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Monday, Dec. 1, 2008.
Benefit concert
for Friends of the Carpenter set for December 7
"Christmas with Jim
Fischer & Friends" will be Presented Sunday, Dec. 7 at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.
at the Royal Durst Theater (at the Vancouver School of Arts & Academics)
at 3101 Main Street in downtown Vancouver. The annual family-oriented
performance and sing-along is a Vancouver musical tradition and benefit
for Friends of the Carpenter, a ministry for the homeless in Clark
County. Joining Jim on stage is a full line-up of the area's finest
vocal soloists, chorales and ensemble musicians.
Tickets are $15 in
advance, all ages, and $20 at the door. Call Jan Cox at
360-750-4752 for tickets and information.
www.friendsofthecarpenter.org
Clark County
Installs Video Phones for
citizens who are deaf/hard of hearing
Clark
County has installed Public Access Video (PAV) phones to improve
communication for people utilizing Clark County services who are deaf or
hard of hearing. One phone is located on the ground floor of the Clark
County Courthouse at 1200 Franklin St., Vancouver. The other is on the
second floor of the Center for Community Health, 1601 East Fourth Plain
Blvd., Suite C214, Vancouver.
The video phones are multi-purpose, Internet-based communications
tools that combine a standard pay phone, videophone, keyboard and camera
in one vandalism-resistant package. This allows anyone to make calls,
including people who are deaf, hard of hearing and speech-disabled.
Installation of the PAV phones is one more step the county is
taking to better serve citizens, especially those with hearing
disabilities.
To learn more about PAV phones, access Communication Services for
the Deaf, Inc., at
http://www.csdpav.com.
Dozer
Day moves to Fisher’s Quarry
The Nutter
Foundation, in partnership with CEMEX, today announced a new site for
Dozer Day 2009 at Fisher’s Quarry in east Vancouver.
Fisher’s Quarry is
located immediately off 192nd Avenue and Highway 14 (4900 SE 192nd Ave.,
Vancouver, WA)
Event director --
Renee Nutter -- said the new location will provide increased
space and visibility for the popular spring event which, now in its
fifth year, attracts more than 15,000 attendees.
Dozer Day 2009 will
be held on Saturday, May 16, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $5 for
seniors and children between the ages of 2 and 12, and $7 for adults.
Admission is free for those under 2 years old. Tickets on the day of the
event are $8 for children and seniors and $10 for adults. Proceeds from
the event support Clark County nonprofit organizations that benefit
children’s programs and activities. For more information about the
event and how you can become involved either through sponsorship or
volunteer opportunities, please contact the Nutter Foundation at
360-759-2300 or
dozerdayvolunteer@nutterfoundation.org.
The Nutter Family
Foundation is a private foundation established in 2006 to make grants to
domestic 501(c)(3) organizations. The mission of the foundation is to
“promote a peaceful and healthy environment for children, by funding tax
exempt organizations which focus on youth development programs and
activities, with particular emphasis on those focused on the arts,
culture, sports and social interaction.”
Clark College to
host regional soccer
championship December 6
Residents of Southwest
Washington will get to see some of the region’s finest collegiate
athletes in action when Clark College hosts the 2008 Northwest Athletic
Association of Community Colleges (NWAACC) All-Star Soccer competition
next weekend.
The event will be held on
Saturday, Dec. 6, at Doc Harris Field in the Camas High School athletic
facilities. Doc Harris Field offers covered stadium seating and is
located
located at NE 22nd Avenue and NE Ione Street, Camas.
About
the competition NWAACC
serves four regions: North, South, East, and West. In soccer, Clark
College competes in the South Region.
The first match will take
place at noon with women soccer players from the East and South regions
competing against women from the North and West regions. At 2 p.m., a
men’s team representing the East and South regions will take on a men’s
team representing the North and West regions.
During halftime of each
event, spectators will enjoy a soccer match between members of the
Camas-Washougal Soccer Club.
The All-Star event will
also include the announcement of the NWAACC Coach of the Year and Player
of the Year.
