Osprey coming and going from PDX during military training

Portland International Airport watchers may see a strange-looking V-22/Osprey taking off and landing vertically at PDX from time to time during the rest of the month as military training flights by the aircraft, which also flies horizontally, are conducted outside the Vancouver-Portland area.

Paddy Hough St. Paddy's Day Parade coming Friday

One of Uptown Vancouver's largest and most colorful parades, the annual Paddy Hough St. Paddy's Day Parade, is 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Friday, March 16.

The parade route is from the Hough Elementary School, 1900 Daniels Street north to 24th Street, east to Main Street, south on Main Street to McLoughlin Boulevard and west to Hough Elementary. For further information, call 992-7060.

The parade,in its 16th year under current sponsorship of the Hough Foundation, is an annual tribute to Irish immigrant and educator Patrick Hough, who was principal of the Hough School and from whom the neighborhood got its name.

Forum at the Library takes up green power

“Green Power: How Much Can We Afford?” is the subject matter of the Forum at the Library at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 15, in Library Hall in the Vancouver Community Library, 1007 E. Mill Plain Boulevard.

Presenters are as follows: Patrick McGary, power manager, Clark Public Utilities; Ann Gravatt, policy director, Renewable Northwest Project; and Ruth Bennett, chief operating officer, Bonneville Power Administration. Moderator is Dan Ogden.

There is no charge.

Magenta Theater’s The Lion, The Witch
and The Wardrobe opens Thursday

Magenta Theater Company’s production of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe opens Thursday March 15, in its theater at 108 W 27th Street.

Written by C. S. Lewis, and dramatized by Joseph Robinette, the Vancouver production is directed by Jaynie Roberts.

Tickets in advance are $10 to $13, slightly higher at the box office. Show times are 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday, March 15 and 16, and 3 p.m. Saturday, March 17. For further information, call 635-4358 or go to www.magentatheater.com. 

Mystery of Love Dialogue Project
to be convened twice this month

Vancouver is one of ten communities in the United States participating in the Mystery of Love Dialogue Project, according to Jeanne Kojis, executive director of the Nonprofit Network, the local sponsoring organization. The project is funded nationwide by the Fetzer Institute Campaign for Love & Forgiveness.

The project is designed to explore how love is in action in our lives and in our community, says Kojis.

Two free facilitated programs will be presented n Vancouver, the first at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 14, in the Battle Ground Senior Center, 116 NE 3rd Avenue, the second at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 29, in the Water Resources Education Center, 4600 SE Columbia Way.

The sessions are free. Registration is not required, according to Kojis. For further information, call 735-7110, or go to http://www.fetzer.org.

News brief

The Vancouver Food Cooperative is seeking a logo design for its yet to be opened storefront. For further information go to the co-op’s website, www.vancouverfood.org.

Calendar

A one-hour program of short skits and monologues about the impact of HIV/AIDS on women and girls in Clark County, produced by students at the Vancouver School of Arts & Academics, is at 5:30 p.m. this evening in the Royal Durst Theatre at the school at 3101 Main Street. There is no charge. n The Vancouver City council does not meet today. n The Neighborhood Associations Council of Clark County meets at 7 p.m. this evening in the Public Works Conference Room, 4700 NE 78th Street. n The Vancouver-Clark Parks and Recreation Department will discuss parks and recreation accessibility at a forum at 7:30 p.m. this evening in the Firstenburg Community Center, 700 NE 136th Avenue. For further information, call 619-1130. n Clark Public Utilities’ commissioners meet at 9 a.m. Tuesday, March 13. n Port of Vancouver commissioners meet at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 13. n Clark County commissioners meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 13.

Monday, March 12 Headlines

Matt Mass remembers the Russians landing; President Roosevelt coming to town---Columbian, Tom Vogt

GOP minority not powerless in Olympia--Columbian, Kathie Durbin

Clark College professors earn honor, promotion--Columbian, Howard Buck

Dave Christensen and Dave Foggia have good reasons to chuckle--Columbian, Julia Anderson

No one seems to know who did poll about casino--Columbian, Jeffrey Mize

La Center-Ridgefield school boundary dispute 'unsettled'--Columbian, Isolde Raftery

WSU Vancouver professor gets $400,000 grant to study hearing loss--Columbian, Tom Vogt

Brush Prairie next housing boom--Columbian, Michael Andersen and Cami Joner

Pair of Vancouver women circulating petition to stop port from imposing tax to buy Alcoa industrial site--Columbian, Jonathan Nelson

McBain gets maximum 20 years, four months for slaying his father in 2004--Columbian, Stephanie Rice

Dino Rossi has not ruled out another run for governor--Seattle P-I, Neil Modie

Former Walter Reed chief forced to retire--USA TODAY, AP