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works in progress.
K ara eventually moved to
Los Angeles and made his tele
vision debut with a small role
on Carol B urnett's “ Carol &
Company .” His film credits in
clude “ Desperately Seeking Su
san” and “ House o f G am es ”
Both perform ances, however,
wound up on the cutting room
floor.
K arn 's most recent stage
work includes a leading role in
the Los Angeles production of
“ O u r F a th e r ,” w h ic h w as
recognized w ith a “ C ritic s
Choice” award from the L A
Times.
K arn 's mother, Lou W il
son, was a well known Pacific
N orthw est artist, and his fa
ther, Gene W ilson, is an archi
tect. W ilson says he gets a big
kick seeing his son as the brains
behind “Tool Time,” the cable
fix-it show Tim T ay lor hosts on
“ Home Im provem ent"
K arns made a special ap
pearance at V ancouver M all as
part o f the m all’s grand re
opening celebration
o ff Broadway.
K a rn , w h o p la y s Al
Karn played the lead in an
Borland, the assistant handy
o ff B roadw ay production o f
man on the hit television sit com,
“ Losing It” and "T he O ther
was
the star Saturday, August
Shore,” the play in which he
21,
in
the S e a r's Court as V an
met Trudi Roche, the actress
couver
Mall presented “ The Ri
who later became his wife. For
chard K am Show.”
K arn'S first Broadway credit,
Hosted by K A T U 's Je ff
he play ed “the suit o f armor” in
G
ianola,
Karn entertained the
the smash Broadway m usical,
audience
w ith a “ Stump Al "
“ Me and My G irl.”
segment
in
which lie tried to
For two summers, Karn was
guess
names
and uses o f tools
a participating actor at New
a
u
d
ien
ce
m
em
bers brought
H arm ony (Indiana), a p la y
from home
w rig h ts' re tre a t, perform ing
Im provem ent,” AI B orland,
played by Richard K arn, is
everyone’s favorite handyman.
Bom in Seattle, Karn be
gan acting in the fifth grade
when he play ed a boy who ate
too much thanksgiving dinner
He knew he w as onto some
thing special when he began
winning aw ards in high school
for his acting During his high
school years, he becam e in
volved in community theater and
summer stock.
Although he w as accepted
to New York University on a
scholarship, Karn attended the
U n iv e rs ity o f W a sh in g to n
where his first year included six
m o n th s in E n g la n d at the
Edinburgh Festival During his
second year he was accepted in
the professional theater program
at the University.
A fter college, Karn went to
New York and, as a 23-year-
old “character man,” got his
first work and his first agent.
Eleven years o f regional theater
followed, including work on and
V ancouver Mall is better
than ever following the comple
tio n o f a fo u rte e n m o n th
m ultinnllion dollar renovation.
The mall celebrated its grand re
opening starting August 19 and
continuing through August 29.
Grand re-opening festivities
is featuring ten days o f enter
tainm ent and fun for the entire
family.
Shoppers at the newly reno
vated mall will find a lighter,
brighter, more contemporary in
terior with improved exterior
lighting, signage and new auto
matic doors. New porcelain titles
and light colored painted sur
faces replace the rough sawn
cedar interior.
V ancouver M all's new food
court on the m ail's second level
seats 450 and features nine res
taurants A glass wall offers din
ers a spectacular view o f Mt.
Hood and skylights illuminate
the dining area
For the convenience o f par
ents with infants or young chil
dren, the renovated Mall offers a
unique customer amenity and
aw ard winning new concept: the
family rest room, complete with
adult and child size facilities,
changing tables and lockers.
Baugh Construction served
as general contractor for the reno
vation and D 'A g o stin o Izzo
Quirk, Sommcrville, M assachu
setts, was the architect.
S p ecia l G uest R ichard
Karn O f “ H om e Im p rove
m ent” :
As the likable assistant to
Tim Taylor on A BC’s “ Home
Vancouver Mall’s new food court on the mall's second level seats 450 and features nine restaurants. A
aiass wall offers diners a spectacular view of Mt. Hood and skylights illuminate the dining area,
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The City of Vancouver and Clark
bounty are working together to draft
single, updated Shoreline Manage-
nent M aster Program for the Van-
ouver Urban Area. The Master Pro
-a m will affect the type and intensity
if development along the Columbia
liver, Vancouver Lake, Lake river,
salmon Creek, Mill Creek and Burnt
bridge Creek. The Shoreline Com-
nittee, comprised of citizen members
epresenting the city, the county and
t variety of interests, has been hold-
ng open meetings on a regular basis
o draft the new program.
