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In case you missed them, here are some of the top stories from the week:
The Vancouver Public Schools board on Tuesday unanimously approved a raise for Superintendent Steve Webb that brings his salary to more than a quarter of a million dollars.
The school board voted 3 to 0 to approve a $5,711 pay increase for the superintendent, a state cost-of-living allocation that raises his salary this year to $254,026. District spokeswoman Pat Nuzzo said that’s the same 3.1 percent cost of living adjustment all district employees received at a minimum for the 2017-2018 school year.
SAN DIEGO — Sentencing for former Vancouver pastor John Bishop was postponed again Monday in order to give him time to give another interview to authorities.
Bishop, 55, is now due to be sentenced on marijuana smuggling charges on Wednesday, Nov. 7 in U.S. District Court in San Diego.
CAMAS — While the workforce at the Camas paper mill has declined this year due to layoffs, so too has the amount of land Georgia-Pacific owns in the city, as the company recently donated about 181 acres to Camas.
The agreement, which Camas city councils approved last week, gifts two dams, the mill ditch area and areas along the shorelines of Lacamas Creek and Washougal River to the city. The land must be used for green space and recreation, per the agreement. The total land donation was appraised at $960,000 on Aug. 15, according to Georgia-Pacific spokeswoman Kristi Ward.
The way some Skyview High School students see it, this is our time. Certainly, there’s nothing wrong with a little feast on our time.
But this isn’t “Fast Times at Ridgemont High,” and Principal Jim Gray isn’t here for sharing with the class.
For the past two years, Gray has issued a note to parents alerting them that students are prohibited from ordering delivery to the campus during the school day, district spokeswoman Pat Nuzzo said. Gray hoped to get ahead of the issue this year after a couple of students already had food delivered to school. Typically, the issue stops once the email goes out, Nuzzo said.
ramor Development President Barry Cain announced a projected timeline Monday for the Block 10 project, a proposed 11-story multi-use tower that would bring apartments and a full-service grocery store to the heart of downtown Vancouver.
In a presentation to the Vancouver City Council, Cain outlined a schedule that would see a grocery tenant signed to a lease next May, and the tower completed in October 2021.
“If anyone has a favorite grocery store, now is a good time to call them and tell them you want them downtown,” he said.
