Greater Vancouver Chamber
of Commerce announces hire of Teresa Lawwill
Teresa Lawwill
The Greater Vancouver Chamber of
Commerce has announced that Teresa
Lawwill joined the staff as customer service coordinator
effective last Monday. In this position, Lawwill serves as
receptionist, as well as handles all administrative responsibilities
and assists with customer service inquiries.
Prior to joining the chamber, Lawwill
worked as a communications specialist for the Port of Vancouver, as
event coordinator for Thomas Edison High School, and spent as an
executive assistant/public relations assistant for 15 years with the
Bureau of Land Management.
A resident of Camas, Lawwill has
volunteered with numerous community organizations including the
Southwest Washington Medical Center Foundation and their Pink Power
breast cancer fundraising event, the Jack, Will and Rob Youth
Center, the Camas Educational Foundation, and the Camas Library
Foundation.
Lawwill
attended Umpqua Community College.
Housing Matters
The Vancouver Housing Authority (VHA) is
partnering with Clark/Vancouver Television (CVTV) to produce a
series of monthly television programs on affordable housing issues
in Southwest Washington. The series is called Housing Matters. Each
monthly half-hour program will consist of interviews with community
leaders who are involved with affordable housing issues.
Announcement of the series coincides with
Housing America Month, which is being observed across the United
States during the month of October. The month-long observance is
part of the Housing America Campaign, which aims to educate decision
makers and the general public about the importance of affordable
housing and community development programs, as well as the
challenges facing these programs.
The goal of the Housing Matters television
series is to highlight the issues of affordable housing, the impact
of the need for affordable housing on Vancouver and Clark County,
and what is being done about it here in our community. “The need for
affordable housing in Clark County is significant, as evidenced by
the waiting list for subsidized housing at the VHA, says Steve
Towell, series producer and host, and VHA community relations
specialist. “There are more than 3,000 households on the waiting
list for subsidized housing in our county, and we know the actual
need is much greater, especially in the current economic crisis.”
The first showing of Housing Matters will be
aired at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, on CVTV/Comcast cable
channel 21 and will appear at other times throughout the month on
CVTV/Comcast channels 21 and 23. For more information, visit
websites www.vhausa.com
and
www.cvtv.org.
NAACP’s First Families
invites Vancouver to tea
Vancouver's strong, deep-rooted African American community goes back
decades from young people who fled Jim Crow laws all over the South
to find work in the Kaiser shipyards during World War II. They made
up their minds that they liked Vancouver and wanted to stay.
After the war, when Governor Arthur Langlie on down to local
landlords tried to make them leave, they formed their own branch
#1139 of NAACP and hung on.
They found homes throughout the community, instead of living all in
one neighborhood. As a result, according to Vancouver councilwoman
and historian Pat Jollota,
“While other communities in the region were instituting racism,
Vancouver was instituting tolerance.”
In
honor of of those who migrated, First Families of Vancouver’s
African American Community will host a Friends and Family Day Tea
from 2:30 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, at YWCA Clark County, 3609 Main
Street, Vancouver. This event is free and open to all ages.
Donations will be accepted but are not required.
Discover the unspooky side
of bats on Halloween at WSU Vancouver
Christine Portfors, associate
professor of biology at Washington State University Vancouver, and
Peter Ritson, instructor of
chemistry at Clark College, will give their seventh annual
presentation on bats from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, in the
administration building, room 110. The event is free and open to the
public. It's an ideal activity for families with children 4 to 12
years old.
At a
time of year when bats are often portrayed as blood-sucking, vicious
animals, local families have an opportunity to see live bats up
close, and learn why bats are largely misunderstood, and why bats
play a beneficial role in nature by managing insect pests,
pollinating plants and dispersing seeds.
In
addition to teaching the visitors about bats, Portfors and Ritson
will read a short story and lead the group in making bat crafts.
For more information, visit
www.vancouver.wsu.edu/.
News Briefs
Roots Restaurant, Lapellah, and 360
Pizzeria will donate 100% of the entire day's lunch and dinner
profit to the Free Clinic of SW Washington on Wednesday, Oct. 28.
The Free Clinic of SW Washington provides and facilitates access to
free quality health care for children and adults who are otherwise
unable to access such services. For reservations, visit
www.rootsrestaurantandbar.com,
www.lapellah.com,
or
www.360pizzeria.com.
For more information, visit
http://www.freeclinics.org/dine-shine.
<> The
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra will have its first concert of its
thirty-first season at 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, and 7 p.m. Sunday,
Oct. 25, at Skyview Concert Hall, 1300 NW 139th Street, Vancouver.
Tickets for performances are available online at
www.vancouversymphony.org, by
phone at
735-7278, at local music outlets
and at the door. Students receive a special $9 admission price for
any concert. For more information, visit the symphony’s web
site at
www.vancouversymphony.org.
Calendar
DuckTales Kitchen is having a
ribbon-cutting-mixer from 4 to 6 p.m. today, Oct. 22, 612 N Devine
Road. Call 735-7932 for more
information.
<>
City Council meets at 6:30 p.m. tonight Oct. 22, in the Ridgefield
Community Center, 210 N Main Avenue.
<>
A City Council meeting is being held at 6:30 p.m. tonight, Oct.22,
in La Center Community Center, 1000 E 4th Street.
<>
The Washougal DRIC-The City of Washougal and The Washougal Main
Street Market are having a Pumpkin Party from 3 to 7 p.m. Friday,
Oct. 23, at Reflection Plaza, on the corner of Main Street and
Pendleton Way. Free pumpkins will be given to the first 200 kids.
There will also be treats, prizes, games, a costume contest, and
more. For more information, visit
www.cityofwashougal.us.
Thursday on the air
Vancouver City Council (10-19)—4:33 p.m. CVTV
VPD All Access: Neighborhood Police Officers—8:05 p.m. CVTV
Disability Employment Awareness Celebration (10-13)—8:30 p.m. CVTV
Take It Away! The Many Travels of Your Trash and Recycling
(10-16)—9:15 p.m. CVTV
8th Annual Recovery Forum (9-24)—10:59 p.m. CVTV
Community Calendar Links
Thursday,
October 22, 2009 Headlines
Links to news of
local & national significance
Bridge tolls dominate Vancouver election--Columbian, Erik
Robinson and Kathie Durbin
Shadow of Riverwalk project looms over Port of C-W race--Columbian,
Cami Joner
Propane operation has eye on Port of Vancouver site--Columbian,
Libby Tucker
Steep decline in Americans' belief in global warming--Huffington
Post, Dina Cappiello
Hundreds with ties to drug cartel arrested in Washington, 18 other
states--Seattle Times, AP
