Mary Kaminski

Mary Kaminski, 91, is retiring after 20 years of volunteering at the Vancouver Farmers Market’s Information Booth. Kaminski has received  two U.S. Presidential Awards for more than 1,000 hours of volunteer work at the market. Kaminski, a widow with one son, lives in Washougal, Washington, where she will continue doing volunteer work at the Senior Center and the Treasure House, where she has volunteered for 35 years.

Barbara Kerr (Clark College), Ginger Metcalf (Identity Clark County), and Alisa Pyszka (City of Vancouver) congratulate Ron Arp of Amplify Group for receiving the 2010 Ron Schmidt Community Involvement Award from the Portland Metro Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA).

Ron Arp of Amplify Group was honored Thursday night by the Portland Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America.

Arp was recognized for the “Land Here, Live Here” campaign created to promote tourism in the Vancouver-Portland metropolitan area. Arp received the Ron Schmidt Award for Community Involvement. It is named for the late Ron Schmidt.

Prior to opening his current business, Amplify Group, Arp was senior vice president of the fitness company Nautilus Inc. and,before that, was general manager and senior partner at the Portland office of Fleishman Hillard. For 25 years, he has been involved in broadcasting, corporate communications, and agency management. For more information about his business, visit http://www.amplifygroup.com.

Clark College also received awards at the event, earning two Spotlight Awards:  one for the opening of Clark College at Columbia Tech Center and one for the community open house for that facility. Lower Columbia College earned a Spotlight Award for their 75th Anniversary Celebration.

The awards were presented at the 2010 Spotlights and Awards of Distinction ceremony at the Leftbank Annex in Northeast Portland. The Portland Metro Chapter is one of more than 100 PRSA chapters across the country.  The chapter serves more than 200 members from Oregon and Southwest Washington. For more information, visit https://www.prsa-portland.org.

Dr. Rocky Termanini, a certified information technology security professional and member of the American College of Forensic Examiners, will speak about online crime from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 5, in the Foster Hall Auditorium at Clark College. There is no admission charge. Driving directions and parking maps are available at www.clark.edu/maps.

The music of Brahms, Liszt and Poulenc will be featured at Vancouver Symphony Orchestra concerts on Saturday, Nov. 6, and Sunday, Nov. 7.

Performances are at the Skyview Concert Hall at 1300 NW 139th St. in Vancouver. Tickets are: Reserved, $42, General, $29, Senior $24 and Student, $9. Visit www.VancouverSymphony.org for more information.