Kearney Breast Center
opens August 3
Southwest Washington Medical Center's Kearney Breast Center opens
Sunday, Aug. 3. The 12,000-square-foot facility offers sufficient
space to accommodate the community's need for sophisticated medical
care and a host of other complementary services.
The new Kearney Breast Center is a unique community-supported
project, says Rainy Atkins,
the medical center's chief operating officer.
More than 1,000 community residents got personally involved in the
Foundation's Pink Power campaign, donating $4.1 million dollars to
help make the Kearney Breast Center a reality. The total
construction and equipment costs for the facilities were $5.7
million.
Last fall, Connie and
Lee Kearney were recognized for their gift of $2.5 million in
support of the new breast center.
Lee is a Southwest Washington Health System Board member, and Connie
is a member of the Southwest Foundation Board and a 13-year breast
cancer survivor.
VHA pumping in $9.5 million
in local construction projects
Economic downturn has slowed construction throughout Clark County
but with renovation projects at Vancouver Housing Authority
properties are keeping local construction companies busy into the
early part of next year, reports VHA executive director
Roy Johnson.
More than 30 local construction and construction supply companies
are involved in the $9.5 million renovation of three VHA apartment
complexes, Willow Creek and Cougar Creek apartments in Hazel Dell,
and Fishers Mill apartments in East Vancouver.
Including all phases of the renovation work, more than 300 workers
will have been involved before the last phase of renovation
concludes in March 2010.
Pearson Air Museum and Pearson Field
host 50thAnnual Northwest Antique Airplane Club Fly-in
The Northwest Antique Airplane Club fly-in that began at Vancouver’s
Pearson Field Airport fifty years ago is coming home this August 14
through 16 to celebrate its 50th anniversary with one of the largest
antique/classic aircraft fly-ins in the Pacific Northwest.
The fly-in begins at noon on Friday, Aug.
14, with a welcome from Vancouver Mayor
Royce Pollard
and ends at 5 p.m., reopening on
Saturday, Aug. 15, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, Aug. 16, 8 a.m. to
noon. Antique, classic and experimental airplanes will all be on
display.
Cost to view airplanes on the field at the fly-in is $8 for adults,
$7 for seniors, $5 for ages 6 to 12, and children under 6 are
admitted free. Additional admission applies for those who wish to
view the exhibits inside Pearson Air Museum.
Pearson Air Museum is located at 1115 East Fifth Street. For further
information, contact NWAAC President/Co-Fly-in Director
Carmen Eastman at
892-1817 or visit
www.nwaac.com.
Local Democrats and Republicans
to hold charity softball game
The leadership from the Clark County Republican and Democratic
Parties announced plans for a Democrat vs. Republican charity
softball game to benefit the local non-profit organization SHARE.
The event will take place on Sunday, August 23, at Memory Field in
Vancouver. The first pitch will be at 2 p.m.
The teams will feature rosters of elected officials, candidates,
party leaders, and local activists. Republican Representative
Ed Orcutt, Republican
congressional candidate David
Castillo, Democratic Senator
Craig Pridemore and Democratic Representative
Jim Jacks are among the many
partisans planning to play. Democratic and Republican Party Chairs
Dena Horton and
Ryan Hart will also be taking
the field.
Both Horton and Hart view the event as a great opportunity to help
people in need. “There are a lot of hurting people out there,” says
Hart. “We [the two parties] have been working together to plan an
event to help a local charity. Our political parties may be rivals
on the political battlefield, but compassion knows no political
party, and helping people in need is something we all have an
obligation to do,” he says.
Horton agreed and stated, “We felt it was important to show that
both parties care about the real struggles people face right here in
Clark County and that we could put aside political differences to
help in a meaningful way.”
Tickets for the event are available for a $20 donation and can be
purchased by contacting Ryan Hart
at
clarkgop@comcast.net,
or Marsha Manning at
info@bluedonkeys.com
or at 254-2158.
SHARE leads the hungry and homeless to self-sufficiency by providing
food, shelter, housing, and education. More information about SHARE
and what they do can be found at their website,
http://www.sharevancouver.org/.
Fort Vancouver releases episode through podcast
The National Park Service at Fort
Vancouver National Historic Site released the latest episode of the
Fort Vancouver Podcast. The episode features Tessa Langford,
park curator, and Heidi Pierson,
museum technician, and takes listeners behind the scenes of the
park's extensive museum collection to visit the vast array of more
than two million items ranging from artifacts recovered during
archaeological excavations to old photographs and textiles.
This free episode is available online via
subscription or direct download, and is designed to provide a
personal, behind the scenes look at Fort Vancouver National Historic
Site. This is also the first National Park Service podcast in the
Pacific Northwest to be featured on iTunes, the dominant podcatching
client.
The podcast can be accessed online
through the park website,
www.nps.gov/fova/photosmultimedia/fort-vancouver-podcast.htm
and through Apple's online iTunes Store. Visitors may also choose to
subscribe to the RSS feed and have the episodes sent directly to
their computer. The first three episodes of the Fort Vancouver
Podcast are currently available; future episodes will be posted each
month.
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra to
hold auditions
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra will hold open auditions for its
upcoming 31st season on Saturday, September 26, and Sunday,
September 27, 2009, from noon to 6 p.m. at the VSO offices at 1220
Main Street, Suite 410 in downtown Vancouver, WA.
For a list of all pieces to be played, or more information, contact
VSO Orchestra Manager Douglas
Peebles at 503-318-9137
or orchestramgr@vancouversymphony.org.
Calendar
Six to Sunset concert features
Norman Sylvester
from 6 to 8 p.m. this evening in Esther Short Park. Additional
information is available by going to
www.cityofvancouver.us/concerts
or calling
487-8630.
Thursday on the air
Election 2009: Vancouver Mayoral Candidates Forum
(7-28)—4:45 p.m. CVTV 23
Seattle at Texas (live)—5:05 p.m. FSN-710 ESPN
Vancouver Planning Commission (7-28)—7 p.m. CVTV 23
Community Calendar Links
Thursday,
July 30, 2009 Headlines
Links to news of
local & national significance
Murray boosts financial outlook for light-rail line--Columbian,
Jeffrey Mize
Port
sees profit despite dip in activity--Columbian, Libby Tucker
Stocks jump on upbeat earnings reports--USA Today, Tim Paradis
Report outlines big bonuses at rescued banks--Washington Post,
Tomoeh Murakami Tse
Wildfires burning in Gifford Pinchot National Forest--Columbian,
John Branton
