Ivey Performance Marketing
adds positions
Scott Winegardner and Dan Hansen.
Ivey Performance Marketing, a retail brand marketing company, has
announced the appointment of a corporate controller and a general
manager.
Scott Winegardner, CPA, has
been appointed corporate controller. Winegardner previously was
corporate controller, secretary and treasurer for the Seattle-based
Smart Buys, held divisional finance leadership roles for the
Vancouver, Wash.-based fitness company Nautilus, Inc., and
accounting and audit roles for Daitron, Inc., and Deloitte and
Touche LLP.
Dan Hansen has been appointed
general manager of operations at the company headquarters. His 25
years of color expertise includes operations leadership at TechJet
Imaging in Vancouver, Wash., and 17 years with legacy companies
WyEast and Ivey Imaging.
Ivey Performance Marketing is based in the Portland, OR, suburb of
Milwaukie, and specializes in creating retail marketing environments
on behalf of more than 50 branded companies and products. The
company develops, installs and manages retail materials for several
thousand retail stores each month. The company also has service
offices in Los Angeles and Milwaukee, WI.
More information is available at
www.ivey.com or by calling
503-794-9800.
Steve Pagel to lead Battle
Ground School Board
Steve Pagel
The Battle Ground School District board of directors elected
Steve Pagel, one of its three
new members, as president. Sam Kim,
the outgoing president, was elected vice president.
John Idsinga, another new
member, was elected legislative representative.
Pagel, 51, is the owner of a commercial and residential landscape
maintenance business. He is a 1977 graduate of Columbia River High
School in Vancouver. He attended the University of Washington, and
then Lewis & Clark College in Portland, graduating in 1981 in
business administration.
Pagel is a longtime volunteer for numerous civic and school causes,
including service as volunteer auctioneer at fund-raisers for school
groups and other nonprofit organizations.
Pagel and his wife, Julie, a
teacher in Vancouver, live in the Pleasant Valley area of the Battle
Ground School District. They have three children:
Katie, a sophomore at Prairie
High School; Andrew, a
freshman at the University of Washington; and
Alison, a junior at Colorado
State University.
Pagel, Idsinga and Monty Anderson
were elected to the board of directors in November. Kim and
Director Karen Lehman are
returning board members.
Clark College welcomes a
literary detective for the ages
Paul Collins
Author and professor Paul Collins
will be the next guest speaker in Clark College’s Columbia
Writers Series. Collins will appear from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday,
Feb. 10, in the Penguin Student Lounge, located in Clark’s Penguin
Union Building. The event is free and open to the public.
As
a writer, Collins specializes in science history, memoir, and
unusual antiquarian literature. His six books have been translated
into 10 languages. They include The
Book of William: How Shakespeare's First Folio Conquered the World
(2009), The Trouble with
Tom: The Strange Afterlife and Times of Thomas Paine (2005),
Not Even Wrong: A Father's Journey
Into the Lost History of Autism (2004),
Sixpence House: Lost in a Town of
Books (2003), and Banvard’s
Folly: Tales of Renowned Obscurity, Famous Anonymity and Rotten Luck
(2002).
Collins is a frequent contributor to the "Histories" column of
New Scientist magazine. His
other recent freelance work includes essays for the
New York Times,
Slate, and
The Believer. In addition to
appearing regularly on NPR's
Weekend Edition Saturday as its resident “literary detective”
on odd and forgotten old books, he is also the founding editor of
the Collins Library imprint of McSweeney's Books, where he has
revived such disparate works as a World War I internment camp memoir
(To Ruhleben and Back) and
an absurdist 1934 detective tale (The
Riddle of the Traveling Skull).
Collins lives in Portland, OR, where he teaches creative nonfiction
as an assistant professor in the master of fine arts (MFA) program
at Portland State University.
NWABA Benefit Dinner and
Auction
The Northwest Association for Blind Athletes (NWABA) has announced
that it will be hosting its Annual Benefit Dinner and Auction March
5, 2010, at the Firstenburg Center in Vancouver, Washington.
“This event will help to raise funds which will enable us to make a
difference in the lives of more people who are blind and visually
impaired,” says President Nick Wilks.
“This year we are dramatically increasing our sports programs for
blind students and adults. This event will help to make that a
reality.”
Tickets are $30 per person, or $200 for a table of eight. Guests may
reserve tickets by calling
1-800-880-9837 ext. 4,
or visit
http://www.NWABA.org. The
deadline for ticket registration is Monday, Feb. 22. Those who are
unable to attend may make a tax-deductible donation to support blind
and visually impaired athletes by visiting the website mentioned
above.
Free dental care offered
to uninsured children on Feb. 6
Children’s Dental Health Day, an event that offers free dental care
to children, will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb.
6, at the Clark College Dental Hygiene Clinic, 1933 Fort Vancouver
Way.
Children ages 2 to 19 without dental insurance are eligible for
X-rays, sealants, fluoride treatment, fillings and extractions.
Cleanings are not included. Children will be seen by appointment
only. To schedule an appointment, call
397-8020,
397-8010 or
397-8000 ext.
7371.
The annual event is in its fourth year and typically serves about
300 children. Last year, 230 volunteers, including dentists and
other oral health professionals, served 301 patients, providing more
than $70,000 worth of dental services.
Services are donated by Clark College, Clark County Dental Society,
Clark County Public Health, Free Clinic of Southwest Washington and
Greater Southwest Washington Dental Hygiene Association. Funding is
provided by Ronald McDonald House Charities and Washington Oral
Health Foundation.
Calendar
Port of Camas-Washougal commissioners
meet at 6 p.m. tonight, Jan. 25, for a special meeting, in the Port
office, 24 South A Street, Washougal.
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Washougal City Council meets for a
workshop at 5:30 p.m. tonight, in Council chambers.
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City Council meet for a study session at 7 p.m. tonight Jan. 25, in
the Battle Ground Community Center, 912 East Main Street. For more
information, call 342-5008.
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Vancouver City Council meets from 4 to 6
p.m. for workshops followed by a full council meeting with public
hearings at 7 p.m. tonight, Jan. 25, in City Council chambers.
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The Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce
is having its Business After Hours at the Corwin Beverage Company
from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26, 219 South Timm Road, Ridgefield,
WA. Visit
www.vancouverusa.com
to register.
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Planning Commission meets at 4 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 26, in Council chambers, 210 E 13th Street.
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Public Utility District of Clark County Board of Commissioners is
holding a meeting at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26.
Monday
on the air
Cascade Park Community Library Grand Opening Celebration (12-15)--6
p.m. CVTV
Vancouver City Council (live)--6:55 p.m. CVTV
Vancouver Housing Authority: Housing Matters (1-3)--11 p.m. CVTV
VPD All Access: Neighborhood Police Officers--11:30 p.m. CVTV
Community
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Monday,
January 25, 2010 Headlines
Links to news of
local & national significance
County struggles to keep cost of benefits in check--Columbian,
Michael Andersen
Petition expected to reach Congress today--Columbian, Bob Albrecht
Off Beat: Obamas make a habit of donating to Vancouver couple's
Haiti efforts--Columbian, Columbian Staff
Resume is vital to job-hunters--Columbian, Julia Anderson
