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Joel White named BIA
public affairs director
Joel White has been promoted to public affairs director of the Building
Industry Association of Clark County. White succeeds
Matt Lewis, who has accepted a position
as public affairs director for Vancouver building contractor Pacific Lifestyle
Homes.
White, who has been with the
association the past five years, most recently has been community affairs
director. He will now manage the association’s political activities in addition
to administering internal communications and community outreach projects.
White is a graduate of the University
of Idaho and holds a masters degree in public affairs from Washington State
University.
Another staff change announced
today by BIA’s executive director David Roewe
is the hiring of Steve Madsen, an
attorney, who will assume the newly created office of advocacy director/staff
counsel. Madsen will handle issues pertaining to the building industry at each
local municipality in Clark County, according to Roewe.
Madsen, a competitor in the 2004
Iditarod sled dog Race in Alaska, has been in practice the past nine years,
specializing in real estate law, subdivision permitting and development,
construction contracts and landlord-tenant issues.
The BIA of Clark County is a
920-member trade association representing the interests of all businesses
involved with land development and construction, according to Roewe.
Paul Montague named Greater Vancouver
chamber’s membership services director
Paul
Nissen Montague III has joined the Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce
staff as membership services director, according to chamber president
John McKibbin.
Montague has more than 20 years’
experience in the telecommunications industry, including roles in training,
sales and marketing. He holds a masters degree in communications management from
the Annenberg School of Communications, University of Southern California, and
he earned a bachelors degree from North Carolina State University.
Montague currently is involved with
the Greater Clark County Rotary, the Hazel Dell-Salmon Creek Business
Association, and the Hazel Dell Parade of Bands. Montague is also a licensed
commercial and private pilot.
According to McKibbin, Montague will
be responsible for providing services and information for the chamber’s 1,450
members.
Who’s who in state and local
higher education converge in
Vancouver Tuesday
Washington State University Vancouver
chancellor Hal Dengerink and Clark
College president Wayne Branch Tuesday,
May 3, will be co-hosts at both campuses
to state legislators as they discuss the transition of WSU Vancouver to a
four-year university and the impact of that on Clark and Lower Columbia
Community College.
Sessions in the morning will be at the
Clark campus. Lunch, panel sessions and tours will follow in the afternoon at
WSU Vancouver’s Salmon Creek campus.
An afternoon roundtable discussion
will include Mike Worthy, president of
the Bank of Clark County, who is a member of the state Higher Education
Coordinating Board, Tom Koenninger,
editor emeritus, The Columbian, who is
president of the state Board of Community and Technical Colleges, and
Joe King, formerly of Vancouver and
former speaker of the state House of Representatives.
News briefs
The Vancouver City Council, meeting at 7
p.m. this evening, will consider an appeal of the Vancouver Planning
Commission’s denial of a zone change for Killian Pacific, which would have
allowed commercial development east of Pearson Field at the foot of Grand
Boulevard, near Highway 14. g
Fort Vancouver Library District board of trustees are holding
a public meeting as a committee at 8 a.m. Tuesday, May 3, in the library
district director’s room at 1007 E Mill Plain Boulevard.
g Clark Public
Utilities’ commissioners meet in regular session at 9 a.m. Tuesday, May 3.
g Clark County
commissioners meet in regular session at 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 3. The
commissioners will also hold a public work session at 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 3, to
consider changes for the Comprehensive Growth Management Plan.
g The Southwest
Washington Regional Transportation Council meeting at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 3,
in the Public Services Building 1300 Franklin Street, and will discuss the
southern Washington transportation revenue package passed by the legislature and
signed by the governor last week.
Headlines at home and from around the world:
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Huge Ridgefield art
show begins Friday--Columbian
At least 15,000 looking for jobs at Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital--Oregonian
Pilots fight plans for commercial site near Pearson--Oregonian, Allan
Brettman
C-TRAN fare
hikes now in effect--Columbian
C-TRAN riders look for bargains as fares rise--Oregonian, Allen Brettman
Hired graffiti
artists brighten up Esther Short Commons--Columbian, Margaret Ellis
Site once held
for Camas school to become 48-acre, 100 home development--Columbian, Gretchen
Fehrenbacher
Election wrangle goes on, Wenatchee Judge says he will allow GOP to show how
illegal voters cast ballots last November--Seattle Times, David Postman
Iraq violence continues--USA TODAY, AP
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