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Most residents like quality
of life in Clark County
Four out of five Clark County
residents who responded to a survey conducted in January by the Clark County
Auditor’s office said they rated the quality of life in the county between good
and excellent. Only 12 of 1,139 persons who answered the survey conducted by
mail rated the quality of life in the county as poor.
Only 20 percent of those answering the
survey expressed concern over the time it took them to drive to work. Twelve
percent said they thought it took too long to drive to wherever they shop.
Two-thirds of those answering the
survey rated the level of safety in the county as good or excellent.
Issues citizens were most concerned
about were, in order of seriousness, crime, county taxes, growth and sprawl,
employment and the economy, planning and zoning, infrastructure (including
roads), local environment, property rights, health services, housing, social
services and parks.
More than half of those responding to
the survey had lived in the county for 11 years or more. Four out of five had
some college education. Nearly one out of four said they worked in Oregon. One
person out of three said they worked out of his or her home.
The survey was part of a rating
process conducted by the auditor to determine the effectiveness of county
government.
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Presents a “Magic Voyage”
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra,
under the direction of music director Salvador
Brotons, presents a “Magic Voyage” in weekend concerts in the concert
hall at Skyview High School, 1300 NW 139th Street, at 3 p.m. Saturday, May 21,
and 7 p.m. Sunday, May 22.
Guest violinist
Jennifer Choi will perform Saint-Saens
Violin Concerto #3. Guest vocalists for the concerts are soprano
Linda Appert, counter-tenor
Ron Frasier and baritone
Richard Lippold.
Two of Vancouver’s top choral groups
also perform at both concerts. Insider
readers who can correctly identify one of the groups and send their answers to
Kelly O’Neill,
thevso@vancouversymphony.org, will be eligible to receive a pair of
free tickets to either concert.
The Saturday concert will be preceded
by a “Musical Conversation” about the music and composers at 2 p.m.
Tickets are $35, $23 and $15 for
students. For further information, call 735-7278.
Battle Ground Lake
Fish N’ Fun is Saturday
The 4th annual Fish N’ Fun, at Battle
Ground Lake State Park is 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 21, at the lake
northeast of Battle Ground. Fishing activities are open for children 3 to 12.
Family activities include games, raffles and free hot dogs, chips and drinks.
Registration is required. For further
information, call the North County Family Resource Center,
687-7126.
Law Enforcement Day
speaker is Brian Martinek
Vancouver Police Chief
Brian Martinek is the keynote speaker for
Law Enforcement Day ceremonies at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 19, in the plaza at the
Public Service Center, 1300 Franklin Street.
The public ceremony, sponsored by the
Clark County Sheriff’s Department, honors all law enforcement professionals who
have died in the line of duty.
News briefs
Victoria Maxwell, nationally known performer and educator, performs her
award-winning one-act play, Crazy for Life,
for the Columbia River Mental Health Services community forum at 5:30 p.m. today
in Club Green Meadows. Call Nanette White,
993-3048, to register for the $20
program. g
Clark County Auditor Greg Kimsey presents
a town hall meeting on a proposal to provide county voters with only mail-in
ballots at 7:30 p.m. this evening in the Rose Besserman Community Room in the
Fisher’s Landing Transit Center.
Headlines at home and from around the world:
(Click on the headlines below for the rest of the story)
Overshadowed (A
short story of Mount St. Helens 25 years ago)--Columbian, Thomas Ryll and
Ken Olsen
Ted Van Arsdol
edits book about World War II Kaiser Shipyard days--Columbian, Dean Baker
What's in store
for Mount St. Helens--Columbian, Tom Koenninger
Skills Center
helping build careers--Columbian, Mary Sisson
QFC
will close five stores in Washington, including one in Vancouver--Seattle P-I,
Kristen Millares Bolt
Intel's big tax break approved
by Hillsboro and Washington County--KATU
Dow's best 3-day run in six months raises average to 10,464.45--SA TODAY,
MarketWatch--Mark Cotton
L.A elects Hispanic mayor for first time in over 100 years--New York Times,
John Broder
Bush administration will impose new limits on imports of clothing from
China--Washington Post, AP, Jeannine Aversa
Mount St. Helens VolcanoCam
[updates every five minutes]--USDA Forest Service, Mount St. Helens National
Volcanic Monument |
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