Port of Vancouver completes
212-acre Alcoa purchase

The Port of Vancouver today acquired the former Alcoa Columbia River property. The 218 acres will be turned into the port’s new Terminal 5. At full build-out, Terminal 5 could bring as many as 1,000 new jobs to the community, according to port executive director Larry Paulson.

The purchase was completed with the proceeds from limited general obligation bonds sold in the aggregate of $47.55 million. In addition to the Alcoa property purchase, the bond sale will finance major construction projects, including the West Vancouver Freight Access rail project.

Construction of a unit train rail facility, and wind energy storage area are expected to begin later this year.

Expansion of the port’s rail system and development of new port industrial and marine properties also will bring new jobs, both short term and long term, and the preservation of wetlands, the creation of enhanced wildlife habitat, and make way for more green sustainable business partners operating from the port, Paulson said.

Nominations being accepted
for youth achievement awards

Nominations for the eleventh annual Clark County Youth Achievement Awards are now being accepted, through Friday, April 10, according to Geoff Knapp, spokesman for the county Department of Community Services.

Coordinated by the Clark County Youth Commission under the guidance of Clark County’s Department of Community Services, the awards recognize county youth, ages 11-19, who have demonstrated achievement in any of 10 categories: courage, arts, business/enterprise, citizenship, leadership, family life, education, environmental stewardship, personal achievement, inspiration.

The awards will be presented Sunday, May 17. For further information, call 397-2130, extension 4122, or go to http://www.clark.wa.gov/youth-family/commission.html.

Tony Johnson joins
Davidson Insurance

Tony Johnson has joined Davidson Insurance of Vancouver as a commercial insurance agent, providing insurance services for businesses and professionals, reports Bruce Davidson, president of the firm.

Johnson led TJ & Associates, a human resources consulting firm, for the past eight years. He is also a former sales, marketing and management executive. Johnson is a graduate of the University of Delaware. Davidson Insurance is in suite 525 at 501 SE Columbia Shores Boulevard.

Dollars Corner businessman
Linn “Penny” Dollar dead at 68

Dollars Corner businessman Linn Dollar, known by most everyone as “Penny,” died yesterday at the age of 68.

Dollar was a fire commissioner for Clark County Fire District 11 for 47 years and served another year as Commissioner for Clark County Fire & Rescue. He was reelected in 2007 to serve on the Board of Fire Commissioners through 2013.

Dollar served as the Washington Fire Commissioners' Association Sergeant at Arms, as the Fire District 11 representative of the Clark County Fire Rescue Risk Management Group, and was a member of the District 11 Pension and Relief Board. He was a local businessman and a community fixture in the Dollars Corner area. Dollar is survived by his wife, Janet, son Brian, and daughter Virginia.

WSU Vancouver art fair spotlights Vancouver
architect Donald J. Stewart's work

The half-day Washington State University Vancouver Art Fair, noon to 7 p.m. Friday, April 10, in the Firstenburg Student Commons, will feature the works of 1922 Washington State College graduate Donald J. Stewart.

Stewart, an award winning Vancouver architect, designed the 1922 Washington State University yearbook.

His artwork spanned nearly 90 years.

More than 35 art and craft vendors works also will be on display. Many of the items on exhibit will be for sale. Workshops on making a family video and making an online portfolio are $25 each.

There is no charge for visitors. Parking is available in the blue lot for $3. For further information, call 546-9599.

News brief

“The Life of Christ, An Easter Celebration,” an Easter art exhibit, is being presented from noon until 9 p.m. daily from Thursday, April 9, through Saturday, April 11, in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Vancouver Washington, West Stake Center, 9728 NE 50th Avenue. The West Stake Center also produces the Festival of Nativities each Christmas season.

The public is invited to attend the visual art exhibit with musical performances celebrating the life of Jesus Christ, according to spokesperson Marianna Barrus.

To arrange to have artwork included or for additional information, call Barrus at 997-8369.

Calendar

The Vancouver Watershed Council meets from 4 to 6 p.m. today in the Water Resources Education Center, 4600 SE Columbia Way. <> A Peace Corps community information session is 6 to 7 p.m. this evening in the Washington State University, Vancouver Firstenburg Student Commons, conference room 104. <> Clark County commissioners meet in an informal session in conference room B in the Public Service Center at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 1.

Community Calendar Links

• Southwest Washington Center for the Arts

• Greater Vancouver Chamber Community 

• City of Vancouver Calendar