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Election turnout kind of so-so Over 188,000 registered voters were offered the opportunity of voting in tomorrow’s general election, but by this afternoon just over 50,000 had responded. Tim Likness, Clark County elections supervisor, said today that the total turnout is expected to be in the 40 to 42 percent range. Earlier the county auditor’s office had predicted that possibly as many as half the voters would respond. Local voting percentages are all over the map. Last year, with a county commissioner race heating things up, the turnout was over 52 percent. Two years earlier the turnout was 31 percent and two years, before that it was 35 percent. Voters must either drop off ballots at designated polling locations or at the drive-up collection box just off Franklin Street, south of Mill Plain Boulevard or if mailing in ballots they must be postmarked by 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6, to be counted. First in a series of three
employment Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, with the Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce, is sponsoring three free workshops on employment law, the first of which is noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6, in the chamber of commerce office. Attorney Carol McCaulley will discuss what supervisors should know about discipline, evaluations, employee leave, disabilities, workers’ compensation claims, disability, harassment and discrimination. The next two workshops will be presented on Tuesday, Nov. 13, and Tuesday, Nov. 20. To register, call 694-2588. Presidential adviser David
Gergen David Gergen, advisor to Presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan and Bill Clinton, is the speaker for the Clark College Distinguished Lecture Series presentation at 7 p.m. in Gaiser Hall, Wednesday, Nov. 7. There is no charge for the lecture, but seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Gergen is also a commentator and best selling author. He is professor of public service and director of the Center for Public Leadership at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and is editor-at-large for U.S. News and World Report. Gergen is a Yale graduate who earned a law degree from Harvard University. He also has been awarded 15 honorary college degrees. Legacy Salmon Creek offering Kenneth Ensroth, child psychiatrist and clinical director of the Legacy Emanuel Child and Adolescent Treatment Program, will discuss signs and symptoms of depression in children and teenagers in a two-hour class at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13, in conference rooms C and D in Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital, 2211 NE 139th Street. To register for the $5 class, call 487-3500. Calendar The Clark County Public Facilities District will hold its quarterly meeting at 4 p.m. today in the Public Service Building, 1300 Franklin Street. <> Port of Camas-Washougal commissioners meet in regular session at 4 p.m. today. <> The Vancouver Police Department is remembering K-9 Dakota, who was shot and killed in the line of duty October 23, this afternoon at 5 p.m. in the Fort Vancouver High School auditorium, 5700 E. 18th Street. The ceremony is open to the public. K-9 teams from around the country have expressed their condolences and many will also be in attendance at the ceremony.<> The Vancouver City council will not hold a workshop session today but will meet in regular session at 7 p.m. this evening in City Hall. <> Clark Public Utilities commissioners meet at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6, and will discuss the 2008 budget. <> Clark County commissioners meeting in regular session at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6, will consider a new program for transferring development rights as a way of conserving agriculture, forest and mineral resource lands. <> A blood drive sponsored by Nellor, Retsinas Crawford PLLC is from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6, at the law firm’s offices, 1201 Main Street. For further information, call 695-8181. <> The Vancouver Planning Commission’s First Tuesday meeting at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6, will be a discussion of the city’s emerging sustainability program as it pertains to the watershed program.<> The Southwest Washington Regional Transportation Council meets in regular session at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6, in the 6th floor hearing room, Community Service Center, 1300 Franklin Street. <> Joe Bertolino and Bil Leipold present “When the Gays Move Into Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood,” at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6, in room 110 in the Administration Building at Washington State University Vancouver. The program is being presented by the student club, Queer Cougars and Allies.
Vancouver City Council Workshop (10/22)—4 p.m. CVTV CVTV programming on demand: http://www.cityofvancouver.us/cvtv/cvtvindex.asp |
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