Lori Hughes elected president of Oregon
Association of Legal Administrators

Lori Hughes, manager of the Vancouver Miller Nash law office, has been elected president of the Oregon Chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators. Hughes, who has worked in the legal field for more than 20 years, has been with Miller Nash since 1992.

Hughes is active in the community and is currently on the Clark College Paralegal Advisory Board and the Legal/Medical Advisory Board of the Clark County Skills Center. She attended Portland State University and the University of Hawaii-Manoa.

Dan Marsh elected Southwest Washington
Planning Council president

Dan Marsh, Marsh, Higgins, Beaty & Hatch, has been elected president of the Estate Planning Council of Southwest Washington. Marsh succeeds Andy Nygard, Edward Jones Investments.

Serving with Marsh on the board are as follows: vice president, Nancy Hales, Community Foundation; treasurer, Sue Barham, Riverview Asset Management; secretary, Ken Hoffman, Ken Hoffman PS; Marc Grignon, First Independent Private Banking; Michael Day, Caton & Day & Co.; Wayne Leonetti, US Bank; and Dean Patterson, Cascade Consulting.

National honor goes to Clark
County Sheriff’s Reserve

The Clark County Sheriff’s Reserve Unit has been awarded a 2005 Gold Presidential Volunteer Service Award from the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation, reports sheriff Garry Lucas.

The award notes that the sheriff’s reserve provided 6,319 hours of volunteer service during the past year, including activities that ranged from routine patrol with regular deputies and crime scene protection to SWAT team support.

The volunteers provided the sheriff’s department with the equivalent of three full-time support personnel for the full year.

News briefs

Vancouver Mayor Royce Pollard is scheduled to discuss the possibility of toll roads and bridges at a Friday breakfast meeting of the Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce East Forum. The $10 breakfast is at 7:30 a.m. in the Nautilus World Headquarters, 16400 SE Nautilus Drive. For reservations, call 694-2588. n A free workshop to help local businesses work with the government is at 8 a.m. Friday, June 9, in the Columbia River Economic Development Council. Offices, 1101 Broadway, Suite 120. The workshop includes all materials needed, according to Deb Wallace, CREDC director of business expansion. To register, call 694-5006. n The YWCA of Clark County SafeChoice program is running low on food, reports spokesperson Annie Gannon. SafeChoice serves victims of domestic violence by providing a 24-hour crisis line, shelter and counseling. Items most urgently needed are cereal, canned fruit, sugar and coffee. For further information, call Gannon at 906-9153.

People

Lori A. Pearce has been named Clark County Public Works Administrative Services manager effective June 12. Pearce succeeds Mark McCauley, who was promoted to general services director in March. Pearce formerly worked with the county Treasurer’s Office and joined the Public Works Department in 2002. She also worked for the Portland Energy Office and was with a Vancouver accounting firm. McCauley is a certified public accountant and a graduate of Portland State University.

Calendar

Val Ogden is being honored as Clark County’s First Citizen for 2006 at a reception at 4 p.m. today in the Hilton Vancouver Washington. The formal presentation is at 5:15 p.m. n Friends of the Cowlitz Tribe are holding a kickoff breakfast for a grass roots group supporting the Cowlitz Casino Resort at 7 a.m. Thursday, June 8, in the Red Lion Hotel at the Quay. n An agreement by Washington State University Vancouver with Clark College and Lower Columbia Community College, providing continued access to qualified community college students in the four-year state university, will be signed at 3 p.m. Thursday, June 8, in the Clark Center Building on the east terrace of the WSU Vancouver Salmon Creek Campus. 

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Wednesday on the air         Partners in Education (6/5)—4:30 p.m. CVTV    Minnesota at Seattle Mariners (live)—7 p.m. FSN, KFXX    Residential Design Standards (6/6)—9:30 p.m. CVTV    Animal Control Hearings (5/25)—11:30 p.m. CVTV

Town Tabloids and the weather Jim Moeller bargaining. n Kris Small making the “A” list. n Brenda Wilson scouting view property. n Greg Jones getting out company china. n Annie Gannon providing links. n Kyly Del’ Aurore sending birthday cards. n Wednesday, mixed bag of sun and clouds, 68. Thursday, chance of showers, 69. Friday, mostly sunny, 72.

Accounting Caley & Associates, James Caley CPA, 695-0065 Peterson & Associates, P.S., Certified Public Accountants, 574-0644 Tax Advisors, PLLC, CPAs Property Tax/Cost Segregation 750-6884 Attorneys Miller Nash LLP. Steve Horenstein, 699-4771 Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, Lisa Lowe, 694-7551 Banks Bank of Clark County, 993-2265 First Independent Bank, 699-4200 West Coast Bank, 695-3439 Beauty and Wellness Iduhair & Company Salon Retreat, Celinda Rupert, 735-1249 Charitable Gift Planning Barbara Chen CFP, Clark College Foundation, (360) 992-2659 David DiCesare, The Community Foundation, (360) 694-2550 Jim Forkner, FAHP, SWMC Foundation, (360) 514-3182 Elson Strahan, CFRE, President, Historic Reserve Trust (360) 992-1835 Cosmetic and Family Dentistry Earl C. (Duke) Simpson, DDS, PS, 993-0300 Construction Management and Development Andersen Construction Co., Inc. Bob Durgan, (503) 720-5234 RSV Construction, Ron Frederiksen, 693-8830 Credit Unions Columbia Credit Union, 891-4000 iQ Credit Union, 992-4242 Development/Investments Killian Pacific LLC, 567-0625 Prestige Development, Elie Kassab, 993-0010 Engineering, Planning and & Surveying Mackay & Sposito, John M. Yamashita, 695-3411 Human Resources Consultation O'Neill & Associates, Paula Johnson, 606-2961 Insurance Services Keenan Insurance Services, Brandon M. Keenan, 213-1500 Investment and Retirement Planning First Pacific Associates, Mark Martel, CFP, (360) 254-2585 Public Relations Hunt Communications Tom Hunt, 693-8180 KMac & Associates LLC, Kathy McDonald, 607-8059 Rocky/Hill & Knowlton, Krista Hildebrand, (503) 248-9468 Real Estate Coldwell Banker Commercial Wally Hornberger, 699-4494 Norris Beggs & Simpson, Roger Qualman, 699-7181 Retirement and Inheritance Planning Andy Nygard, CFP, (360) 695-6431 Signs Security Signs, Designed to inform and sell! Carol Keljo, 817-9959 Speaking and Training Kathy Condon, Career Communications, 695-4313 Window Washing Quality Window Washing, Dave Beecher, 256-7370