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Physician leaders elected to Southwest Medical staff board Marilyn DarrThe medical staff of Southwest Washington Medical Center has new leaders, all MDs, for the 1,000 physicians who practice at the regional hospital. Marilyn Darr takes the post of president for 2010. Darr is a family medicine doctor in the community. The president-elect is Marty Bell, who is medical director of Southwest’s Emergency Services. Other officers include Robert Douglass, Christopher Rubano, and Brad Jensen. Nicholas Schiller served in the president’s role for the past year. Herrera sweeps Cowlitz County straw poll The Cowlitz County Republican Party announced this weekend that Jaime Herrera won the 3rd Congressional District primary election straw poll held during its precinct caucuses. The straw poll was conducted Feb. 13, and was open to all caucus attendees. Herrera received 88% of the total straw poll votes. Her primary opponents, Jon Russell and David Castillo, received 7% and 5%, respectively. Cowlitz was the only county in the 3rd District that held a straw poll at its precinct caucuses. “I am honored that the caucus attendees voted for me by such a large margin,” Herrera says. “In a place like the 3rd Congressional District, elections are always won and lost at the grassroots level. It is a major boost to know that the grassroots of our party stand behind my campaign. We're going to count on all our supporters to help me carry my message of job creation, controlling federal spending and free market health care reforms to lower the cost of care.” Business leaders echo govenors' message to move CRC project forward Southwest Washington business leadership supports the clear and direct message of Governors Chris Gregoire and Ted Kulongoski regarding recent developments which could impact the construction of an improved Interstate 5 crossing of the Columbia River and related improvements in the Bridge Influence Area. In light of the January 19, 2010, letter signed by City of Vancouver Mayor Tim Leavitt, Portland Mayor Sam Adams, Clark County Commission Chair Steve Stuart and Metro Council President David Bragdon requesting additional review of the Columbia Crossing Poject after years of community-based planning, Clark County business leaders stand united in voicing their concern that project delays will further stall regional economic development and jobs creation. Scott Horenstein, Identity Clark County (ICC) board of directors chair, said: "The fact is, the Columbia Crossing effort is the number one priority in our community and, likely the most important infrastructure project many of us will witness in our lifetimes. The proposal by municipal leaders to call a halt to forward progress in order to undertake further review and study of the fifteen years of development to date will simply bog down the process, drive up the cost of the Columbia Crossing, and goes against the spirit of community planning." Business leaders from the Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce, Identity Clark County, the Columbia River Economic Development Council, Vancouver's Downtown Association, and East Vancouver Business Association agree that additional study and the establishment of arbitrary "work elements" will only delay our region's ability to succeed, not only in the Vancouver/Portland metropolitan area, but in the increasingly vital global marketplace. Jobs, freight mobility, economic development, and quality of life issues are at stake. "There is no greater economic stimulus for our region than the jobs that will be created to build the bridge combined with the instant increase in freight mobility that the new bridge will offer to our entire region, not to mention the world," says Don Russo, GVCC board of directors chair. "Improving this bottlenecked corridor will increase economic opportunities between Canada and Mexico and improve access to our region's critical rail and shipping channels." In the January 19th letter, Mayor Leavitt, Mayor Adams, Commissioner Stuart and Council President Bragdon stated that they "believe that cost, physical and environmental elements of the project as currently proposed impose unacceptable impacts on our communities." Telecommunications Commission to conduct annual review of Comcast performance The City/County Telecommunications Commission will conduct its annual public review of Comcast Cable's performance, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 3, in Vancouver City Council Chambers, 210 E. 13th Street. The session will also be televised live on CVTV Cable Channel 23. According to Fred Bateman, commission chair, call-in comments and questions will be received between approximately 7:20 and 8 p.m. "Cable television subscribers are encouraged to give us their feedback in person during the hearing, call-in, or send in their comments to let us know how they think Comcast is doing," Bateman says. Written testimony will be accepted through April 2. Citizens interested in submitting written testimony are asked to mail their comments to City/County Cable Television Office, P. O. Box 1995, Vancouver, Washington, 98668, or via e-mail at tracie.looney@ci.vancouver.wa.us. Comcast was granted a 15-year franchise in November 1997, to provide cable television services in Vancouver and Clark County, Washington. Under the terms of the franchise agreement, the Commission conducts regular reviews of the cable operator's performance. The eight-member Telecommunications Commission is a volunteer citizen board that advises the Vancouver City Council and the Clark County Board of Commissioners on all matters related to the cable television franchise agreement with Comcast. "Wings of Whimsy" to open at Art on the Boulevard Art on the Boulevard, a fine art gallery in the Vancouver Marketplace, will open "Wings of Whimsy" on Friday, March 5, and will continue to run through Saturday, March 27. The gallery will feature new work from Jan Taylor-Taskey. Taskey says of her new show: "Wings of Whimsy” is a combination of my attraction to birds and the influence of children's fresh, basic approach to interpreting nature. Working with birds as a subject has been a growing experience for me as I generally work in a nonrepresentational, abstract style. Overall, my intent is to create art expressing the joyfulness of life and its complexities." Taskey received her bachelor of science, education major/art minor from Oregon State University and her masters of education at Lewis and Clark College. As an elementary art specialist for the Vancouver School District, Taskey currently teaches grades one through five. Taskey says that enabling children to discover their art voices by exposing them to a variety of medium is very rewarding. In return, the children teach her about spontaneity and freedom of expression. The First Friday evening reception on Friday, March 5, from 5 to 9 p.m. is open to the public at no charge and includes an opportunity to meet Taskey and enjoy complimentary light refreshments and live music. For further information, contact the gallery at 750-4499. News Briefs Community Housing Resource Center will host its 10th annual “Home Is Where the Heart Is” breakfast event from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Friday, Feb. 26, at the Red Lion at the Quay. Scott Jarvis, director of the Department of Financial Institutions, will be the keynote speaker. For more information, visit http://www.homecen.org/Newsletter_January.html. Calendar Vancouver City Council meets from 4 to 6 p.m. today, Feb. 22, for workshops followed by a full council meeting at 7 p.m. in the Council chambers. <> Washougal City Council will meet at 5:30 p.m. for a workshop today, Feb. 22, in Council chambers. <> NACCC is hosting a “Neighborhood Cohesion Calculator Workshop” for Clark County neighborhood associations at 6:30 p.m. today, Feb. 22, in the Clark County Public Works Operations Conference Center, 4700 NE 78th Street. Derek T. Chisholm, MPA, AICP, LEED GA, senior planner at Parametrix will be leading the workshop. This is a free workshop and anyone is welcome to attend. <> Battle Ground City Council meet for a study session at 7 p.m. tonight, Feb. 22, in the Battle Ground Community Center, 910 East Main Street. <> Public Utility District of Clark County Board of Commissioners will hold a preliminary agenda meeting at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23. Monday on the air
Clark County Focus (2-18)--4:22 p.m. CVTV
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Tuesday,
p.m. showers, 53-43.
Wednesday,
light rain, 54-41.
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