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WEDNESDAY JAN. 25, 2006 Quay planning $1.7 million remodel A $1.7 million remodeling job at the Red Lion Hotel at the Quay is scheduled to be completed by mid-spring, Shane Wilcox reported to Port of Vancouver commissioners Tuesday. The remodeling of the 160-room hotel and Pacific Grill and Chowder House Restaurant is part of a $40 million modernization project being undertaken by the 66-hotel chain. The hotel and restaurant are leased from the Port. “We have been here for 30 years and are preparing to be here at least the next 25 years,” Wilcox told port commissioners. The current lease of the property at Terminal 1 expires in 2033. According to Wilcox, the renovation at the Quay will include floor and wall coverings, draperies, lighting and furniture. The entry will be redesigned, and a stone accented fireplace will be added to the lobby. The Quay is one of the port’s top three employers, according to port commission chairwoman Nancy Baker. Val Ogden reappointed chair of
the Val Ogden, former Democratic legislator from the 49th District, has been reappointed chairwoman of the state Interagency Committee for Outdoor Recreation. Ogden was reappointed by Gov. Christine Gregoire. Ogden, a private consultant providing training for nonprofit boards, served in the legislature from 1990 to 2002. Currently she is serving on the boards for the Washington State University Vancouver, the Washington State Historical Society, and the Southwestern Washington Center for the Arts, and is chair of the state Oral History Development Committee. 44th Clark College Jazz
Festival The 44th annual Clark College Jazz Festival opens at 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, in Gaiser Hall on the college campus just east of Fort Vancouver Way. Jazz bands and vocal ensembles will compete through 5 p.m. Thursday. Competition continues Friday and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Daily final competition begins at 7 p.m. each day. Festival headliner, saxophonist John Handy, headlines the festival with a concert in Gaiser Hall at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 29. Handy will be backed up by these local players: Greg Goebel, piano; Phil Baker, bass; Ron Steen, drums. The Clark College Jazz Ensemble will make a special appearance. Tickets for Handy—$15 for general admission, $10 for Clark students—are available at the college bookstore and at the door. Admission to the jazz competition is $5 a day. Children under 12 are free. For further information, call the college music department, 992-2188 or 992-2662. Taiwanese students visiting
Evergreen schools Taiwanese elementary and middle school students visiting the Evergreen Public Schools this week will perform during a celebration of the Chinese New Year at Cascade Middle School at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, in Cascade Middle School, 13900 NE 18th Street. The free performance, open to the public, will include a demonstration of the Chinese yo-yo. The 45 students and chaperones will be in Vancouver through February 5. In addition, members of the Taiwanese press and educational representatives are touring the school district through this week. People Wayne Yarnell and Bud Van Cleve have been appointed to two-year terms on the Clark County Citizens Americans with Disabilities Act Advisory Committee. Calendar Port of Ridgefield commissioners
meet in regular session at 6 p.m. this evening in port offices at 111 W
Division Street.
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Leilani Russell, Evergreen High
School multicultural coordinator, receives the Val Joshua Racial Justice
Award for 2005 in ceremonies that begin at 6:30 p.m. this evening in the
Helen Schoen Center of the YWCA of Clark County, 3609 Main Street. The
public is encouraged to attend the free event.
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Wy’east Middle School Jazz Night is at 7:30 p.m. this evening in the
school at 1113 SE 136th Avenue.
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The second in a series of hospice volunteer training, presented by
Southwest Washington Medical Center, is at 9 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, in
the Memorial Health Center, 100 E 33rd Street. For further information,
call 696-5100, extension
5069.
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