Newly elected
county officials to be sworn in January 5
ClarkCounty
and Public Utility District officials elected to office in the
November 2008 election will take their oath of office and receive
their “Certificate of Election” during a ceremony Monday, Jan. 5.
The public is invited to attend.
The ceremony will be held at 10
a.m. in the sixth-floor hearing room of the Public Service Center, 1300 Franklin St., Vancouver.
Superior Court Judge Barbara
Johnson will administer the oath of office to the following
elected officials:
•
Commissioner Marc Boldt -- Board of Clark County Commissioners District 2, who
has been reelected to a second four-year term from 2009 to 2012.
• Commissioner
Tom Mielke – Board of Clark County Commissioners District 1, who has
been elected to his first four-year term from 2009 to 2012,
replacing retiring Commissioner
Betty Sue Morris.
• Commissioner
Byron Hanke – Clark Public Utility Board of Commissioners District
3, who has been reelected to a second six-year term from 2009 to
2014.
Vancouver
grows heritage tree inventory
Thanks to efforts of residents, seven new trees have been awarded
Heritage Tree status.
The City
of Vancouver
protects and recognizes these and other noteworthy trees in the
community through the Heritage Tree program. The new edition of the
Heritage Tree Inventory now has over 40 historic trees, available for
viewing at:
www.cityofvancouver.us/urbanforestry.
Trees are discovered and listed through the help of historians and
documents as well as from the people who have made an effort to preserve
the trees over the years. Other trees on the list include the
venerable Old Apple Tree and the majestic Officers Row grove.
But
there are many more historic trees within
Vancouver
with stories that have not yet been told. While it is the
responsibility of the City Forester to compile a list of potential
Heritage Trees, it falls upon the community to first nominate these
trees for Heritage status.
"I
encourage any person who knows of a tree that they believe should be
honored and preserved to contact the City's Urban Forestry Program"
advises Erika Johnson, Chair of the Urban Forestry Commission.
Mount St. Helens
Institute introduces free snow shoeing adventures
The
Mount St. Helens Institute recently added snowshoeing adventures to its
successful Sunday Hikes program. All ages are invited.
The
snowshoeing trips are offered at sno-parks and sites on and around Mount St. Helens. The trips are moderate to difficult, and
cover 4 to 7 miles roundtrip. Space is limited so call
360-449-7883 to make a
reservation. All mileage listed is round trip. Trips and
locations are as follows:
January 11, 2009 ApeCave
-- 3.5 miles, moderate
January 25, 2009 Ice Caves Loop -- 4.1 miles, moderate
February 8, 2009
JuneLake – 5.5 miles,
moderate
February 22, 2009 Swift Ski Trail – 5 plus miles, difficult
March 15, 2009 Old Man Pass Scenic
Loop – 5.7 miles, difficult
March 29, 2009 Sasquatch Lower Loop
– 7 miles, moderate
Trips are open to all ages but minors must be accompanied by an adult.
Trips are free however, there is a suggested donation of $5.00 per
person. Equipment is not provided.
Clark
County
snow storm response costs exceed $500,000
Preliminary estimates show that ClarkCounty
spent almost $600,000 in a 19-day battle with near record snowfall
during December. Early cost estimates include work performed from
Friday, December 12 through Tuesday, December 30.
About 60 county road
maintenance staff and shop mechanics worked 18 hours daily through
Saturday, December 27 in two nine-hour shifts plowing, sanding and
deicing about 25,000 total miles of county roadways, according to
estimates prepared by the Clark County Public Works Department.
During that time, road crews spread
more than 1,200 tons of sanding rock and applied about 85,000 gallons of
deicer. An estimated cost breakdown includes:
• Labor: $275,000, including $150,000 in
overtime pay • Equipment usage:
$282,000 • Materials such as
rock and salt: $38,000
News Briefs
January 5 is
deadline for Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Young Artists
competition. Applications and information may be obtained
by contacting The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra at
(360) 735-7278. All
applicants will be notified of the preliminary judging decision
during the week of February 2, 2009. The competition is open to all
students 18 years (as of January 1, 2009) or younger in three
categories: strings; piano and brass/woodwinds and percussion.
Contestants must be currently studying with a music teacher and must
reside within a 35-mile radius of
Vancouver,
WA. Previous
first-place winners of this competition are not eligible. The
musical selection shall consist of standard concerto repertoire and
must be less than fifteen minutes in length.
Tonight, January 2,
5 to 9 p.m. is the first downtown Vancouver First Friday
ArtWalk of the New Year. There is no start point or end
point. Participating galleries are indicated by flags hung in front
of their buildings.
Calendar
1/5—Port of Camas-Washougalboard of
commissioners meet Monday, Jan. 5 for a public session at 4 p.m. at
the Port office, 24 South ‘A’ Street, Washougal.
1/10-1/14--Help design light
rail in Vancouver. Columbia River Crossing and C-TRAN are hosting workshops on
January 10th and 14th. Click here
for full details.
1/13--Meet the
business media breakfast hosted by the Greater Vancouver Chamber of
Commerce. Meet business
editors from The Oregonian, The Columbian, The
Portland
Business Journal,The
Vancouver
Business Journal, The Daily Journal of Commerce, KGW’s business
reporter and other newsmedia. Learn how to get business
coverage in their publications and stations, what they look for instory pitches and how to maximize your media exposure. Panelists
will also address the changes intheir organizations and how
it affects the way news is covered. Facilitated by
Katlin Smith, APR, ofUrbanWords Group. Smith is a past president of PRSA-Portland.Cost: $30 for GVCC members and $40 others; includes breakfast.RSVP at www.vancouverusa.com (click Events/Registration, then
Chamber Events)or call
360-694-2588. Pre-registration
is required.
1/15/09--The Forum at the Library presents:
Manmade global warming and the Washington Climate Action
Team: The science, controversy, benefits, and cost. Panelists
include Spencer Reeder,
Ph.D. Physics, Lead Policy Strategist for Climate Change, WA Department
of Ecology, Dr. Gordon Fulks,
Ph.D. Physics, Bill Turlay,
Commander, US Navy (Retired). The moderator is
Maury Wilson, Rainmakers of
Oregon. The Forum will be held at 7:00 p.m. in the Community Room at
Clark Public Utilities, 1200 Fort Vancouver Way.
1/17-1/18--The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra presents its next concerts January
17 and 18. Maestro Brotons will return. The concert includes
Concerto for flute by Nielsen, guest artist Dawn Weiss and Symphony
#10 in E minor by Shostakovich. The Saturday concerts are at 3 p.m.
and the Sunday concerts are at 7 p.m. at
SkyviewHigh School. Go to
www.vancouversymphony.org for more information.
Additional Community Calendar
Links
New! January
edition! The Southwest
Washington Center for the Arts has
published its January newsletter and calendar of events.
Click here for
the PDF file.
Greater Vancouver Chamber Community Calendar: Click
here
City of Vancouver
Calendar of Community Events:
Click here
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