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Page A8 - The Reflector - March 5, 2014
A special section showcasing the ongoing work of service clubs, professional and fraternal organizations
in north Clark and south Cowlitz counties. Contact: 360-687-5151 (Larry), [email protected]
Local Altrusa members ask the public to “sup-port literacy in Clark County!!,” who are wel-comed to their monthly meet-ings to investigate what they are all about.
On Feb. 22, AICC president Tina Smith presented a check to Hazel Dell Elementary School for $1,000 to help fund their 2nd Annual Hazel Dell Exchange Extravaganza.
Members distributed free books to families and awarded the school additional funds through their Altrusa Family Literacy program.
Their March dinner and busi-ness meeting is March 13 at the Cameo Cafe near Club Green Meadows, 5:30 p.m., 7703 NE 72nd Ave., Vancouver.
They’ve scheduled their an-nual Bunco evening fund raiser for March 20.
The Altrusa Club meets the second and fourth Thursdays. Tina Smith, (360) 909-4498, [email protected], [email protected].
Altrusa Club of Clark County
TINASMITH
The Women’s next meeting is Wed., March 12, 7 p.m. Their Real University Book Group meets Wed., March 26, 2 p.m. at the home of a member to discuss This Book is Overdue: How Li-brarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All by Marilyn John-son. Call for more information.
The Association meets the first Wednesday at Courtyard Village Retirement Commu-nity, 4555 NE 66th Ave., Van-couver, 7 p.m. Any two-year or university college graduate may attend. Jane Arnal, (360) 574-3606, [email protected], Gene Kuechmann, (360) 574-1492, [email protected].
American Association of University Women
LYSBETHLEITNER
The League is currently provid-ing clothing to children in 15 el-ementary schools with high pover-ty levels, giving handmade My Life Story books to each child in foster care and providing new clothes, and supplying the emergency rooms of all local hospitals with kits containing new clothing and toiletries for women and children who have been assaulted.
Locally, 65 volunteers are part of a national association dedicated to “helping today for a better tomorrow.”
The ALSW meets third Thurs-days, 9:30 a.m., Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center, 2211 NE 139th St., Vancouver, WA, third floor conference room. Nancy Gaston, (360) 574-0984, [email protected].
Assistance League ofSouthwest Washington
TANYAPERSoNS
The BGAA 13th Annual Spring Show and Sale will be held March 22, 23. This juried ex-hibition of fine art and craft has the theme “Celebrate the Rain,” held at the Battle Ground Community Center, 912 East Main St., Bat-tle Ground, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Sat., and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sun.
The general public is invited to see the diverse and interest-ing art created by Southwest Washington artists for free.
Local musicians will perform both days. Attendees can also participate in the silent auction Sat., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.).
A meet-the-artist reception is Sat., 5-8 p.m. with awards pre-sented by Mayor Shane Bowman at 6:30 p.m. Sunday will feature the announcement of the People’s Choice Award and drawing.
The Art Alliance meets in-formally on third Tuesdays, 9 a.m., at Old Towne Battle Grounds, 316 E. Main St., Bat-tle Ground, and quarterly at the Battle Ground Library, 1207 SE 8th Way, Battle Ground Village, Battle Ground. Beth Johnson-Burger, (360) 901-3823, [email protected], www.bgartalliance.com., and on Facebook.
Battle Ground Art Alliance
BETHJoHNSoN-BURGER
Lions will man the I-5 Gee Creek rest stop in early May, providing members and in-terested volun-teers a great op-portunity to meet travelers as they pass through southwest Washington.
Lions invite anyone inter-ested in what is going on with our important bee population to join them for their March 13th meeting. A representative from the Clark County Bee Asso-ciation will show how bees are critical to our food supply, trees and flowers in our gardens.
The Lions meet the sec-ond and fourth Thursdays at Rocky’s Pizza restaurant in Battle Ground, 7 p.m. Contact Ken Steinke, (360) 687-7026, [email protected].
