Uptown Village offers holiday
shopping and wine tasting
Most Uptown Village shops are open every day, but on
Saturday, Dec. 4, shoppers will find more holiday activities than usual,
including wine tasting from 3 to 8 p.m.
Uptown Village is that area of Vancouver’s Main Street
that is generally between McLoughlin and Fourth Plain Boulevards. The event is a
fundraiser for the village. Collectable Holiday Stroll buttons will be available
for $5 and will allow wearers to obtain discounts at 30 participating
businesses.
For a $15 donation attendees will get the button for free
and will be able to participate in the wine tasting of over 40 different wines.
Children’s activities, for which there is a $2 charge,
begin at 11 a.m. and continue until 4 p.m.
For further information, call
Shannon Leigha,
735-9310.
Surgeons at SWMC offering
new cataract removal system
Surgeons at Southwest Medical Center’s Memorial Eye and
Laser Center are among the first in the country to use the new Infiniti Vision
System for cataract removal and lens replacement.
Richard Bernheimer,
Vancouver Eye Care, reports that the Infinity system is a more flexible and
efficient system for cataract removal. The new technology uses liquid to clear
clouded lenses.
According to Bernheimer, the new system is an alternative
to the current method of cataract removal that relies on ultrasound energy to
break up clouded lenses.
The medical center’s Memorial Eye and Laser Center offers
diagnostic systems to identify eye diseases and provides three operating surgery
suites and three laser rooms.
Miller Nash leads seminar on growth
management Tuesday morning
A seminar led by the Miller Nash law firm at 7:30 a.m.
tomorrow in the Healthman Lodge will dissect Clark County’s recently adopted
Comprehensive Growth Plan update. The half-day $25 per-person event also
includes presentations by Bart Phillips,
president of the Columbia River Economic Development Council,
John McKibbin, president of the Greater
Vancouver Chamber of Commerce, Eric Hovee,
E.D. Hovee Company, and Matt Lewis,
Building Industry Association of Southwest Washington.
Miller Nash’s Steve
Horenstein opens the seminar asking the question, “Are we better off than
we were five years ago?”
For further information, call
699-4771.
University of Phoenix bringing in seven
other colleges for Career and education fair
The University of Phoenix is the host site for the winter
Career and Education Fair, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3, at the Vancouver
campus in the West Coast Bank Building, 500 Broadway.
Employers from Oregon and Washington will meet with
students to discuss job requirements and opportunities.
Other participating colleges are University of Phoenix
Online, Concordia University, Marylhurst University, Portland Community College,
Clark College, Mr. Hood Community College and Clackamas Community College.
For further information, call
993-7800.
LSW/Clark County Skills Center
entry wins gingerbread contest
A gingerbread creation depicting a Christmas model train
won the Clark College Alumni Association gingerbread contest this weekend at the
Festival of Trees celebration. The winning entry was designed by the
architectural firm LSW and produced by the Clark County Skills Center Culinary
Department.
The second place winner was the Bank of Clark County’s
entry, an English cottage, designed by Architects Associative and built by the
Restaurant at the Historic Reserve. An elaborate vacation holiday scene called
Club Bread, designed by Architects Barrentine. Bates. Lee, and built by Clark
College under the sponsorship of MacKay & Sposito, won third place. Fourth place
winner was Hansel and Gretel’s house designed by DSP Architects, built by Fort
Vancouver High School and sponsored by Alling Henning Associates.
People
John Weisman,
director of the Clark County Health Department, has been presented the Tom
Drummy Memorial Award by the Washington State Public Health Association,
honoring his service with the association. Weisman has served the association as
a regional vice president, president-elect, president and past president over
the past two years.
News briefs
The Vancouver City Council does not meet today.
g Clark Public Utilities does not
meet Tuesday. g Clark County
commissioners meet in regular session at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 30.
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