The Clark Public Utilities Board of Commissioners will hold a regular meeting at 9 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 3, at Operations Service Center – Education Center, 8600 NE 117th Ave., Vancouver.

The Washougal City Council will be holding a public hearing to gather input regarding personal fireworks regulations within the city limits of Washougal, including the possibility of a complete ban. The public hearing is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 9, at 7 p.m., at Washougal City Hall in council chambers, 1701 C St.

Members of the community are encouraged to attend this meeting to voice their opinion. Any interested party may testify at the public hearing or submit written testimony at or prior to the hearing. Written comments must be received at City Hall by 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 9, to be available for the council’s consideration at the hearing. Mail written statements to Rose Jewell, 1701 C St., Washougal, WA 98671, or email Rose.Jewell@cityofwashougal.us.

Options the council is considering include: a complete ban on personal fireworks use, further limiting the time period during which personal fireworks can be used, and/or allowing only “safe and sane” fireworks to be used. A survey is available to residents to collect opinions on whether the city should institute a complete ban on fireworks, modify the existing regulations or take no action. The brief survey can be found here.

Photo courtesy of Magenta Theater.

The Magenta Theater’s 60th main stage production, Prescription for Murder, opens Friday, Oct. 6, by playwright Norman Robbins, with special arrangements by Samuel French, Inc., and directed by Jaynie Roberts. Performances run through Oct. 21.

Bere Knighton, a quaint village in northern Devon, is the setting for Dr. Richard Forth’s tumultuous relationship with his oft-ill wife, Barbara, his cloying ex-girlfriend, Julia, and a bevy of local residents. The plot thickens with the arrival of a handsome stranger who claims to have known Richard’s second fiancée – a woman Richard swears does not exist. Barbara’s health worsens, as does that of others around her. Is someone trying to kill Barbara and those who get in the way?

“Prescription for Murder” lacks one important element: the detective. Audiences are left to their own devices to try and decipher the clues covertly inserted in the play and solve the mystery. Tickets are $20 in advance and $22 at the door (if available). Tickets can be purchased online at: http://www.magentatheater.com/page/tickets.

The Master Gardener Foundation of Clark County presents “The Fort Vancouver Garden Through the Seasons” on Tuesday, Oc.t 3. Guest speakers Robb Rosser and  Betty Stolz, are both Master Gardeners and Fort Vancouver volunteers. The presentation begins at 7 p.m., at the CASEE Center, Bldg. B, Rm. 202/205, 11104 NE 149th St. in Brush Prairie. No registration is required.

Attendees can expect a brief overview of the history of the original Hudson’s Bay Company Fort Vancouver garden, and the development of the current interpretive garden. A slide show will highlight the garden’s progression through the seasons, and show the gardening practices currently employed by garden volunteers, in keeping with the methods used and plants grown at the Fort in the 1840s.

Rosser has been a Master Gardener since 1996, and a Fort volunteer for the past three years. From 2000 through 2015 he authored “The Garden Life” column for The Columbian. Stoltz has been a Master Gardener since 2008, and has volunteered in the fort garden since 2011. To learn more, visit www.mgfcc.com/Events.html.