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MONDAY, Aug. 22, 2005 Vancouver Wine & Jazz Festival opens Friday Fair weather is predicted for the eighth annual Vancouver Wine & Jazz Festival, opening this weekend with Friday, Aug. 26, performances by The Kid Lopez Band, 4:15 p.m., Kathy Walker Band, 6 p.m., and headliner Los Lobos at 8 p.m. The 2005 festival in Esther Short Park features 15 jazz bands, 55 fine artists, over 150 wines from 35 wineries and ten local restaurants, according to Vancouver Wine & Jazz Festival impresario and founder Michael Kissinger, who says the festival has become the largest jazz festival of its kind in the Pacific Northwest. Kissinger also claims the festival is the largest cultural tourism event in southwest Washington. In addition to three-time Grammy winner, Los Lobos, headliners are, on Saturday, Aug. 27, Trio! (Stanley Clarke, Bela Fleck and Jean-Luc Ponty), 5:30 p.m., and the Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Orchestra, 8:15 p.m., and on Sunday, Aug. 28, The Four Freshmen, 5 p.m., and six-time Grammy winner Jose Feliciano, 7 p.m. Really great northwest jazz groups are on the afternoon outdoor play list: Saturday, Aug 27: Northwest Jazz: The Dennis Caiazza Quartet, 1 p.m. The Mel Brown Quartet, 2:15 p.m. Laura Welland Group, 3:35 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 28 David Evans Quartet, 11:30 a.m. Three Fifths Compromise, 12:45 p.m. Dan Balmer Trio, 2 p.m. The Seattle Jazz Singers, 3:15 p.m. One-ounce wine samples are $1. Five-ounce glasses of premium wines range from $4 to $8. Tickets are available through TicketsWest outlets (800) 224-8499, Safeway Tickets West outlets, online at www.ticketswest.com and www.vancouverwinejazz.com. Tickets are $15 for each day, $40 for three days. At the gate, tickets are $20. Persons under age 21 must be accompanied by parent or guardian. County offering
workshop Clark County’s long-range planners are offering a workshop on mixed-use “village centers” proposed in the county’s earlier long range growth planning documents. The workshop is at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7, in the main hearing room in the Public Service Center, 1300 Franklin Street. The county has designated 300 acres of new land for mixed-use development, and the county plan envisions five village centers, four on or near Interstate 5, and one about mid-way between Battle Ground and east Vancouver. Planners envision that each village or neighborhood center would have a unique identity and would provide for community, residential, retail and office uses. Vancouver City
Council and Port of The Vancouver City Council and the Port of Vancouver Commission meet in a workshop session at 4 p.m. today in port offices, 3103 Lower River Road, and will discuss ways the two organizations can work together for development of the west Vancouver Columbia River waterfront. Port officials will also make a presentation on port industrial and environmental planning. The joint meeting is expected to conclude by 6 p.m. Calendar Port of Vancouver
commissioners and the Vancouver City Council meet in a joint session
this afternoon at 4 p.m. in port offices.
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The Vancouver City Council meets in regular session at 7 p.m. this
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Clark Public Utilities’ commissioners meet in regular session at 9 a.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 23, and will discuss, among other things, the residential
exchange program with Bonneville Power Administration.
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Clark County commissioners meet in regular session at 10 a.m. Tuesday,
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