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Events planned for Mount St. Helens anniversary
Events commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Mount St. Helens eruption began this week with premieres of a film, about the ecology of the blast site, showing in Seattle, Battle Ground and Portland. The movie will be shown at 7 p.m. tonight, Wednesday, April 14 at the Battle Ground Cinema, 1700 SW 9th Ave in Battle Ground. The Hollywood Theater at 4122 NE Sandy Blvd. in Portland will show the film at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 15. A series of field seminars are also being offered by the Mount St. Helens Institute, beginning on May 1 with "Big Trees at Siouxon Creek." Guided climbs will be offered several times during the summer. For a full list of activities, visit www.mshinstitute.org. Woll and Colville of Rebound named tops by Best Doctors, Inc.
Dr. Scott Woll
Dr. Mark Colville Scott Woll, M.D., and Mark Colville, M.D., have been recognized as two of the top doctors in the United States by Best Doctors, Inc. This award is determined by a confidential peer-to-peer survey, conducted by Best Doctors, Inc., of more than 50,000 doctors. Once a doctor is nominated, Best Doctors, Inc. further evaluates their credentials, disciplinary actions, and clinical activity. Only five percent of doctors practicing in the country are selected for inclusion in this list. Woll has won this award every year since 1996. He is an orthopedic surgeon specializing in problems of the foot and ankle and was one of the first physicians in the Pacific Northwest to focus on complex foot reconstructive surgery. Colville is an orthopedic surgeon, specializing in knee, shoulder, and sports medicine. He received this award from 1996-2000 and again in 2007-present. Colville is the official team physician for the Portland Winterhawks, Portland State University Athletics, and Concordia University Athletics. Rebound is an orthopedic and neurosurgery clinic with offices at Southwest Washington Medical Center, Legacy Salmon Creek, and Portland's Rose Quarter. Orthopedics, neurosurgery, sports medicine and rehabilitation are provided. A physical therapy and hand therapy practice was recently added at Legacy Salmon Creek.
Identity Clark
County elects leadership
Identity Clark County recently elected to leadership positions board chairman Scott Horenstein, vice-chairwoman Lisa Lowe, secretary Pat Sheaffer, and treasurer Keith Wallace. In addition, Matt Olson, president and CEO of Robertson Olson Construction, Mark Feichtinger, partner in Stoel Rives, Brad Carlson, president of Evergreen Memorial Gardens and Steve Kenny, president and CEO of Columbia Credit Union were elected to the board. “These gentlemen are well known in Clark County for their leadership and will add the perspectives of their areas of specialization to our board,” said Ginger Metcalf, the group’s executive director. "The strength of this organization has been, and continues to be, reflected in its leadership. Every project we undertake is one that no other organization has the capacity to deal with and demands leadership with passion and commitment to see it through," Metcalf said. "These are the qualities this exceptional group of leaders expects of one another." Transportation and legislative affairs issues that affect the economic health of the region along with support of public/private projects that link civic improvements with a healthy economic environment are the organization’s areas of focus. Olson, Feichtinger, Carlson and Kenny join current Identity Clark County directors Bob Byrd, Scott Campbell, Kim Capeloto, Paul Christensen, Ron Frederiksen, Eric Fuller, David Groth, Elie Kassab, Lance Killian, Ed Lynch, Tom Mears, Mary Meyers, Scott Milam, Tami Nesburg, Jerry Nutter and Roger Qualman. News Briefs
The National
Weather Service is offering a free training for volunteer weather
spotters starting at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 20, at the Northwest
Regional Training Center, 11606 NE 66th Circle in Orchards. For more
information, visit
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/pqr/skytraining.php.<>The
Clark County Skills Center is hosting its annual Summer Country
Barbecue at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, May 14 in the skills center
restaurant, 12200 NE 28th St. in Vancouver. The meal will be
prepared by students of the center's culinary arts program. Tickets
are $25. Contact Robin McColley at 360-604-1054 or
email robbin.mccolley@evergreenps.org.
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Admission to the Marshall Lecture on Thursday, May 20, is free, but
tickets are required and seating is limited. Jonathan Jarvis,
the director of the National Park Service, is the speaker. The
lecture begins at 11:30 a.m. at Hudson's Bay High School, 1206 East
Reserve Street in Vancouver. Tickets can be printed from the Fort
Vancouver National Trust's Web site at
www.fortvan.org.
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Market Place News on West Evergreen
Blvd. in downtown Vancouver no longer offers C-TRAN tickets &
passes. For other outlets, visit
www.c-tran.com.
<> Gov. Chris Gregoire
has directed that flags at all Washington state agency buildings be
lowered to half-staff Thursday, April 15, in memory of U.S. Army
Specialist Joseph T. Caron of Tacoma. Caron died earlier this
week in Afghanistan when an improvised explosive device detonated
near his vehicle. Flags should remain at half-staff until close of
business Thursday, or first thing Friday morning, April 16.
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Both Washington and Oregon have
extended the deadline for studded snow tires to Saturday, April 17. A poetry discussion will be offered tonight at this month's Arts Conversations, Wednesday, April 14, at Cover to Cover Books at 1815 Main Street in Vancouver's Uptown Village. The event, celebrating April as National Poetry Month, will be hosted by Christopher Luna and Toni Parrington. <> Tickets are still available for the Friends of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra's Spring Luncheon. The fundraiser is planned to begin at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 4, at the Royal Oaks Country Club, 8917 NE Fourth Plain Blvd. Pat Jollota is the guest speaker, with entertainment provided by singer Jennifer Prescott. For more information, visit www.vancouversymphony.org. <> Workshops will be offered at Washington State University Vancouver on Tuesday, April 20, as part of the 36th annual Edward R. Murrow Symposium. For more information, visit http://murrowsymposium.wsu.edu. Wednesday on the air Election 2010: Clark County Democratic Convention (4-10) — 7:30 p.m. CVTV 23 Center for Social and Environmental Justice Spring 2010 Conference Lunch Plenary Panel (3-27) — 10 p.m. CVTV 23
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