Voiture 99 of the Forty & Eight veterans honor group and the Community Military Appreciation Committee (CMAC) will host a special Memorial Day event at 11 a.m. on Monday, May 31, at the Vancouver Barracks Veterans Memorial near Officers Row. The public is invited.

The ceremony will include a presentation in honor of fallen Vancouver soldier Pfc. Ian Walz. Forty & Eight and CMAC dedicated a bench remembering Walz earlier this month. Dignitaries, including Vancouver Mayor Tim Leavitt, will attend. In addition, patriotic music will be presented by the following: Fort Vancouver Pipe Band Pipe Major Warren McAltine & Drum Sgt., Pete Woodall, and the Vancouver Community Concert Band Director, Dr. Jim Rourk.
The Forty & Eight was founded in 1920 by American veterans returning from France. Originally an arm of The American Legion, the Forty & Eight became an independent and separately incorporated veterans organization in 1960.  Membership is by invitation of honorably discharged veterans and honorably serving members of the United States Armed Forces. For more information, contact Dan Tarbell, 360-258-6839 or Tarbell0443@comcast.net.

 

 

2010 Clark College Outstanding Alumni honored for humanitarian service around the globe

Rico Selga

Enrico (Rico) Selga has been named the recipient of the 2010 Clark College Outstanding Alumni Award for his humanitarian work, providing medical care in areas devastated by disaster, conflict, and poverty. He started his nursing training at Clark College. Selga is the charge nurse at Cascade Park Care Center. Selga has traveled to Liberia and Haiti on medical service trips.

Selga will be honored on Wednesday, June 2, during the college’s annual Alumni-Student Dinner, presented by the Associated Students of Clark College and the Clark College Alumni Association, with support from Riverview Community Bank. 

The dinner will be held at 6 p.m. in the Gaiser Student Center on Clark’s main campus.  Clark College is located at 1933 Fort Vancouver Way, Vancouver.  Driving directions and parking maps are available at www.clark.edu/maps.  Registration information is available at www.clarkcollegefoundation.org.  Individual tickets cost $25 each.  The event supports scholarships and student success at Clark College.

Selga joins a distinguished list of Clark alumni who have received the award.  They include former Washington State Sen. Al Bauer, environmentalist Denis Hayes, and the late Daily Insider founder and publisher, Tony Bacon.

 "We believe strongly in the importance of service-learning," Clark College President Robert K. Knight says. "Since his time as a Clark student, Rico Selga has demonstrated how one person can make a difference -- in our region and in our world.  We are proud to honor him for his service, his compassion and his commitment to helping others."

Authorities issue holiday weekend warnings

While the active roadway work will take a three-day break on Washington’s freeways and highways, transportation officials warned drivers to prepare for added travel time over the traditional summer travel kick-off weekend.

Work at most construction projects around the state will move off the highway from noon Friday until Tuesday morning. Although there may not be any active construction over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, drivers should prepare for shifted lanes, roadway detours and reduced speed zones in places.

WSDOT has listed on its website the times and places drivers may likely
see weekend delays: US 2, I-90, I-5 at the Canadian Border and I-5 south
of Olympia through Lewis County. For more information, visit www.wsdot.wa.gov/Congestion/MemorialDay/default.htm.

The Oregon Department of Transportation will suspend construction work that impacts lanes from noon Friday, May 28, through midnight Monday, May 31. Lanes will be open to encourage holiday travel around the state. Construction activity may be taking place on highway shoulders or behind barriers throughout the weekend. Construction signs will be posted.

The exception is on Interstate 84 westbound at Hood River, where a bridge construction project reduces the highway to one lane at exit 64.
 

To reduce crashes, injuries and associated deaths during the holiday weekend, Oregon State Police, sheriff deputies and police will step-up enforcement efforts of seatbelt and drunk driving laws from Friday afternoon through Monday.

Columbia Credit Union voted “Best” in 2010

Columbia Credit Union was voted “Best Financial Institution” for the second year in a row and “Best Overall Customer Service” provider for 2010 in Clark County, Washington. The credit union was voted “best” in The Columbian newspaper’s (circulation 45,000) annual Best of Clark County reader poll.

The credit union regularly surveys the membership to ensure high customer service standards.

Established in 1952, Columbia Credit Union has $757.9 million in assets and 12 Clark County locations. Columbia serves more than 64,000 members with a 2009 satisfaction rating of 95.9 percent, an industry benchmark.

For more information about Columbia Credit Union, visit www.columbiacu.org