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January 2, 2013 - The Reflector - Page B3
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]
The book group will meet Wed., Jan. 30, 2 p.m. at the home of a member and discuss Cloud-street by Tim Winton.
The Association meets the second Wednesday at Court-yard Village Retirement Com-munity, 4555 NE 66th Ave., Vancouver, 7 p.m. Any two-year or university college grad-uate may attend. Jane Arnal, (360) 574-3606, [email protected], Gene Kuechmann, (360) 574-1492, [email protected].
American Association of University Women
LYSBETHLEITNER
The Rotary is off to a busy start in 2013 with five meetings in Jan-uary:
Jan. 2—Rotary monthly social, 5:30 p.m., Mill Creek Pub, 1710 SW 9th Ave. (Gardner Center), Battle Ground.
Jan. 9—Dena Horton speaks on “Clark County Green Busi-ness,” Galeotti’s Restaurant, 5:30 p.m., 801 E. Main St., Battle Ground.
Jan. 16—Derek Nesland, from Courts for Kids is guest speaker. Galeotti’s, 5:30 p.m.
Jan. 23—Xiaoyang Wang speaks on traditional Chinese culture and it’s renaissance. Galeotti’s, 5:30 p.m.
Jan. 30—Julie Davis and Delena Meyer from InvestED are guests. Galeotti’s, 5:30 p.m.
Rotary meetings are held Wednesdays, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Galeotti’s Restaurant, 801 E. Main St. Annette Hunt, (360) 601-6524, [email protected].
Battle Ground Rotary
ANNETTEHUNT
The Toastmas-ters held their annual White El-ephant Gift Auc-tion recently as a fundraiser. Club officers decided on new Toast-masters promotional ideas for the coming year.
Member Sid Sutherland will make a large street sign, and small ads made by mem-bers for local restaurant hand-outs, called “table scraps,” are planned to be created.
There were two new mem-bers joining in December.
The Toastmasters meet Tues-days, 12 p.m., at Rocky’s Piz-za, 1901 W. Main St., Battle Ground. For more information, contact Diane Edginton, (360) 882-8105, [email protected], http://battleground.free-toasthost.com.
GERRYDUNNE
Battle Ground Toastmasters
Lethene Parks will share her “Grand Adven-ture” at the Soci-ety’s next meet-ing.
The Society meets the fourth Tuesday, 10 a.m. to noon at the library annex, 717 Grand Blvd., Vancouver, WA. CCGS Library, (360) 750-5688, www.ccgs-wa.org.
Clark County Genealogical Society
STEpHENCORNICK
The Newcom-ers’ next meeting is Tues., Jan. 8, 10 a.m., at Cas-cade Park Com-munity Library, 600 NE 136th Ave, Vancouver, across from Win-Co. Call for more information.
The Newcomers will con-tinue their charity focus on the Children’s Center, Open House Ministries and milk money for the children at the YWCA’s Battered Women’s Shelter through June 30, 2013.
The Newcomers plan dining groups, book clubs, crafting sessions, tours, gardening, golf, highway cleanup and much more for intermittent activities during the year.
The Newcomers meet the first Tuesday plus bi-month-ly luncheons on the second Wednesday. Carol Kirsch, (360) 254-7729, [email protected].
Clark County Newcomers Club
TRICIACLEmONS
At the Strings’ last gig, a Christ-mas potluck, they collected “a good amount” of non-perishable food to donate to F.I.S.H. amid great food and entertainment.
January shows will be on Jan. 12 and 26, 7-10 p.m., at the Manor Grange.
The Strings meet second and fourth Saturdays at the Manor Grange, 17901 NE 72nd Ave., Battle Ground, with jam (mu-sical) and coffee at 6:30, and music show and open mic at 7 p.m.
Dan Hilton, (360) 601-6196, Dick Roettger, (360) 892-0769, [email protected], www-crots.org.
Columbia River Old Time Strings
DICKROETTEGER
The Longears held a New Years Day ride at Battle Ground Lake starting at 10 a.m., an annual tradition.
Their next meeting is Mon., Jan. 21 at Jollies, and they will continue planning their rides, almost one per month.
The group meets third Mon-days, 6 p.m., at Jollies, located at I-5 and NE 179th St., Ridge-field. Fran Duncan, (360) 254-3249, [email protected], Bob Burns, (360) 425-8029, Ja-cob Anderson, (360) 953-0956.
BOBBURNS
Columbia River Longears
Jen Naas from Watershed Stew-ards, a WSU Clark County Extension, will speak on “Rain Barrels and Con-servation” at the Daughters’ next meeting.
