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THURSDAY, July 5, 2007

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Warner Pacific College expands
adult degree program to Vancouver

Portland-based Warner Pacific College is expanding its adult degree program to Vancouver, reports Toni Pauls, dean of the Christian college’s adult degree program.

Initially the school will offer baccalaureate classes in business administration and human development. Classes will begin in September in the Vancouver campus at 3300 NE 78th Street. Pauls says that associates and masters degree programs will follow in coming months.

“We are thrilled to offer our unique programming in a great location like Vancouver,” Pauls said, adding, “We have already received hundreds of interested students’ inquiries about the new location.”

Warner Pacific College was established in 1937. The adult degree program opened in 1989, and the Portland campus reached capacity last year, according to Pauls. For further information, call Pauls at (503) 517-1324.

Seungjun Kim gets Red Cross youth
liaison post for ten western states

Seungjun Kim 15-year-old Red Cross youth volunteer, has been appointed youth liaison to the Red Cross West Service Area, covering ten western states. Kim, a Mountain View High School junior, has been a Red Cross volunteer since the 7th grade.

Kim will provide consultation to chapters and service area staff on youth programming and will represent youth involvement on the service area resource council.

Kim is in training to become a First Aid/CPR Instructor for the Red Cross this summer. He is active in a variety of community service projects and a member of the National Honor Society.

County schedules trail planning open
houses for Chelatchie Prairie Railroad

Clark County Public Works and Vancouver-Clark Parks & Recreation, preliminary planning a 35-mile trail across Clark County along the Chelatchie Prairie Railroad, have scheduled open houses to further discuss the project next week.

The county-owned railroad, also known as the Lewis and Clark Railroad, cuts across Clark County diagonally from NE 78th Street at the mouth of Burnt Bridge Creek, northeasterly to Chelatchie Prairie in northeast section of the county.

The county leases the line for freight and excursion purposes.

A final plan is expected in 2008. The open houses are 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 10, in the Brush Prairie High School, 11500 NE 117th Avenue, and Wednesday, July 11, in the Yacolt Elementary School, 406 W Yacolt Road.

Brian Major to teach chalk art just
in time for Uptown Village Festival

Brian Major, Vancouver painter and muralist, will teach a class in chalk art in time for the annual Uptown Village Festival and Chalk Walk, Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 18 and 19.

The class will be taught on the preceding Friday, Aug. 17, on an Uptown Village street location to be announced. Uptown Village is along Main Street, between Fourth Plain and Mill Plain Boulevards.

The cost of the two-hour class is $25. Students are to bring chalk, masking tape, two rags and knee pads. For further information, call 694-7721.

SWMC: It’s hip to hydrate

Southwest Washington Medical Center health experts recommend drinking eight 8-ounce glasses of water a day, and to get the point across they are offering free classes on the second Thursday of each month on exercise and staying hydrated.

According to SWMC about 50 percent of human body tissues consist of water. Seventy-five percent of blood is water. Water  helps the liver and kidneys function properly. Water helps move nutrients and oxygen throughout the body. Water helps with the absorption of vitamins and minerals.

For information on the free health classes at SWMC, call 514-2190. For further information on hydration, go to www.swmedicalcenter.org/H2Ohints.  

International Air and Hospitality
Academy offers kids’ cooking classes

Cooking classes for youngsters 11 through 15 are being offered by the International Air and Hospitality Academy. Classes will be conducted by the academy’s director of culinary education, J. D. Thomas. Thomas is a member of the Chef Cuisine Society.

Called Around the “World Cooking for Kids,” the week-long classes will be offered the weeks of July 23, August 6 and August 20 in the academy’s cooking school, 621 Barnes Road in Vancouver Barracks.

Tuition is $175, and includes graduation lunch and certificate of completion. For further information, call 695-2500.

News brief

Nominations for Community Pride Design Awards are being accepted through Monday, July 30. The ten-year-old awards program, sponsored by the county Department of Community Development, recognizes commercial and community construction, development and civic projects that have a positive impact on Clark County. For nomination forms and further information, call Marian Anderson, 397-2375, extension 4487.

Calendar

Riverview Community Bank’s Six-to-Sunset concert series begins its 2007 season with 5 Guys Named Moe at 6 p.m. this evening in Esther Short Park. Concert is free. Food and beverage (no alcohol) vendors are on-hand. Beach chairs or picnic blankets are recommended. <> Steve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile, directed by Llewellyn Rhoe, has been extended through August 11. Performances are 8 p.m. this evening, Friday, July 6, Saturday, July 7, and Sunday, July 8, in the Main Street Theatre, 606 Main Street. Tickets are $10 to $24. Dinner-theater packages, which include a three-course dinner in The Restaurant in the Historic Reserve, are $55 each. For further information, call 695-3770. <> Walking tours on Officers Row in the Vancouver National Historic Reserve conducted by the Vancouver Heritage Ambassadors continue on the first Friday of each month through August. The next departs from the O.O. Howard House, at the Fort Vancouver Way traffic circle, at 6:30 p.m. Friday, July 6. Cost is $10 for adults, $5 children 11 through 16. Children 10 and younger are free. For further information, call 992-1800. The free movie in Esther Short Park at sundown (about 9 p.m.) Friday, July 6, is How to Eat Fried Worms.  

