Andresen McDonald’s Thursday
sales to go to Svidersky family

The entire sales receipts, from opening to closing, Thursday, April 27, at the Andresen McDonald’s store will be given to the family of slain Anna Svidersky. Not only that, corporate McDonalds will match the amount.

The franchise store at 2814 NE Andresen Road is owned by Matt Hadwin.

Seventeen-year-old Anna Svidersky an employee at the store, was stabbed to death last Thursday for no apparent reason. A suspect has been jailed.

Other fast-food restaurants are also making contributions to a fund for the family in the memory of Anna.

Retired Target executive joins
Bank of Clark County board

Ronald A. Prill, former Target executive who retired as president of Target Financial Services, a subsidiary of Target Corporation, until his retirement in 2003, has been elected to the board of directors of the Bank of Clark County.

At Target Financial Services, Prill was responsible for the company’s $8 billion credit card business consisting of 40 million holders of Target Visa cards and private label credit cards.

Prill also had served as chairman of the National Retail Federation’s Credit Executive Council and was a director for the Internal Credit Association,

After retirement, Prill relocated to Clark County, where he now is a member of the board of directors for the Boys and Girls Club of Vancouver and a member of the Vancouver Rotary Club.

Green Mountain Voters pass levy

      After failing in a special election in February, special levies for the Green Mountain School District were overwhelmingly approved by voters yesterday, according to the unofficial vote totals reported by the Clark County Auditor’s Office.

The vote was 170 yes, 82 no, for a 67 percent majority.

The special levies will provide maintenance and operations for the 120-student school district.

Vancouver Symphony features pianist
Alex Aiguacil in Brahms Concerto #1

Catalan-born Spanish pianist Alex Aiguacil’s solo performance of Brahms Piano Concerto #1 headlines the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s final concert of the year the first weekend in May, at 3 p.m. Saturday, May 6, and at 7 p.m. Sunday, May 7, in the Skyview High School concert hall, 1300 NW 139th Street.

Aiguacil took up the piano at the age of 7 and went on to win the Honor Prize from the Conservatori Superior de Musica in Barcelona upon graduation. He earned a master of music degree in New York City in 2005 from the Manhattan School of Music.

Also on the bill is Mahler’s Symphony #1. Music Director Salvador Brotons conducts.

Ticket prices are $5 for students, $20 for seniors, $25 for general admission, and $35 for reserved seating. Tickets are available at Beacock’s Music, Erik Runyan Jewelers, Music World-Battle Ground, and at the door on concert days.

Insider readers who can correctly identify the name given to Gustav Mahler’s Symphony # 1 will be eligible to win free pairs of tickets to either the Saturday or Sunday performance. Send answers to thevso@vancouversymphony.org.

Can employees be required to cover tattoos?

The Miller Nash LLP law firm presents a two-hour program on image and appearance discrimination in its Employment Law Spotlight Series, at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 9, in the Oregon Convention Center.

The series is for employers, business owners human resource managers and office managers.

Questions to be answered are as follows: Can employees be required to cover tattoos or conceal body piercings? Can employers use a “corporate look” as a legitimate hiring criterion? Can employers have different dress codes for men and women? 

For further information, call (503) 205-2323, or go to www.millernash.com/employmentlaw.

News brief

A fifty-year-old watercolor, by Lois Wark, of Al Bauer’s former Salmon Creek Farm is being presented to the Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital by Bauer during a reception at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 29, in the first floor lobby of the hospital. The new hospital is located on the former farm site. A plaque honoring the former state senator and his family will be unveiled during the public ceremony.

Calendar

WSU Vancouver Community Choir, under the direction of Lee Jennings, presents its free spring concert, “Mozart and Friends Celebrate His 250th Birthday,” at noon Thursday, April 27, in Student Services Auditorium. n Port of Ridgefield constituents are invited to have coffee and cookies with port commissioners from 4:30 to 8 p.m. today in the Ridgefield Community Center. Up for discussion are the Ridgefield rail overpass, PWT environmental cleanup, Discovery Pointe Corporate Park, the Ridgefield waterfront and the Ridgefield junction interchange. n The Felida Neighborhood Association’s annual meeting is at 7 p.m. this evening in the Felida Fire Station. Guest speaker is Pat Jollota, Vancouver City Council member and author of three historical books about the Clark County area. n Clark County auditor Greg Kimsey is offering the second in a series of town hall meetings with constituents at 7 p.m. this evening in the Port of Camas-Washougal board room, 24 S A Street.  

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Wednesday on the air       City Minutes (4/23)—4 p.m. CVTV    County Commission: Habitat Conservation (4/24)—4:30 p.m. CVTV    Chicago White Sox at Seattle Mariners (live)—7 p.m. FSN, KFXX    Telecommunications Commission (4/5)—8 p.m. CVTV    Home Ownership Orientation (4/12)—9:02 p.m. CVTV    Camp Bonneville Cleanup Plan (4/19)—10 p.m. CVTV

Town Tabloids and the weather Tim Leavitt making fragile quorum. n Ruthie Beedle gathering the troops. n Cliff Barbour setting good example. n Despo Varkados getting to the heart of the matter. n Nancy Simon on overload. n Joel Penoyar takes to the hustings. n Bill Kelley putting names on marquee. n Nathan Reed preparing hors d’oeuvres for 1,500. n Wednesday, thin clouds, possible light sprinkles, 66. Thursday, some gray, some blue, 71. Friday, mostly cloudy, 72.

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