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dailyinsider WEDNESDAY, JAN. 30 2008
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Tonkovich’s city council service to be honored
A reception honoring 16 years of public service by former Vancouver city councilman Dan Tonkovich is from 4 to 6 p.m. tomorrow, Jan. 31, in the Marshall House on Officers Row. Tonkovich, who served as mayor pro tem during much of his time on the Vancouver City Council, was defeated in his bid for reelection in November by Pat Campbell. Light refreshments will be served. For further information, call 696-8484.
Teachers win Ridgefield Art Association grants
Ridgefield Art Association president Kathy Winters, second from right, presented $200 checks to winners of the association's Grants to Schools Program, Bobbe Whetsell, South Ridge Elementary School, far left, Angie Wiseman, Union Ridge Elementary School, and Raquel Osborn, View Ridge Middle School, far right. Grants will be used to provide materials for teaching art supplies. The art association holds an all-member show and sale each May. Clark expanding adult literacy program The Clark College Adult Literacy Program is recruiting volunteers to tutor adults who need help with basic reading and writing skills. One out of eight people in Clark County can’t fill out a job application, read the newspaper or help their children learn to read, according to Clark spokesperson Madeleine von Laue. Volunteers, who go through the literacy training program, will be asked to commit three to four hours a week for at least six months tutoring. Ten hours of training are being offered Friday and Saturday, Feb. 15 and 16. For further information, call 992-2750. Calendar Gary Braasch, photojournalist, who covers environmental issues, is guest speaker in the Writing as a Profession course at 7 p.m. this evening in the multimedia classroom at Washington State University Vancouver. There is no charge for the session titled “Earth Under Fire: How Global Warming Is Changing the World.” <> Clark College is joining 1,750 colleges across the country in a national teach-in on global warming tomorrow, Jan. 31, in each of the college’s three locations, Fort Vancouver Way, Washington State University Vancouver and Clark College at Town Plaza. Clark College president Bob Knight will hold a forum on sustainability at 2 p.m. in the Penguin Student Lounge. The public is invited. <> A Clark County food system summit is from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. tomorrow, Jan. 31, in the Red Lion Hotel at the Quay. Ken Meter, president of Crossroads Resource Center, Minneapolis, is keynote speaker. Registration is $60. For further information, call 567-1067. <> The Puget Sound Blood Center is holding a blood drive between 9 and 11:30 a.m. tomorrow, Jan. 31, outside the Student Union Building on the Clark College Fort Vancouver Way campus. <> Volunteer facilitator training for Southwest Washington Medical Center’s children’s bereavement program is from 5:30 to 9 p.m. tomorrow, Jan. 31, and Friday, Feb. 1, and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb.1 and 2. There is no fee for the training. For further information, call 696-5120.
CVTV programming on demand: http://www.cityofvancouver.us/cvtv/cvtvindex.asp
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