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FRIDAY, AUG. 22, 2008

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Maya Lin land bridge dedication
begins at 9 a.m. Saturday

To the Confluence Project, which commissioned it as part of the legacy of the 2006 Lewis and Clark Bicentennial, it is called the Vancouver Land Bridge. To Maya Lin, whose Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C., is her signature project, and who is the architect of the bridge in Vancouver, the Confluence Projects and the bridge represent “a meeting of rivers and cultures.”

Physically is it a circular connection between Vancouver’s oldest settled area, the Fort Vancouver National Monument south of Vancouver Barracks on 5th Street, and the Old Apple Tree Park, south of Highway 14 and Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad, from which visitors can stroll to the Columbia River.

Confluence Project executive director Jane Jacobsen will lead the way on the ‘first promenade’ at 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, starting from the 5th Street entrance to the land bridge.

Jacobsen promises a short public ceremony that will include remarks by Lin and by Johnpaul Jones, founder of Jones & Jones Architects, Seattle, who did additional architectural and engineering work on the $12 million bridge.

Like most of the Confluence Projects on the Columbia River, the land bridge is financed by grants and public donations.

Following the 9 a.m. walk and dedication, Lin and Jacobsen will then go to the Sandy River in Oregon, where  the Confluence Projects Sandy River Delta project will be dedicated at 4 p.m.

Music will accompany the dedication, and food and beverage vendors will be on hand, according to Jacobsen. For further information, go to www.confluenceproject.org.
 

Parade of Homes opened
today at Moongate in Felida

The 31st annual Clark County Parade of Homes, sponsored by the county’s homebuilding contractors, opened today in Felida and is just a little bit easier, more fun, more instructional and easier to get to than some others in the recent past.

One of five homes in Parade of Homes is Barton Brothers’ Hanna Maria, Four bedrooms, 3,850 square feet, $1,099,999.

 For openers there are just five homes, each in the $1 million plus or minus price range, on display. One advantage for the visitor is obvious: not so many homes that you forget what you saw and where--there are five in all—moreover the visitor has more time to browse each home. Each of the 2008 homes is a showcase for emerging green building standards. There are gadgetry and home decorating ideas galore, but, also, practical conservation and energy savings techniques in each home. The Moongate subdivision chosen by sponsors the Building Industry Association of Clark County is in Felida, not far from NW 36th Avenue west of I-5. To get to Moongate, visitors turn west from NW 36th Avenue on NW 127th Street, Ferrar’s Bistro, and head for the spacious parking areas from which golf carts provide quick transportation to the secluded parade home sites.

The Parade of Homes continues 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily through Sunday, Sept. 7. Adult admission is $12. Seniors can get in for half-price on Tuesdays. For further information, go to www.clarkcountyparadeofhomes.com.

Mounted police fundraiser is Saturday

The third annual Friends of Vancouver Mounted Police fundraiser will raise awareness of and money for the Vancouver Mounted Police Team with a barbecue and mounted police demonstrations from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, in the Clark County Saddle Club, 10505 NE 117th Avenue.

The money raised will be used to offset the training and equipment costs for mounted police officers, who own their own horses and maintain them at their own cost.

Admission is $10 for adults, $25 for a family. For further information, call 487-7512.

June Berry hits the road Saturday

June Berry, who has been with C-TRAN for the past 21 years, is being honored at a retirement party from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, in Ballews, 612 N. Devine Road.

Berry has been executive assistant to all four C-TRAN executive directors. In 2006 she was named C-TRAN Employee of the Year. When Berry joined C-TRAN, the transit agency had 140 employees and bus ridership was about 2 million a year. Today the agency has 415 employees and bus ridership has increased to more than 6 million a year.

Berry is also clerk of the board of directors of the agency, and for 15 years she and her  husband George have served as bus rodeo judges. Only once did Berry become a contestant in bus rodeo, where she was recognized for hitting more barrels farther than any other contestant in history.

Berry’s colleagues and friends are holding a retirement celebration from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, in Ballews Restaurant, 612 N Devine Road. Admission is $10. For further information, call 906-7303 for further information.