Battle Ground Lions Club
KENSTEINKE
The Chamber meets March 6, 11:30 a.m. at Mill Creek Pub.
A “Laugh Your Way To A Better Marriage” video semi-nar will be held March 14 and 15, sponsored by Battle Ground Mentor Collaborative and Con-nect Battle Ground. For event info and registration visit www.ConnectBattleGround.com.
They will sponsor “Lucky Shamrock: A Night of FUNd-raising,” benefitting Rocksolid Community Teen Center on March 15. For ticket informa-tion call Rocksolid Teen Cen-ter, (360) 885-2181.
Visit the Chamber website or call the Chamber office for more details and upcoming events.
The Chamber regularly meets on the second Thursday of the month, 11:30 a.m., at Mill Creek Pub, 1710 SW 9th Ave., #101, Battle Ground, WA. An-gie Malmberg, (360) 687-1510, www.battlegroundchamber.org.
Battle Ground Chamber of Commerce
The Battle Ground and Lew-is River Rotaries invite persons with an interest in civic activities and community betterment to at-tend a “Getting to Know Ro-tary” social gathering, 5:30 to 7 p.m., Wed., March 5, at Mill Creek Pub in the Battle Ground Cinema shopping center.
Appetizers and beverages will be provided. Attendees should call Elizabeth Stork, (360) 747-0003 or email [email protected].
March agenda follows:March 12—Curtis Miller
of “The Battle Ground Buzz” blog is guest.
March 19—Ariella Frish-berg, YWCA domestic vio-lence outreach, prevention and advocacy specialist is guest.
March 26—Guests are Rick and Jeri Kemmer of Strong Har-vest International, which works for nutritious food, clean drink-ing water and economic oppor-tunities in the developing world.
Except for the monthly social, club meetings are Wednesdays, 5:30 p.m., annex of the former Galeotti’s restaurant, 715 E. Main St., Battle Ground. Mike Simpson, (360) 921-5362, [email protected]. Facebook: /BattleGroundRotaryClub.
Battle Ground Rotary
MIKESIMPSoN
Toastmasters will be helping the Battle Ground Rose Princesses with their speech-es coming up, and announce two members that have left the area are back and rejoining the organization.
Future meetings involve se-lecting contestants for their upcoming International Speech and Evaluation Contest.
The Toastmasters meet Tues-days, 12 p.m., at Rocky’s Piz-za, 1901 W. Main St., Battle Ground, public welcome. For more information, contact Di-ane Edginton, (360) 882-8105, [email protected], http://battleground.freetoasthost.com.
GERRYDUNNE
Battle Ground Toastmasters
Cascade Sports Car Club reports they are revving up for their 2014 season, and they will need to ex-pand their volun-teer base.
On Fri., March 14, Cascade Sports Car Club and Oregon Region SCCA invites the pub-lic to a race marshal volunteer orientation at Portland Inter-national Raceway’s Rose Cup Room, 1940 N. Victory Blvd., Delta Park (at the base of the Goodyear Tower), 6 p.m.
Refreshments will be served. Contact Kim at [email protected].
The CSCC meets first Sat-urdays, 7:30 p.m. at the Stark Street Pizza Company, SE 92nd and Stark, Portland, OR. Kyle Nickels, (360) 771-2503, [email protected], www.cascadesportscarclub.org.
Cascade Sports Car Club
SCoTTFARIS
The Society presentation Tues. March 25 will be “Social Media,” by Sherry Warren, 10 a.m. to noon at the annex.
Their spring seminar, “Scoundrals, Rakes and Miscreants, Oh My!” will be Sat., April 26, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
March class schedule: March 4—Immigration, Nat-
uralization, and Citizenship.March 11—Little Known In-
ternet Gems.March 18—Military RecordsThe classes are 10 a.m. to
noon, at the address below.Visit the website for other
class schedules. Fee for each Tuesday class is $12 for mem-bers, $15 for non-members, with cash or check only ac-cepted at the door. The Society asks for registration at least a week in advance (registration instructions are online).
