Michael Bell promoted to senior VP
at Riverview Community Bank

Michael Bell, recently hired by Riverview Community Bank, has been promoted to senior vice president, residential construction and lending, bank executive vice president Dave Dahlstrom reports.

A graduate of Western Washington University, Bell has 23 years’ experience in banking. He will work with Riverview’s builder and developer clients.

Bell is active in the Camas School District, where he has been a member of the Citizens Advisory Committee for the school board, and the Camas Athletic Committee, and he is a school volunteer and coach.

Jet-boat tours of Vancouver
waterfront scheduled Saturday

Explorers and early visitors often had their first view of the Vancouver water front from the Columbia River. This Saturday, jetboat excursions offer riders a view of the Port of Vancouver Columbia River docks and industrial area from similar vantage points.

Half-hour jetboat rides are $5 per person from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 23. Port of Vancouver guides will be on board the 62-passenger Willamette Jetboat Excursions jetboats as they depart from Vancouver Landing just west of the Red Lion Hotel at the Quay. Advance reservations are not being taken. Children under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult. For further information, call 992-1129.

Brubeck Brothers revisited

Last Saturday’s Bravo! Vancouver presentation of the Brubeck Brothers Quartet was a sensation. In the 60’s working as a disc jockey in the Midwest, I used to play Dave Brubeck’s Take Five, and I thought that was way cool. Last Saturday the Brubeck boys, Chris and Dan, gave us their version of their father’s famous work, and I thought that that was even better! Michael Kissinger is Vancouver’s impresario. This August at the Vancouver Wine & Jazz Festival he brings us Melissa Manchester, Poncho Sanchez, Blind Boys of Alabama and the rock solid Kenny Loggins. All that talent in Esther Short Park. Oh my!—Tim Welch.

IQ Credit Union named one of 100
best companies to work for

IQ Credit Union has been named one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in Washington by Washington CEO Magazine, reports Roger Michaelis, iQ Credit Union CEO.

Companies are chosen largely on the basis of employee ratings.

The 67-year-old credit union serves 39,000 members through eight retail branches and six student-run high school campus branches.

C-TRAN Summer Blast Passes still available

C-TRAN’s annual Summer Blast Passes, which offer unlimited rides on C-TRAN buses, except Portland premium express routes, are available for young people form 13 to 18. They go on sale for $24 beginning Wednesday, June 20. The passes allow riders use of TriMet buses, MAX and Portland Streetcars. The passes are good through Aug. 31.

For further information, call 695-0123 or go to www.c-tran.com.

News brief

Through the completion of construction of the Interstate Highway 5 interchange with Highway 502, in 2009, the number of traffic lanes in each direction on I-5 has been reduced from three to two and the speed limit has been reduced from 70 to 60 miles an hour. The interchange will provide a direct east-west link between the freeway and Battle Ground.

Calendar

The Vancouver City Council meets in a workshop session at 4 p.m. today. <> Port of Camas-Washougal commissioners meet in regular session at 4 p.m. today. <> The Vancouver City Council meets in regular session at 7 p.m. this evening and is expected to adopt a visioning plan, along with zoning requirements and specific height and density regulations for an expanded 130-block downtown city center area. <> Port of Vancouver commissioners are holding a special meeting at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 19 to discuss a proposed lease to Columbia Waterfront LLC, putative developers of the Boise Cascade riverfront property west of the Red Lion Hotel at the Quay. A 3-plus acre would be leased to the developers as a focal point of the larger 28-acre waterfront development. <> Clark County commissioners will consider a consent agenda at the beginning of a 10 a.m. commissioners’ meeting that is expected to go on all day and into the evening as the three commissioners consider recommendations from the county planning commission regarding the updated Comprehensive Growth Management Plan. The day-long session will be reconvened at 6 p.m., and, if necessary will be continued at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 20.

Headlines Monday, June 18

Vancouver police release details of fatal shooting--Columbian, Kelly Adams

Former partner, family remember Sean Makarowsky, fatally shot as Vancouver police were serving warrant--Columbian, Michael Andersen

Brigade Days draw families to Fort Vancouver--Columbian, Jose Paul Corona

Immigration issue at a boil--Oregonian, Jeff Kosseff

Semi snags patrol car during high speed chase near Medford--KATU, AP

Oil companies blame high gasoline prices on ethanol--imagine--Seattle Times, AP, H. Josef Herbert

U.S. resuming aid to Palestinian government--Washington Post, Scott Wilson and Howard Schneider

U.S. and Iraqi forces move on Sunni insurgents--Washington Post, Steven R. Hurst

Duke reaches settlement with former lacrosse players--Washington Post, AP, Aaron Beard

Iraq Coalition Casualties