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Penguin Student Union
dedication is Wednesday
Paid mostly through student fees, the Clark College
Penguin Student Union, a $9.9 million addition to Gaiser Hall, will be dedicated
at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 13. Official dedicators will be
Micah West, president of the Associated
Students of Clark College, college president
Wayne Branch, and chair of the college board of trustees
Sue Fratt.
The three-floor Penguin Student Union opens at 10 a.m.
At 2 p.m. artist Lucinda
Parker will discuss her charcoal drawings on display in the Archer
Gallery, which is located on the lower level of the student union building. At
3:30 p.m. the donor wall in the gallery will be rededicated.
Former Clark College Alumni Association presidents
Jerry McGee and
Ceci Ryan Smith will dedicate a wall in
honoring outstanding Clark College alumni. As part of the dedication ceremony
the 2005 Outstanding Alumni honorees will be introduced.
At 5 p.m. members of the ASCC will unveil a dedication
plaque in the Penguin Student Lounge.
On the main level of the nearly 52,000-square-foot
addition to Gaiser Hall are study and lounge areas, a game room, café,
performance area and the Student Life office. The upper level contains
conference and meeting rooms and is the office of the student newspaper,
The Independent.
According to Branch, in 2001 students voted to approve a
fee of $2 per credit hour to help pay for a student union building. This source
alone covered nearly $8 million of the total cost of the student union. The
students also raised over $$350,000 for furnishings in the building, and student
technology fees paid for audio/visual equipment, including a wireless network
system and computers.
Six from neighborhood associations
selected to attend May conference
Six representatives of Vancouver and Clark County
neighborhood associations have been selected to attend the May 25-28 national
Neighborhoods USA Conference in Sacramento, Calif.
They are Bridget Schwarz,
representing the Fairgrounds Neighborhood Association,
Bud Van Cleve, president of the NE Hazel
Dell Neighborhood Association, Jennifer Reed,
vice president, Vancouver Heights Neighborhood Association,
Laren Sickles, chair of the Oakbrook
Neighborhood Association, Milada Allen,
representing the Felida Neighborhood Association, and
Chloe Yager, president of the Forest
Ridge Neighborhood Association.
Accompanying the neighborhood representatives will be
Adrienne DeDona, of the Vancouver Office
of Neighborhoods and Outreach, Holly Gaya,
Clark County Neighborhood Outreach, and Doug
Ballou, chair of Neighborhood Associations Council of Clark County.
Tickets available for
no-hassle Mariners game
The Clark College Alumni Association has a limited number
of tickets available for its “5th Annual No-Hassle Seattle Mariners Game and
Good Time Motor Coach Trip,” Sunday, May 15, in Seattle.
The Mariners are hosts to the defending World Champion
Boston Red Sox.
Tickets include roundtrip transportation from Clark
College and seating in section 330, and are available for $45 to members of the
Alumni Association and $50 to nonmembers.
Barring a change in the game's scheduled 1:05 p.m.
starting time, the buses will depart Clark College at 8 a.m. For more
information and to purchase your tickets, call the Alumni Office at
992.2301.
News briefs
The Clark County Quilters Quilt Show continues until 7 p.m.
this evening and continues 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 9, in the Eleanor
Roosevelt Elementary School, 2921 Falk Road. Admission is $4.
g The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
presents the violin students of Laurita Jauregui
de Campero in a free concert at 7:30 p.m. this evening in Borders Books
Music Movies and Café, 811 SE 160th Avenue.
g Piano sale benefiting Portland’s Old Church is this weekend at Classic
Pianos, 3003 Milwaukie Ave. Call (503) 239-9969
for further information. g
Lacamas Lake Watershed Festival and Fishing Derby is 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday,
April 9, at Lacamas Park on SE Everett Road. For further information, call
Kathi Hansen, Camas Parks and Recreation,
834-5307.
g The Oregon Air National Guard's
142nd Fighter Wing will be conducting a base readiness exercise, today and
Saturday, April 10, at the Portland Air Base. During the exercise, the unit's
F-15 Eagle jet fighters will be taking off several times each day between 8 a.m.
and 9 p.m. More than 800 unit members will be training in simulated wartime
conditions.
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MIRIAM GREEN 
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