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THURSDAY, July 21, 2005

Service for Richard Wend is Monday
in Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church

 A funeral service for Richard Wend, who died Monday in an automobile accident following a fishing trip, is 1 p.m. Monday, July 25, in Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church, 12513 SE Mill Plain Boulevard. He was 79.

Mr. Wend, a hunter, fisher and golfer who almost always was preceded by a smile, married Donna Cantonwine Wend in 1990 and since which time he lived in Vancouver.

Mr. Wend resided in Longview for 35 years with his wife, Faye G. Wend, who preceded him in death in 1988. He graduated from Kelso High School and attended Washington State University. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Mr. Wend retired from Weyerhaeuser Pulp and Paper in 1984. He was a member of the Kelso Elks Lodge, Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church and the American Legion.  In addition to his wife, Mr. Wend is survived by three daughters, Judy Carlson, Sue Barker and Lynn Eversaul, stepsons Rick Cantonwine and Randy Cantonwine, mother-in-law Elsie Harmic, a sister, Rosemarie Neil, seven grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.

A dessert reception in the church follows the service. Contributions may be made to The Mission Endowment Fund, Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church.

Camas Days getting underway

Camas Days get underway in earnest as vendor booths open at 10 a.m. Friday, July 22, in downtown Camas. Events, including baseball and softball championships, are nearly nonstop over the three-day event, which ends with the 2 p.m. Camas-Washougal Rotary Club Ducky Derby at the 3rd Avenue bridge over the Washougal River.

The Toast of Camas, a wine and brew event, is 5 to 11 p.m. Friday, July 22, and Saturday, July 23, on Birch Street between 4th and 5th Streets. Zuzu Blue entertains at 5 p.m.; Moondance, at 7 p.m. both nights.

The annual steak dinner at Grove Field in Fern Prairie is at 6 p.m. Saturday, July 23. The annual pancake breakfast, also at Grove Field, is 7 a.m. to noon, Sunday, July 24.

Medical center invites knot-hole gang to
watch patient tower construction on-line

An almost real-time camera offers on-line views of actual construction of Southwest Washington Medical Center’s eight-floor patient and operating suite tower at the medical center’s Mill Plain campus.

The $146 million expansion is the centerpiece of expansion expected to be completed by December 2006. The project will provide the community with 154 new private patient rooms and 15 operating rooms.

Viewers can watch construction on-line and manipulate camera views by going to www.swmedicalcenter.com and following instructions, or by clicking on the appropriate lines in the medical center ad in the left column of the on-line Daily Insider.

Calendar

The Vancouver Business Journal’s selection of the top Clark County construction projects for 2005 begins at 4:30 p.m. today in the Clark County Center for Community Health on the grounds of the Veterans Administration complex. There is an admission fee. n The Antics entertain tonight in the free Riverview Bank Six-to-Sunset concert at 6 p.m. this evening in Esther Short Park. Potables, and viands are available from vendors. n The final presentation in the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site archaeology speaker series is at 7 p.m. this evening in the Pearson Air Museum auditorium, 1115 E. 5th Street. Park service archaeologist Robert Cromwell will discuss U. S. Grant’s role in Vancouver Barracks. There is no charge. n Dave Yewman is the keynote speaker at the Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce trade show, 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. Friday, July 22, in the Red Lion Hotel at the Quay.

 ]\Thursday Headlines at home and from around the world:
(Click on the headlines below for the rest of the story)

Bi-state transportation planners going for lease of the third floor of  the Vancouvercenter's north office tower--Columbian, Gretchen Fehrenbacher

How Costco became anti Wal-Mart--New York Times, Steven Greenhouse

Seattle top of the heap when in comes to overpriced cities, New York second, Portland, Ore., third--MSN, Forbes

Local Hilton nears capacity, company website refers some to Portland hotels, restaurants--Columbian, Jeffrey Mize

Judge overrules county commissioners on Cedars 49 plan--Columbian, Kathie Durbin

Sea Scouts help Marine Park dress up--Columbian

Al Swindells going after Bruce Summer's seat on Woodland City Council--Columbian

Clark County housing inventory increased 2.6 percent for the year ending July 2004, but that wasn't enough to qualify for the top 100 counties nationally--Columbian

Drug smuggling tunnel under U.S.-Canadian border near Lynden shut down by feds--Seattle P-I, AP, Gene Johnson

Google goes to the moon--Seattle P-I, AP

Bombers target London in another attack, no fatalities--KATU, AP, Robert Farr

St. Helens shaken by another earthquake today--KATU

Mount St. Helens VolcanoCam [updates every five minutes]--USDA Forest Service, Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument

 


Thursday on the Air
  

   City Minutes—4:30 p.m. CVTV
  
Propstra Square Dedication (6/25) 4:30 p.m. CVTV
  
Clark Count Planning Commission (live)—6:30 p.m. CVTV
   Sacramento at Portland Beavers (live)—7 p.m. KKAD
 

 


Town Tabloids and the Weather
 

Michael Kissinger cranking up propaganda machine. n Bill Marshall buys cake, celebrates 84th birthday and gets two offers on a used car n Sam Jones adjusting balancing act. n Jim De Long giving Kaiser Permanente credit for longevity. n Ed Firstenburg observing weather, eschews cravat. n Kurt Creager delivering heads up. n Thursday, hot sun, 93. Friday, possible morning clouds, sunny, 84. Saturday, continued sunny, 84. 

 

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Attorneys
Miller Nash LLP. Steve Horenstein, 699-4771
Banks
First Independent Bank, 699-4200
Charitable Gift Planning
Barbara Chen CFP, Clark College Foundation, (360) 992-2659

Jim Forkner, FAHP, SWMC Foundation, (360) 514-3182
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Earl C. (Duke) Simpson, DDS, PS, 993-0300

Construction Management and Development
Andersen Construction Co., Inc. Bob Durgan, (503) 720-5234
RSV Construction, Ron Frederiksen, 693-8830
Credit Unions

Columbia Credit Union, 891-4000

iQ Credit Union, 992-4242
Development/Investments

Killian Pacific LLC, 567-0625

Human Resources Consultation

O'Neill & Associates, Paula Johnson, 606-2961
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Hunt Communications Tom Hunt, 693-8180
KMac & Associates LLC, Kathy McDonald
Rocky/Hill & Knowlton, Krista Hildebrand, (503) 248-9468
Security Signs, Designed to inform and sell! Carol Keljo, 817-9959
Window Washing

Quality Window Washing, Dave Beecher, 256-7370
 
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