Wheeler is a retired Naval Officer, engineer and educator. He holds degrees in Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering from the University of Michigan, Mechanical Engineering and Financial & Material Management from the Naval Postgraduate School and completed the Executive Management Program at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. In the Navy, he served on four ships, in two Naval Shipyards, on two fleet staffs, and in the Naval Sea Systems Command as a Life-Cycle-Engineer and program manager.

The museum is open from 5 to 9 p.m. on all First Thursdays February through November for the First Thursday Museum After Hours Lecture Series program. CCHS members and active-duty and veteran military personnel receive free admission; otherwise, regular admission rates apply. The series is sponsored by the Clark County Historic Preservation Commission and by Applied Archaeological Research.  Photo of the Kaiser Shipyard circa 1944 courtesy of CCHM. For more information www.cchmuseum.org. 

Art on the Boulevard will open Elizabeth Ganji’s solo show At A Crossroads on First Friday Apr. 5. The exhibit features Ganji’s latest works of oil and pastel paintings that represent a year of daily painting. With the profusion of change and events a year can bring, each of these paintings has emerged and met her where she was during that particular moment in time, creating a diverse and well-rounded exhibition. 

“My intention in painting is not to execute a picture perfect duplicate of what I see in nature, but instead to pick out what it was about the subject that generated a spark inside me, and attempt to paint the essence of that spark,” says Ganji. “I like my work to feel chaotic and raw when the viewer stands close and for the piece to slowly start taking shape as the viewer withdraws.”

Angst Gallery presents The Marriage of Poetic Words and Images April 5 through 30. Many creative people work in more than one medium. The exhibit aims to present the unique impact of language and image when melded together in visual art.

Featured artists include: Anni Becker, Greg Bee, Olinka Broadfoot, April Bullard, DaBat, Erin Dengerink, Eileen Davis Elliott, Jeremy Gaulke, Lynda Golan, Chris Haberman, Leah Jackson, Kelly Keigwin, Christy Lochrie, Christopher Luna, Jim Martin, Toni Partington, Jenney Pauer, Michael Smith, Michele Venclik, and Jolyn Wolfe.

Vancouver Watersheds Alliance (VWA) and The Arc are have announced a new partnership to host weekly trail walks along Burnt Bridge Creek Greenway Trail. These guided walks are free and open to people of any ability, and the length and pace are tailored to walkers’ comfort. Volunteers will ride tandem style tricycles alongside walkers and discuss environmental issues. The Arc, located next to the Greenway, will store the tricycles and will incorporate their established program for walkers; VWA will contribute staff/volunteers to add an environmental education component to the walks, including native plant talks and non-point source pollution reduction tips. The walks will be held weekly through September 30 and the first walk will be Monday Apr. 8, from 4 to 5 p.m., beginning at  6511 N.E. 18th St., Vancouver, (park at the BBC trailhead next to The Arc building).