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Music, viands and libations
highlight city’s biggest party
Attendance is usually measured in the thousands at the
annual Splash, commemorating the Vancouver Water Resources Education Center at
the old sewage treatment plant and little league ball field on SE Columbia Way.
The 10th annual Splash, from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, March
10, should be no exception. The party is free.
Musical entertainment is by local high school and college
jazz musicians, led by Darcy Schmitt,
accompanied by Brent Gjevre.
Food, at $2.50 per “bite,” is provided by waterfront
restaurants Beaches, Pacific Grill and Chowder House, Joe’s Crab Shack, and Who
Song & Larry’s Mexican Restaurant. McMenamin’s will be serving microbrews,
Corwin Beverage will be offering Pepsi products, Boyd Coffee will provide
espresso, and Stein Distributing will be pouring northwest wines, all at popular
prices.
Hands-on activities for the younger set are being
conducted throughout the center, including in the water science lag, exhibit
hall and the White Sturgeon Art Gallery.
The education center opened in 1996, with a mission to
teach people of all ages how to better care for and make decisions about water.
The center is a hub for environmental education and is a popular community
meeting place.
On-site parking is limited, but, according to
spokesperson Rita Davidson, hopping on a
free shuttle is easy. Shuttle buses are available from several well-marked
parking lots near the water center on SE Columbia Way.
Plenty of excitement in 2005 elections
Just when it seems we have elected just about all the
people we need to occupy public offices, another list pops up. So it is this
year with mostly nonpartisan races on the primary and general election ballots
for 2005.
Steve Stuart,
recently appointed Clark County commissioner from District 3, will be in the
only partisan race as he runs for the unexpired one-year term to retain the job
to which he was appointed last December. Stuart is a Democrat.
The mayor and three Vancouver City Council offices will
be before the voters this year. Mayor Royce
Pollard is expected to run for reelection, this time for a four-year
term. Until this year the Vancouver mayor was subject to election every two
years.
Other Vancouver council members whose terms end in 2006
are Jeanne Harris,
Pat Jollota and Jeanne Stewart.
Twenty-five other city and town council jobs are up for
election this fall, including the office of mayor and five city councilpersons
in Washougal. Twenty-eight local school district directors positions are open.
There will be elections for four commissioners in the three port districts in
the county, as well as elections in junior taxing districts, including fire
districts and cemetery districts.
Unless the state legislature decides otherwise, the 2005
primary election will be Tuesday, Sept. 20, reports county elections supervisor
Tim Likness.
Port of Portland public hearing on
airport noise Wednesday morning
Port of Portland commissioners are holding a public
hearing on airport noise abatement at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 9, in port
offices at 121 NW Everett Street. The commission’s FAR Part 150 Noise
Compatibility Planning Study for Portland International Airport is in its final
stages of a three-year planning process.
Both verbal and written comments on the recommendations
will be accepted. Written and emailed comments will also be accepted through
Friday, April 8.
Clark College concert band and choir
entertain Friday in Royal Durst Theatre
The Clark College concert band and concert choir perform
at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 11, in the Royal Durst Theater at the Vancouver
School of Arts and Academics, 3101 Main Street. The band is under the direction
of Charles Ramsey.
April Duvic directs the concert choir.
Admission is free.
News briefs
The polls in the Battle Ground School District are open
through 8 p.m. today. Voters are being asked to approve two bond issues totaling
just over $82 million, to pay for four new elementary and middle schools and a
new high school, as well as to modernize the rapidly growing school district.
Absentee ballots may be dropped off at polling places.
g The C-TRAN board of directors meets
in regular session at 5:15 p.m. today in C-TRAN administrative offices, 2425 NE
65th Avenue. g Clark County
commissioners meet in an informal session at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 9.
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Rosalyn Hart receives the 2005 General George C. Marshall Youth
Leadership Award from Vancouver Mayor Royce
Pollard during a 4 p.m. Wednesday, March
9, ceremony in the Marshall House on Officers Row. The public is invited.
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