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Susan Enfield, director of the Office of Teaching and Learning, Portland Public Schools, has been named deputy superintendent for Evergreen Public Schools, effective Aug. 1. Prior to joining Portland Public Schools, Enfield was director of Teaching and Learning Support and special assistant to the Secretary of Education for the Pennsylvania Department of Education. She was previously a high school teacher. Enfield is a graduate of the University of California and has earned masters degrees at both Stanford and Harvard. Vancouver’s Downtown
Association The quarterly meeting of Vancouver’s Downtown Association is open to everyone who is “interested in working, living or playing in greater downtown Vancouver,” reports association vice president Linda Glover. The barbecue dinner meeting in the Farmers Market Food Court, 8th and Esther Streets, is 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, June 22. Speakers are Bob Farrell, lecturer, and author of Give ’em the Pickle, Brad Arntson, Albina Fuel, and John Cameron, Harvest Capital Investors. The theme of the event is: “Why all of downtown is a wonderful place to live, work and play.” For reservations, call Glover at 695-6443. Donations for the dinner will be accepted. Court-appointed special
advocates There are too few court-appointed special advocates to handle the needs of Clark County children of meth addicts, the YWCA of Clark County reports. There is a waiting list of 230 Clark County children whose special needs as children of meth addicts are going unfilled, says Jo Waddell, director of the CASA program at the local YWCA. Currently there are 607 children who qualify for court-appointed special advocates. Last year, 264 new children became wards of the court in Clark County. Eighty-five percent of abuse and neglect cases involved methamphetamine. The YWCA provides training for volunteer advocates, according to Waddell. For further information, call Waddell at 906-9109. Jeanne Bennett and Geoff
Knapp Jeanne Bennett, director of Workforce Programs for Educational Service District 112, and Geoff Knapp, public affairs and communications coordinator for the county Department of Community Services, have been appointed to the board of directors of Community Choices 2010. Formed in 1993, Community Choices 2010 is a community-based nonprofit organization funded by a variety of sources, including local corporations and governmental agencies. The organization, in addition to building a data-driven awareness of the overall health of the community, collaborates with other community partners to develop health promotion strategies. People Christopher Pazen has been reappointed to a two-year term on the Vancouver Housing Authority Board. The six-member volunteer board establishes policy for the operation of various assisted low-income rental housing programs and low-income housing rehabilitation programs. News briefs A fund raising event for Sherry Parker’s Democratic campaign for county clerk is 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 21, in the home of Daniel and Hooja Kim, 215 DuBois Court. For further information and reservations, call 695-4769. n Clark County is seeking applicants to fill a vacancy on the five-member county Historic Preservation Commission. Persons interested in the vacancy must have a demonstrated special interest or experience in or knowledge of history, historic preservation, architecture or related disciplines such as public history, architectural history, planning, cultural anthropology, archaeology, cultural geography, American Studies, or the practice of historic rehabilitation or restoration. Letters of interest and resumes must be sent no laterthan Wednesday, June 21, to Jennifer Clark, Board of Clark County Commissioners, P.O. Box 5000, Vancouver, Washington 98666-5000, emailed to jennifer.clark@clark.wa.gov. Calendar The Vancouver City Council meets in workshop session at 4 p.m. today. At 5:30 p.m. the council will meet in executive session to discuss labor negotiations. The council meets in regular session at 7 p.m. and is expected to approve a 58-acre annexation within the Evergreen School District adjacent to Camas. n Clark Public Utilities’ commissioners meet at 9 a.m. Tuesday, June 20. n Clark County commissioners meet in regular session at 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 20.
Thursday headline stories Madras family awaits word on soldier missing in Iraq--KATU, AP, Brad Cain DOT to hear public comments on toll roads and bridges Tuesday--Columbian, Thomas Ryll Episcopal Church picks woman as leader--Oregonian, Fred Leeson Wind power generates a new cash crop in state--Seattle Times, Hal Bernton Local hospitals part of national life-saving effort--Columbian, Tom Vogt State to peruse La Center council's email on casino--Columbian, Jeffrey Mize Ridgefield problems eluded city manager--Columbian, Don Hamilton Ridgefield manager denies racist comments--The Oregonian, Holley Gilbert State Attorney General has suggestions on reducing unwanted telemarketing calls--Columbian Wi-Fi options getting more plentiful--Columbian, Jonathan Nelson Goo Goo Dolls and Counting Crows coming to the amphitheater Wednesday--Columbian, Alan Scully Rice sounds alarm on North Korea on long-range ballistic missile--Washington Post, Glenn Kessler
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