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Pow Wow
Evergreen, Vancouver and Battle Ground School
Districts Title
VII Native American Indian Education Program
An exciting afternoon of
continuous Native American competition and entertainment
FREE and open to the public
1 to 10:30 p.m. Saturday, March 5
Covington Middle School 11200 NE Rosewood Road,
Vancouver
For further information, call Gary Wallace,
604-4013 or Anna Schmasow, 604-4000, extension 1261
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MIRIAM GREEN
"Working to help you!"
writerone@hevanet.com
(360) 694-1500 ext 239, (503)
348-2394
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to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday
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call Clark Public
Utilities’ PowerLine
as soon as possible. For more information on what to do in an outage,
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Join your
community and thousands of walkers across
America at America's Walk for
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or go to
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FRIDAY, March 4,
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These cats in hats this morning
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Michele Craig, Evergreen Public Schools, literacy coordinator,
Steve Stuart, Clark County commissioner and John McDonagh Vancouver Business
Journal publisher put on Dr. Seuss hats today to serve students at
Marrion Elementary School green eggs and ham as part of Evergreen's celebration
of books and reading
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International businessman Nawzad
Othman
to keynote Vancouver
Business Journal dinner
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International businessman and entrepreneur
Nawzad Othman will keynote the
Vancouver Business Journal’s
Business Growth Awards Dinner at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 23, in the
Heathman Lodge.
Othman is the developer of Vancouvercenter. His company,
OTAK, employs nearly 300 people in Washington, Oregon, Arizona, Colorado, United
Emirates and Iraq. OTAK is one of the largest architecture, design and
engineering firms in Oregon. The Vancouver office opened in 1996.
Born in Baghdad, Othman left Iraq at the age of 17 to
study civil engineering in the United States. He holds a masters degree in urban
and regional studies from Minnesota State University. He became a U.S. citizen
in 1981, when he founded OTAK.
Last May OTAK became one of the first U.S. companies to
open satellite offices in Baghdad and Erbil, where native Iraqis are being
trained and employed as engineers and planners. Othman is also consulting with
western companies who are interested in investing in Iraq’s infrastructure.
OTAK is a sponsor of the Vancouver Wine & Jazz Festival
and supporter of the Farmers Market, SWIFT and the Junior Symphony of Vancouver.
The Vancouver Business
Journal’s Growth Awards Program honors companies that demonstrated
significant growth in 2004. Admission is $65 per person. For further
information, call Jessica Swanson,
695-2442, extension
23.
Penny Harris new assistant vice
president,
controller at Columbia Credit Union
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Penny Harris has
been appointed assistant vice president and controller for Columbia Credit
Union, reports chief financial officer Daniel
Merciante.
Harris, who has 14 years’ financial experience and most
recently was with First Independent Bank, is a graduate of Washington State
University.
Columbia Credit Union has 60,000 members and $670 million
in assets.
Vancouver Community Theater
one-act play festival is next week
The Vancouver Community Theater is producing a one-act
play festival beginning Friday and Saturday, March 11 and 12, in Fisher’s
Grange, 814 NE 162nd Avenue. The plays, all comedies, are
Pair of Lunatics, directed by
Vicki Nabors,
Mystery of Theresa, directed by
Bill Peace, and
Sit Down to Supper, directed by
Joyce Brown.
Evening performances are at 7 p.m. Saturday matinee is at
2 p.m. The plays will be repeated Saturday, March 19. Tickets are $7 for adults,
$5 for seniors and children under 12.
News briefs
The Slob Sisters
headline the third annual Women’s Resource Fair presented by the YMCA between
9:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. Saturday, March 5, in Heritage High School. Admission is $3
in advance at the YMCA, $5 at the door. g
Billed as “an exciting afternoon of continuous Native American competition and
entertainment,” the Title VII Native American Pow Wow opens at 1 p.m. Saturday,
March 4, and continues through 10:30 p.m. in the Covington Middle School, 11200
NE Rosewood Road. The event is free. For further information, call
Gary Wallace,
604-4013. g Sponsored by the
Greater Vancouver Interfaith Association, an open forum and town hall meeting at
1 p.m. Saturday, March 5, in the Luepke Senior Center, 1009 E McLoughlin
Boulevard, is expected to bring together Christians, Jews and members of the
Islamic faith. There is no charge.
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Headlines
at home and from around the world:
(Click on the headlines below for the
rest of the story)
Martha Stewart returns from prison--MSNBC, AP (includes video)
Vancouver's Retired Emanuel Tanne making a difference at Oregon Health Science
University-- Oregonian, Dee Anne Finken
Salmon Creek HOV lane use increasing--Oregonian, Bill Stewart
Financial markets hit 3 1/2-year highs--KGW-TV, AP, Michael J. Martinez
Gas getting pricier, oil demand rising--Seattle P-I, AP, Brad Foss
Just released by insurgents, Italian journalist wounded by Americans--USA TODAY,
AP
Columbian's best
bets for entertainment
Columbia River
Chieftains in the final four--Columbian, Paul Valencia
Mount St. Helens VolcanoCam [updates every
five minutes]--USDA Forest Service, Mount St. Helens National
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Friday on the air |
City Minutes—4 p.m. CVTV
Clark County close Up—4:30 p.m. CVTV
Rotary Club’s 100th Anniversary—5 p.m. CVTV
Animal Control Hearings—7 p.m. CVTV
Indiana
at Portland Blazers (live)—7 p.m. FSN, KXL, KXMG
Portland Winter Hawks at Vancouver (live)—7:30 p.m. KCMD
Telecommunications Commission (3/2)—9 p.m. CVTV
Bravo! Vancouver: The Best of Baroque—11:30 p.m. CVTV
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Town tabloids and the weather
Mark Matthias giving
green eggs a good name.
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Julie Dawson enhances
marathon and vice versa.
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Jon Josephson examining
rate card. g
Elizabeth Sato making
connections. g
Janelle Ward says nickel
is working just fine. g
Jessica Van Wyk making
the rounds. g
Friday, possible showers, some sunbreaks, 59.
Saturday, can’t keep out
of the yard day, 63. Sunday,
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