Calendar

Three-day Vancouver Wine & Jazz Festival opens today in Esther Short Park. The entertainment schedule is as follows: Joe Powers Trio, 4 p.m.; Art Resnick Trio, 6 p.m.; and “An Evening With Judy Collins,” 8 p.m. For further information, go to www.vancouverwinejazz.com.<> The Southwest Washington Blood Program is holding a blood drive from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, at St./ Thomas Aquinas Church, 324 Oak Street, Camas. <> Élan & Kenji, from America’s Greatest Dog competition, headline the SW Washington Humane Society’s Bow Wow Luau annual fundraiser, which opens at noon, Saturday, Aug. 23, in the parking lot of Beastie Boutique, 13023 NE Highway 99. For further information, call 574-6400. <> The 7th annual Rich Melching Scholarship Golf Tournament to raise money for Clark College and WSU Vancouver scholarships begins with a shotgun start at 8 a.m. Monday, Aug. 25, at Camas Meadows Golf Course. For further information, call 256-2320.

 

 

 

 

 

Links to news of local significance
Friday, Aug. 222, 2008

Click here for Clark County primary vote updates, usually about 5 p.m.

Click here for complete Vancouver
Wine & Jazz Festival schedule

Local high school band members return from Olympics, tell stories--Columbian, Howard Buck

Lands task force presents points of view--Columbian, Michael Andersen

Thousands of local children can get help with medical insurance--Columbian, Michael Andersen

County Parade of Homes on display--Columbian, Cami Joner

Metro job growth still slowing--Columbian, Julia Anderson

Army nixes thought of military cemetery at Camp Bonneville--Oregonian, Alan Brettman

Oregonian publisher announced buyout program for employees; a minimum of 100 will be let go--Oregonian, Fred Stickel

Georgia sees signs of Russian withdrawal--Washington Post, Jonathan Finer and Tara Bahrampour

Oil declines, markets push higher--New York Times, Catherine Rampell

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Friday on the air

Dockside Green: A Developer’s Perspective (7/10)—5:30 p.m. CVTV
Oakland at Seattle Mariners (live)—7 p.m. FSN, KFXX
Tacoma at Portland Beavers (live)—7 p.m. KKAD
Animal Control Hearings (7/23)—7 p.m. CVTV
Southwest Washington Wind Symphony—8 p.m. FVTV
Federal Transportation Forum (8/6)—8 p.m. CVTV
Clark County Close Up (8/3)—9;30 p.m. CVTV
Clark County Planning Commission (8/21)—10 p.m. CVTV
Army News Watch—11 p.m. FVTV

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

Town Tabloids and the weather

Jordan Meade taking good care of guests. <> Pam Brokaw getting Betty Sue Morris endorsement. <> Wendi Olson proudly showing off northwest haven.<> Robert Detwiler saying, Muchas Gracias. <> Colleen Boccia and Michelle Brammer seeing clients galore. <> Friday, summer reigns again, 59-80. Saturday, sunny all day, 60-86. Sunday, little grumpy in the morning, clearing and sunny in the afternoon, 60-77. Click here for additional local weather information.
 

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Tax Advisors, PLLC, CPAs Property Tax/Cost Segregation 750-6884
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Duggan Schlotfeldt & Welch PLLC, 699-1201
Jordan Schrader Ramis PC, Chris Reive 567-3902
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Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, Lisa Lowe, 694-7551
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Bank of America, 696-5641
Bank of Clark County, 993-2265
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Hopper Dennis Jellison, PLLC, Gregory P. Jellison P.E. 695-3488

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Barbara Chen CFP, Clark College Foundation, (360) 992-2659
Sarah Nevue, The Community Foundation, (360) 694-2550
Dale Simison, SWMC Foundation, (360) 514-3182
Tom Bashwiner, FAHP, Director of Gift Planning, Historic Reserve Trust (360) 992-1815
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Earl C. (Duke) Simpson, DDS, PS, 993-0300
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Andersen Construction Co., Inc. Bob Durgan, (503) 720-5234
RSV Construction, Ron Frederiksen, 693-8830
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Columbia Credit Union, 891-4000
iQ Credit Union, 992-4242
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Killian Pacific LLC, 567-0625
Prestige Development, Elie Kassab, 993-0010
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Mackay & Sposito, Jon M. Yamashita, 695-3411
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O'Neill & Associates, Paula Johnson, 606-2961
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Ryan Smith, 773-5789
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Keenan Insurance Services, Brandon M. Keenan, 213-1500
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First Pacific Associates, Mark Martel, CFP, (360) 254-2585

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JD White BERGER/ABAM Engineers, Helen Devery, 823.6100
Malt
Great Western Malting, Jay Hamecheck, director North American Business Development 
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Normandeau Associates, Karen Ciocia and Kent Snyder, 694-2300
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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
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Security Signs, Designed to inform and sell! Carol Keljo, 817-9959
Vancouver Sign Group, lighting up Business since 1923! 693-4773
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Kathy Condon, Career Communications, 695-4313
Window Washing
Quality Window Washing, Dave Beecher, 256-7370

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