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4 iramjirj Ln if Neighbors made Look for the red Fern Prairie bam for the Friday night auction feghbors WWXoliifnhia i-pm serving Clark countt Washington Wednesday march 7 2007 your Guide: $20 car license foe option still alive Legislature years lawmakers had enacted two state gas tax increases hiked weight fees and vehicle license fees and given cities and counties the authority to ask voters to raise vehicle license fees by up to an additional $100 She said the so-called "local license foe increase now under consideration would raise only enough to pay for a transportation projects survived its latest legislative hurdle without the votes of two Clark County lawmakers Rep Deb Wallace D-Vancou-ver voted against House Bill 1858 in the House Transportation Committee last week Rep Richard Curtis R-La Center who also serves on the committee and who co-sponsored the bill was excused at the time it came up for a vote last officials to levy the annual fee without voter approval why she voted against it Wallace said Legislature has already taken some bold steps to provide badly needed resources for road she said in a statement if going to go right back and ask for more I think it should be decided by the voters" Wallace noted that in recent buyers Mega quiet 1 A Wallace against bill a top priority for Vancouver By KATHIE DURBIN Colombian staff writer OLYMPIA A bill that would allow Vancouver and other cities to tack $20 onto car license fees to pay for local Sawani Kaur owner of a who only wanted his first Most local Met Thursday The measure prime-sponsored by Rep Bill Fromhold D-Vancouver passed anyway and was sent to the House Rules Committee A top legislative priority for the city of Vancouver it would allow city jS fit ifl -3? 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The largest lottery winner Is a WbsI Virginia man who in 2002 won $3149 miKon playing FowerbaLHeY had string of legal woes since mostly related to drunken driving LOTTERY winning numbers: 16-22-29 39 42 Mega Ball20 Estimated jackpot $370 miKon are You Daylightsaving eariy arrival may vex computers Ready to Spring ahead? -It 7 CV fr fttV y- By COURTNEY SHERWOOD CohmbiaHstqff writer If you haven't downloaded the latest upgrades for your computer by this weekend watch out when Monday rolls around No your computer break but if you rely on electronic scheduling you might be an hour late to that important meeting As the weekend approaches offices are scrambling to catch up to a change in the law that many computers prepared for Daylight-saving time starts three weeks early this year Clocks jump forward at 2 am this Sunday instead of April 1 thanks to an act of Congress aimed at getting us more daylight hours in the evenings Computers cell phones and personal organizers built before 2005 don know about the new rule which also pushes back the end to daylight-saving time from the last Sunday of October to Nov 4 People dependent on digital devices for keeping track of appointments should upgrade DAYLIGHT Page AS A 1 767200222 2007 THE COLUMBIAN BARRY NICHOLSThe Columbian ii tfmm wrte'v'- 'r't'v i- jlj 1 t- V1 Vf '-4.