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FRIDAY, Oct. 21, 2005 Plum Meadows wins national
award The Vancouver Housing Authority has won two national awards for “superior” assisted housing and community development programs. National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials presented the authority with awards of excellence for project design and program innovation and community revitalization for its Plum Meadows community project in Fruit Valley. The housing authority, working with local government, community and nonprofit organizations and the Vancouver School District, built 162 affordable homes on the site of the former Fruit Valley Elementary School, which in turn provided additional students in the area to make it possible to replace the elementary nearby. The new housing project also helped the school district and the community to add a family resource center, community learning center, with computer laboratory and head start program in the new facilities. Federal heating assistance Clark Public Utilities will distribute at least $1.4 million in federal funds to help low-income families with heating bills this winter. The utility contracts with the Clark County Community Service Department to deliver money to qualifying households. The financial assistance is available to households regardless of their heating source, electricity, natural gas, oil or wood. The utility determines the cost of heating for each qualifying household and sends a check the heating vendor. The program kicks in December 1. Further information is available by calling the utility at 992-3000. Amount of recycling is up As the county’s population continues to grow, the rate of trash generated is growing even faster, reports Pete DuBois, Clark County Waste Reduction Specialist. This past year each person in the county generated an average of 3.67 pounds of trash that wound up in landfills each day. This was a four percent increase in 2004 over 2003, according to DuBois. Dubois said residents and businesses sent 250,000 tons of trash to landfills during the year. The total amount of waste generated was just over double that, 518,000 tons. The three largest recycled products were paper, 80,000 tons; food waste and yard debris, 56,500 tons, and scrap metal and cans, 50,000 tons. Glass accounted for only 5,400 tons of recycling and plastic,2,600 tons. According to DuBois, his department is considering changes in regulations that would encourage greater recycling. CREDC offering selling to A one-hour workshop to aid businesses get government contracts is being offered by the Columbia River Economic Development Council at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Oct.25, in CREDC offices at 1101 Broadway. CREDC provides technical assistance for businesses interested in selling to the government at no charge. The workshop covers what the government buys, how to determine whether government contracting is feasible for a particular company, and how to market products and services to governmental agencies. Or further information, call Deb Wallace, 567-1061. Calendar The Washington School For the Deaf “haunted house” is being conducted at 7 and 10 p.m. tonight and Saturday, Oct.22, in the school at 611 Grand Boulevard. Adult admission is $5. Call 696-6252, extension 436 for further information. n The annual Marshall Center sock hop and beach party is 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct.22, in the Marshall Center Community Center, 1009 E. McLoughlin Boulevard. All ages are welcome, but those under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. n Not to be confused with Ghost Stories, which is on hiatus, Ghost Walk is a theatrical production in which you will learn the legends and lore of Officers Row, sometimes from the very people it happened to. Reservations are required. Shows depart every 30 minutes from the O. O. Howard House, 750 Anderson Street, from 6 p.m. until 8:30 on Saturday, Oct. 22. For reservations, call 607-2012. n A modern version of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, continues at the Columbia Art Center, 400 W Evergreen Boulevard this weekend. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. this evening, and 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23, and Sunday, Oct.24.
Thursday headlines
at home and from around the world: Columbia River tourism a trickle--Columbian, Kathie Durbin Australian wizard taming Vancouver traffic--Columbian, Thomas Ryll Anti-casino group decries 'secret strategy;' tribe says nonsense--Columbian, Jeffrey Mize Ridgefield School District seeking room for growth--Columbian, Margaret Ellis Veterans Day Parade participants may number in the thousands--Columbian Cascade Station near PDX to get IKEA store, restaurant--Columbian, Julia Anderson Camas mill workers, G-P reach contract agreement--Columbian, Julia Anderson Wilma pounding Mexican coast--USA TODAY, AP Oil prices drop below $60 a barrel, U.S. motorists putting on brakes--USA TODAY, Reuters
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