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VOTE FOR LIBRARIES

 

Libraries are needed and wanted. They are

porn-f9ree, modern, and connected to the world,

and now much more affordable due to the generosity  of local philanthropists.

Elie G. Kassab
Prestige Development
Office 993.0010
Cell 503.781.1699
http://www.prestigedev.com

Vancouver chamber offering community-
wide forum on city B & O tax proposal

The greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce has opened to the public a presentation by the City of Vancouver and the chamber of commerce on city finances and a possible business and occupation tax to pay for additional city public safety services.

Presenters will be Lloyd Tyler, Vancouver’s chief financial officer, and Scot Walstra, chairman of the chamber’s Public Affairs Committee.

The forum is at 7:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 8, in the Nautilus World Headquarters, 16400 SE Nautilus Drive in east Vancouver. The cost of the forum, which includes breakfast, is $10. To register by telephone, call 694-2588. To register online, go to www.vancouverusa.com.

9-1-1 may be calling you

Clark Regional Emergency Services Agency, parent of 9-1-1 emergency dispatch services in Clark County, is implementing an emergency community notification system that would make automated telephone calls to telephone subscribers within the county in the event of an emergency situation within the county, according to Cheryl Bledsoe, emergency management manager.

The new system was purchased with funding from the Department of Homeland Security.

The emergency notification call from CRESA would be in the form of a recorded message, according to Bledsoe. Only telephone subscribers with telephones that do not have “solicitor blocks” would receive emergency notification calls. Nor would calls be made to cell phone subscribers.

CRESA also participates in Emergency Alert System, which provides emergency alerts through radio and television stations.

Open houses offer information
growth management planning

A series of open houses providing information about Clark County’s effort to revise its Comprehensive Growth Management Plan, based on a new draft Environmental Impact Statement, have been scheduled by the county Department of Community Planning.

The open houses are 5 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 11, in Battle Ground City Hall, 109 SW First Street; 5 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 12, in the Camas Fire Station, 4321 NW Parker Street; 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 13, in the Ridgefield Community Center, 210 N Main Avenue; and 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 20, in Vancouver in Public Service Center, 1300 Franklin Street.

The draft EIS, which studies possible locations for new home, commercial and industrial sites, can be viewed at http://www.clark.wa.gov/longrangeplan/review/eis-draft.html.

Written comments on the draft EIS will be accepted through Monday, Sept. 25. Those are to be sent to the Clark County Planning Department, P.O. Box 9810, Vancouver, WA 98666.

The county board of commissioners is expected to complete its revision of its 20-year growth management plan this year.

Learning for Life Institute at Clark College
explores hot topics with day trips, lectures

The rise of modern China, end-of-life ethical issues, a museum trip to see the Dead Sea Scrolls, a dinner party to discuss things you never talk about at a dinner party (religion, morality and politics), are among the Learning for Life Institute offerings at Clark College this fall.

The Learning for Life Institute, created by the college for lifelong learners age 40 and up, begins with a dinner and lecture Friday, Sept. 15, in the Fireside Room in Gaiser Hall exploring end-of-life ethical issues.

Day trips to Seattle’s Pacific Science Center to see the Dead Sea Scrolls are scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 25, and Sunday, Oct. 29. Tuesday evening lectures are being offered during September and October.

Dinners, lectures and day trip costs range between $40 and $98. For further information, call 992-2213, or go to http://web.clark.edu/conted/community_ed/learning_for_life.html.

News briefs

Clark County commissioners today unanimously extended the Salmon Creek building moratorium through Sept. 12, 2007. n Requests for use of its main lobby display case for community advertising during 2007 are being accepted through Wednesday, Sept. 27, by the Vancouver Community Library. Use of the display case, limited to one-month periods, is open to individuals and groups engaged in educational, cultural, intellectual and charitable activities. The space may not be used for partisan solicitation of votes for or against candidates or ballot measures in political campaigns, nor for the sale of any services or items. Ten winners and five alternates will be selected by lottery. The display case is in the front entrance of the library at 1007 E Mill Plain Boulevard. More than 35,000 pass through the entrance each month. For further information, call 695-1566. n Miller Nash is holding a free two-hour seminar on employment law at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 19, in the Oregon Convention Center. The seminar, one of the law firm’s Employment Law Spotlight Series, focuses on wage and hour issues, including federal and state labor laws, overtime, payroll deductions, exemptions, new wage claim penalties, and compensation for on-call time, travel time and sleep time. For further information, call (503) 205-2610, or go to www.millernash.com/employmentlaw, to register.

Calendar

The Southwest Washington Regional Transportation Council meets in regular session at 4 p.m. today in the Public Service Center. n Clark County commissioners meet in an informal session at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 6, in conference room B in the Public Service Center. The opening reception for Gov. Chris Gregoire’s Economic Conference is at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 6, Esther Short Park.

     

Tuesday on the air     Vancouver Symphony Under the Stars—3:45 p.m. CVTV    Seattle Mariners at Detroit (live)—4 p.m. FSN, KFXX    17th Legislative District, Position 1 Candidates—5:15 p.m. CVTV    Clark County Clerk Primary Candidates—5:50 p.m. CVTV    Telecommunications Commission (8/16)—6:30 p.m. CVTV    Primary Video Voters’ Guide—7:45 p.m. CVTV    City Minutes (8/27)—8:10 p.m. CVTV    County Commissioners Workshop (7/18)—9 p.m. CVTV    Vancouver Code Enforcement Appeal Hearings—9:40 p.m. CVTV    Clark County Land Use Hearings (8.24)—10 p.m. CVTV

Town Tabloids and the weather Jim Zwickl distributing first editions. n Terri Ellioff offering bridge bicycling tips. n Larry Blaufus celebrating a 27th birthday. n Casey O’Dell doing some checking. n Jamie Weiss after more sign-wavers. n Brandon Keenan now linked to the Web. n Tuesday, partly sunny, 80. Wednesday, partly cloudy, 76. Thursday, cloudy, a little cooler, 73.

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, Jon 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 Involvement and Natural Resources Normandeau Associates, Karen Ciocia and Kent Snyder, 694-2300 Public Relations Hunt Communications Tom Hunt, 693-8180 KMac & Associates LLC, Kathy McDonald, 607-8959 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