The Society meets the fourth Tuesday, 7-9 p.m. at the library annex, 717 Grand Blvd., Van-couver, WA. CCGS Library, (360) 750-5688, [email protected], www.ccgs-wa.org.
Clark County Genealogical Society
STEPHENCoRNICK
Vikki Pignatelli will present “Nur-turing Your Cre-ative Spirit” at the Quilters’ March 13 meeting.
The Guild meets the second Thursday, 6 p.m., Vancouver Church of Christ, 9019 NE 86th St., Vancouver. Kathi Miller, (360) 694-0501, [email protected], www.clarkcoun-tyquilters.org.
Clark County Quilters
KARANBRooKS
Lela Miller, a member of Daughters, will talk about her pioneer family at their meeting Thurs., March 20.
The group meets the third Thursday of the month at the Battle Ground Community Center, 912 E. Main St., beginning with Meals on Wheels lunch at 11:30 a.m. Visitors are welcome. Betty Davenport, (360) 687-3415.
Daughters of the Pioneers of Washington
JAYNEMCCARLEY
The Lions’ big Spring Ben-efit Concert is March 28 with the very enter-taining perform-ers Doug Smith and 3 Together, Rite of Spring and Dan Weber at the Emil Fries Auditorium, Washington State School for the Blind, 2214 E. 13th Street, Vancouver, WA, 7 p.m.
For tickets, contact Janet at (360) 696-6321 ext. 120, or purchase through www.Fort-VancouverLions.org. Cost is $15 per person for this major Lions fundraiser.
Their March agenda follows:March 7—musician Dan We-
ber is guest.March 14—Caryn Jamieson
is guest.March 21— Michele VanKleet
and Tim Ellis are guests.March 28—Loren Schulte is
guest.The Lions meet Fridays,
noon, Bill’s Chicken & Steak House, 2200 St. John’s Blvd, Vancouver. Roy Pulliam, (360) 574-5440, (360) 608-3043, www.fortvancouverlions.org.
ADAMHEGEWALD
Fort Vancouver Lions Club
Public librar-ian, Kim Mc-Nally will give a talk on several of the databases available online through the Bat-tle Ground library at the Friends’ next meeting at 6 p.m. in the community room of the library on March 4.
The Friends’ Spring Book Sale will be March 15, also in the com-munity room, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., offering a wide variety of books for sale—$1 for hardbacks and 50 cents for paperbacks.
The Friends mention that Ben’s Books is open in the library whenever the library is open.
The Friends meet the second Tuesday of the month, 6 p.m., at the library, 1207 SE 8th Way, Battle Ground. Anna Cross, (360) 687-5726, www.bgcfriends.com, [email protected].
Friends of the Battle Ground Library
SARASTRIKER
The Society is calling for vol-unteers and new members to help for Lilac Days coming up soon, and mentions a good time to contact them is at their regular meeting Tues., March 25.
Beyond Lilac Days, mem-bers help preserve an interna-tionally recognized historic home and gardens.
The Society meets the last Tuesday of most months, 1 p.m., 115 South Pekin Road, Woodland, WA. Catherine Tra-hin, (360) 606-7359, Dwight Trahin, [email protected], garden phone during Li-lac Days is (360) 225-8996, [email protected], www.lilacgardens.com, [email protected].
Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens
DWIGHTTRAHIN
Lions will have a fish fry dinner Fri., March 14, in the La Center HS Commons for the La Center High School Annual Auction and Din-ner to help the senior’s parents provide a safe and sober gradu-ation party. Dinner will be from 5:30-7 p.m. and will include fish and chips, coleslaw and a drink. The cost is $8 for adults, $6 for 12 and under.
