Bone cancer takes Trey Foote, Skyview High School football player--Columbian, Dean Baker

German language students
showing off Berlin photos

Reichstag where German bundestag meets in Berlin

Nearly two dozen members of the Clark College German Club, recently returned from Germany, will be showing slide pictures of their tour of Berlin at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 24, in Foster Auditorium. The public is invited, and there is no charge.

Clark German professor Julian Nelson, who shepherded the students, says the tour embodied the college’s five C’s—communication, cultures, connections, comparisons and communities.

Margaret Colf-Hepola to
receive Heritage Award

The Clark County Historical Society will present its 2006 Heritage Award to Woodland resident Margaret Colf-Hepola.

Colf-Hepola, a Clark County native, was a 2002 YWCA of Clark County Woman of Achievement. Colf-Hepola is credited with saving the historic 1905 C. R. Zener residence in La Center and turning it into the city’s library, and for helping to restore the Cedar Creek Grist Mill.

The award will be presented at a luncheon at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 22, in the Lewis River Golf Course, 3209 Lewis River Road, Woodland. The luncheon is $22 per person. For reservations, call 993-5679.

Corps of Engineers accepting comments
on draft EIS for Port of Vancouver expansion

The U.S. Corps of Engineers is accepting comments on an Environmental Impact Statement that it will prepare prefatory to approval of the proposed 500-acre Gateway industrial expansion at the Port of Vancouver.

Port of Vancouver plans call for industrial development of part of its holdings north of the flushing channel on the Columbia River that would enhance the import-export opportunities within the lower Columbia River region.

The Corps of Engineers is expected to limit the number of alternatives in the draft EIS to the port’s proposal or no project at all.

The Corps of Engineers is also considering separate environmental processes for proposed railroad improvements at the port and at the NW 26th Avenue extension. These two projects are being treated separately from the Gateway draft EIS.

Comments on the draft EIS must be made to the Corps of Engineers by Monday, Dec. 11. For further information, call (503) 808-4393.

Skills Center dental clinic
remodeling completed

Extensive remodeling of the Clark County Skills Center dental clinic, 12200 NE 28th Street, will be unveiled at an open house from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 30, according to Valerie Schmitt, director of the Dental Assisting Program.

The dental clinic is the centerpiece of the program, which provides training for high school students for positions in local dental offices.

In addition to providing training for students, the clinic, working with local dentists, provides dental care for low-income citizens.

The clinic offers five dental treatment rooms, four of which have new dental chairs and X-ray units.

Patterson Dental Supply coordinated the $128,000 upgrading project.

The Skills Center is owned and operated by ten southwest Washington School Districts.

News brief

The Clark County Chapter of Credit Unions has been named the Chapter of the Year by the Washington Credit Union League. The local chapter, comprising ten credit unions, was recognized for its website development and its Vancouver Parks Foundation Golf Tournament.

Calendar

The Clark County Sheriff’s office Central Precinct Citizens Interaction Committee meets at 7 p.m. this evening in the Northwest Regional Training Center, 11606 NE 66th Street.

Thursday headlines

Vancouver reservist, Ron Paulsen, killed n Iraq--Columbian, Dean Baker

New drivers' license applications indicates surge of new residents--Columbian, Cami Joner

County looking at widening growth limits--Oregonian, Allan Brettman

Wal-Mart confirms that cheap generic drugs coming to Oregon--KATU, AP, Marcus Kabel (Video also)

Microsoft, Mozilla release new Web browsers--Seattle Times, Benjamin J. Romano

Baghdad violence up 22 percent in two weeks--Washington Post, John Ward Anderson

Google earnings soar, easily beating estimates--USA TODAY, AP

Dow closes above 12,000--Washington Post, Daniela Deane and Bill Brubaker

Ad sales continue to sag at major newspapers--New York Times, Jeremy W. Peters