Dennis Kampe running for
legislature
Dennis
Kampe
Career educator and lifelong Clark County resident
Dennis Kampe has announced
his candidacy for a seat in the State House of Representatives in
the 2010 election. The 18th-District Hockinson Democrat has been the
director of the Clark County Skills Center for 19 years and is
running to "insure the availability of a highly skilled and trained
work force with a priority on recapturing lost jobs and creating new
family wage jobs."
A
graduate of Ridgefield High School and Clark College, Kampe helped
launch the Skills Center in 1983 as assistant director. As director,
he has led the school to three major national honors: from
BusinessWeek magazine, the
Albertson’s Foundation and the National Character Education
Association.
He
has 19 years of budget management experience with an annual
current-day value of $4.5 million dollars. His community service
includes four years as a Leadership Clark County Board member, five
years as chair of the Washington State Skills Center Directors
Association and nine years as director/teacher of the Southwest
Washington Business and Industry Teacher Certification Consortium.
He has also been honored as a local Red Cross "Good Samaritan Hero."
In
his first run for public office, Kampe is vying for Position 1 in
the 18th legislative district, now held by republican
Jaime Herrera. For more
information, contact Kampe at
635-1920 and/or
denniskampe@ live.com.
Monica Stonier enters race
Monica Stonier announced her
candidacy for Deb Wallace’s
open seat Monday night at the Evergreen Education Association Rep
Council meeting and the Clark County Democrats Central Committee.
With Wallace entering the race for
Brian Baird’s
open Congressional seat, there will be no delay in Stonier’s
campaign to fill Position 2 in the 17th legislative district. She
entered the race Sunday and in twenty-four hours had collected over
50 endorsements from local democrats, state party leaders,
educators, families, and community activists to be listed on her
campaign website next week.
As
a parent and concerned citizen, Stonier is committed to representing
the 17th LD in Olympia: "My two kids and thousands of our students
live in this community. I am not willing to let decisions about
education budget cuts and policy continue to be made by people who
do not have my understanding of the effects on teachers, students,
and their families. Our families are facing disclosures, devastating
health care cuts, job losses, and I have been teaching my students
that some day they can make a difference. It’s my time to walk the
walk. "Stonier is married with two children, comes from a diverse
family of Hispanic and Japanese Americans, a military family, and
holds a cherished value of living in service to others.
Stonier is a teacher of language arts and social studies and an
instructional coach at Pacific Middle School in Evergreen Public
Schools. She campaigned and organized for Barack Obama and was
elected as a national delegate to the Democratic National
Convention. Following through with her commitment to her community,
she now serves as secretary on the 17th democrats executive council,
and has been an active volunteer in local democratic campaigns. She
received a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a teaching
certificate from Western Washington University in 1999 and a
master’s degree in education from Washington State University
Vancouver in 2008.
Eight Battle Ground
teachers earn national certification
Eight teachers from the Battle Ground School District have earned
certification by the National Board for Professional Teaching
Standards (NBPTS). The accomplishment marks successful completion of
a rigorous, one-to-three-year program aimed at improving teaching
techniques and styles in order to bolster students’ enthusiasm for
learning. The state awards stipends of approximately $5,000 a year
to NBPTS-certified teachers in Washington.
The
Battle Ground teachers certified this year are the following:
Julie Ash from Maple Grove
Primary, Tiffany Gould and
Jamie Griffith from Glenwood
Heights Primary, Virginia Clement
from Chief Umtuch Middle,
Heather Smithline and Annette
Weeks from Battle Ground High, and
Richard Boehm and
Michael Griffith from Prairie
High.
Make holiday wishes come
true—donate to the YWCA
YWCA Clark County is currently accepting gifts for its program
participants. Donations will go to children and families recovering
from domestic violence, sexual assault, or homelessness, as well as
youth in foster care.
The YWCA accepts any new, unwrapped gift for boys, girls, men, and
women of all ages. Top needs include dolls/stuffed animals, board
games, gift cards, craft or science kits, sports equipment,
education toys, nonviolent books and movies, Legos or block sets,
winter clothing, and towels or blankets.
Donations can be dropped off at YWCA Clark County, 3609 Main Street,
Vancouver, WA 98663. The office is open from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.,
Monday through Thursday, and 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Fridays. Donors
can also make financial gifts online at
www.ywcaclarkcounty.org.
All donations are tax-deductible. To learn more, call the YWCA at
696-0167.
News Briefs
The Camas Washougal Rotary is selling tickets for $5 each, from any
Camas Washougal Rotarian, or from Columbia Litho, 302 NE 6th Avenue
in Camas, or by calling Joyce
Lindsay at 335-1972.
This year’s grand prize is a week in a Hawaii condo (donated by
Riverview Bank) plus airfare for two, a stay at an RCI condo
anywhere of the winner’s choice, and a trip to Las Vegas. There are
many more prizes. Proceeds from the Ducky Derby support community
projects such as the Backpack Project, Dictionary Project,
Scholarships, Youth Exchange, and more.
Calendar
La Center City Council is holding a
public hearing from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight, Dec. 16.
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Share's Annual Holiday Party will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30
p.m. Thursday, Dec. 17, at the Fraternal Order of Eagles, 107 East
7th Street. The party is free and open to the public.
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Loaves and Fishes will be serving hot meals to senior citizens from
noon to 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 17, La Center Community Center, 1000 E
4th Street.
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Planning Commission meets at 6 p.m. tonight, Dec. 16, Ridgefield
Community Center, 210 North Main Avenue.
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City Center Redevelopment Committee meets at noon Thursday, Dec. 17,
in City Council chambers, 210 E 13th Street.
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Downtown Redevelopment Committee meets at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec.
17, in Council chambers, 210 E 13th Street.
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December Art Conversations will be held at 7 p.m. tonight, at the
Vancouver Ballroom 808 Main Street. For more information, visit
http://vancouver-ballroom.com
or email
artconversations@gmail.com.
Wednesday on the air
Columbia River Crossing Project Sponsors Council (12-4)--4 p.m. CVTV
Accomplished and Under 40 (11-12)--6:30 p.m. CVTV
Veterans Day Ceremony (11-11)--7:40 p.m. CVTV
City Minutes (12-6)--8:30 p.m. CVTV
Vancouver Housing Authority: Housing Matters (12-6)--9 p.m. CVTV
Vancouver Children's Opera:
Amahl and the Night Visitors
(10-24)--9:30 p.m. CVTV
Retired and Senior Volunteer Program Luncheon (11-14)--10:30 p.m.
CVTV
Community Calendar Links
Wednesday,
December 16, 2009 Headlines
Links to news of
local & national significance
Grass Valley Elementary third-grader wins post--Columbian,
Marissa Harshman
Cascade Park library wows crowd--Columbian, Howard Buck
Student loan data show defaults high at for-profits--Columbian,
Justin Pope
Obama: U.S. 'will go bankrupt' without health care bill--USA Today,
David Jackson
Roy
E. Disney dies of stomach cancer at age 79--USA Today, Ryan
Nakashima
