Musical bronze sculptures showcased in
First Friday event at Art on the Boulevard

Unusual bronze musical sculptures by Eugene artist Steve Reinmuth enliven the First Friday gala in southern Washington’s largest art gallery, Art on the Boulevard, which opens at 5 p.m. today.

Also on exhibit are works by northwest painters Bill and Anne Jameson.

The event that continues until 8 p.m. is, according to sponsors Friends of the Arts, “open to the public at no charge and includes an opportunity to meet artists, and enjoy live musical entertainment and complementary light refreshments, including Northwest wines.”

Reinmuth’s and the Jamesons’ work will remain on display through Saturday, Oct. 28. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. For further information, call 750-4499.

Don Appert wins second
national composition award

Clark College music professor Don Appert has been honored with an American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers ASCAPLUS award for the second consecutive year.

ASCAPLUS is an awards program that provides cash and recognition to active writers in the early and mid-stages of their careers and to established composers whose main activity is outside of broadcast media.

Appert, in his 17th season as music director and conductor of the Clark College Orchestra, is preparing for international performances of Prism, a work for chamber orchestras. He will conduct Prism with the Adany Symphony in Turkey in December and with the Oradea State Philharmonic in Romania in March.

Last year, Appert performed his work Elegy for String Orchestra in France, Romania, Portugal and Slovakia.

The Vancouver city council and the board
of county commissioners meet again

The Vancouver city council and the board of Clark County commissioners, including county administrator Bill Barron, are holding a second joint meeting at 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 9, in City Hall.

On the agenda for the workshop session are common growth management issues affecting both the city and the county.

These include development and redevelopment inside the Vancouver city limits, proposed changes to the county Comprehensive Growth Management Plan, proposed expansion of the Vancouver Urban Growth Area, transportation issues related to growth, and joint and cooperative planning.

Victor Rivas Rivers headlining
YWCA benefit luncheon

Actor Victor Rivas Rivers is the featured speaker at the YWCA of Clark County annual benefit luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10, in the Hilton Vancouver Washington.

Rivers tells his own story, which included horrific child abuse, hard-core gang membership, and becoming senior class president. A graduate of Florida State University, where he played football, Rivers has acted in more than two dozen films, has been the subject of the documentary Breaking the Silence: Journeys of Hope, and wrote the best selling memoir, A Private Family Matter.

Luncheon tickets are $35. Call 906-9123 for further information.

News briefs

The Insider, along with a number of other institutions, including banks, will commemorate Columbus Day, Monday, Oct. 9. Banks will be closed and the Insider will not be published. An exception to the rule that weekend holidays are usually celebrated on the following Monday is Veterans Day in November. Veterans Day falls on Saturday, Nov. 11, but will be officially observed on Friday, Nov. 10. n A free belly dancing class is being offered by instructor JoAnn Horal-Waters of Fit Sisters, 1715 Broadway, from 6 to 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 9. Lessons on subsequent Monday evenings are $10. For further information, call Laura Bullock, 750-9090. n U.S. Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and U.S. Rep. Brian Baird (D-3rd) will announce a defense appropriation secured for Vancouver laser manufacturer nLight at 11:30 a.m. Monday, Oct. 9, at nLight headquarters, 5408 NE 88th Street.

Calendar 

Stephen Spielberg’s Always is the final free movie in a series at Pearson Air Museum, 1115 E 5th Street is at 7 p.m. this evening. Food and beverages can be purchased. Patrons should bring chairs. n Harold Pinter’s Birthday Party is being offered by Arts Equity Onstage in the Main Street Theatre, 606 Main Street, at 7:30 p.m. tonight through Sunday, Oct. 8, with a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday. Tickets are $8 to $24. n Vancouver Fire Department open house at the main station, 7119 NE 63rd Street, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, offers day-long events for kids and parents. Fifteen-minute classes on a variety of home safety issues are being offered. n Vancouver National Historic Reserve Trust annual gala, “Denim and Diamonds” begins at 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, with cocktails in the Hilton Vancouver Washington. Tickets are $125 a person. Dance music after dinner is by the Christopher Loid Band. Grammy-award winning guitarist Doug Smith also entertains. For further information, call 992-1801. n The Neighborhood Associations Council of Clark County meets at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 9, in the Public Works Conference Room, 4700 NE 78th Street. n Clark Pubic Utilities commissioners meet in regular session at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10. n Port of Vancouver Commissioners meet at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10. n Clark County commissioners meet in regular session at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10. n Clark County auditor Greg Kimsey moderates a Candidates & Issues Forum sponsored by the Clark County Chamber of Commerce from 7 to 9 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 10, in The Hostess House, 10017 NE 6th Avenue. The event is open to the public and is free.
   

Friday headlines

SEH America planning huge expansion--Columbian, Courtney Sherwood

RiverWalk: Should it sink or swim?--Columbian, Gregg Herrington

City releases strategy for Fourth Plain Boulevard--Columbian, Jeffrey Mize

Trey Foote is inspiration for Skyview--Columbian, Brian Hendrickson

Natural gas companies reduce rate-hike requests--Oregonian

U.S. Security Council tells North Korea to abandon nuke test--USA TODAY, AP