The Daughters meet the second Tuesdays, 11 a.m., at Smith-Reynolds American Le-gion, 4607 NE St. James Rd., Vancouver. Genealogical help is available to the public. Sue Mills, (360) 573-5445, [email protected].
BARBARAHILKEY
Daughters of the American Revolution
At the Daugh-ters’ next meet-ing, Jackie An-dersen will talk about her uncle, Vernon Greene, a well known cartoonist who wrote Jiggs and Maggie and Bringing Up Father. Greene was born and raised in Clark County.
The group meets the third Thursday at the Battle Ground Community Center, 912 E. Main St., beginning with Fish-es and Loaves lunch at 11:30. Visitors are welcome. Betty Davenport, 687-3415.
Daughters of the Pioneers of Washington
JAYNEmCCARLEY
The next GFWC meeting will be at the Ridgefield Com-munity Center, Mon., Jan. 28, 7 p.m., 210 North Main Ave., Ridgefield.
Kim Blaufuss of Best Acu-puncture Wellness Center in Ridgefield will speak on Chi-nese medicine. Everyone is welcome.
For more information, or to be recruited into the club, call Shirley Stallings, (2360) 887-4626, Gail Seymour, (360) 887-8315.
GFWC—Ridgefield
GAILSEYmOUR
A White El-ephant fund-raiser auction is planned for the GFWC first meeting of the month to sup-port the club’s main projects—the planned Veteran’s Memorial, Domestic Violence Awareness and Battle Ground Homeless Students program. The club will pres-ent a donation at the school board meeting on Jan 14 for the Homeless Students program.
A disaster preparedness event in conjunction with the Red Cross is scheduled for Sat. Jan. 26, 9-11 a.m. at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church. The public is welcome.
The GFWC meetings are the second and fourth Thurs-days, 6:30 p.m. at Prince of Peace Church, 14208 Northeast 249th St. Louise Tucker, (360) 687-3619, Valerie Huey, (360) 566-5123, www.gfwc-battle-groundwa.org.
GFWC—Battle Ground
VALERIEHUEY
The next So-ciety meeting is Tues., Jan. 29, 1 p.m., and they are inviting new-comers this new year to help pre-serve the inter-nationally recog-nized historic farm home and gardens.
The Gardens host dozens of varieties of lilacs hybrid by “The Lilac Lady,” Hulda Klager, as well as a facinating history of the current success of the Gardens through disparity over the decades.
The Society meets the last Tuesday of most months, 1 p.m., 115 South Pekin Road, Woodland, WA. Catherine Tra-hin, (360) 606-7359, Patti Au-dette, (360) 225-8996, HKLG-Pres iden t79@gmai l . com, www.lilacgardens.com, [email protected].
Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens
pATRICIAAUDETTE
Fifteen local needy families were “amazed” at what the Lions provided them Dec. 16. Four or five boxes of food and house-hold goods went to each family, resourced by local Lions.
Lions are sponsoring a new “Leo’s Club” for La Center youth. Charter night will be in February, and Lions Mark Mansell, Shirley Barnes and Steve Fuller are working hard Friday nights for this effort. Call for information or to offer help.
Mansell is also working on expanding his Leader Dogs for the Blind campaign for 2013. Last year it was “Cycling for Leader Dogs.” This year, he and his wife Lion Debbie Man-sell plan to use motorcycles in “Motorcycling for Leader Dogs”—a 10,000 mile, 48 state, 24 day trip to raise aware-ness and monitary support for the Leader Dogs program. See Mansell’s Facebook page, Cy-cling for Leader Dogs, for more information.
The Lions meet the first and third Thursdays, 7 p.m., at the La Center Grange. For infor-mation, contact Ken Hickman, 263-9060, Bill Birdwell, (360) 263-1749.
La Center Lions
BILL BIRDWELL
January’s main event for the Rotary will be Charter Night at the Fairgate Inn, Sat.,Jan. 26, 2213 NW 23rd Ave., Camas, WA. Call for more information or to join Lewis River Rotary Club.
The Rotary Club meets Tuesdays, 7 a.m., at the Battle Ground Community Center, 912 E. Main St., Battle Ground. Nancy Miller, (360) 904-5600, Tammy Haas, (360) 907-6991, [email protected].
TAmmYHAAS
Lewis River Rotary Club
The Pals will begin planning their new year Jan. 7 at their regular meeting time and place. A field trip is on the agenda for the group.
Call if interested in joining, teaching a class or just visiting.
