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Nick Schiller new director of surgical services
Nick Schiller, new SWMC medical director
of surgical services, and Carol Hammes,
new director of Perioperative Services,
teaming up to streamline operations
Nick Schiller,
medical director of the Southwest Washington Regional Surgery Center at
Southwest Washington Medical Center, has been appointed medical director of
surgical services at SWMC, the largest medical center in southern Washington.
Schiller, a member of Vancouver’s Columbia Anesthesia
Group, is also chair of the medical center’s Anesthesia Department and president
elect of SWMC’s medical staff. Schiller earned his medical degree from Oregon
Health Sciences University, where he also completed his anesthesia residency.
Schiller will work with the medical center’s new director
of Perioperative Services, Carol Hammes,
a former Air Force medical operations and planning officer.
Schiller and Hammes are charged with improving patient
care and operating procedure turnaround times at the 360-bed medical center.
Nascom moves to Port of Kalama
Security switch manufacturer Nascom Inc. has consolidated
its Newberg, Ore., and Vancouver operations at the Port of Kalama. The company’s
30 employees this month moved into a 11,500-square-feet of a newly completed
$1.5 million building in the port’s Kalama River Industrial Park.
The company sells over 2.5 million magnetic switches
annually through 2,000 installers nationwide, according to Nascom president and
founder Mike Davenport.
Oregon Air Guard will be conducting
night-flight training the next 10 days
Beginning this evening, the 142nd Fighter Wing of the
Oregon National Guard will be conducting night flying training exercises. The
training exercise ends Thursday, March 31.
Most of the routine training flights testing night vision
equipment are expected to end by 9 p.m.
Public hearing to follow open house on
amended I-5 Battle Ground interchange
The state Department of Transportation is holding an open
house, on the revised Interstate 5, Highway 502 interchange serving the Battle
Ground area, at 5 p.m. Thursday, March 24, and then opens a public hearing on
the matter at 6 p.m. The open house and hearing are in the DOT regional
headquarters, 11018 NE 51st Circle, just off NE 112th Avenue and Highway 500.
The revised plan saves about $1 million from preliminary
estimates for the total $34 million interchange, which is one of the state’s
“nickel” projects, being financed primarily by a five-cent tax per gallon of
gasoline.
The interchange, designed to speed traffic between
Interstate 5 and 219th Street, which is also state Highway 502, offers Battle
Ground commuters access to I-5 both north and south. Those intending to travel
north on I-5, however, would be required to make a left-hand turn from 219th
Street.
Construction is expected to begin in 2007, and completion
is expected in 2009.
For further information, call
749-1310.
People
Community Inspiration awards for February have been
presented to Danny Clinton and
Skip Ballweber, by the Clark County Youth
House Visionary Team.
News briefs
The Vancouver City Council meets in a workshop session at 4
p.m. today. This meeting will be followed at 7 p.m. with a regular session.
g Port of Vancouver Commissioners
meet in regular session at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 22.
g Clark County commissioners meet in
regular session at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 22. The commissioners’ meeting is
followed by a meeting of the county Health Department.
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MIRIAM GREEN 
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