Mario Fabris named chief of diagnostic imaging
at Southwest Washington Medical Center

Mario Fabris, who joined Southwest Washington Medical Center in 2001, has been appointed director of Diagnostic Imaging at the medical center. He will oversee all elements of the medical center’s advanced radiology and diagnostic imaging services.

Fabris, who has over 19 years’ experience in health care, most recently was manager of the Medical Center’s Computerized Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Departments.

Prior to joining SWMC, Fabris had been director of Imaging Services for Tenet Healthcare Systems, Garden Grove Hospital & Medical Center, Garden Grove, Calif. Fabris is a graduate of Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.

Southwest Washington Medical Center has 3,200 employees and 580 active medical staff members providing support for more than 30 different medical specialty services and programs focused on cancer, heart, emergency, trauma, neuro-musculoskeletal, gamily birth and primary care.

Northwest Oboe Seminar program
concludes with all-star performance

Oboists Humbert Lucarelli and Victoria Racz will star in the finale of the Northwest Oboe Seminar recital, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 19, in All Saints’ Episcopal Church, 4033 SE Woodstock Blvd., Portland. The recital will be conducted by Norman Leyden.

Lucarelli, professor of oboe at Hartt School, West Hartford, Conn., has performed worldwide and been acclaimed by the New York Times as “America’s leading oboe recitalist.”

Leyden, who initiated the Oregon Symphony’s pop series in 1970, retired from the Oregon Symphony in 2004 after being name laureate associate conductor. A graduate of Yale University in 1938, Leyden during World War II was the arranger for Glenn Miller’s Air Force Band in England and France. Leyden, a renowned jazz clarinetist, earned his doctorate from Columbia University with a dissertation on conductor Arturo Toscanini.

Vancouver’s Racz, director of the Northwest Oboe Seminar, is general manager of the Junior Symphony of Vancouver and Oregon Chamber Players. She has soloed and guest conducted throughout the region.

Admission is $5 at the door. For further information, call 696-4084, extension 3.

People

Oregon Chamber Players, Vancouver students, Erin Lowry, a senior at the Vancouver School of Arts and Academics, and Brynne Dykes, sixth grader at La Center Elementary School, have each been awarded scholarships by Oregon Chamber Players for further musical studies.

News brief

A seminar, Immigration Law and Workplace Enforcement, is being presented by Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 9, in the Vancouvercenter, 700 Washington Street, Suite 701. The presenter is Bradley D. Maier. There is no charge for the seminar, and a box lunch is provided; but reservations are a must. Call Michelle Martin, (800) 777-4200, to register.

Calendar

The Vancouver City Council meets in workshop session at 4 p.m. today. n The Vancouver City Council, meeting in a formal session at 7 p.m. this evening, is expected to determine whether to re-enact a business tax plan. The council will also consider proceeding with five annexations totaling nearly 200 acres. n Lonestar headlines the entertainment at the Clark County Fair at 7:30 p.m. this evening. Grandstand seating in the Columbian Concert Stage is free with paid admission to the fair. Reserved seating is $18. n Washington State University’s Jerry Goodstein will discuss “Playing for Keeps: Understanding Your Business Playbook” during the 7:30-to-9 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 8, Vancouver Business Journal business seminar, 2525 E Fourth Plain Boulevard. For further information on the $45 seminar, call 695-2442. n Clark Public Utilities’ commissioners meet in regular session at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 8. n Port of Vancouver commissioners meet in regular session at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 8. n Clark County commissioners meet in regular session at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 8.

Taste of Vancouver, Aug. 17-20, Esther Short Park--Join the Fun!
     

Monday on the air    Vancouver City Council Workshop (live)—4 p.m. CVTV    Portland Beavers at Iowa (live)—5 p.m. KKAD    SW Washington Wind Symphony—5:30 p.m. FVTV    Vancouver City Council (live)—7 p.m. CVTV    Tampa Bay at Seattle Mariners (live)—7 p.m. FSN, KFXX    Clark County Land Use Hearings (8/3)—10 p.m. CVTV

Town Tabloids and the weather Sherry Schaefer adding pizzazz to Miss Kate. n Tim Heine navigating by metatarsals and phalanges. n Myrna Ashland reciting delightful stories. n Lee Davis revealing important inside insights. n Kelsey Schaefer catching up on her reading, including the ending. n Gwenda Morrison making certain. n Monday, mostly sunny, 82. Tuesday, mostly sunny, 75. Wednesday, mostly sunny 78.

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