Memorial service for Nancy Paulson
is Saturday at New Heights Church

A memorial service for Nancy Jo Paulson, who died with her family around her earlier this week at the age of 59, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 27, in the New Heights Church, 7913 NE 58th Avenue.

Mrs. Paulson was born in Portland, May 4, 1947, was reared in Hoquiam and graduated from the Good Samaritan School of Nursing in 1968, the same year that she married her best friend, Larry Paulson.

In addition to Mr. Paulson, executive director of the Port of Vancouver, Mrs. Paulson is survived by three sons, Duke, Tacoma; Scott, Vancouver, and Bryce, Grand Rapids, her mother, Geraldine Semler, Gresham, and two sisters, Susan Paulson, who is married to Larry Paulson’s brother, Dick, Tualatin, and Julie Ueland, White Salmon.

Remembrances may be sent to the New Heights Church or the Southwest Washington Medical Center Foundation.

Nautilus donates $200,000 in fitness
equipment to Marshall Center

Vancouver-based Nautilus, which provided all of the fitness equipment for the Firstenburg Center, the City of Vancouver’s newest community center, has announced a gift of $200,000 in fitness equipment for the Marshall Center, the city’s most used community center.

The equipment will be in place when renovation of the Marshall Center is completed in September.

Davis Judd, Vancouver-Clark Parks and Recreation director, said, “The donations are crucial to the maximization of our two community centers. The partnership we have with nautilus is an example of what the public and private sectors can do for a community by working together.”

Bob Knight to deliver state
of Clark College address

Bob Knight, interim president of Clark College, will deliver the annual state of the college address at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 31, in Gaiser Hall on the college’s Fort Vancouver Way campus.

The title of the address is “Connecting With Our Community.” There is no charge but advance reservations are required. For further information, call 992-2219.

InterACT to talk politics

InterACT, the community forum where the audience is the panel, meets at noon, Thursday, Feb. 1, in the county commissioner’s board room in the Public Service Center, 1300 Franklin Street, to discuss whether and how the November elections affect Clark County and whether accounts in the news media accurately reflect the election results and what the electorate had in mind when they voted.

There is no charge. A lunch may be purchased beforehand in the Dragonfly Café on the first floor of the Public Service Center.

Bank of Clark County
reports banner year

Net profits for the eight-year-old Bank of Clark County rose 57.8 percent in 2006, to $5.048 million, reports bank president Mike Worthy.

Worthy says that the bank’s assets continued to grow during the year, posting a 15.8 percent increase to $315.5 million. He says the bank’s loan portfolio grew by 19 percent during the year.

News briefs

Clark County Skills Center Restaurant is offering an Italian dinner, “An Italian Affair,” at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 26. Following antipasto, hearts of Romaine salad, is a linguini entrée plate that includes pressed sage chicken breast, Italian sausage with roasted red and yellow peppers, and roasted port loin stuffed with olive tapenade. The dinner is $25 per person in advance. For further information, call Robbin McColley, 604-1050, extension 2176. The Skills Center restaurant is at 12299 NE 28th Street. n Regional high school machining and welding competition is scheduled on the Clark College campus Saturday, Jan. 27. Evergreen, La Center, Mountain View, Prairie and Washougal High Schools will compete in the machining competition, which begins at 9 a.m. in building AA5. Battle Ground, Centralia, Evergreen, Mountain View and Prairie High Schools compete in welding beginning at 7:30 a.m. in building AA2. For further information, call 992-2341. 

Calendar

Annual three-day Clark College northwest high school jazz festival continues today with first-day final competition beginning at 7 p.m. in the college’s Gaiser Hall. Competition continues all day Friday, Jan. 26, beginning at 8 a.m., and all day Saturday, Jan. 27, beginning at 7:40 a.m. Final festival competition begins at 7 p.m. Saturday. Adult admission is $5 each day. For further information, call 992-2188 or 992-2662. n The Columbia River Crossing Task Force is holding an open house, to present proposed ways of replacing the Interstate 5 Columbia River bridges, at 4:30 p.m. today, in the Oregon Association of Minority Entrepreneurs, 4134 N Vancouver Avenue, Portland. n S. Renee Mitchell, award-winning Oregonian newspaper columnist, is the speaker for the Black Entrepreneurs of Clark County’s Sweat Equity series at 5:30 p.m. today in Clark Public Utilities Electric Center, 1200 Fort Vancouver Way. For further information, call 604-8583. n At 5:30 p.m. today, in the Public Service Center, the Clark County Planning Commission will meet in a work session to discuss alternatives land-use map aspects of the county growth management plan undergoing revision . n A mature audience play, Hot-’N’ Throbbing, is being presented by Arts Equity Onstage in the Main Street Theatre, 606 Main Street at 7:30 p.m. this evening and Friday and Saturday, Jan. 26 and 27. Reserved seating ranges from $8 to $24. For further information, call 695-3770.

Thursday, Jan. 25, headlines

Old Elmer Rufener farm rezoned industrial--Columbian, Erik Robinson

Bone study, which included 100 Clark County women shows one bone density test is enough--Columbian, Tom Vogt

Visitor information center moved to 8th Street, near Main Street--Columbian, Cami Joner

Truck and rail traffic at Port of Vancouver to grow by 60 percent in ten years--Columbian, Julia Anderson

Palm Springs police offer homeless persons one-way bus tickets out of town--The Desert Sun, Stefanie Firth

Defending Iraq War, defiant Cheney cites "enormous successes--Washington Post, Peter Baker

Stocks fall sharply on weak bond auction, poor home sales--USA TODAY, AP

Car trouble: Ford loses $12.7 billion in 2006--New York Times, Nick Bunkley

Car bombs kill at least 24 in Baghdad--Washington Post, Ernesto Londono