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Clark College to confer degrees
and award certificates to 1,500
Garry Presthus
Clark College president
R. Wayne Branch will confer associates
degrees in arts, applied sciences, and science transfers, as well as
certificates of achievement and proficiency in professional-technical programs,
to 1,500 students beginning at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 9, in the Amphitheater at
Clark County.
Clark alumnus
Garry T. Presthus will deliver the
commencement address.
In a separate ceremony at 11 a.m.
Saturday, June 11, in Clark’s O’Connell Sports Center,
Roberto Gutierrez, Clark’s vice president
of instruction, will address 125 students who have successfully completed Clark
College High School Completion GED programs.
Branch says that, each year, community
colleges educate almost half of American’s undergraduate students and provide
training for millions of others seeking to upgrade their workforce skills.
“At Clark, we have built pathways to
success for thousands of students over the years and we are grateful for the
opportunity to touch their lives,” Branch states.
Commencement speaker Presthus is
retired from the World Health Organization, for which he served in Asia and
Africa over a 32-year career. In retirement he continues to serve that
organization through projects including tsunami relief in Indonesia and polio
eradication in Africa. Presthus, a graduate of Battle Ground High School,
attended Clark before transferring to the University of Washington, from which
he was graduated.
Spenser Myles Theberge one of only 20
in the U.S. named Presidential Scholar
Spenser Myles Theberge, Vancouver School of Arts and Academics senior,
has been selected by the U.S. Department of Education as one of 20 Presidential
Scholars in the Arts.
Theberge, who participated in a
National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts Arts Recognition and Talent
Search Program, will attend recognition ceremonies in Washington, D.C.,
beginning Saturday, June 25, and will receive a White House-sponsored medallion.
Concert to be heard in old library
Jan
Michael Looking Wolf Reibach will perform a Native American flute concert
of traditional, blues and jazz-fusion in the Clark County Historical Museum,
which is located inside the 1909 Carnegie Library, 1511 Main Street, at 7 p.m.
Saturday, June 18. Reibach, who is a Grand Ronde Tribal member, has produced
four CDs.
Seating is limited to 80 persons.
Tickets, available at the museum, are $15. For further information, call museum
director Susan Tissot,
993-5679.
SWIFT grant applications being
accepted
Southwest Washington Independent
Forward Thrust is accepting applications for grants from local nonprofit
organizations through Thursday, June 30. Over the past 30 years SWIFT has
provided grants totaling over $ million for more than 1,000 local projects. For
further information, call Allison Cole,
619-4498.
News briefs
Blues acoustical guitarist
Terry Robb performs at 7:30 p.m. this
evening in the Old Liberty Theater, 115 Main Street, Ridgefield. Adult admission
is $10. For further information, call 887-7260.
g Tall
ships Lynx and Lady Washington remain in port at the Port of Camas-Washougal
through Sunday, May 29, then return to Vancouver Landing west of the Red Lion
Hotel at the Quay Monday, May 30 for one more day of tours and visits, before
leaving Tuesday, May 31, for St. Helens, then on to the Port of Kalama on
Tuesday, May 31. For tours and other information, call
(800) 200-5239 for the Lady Washington,
(866) 446-5969 for the Lynx.
g Vancouver City
councilwoman and Clark County historian Pat
Jollota is the featured speaker at a celebration commemorating the Fern
Prairie Cemetery’s 150th anniversary at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 28.
g
Jim West, proprietor of the All American
Deli and Ice Cream in the Vancouver Mall, is giving away ice cream cones from 3
to 5 p.m. Sunday, May 29, to help raise funds for returning Washington National
Guard troops. The ice cream cones are free, but donations are expected. In
addition, discounted merchandise packages are available, which also generate
funds for the troops. g
F-15 Eagle jet fighters from the 142nd Fighter Wing of the Oregon Air National
Guard will fly over the Woodland Veterans Memorial at 11:12 a.m. and the
Washougal Cemetery at 11:20 a.m. Monday, May 30.
g Clark County
commissioners will continue their discussion of making changes to the 2004
Comprehensive Growth Management Plan at a 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 31, meeting in the
Public Service Center. g
The Daily Insider will not be published Monday, May 30.
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desk and will co-house AM-Northwest--Columbian, Mike Bailey
Wenatchee judge says trial in governor election case will go on--Seattle Times,
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