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FRIDAY JAN. 20 2006 Wayne Clemetson named
Wayne Clemetson, who served the YMCA for 39 years before joining the Clark College Foundation, has been appointed vice president and business development officer for the Bank of Clark County. Clemetson was executive director of the YMCA of Clark County from 1985 to 1998, and was development director for the Family YMCA of Clark County during the period the east Vancouver facility was financed and built. Clemetson has been active in the community, serving as president of the Vancouver Rotary last year, and as a member of the American Red Cross board, the Youth Outreach board and as a volunteer for Sharehouse. He is a graduate of California State University, Los Angeles. People Robert M. Schaefer will receive Clark College’s 2006 Outstanding Alumni Award, reports Will Pollard, president of Clark’s Alumni Association. Schaefer, a Vancouver attorney, is a former 49th District state representative, who went on to become Speaker of the House. Schaeffer received his associate of arts degree from Clark College in 1950, He will be honored during a Clark College Alumni-Student Dinner, Thursday, April 20. n Fred Swanstrom has been elected president of the Port of Kalama board of commissioners. Swanstrom, formerly of Vancouver, is a labor relations and personnel consultant. He is a former member of the Vancouver city council, former deputy superintendent of the Vancouver School District and former superintendent of the Camas School District. Jim Lucas was elected vice president of the port board and Randy Sweet was elected secretary of the board. n U.S. Rep. Brian Baird (D-3rd) appears on MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann this evening at 5:15 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. Baird will discuss ways of curbing Wall Street insider trading within Congress. n Ed Firstenburg will be celebrating his 93rd birthday with a 2 p.m. reception Sunday, Jan. 22, in the Waterford, 2911 SE Village Loop. News briefs The Vancouver Rotary Club raised a record $227,500 from its annual Festival of Trees last November. The money is earmarked for the Vancouver Rotary Foundation. Grants this year include $70,000 in local scholarships, and $44,000 for the Silver Buckle Youth Equestrian Center to help built a new barn. n Nelson Holmberg, former Oregonian and Columbian newspaper reporter, has announced the opening of a public relations, marketing and design company, Noslen Communication. The company had previously been a part-time operation. For further information, go to www.noslencommunication.com. Calendar The Clark County Home and
Garden Show at the Exhibition Hall at the Clark County Fairgrounds
continues today through 9 p.m. and is open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 21, and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 22. Adult
admission is $8.
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The Vancouver Symphony’s music, Salvador
Brotons, is conducting two
concerts this weekend in the Skyview High School concert auditorium,
1300 NW 139th Street. The program features percussionist
Joel Bluestone, Portland State
University professor and founder of the new music ensemble
Fear No Music. The concerts,
which begin at 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, and 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 22, are
preceded by an hour-long “musical conversation.” Tickets are $5 for
students, $20 for seniors, $25 for general admission and $35 for
reserved seats. For further information, go to
www.vancouversymphony.org.
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Bravo! Vancouver presents “Chamber Music with a Swing” at 3 p.m. Sunday,
Jan. 22, in St. Joseph Catholic Church, 400 S. Andresen Road.
Compositions written by Bela Bartok and Aaron Copeland for the late jazz
giant Benny Goodman are featured. The concert includes Sergei
Prokofiev’s Variations on a Hebrew
Theme. Tickets for reserved seating are $15. For further
information, go to
www.bravoconcerts.com.
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