Ed Little named president and principal of
St. Elizabeth Ann Seaton Catholic High School

Ed Little, retiring veteran Vancouver School District administrator, has been appointed founding president and principal of St. Elizabeth Ann Seaton Catholic High School, Alexander J. Brunett, archbishop of the Seattle archdiocese, announced today.

Little will oversee the design and construction of the new high school. He will assist the board and Kathy McDonald, director of development, in the fundraising effort of the capital campaign in Clark, Cowlitz, Wahkiakum and Skamania Counties.

When the high school is completed in Ridgefield, Little will oversee the educational operations of the school.

Little is retiring this year after 31 years with the Vancouver School District. Since 2003 he has been principal of Skyview High School. He also served as principal of Alki and Gaiser Middle Schools and Martin Luther King and Lieser Elementary Schools.

In addition to his experience as an educator, Little was president of the Washington State University Alumni Association Board and served as a board member since 1991. He is a former member of the Washington State University Vancouver advisory council. Little was also president of the National Coalition for Equity in Education for three years. He earned Washington State University’s Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award. He was also Vancouver School District administrator of the year and earned a V.I.P.  Employee Award from the Vancouver School District.

For further information about St. Elizabeth Ann Seaton Catholic High School, call McDonald at 307-8959.

Tibetan Cultural Festival moves
to Esther Short Park in June

The annual Northwest Tibetan Cultural Association Tibetan Cultural Festival, held in Oaks Park in Portland for the past five years, will be in Esther Short Park in downtown Vancouver from noon until 5 p.m. Saturday, June 30, according to Tserling Choephel.

The annual festival, for which there is no charge, is highlighted by music and dancing, Tibetan food and a “wonderful” Tibetan bazaar, Choephel says.

Tibetan singer Passang Dolma, who lives in India, will join in performances that include three Tibetan dance troupes from San Francisco, and Sand Mandala, NWTCA’s own dance troupe.

According to Choephel, there are about 450 Tibetans living in the Vancouver-Portland area. The non-profit association was formed in the mid-990s, and there is a Tibetan church at 2907 NE 65rd Street in Portland.

For further information, call Choephel at 834-8962.

Southwest Washington Medical Center
marketing department wins six awards

The Marketing and Communications Department at Southwest Washington Medical Center has earned six national awards for excellence in health care advertising, reports the medical center’s manager of Public Affairs/Communications, Ken Cole.

The medical center won two awards from Healthcare Marketing Report for a newspaper insert on the new Firstenburg Tower and for a newspaper ad on the medical center’s new Cyberknife robotic radiographic surgery system.

Four awards were national medical marketing Aster Awards. A Silver Aster Award was shared with the medical center’s communications agency, Coffee Communications Inc., Walla Walla, for its Southwest Health community newsletter, and a Gold Aster was shared with its local agency Rocketshop, for a deck of cards promotion of the new Firstenburg Tower. A Cyberknife podcast earned the medical center a Gold Aster, as did its special advertising insert on the Firstenburg Tower.

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Barbara Tuohino Funk, Battle Ground, has been reappointed to the Washington State Horse Park Authority. Funk is a licensed U.S. equestrian dressage sport horse breeding judge and a dressage technical delegate. She is the current United States Dressage Foundation treasurer and a Washington State University Extension livestock advisor. She has served on the advisory committee of the Dutch Warmblood Studbook in North America and as treasurer and president of the Oregon Dressage Society. The horse park authority is a non-profit corporation and is responsible for developing, promoting, operating, managing and maintaining the state horse park.

Calendar

Granddaddy of Clark County parades, the West Coast Bank Hazel Dell Parade of Bands begins at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 19, at Highway 99 and Hazel Dell Avenue. Twenty-two school bands have signed up for the parade now in its 43rd year. The parade is preceded at 7 a.m. by a Lion’s Club breakfast in Fire District 6 station #1, 8800 NE Hazel Dell Avenue. <> The Fort Vancouver Tapestry will be on display in the Trinity Lutheran Church, 39th and Columbia Streets, from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 19. The tapestry, which had been on display in the capitol in Olympia, will be sent in October to Vancouver’s sister city Joyo, Kyoto, Japan. Donations will be accepted to help cover costs of sending the tapestry to Japan. Tea and donuts will be served by the Soroptimist Club and the ladies of Trinity Lutheran Church. <> Dozer Days, the Vancouver Parks Foundation annual fundraising event is 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, May 19, in Columbia Tech Center, between NE 172nd and 192nd Avenues. Kids and adults get to ride huge heavy equipment machinery. Adult admission is $7. Children 4 to 12 are admitted for $5. For further information, call 687-7688, <> An open house for all sail boat enthusiasts, sponsored by the Vancouver Lake Sailing Club is from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 19, in the clubhouse and grounds at 7110 NW 25th Avenue. Sailboats will be on display, including some for sale. For further information, call Roy Elicker, (503) 335-0960. <> The YWCA Clark County’s annual benefit auction and dinner, sponsored by First Independent Bank, “Outta Sight Disco Night,” opens with a silent auction at 5 p.m. Saturday, May 19, in the Hilton Vancouver Washington. Other sponsors are Hi School Pharmacy/Hardware and the Ray Hickey Foundation. Bruce Murdock is master of ceremonies. Admission is $100. For further information, call 906-9135. <> The Clark County Loaves & Fishes Centers benefit dinner and dance and raffle begins at 6 p.m. Saturday, May 19, in the Firstenburg Community Center, 700 NE 136th Avenue. Music is by John Lazzari. Admission is $30. For further information, call Elaine Cavaness, 597-5711. <> Bravo! Vancouver presents a concert version of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 20, in St. Joseph Catholic Church, 400 S Andresen Road. The Bravo! Chorale and the Washington Chamber Orchestra are featured. Soloists are Mary Jo DuGaw, Sydney Johnson, Beth Madsen and David Meier. Reserved tickets are $20 and may be purchased from all Safeway TicketsWest outlets or at the Bravo! Box office, 906-0441.

Friday, May 18 Headlin

Dying cancer patient gets ride in the boat he and a classmate built; classmate gets a ticket--Columbian, Justin Carinci

Vancouver man is No. 1 MAX operator--Columbian

White House rejects Democrats' Iraq proposal--New York Times, AP

Violence continues in Gaza--New York Times, Steven Erlanger

Deal on immigration reached--Washington Post, Jonathan Weisman

Stocks jump on take over news as S&P 500 nears record--USA TODAY, AP, Tom Paradis

Two Iraqi ABC journalists killed--USA TODAY, AP

Iraq coalition casualties