Community Choices appoints
Sharon Pesut as executive director
The board of directors of Community Choices has announced the
appointment of Sharon Pesut
as its executive director.
Pesut, who began her duties with Community Choices on Monday, Sept.
28, was most recently the executive director of the Clark County
Family YMCA. There she was responsible for operations and
fundraising. Pesut has a total of twenty-one years of experience
with the organization, fourteen of those in Venice, Florida where
she was promoted from senior program director to executive director.
In addition, Pesut is an experienced elementary school teacher in
physical education and technology.
Pesut, a 2004
graduate of Leadership Clark County, also served on its board since
her graduation.
Pesut is familiar with the work of Community Choices, having served
on the STEPS to a Healthier Clark County Leadership Team from 2006
through 2008 and is knowledgeable about Community Choices latest
initiative on health equity. The new initiative engages communities
in the issue of health equity with the aim of making Clark County
one of the healthiest communities in a state that continues to work
toward becoming the healthiest state in the nation.
To
get involved with the health equity initiative, either financially
or with time and ideas, contact Pesut at
567-1067 or through the
“Contact Us” section of its website at
www.clarkcommunitychoices.org.
Southwest Washington
Watercolor Society group exhibition at WSU Vancouver galleries
Moira,
by artist Diana Thewlis
The Southwest Washington Watercolor Society is currently displaying
a group exhibition of selected members artwork in the Washington
State University Vancouver galleries. The show will be on display in
the Engineering Life Science Building through Nov. 6.
The Southwest Washington Watercolor Society was established in 1979.
The organization's 12 founding members offered a call to
watercolorists in Washington's Clark, Cowlitz, Klickitat, Lewis,
Pacific, Skamania and Wahkiahum Counties. Today, belong to the
organization. To learn more about it visit
www.swwswatercolor.org/.
WSU Vancouver art galleries are open from
8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Friday. Admission is free. Parking is available at parking meters or
in the Blue Daily Pay lot for $3.
For more information, visit
http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/art/exhibits/swws.html.
Recap of rededication of
Clark College’s sundial
Mike Pick (left), Bob Moser (center), and Dick Shamrell (right).
Rain didn’t dampen today’s celebration as Clark College rededicated
its landmark sundial. The sundial was originally proposed in 1983 by
Mike Pick, a physics
instructor at the college, as part of the college’s 50th
anniversary celebration. Bob Moser,
former director of public relations at Clark, took the lead in
raising funds for the project by selling mosaic tiles, featuring
donor names, that now grace the sundial plaza. As planning began for
the college’s 75th anniversary, physics professor
Dick Shamrell suggested
refurbishing the sundial to enhance it for future generations. The
sundial now includes a new 3D gnomon (the part of the sundial that
casts a shadow). The college expects the time to be so accurate that
the sundial will only have to be adjusted when the time changes to –
and from – Daylight Savings Time. The rededication ceremony marked
the conclusion of Clark’s yearlong diamond anniversary celebration.
Riverview acknowledged for
Six to Sunset community support
In
a Sept. 14, 2009, proclamation from Mayor
Royce E. Pollard and the
Vancouver City Council, Riverview Community Bank was acknowledged
for a decade of supporting the “Six to Sunset” concert series in
Esther Short Park.
The City proclaimed its gratitude to Riverview as a valuable
community partner, even in difficult economic times, for its
steadfast support, commitment and vision to America’s Vancouver, for
maintaining the quality for life for all Vancouver citizens by
providing a family-friendly and free opportunity for the community
to enjoy.
The Riverview “Six to Sunset” concert series, which features local
and regional talent, has drawn nearly 300,000 people over the last
ten years, providing both a cultural event for the community as well
as an economic stimulus to downtown businesses.
News Briefs
Join the Mount St. Helens Institute
and a veteran mushroom hunter,
Maggie Rogers, for “A Mushroom Hunting Field Seminar in the
Cascades,” Saturday, Oct. 10. Both beginner and experienced mushroom
hunters are welcome. For details and online registration, visit
www.mshinstitute.org.
Questions can be directed to
Laura Kerr
at
lkerr@mshinstitute.org
or by calling
891-5069.
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Salmon Creek is hosting a “Raise the Roof” ribbon-cutting mixer from
4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1. A tour of Legacy’s new sixth floor
before the doors officially open will also take place. Legacy Salmon
Creek Medical Center, 2211 NE 139 Street. For more information, call
694-2588.
Calendar
Angie Sideras,
a certified family manager coach, will give pointers and advice at
an open forum on organizing time, family, and home, from 7 to 8:30
p.m. tonight, Sept. 29, in the Faith Center Church, 2533 NE Andresen
Road. For more information, call
771-1352 or email Angie at
angiesideras@gmail.com.
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City Council workshop begins at 5:30 p.m.
this evening in the Council chambers, Washougal.
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A public forum is being held for mayor and councilmember candidates
at 6:30 p.m. tonight, Sept. 29, at the Water Resources Education
Center, 4600 SE Columbia Way. The forum will give each candidate the
opportunity to present his or her position on topics related to
Vancouver through audience-generated questions. Call
896-2283 for more
information.
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The community is invited to an open house, for the NE 18th Street
segment 1 (NE 112th to NE 137th Avenues) improvement project, at 4
to 7 p.m. tonight, Sept. 29, to learn more about the final design
for segment 1A, receive updated information on segment 1B and review
the design guidelines final report. The open house will be at
Evergreen School District Administrative Services (Evergreen Room
–tan building), 13501 NE 28th Avenue. Call
487-7711 for more
information.
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Port of Camas-Washougal meets for a regular meeting from 3 to 4 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 30.
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House of Representative's Deb
Wallace and Tim Probst
are holding a forum for the community from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
tonight, York Elementary, 9301 NE 152nd Avenue.
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Port of Ridgefield is having a regular meeting at 10 a.m. Wednesday,
Sept. 30, Port Office, 111 W. Division Street.
Wednesday on the air
September 11th Commemoration—Patriots Day (9-11)—4:30 p.m. CVTV
Together We Can: Vancouver Branch NAACP Annual Awards Banquet
(9-26)—5 p.m. CVTV
Oakland
Athletics at Seattle (live)—7 p.m. FSN, KFXX
C-TRAN Board of Directors Meeting (9-15)—7 p.m. CVTV
CREAM Education Center Grand Opening Celebration (9-26)—9 p.m. CVTV
Vancouver Police Department West Precinct Open House (9-26)—10 p.m.
CVTV
Clark County Land Use Hearings (9-10)—11 p.m. CVTV
Community Calendar Links
Wednesday,
September 30, 2009 Headlines
Links to news of
local & national significance
Grant may spur retail center--Columbian, Michael Andersen
Horizon honored for decade of safety excellence--Columbian, AP
Toyota recalls 3.8 million vehicles, largest U.S. recall in
history--Oregonian, AP
Tsunami hits American Samoa--KOIN, AP
FDIC asks banks to cover an expected $100B in losses--USA Today,
Paul Wiseman
