Back Issues: April, 2014

Dustin Meyer earns the 2014 Core Value Award at Corwin Beverage Company

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Dustin Meyer Corwin Beverage

Corwin Beverage Company has announced that Dustin Meyer of Ridgefield has won the 2014 Core Value Award. The award honors employees who demonstrate the Ridgefield-based company’s core values each day. Company core values are: Empowerment – Encourage passion for solutions, Education – Never stop learning, Community – Support the community that supports us, Integrity – Do what’s right, and Customer Service – Deliver as promised. Meyer has been an employee for two years at Corwin Beverage, where he has been promoted from Loader to Merchandiser to his current position as Sales Representative. The award was announced at the Corwin quarterly, all-company meeting at the firm’s Ridgefield headquarters. Employees are nominated and chosen by Corwin employees. For more information about Corwin, visit www.corwinbevco.com

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City Salary Review Commission’s final meeting this afternoon at 4 p.m

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

The City’s Citizen’s Commission on Mayor/City Council Salaries (Salary Review) will hold its final public meeting this afternoon, Apr. 30, at 4 p.m. at City Hall, 415 W. Sixth St., 2nd Floor, Birch Room. The Commission’s purpose is to study the relationship of salaries to the duties of the Mayor and City Council members and to set their salaries. Salary reviews are performed every two years to coincide with the City’s budget cycle. The Commission must file the schedule of salaries for the Mayor and Council members with the City Clerk by May 1, for inclusion in the City’s 2015-16 budget.

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Family Fun Day at the Marshall Community Center includes “Frozen” this Saturday

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

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Vancouver Parks and Recreation is gearing up for spring and summer with a special Family Fun Day this Saturday, May 3, at the Marshall Community Center, 1009 E. McLoughlin Blvd., Vancouver.

Free activities start at 2 p.m. and include public swims, swim lesson evaluations, aerobics class demos, sports activities in the gym and outside, a volunteer park clean-up project and dance, music and pottery presentations. Learn about all the great services Vancouver Parks and Recreation has to offer and take advantage of one-time discounts on summer registration.

“Frozen” will start at 6:30 p.m. on the big screen in the Marshall Center gym. Free popcorn will be provided. Access to the gym will begin at 5:30 p.m. A limited number of chairs will be available, but most seating will be on the gym floor, so feel free to bring something soft to sit on (outside chairs will not be allowed).

Families are also invited to volunteer and help make Marshall Park look its best with the “Grand Marshall Park Clean Up” event from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the park. Volunteers can spend as much time working in the park as they wish and participants will receive a prize. For more information about the Marshall Center Family Fun Day, visit www.cityofvancouver.us/familyfunday.

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Wine dinner at Roots Restaurant with Confluence Vineyards & Winery May 1

Wednesday, April 30, 2014
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Roots Restaurant and Bar will host a wine dinner with Confluence Vineyards & Winery this Thursday, May 1, at 6 p.m. The event is $85 per person and reservations can be made by calling 360-260-3001 or online at http://www.opentable.com/roots-restaurant-and-bar. The five course dinnder includes:
  • Country pate with pickled strawberries, rhubarb compote and oatmeal crackers – Red Blend
  • Spring run Chinook Salmon with drunken lentils and green garlic puree – Merlot
  • Seared scallops with macadamia nut butter and cabernet reduction – Cabernet
  • Steak au poivre with spring pea and potato hash – Syrah
  • Rhubarb crisp with strawberry ice cream

Confluence Vineyards and Winery, founded in Ridgefield by Jae and Greg Weber in 2008, specializes in premium French Oak aged wines. For more information, visit www.confluencewinery.net or find them on Facebook here.

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