Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current, August 10, 2011, Page 10, Image 10

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A u g u s t 10. 2011
Time for Clark County Fair
Lindsay Griffin (right) andherfamilyare the proud owners o f a Habitat
for Humanity home in Vancouver's Patten Park development.
Community Builds Habitat Home
C om m unity m em bers attended a need from all w alks o f life to d e ­
recent gn hi ndbreak i ng cerem t >ny for velop co m m u n ities by building
the last o f seven hom es in the Patten safe, affordable housing.
Park housing d evelopm ent built by
"I would like to thank Evergreen
the local non-profit Evergreen I labi- 1 labitat for Humanity for helping me
tat for H um anity.
real ize my dream o f own i ng a home, "
Since 1 9 9 1, the organization has G riffin said. "Knowing my children
w orked to im prove living conditions and I will have a place that we can cal I
lo r low -incom e C lark C ounty resi­ home is something I’ll never be able
dents by w orking with people in to express enough gratitude for."
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T h e su m m e r fun is in full sw ing
w ith m u sic, a c tiv itie s and m o re at
the 143rd a n n u al C lark C o u n ty
F air, now ru n n in g th ro u g h S u n ­
day . A ug. 14 n o rth o f V a n c o u v e r
at R id g e fie ld .
T he C lark C o u n ty F a ir A ss o ­
ciatio n said th is y e a r 's e v e n t is
filled w ith new fe a tu re s, fam ily
tu n and w ild a d v e n tu re s, in c lu d ­
ing a new tru c k pull e x tra v a g a n z a
and v ario u s a rtists w ho w ill p e r­
fo rm in sid e th e S le e p C o u n ty
A m p h ith e a ter.
R etu rn in g th is y e a r is a lso the
Jest in T im e C irc u s o f F o o ls w ho
w ill p e rfo rm on the F am ily Fun
stag e, w hich is o n e o f the sev eral
k id s ’ a c tiv itie s.
I o p u rch ase la ir o r c o n cert tick-
e ts, go to w w w .d a r k c o fa ir.c o m .
Foods delicacies are a big draw at the Clark County Fair now
underway at the fairgrounds in Ridgefield north o f Vancouver
Shout Out to Clean Water Practices
I n an effort to prom ote clean w ater
practices throughout the area. Clark
C ounty is working with local school
districts to mount m ore than 500 m e­
dallions adjacent to storm drains in
school roads and parking lots to re­
¡ mind students and residents to never
put anything dow n a storm drain.
The 4-inch. blue and gray, metal
m edallions, read: Protect W ater,
O nly Rain In D rain in an effort ed u ­
cate residents that rain is the only
thing that should go dow n the drains
to prevent pollutants dum ped or
carried into sw im m ing holes and
d rin k in g w a te r and p ro te c t the
Clark County and Vancouver
area schools are mounting
medallions to storm drains to
keep pollution out o f rivers.
c o u n ty ’s stream s, lakes, rivers, w et­
lands and groundw ater.
The instillation project w as c a ta ­
lyzed by Storm W ater Partners o f
S outhw est W ashington, w hich is
co m prised o f C lark C ounty and the
cities o f B attle G round, C am as, La
C enter. R idgefield, V ancouver and
W ash o u g al.
A lthough 280 m edallions have
already been installed at 28 schools,
and 100 p laced at W ashington S tate
U niversity, V ancouver. O ver the
next several w eeks new m edallions
will be installed at 16 schools in the
V ancouver School D istrict.
Bricks, Bricks and More Bricks
A rchitectural w alking tours o f
rem arkable brick buildings in d o w n ­
tow n V ancouver will be held each
Friday this m onth and Friday, Sept.
2, beginning at 12 noon at the his­
toric c a rn e g ie Library built in 1909,
w hich is now hom e to the C lark
C ounty H istorical M useum .
The 40 m inute, 1 to 2 m ile w alks,
a re s p o n s o re d in p a rt b y th e
$erwceJ
« L i S«V£ « 0 Z Ífl VOGUAT
V ancouver B usiness jo u rn al ar
the C lark C ounty H istoric Preservi
tion C om m ission, and are part o f if
m u seu m ’s annual w alking tour p n
gram.
A lo n g er Saturday w alking tou
that is 2-3 m iles long, i
scheduled on Aug. 2 0 1
YOCREAM 9 a.m.
FROZEN YOGUR
T h e C la rk C o u n t
H istorical M useum i
lo cated at 1511 M ain Si
F o r m ore inform atioi
call 360-993-5679orvisi
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eat well, be active, enjoy life.
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