The committee is seeking addi-
ional public review, critique and
questions on this suggested shoreline
m IVliO
vironmental
nm eiliai designations
u ta ig iia u u u a at
m three
h iiv v
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September workshops.
Committee members and plan
ing staff will explain the draft Master
Program, the environment classifica
tion system and how the committee
plans on using it along the Vancouver
Urban Area shorelines. Citizens will
have the opportunity to review the
proposal and map, and offer sugges
tions for revisions.
The three w orkshops arc schcd-
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uled:
Wednesday, Sept. 8, 6 to 8pm,
M arshall C enter O ak Room,
1009 E. M cLoughlin Blvd.;
Thursday, Sept. 9, 6 to 8pm,
Sacajawea Elementary School
Cafeteria, 700 N.e. 112th St.,
and
M onday, Sept. 13, 6 to 8pm,
Servetus Unitarian Universalist
Fellowship, 4505 E. 18th St.
“These workshops arc excellent
opportunity for citizens to offer opin
ions and concerns, and contribute to
the future quality of life in the Van
couver urban a re a ,” says K aren
Haines, director of the city ‘s Com
munity Preservation and Develop
ment Department.
So far, the committee has drafted
goals, policies and regulations, cre
ated new environment classifications;
and mapped proposed shoreline envi
ronment designations The environ
ment designations specify where cer
tain uses may or may not locate along
the shorelines. Some areas may be
Volunteers Prepare For “Day” Of Caring”
Many local human se n ice agen-
ics rely on volunteers for help in
;n in g their clients. On Wcdncs-
ay. Sept. 1, United Way of the Co-
lm bia-W illam cttc takes a giant
o p in meeting this need with its
rst “Day of Caring.” which kicks
ff the 1993 community drive.
This day-long event involves
olunteers from local businesses
nd hum an service agencies The
pal of a “Day Caring” is to send
o lu n te c r team s th ro u g h o u t the
nctro area to complete meaningful,
la n d s-o n c o m m u n ity p ro je c ts
year’s community drive than by sup
plying some elbow grease’ to assist
these agencies in helping the commu
nity.
Projects include everything from
painting, yardwork and landscaping
building shelves and flower boxes,
help
“These volunteers will get to and sorting clothes to taking senior
sec w hat a differen ce they can citizens on a picnic and helping an
make with just one day of work,” agency relocate to another facility.
Participating agencies a re located
said 1993 C am p a ig n C h airm an
in
the
four-county area of Clackamas.
Benjamin R. Whitclcy, chairm an of
M
ultnomah
and W ashington coun
th e b o ard a n d C E O , S ta n d a rd
ties
in
Oregon,
and Clark County,
Insurance Company. “ I can , think
W
ashington
o f a b e tte r w ay to s ta rt th is
V o lu n te e rs w ill re p re se n t th e ir
companies in teams of five to ten
people on three-hour shifts during
the day. More than 525 individuals
will help with over 60 projects, pro
viding nearly 1, 600 hours of free
Former Leader Of Hemlock Society To Address City Club
Two experts on assisted suicide
ill explain their points of view to the
ity Club at the Club’s weekly Friday
rogram at 12:15 pm, August 27, in
ic Rose Ballroom o f the Portland
iilton, 921 SW 6th Ave The press
nd public arc welcome at this event
W riter Derek Humphry, best-
nown as founder of the Hemlock
ocicty, at right-to-dic advocacy
group, and currently vice president of
Americans for Dearth With Dignity,
will talk about the battle to create a
legal right in the U S. for every com
petent adult to choose “a physician-
assisted, humane and dignified“ death
when they become terminally ill
Susan Toile, M D , an internist
and director of the Center for Ethics
in Health Care a, Oregon Health Sci-
cnccs University , will explain differ
ences between w ithdrawal of life sup
port and euthanasia
The speakers' presentations will
be followed by a question and answer
session for City Club members For
more inform ation call: 222-2582.
