Win Bravo! tickets by correctly
answering Bravo!-Insider quiz

The first six persons to answer correctly the Bravo!-Insider musical quiz will each win a pair of free tickets to the 3 p.m. Sunday, April 5, Bravo! Vancouver French Connection concert.

What ancient musical form inspired Requiems by French composers Gabriel Faure and Maurice Durufle?

Send answers to the tony@dailyinsider.info.

Winners will be notified to pick up their tickets at will-call.

"A French Connection," Bravo! Vancouver's 3 p.m. Sunday, April 5, concert in St. Joseph Catholic Church, 400 S. Andresen Road, presents requiems by French composers Gabriel Gaure and Maurice Durufle.

Bravo! Vancouver's Vancouver chorale, led by Maria Manzo, and the Washington Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Michael Kissinger, will entertain.

Admission is $20. Tickets are available at the door or by going to http://www.bravoconcerts.com/.

Nez Perce return to barracks
for annual reconciliation

Members of the Nez Perce Indian Nation will present their traditional memorial ceremony on the Vancouver National Historic Reserve Saturday, April 25, at 5th Street, just north of the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site. The nearly three-hour ceremony will begin at 10 a.m.

The ceremony, presented by the Nez Perce Nation in cooperation with the City of Vancouver, the Vancouver National Historic Reserve Trust and the National Park Service, pays tribute to tribal ideals, honors tribal ancestors and helps to heal old wounds.

During the Nez Perce War of 1877, as the U.S. Army was attempting to remove tribal members from ancestral lands, 33 members of Chief Redheart's band were captured under the direction of General O.O. Howard.

Even though the band neither fought in Indian Wars nor committed any crimes, they were held prisoner at Fort Vancouver through the winter of 1877-78. During the imprisonment, an infant member of the band died.

Ceremonial activities include singing, speeches, a Riderless Horse (empty-saddle) ceremony and a traditional passing of the peace pipe. All U.S. military veterans are invited to join the ceremonial circle and be recognized.

Visitors should bring blankets and lawn chairs. Refreshments are provided by the Restaurant at the Historic Reserve. There is no charge, and ample parking is available on 5th Street.

After the ceremony, the public is encouraged to attend a traditional Native American meal, prepared and served by the Northwest Indian Veterans Association and served in the auditorium on the Historic Reserve grounds.

After the meal, visitors are invited to go up the hill to the Visitor Center, at 1501 E. Evergreen, to join in National Park Family Day festivities. The event is free.

Port officials holding
town hall discussion

The Port of Vancouver USA board of commissioners will host a multi-media town hall forum on Tuesday, April 7, at 7 p.m. in the port’s Commission Chambers in the Administration Building, located at 3103 NW Lower River Road.

The forum will also be cablecast live on CVTV Channel 23, and streamed live on www.cvtv.org as well. Viewers can participate during the live broadcast by emailing their questions to info@portvanusa.com, or by calling 693-3611.

Commissioners Nancy Baker, Jerry Oliver and Brian Wolfe, and port executive director Larry Paulson, will take questions from the live audience and from CVTV viewers. The forum will be moderated by the Columbian’s business editor Julia Anderson.

Advance questions are currently being accepted via email and will be included in the questions sent in during the live forum.

Community Foundation wins awards
for communications excellence

The Community Foundation for Southwest Washington has been named both a Silver and a Bronze Award winner for excellence in communications by the 2009 Wilmer Shields Rich Awards Program, sponsored by the Council on Foundations.

Seven hundred foundations in the United States competed for the awards. The local foundation won the Silver Award in the newsletter category and Bronze Award in the website category, according to Rick Melching, Community Foundation executive director.

News brief

The Board of Clark County Commissioners is calling for applications for Clark County residents to serve on the Vancouver-Clark Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission to fill an unexpired term through December 2009. The 13-member Parks and Recreation Commission serves in an advisory capacity to the Vancouver City Council and Clark County commissioners in matters relating to planning, acquisition, development and operation parks, greenways, open space, trails, recreation programs, and cultural programs and activities. For further information, call Jennifer Clark, 397-6058.

Calendar

A landlord study hall, a free presentation for landlords to learn about landlord-tenant law, is at 6:30 p.m. this evening in the First Baptist Church conference room, 108 W. 27th Street. Speakers are attorney Liz Leathers and Kareen Mills, State Farm Insurance.

Community Calendar Links

• Southwest Washington Center for the Arts

• Greater Vancouver Chamber Community 

• City of Vancouver Calendar