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August 24, 2011
Wine and Jazz Festival Weekend
Concert lineup
and hundreds
of wines to
draw crowds
The 14th annual V ancouver W ine
and Jazz Festival takes o ff Friday,
A ug. 26 and co n tin u e s through
Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 27-28.
This y e a r's concert lineup is one
ot the best in the history o f the
festival — featuring internationally
acclaimed G ram niy-w inningjazz and
blues m usicians and a num ber o f
iconic ja z z artists.
The slate o f m usicians includes
7-tim e G ram m y w inning singer A1
Jarreau, trum pet virtuoso and Latin
Jazz artist A rturo Sandoval; singer/
pianist D iane Schuur — considered
by m any as to be “ First Lady o f
A m erican Jaz z ” ; g u itar virtuoso
Stanley Jordan, and blues guitarist
C oco M ontoya; the acclaim ed N ew
O rleans-based D irty D ozen Brass
Band and G ram m y-w inning blues
guitarist John H am m ond; G ram m y­
w inning guitarist Bill Frisell and the
Al Jarreau
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band is one of the headline groups at the 14th annual Vancouver Wine and
Jazz Festival going on this weekend at Esther Short Park in downtown Vancouver
fusion ja z z band Spyro G yra.
L ocal and re g io n a l ja z z b an d s
w ill a lso be p e rfo rm in g , an d the
Jazz E d u c a tio n S tag e p ro v id e s an
o p p o rtu n ity fo r m id d le sch o o l and
h ig h sch o o l m u sic ian s to p e rfo rm
a lo n g sid e ja z z ico n s. 2 0 c o n c e rts
w ill be p e rfo rm ed d u rin g the festi-
val
The Festival takes place at Esther
Short Park in dow ntow n V ancouver,
located at Eighth and C o lu m b ia
Streets. Ticket prices are Friday $20;
Saturday $25; Sunday $25. 3-D ay
passes are $50 advance, $60 at the
gate. T ickets can be purchased at
vancouverw inejazz.com or the Fes­
tival Box O ffice at 360-906-0441 or
through any T icketsW est outlets.
V isit vancouverw inejazz.com for
m ore inform ation.
Diane Schuur
Athletic Director Hired Vancouver Receives Economic Boost
Vancou ver wi 11 be getting a major "W ith C lark C ounty's u n em ploy­
econom ic boost with news that m ent rate continuing to hover right
Farw est Steel C orporation has around 13 percent, this program and
closed on a $38 million N ew M ar­ the w illingness o f all parties to c o l­
kets Tax Credit Transaction which laborate brought a m ajor em p lo y er
will help finance a regional steel to the Port and more than 200 fami ly-
fabrication and processing center. w age jo b s to our com m unity."
"Econom ic developm ent tools
T he N ew M arkets program is a
such as the N ew M arkets Tax federal tax incentive established by
Credits program are critical in times C ongress in 2000 to spur in v est­
like these," said Port o f V ancouver m ents into operating businesses and
Executive D irector Larry Paulson. real estate projects located in low -
C harles G uthrie is the new direc­
tor o f athletics at C lark C ollege in
V ancouver.
G uthrie m ost recently was deputy
director o f athletics at C alifornia
State U niversity in Los A ngeles
He previously spent four years
as associate director o f athletics at
the U niversity o f C alifornia, San
Diego.
A native o f A lbany, N .Y ., he re­
ceived a bach elo r’s degree in politi­
cal science from Syracuse U niver­
sity and a m aster’s degree in ed u ca­
tion adm inistration and policy stud­
ies from the U niversity o f A lbany.
"C harles G uthrie rose to the top
o f an outstanding pool o f can d i­
dates based on a com bination o f
key skills and experience that fit
w ith our vision for the future o f
Penguin athletics,” said C lark C o l­
lege President R obert K. K night.
G uthrie said, "It is extrem ely im-
Fines Increase for Unlicensed Pets
Charles Guthrie
portant to me that student athlete*
at C lark have a positive experience
w hile com peting as a Penguin. 1
value their com m itm ent to be suc­
cessful in their sport, in the class­
room and in the co m m u n ity .”
The fine for having an unli­ m als w ithin 30 days o f their m ove.
censed cat o r dog has ju st in ­
A ccording to C lark C ounty o ffi­
creased for pet ow ners living in cials, license tags help return lost
V ancouver and Y acolt o r C lark pets to th eir ow ners, and the fees
C ounty.
support spay and neuter program s,
B eginning July 1, the fine in ­ and anim al control officers.
creased from $25 to $ 100, and new
A lthough an o w ner can reduce
residents m ust register their ani­ th eir first fee by h a lf if they register
Experience History with Phone App
A new sm art phone application
has been created to provide visitors
to Fort V ancouver N ational H istoric
Site w ith a new w ay to experience
incom e com m unities.
"This is an exciting business
en h an cem en t for V ancouver and
an excellent exam ple o f w hat we
can accom plish through innova­
tion and collaboration," said Eric
H olm es, V ancouver city m anager.
"T ogether w ith o u r local, regional
and national partners, this project
dem onstrates a shared investm ent
in o ur com m unity by both public
and private secto rs.”
history.
D esigned by T he C reative M e-
dia and D igital C ulture Program at
W ashington State U niversity, the
application provides users w ith in-
form ation about the sites they visit
through im ages, m aps, audio and
video.
A lthough the project is still in its
first stage o f developm ent, the ap ­
plication currently covers The V il­
lage, w hich is a sm all area that rec­
reates the living conditions o f days
w hen it w as inhabited.
their pet w ithin 10 business days, a
second fine wil 1 run $200, and a third
will cost $400.
Failure to pay a fine could also
lead to a lien against the o w n e r’s
p roperty.
For inform ation on licensing fees
go to clark .w a.g o v /p ets.
According to Brady Berkenmeie
the technology opens the fort I
visitors in an entirely new m anne
“ It’s an interactive w ay to leai
about histo ry ,” he said. “ I think it
the future o f this historic site.”