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September 10. 2008
Concordia Mural Honors Community
With opening
of bookstore
on Ainsworth
make the mural a reality, and the
Regional Arts & Culture Council,
which was involved through their
public art group.
The m ural, w hich took 18
m onths from conception to final­
ity, was painted by six Concordia
University students over 5 w eek­
ends. The mural was intended to
com m unicate integrity and com ­
m u n ity an d to a c c e n tu a te
Concordia U niversity’s expand­
ing outreach into the north and
northeast neighborhoods.
C o n c o rd ia E x ecu tiv e V ice
President Gary Withers said the
location o f the mural, where the
cam pus meets the com m unity,
was a perfect fit.
"The m ural is sym bolic o f
Concordia U niversity's relation­
ship with the com munity and how
powerful that relationship can be
when the cam pus and the co m ­
munity com e together toem brace
their respective cultures and val­
ues," W ithers said
C oncordia University has un­
veiled a com m unity mural on the
side o f a retail building at N orth­
east A insw orth Street and 30th
A venue to m ark the grand open­
ing o f the new location o f the
u n iv e rs ity 's b o o k sto re , "T he
Bookm ark" at that same location.
T he Bookm ark is operated by
Sodexho and features coffee from
Sisters Coffee Com pany.
T he m ural w as tre a te d by
C oncordia U niversity students
under the direction of Larry Gross,
chair o f the ar, departm ent and
Greg Lewis, o f G reg Lewis Stu­
dios and current adjunct faculty
m em ber in the art department.
The students w ere supported
in their work by com m unity lead-
ers Ken and M arta Thrasher, who
donated the necessary funds to
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Clark County families are urged
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to the state o f W ashington's new
A pple Health for Kids program.
“T his program stream lines the
application process for parents
wishing to enroll their children in
coverage and is a great way to
ensure essential services for rais­
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England, health access coordina­
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C hildren can qualify for low -
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