The March 20 meeting is a potluck meeting starting at 6:30 p.m. Oriental Express is the potluck theme.
Lions will be hosting their first ever Lion Leaders Forum Sat., March 22, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at La Center High School. The forum is designed as an opportunity for district-wide Lions to learn, share, dis-cuss and explore how to better serve others through Lionism.
The public is invited to attend this big Lions event, and can register at www.LionLeaders-Forum.org.
The Lions meet the first and third Thursdays, 6:30 p.m., at the La Center Elementary School cafeteria, 700 E. 4th St., La Center. For information, contact president Mark Man-sell, (360) 263-4172.
La Center Lions
MARKMANSELL
The museum celebrates 30 years of the La Center roller-skating rink with a pictoral of the evolution of the roller skate from its beginnings in the European 1700’s and more on display.
Roberta Ferguson Emerick also recalls the days growing up in the former Woodward Hotel turned skating rink and confec-tionery. Her parents bought the hotel when she was a little girl and her children skated there.
Also new, a display recaps Wilma Soehl Green’s part in a Shirley Temple visit to Sum-mit Grove Lodge in 1935 with handwritten notes, some old photos and blue glass pitcher with Shirley Temple’s image.
Then, Green had served Ms. Temple a peanut butter sandwich and glass of chocolate milk.
The exhibit is a focus of Green’s writings, My Memories of Summit Grove.
The museum is located at 410 W. 5th St., La Center, open noon to 4 p.m. on first and third Sat-urdays of the month and by ap-pointment weekdays (two weeks advance notice is preferred for appointments). Admission is free and donations welcome. Dr. Barbara Barnhart, (360) 263-3308. Museum message line, (360) 263-6609, www.thelacen-termuseum.org, Face Book: “La Center Historical Museum.”
La Center Historical Museum
BARBARA BARNHART
The Master Gardeners will present “Fruit Trees 101: 10 Things to Know When You Grow,” Tues., March 4, 7 p.m. at their regu-lar meeting place.
Presenter Monica Maggio is a fruit growing expert who’s mission is to “cultivate her in-ner plant nerd” for the benefit of her local communities in Clark and Multnomah counties. She is an Oregon State University Extension Services instructor and Master Gardner as well as owner of Core Home Fruit.
She will discuss site require-ments and preparation for planting, pollination needs, the maintenance needs of differ-ent fruit trees and how to select good trees.
The Foundation meets first Tuesdays, 7 p.m., at the CAS-EE Center, 11104 NE 149th St., Brush Prairie, WA, Bldg. B, room 202/205, open to public attendance for free. Sharon Ki-tashima (360) 666-9046, www.mgfcc.com.
PEGSCHAUER
Master Gardener Foundation of Clark County
O p t i m i s t s are providing a scholarship event for kids headed to college by host-ing an oratorical contest at Clark College in Van-couver on March 8. Applica-tions and rules are found on the Optimist International website, www.optimist.org/e/member/scholarships4.cfm.
An Optimists fundraiser, “Fun Run/Walk” is being planned now, to begin at Battle Ground Village on June 22. As plans develop through per-mitting processes, registration will begin and vendors are wel-comed to inquire.
A weekend campout is also being planned for June 19-22 for those who wish to visit the Opti-mist Youth Camp which is sup-ported by the Optimist Founda-tion. Call for more information.
They invite any adult who is willing to follow their model, “Bringing out the best in kids!” to their regular meetings.
The Optimist Club meets ev-ery second and fourth Wednes-day at Peach Tree Restaurant, 6:30 p.m., 6700 NE 162nd Ave., Suite 623, Vancouver. Bob LaDu, (503) 502-1415.
Optimist Club of Vancouver
BoBLADU
Lions recently heard a discus-sion presented by Brent Gren-ing with the Port of Ridgefield on what is going on now and what is planned for the port’s future.
They are inviting all to at-tend their huge annual event, “Monte Carlo Night,” at the Ridgefield Community Center on Sat., March 15.
