Bob Knight named Clark
College interim president

Bob Knight is the unanimous choice of the Clark College board of trustees to serve as interim president of the community college until a permanent president is selected, a process which is expected to last a year.

A U.S. Military Academy West Point graduate, Knight earned a master of business administration degree from Golden Gate University.

Knight has held the post of vice president of administrative services at Clark College since 2004.

Knight has been acting chief of the college since the resignation of former president Wayne Branch last summer.

According to trustee Addison Jacobs, who, with trustee Kim Peery, coordinated the process of selecting an interim president, Knight possesses the attributes most frequently mentioned by the college community, including a desire for continuity, local connections, staying the course on the college’s strategic plan and initiatives, and an open communication style.

Knight is a retired colonel and former Vancouver Barracks commander.

Deadline for comment on county
growth plan EIS is Monday

The deadline for submitting comments on the draft Environmental Impact Statement prepared for amending the Clark County growth management plan is 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 2.

Clark County commissioners have called for a work session at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10, to select a preferred alternative that will be used in making final amendments to the county’s 20-year growth management plan, which is expected to be adopted this year.

The draft EIS can be found by going to www.clark.wa.gov/longrangeplan/review/eis-draft.html.

Sandra Schoof new commercial loan
processor at Bank of Clark County

Sandra Schoof has been appointed commercial loan processor at the Bank of Clark County

Schoof is a former administrative assistant to the vice president of marketing at Integra Telecom. A Vancouver resident for the past 12 years, Schoof is a volunteer at Share House and has been a volunteer for Camp Opportunity for foster children.

Don Yocham named First Indy
chief investment officer

Don Yocham has been named chief investment officer at First Independent Bank. Yocham most recently was a vice president for PIMCO, a fixed-income specialty management company.

A University of Missouri graduate, Yocham earned a masters degree in business administration from Washington University. Yocham holds a Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Ray Barney named to Affordable
Community Environments board

Ray Barney, Hopper Dennis Jellison traffic technician, has been named to the board of directors of Affordable Community Environments, which has built 114 units of low-cost housing in Clark County. Barney is also a Vancouver School District math tutor.

Calendar

Interstate Highway 5, between Highway 500 in Vancouver and the I-205 junction in Salmon Creek will be closed in both directions between 10 p.m. this evening and 5 a.m. Monday, Oct. 2. n Arts Equity's The Birthday Party, written by Harold Pinter and directed by Llewellyn Rhoe is being presented at 7:30 p.m. this evening and Saturday, Sept. 30, in the Main Street Theatre, 606 Main Street. Ticket prices range from $8 to $24. All seats are reserved. For further information, call 695-3770. n Last day to vote in Vancouver's Downtown Scarecrow Extreme Makeover contest is Sunday, Oct. 1. All votes count, For further information, call 993-5679. 

  

Friday headlines

Closure comes to $44 million I-5 Salmon Creek construction project--Columbian, Thomas Ryll

Alert tenant saves housemates from fire--Columbian, Justin Carinci

Judge Schreiber helps addicts in recovery--Columbian, Kelly Adams

Trustees speak highly of Clark's new interim president--Columbian, Howard Buck

C-TRAN getting closer to hiring chief executive officer--Oregonian, Bill Stewart

Rival groups pour $2.3 million into I-933, so-called property rights initiative--Seattle P-I, Amy Rolph

U.S. Senate approved unanimously $70 billion more for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, New York Times, AP

Bathroom dispute halts chess championship--New York Times, Dylan Loeb McClain

Nigeria and Venezuela cut oil production in response to declining crude oil prices--New York Times, Jad Mouawad

Bush defends policies on Iraq, Afghanistan--Washington Post, William Branigin

Woodward's latest book comes close to calling Bush a liar--Washington Post, Dan Froomkin