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WEDNESDAY FEB. 22, 2006 Vancouver-Portland area traffic cameras La Center gambling interests Card room operators in La Center last year contributed $8,546, in cash or in-kind, to the unsuccessful Republican candidate for Clark County Commissioner, District 3, Tom Mielke. Mielke, a former state legislator, lost a close and contentious race to Democrat Steve Stuart, who had been appointed to the board of commissioners a year earlier. According to records on file with the state Public Disclosure Commission, Mielke received a total of $3,000 from M. T. & M. Gaming, 105 W 4th Street, La Center. Dragonslayer Inc. contributed $3,100 to the campaign. Dragon Slayer’s address is listed as 225 W 4th Street, the same address as the New Phoenix and Last Frontier Mielke reported on Sept. 22, 2005, that New Phoenix Food Service 105 W 4th Street, La Center, made an in-kind catering contribution valued at $2,396. Mielke raised slightly more money than did Stuart in a race that turned out to be the most expensive county commissioner contest in history. Mielke reported that he raised $204,442.63. Stuart’s report showed he raised $202,087.21. “During the campaign, Mielke said he was opposed to gambling and to the Cowlitz Tribe's project,” The Columbian reported in a front-page story this morning. “The former state legislator predicted the casino would ‘destroy all of the small communities around it.’” The Columbian story reported that the Progressive Majority, a Washington, D.C., political action committee, spent an unsolicited $86,562.56 in the form of mailing pieces to help Stuart win the election. The Columbian story also asserted that David Barnett, leader of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe’s drive to get federal approval to build and operate a casino and resort at the I-5 La Center interchange, had contributed $100,000 to the Progressive Majority last year. The
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http://www.columbian.com/news/localNews/02222006 Violinist Elaine Skorodin
headlines The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra features Elaine Skorodin, in a performance of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, during two concerts separated by a gala fundraiser this weekend. Because of the gala event at the Hilton Vancouver Washington Saturday evening, the first of a pair will be at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24. The second concert will be at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26. Both concerts are to be performed in the concert hall of Skyview High School, 1300 NW 139th Street. Skorodin is a major prize winner of the Paganini International violin competition and has performed with major orchestras worldwide. Also on the concert bill is Schumann’s symphonic fantasy, Symphony #4. Reserved seating is $35, general admission is $25, and students are admitted for $5. Insider readers may win pairs of free tickets for either concert by correctly giving the title of the hour-long musical talk that precedes most concerts. Answers should be emailed to thevso@vancouversymphony.org. Clark students go to Olympia
asking Clark College students and brass went to Olympia today to press legislators for additional support for the state Educational Opportunity Grant Program to help accommodate students with disabilities. The issue is of particular importance in Vancouver, reports Clark President Wayne Branch, who accompanied the students. Branch says Clark College is the next step on the educational path for many students completing studies at Vancouver’s state schools for the deaf and the blind. Students pressing the proposal were Mariah Acton, Christina Baghdanov, Lukas Bardue, Benjamin Hayford, Mark Lewis, Amanda Mayoral, Nicole Laura Porter and Justin Taylor. Calendar A campaign kickoff and fundraiser for Democratic candidate for the Clark County Clerk’s office, MarCine Miles, is at 5 p.m. this afternoon at the home of Kelly Punteney and Mike Shepherd, 5401 Scenic Lane, Unit 205. n The Columbia River Economic Development Council quarterly investment luncheon is at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, in the Heathman Lodge.
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