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WEDNESDAY, NOV. 21, 2007

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Rotary Festival of Trees this weekend

Annual Vancouver Rotary Foundation Festival of Trees opens Friday morning for three-day run in the Hilton Vancouver Washington. Last year the event raised over $170,000 for students and other charities. 

The choices are many. The benefits are impressive. The Annual Vancouver Rotary Foundation Festival of Trees has grown into the premier charitable event of the Christmas season, having raised over $175,000 last year from the sale of decorated trees, wreathes and garlands, and from admissions to the main ballroom of the Hilton Vancouver Washington, where more than 60 decorated Christmas scenes are on display.

Even so, some things are free, in particular the annual Vancouver Community Christmas Tree lighting show in Esther Short Park, which begins at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 23. The tree will be lighted at 7 p.m. The Vancouver Pops Orchestra entertains with a free performance in the Hilton at 8 p.m. after the tree lighting ceremony.

Decorated trees are arriving today in the Hilton for final preparations and judging. Public viewing hours are 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Adult admission is $5; seniors $4; children 7 through 12, $3.

Other events are the Teddy Bear Carnival for children from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday and a senior luncheon in Pearson Air Museum on Sunday.

The big to-do is the black tie optional dinner and auction that opens at 5 p.m. Saturday in the Hilton. At 6 p.m. dinner will be served and the live auction will begin. Tickets prices range from $150 for the hoi polloi, to $200 at the most fashionable of tables.

Rooms at the Hilton for the night are being offered at a special rate of $79.

Parking, however, in the city lot in the Vancouvercenter is free, included in the price of ticket events.

County-Vancouver considering
joint agreement on growth issues

The Board of Clark County Commissioners will consider a formal agreement for working with the City of Vancouver on growth planning issues in the future during a regular board meeting at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27.

The Vancouver city council is expected to consider the agreement at a regular council meeting on Monday, Dec. 3.

Leaders from both jurisdictions have provided input to county and city staff to establish a foundation to become more collaborative on issues such as annexation and the sizing of urban growth areas. The potential need for a more formal approach to planning in areas of mutual concern came to light during recent exchanges concerning the county’s Comprehensive Growth Management Plan.

“The planners, city attorney’s office, and I have taken everything we have heard from our policymakers and drafted a proposal aimed at settling immediate differences so that we can move forward together without the pall of potential litigation,” said Rich Lowry, the county’s lead land-use attorney.

Lowry said discussions leading to the proposal were guided by the goal of avoiding a long and costly dispute over plan changes that were adopted in September, including new urban growth boundaries and zoning scheduled to take effect in January. The city and other interested parties have until December 7 to appeal the changes to the Western Washington Growth Management Hearings Board. 

The complete text of the proposal is available on the county Web site at http://www.clark.wa.gov/longrangeplan/review/index.html.

Downtown 7th Street open to traffic

After years of being designated for buses only, Vancouver’s 7th Street between C and Washington streets will open this evening to two-way regular traffic.

The traffic revision follows implementation of C-TRAN’s new service plan and opening of the Stockford Village 99th Street Transfer Center.

Another traffic change is a new traffic signal at Washington and 7th Streets.

Calendar

The Insider will be celebrating Thanksgiving by not publishing on Thursday, Nov. 22, and Friday, Nov. 23. Many other offices and governmental agencies are also making Thanksgiving a two-day holiday. <> The annual Vancouver Rotary Foundation Festival of Trees is being celebrated in the Hilton Vancouver Washington Friday, Nov. 23, through Sunday, Nov. 25. <> The Puget Sound Blood Center is holding a blood drive from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 23, in the Health Education Center auditorium in Southwest Washington Medical Center. <> The annual Vancouver Community Tree Lighting Ceremony begins at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 23, in Esther Short Park. Santa Claus is scheduled to arrive at 7 p.m. when the tree is to be lighted. <> Arts Equity Theatre is presenting Blood Brothers at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 23, Saturday, Nov. 24, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 25, in the Main Street Theatre, 606 Main Street. Tickets range from $15 to $24. For further information, call 695-3770. <> The Christian Youth Theatre presents Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 25, in the Fort Vancouver High School auditorium. Tickets range from $8 to $11. For further information, call 750-8550.

Headlines Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2007

Crossing group suggestions include replacing I-5 bridge and adding light rail--Columbian, Don Hamilton

Cowlitz Tribe petitions for federal protection of smelt--Columbian, Erik Robinson

Hospitals face write-offs--Columbian, Paul Craig

200,250 employed in Clark County--Columbian, Julia Anderson

Portland city council backs off on renaming any street for now--Oregonian

Stocks fall as oil flirts with $100 a barrel--New York Times, Michael M. Grynbaum

New Hampshire calls for presidential primary on January 8--Washington Post

Don't blame Thanksgiving  turkey for feeling sleepy--USA TODAY, AP, Daniela Flores

Iraq Coalition Casualties


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                      Wednesday on the Air

   U of W vs. Texas A&M (live)—4 p.m. ESPN2
   RSVP Recognition Luncheon (10/20)—5:45 p.m. CVTV
  
New Jersey at Portland (live)—7 p.m. CSN, KXL
   Clark County Land Use Hearings (11/20)—7 p.m. CVTV

CVTV programming on demand: http://www.cityofvancouver.us/cvtv/cvtvindex.asp

Town Tabloids and the weather 

Dan and Cindy Myles entertaining in high style. <> Edith Wood taking 85 in stride. <> Paul Kretschmar checking out pool. <> Darrel Miller time. <> Tony Johnson deemed affable. <> Boren Biswas eloquently waxing. <> Ruth Waite going for pie first. <> Wednesday, partly sunny, 48. Thursday, sunny, 47. Friday, sunny, 48. 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
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Bank of America, 696-5641
Bank of Clark County, 993-2265
First Independent Bank, 699-4200
West Coast Bank, 695-3439

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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