Tickets may be purchased
by cash or check at the Clark College Athletics Department from 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m. weekdays. The Athletics Department is located on the second
floor of the college’s O’Connell Sports Center. Clark College is
located at 1933 Fort Vancouver Way, Vancouver. Maps and driving
directions are available on the college’s Web site at
www.clark.edu/maps.
Tickets will also be
available at the event. The cost of general admission is $6 per
person. The cost for children (ages six through 12), seniors and
members of military families is $3 per person. Children ages five and
under are admitted free of charge.
For additional
information, call 360-992-2691.
Calendar
11/27--Sixth Annual Clark County
Turkey Trot Thurs., Nov. 27, 9 a.m. Start and
finish at Klineline Pond. The event includes a 5K Run/Walk and
a 10K run (as well as food, a piñata and the traditional Polar Bear swim
in Klineline Pond after the race). Proceeds benefit The Children’s
Trust Fund to help disadvantaged children in Southwest Washington.
Primary event sponsor is First Independent. Register at: https://www.signmeup.com/site/reg/register.aspx?fid=7G2V8K7
Questions about the event may
be directed to: Patti Bryant at
turkeytrotclarkcounty@gmail.com or by calling
360-737-9486.
11/28-11/30 --The Vancouver Rotary
Foundation’s Festival of Trees will be held Friday, Nov. 28 through
Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008. The 13th annual festival will be held at the
Hilton Vancouver Washington & Vancouver Convention Center, 301 West 6th
St. in downtown Vancouver during Thanksgiving weekend. Full event details are
available at
www.festivaloftrees.net or by calling
(360)
750-0409.
11/25-12/3 -- Clark
County Budget hearings schedule: Tuesday,
November 25 — After its regular Tuesday 10 a.m. hearing, the
Board will hold a work session with certain county departments in the
sixth-floor training room, Public Service Center, Vancouver; Wednesday,
November 26 — As soon as a 10 a.m. hearing is finished, the Board
will hold a work session with the Budget Office to consider any
modifications to the draft budget for the public hearings to follow; Monday,
December 1 — 2 p.m. public hearing for elected officials and
county department directors to discuss their 2009-2010 biennial
budgets, sixth-floor training room, Public Service Center, Vancouver; Tuesday,
December 2 — Hearings for the public to speak on the budget:
- 10 a.m., sixth-floor hearing room, Public Service Center, Vancouver
- 6:30 p.m., Rainier Room, Clark County Fire District 5 Northwest
Regional Training Center, 11606 N.E. 66th St., #103, Vancouver; Wednesday,
December 3 — 9 a.m., Board will meet to review the final
2009/2010 budget. Meetings will be held at 9 a.m. on December 4 and 5 if
necessary.
Copies of Clark County’s draft 2009-2010 biennial budget are available
online at
http://www.clark.wa.gov/obis/documents.html or at the Clark
County Office of the Budget, sixth floor, Public Service Center,
Vancouver.
12/2—Columbia River
Crossing Open House, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the
Hilton Vancouver Washington, 301 W. 6th St., Vancouver. Information
about plans for light rail on Hayden Island and in Vancouver; a
replacement bridge across the Columbia River; and improvements to
seven interchanges between SR 500 and Columbia Blvd. in Portland. CRC
technical staff will be available to provide information and answer
questions. More information:
www.columbiarivercrossing.org.
12/4—Divine Holiday Home Tour benefitting the hungry among us in Clark County through the Walk &
Knock program.
Click here for additional information and online signup via paypal.
12/5--Columbia River Crossing Project Sponsors Council
meets 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Portland Building, 1120 SW Fifth Ave.,
Portland, Room C, second floor. More info:
http://www.columbiarivercrossing.com/
12/8—Fort
Vancouver Regional Library District Board of Trustees meets in
regular session on Mon., Dec. 8, 2008 at the Vancouver Community
Library (in Library Hall) 1007 E. Mill Plain Blvd., Vancouver. An
executive session is scheduled for 5 p.m. The public meeting begins at
6 p.m.
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