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Registration for
Vancouver’s World War II
commemoration being taken on-line
 With
between 50,000 and 100,000 visitors expected for Vancouver’s August
commemoration of World War II, the Vancouver National Historic Reserve Trust is
accepting registrations on its newly launched website,
www.americassalute.org.
Vancouver is one of six U.S. cities
selected by the Department of Defense to host regional commemorations. The
cities are Boston, Chicago, San Antonio, San Diego and Tampa, but Vancouver’s
three-day event is the largest of them all, according to
Elson Strahan, president of VNHRT.
Events so far developed include a
black-tie dinner for 1,000 in the Hilton Vancouver Convention Center, a hangar
dance at Pearson Air Museum, an outdoor Celebrate Freedom Concert and fireworks
display, a mess hall-style pancake breakfast, military aircraft flyovers,
vintage aircraft displays, reunions, old-time military encampments and even a
Red Cross blood drive.
A speaker is yet to be selected for
the annual Gen. George C. Marshall Lecture, which is scheduled during the event.
Events are scheduled for Friday
through Sunday, Aug. 26 through 28, and will honor not only World War II
veterans but veterans of all ages and branches of the service. In addition,
civilians who served their country on the home front will also be honored.
Registration is open to all persons,
veterans as well as non-veterans and can be made either going to the website or
by calling Nancy Link, VNHRT tourism and
events manager, 992-1825.
Help wanted:
To inquire about America’s Celebrate
Freedom Salute sponsorship opportunities, call
Kim Hash, director of programs and donor relations,
992-1804. To inquire about food and
beverage vending opportunities, call Susan
Courtney, food and beverage coordinator,
992-1800. Those interested in volunteer opportunities should call
992-1826.
Mary Bacon Clark
Memorial is Saturday
A memorial service for
Mary Bacon Clark, who died Tuesday at the
age of 71, is at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 30, in the Pegg-Paxon-Springer Chapel,
Beaverton.
Mrs. Clark, who was born in Vancouver,
June 16, 1934, was a 1951 graduate of Vancouver High School and attended the
University of Washington. Mrs. Bacon had a long career in public relations,
holding executive positions with Rockey/Marsh Public Relations and Bacon & Hunt,
Inc., Portland.
Mrs. Bacon is survived by a son,
Jeffrey; three daughters,
Kathy Pingo, Connie Clark and
Linda Lawyer, all of Beaverton; a
brother, Tony Bacon, Vancouver; nine
grandchildren and one great-grand child.
A party follows at the Lawyers’ home.
Evergreen Public Schools
superintendent
selection comes after long hours of hard work
In selecting
Robert L. Corley, who will succeed
Rick Melching on June 30, as
superintendent of Evergreen Public Schools, the school system has held almost
100 community meetings, according to school board member
Schuyler Hoss. Hoss said that, after
spending hundreds of hours meeting with the finalists, touring their respective
districts and asking hard questions about their qualifications and expertise, he
was comfortable that the district has made the best possible decision.
Corley, superintendent of Flagler
County Public Schools, Bunnell, Fla., was previously superintendent for Fife
Public Schools in Tacoma. He holds a doctorate in Educational Leadership from
Nova University.
People
Jeanne
Firstenburg, executive vice president and chief operating officer of the
First Independent Bank, will deliver the keynote address at the 2 p.m. Saturday,
May, 14, Washington State University Vancouver commencement. Firstenburg is a
member of the university’s advisory council. The commencement will be in the
Amphitheater at Clark County.
Jazz concert tickets still available
Tickets are still available for a great
Sunday afternoon of jazz, featuring Tom Grant
and the Louis Pain Band, playing
at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 1, in the Leslie Durst Theatre in the Vancouver School of
Arts and Academics. The jazz concert benefits Vancouver’s Daybreak Treatment
Program, which provides residential drug and alcohol treatment for children 12
to 18. For further information, call 635-4120.
Headlines at home and from around the world:
(Click on the headlines below for the rest of the story)
Robert Corley
named Evergreen Public Schools superintendent--Columbian, Howard Buck
New round of
proposals on arts center elicits interest from Clark College board--Columbian,
Brett Oppegaard
Convention
center builds on our future--Columbian, Tom Koenninger
Backers remain
high on Vancouver Barracks projects--Columbian, Julia Anderson
Women scientists at Washington State
University Vancouver lead men scientists in research grant income--Oregonian,
Dee Anne Finken
Election law overhaul eluded legislators, but tweaks were made to the
system--Seattle Times, Andrew Garber
State may face $90 million bill for having paid different wages to employees who
did the same jobs--Seattle Times, Sharon Pian Chan
Mount St. Helens VolcanoCam
[updates every five minutes]--USDA Forest Service, Mount St. Helens National
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