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September 2008
September 1, 2008
La Center Centennial
Do you know what 2009 represents to the city of La Center?
It's our 100 year Centennial and plans are in the works for
a 10-day-long celebration in August of next year. Do you
have a special talent or desire to help with the
Celebration? Our Chamber will be involved in many
capacities and if you want to lend a hand and join the
effort to make this an awesome event, please contact Karen
Dodds [karen8473@aol.com], Linda Tracy, or Wendy McGraw.
La Center Pedestrian Way Improvement
1) E 4th Street Sidewalk - of 90* of detached concrete
sidewalk along E 4th Street between the Library and the
Community Park Sidewalk. This will replace a
section of asphalt path running along E 4th between the
existing concrete sidewalks.
2) 4th Street Mid-block Crossing * concrete crosswalk with
ADA Ramps will be
installed along 4th between Aspen and Birch at the east end
of the diagonal parking spaces on the south side of the
road.
3) 5 ADA Ramps * ramps will be installed at 5 different
locations in the city to connect with existing ramps on the
other side of the road. The ramp locations are 5th and
Dogwood, 5th Aspen, 7th Pacific, 9th Pacific, and 10th
Pacific.
This work will be completed in September or October
depending on when the grant funds become available. Traffic
disruptions for the project will be minor except for the
4th
Mid-block Crossing. For the mid-block crossing traffic will
need to be detoured around that block for possibly a week
to complete the project. Access to all businesses on that
block will be maintained during the construction.
If you would like more information on the scheduled
projects please contact Bart Stepp, Public Works Engineer,
at (360) 263-7665.
Joint After Hours with Ridgefield Business Assoc. and
Woodland Chamber
Meetings are the last Tuesday of every month at the fire
station at 911 N 65th Ave. Social time begins at 6:30 with
a 7pm meeting time.
Our After Hours is on the 25th of September between 6-8 pm
at Heron Gate, 2 S 56th Pl, Suite 203. Bring a raffle
prize! Sponsor the event and hang your banner the night of
for only $50.
La Center Museum Association
Two events have been scheduled for September; on the 8th,
there will be a presentation at the Grange about the
history of Lewis River Telephone and on the 29th, a program
about La Center's Early Schools, which will be at La Center
High School. Admission is free and both events are at 7pm.
More Simple Steps to Help Save the Planet and Save YOU
money!
1. Pack a waste-free lunch by eliminating plastic bags,
utensils and bags. If you substitute reusable containers,
you can save a bundle every year!
2. Walk instead of driving when possible. If 6% of us
walked the equivelent of one mile each day instead of
driving, it would save an eximated 30 thousand gallons of
gas nationally...every day!
3. Enough paper clips are produced each yar to hand every
person in the world at least three. For every one hundred
thousand paper clips produced, only twenty thousand are
used to hold together paper. The rest aren't used or thrown
away in the trash.
More local news, events, and...
The annual Childrens Weekend at Pomeroy Farm is this
weekend. Visit animals, wash clothes on an old fashioned
scrub board, and grind corn! There are free hayrides for
children 11 and under with a paying adult [$2]. hours on
September 6th are 10-5 and on the 7th from 1-5. Adults $6,
Children 3-11 $4. Ines Epperson will be showing her oil
paintings all month.
This from Opdahl Chiropractic: Married couples who play
together, stay together!
For married couples, finding moments to be together free of
financial, family or other stresses is not an indulgence,
according to new research from the University of Denver.
together -- especially while doing *new and exciting
activities* -- is the secret to a happy marriage.
"The more you invest in fun and friendship and being there
for your partner, the happier the relationship will get
over time," says Howard Markman, a psychologist who
co-directs the university's Center for Marital and Family
Studies.
*The correlation between fun and marital happiness is high,
and significant.*
Having a joyful marriage is unfortunately the exception
rather than the rule in the United States. This is tragic
as your happiness and ability to be optimally productive in
your life is severely limited when you are not in a happy
relationship with your spouse.
Taking some free time to really engage yourselves in
something fun (without the kids and without any worries) is
something we all can do more of, but there are other ways
to support your relationship as well.
Four Tips to a Happy Marriage
1. Fight fair. *The way you interact during marital
arguments is ,* says Timothy W. Smith, a psychology
professor at the University of Utah. , such as yelling at
or insulting your partner, leads to decreased intimacy and
*self-silencing* -- keeping quiet during a fight -- has
been linked to depression, eating disorders and heart
disease in women.
2. . Couples most likely to be married for the long-term
are those who maintain their positive feelings for their
spouse for at least the first two years. The can help you
to clear any emotional blocks that may be sabotaging your
relationship.
3. Read the book "Fighting For Your Marriage" . This book
is a valuable source of information for positively handling
disagreements between you and your spouse, which will
increase the success of your relationship.
