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TUESDAY, DEC. 11, 2007

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Former lawmaker Tom Mielke
running for county commissioner

Tom Mielke, eight-year Republican state representative in the 18th District, where he was a member of the Local Government & Land Use and Transportation Committees, has announced that he is a Republican candidate for Clark County commissioner, District 1.

Democrat incumbent Betty Sue Morris earlier said she would not be a candidate for re-election.

Last week former Clark County Democratic leader Pam Brokaw announced she is a candidate for the same position. Her announcement was then followed by former Fire District 6 chief Brad Lothspeich, who announced he is a republican candidate for the position.

Mielke is an avowed opponent of light rail in Clark County.

Celebration of life and reception
for Helen Olson is Monday, Dec. 17

A celebration of life and reception for Helen Olson, who died Saturday at the age of 73, will be at 11 a.m. in St. Paul Lutheran Church, 1309 Franklin Street.

Mrs. Olson, who seldom forgot others’ birthdays and anniversaries, married the love of her life, Clarence Olson, in 1958.

Mrs. Olson, a homemaker and former Vancouver teacher, was a charter member of the Vancouver Press Club, and was the first to preside over the Clark County Fair as fair queen in the 1950s. She graduated from Vancouver High School and Washington State University.

In addition to her husband, Mrs. Olson is survived by two daughters, Susan Graham and Kathy Lougheed, sons-in law Glenn Graham and Bill Lougheed, grandsons Brian and Peter Graham, and James and Erik Lougheed, and a brother, Lindy DuPree.

Vancouver Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Port authorizes Alcoa purchase

Port of Vancouver commissioners today authorized purchase agreements for the former Alcoa smelting properties on the Columbia River now owned by Alcoa and Evergreen Aluminum.

Earlier this year the port announced it would purchase the two properties from part of the proceeds of a property tax increase, but that proposal eventually was decisively turned down by port district voters in September.

According to port officials, the properties are essential for enabling the port to extend rail facilities to serve other port tenants. Most of the property, however, will be developed for industrial purposes.

Purchase price for the two parcels on the Columbia River, totaling nearly 220 acres, is $48.25 million, and will be financed from existing port revenues.

Alcoa and the Environmental Protection Agency have come to an agreement for cleaning up the industrial site, with Alcoa picking up 95 percent of the tab.

Clark Public Utilities approves
2008 budget; no rate increases

Clark Public Utilities’ commissioners today adopted the electric and water district budgets for 2008. Neither contained rate increases for customers.

Director of finance Rick Dyer reported that, since 2004, the utility has put $12 million into a rate stabilization fund designed to blunt possible future power increase demands. The fund amounts to about $60 for each of the utilities’ nearly 180,000 customers.

According to Dyer commissioners, will have to wait until January to see whether they could add to the fund.

The electric system budget for 2008 is $343 million, about 70 percent of which is the cost of power.

State Rep. Deb Wallace
holding town hall session

Sate Rep. Deb Wallace (D-17th) has scheduled a town hall meeting to discuss senior and education issues at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12, in the Firstenburg Community Center, 700 NE 136th Avenue.

For further information, call Wallace at 260-6110.

News brief

The board of directors of West Coast Bank today declared a quarterly dividend of 13.5 cents payable on January 21 to shareholders of record on January 11.

Calendar

The C-TRAN board of directors meets at 5:15 p.m. today in the Firstenburg Community Center, 700 NE 136th Avenue. <> The City of Vancouver is holding an informational meeting and open house to present potential zoning and streetscape changes on Fourth Plain Boulevard between St. Johns Road and Burton Road. The meeting is from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. this evening in the Vancouver School District Center for Educational Leadership, 2921 Falk Road. <> Clark County commissioners meet in an informal session in conference room B in the Public Service Center at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12. <> The Vancouver Lake Watershed Partnership meets at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12, in Port of Vancouver administrative offices, 3103 NW Lower River Road. 

Headlines Tuesday, Dec.11, 2007

Vancouver contractor killed by Iraq bomb--Columbian, Dean Baker

Clark College reports ID theft exposure--Columbian, Howard Buck

C-TRAN looking at operation of mass transit system linked with Tri-Met--Columbian, Don Hamilton

3.3 percent cost of living granted city non-union workers--Columbian, Jeffrey Mize

County's growth plan update looks foot for jobs--Columbian, Julia Anderson

Poet Dorianne Laux celebrating reprint--Columbian, Mary Ann Albright

Homes, cars swallowed up in huge landslide over Highway 30--KATU, AP

Flood victims need manual labor, financial help--Seattle Times, Christina Siderius

Fed cuts interest rates a quarter point; stocks dive--New York Times, Louis Uchitelle

New York Philharmonic gets taste of North Korean diplomacy--New York Times, Daniel J. Wakin

Twin bombs kill dozens in Algiers--New York Times, Craig S Smith

Huckabee closes in on GOP leader Giuliani--Washington Post, Jon Cohen and Dan Balz

John Edwards prowling for a fight--Washington Post, Dana Milbank

Bush calls on Iran to explain nuke program--USA TODAY, AP



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                            Tuesday on the air

   Community Tree Lighting (11/23)—4:15 p.m. CVTV
   Clark County Focus (12/3)—4:30 p.m. CVTV
   Clark College Orchestra: South of the Border—5 p.m. CVTV
   Portland Blazers at Utah (live)—6 p.m. KGW-TV, KXL
   Sacramento State at Oregon (live)—7 p.m. KCMD
   Oregon State at Cal State (live)—7 p.m. KPAM

   Veterans Day Parade—7 p.m. CVTV
   Vancouver Urban Forestry Commission (11/14)—9:45 p.m.
   CVTV
  
Vancouver Business Journal’s Accomplished Under 40—11
    p.m. CVTV
  

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

Town Tabloids and the weather 

Ron Hart making the A list. <> Chad Peru taking helping hand to Chehalis. <> Michael Green looking for school board member. <> Jim Sanders says Beavers are doing just fine. <> Mick Shutt disclaiming new tie. <> Tuesday, mostly cloudy, 40. Wednesday, mostly cloudy, 46. Thursday, clouds, possible precipitation, 45. Click here for additional local weather information.

For weather facts click on Pat Timm's Weather blog below

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

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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Public Playhouse

 

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Washington

Source links
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City of Ridgefield
City of Vancouver
Clark County
Clark Public Utilities
NW Natural
Southwest Washington Medical Center
CREDC
Port of Vancouver
Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce

Vancouver's Downtown
Association

Center for
Community Health

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Click here for Washington Wineries

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U of W Huskies
U of O Ducks
OSU Beavers
Pac-10
LPGA
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Indy Racing

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