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MONDAY Aug. 14, 2006

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Vancouver Wine & Jazz
Festival August 25-27 Esther Short Park

Dr. John, James Cotton, Eddie Palmiere, Mavis Staples
$16 in advance, $20 at the gate. 16 bands, 50 fine artists, 35 world class wineries, 10 local restaurants. Click here for further information

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Concrete canoe work at Capt. William Clark Park
makes impression on state association judges

Concrete canoe replicas win state Aggregates and Concrete Association award for fidelity to Chinook Indian dugout and plank canoes at Capt. William Clark Park. Base of one of the canoes, right shows why the replicas are not likely to be stolen.

Concrete replicas of Lewis and Clark-era native canoes at Capt. William Clark Park in Washougal have earned the state Aggregates and Concrete Association’s Special Applications Artistic Merit Award.

The concrete canoes replicate Chinookian ponderosa pine dugout canoes and Chinookian western red cedar canoes in such detail that visitors to the park have commented that the “wooden” canoes would be likely to rot on the ground,” according to Ron Mah, landscape architect from the JD White division of BERGER/ABAM Engineers, which led the master planning and development of the park.

Chinook artist Tony Johnson and Turnstone Construction designed and created the concrete replicas.

Clark County Genealogical
Society offering course

The Clark County Genealogical Society is offering a beginning genealogy course of six classes, starting Tuesday, Sept. 19, according to society spokesperson Diana Cruz.

The classes, which continue through Tuesday, Oct. 31, are beginning genealogy, finding existing records, census records, courthouse records, vital records, and libraries and archives. The society library is at 717 Grand Boulevard.

The course is $60 for members of the society, $75 for nonmembers. For further information, call Cruz at 573-7128.

County design awards
nominations sought

Annually Clark County presents Community Pride Design awards, recognizing projects that enhance the livability of Clark County.

Eligible for nomination are buildings, restorations, parks, public facilities and public artwork.

The deadline for nominating projects is Thursday, Aug. 31. For further information, call Marian Anderson, 397-2375, extension 4497.

People

C-TRAN coach operator Randall Smith and paratransit operator Julia Jones placed first and third respectively in each of their classes in the 2006 Washington State Roadeo that concluded Sunday in Tukwila. Both will participate in the International Bus Roadeo in Nashville, Tenn., next May. Smith has competed in the event for the past four years and has finished in first place twice. Jones's third place is her best in three tries.

News brief

U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and U.S. Rep. Brian Baird (D-Wash.) are special guests at an 18th Legislative District ice cream social and fundraising event for Democratic candidates, 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 19, at Horse Shoe Lake Park, Woodland. For further information, call Al Swindell, 225-4830, or Oliver Ristuben, 225-7132.

Calendar

The Vancouver City Council is holding a workshop session at 4:30 p.m. today to discuss extending the western boundary of the city’s Special Columbia River Management Area, part of the Shoreline Management Master Program, from the Inn at the Quay to the railroad bridge, and to extend the western boundary of the Columbia River Shoreline Enhancement Plan District, a part of the zoning code, also from the Inn at the Quay to the railroad bridge. The intent of the proposals is to ensure that development on the Columbia River shoreline from the Inn at the Quay to the railroad bridge is master planned. n The city council is also holding a joint workshop with the Vancouver Planning Commission between 5 and 6 p.m. n The Vancouver City Council will consider a consent agenda beginning at 6 p.m. this evening. n The Fort Vancouver Regional Library District board of trustees meets at 6 p.m. this evening in the La Center Elementary School, 700 E 4th Street. n Clark County commissioners meet in regular session at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 15.

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

NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO

Monday headline stories
Headlines at home and from around the world:
(Click on the headlines below for the rest of the story)

New York Times Car Buying Tips

City website to give council reality check on B&O tax proposal--Columbian, Jeffrey Mize

Improvements to come to Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge after visor fees imposed--Columbian, Erik Robinson

$1,639 fine may await Vancouver resident--Columbian, John Branton

Volunteers helping state patrol track down license plate scofflaws--Colmbian, John Branton

Portland sternwheeler turns the corner--Oregonian, Bill Stewart

Cease fire in effect amid skirmishes--Washington Post, Molly Moore and Edward Cody

Bush declares Israel the winner in the war--USA TODAY, AP

Hezbollah claims win as cease-fire holds--Seattle P-I, AP, Steven R. Hurst

Britain and U.S. lower threat levels--New York Times, Alan Cowell

Mount St. Helens VolcanoCam updates every
five minutes--USDA Forest Service, Mount St. Helens
National Volcanic Monument

Monday on the air

   Vancouver City Council Workshop—4:30 p.m. CVTV
   Tacoma at Portland Beavers (live)—7 p.m. KKAD
   Oakland at Seattle Mariners (live)—7 p.m. FSN, KFXX
   Vancouver City Council (8/7)—7 p.m. CVTV
   City Minutes (7/23)—9:20 p.m. CVTV
   Clark County Commissioner Workshop (7/18)—10 p.m. CVTV
   Clark County Land Use Hearings (8/3)—11 p.m. CVTV