$20 in advance or $25 at the door gets food, beverage and funny money to play with. For tickets in advance, contact Steve Seymore or George Espi-nosa (below). All proceeds go to the Lions’ Ridgefield High School Scholarship Fund.
Mon., March 17 brings the Lions’ Annual Volunteer Appre-ciation Dinner. They ask 2013 volunteers to call to verify in-formation for this event, and for attendees to RSVP by March 7.
The Lions meet for dinner the first and third Mondays Sept. through June, 6:30 p.m., at the Ridgefield Community Center, 210 N. Main Ave., Ridgefield, WA. For more information, con-tact Steve Seymour, (360) 887-8325, [email protected] or George Espinosa, (360) 887-8635, www.ridgefieldlions.org. For membership: Edie Bran-non, (360) 263-5572, (360) 608-1537, [email protected]
Ridgefield Lions Club
ToDDVoGEL
The RAA will meet Thurs., March 13, 7 p.m., at the home of Bruce Crockett, 1521 NW Carty Rd., Ridgefield, to discuss their annual RAA Show and Sale.
They report they have been working very hard to creating a partnership with the Ridgefield Schools art students and teach-ers, as just one of the ideas that the RAA has put into motion, recapturing the enthusiasm of members and the community.
The public is invite March 13 to help finalize plans to make this year’s event their biggest and best ever.
Art show details will be dis-cussed including volunteers needed, vendor set up, com-mittee assignments, clean up committee assignments, show signage, selection of an auc-tion manager, jury awards and certificates, public relations and media support, and more.
For more information, visit www.ridgefieldartassociation.com. Bruce Crockett, (360) 607-9848, [email protected].
Ridgefield Art Association
BRUCECRoCKETT
The Society’s next meeting is Wed., March 19, 10 a.m., which includes the Art-ist of the Month p r e s e n t a t i o n , business agenda and artist demo.
Oregonian and world traveler Molly Reeves “seeks to explore the extraordinary within the ordinary” utilizing her higher education in fine arts and me-chanical engineering. She has won numerous awards locally and nationally for her paint-ings that reflect her deep under-standing of color theory.
Artist of the Month for March is member Susan Marmolejo Kipp, whose art is infuenced by her Mexican-American culture and spirituality, currently har-monizing with the Puget Sound environment. She has also won many awards for her eclectic, mixed media work.
The artists meet the third Wednesdays, 10 a.m., at Van-couver Heights United Meth-odist Church, 5701 MacArthur Blvd., Vancouver, just south of Devine and Mill Plain., Vancou-ver. Annie Knight, (360) 713-3943, Tammy Turner, [email protected]. Visit www.societyofwashingtonartists.com, Facebook: /swa.washington.
Society of Washington Artists
WANDABREWSTER
The Museum has new exhib-its and a new program called “First Saturday @ the Woodland Museum.”
On April 5, 1-3 p.m., the program will be on fishing.
The Society will be holding a garage sale at the museum on March 14 and 15, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and invite the public to check out their goods.
The Society meets the first Thursday, 7 p.m., 417 Park St., Woodland, behind the Moose Lodge. Museum open hours are Saturdays, noon to 4 p.m. Tami Balch, [email protected].
Woodland HistoricalMuseum Society
JoHN (JJ)BURKE
Elks officers have returned from their Bell-vue winter con-vention and are making plans for an installation of officers for 2014-15 on March 28.
They thank all attendees of their Bingo Bash on Feb. 15, who helped fund various future chari-ties Elks will be working on.
The Elks meet Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m., at the Elks Lodge, 907 SE Grace Ave., Battle Ground. Visit www.DiscoverElks.org. Laura Leone, (360) 281-2687. Elks office, (360) 687-1230, Mon.-Thurs., 9 a.m.-noon. Rent-als of Lodge space is available.
Battle Ground Elks
LAURALEoNE