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MONDAY Oct. 3. 30, 2005 Old apple tree
is 179 years old; afternoon party is Saturday The cuttings from the oldest apple tree in the northwest—the “Old Apple Tree,” planted in 1826, is 179 years old—will be given away during a festival honoring the tree in the Old Apple Tree Park, which is just north of Columbia Way, through a tunnel in the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad berm. It’s actually listed as 112 Columbia Way. The annual birthday celebration, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, is sponsored by Vancouver’s Urban Forestry Program of the Vancouver-Clark Parks and Recreation Department, the Urban Forestry Commission, Clark Public Utilities and Collier Arbor Care. Attendees will hear live music and will be offered free local apples, in addition to cuttings that can be planted. Local arborists will offer information on tree care, and Collier Arbor Care will hold a fruit tree pruning workshop at 9 a.m. Ridgefield to be reconnected After a five-year absence, C-TRAN transit service to Ridgefield will be restored, reports city manager George Fox. The city is working with C-TRAN to work out connector service options. Although the city had not had bus service since C-TRAN’s initial post-Initiative 695 cutbacks in 2000, the city remained part of the transit system’s service area and maintained financial support. C-TRAN lost about 40 percent of its tax base when I-695 eliminated the statewide motor vehicle excise tax. Voters last month overwhelmingly approved a .2 percent sales tax increase for the transit agency, restoring much of its financial base. The agency currently is hiring coach operators and ramping up for increased service. Urban growth work session Clark County commissioners will discuss “market factor” lands during a special growth management work session from 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 4. The label “market factor” lands designates land that is likely to be developed faster than adjoining property within an urban growth boundary and has a different financial impact on county services. I-5 to be closed next weekend Interstate 5, between its northern split with Interstate 205 and NE 99th Street, is expected to be closed in both directions from 10 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7, through 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 10, to allow contractors to switch traffic lanes to the east side of the widening project. The closure is weather-dependent. If the switchover is completed, the widening project between NE 99th Street and the confluence of I-5 and I-205 will be halfway completed, according to the state department of transportation. Southbound motorists are advised to travel I-205. Northbound motorists are advised to connect to I-205 via Highway 14 or Highway 500. Calendar Clark County commissioners meet
at 4 p.m. this afternoon to discuss the impacts on county and state
highway improvements if Initiative 912 gets voter approval on November
8. The initiative would roll back legislative-mandated gasoline tax
increases that would provide, among other things, a $50 million study of
Interstate 5 bridge improvements.
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Instead of its usually scheduled 4 p.m. Monday workshop session, the
Vancouver City Council today will hear a report from the Vancouver
Planning Commission from 5 until 6 p.m. The council will hold a regular
council meeting at 7 p.m. this evening.
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Clark Public Utilities commissioners have scheduled a tour of the
Columbia Springs Environmental Education Center, 12208 SE Evergreen
Highway, at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 4, in lieu of their usually scheduled
Tuesday meeting.
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Clark County commissioners meet in regular session at 10 a.m. Tuesday,
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The Southwest Washington Regional Transportation Council meets at 4 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 4, in the 6th floor hearing room in the Public Service
Center, 1300 Franklin Street.
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Clark County commissioners meet at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 4, to discuss
processes and standards for mitigation of wetlands.
Monday headlines
at home and from around the world: Pumpkin patches opening--Columbian, Justin Carinci Medical pot seized from La Center man, but he was not arrested--Columbian, John Branton Texas grand jury indicts DeLay on new charge of money laundering--Washington Post, AP, April Castro
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