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Maya Lin land bridge
dedication To the Confluence Project, which commissioned it as part of the legacy of the 2006 Lewis and Clark Bicentennial, it is called the Vancouver Land Bridge. To Maya Lin, whose Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C., is her signature project, and who is the architect of the bridge in Vancouver, the Confluence Projects and the bridge represent “a meeting of rivers and cultures.” Physically is it a circular connection between Vancouver’s oldest settled area, the Fort Vancouver National Monument south of Vancouver Barracks on 5th Street, and the Old Apple Tree Park, south of Highway 14 and Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad, from which visitors can stroll to the Columbia River. Confluence Project executive director Jane Jacobsen will lead the way on the ‘first promenade’ at 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, starting from the 5th Street entrance to the land bridge. Jacobsen promises a short public ceremony that will include remarks by Lin and by Johnpaul Jones, founder of Jones & Jones Architects, Seattle, who did additional architectural and engineering work on the $12 million bridge. Like most of the Confluence Projects on the Columbia River, the land bridge is financed by grants and public donations. Following the 9 a.m. walk and dedication, Lin and Jacobsen will then go to the Sandy River in Oregon, where the Confluence Projects Sandy River Delta project will be dedicated at 4 p.m. Music will accompany the
dedication, and food and beverage vendors will be on hand, according to
Jacobsen. For further information, go to
www.confluenceproject.org. Parade of Homes opened The 31st annual Clark County Parade of Homes, sponsored by the county’s homebuilding contractors, opened today in Felida and is just a little bit easier, more fun, more instructional and easier to get to than some others in the recent past.
One of five homes in Parade of Homes is Barton Brothers’ Hanna Maria, Four bedrooms, 3,850 square feet, $1,099,999. For openers there are just five homes, each in the $1 million plus or minus price range, on display. One advantage for the visitor is obvious: not so many homes that you forget what you saw and where--there are five in all—moreover the visitor has more time to browse each home. Each of the 2008 homes is a showcase for emerging green building standards. There are gadgetry and home decorating ideas galore, but, also, practical conservation and energy savings techniques in each home. The Moongate subdivision chosen by sponsors the Building Industry Association of Clark County is in Felida, not far from NW 36th Avenue west of I-5. To get to Moongate, visitors turn west from NW 36th Avenue on NW 127th Street, Ferrar’s Bistro, and head for the spacious parking areas from which golf carts provide quick transportation to the secluded parade home sites. The Parade of Homes continues 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily through Sunday, Sept. 7. Adult admission is $12. Seniors can get in for half-price on Tuesdays. For further information, go to www.clarkcountyparadeofhomes.com. Mounted police fundraiser is Saturday The third annual Friends of Vancouver Mounted Police fundraiser will raise awareness of and money for the Vancouver Mounted Police Team with a barbecue and mounted police demonstrations from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, in the Clark County Saddle Club, 10505 NE 117th Avenue. The money raised will be used to offset the training and equipment costs for mounted police officers, who own their own horses and maintain them at their own cost. Admission is $10 for adults, $25 for a family. For further information, call 487-7512. June Berry hits the road Saturday
June Berry, who has been with C-TRAN for the past 21 years, is being honored at a retirement party from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, in Ballews, 612 N. Devine Road. Berry has been executive assistant to all four C-TRAN executive directors. In 2006 she was named C-TRAN Employee of the Year. When Berry joined C-TRAN, the transit agency had 140 employees and bus ridership was about 2 million a year. Today the agency has 415 employees and bus ridership has increased to more than 6 million a year. Berry is also clerk of the board of directors of the agency, and for 15 years she and her husband George have served as bus rodeo judges. Only once did Berry become a contestant in bus rodeo, where she was recognized for hitting more barrels farther than any other contestant in history. Berry’s colleagues and friends are holding a retirement celebration from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, in Ballews Restaurant, 612 N Devine Road. Admission is $10. For further information, call 906-7303 for further information. Calendar Three-day Vancouver Wine & Jazz Festival opens today in Esther Short Park. The entertainment schedule is as follows: Joe Powers Trio, 4 p.m.; Art Resnick Trio, 6 p.m.; and “An Evening With Judy Collins,” 8 p.m. For further information, go to www.vancouverwinejazz.com.<> The Southwest Washington Blood Program is holding a blood drive from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, at St./ Thomas Aquinas Church, 324 Oak Street, Camas. <> Élan & Kenji, from America’s Greatest Dog competition, headline the SW Washington Humane Society’s Bow Wow Luau annual fundraiser, which opens at noon, Saturday, Aug. 23, in the parking lot of Beastie Boutique, 13023 NE Highway 99. For further information, call 574-6400. <> The 7th annual Rich Melching Scholarship Golf Tournament to raise money for Clark College and WSU Vancouver scholarships begins with a shotgun start at 8 a.m. Monday, Aug. 25, at Camas Meadows Golf Course. For further information, call 256-2320.
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