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TUESDAY, SEPT. 30, 2008

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Lisa Schmidt named to Community
Housing Resource Center board

Lisa Schmidt, Nutter Corporation, has been appointed to the board of directors of the Community Housing Resource Center. She is responsible for development and marketing at Nutter.

The Community Housing Resource Center promotes housing stability and greater financial access for families seeking homes, whether renting or owning.

The center provides credit repair, pre-purchase education, foreclosure education and one-on-one counseling, among other services. It is approved by the Washington Department of Financial Institutions.

Schmidt is a graduate of Southern Indiana University and holds a masters degree from Purdue University. She is a member of the American Marketing Association, Service Marketing Professional Society, and the Fort Vancouver Regional Library Foundation. She is a member of the Clark County Solid Waste Advisory Commission and a facilitator for Women's Justice Circles, which focuses on housing circles. Schmidt also is a member of the Archdiocese of Seattle's Women's Commission.

        

Dubrovnik Symphony tonight
in St. Joseph Catholic Church

Making its first appearance in the Pacific Northwest, the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra entertains this evening with the Bravo! Vancouver Chorale in St. Joseph Catholic Church, 400 S Andresen Road.

The concert, made possible through Bravo! Vancouver, is at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 and available at the door. The Croatian symphony continues its tour to Olympia, Vancouver and Edmonds later this week.

Clark College begins a 75-hour
celebration of its 75th birthday

The first 75 hours of Clark College’s 75th anniversary begins at 9 a.m. Wednesday. Oct. 1, in offices and classrooms in campuses at Vancouver, with the happy birthday song. The college’s iconic chime tower on the main campus will toll Happy Birthday on the hour.

The Ellis F. Dunn Community Room will be dedicated at 2 p.m. The community room in Gaiser Hall is named for Dunn, who for 30 years was associated with the college and served as interim president.

Campus tours will be conducted from 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday activities culminate at 7 p.m. with a welcoming program and lighting of the chime tower, a gift from the Clark College Alumni Association.

The initial anniversary activities conclude Sunday.

Clark College, originally called Vancouver Community College, was founded in 1933 with no more than a handful of students. This fall the community college welcomed more than 12,000 students.

Mike Ciraulo and Windermere/Crest
Realty get Loaves and Fishes awards

Battle Ground mayor Mike Ciraulo, and the employees of Windermere/Crest Realty in Camas, have received Community Partner Awards from Loaves & Fishes Centers, The Meals-On-Wheels People.

Ciraulo, who serves on the steering committee for the Battle Ground Loaves & Fishes Center, helped develop the new community center with the City of Battle Ground.

Battle Ground Loaves & Fishes Center, in the city's community center, opens in October, when it will begin serving meals to seniors five days each week.

The employees of Windermere/Crest Realty have been volunteering for the Camas-Washougal Loaves & Fishes Center for more than a year, regularly delivering Meals-On-Wheels for the center. Recently 16 of their staff members delivered all of the routes on one day in eastern Clark County.

Loaves & Fishes Centers, formed in 1970, provides services to seniors throughout Multnomah, Washington and Clark Counties.

People

Stephen Rainey, Vancouver, has been reappointed by Gov. Chris Gregoire to a five-year term on the board of trustees of the State School for the Blind of Vancouver. Rainey is an engineer at GEI Consultants. <> Former 49th District State Sen. Don Carlson, who now lives in Olympia, has been appointed to a five-year term on the state Select Committee on Pension Policy by Gov. Gregoire. Carlson is a lobbyist for the Washington State School Retirees’ Association.

Calendar

The film A Family Gathering is being presented free at 4 p.m. today, in room 110 of the Administration Building at Washington State University Vancouver. The presentation is part of WSU Vancouver's Diversity Film Festival, which continues through October 14. <> Clark County commissioners meet in an informal session in conference room B in the Public Service Center at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1. This is a time that citizens may bring up community issues informally.

 

 

 

 


Links to news of local significance
Tuesday, Sept.30, 2008

Reluctant La Center goes a courting, sends letter to Cowlitz Tribe describing city's requirements if tribe gets permission to operate a casino nearby--Columbian, Jeffrey Mize

Highway 99 redevelopment discussed in workshop--Columbian, Michael Andersen

Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra performs tonight--Columbian, Elisa Williams

ESD 112 gets $91,000 state Employment Security reading grant--Columbian

Freight is key to local economy's strength--Columbian, Courtney Sherwood

Baker puts new twists on Jewish bread--Columbian, Mary Ann Albright

Credit strains worsen Tuesday, but Dow surges by 485.21 points--New York Times, Michael M. Grynbaum

New SEC rule may help markets--Washington Post

Lawmakers hope small changes will spur bailout--New York Times, Carl Hulse and Edmund L. Andrews

Click here for videos of candidate's statements and interviews on CVTV

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Tuesday on the air

Join the Voices of Recovery (9/18)—4:30 p.m. CVTV
Constitution Day (9/17)—6:30 p.m. CVTV
Partners Celebrating Community (9/3)—9 p.m. CVTV
Clark County Focus (9/22)—10:30 p.m. CVTV
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (9/14)—11 p.m. CVTV

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

Town Tabloids and the weather

Dean Sutherland blushing. <> Cal Morris getting big hello. <> Bob Wachter gets reasonable tag from Nancy Barnes. <> Susan Growth sending all the news that fits. <> Gwenda Morrison going after big picture. <> Staci Searls tracking down details. <> Tuesday, sunny, 57-85. Wednesday, partly cloudy, 59-82. Thursday, possible thunder showers, 56-60. Click here for additional local weather information.
 

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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
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Duggan Schlotfeldt & Welch PLLC, 699-1201
Jordan Schrader Ramis PC, Chris Reive 567-3902
Miller Nash LLP. Steve Horenstein, 699-4771
Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, Lisa Lowe, 694-7551
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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
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Barbara Chen CFP, Clark College Foundation, (360) 992-2659
Sarah Nevue, The Community Foundation, (360) 694-2550
Jean Rahn, SWMC Foundation, (360) 514-3670
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
Home and Small Business Computer Repair
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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