Graffiti cleaned up at Henry J. Kaiser Shipyard Memorial near Marine
Park
In this picture are Marina
Kalachik and Kirestin Arnold.
Summer interns Marina Kalachik,
18, a spring graduate from Battle Ground High School, and
Kirestin Arnold, 18, a spring
graduate from Hockinson High School, have been working this summer
at Fort Vancouver National Trust through ESD 112’s youth workforce
program. Kalachik worked in the Fort Vancouver Bookstore and Arnold
worked in the Trust office in the General O.O. Howard House.
When the interns began their job assignment at the Fort Vancouver
National Trust, they were given a tour of the site, including the
Henry J. Kaiser Shipyard Memorial, which is part of the Fort
Vancouver National Site. When they climbed up to the tower, the
students were dismayed by the extensive graffiti on the Memorial.
The students alerted the Fort Vancouver National Trust and City of
Vancouver officials and worked side-by-side with a City of Vancouver
Operations crew to clean up the graffiti.
Students
urged to leave no stone unturned in
hunting for financial aid
State Representative Tim Probst
is urging young people who plan on going on to postsecondary
schooling a year from now, as well as and parents who plan on
surviving the financial hit, to always keep an eye on financial
assistance for college.
For instance, Probst noted last Monday, next year’s college students
can save up to $2,500 off their tuition and related expenses in the
American Opportunity Tax Credit.
“The federal government is offering this temporary tax credit for
students or parents to claim on their 2010 income-tax return,”
Probst said. “This means that the credit can help pay tuition next
year.”
“Students who don’t make enough money to file an income-tax return
should go ahead and file a return, anyway,” Probst explained,
“because they might receive up to $1,000 in credit to help pay their
college tuition.”
Students who have a Section 529 college-savings plan can also spend
those funds on a computer that is used for college.
Probst, who is vice chair of the House Education Committee and a
member of the House Education Appropriations Committee, said that
students should talk to their school’s financial-aid counselor for
more information. Students, parents, and other interested folks can
also visit
http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=205674,00.html
to get more information.
Probst also noted two other programs that can help Washington’s
young citizens and their families negotiate financial hurdles for
postsecondary schooling. Running
Startallows high-school juniors and seniors to attend
college classes tuition-free and earn credits both for high school
and for college. Running
Start for the Trades, which is similar to the first
program, allows high-school juniors and seniorsto take classes that prepare them to enter a full-time
apprenticeship upon graduation. They can also enter a two-year
program leading to an apprenticeship.
Ambulation Celebration, a walk to honor total joint replacement
patients
Rebound Orthopedics is hosting Ambulation Celebration, a walk to
applaud our total joint replacement patients. The walk will be held
at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 20, at the Pearson Air Museum in
Vancouver. Registration for the event starts at 2 p.m., with
festivities beginning at 2:30 p.m. There will be two walking routes,
ranging in distance from ½ to 2 miles. This walk is the first of
its kind in the Vancouver and Portland area and celebrates our
patients’ return to an active lifestyle. It is free and open to the
general public. For further information, call
Michelle Braunsten at
449-1128 or email
mbraunsten@reboundmd.com.
News
Briefs
Vancouver’s Downtown Association hosts
Bob Farrell’s Give ‘Em the Pickle,
7:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, in the Hilton Vancouver Washington.
Admission is free. Space is limited. Please RSVP to
Rebecca Ocken, executive
director at director@vdausa.org,
or phone 258-1129.
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Metropolitan Performing Arts Academy is holding auditions and
rehearsals for kids ages 6 to 16 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 12, at Alki Middle School, 1800 NW Bliss Road, Vancouver. For
more information, visit www.metropaa.org
or call Noah Scott at
503-724-9462.
Calendar
Loaves and Fishes will provide a hot meal to senior citizens from
noon to 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3, in the Community Center, 1000 E
4th Street, La Center.
Wednesday on the
air
Clark County Board of Commissioners (9-1)—4:30 p.m. CVTV
Portland Beavers at Colorado
(live)—5 p.m. KKAD
LA Angels at Seattle (live)—7 p.m.
710 FSN
Breaking Ground on New Jobs (8-13)—7:30 p.m. CVTV
City Minutes—New Humane Society Tour (8-9)—8:20 p.m. CVTV
Vancouver Land Use Hearings (8-6)—9 p.m. CVTV
Humane Society for Southwest Washington Public Preview (7-19)—10:10
p.m. CVTV
Senator Patty Murray Southwest Washington Update (8-13)—10:30 p.m.
CVTV
Clark County Board of Health (8-26)—11:30 p.m. CVTV