4. . People feel happiest in relationships where they feel
the other person helps them achieve their own personal
goals.
August, 2008
Our Chamber has been busy with local events and festivals
and we would like to thank the many tireless and dedicated
Chamber members who volunteered their time to make our
participation & sponsorships possible:
Linda Tracy, Sandra Robertson, and Wendy McGraw for making
the Miss Teen La Center Pageant possible.
Movie Night: Justin Keeler from the La Center Library and
Wendy McGraw for setting up and selling goodies during
"Over the Hedge".
Our Days Celebration: Bank of Clark County for sponsoring
the Colgate County Showdown, Todd Snider for heading up the
Chili Cook-Off, Chips Casino for sponsoring the Cook-Off
and for all of their great advertising, Colf Construction
for hanging banners and providing the dumpsters, La Center
Lions for providing insurance, Ron Ridnour for heading up
the Lawnmower Races, La Center Tavern and Country Charm
Acres Farm for their sponsorship, Linda Tracy for heading
up the Parade and Beautiful Baby Contest, Mark Mansell for
creating and maintaining the website, Wendy McGraw for the
marketing, coordinating volunteers and heading up the info
booth, Candi Irish for heading up the garage sales, Julie
Kelly for being the chairperson of the celebration, Noel
Johnson of lewisriver.com for all the great photos, New
Phoenix and Last Frontier Casinos for sponsoring the
Lawnmower Races, Bank of Clark County for sponsoring the
Lawnmower Races, Eric Stenberg and First Indy for
sponsoring KidZone and staffing it, the City of La Center
for their hard work and sponsorship, Tom Baldwin of the
Best Map Company for helping at the Info Booth, Scott
Edwards, the Computer Guy, for announcing at the Lawnmower
Races...
...and to all of the committee members and citizens who
worked so hard to make it an event "fun for the whole
family"...
THANK YOU!
Next Movie Night:
August 8th
"Madagascar"
Autumn Borros was crowned 2008 Miss Teen La Center on July
19th. A 2007 graduate of La Center High and now attending
Oregon State University, Autumn will be a wonderful
ambassador to the City of La Center. The court princesses
from left are: Ann Parsons, Adria Biasi, Carly Marxmiller,
and
More local news, events, and...
The Clark County Historical Museum is housed in Vancouver*s
1909 Carnegie Library which is located at 1511 Main St.
Vancouver, WA 98660. Regular museum hours are: Tuesday
through Saturday 11-4 PM. Admission rates apply. The museum
is also open first Thursday evenings from 5-9 PM for First
Thursday Museum After Hours. A wheelchair accessible
entrance to the museum is located on the east side of the
museum building accessed from 16th street.
Pomeroy House Tea Room Seatings are Wed-Sat at 11:30, 1:00,
and 2:30 [Reservations: 686-3537]. Their newly renovated
log house will be open for tours Wed-Sat 11-4p and Sundays
1-4p through August 31st. Adults $3 and kids 3-11 $2.
Important Update on the Bureau of Indian Affairs decision
over whether or not to allow the Cowlitz-Mohegan Casino
You can get your concerns about the proposed casino on the
official legal record by sending your testimony to the
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Interior Department officials
by August 11th. E-mail
robm@atg.wa.gov;
robc@atg.wa.gov;
hunterg@atg.wa.gov;
george_skibine@ios.doi.gov;
james_cason@ios.doi.gov;
michael_olsen@ios.doi.gov
brian_waidmann@ios.doi.gov,
donna_deen@ios.doi.gov,
patricia_connally@ios.doi.gov,
douglas_domenech@ios.doi.gov,
doris_Johnston@ios.doi.gov,
david_lehman@ios.doi.gov,
debbie_cousins@ios.doi.gov,
chrissy.poe@mail.house.gov,
caitrin.mccarron@mail.house.gov,
jim.zoia@mail.house.gov,
kevin.v.kennedy@mail.house.gov,
andy.oliver@mail.house.gov,
brian.feintech@mail.house.gov,
scott.fischer@mail.house.gov,
edith.Thompson@mail.house.gov,
rachel.dresen@mail.house.gov,
hilary.cain@mail.house.gov
casey.hammond@mail.house.gov,
jason.knox@mail.house.gov,
kelly.love@mail.house.gov
bob_dingethal@cantwell.senate.gov
theresa_wagner@murraysenate.gov
cathy.mcmorris@mail.house.gov
Simple Steps to Help Save the Planet and Save YOU money!
1. Sell, donate, or recycle your cellular phones. Less
than 1 percent of cell phones are currently recycled and
there are five hundred million used cell phones laying
around in the US alone!
2. Unplug your power. Ten percent of the electricity used
in your home and office is burned by communication devices
and appliances when they are turned off.
3. Download your software. With more than one billion
unwanted computer disks being thrown away every ear, the
mountain of waste can me dramatically reduced by
downloading!
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