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Shelley Das named Clark
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Shelley Das has been appointed director of grants development at Clark College, reports college president Bob Knight. Das will collaborate with faculty and staff, the Clark College Foundation, employers, and community partners to develop and acquire federal, state, local and private sector grants to develop programs and support our students, according to Knight. Das has more than 15 years of experience in developing grant proposals, research, policy analysis, project management, and program development related to labor force development, skills integration, immigrants, women, diversity, human rights and social/cultural issues. Das, who earned a masters degree in political science from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, previously served as executive director of the National Visible Minority Council on Labour Force Development, national representative and researcher for the Canadian Labour Congress (the Canadian equivalent of the AFL-CIO), developmental program officer for the Public Service Alliance of Canada, consultant for Women’s Health in Women’s Hands, and executive director of the National Organization of Immigrant and Visible Minority Women of Canada. Since 2007, Das has served as a public policy advocate for YWCA Clark County. During 2007-2008, Clark College obtained grants worth over $3 million.
Smithsonian exhibit coming to The Smithsonian Institution’s exhibit Key Ingredients: America by Food, covering 500 years of American food culture, will be shown for six weeks beginning Saturday, July 26, in the Clark County Historical Museum, 1511 Main Street. There is no admission fee on the opening day, which begins at 3 p.m. with the sale of a classic cookbook, according to museum executive director Susan Tissot. On opening day 16th Street just north of the museum will be closed to make way for restaurants and food vendors. Port of Kalama’s 250-acre
mixed-use The Port of Kalama’s proposed East Port light industrial business park and public use project along 2,500 feet of Kalama River frontage west of Kalama River Road is being put together without requiring any tax support, according to Randy Sweet, president of the Port of Kalama. Sweet says, “Over the past eight years the port has been acquiring the property east of I-5 along the Kalama River Road.” He adds, “the port has not relied on a tax levy for operations and growth for more than a decade.” The new project is undergoing development and permitting procedures and will be the subject of public hearings. In addition to a business park and light industrial sites, the development contains 45 acres set aside for a new county fairgrounds and new and expanded baseball, softball and soccer fields. Free sports physicals offered
at Family Medicine of Southwest Washington and the Vancouver School District are offering free sports physicals for students who need the physicals to be cleared for playing sports during the 2008-2009 school year at Hudson’s Bay, Fort Vancouver and Skyview High Schools. The physicals. As follow, are from 1 to 4:30 p.m.: Thursday, Aug. 14, at Hudson’s Bay High School; Friday, Aug. 15, at Fort Vancouver High School; and Monday, Aug. 18, at Skyview High School. For further information and to sign-up, call 313-1044. Calendar The Vancouver City Council meets in workshop session at 4 p.m. today. <> .The Vancouver City Council meets in regular session at 6 p.m. today. <> The Neighborhood Associations Council of Clark County meets at 7 p.m. this evening in the Public Works conference room, 4700 NE 78th Street. <> Clark County commissioners meet in regular session at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 15.
CVTV programming on demand: http://www.cityofvancouver.us/cvtv/cvtvindex.asp
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