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FRIDAY JAN. 13, 2006 Signed steel beam to top out A signed steel beam will be hoisted into place during an 11 a. m. Monday, Jan. 16, ceremony at Southwest Washington Medical Center, signaling the topping out of the eight-story Firstenburg Patient tower. The $146 million addition to the medical center is expected to be finished by the end of the year and occupied in January 2007. In addition to five floors of private patient rooms, the tower will house a surgery floor with 13 surgical suites, two open heart surgery suites, and a heart and vascular center with five cardiac catheterization labs. Visitors to the medical center may sign the steel beam between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. daily through Sunday, Jan. 15. It is located at the emergency department entrance. The topping out ceremony will be conducted from the top level of the medical center parking garage at 92nd Avenue and Mill Plain Boulevard. Firstenburg Center grand Called East Vancouver’s new family room, the Firstenburg Community Center, 700 NE 136th Avenue, will open Sunday, Feb. 26, with grand opening ceremonies being conducted from noon to 6 p.m. The 80,000-square-foot recreational and social center includes the following: Indoor leisure pool, with spa and outdoor spray ground, community room with catering kitchen and terrace, multi-purpose classrooms, fitness center with cardiovascular and strength training equipment, aerobics/dance studio, dedicated space for teens and seniors, climbing wall, child watch area, indoor walking track, juice bar and deli, and a two-court gymnasium. Memberships acquired before grand opening will receive one month free. For further information, go to www.clarkparks-rec.org. At last Oliver and Nonny Orjako recently became parents of Danielson Chukwunonso Uzochukwu Orjiako. The 9-pound, 9-ounce boy joins sisters Ashley, Tiffany, Jessica and Emily at home. Oliver works in the Clark County Long Range Planning Department. News brief Innovative Services NW, 750 children, adults, and families each week, is seeking nominations for its 4th annual Caring Heart Awards Dinner and Celebration. Eight awards will honor individuals, businesses or organizations within the community that provide services for children with special therapy needs or adults with employment barriers. The deadline for nomination submissions is 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19. Winners will be announced Tuesday, Feb. 14. For further information on nominations, event sponsorships, or to reserve tickets for the April 1 awards ceremony, call Innovative Services development director, Michael Wilson, 823-5177, or go to www.innovativeservicesnw.org. Calendar The Clark County Antique &
Collectible show, expected to attract over 300 vendors, is 9 a.m. to 6
p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 15, in the
Clark County Fairgrounds exhibition hall. Admission is $6 per person,
Parking is $5 per vehicle.
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Volunteers for the Columbia Springs Environmental Education Center’s
Stewardship Saturday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14, are asked to
wear appropriate clothes for planting trees and removing blackberry
vines. Gloves, tools and refreshments will be provided. The center is at
12208 SE Evergreen Highway. For further information on this volunteer
effort, call Jane Van Dyke,
882-0936.
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Out of Iraq Public Forum is 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14, in Library
Hall in the Vancouver Community Library, 1007 E Mill Plain Boulevard.
Presentations will be made and videos shown. The public event,
co-sponsored by Democracy for Vancouver and Vancouver for Peace, is
free. Further information is available by going to
www.democracyforvancouver.org and
www.vancouverforpeace.org.
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The Portland Boat Show at the Expo Center continues until 9 p.m. this
evening and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14, and concludes with an
11. a.m.-to-5 p.m. showing Sunday, Jan. 15. Adult admission is $8;
parking is $7.
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Most governmental offices, banks and some private businesses will be
closed on Monday, Jan. 16, in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.’s
birthday. Nor will the regular edition of the
Insider be issued.
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