Dog biscuits from BGHS
going to national VIPs
Pictured above
is Josh Loftus, "Futures" student and principal entrepreneur (left).
The book Top Dogs and Their Pets which is the picture on the right,
was photographed mostly by Dallas Morning News photographer David
Woo. The book is featuring people from fields such as entertainment,
sports, business and politics. There is a photo of each person with
his or her pet and their completion of ten sentences, such as, “My
Pet’s worst habit is:” and “I wish my pet could:”
For two years, dog biscuits have been made and packaged by disabled
students in Pam Golliher’s
and Diane Brown’s classes
held in a Battle Ground High School classroom kitchen called “The
Barkery.” Distribution falls to teacher
Jodie Rogers’ “Futures”
program for disabled 18-to-21-year olds who market and distribute
the dog biscuits to local pet-groomers, veterinarians and retailers.
Josh Loftus, a “Futures”
student, is the principal entrepreneur; he has lined-up and arranged
distribution to between 15 and 20 businesses at this point. One of
Loftus’s customers is the Old Town Battle Grounds coffee shop on
Main Street. That’s where Brad
Fenison, owner of the
Pediment Group publishers in Battle Ground, and his daughter,
Ashley Ainley, were having
coffee one day recently and spotted the little clear-plastic bags of
dog biscuits for sale.
Fenison and Ainley are about to publish a hard-cover coffee-table
book called Top Dogs and Their Pets.
They plan on including a bag of the biscuits along with a copy of
the book, which they are sending to the 91 celebrities featured in
the volume, to be released Nov. 2.
While the teachers are delighted about the biscuits going to
celebrities, it is the ongoing local sales that sustain the program.
“Any time we can give the students relevant work that’s real, that’s
a benefit,” Golliher says. “This really matters. They put on an
apron and go to work. They take it seriously and see their product
move.”
According to Gollinher, what little profit there is goes to buy
equipment and supplies that might not otherwise be funded.
For more information about “The Barkery” visit
www.bgbarkery.com For
information about the book “Top Dogs and Their Pets” visit
www.topdogspets.com.
H1N1 vaccine reaches
Southwest Washington
The first shipment of H1N1 vaccine has today reached Southwest
Washington. The 2,890 doses arrived at Clark County Public Health in
intra-nasal form and were shared with health jurisdictions in
Cowlitz, Skamania and Wahkiakum Counties.
Vaccine will first be made available to two priority groups,
including healthcare workers and emergency responders who provide
direct patient care, and to children in childcare or other group
settings. Intra-nasal vaccine is suitable for healthy individuals
between the ages of 2 and 49. It should not be given to, or taken by
pregnant women.
More intra-nasal H1N1 vaccine is expected to arrive in the region
next week. Injectable vaccine is expected to arrive later in the
month.
More information about the response to H1N1 (swine flu) in Southwest
Washington is available at
www.flunewsswwashington.org.
News Briefs
Betty Perkins-Carpenter,
president of Senior Fitness Productions, Inc. (www.senior-fitness.com),
has made a lifelong career of teaching people of all ages to be
swimmers and divers, to be physically fit, and to be safe and secure
in their activities of daily living. Perkins-Carpenter will be
speaking at The Quarry's workshop on helping seniors prevent falls
from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, at The Quarry Senior Living,
415 SE 177th Avenue. For more information, call
944-6000.
Calendar
Washington State PTA-Mayors Forum will
be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. tonight, Oct. 8, at Fisher's Landing
Assisted Living Community, 17171 SE 22nd Drive.
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The Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce is having its "No Business
After Hours" event from 5 to 7 p.m. tonight, Oct. 8, in the big
Koplan's building at 1012 Washington Street in downtown Vancouver.
Pricing at the door is $20 for members and $25 for non-members. Food
will be catered by Beaches, and the venue is provided by Coldwell
Banker Commercial.
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City of Ridgefield meets for a city
council meeting from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. tonight, Oct. 8, At
Ridgefield Community Center, 210 N. Main Avenue.
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The
Southwest Washington Watercolor Society is having its 2009 fall art
show, open to juried members, at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 9, in
Vancouver Mall, 8700 NE Vancouver Mall Drive. Email
smartinson57@q.com for more information.
Thursday on the air
Clark County Board of Commissioners Work Session-I-1033 Review
(10-7)—4:30 p.m. CVTV
Celebrate freedom Festival: 104th Training Division (LT) Farewell
Ceremony (9-19)—5:11 p.m. CVTV
Clark County
Land Use Hearings (live)—5:55 p.m. CVTV
Clark County Board of Commissioners-Land Use Appeals (10-7)—11 p.m.
CVTV
Community Calendar Links
Thursday,
October 8, 2009 Headlines
Links to news of
local & national significance
Clark County homes sales jump--Columbian, AP
B.G., Brush Prairie students learn about ethanol by producing
it--Columbian, Tom Vogt
House approves Hate-Crimes measure as part of defense
funding--Washington Post, Ben Pershing
Senate committee sets vote on health care--USA Today, AP
Searching for lunar water--USA Today, Robert Ahrens
