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Warner Pacific
College expands 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
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 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 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 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 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 County farmland giving way to driveways and sidewalks--Columbian, Tom Koenninger Siege at Pakistan mosque continues--New York Times, Salman Masood
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