Headlines Thursday, July 5

Fourth at the Fort a major blast--Columbian, Dean Baker

Small town Fourth in Ridgefield--Columbian, Isolde Raftery

Plans ever so slowly evolving for widening I-5 southbound through Delta Park--Columbian, Don Hamilton

Dollars Corner's Boomtown owners ready to move on--Columbian, Jose Paul Corona

Skamania County, developer, skirmishing--Columbian, Kathie Durbin

County may let congestion increase--Columbian, Michael Anderson

Scientists provide update on Vancouver Lake effort--Columbian, Erik Robinson

GWI Software thriving--Columbian, Courtney Sherwood

Gas stations can put 'hold' on debit card transactions, wreck up bookkeeping--Columbian, Jonathan Nelson

County farmland giving way to driveways and sidewalks--Columbian, Tom Koenninger

Siege at Pakistan mosque continues--New York Times,  Salman Masood

Homenade, cheap and dangerous; terror cells favor simple ingredients--Washington Post, Craig Whitlock

Iraq Coalition Casualties


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Thursday on the Air

   Northwest Indian News—3 p.m. FVTV
   Clark County Focus (5/17)—5 p.m. CVTV
   Clark County Land Use Hearings (live)—6 p.m. CVTV
   Seattle Mariners at Oakland (live)—7 p.m. FSN, KFXX
   Tacoma at Portland Beavers (live)—7 p.m. KKAD

   Clark College Pow Wow—8:30 pm. FVTV
   County Board of Health: Septic Tank Regulations (6/25)—11 p.m. CVTV

 


Town Tabloids and the weather
 

Kathy Boutwell, Wendy Chum and Ava Glenn making Ridgefield cover-girl appearance. <> Don Frick’s latest birthday still remembered. <> Michelle Russell lighting candles. <> Gretchen Treser saying hello. <> Jack Hardy producing videography rate sheet. <> Thursday, hazy, sunny, 88. Friday, sunny, 85. Saturday, mostly sunny, 83. Click here for additional local weather information.
 

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Accounting
Caley & Associates, James Caley CPA, 695-0065
Peterson & Associates, P.S., Certified Public Accountants, 574-0644
Tax Advisors, PLLC, CPAs Property Tax/Cost Segregation 750-6884
Advertising Agencies
Canal Road. A new order in Advertising. Carol Lindstrom & Dana Larson. (503) 227-1191
Attorneys

Brian R. Heurlin, 750-7547
Duggan Schlotfeldt & Welch PLLC, 699-1201
Miller Nash LLP. Steve Horenstein, 699-4771
Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, Lisa Lowe, 694-7551
Architects
LSW Architects PC, Building Stronger Communities Through Design, 694-8571
Banks

Bank of America, 696-5641
Bank of Clark County, 993-2265
First Independent Bank, 699-4200
West Coast Bank, 695-3439

Beauty and Wellness
Iduhair & Company Salon Retreat, Celinda Rupert, 735-1249
Civil Engineers/Landscape Architects/Land Use Planners
Hopper Dennis Jellison, PLLC, Gregory P. Jellison P.E. 695-3488

Charitable Gift Planning

Barbara Chen CFP, Clark College Foundation, (360) 992-2659
Sarah Nevue, The Community Foundation, (360) 694-2550
Dale Simison, SWMC Foundation, (360) 514-3182
Elson Strahan, CFRE, President, Historic Reserve Trust (360) 992-1835
Cosmetic and Family Dentistry
Earl C. (Duke) Simpson, DDS, PS, 993-0300
Construction Management and Development
Andersen Construction Co., Inc. Bob Durgan, (503) 720-5234
RSV Construction, Ron Frederiksen, 693-8830
Credit Unions
Columbia Credit Union, 891-4000
iQ Credit Union, 992-4242
Development/Investments
Killian Pacific LLC, 567-0625
Prestige Development, Elie Kassab, 993-0010
Engineering, Planning and & Surveying
Mackay & Sposito, Jon M. Yamashita, 695-3411
Human Resources Consultation
O'Neill & Associates, Paula Johnson, 606-2961
Home and Small Business Computer Repair
Ryan Smith, 773-5789
Insurance Services
Keenan Insurance Services, Brandon M. Keenan, 213-1500
Investment and Retirement Planning

First Pacific Associates, Mark Martel, CFP, (360) 254-2585

Land Use, Natural Resources, Public Involvement, Engineering
JD White BERGER/ABAM Engineers, John White, 696-1338
Public Involvement and Natural Resources
Normandeau Associates, Karen Ciocia and Kent Snyder, 694-2300
Public Relations

Hunt Communications Tom Hunt, 693-8180
KMac & Associates LLC, Kathy McDonald, 607-8959
Real Estate
Coldwell Banker Commercial Wally Hornberger, 699-4494
NAI Norris Beggs & Simpson, H. Roger Qualman, 699-7181
Retirement and Inheritance Planning
Andy Nygard, CFP, (360) 695-6431
Signs
Security Signs, Designed to inform and sell! Carol Keljo, 817-9959
Vancouver Sign Group, lighting up Business since 1923! 693-4773
Speaking and Training
Kathy Condon, Career Communications, 695-4313
Window Washing
Quality Window Washing, Dave Beecher, 256-7370

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