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FRIDAY Oct. 7, 2005 Greg McGreevey gets Marshall Award Greg McGreevey gets Marshall Award Greg McGreevey, 32-year-old community activist and sales professional, has been named winner of the Gen. George C. Marshall Public Leadership Award for 2005. McGreevey is the founder and executive director of the Fruit Valley Association. He is cited for having recognized a need while serving as an elder in the Fruit Valley Neighborhood’s Rivers Edge Church. He was nominated by Debra Elliott, principal of the Fruit Valley Community Learning Center The Fruit Valley Foundation helps the neighborhood’s working poor families meet basic needs by supporting a food bank and clothing closet, as well as contributing to a program that supplies weekend nutrition to low-income students of Fruit Valley Elementary School. “Greg’s accomplishments thus far have established him as a quiet leader who is guided by his own sense of decency, not unlike Marshall, who received, but never sought public acclaim,” said Dan Tonkovich, chair of the seven-member Marshall Award selection committee. McGreevey is an account manager for Hexion Specialty Chemicals, where he is part of a management team responsible for nine manufacturing sites. McGreevey is a graduate of the University of Washington. He and his wife, Laura, and their 10-month-old son live in the Lincoln Neighborhood. In its 17th year, the award, presented by the Bank of Clark County, is awarded to a Clark County resident, 35 years old or younger, who has completed a four-year college degree and who has demonstrated leadership and commitment to public service. The award will be presented by Mayor Royce Pollard in a 4 p.m. ceremony, Wednesday, Nov. 2, in Marshall’s former home, the Marshall House, 1301 Officers Row.
Vancouver Symphony concert goers The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra presents the world premier of Western Oregon University professor Kevin Walczyk’s Voices From the Water commemorating the Lewis and Clark bicentennial in concerts at 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8 and 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9, in the concert hall at Skyview High School, 1300 NW Street. Weather permitting, I-5 will be closed to both north- and south-bound traffic from 10 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7 until 5 a.m. Monday, Oct. 10, between NE 99th Street and the I-5, I205 split north of the NE 134th Street interchange. Concert goers may use I-205 as an alternate route. In addition to Walczyk’s symphonic piece, the Vancouver Symphony, led by music director Salvador Brotons, features guest violinist Ethan Wood, performing Jean Sibelius’ Violin Concerto in D Minor, and completes the program with Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony Number 1. General admission is $25, reserved seating is $35. Senior citizen tickets are $20 and student admission is $5. For further information, call 735-7278, or go to the symphony orchestra’s website, www.vancouversymphony.org.
Sculpture Garden rocking and Live music enlivens the Sculpture Garden from 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, during downtown Vancouver’s Second Saturday Art Walk. The free concerts are by the Vancouver School District’s One of a Kind Drumline, directed by Edward Esparza, and includes “high energy fusion of Spanish flamenco, rumba and Mexican mariachi tradition, with a touch of rock,” by Jinete. It is recommended that those attending bring lawn chairs. The Sculpture Garden is at 9th Street and Broadway. The program is financed by a grant from the Community Foundation. Calendar Old Apple Tree 179th birthday
celebration is 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, in Old Apple Tree
Park, 112 Columbia Way. There is no charge. Apple cuttings will be given
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The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra celebrates
the 15th anniversary of Salvador Brotons
as conductor and music director with a 6 p.m. dinner Saturday,
Oct. 8, in Royal Oaks Country Club. Tickets are $50. For further
information, call 735-7278.
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Ghost Stories, walking theatrical productions, are being offered every
half hour from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, from the O. O. Howard
House. $5 tickets are available by telephone,
607-2012.
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The Vancouver City Council will meet in an informal session at 5 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 10, to discuss the first year of the Fourth Plain Boulevard
Traffic safety project. The council will convene at 6 p.m. to consider a
short consent agenda.
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The Neighborhood Associations Council of Clark County meets at 7 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 10, in the Public Works conference room, 4700 NE 78th
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Banks, credit unions and the United States Post Office, except for
express mail delivery, the Insider
will be closed and no issue of the Insider will be published on Monday,
Oct. 10, in observance of Columbus Day, Double Tenth Day, National Kick
Butt Day, Tuxedo Day, UN World Mental Health Day, Native Americans’ Day,
in South Dakota, Oklahoma Historical Day, Fiji Independence Day and
Thanksgiving Day in Canada. Liquor stores will be open, however.
Although Tuesday, Oct. 11, is General Pulaski Memorial Day and
Friendship Day in the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, the
Insider will resume publication.
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Clark Public Utilities’ commissioners meet in regular session at 9 a.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 11.
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Port of Vancouver commissioners meet in regular session at 9:30 a.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 11.
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Clark County commissioners meet in regular session at 10 a.m. Tuesday,
Oct. 11.
Friday headlines
at home and from around the world: 'Hotel Rwanda' inspiration urges action--Columbian, Kelly Adams Eco-tourism draws in Southwest Washington--Columbian, Erik Robinson Bloom says sales tax not a deterrent--Columbian, Jonathan Nelson Teachers and Vancouver School District closing in on agreement--Oregonian, Holley Gilbert
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