The Patchwork Pals meet every Monday, 9:30 a.m., at La Center Evangelical Free Church, 111 E. 5th St., La Cen-ter. Visitors and new members are always welcome. The Pals accept cotton and fabric dona-tions for their “Babies in Need” and senior lap robe projects. Maggie Vinnedge, (360) 263-2137.
Patchwork PalsQuilt Group
mAGGIEVINNEDGE
Flower show judge Doro-thy Dwyer will present “Design Class for Minia-tures” at the Gar-den Club’s next meeting, fol-lowed by the usual potluck and garden related auction.
Anyone interested in giving a class or attending can call for more information.
The Club meets the third Monday of the month, 10 a.m., at Pleasant View Church of the Nazarene, 801 NE 194th St., Ridgefield. Guests are welcome to the meeting and potluck. Mickey Sacker, (360) 574-7965, Louise Winfrey, (360) 573-3032.
Van Ridge Garden Club
mICKEYSTACKER
The Society meets Sat., Jan. 12, 11 a.m. at the home of Mary Jo Lewis. Call for directions, (360) 666-9012.
The Society’s Annual Seed Swap and Give-away is Sun., Jan. 27, 1-4 p.m. at the Old Schoolhouse, 24309 NE 209th St., Battle Ground, with a soup-style potluck and seeds to give away. They ask attendees to bring flower or vegetable seeds to share if available.
Call for date, time and lo-cation of the next meeting. Kristine White, (360) 666-9012, (360) 666-4829, [email protected], www.venersborg.blogspot.com, Facebook: “Historic Veners-borg Schoolhouse.”
Venersborg Historical Preservation Society
KRISTINEWHITE
The Sportsmen are having elec-tion of officers at their January meeting, as well as a pizza feed.
They have been developing a new website, a woodcutting project, forest litter pickup sessions and the first of their firearms training classes for 2013. Online regis-tration for the class is available at the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife website, wdfw.wa.gov.
The Sportsmen’s Club meets the second Monday, 7 p.m., at Rocky’s Pizza. Randy Lawffer, (360) 247-5596.
Yacolt Burn Sportsmen’s Club
RANDY LAWFFER
The Alliance held the instal-lation of new officers at their annual Christmas party in Decem-ber. Following are the new offi-cers: President Beth Johnson-Burger, Vice President Linda Kliewer, Secretary Teresa An-derson, Treasurer Andy Poole, and chair for Membership/Website Tom Wheeler, Histo-rian/Bios Cheryl Hazen, Pub-licity Chair Hilary Couture, and Members at Large, Jane Poole, Diane Springer and bev Winther.
The Alliance’s first monthly social is Sat., Jan. 19, 10 a.m. at the Battle Ground Library, with a demo on portraiture “and other surprises.”
The Art Alliance meets in-formally on third Tuesdays, 9 a.m., at Old Towne Battle Grounds, 316 E. Main St., Bat-tle Ground. Jane Poole, (360) 247-6475, [email protected], www.bgartalliance.com, Con-nie Ford, (360) 904-1230.
Battle Ground Art Alliance
JANEpOOLE
P r e s i d e n t Elaine Nibley and Treasurer Barbara Size-more will share the Garden Club’s goals for the new year and review bylaws for members at their meeting Tues., Jan. 8.
Their will be bylaws chang-es presented for a vote for the February meeting.
Visitors are welcome to bring a food item to share, a drink and place setting to the potluck lunch meetings.
The Garden Club meets the first Tuesdays of the month, 11 a.m., at Battle Ground Kiwanis Bldg., 422 SW 2nd Ave., Battle Ground. Elaine Nibley, (360) 687-7806, Barbara Sizemore, (360) 247-7413.
Battle Ground Garden Club
ELAINENIBLEY
Fri., Jan. 4 holds the cel-ebration of the 10th year of the First Friday Open Mic pro-gram, emceed by Wayne Hoff-man, who will be recognized for his efforts for the program.
The Association needs do-nations for their 25th Annual Membership Meeting on Sat., Feb. 16, of new or like-new items which can be left at the museum during open hours.
The event will serve to hon-or past and current museum maintenance volunteers and supporters. They will also per-form the selection of new As-sociation officers.
The Museum is located at 21416 NE 399th St, Amboy, WA. The Museum board of directors meets the second and fourth Thursdays, 7 p.m. The Museum is open Saturdays, noon-4 p.m. The Museum’s First Friday Open Mic begins at 7 p.m., open to amateur and professional singers alike, free, with donations accepted. Mu-seum events, (360) 247-5800.
