The Columbian from Vancouver, Washington • 1

i -v 5 'r a 4 v-ylPi 4 ft- Sm rv -1W oMMlY JM Lawmakers take aim at ATM fees business D6 OMSI shows off dinosaurs from the Gobi A DISCOVERY Cl InfoLine will have the latest on show including audio clips from winning songs 699-60(N category 1784 Review on Page C5 warn Serving Clark Counts Washington Wednesday feb 26 1997 50 Year-roumud class fbimia(t examiined 1 4 By TOM VOGT Columbian ttqff writer Year-round schools will be the topic of public forums next week in the Evergreen School District f- There will be six forums over three nights beginning Tuesday Evergreen has been the fastest-growing school district With about 18600 Btudenta it is the 10th largest in the cards? PhotabyTOMBOViyrhiCclumtMn 'The sun sets Monday Oting one of the busiest hours at the Interstate 5 Bridge Rush-hour traffic routinely exceeds the design Multitrack schedules viewed as a way to ease crowded Evergreen classrooms The school district Is examining the multi-track year-round schedule as an option for easing classroom crowding Students would be on different nine-month academic tracks with of the students out of school at any point in the year That format has allowed some districts to ease classroom crowd- ing and increase enrollment without building additional schools A committee of Evergreen parents teachers administrators and community members have been studying the year-round concept for months District officials and members of the study committee will discuss their find-' ings in meetings at six Evergreen elemen- tary schools "The forums are to give people informa- tion about what multitrack year-round SCHOOL please set AS Hgh water high traffic: In January 1996 theftoodswollen Columbia River put Interstate 205 Bridge traffic closer to the water than ever before The next month the average daily traffic on 1-205 exceeded that on the Interstate 5 Bridge y- A55-centBig Mac? Has Ronald McDonald flipped? First shot fired in what could be a burger price war Aaodattd Prut Vu Columbian expect to buy a 55cent Big Mac sandwiches at Clark 10 McDonald's restaurants just yet News about strategy proposal to cut the price of Big Macs from $199 to 55 cents was just reaching area restaurant owners ami managers this morning Asked if selling Big Macs for 55 cents is a pos- aibiiity Doug Hemphill owner of stores in Camas and Battle Ground said "IVe learned in business that a possibility But not knowing anything firsthand it is pure speculation at this Hemphill who said sales at his stores are "holding their said he expects to meet with other area owner-operators to review the national proposal A price-cutting promotion was suggested by BIG MAC please set A5 'J As cross-river traffic continues to climb officials look for solutions 4" 1 Jt AVERAGE WEEKDAY CROSSINGS SiJStolSISK' "Engineers wifi teD you that the design ca- parity is 5400 maybe 5500 cars an year ago in February the Interstate 205 said Dean Lookingbill transportation director Bridge passed a little-noticed milestone: for the Soutii west Washington Regional For the first time the average daily vehi- Transportation Council seeing north- de count for one month exceeded that bound evening counts of 5600 or more Be-of the Interstate 5 Bridge cause people are familiar with the bridge At 102400 die number was only everybody is willing to crunch down pretty about 2000 vehicles higher than the I- tight In the evening it runs virtually at capad- -5 tally And for the rest of 1996 the 15 ty for about three Bridge continued in its customary Motorists who sense that 1-5 traffic is steadi- role as the busier of the two bridges ly becoming worse have not been sniffing too But die day is perhaps many diesel fumes Although the lack of 1 in just three or four years when parity during rusMiour periods has slowed the 1-205 Bridge by virtue of its four lanes and the increase in 1-5 traffic counts every year steadily increasing traffic will consistently more motorists venture across the bridge outrun die traffic counts on 1-5 Only twice since 1961 has 1-5 traffic Meanwhile the 1-5 Bridge for its six busiest hours a day runs on the ragged edge of control BRIDGES' Please set A5 Thi HOB Bridge opmd ki 1 1BS SoanaStmlheestmUnglonBeffitmal "i Transportation Council Weather Thursday High 48 low 38 Friday High 46 low 32 Fbracasfc Cloudy with a Ibw 'i i-A Details pastes showers cooler by week1! end INSIDE Ickes papers: Filling cups could help fill coffers Ann Landers C3 Campaign chief expected $500000 to flow from one White House klatch 1 1 i point man in the White House for the 1996 reflection-bid show that coffee Matches were an integral part of cam- 'Q paignfiind raising In a July 14: 1996 memo to Idces Knight proposed adding the Aug 23 coffee klatch in the 1 White House Map Room to the" already crowded fond-raising schedule By JAMES ROWLEY Associated PrtM writer WASHINGTON Inviting donors to drink coffee with the president at the White House was so lucrative that the Clinton-Gore campaign chairman even projected that one hastily scheduled gathering could bring in $500000 documents show The Aug 23 1996 event was scheduled at die behest of campaign chairman Peter Knight because the Democratic National Committee was not meeting its fund-raising targets in Tbxas according to documents re- leased Tuesday by the White House Despite earlier White House statements to die contrary the files of Harold Ickes President memo said the coffee klatch could be expected to raise $3X10001 It also noted that another Clinton coffee klatch already scheduled was projected to raise $350000 Knight said Tuesday that the figures were "goals not hard figures" of what Democrats 1 A- CUSTON please teiA5 HoEne is Television CS 9 4 Mi want to hear tan you: See our service dfotay on A2 1997 THE COUMSAN A wmym I I 1 I I 3 I 1 1 a I -4 f- 1 l- -ieji -me w- a.