Limited free scaling in back available
on a first-come, first-served basis
Doors open 11:30am.
well-suited for intense uses, such as tions, but also subject to state review
boating facilities or industrial devel and concurrence. This partnership
opment, and others may need more provides enough flexibility for local
protection, and be best suited for rec jurisdictions to deal with their unique
situations in ways which benefit the
reational activities, Haines says.
T he S ho relin e M anagem ent community and still meet statutory
Act of 1971 began as a citizen initia requirements. W hen a M aster Pro
tive to protect the public interest in gram is adopted by both state and the
the shorelines of the state. Its objec local jurisdiction, it becomes state
tives are to protect and restore the law, Haines explains.
The program ’s jurisdiction in
valuable natural resources o f the
cludes
the 100-year floodplains of the
state’s shorelines, and to plan for and
abov
e-mentioned
waters, and includes
foster all reasonable and appropriate
any
wetlands
at
least
partially within
uses of the shorelines. The act re
those
floodplains.
quires each jurisdiction to establish a
For more information call Azam
planning and regulatory program,
Babar
at the city of Vancouver, 696-
known as a Shoreline M anagement
8005;
or Dave W cchncr at Clark
Master Program The Master Pro
grams arc crated by local jurisdic- County 699-2375.
Saturday Academy
Saturday Academy is pleased to
announce the appointment o f W il
liam C. Crane as special assistant to
the director of the academy Creators
of extraordinary learning circum
stances for highly motivated children
in grades 6 through 12, Saturday
Academy is based at the Oregon
Graduate Institute o f Science and
Technology.
Crane joins the Academy staff
after many years as a teacher and
adm inistratorof not-for-profit corpo
rations A musician by training, he
has taught many ages a w idc range of
topics, including musicology, medi
cal ethics, and French His responsi
bilities at Saturday Academy will in
clude development and curriculum
e x p a n s io n in th e a rts an d
humanities The growth of Saturday
Academy has been impressiv e in re
cent years Hav ing just celebrated its
tenth anniversary, the academy en
ters its second decade with a signifi
cant variety of programs Among them
arc the Apprenticeships in Science
an d E n g in e e rin g , an in te n siv e
mentoring program onc-on one be
tween young students and distin
guished scientists, the Student W a
tershed Research Project, a water-
quality assessment training program
utilizing actual research by young
people; the Women in Science and
Technology Lecture and Banquet, an
annual event, designed to encourage
girls and young women toward pro
fessions in science and technology;
and. a broadly diverse program of
classes available throughout the year
Saturday Academy operates in
eight sites around Oregon in addition
to the Portland area program.
Saturday Academy invites inquir
ies about its programs at telephone
50.3-690-1190.
Washington Lottery
W ednesday, August 18,1993
111-04-10-28-36-39
Saturday, August 21, 1993
12-26-36-38-40-45
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CO ffliTlITTEE
Karen Haines, director of the
city's Community Preservation and
Development Department, was re
cently appointed by Governor Mike
Lowry to be part of the State T rans
portation Board. The board has 18
members who represent cities, coun
ties, the W ashington State D epart
ment of Transporation, public and
private sectors. The board’s purpose
is to provide a safe and cost-effective
transportation system for the people
of W ashington
Haines was chosen based on her
expertise in local and region trans
portation planning issues Her term
runs until June 30, 1996.
ETT1PL09EE AHI
AT CIT9 IITTII
Through the month of Septem
ber, visitors to Vancouv e r’s City Hall
at 210 East 13th Street, can enjoy
viewing a variety of employee art.
This is the fifth annual exhibit which
shows off the talent of both current
and retired city employees
A variety of mediums arc ex
pected to be presented, including
beaded jewelry, embroidery , photog
raphy, wood turning and carving, pen
and ink, paper crewel and collage
The city employee art exhibit is
part of Arts Crawl 93, a downtown
event, set for Thursday , Sept 9, which
showcases local artists and entertain
ers The event begins with a buffet at
City Hall. For information and ticket
sales for Arts Crawl ’9.3 call the Co
lumbia Business Community for the
Arts at 699-7362.