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TUESDAY JAN. 10, 2006 Ela Selga named district Ela Selga has been appointed Clark County District Court administrator, it was announced today by presiding District Court judge Darvin Zimmerman. Selga, who for the past five years has been an administration manager for the District Court, previously had been with the Clark County Clerk’s office. Before that she earned a law degree from the University of the Philippines. Selga succeeds Bob Winsor, who recently retired. She will oversee more than 40 employees and an annual budget of $3.6 million.
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economic forecast A dozen of Clark County’s top movers and shakers will be offering economic forecasts and advice at the Columbian’s 20th annual economic forecast and breakfast Friday, Jan. 20, in the Hilton Vancouver Washington. The headliner and keynoter for the $40 per person event is John W. Mitchell, western regional economist for US Bancorp. Attendees may participate in two of three panel groups. Panelists are Scott Bailey, labor analyst, state Department of Employment Security; Rob Bernardi, president, Kokusai Semiconductor Equipment Corp; Eric Fuller, president, Eric Fuller and Associates; Dean Lookingbill, director, Southwest Washington Regional Transportation Council; Carolyn McGreevy, public affairs director, Georgia Pacific; Mitchell, Dan Moffatt, president, New Edge Networks; Terry Morlan, power division director, Northwest Power Planning Council; Deborah Oester, senior vice president, Bank of Clark County; Steve Oliva, president, High-School Pharmacy; Bart Phillips, president, Columbia River Economic Development Council; Dick Riley, Riley & Marks, Inc.; and Colette Yamaguchi, area administrator, Kaiser Permanente. Registration is at 7 a.m., keynote speech, 7:30 a.m. and panels begin at 8:30 a.m. and conclude at 10 a.m. To register, call 737-3218 by Tuesday, Jan. 17. Clark Public Utilities first
in state Clark Public Utilities today became the first electric utility in the state to adopt a program that will allow home electric generating system owners to get as much as $2,000 a year in state rebates for using small “green power” generating systems. The new state regulations, which Clark helped fashion, apply to the generation of power up to 25 megawatts—more than enough power for average residential use. The home-generated power must be from non-fossil fuel sources, such as wind, hydro or solar. Clark’s commissioners have agreed to interconnection standards by which generators can be tied in with electric meters so that the owners get credit for power they generate for their own use. A half dozen of the electric utility’s customers already have auxiliary generating programs. Not too late for flu shots Clark County health officer Justin Denny advises that, because the flu season does not peak until late February, it’s not too late to get flu shots at the Clark County Health Department. “Because it takes up to two weeks to build up immunity after getting vaccinated,” Denny asserts, “ we are encouraging people who haven’t been vaccinated to get their flu shots now.” The county health department offers shots, by appointment only, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. To make an appointment, call 397-8089. People Carol Curtis today was elected president of Clark Public Utilities’ three-member board of directors. She succeeds Byron Hanke, who was elected secretary of the board. Nancy Barnes was elected vice president. News brief The Clark Public Utilities board of directors, which has traditionally scheduled four official meetings a month, today voted to schedule only two sessions monthly. Commissioner Bryon Hanke, who initiated the change, said he felt that the commission could get just as much done in fewer meetings and that the reduction in staff time could save the utility as much as $2,500 a meeting. If this doesn’t work out, we can always go back to the old schedule,” he said. The meetings will be at 9 a.m. on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month. Calendar The C-TRAN board of directors
meet in regular session at 5:15 p.m. today in the transit agency’s
administrative offices, 2425 NE 65th Avenue.
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Clark County commissioners meet in an informal session at 2 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 11, in conference room B in the Public Service Center,
1300 Franklin Street.
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