North Clark Historical Museum
GEORGENENEAL
The Car Club gave out toys to patients at Do-ernbecher’s Chil-dren’s Hospital in December. Their first meeting of 2013 is Jan. 5, 7:30 p.m. at Stark Street Pizza.
A new board of directors and president are settled in, how-ever, there are many openings in the Club for 2013. For more information, visit the website or call Kyle Nickels.
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 Chamber would like to thank all spon-sors and basket donors who sup-ported the Holi-day Luncheon and Basket Raf-fle.
Their general meeting Thurs., Jan. 10, 11:30 a.m. at the Ce-dars golf course will hold an in-troduction to their new director, Carrie Schulstad.
Nominations are still open for the Chamber’s Citizen, Busi-ness Person, Business Service Person, Teacher and School Coach of the Year awards. Nominations will be accepted until Jan. 3. Email [email protected] or visit their website to submit a nomi-nation and other details.
The recognition banquet is scheduled for Fri., Feb. 1, at the Heathman Lodge.
The Chamber asks interested persons to visit their website for more information, and for “Hot Deals, Calendar of Events, Job Postings and a Business Direc-tory.”
The Chamber regularly meets on the first Thursday of the month, 11:30 a.m., at Cedars Golf Course, 15001 NE 181st St., Brush Prairie, WA. Rose Chavez, (360) 687-1510, www.battlegroundchamber.org.
Battle Ground Chamber of Commerce
DOUGQUINN
An ongoing ex-hibit, The Stern-wheeler Gallery, now includes some artifacts from the Stern-wheeler Leona, which caught fire while dockside ages ago. It was cut loose and drifted to the south shore of the East Fork Lewis River—its ruins still vis-ible at low water times.
A new exhibit opens Jan. 19 named “La Center’s Post Offic-es.” The Museum is collecting antiquated postal items, stamp collections, post cards, photos or other memorabilia from La Center and area citizens for display.
The Museum offers tempo-rary and/or permanent, con-signment, conditional and non-conditional donations. Call to contribute to this new exhibit.
The museum is located at 410 W. 5th St., La Center, open noon to 4 p.m. on first and third Saturdays of the month and by appointment weekdays. Ad-mission is free. Dr. Barbara Barnhart, (360) 263-3308. Mu-seum message line, (360) 263-6609, www.thelacentermuse-um.org, Face Book: “La Center Historical Museum.”
La Center Historical Museum
BARBARA BARNHART
The Kiwanis Club distributed toys for needy families in Battle Ground in De-cember—over 300 children re-ceived gifts.
They wish to thank Les Schwab, who collected the toys, and the North County Community Food Bank who identified the need.
Kiwanis also joined Key Club members in “ringing the bells” for the Salvation Army on December 16th, and raised almost $600.
Their next meeting is Thurs., Jan. 10, with a presentation of the Babies In Need program. They ask the public to notice the Babies In Need Giving Tree at McDonalds for their support.
The Kiwanis Club meets the second and fourth Thursday, 6:30 p.m., Kiwanis Park, 422 SW 2nd Ave., Battle Ground. Steve Meier (360) 687-4357. Facebook: Battle Ground WA Kiwanis Club.
Battle Ground Kiwanis
STEVEmEIER
With the as-sistance of the Woodland High School InterAct Club, Rotary members were involved in bell-ringing for the Salvation Army and providing gifts and food to needy families as part of their Christmas Giving Program this December.
They ask for full attendance of members for the first meet-ing in January to learn of proj-ects and upcoming Rotary events, and discussion of Club business.
Also on Mon., Jan. 7, Toby Wallace will be speaking on how his firm uses explosives for demolition.
There is a different venue for January and February with the Oak Tree closure—meeting at Los Pepes Restaurant west of I-5 off exit 21. Call for more information.
The Rotary meets Mondays at noon. Bob Hasbrouck, (360) 225-9100, cell (360) 281-1393, Michael Jackson, (360) 841-8009, woodlandwarotary.org.
BOBHASBROUCK
Woodland Rotary
The Rose Float Princesses were guests at the Battle Ground Christmas tree lighting ceremo-ny in December.
Their next meeting is Sun., Jan. 20, at the Dollars Corner Fire Station for discussions about materials to use to pro-duce the 2013 float with a beach theme.
They ask for volunteers with the question, “What could be more fun in the winter months (than building a beach with a walrus, tiki hut, exotic birds and other surprises)?”
Contact Barb Evans, (360) 687-4285 or Sandy Helyer, (360) 666-1469, www.battle-groundrosefloat.com, [email protected].
Battle Ground Rose Float Committee
BARBEVANS
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