb. 15. g Clark County commissioners
meet in regular session at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 15.
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