The Columbian from Vancouver, Washington • 1

Long days work Mariners defeat Athletics in 15 innings Sports Tall ships bring history lesson Lady Washington Hawaiian Chieftain to offer tours in Vancouver Life 7iVAVHil mTil 1 Serving Clark County Washington I Monday May 4 '2009 wsm 1-205 project 30 years ago News Al-6 Ctiiflesetows frozen in time Stopped docks rubble remain one year after quake A3 msb 9 cOV Sports Bl-6 Secood chance forconerback Ken Lucas returns toSeahawks to help defense B1 Clarit College may evade deeper cuts Official optimistic that increased enrollment tuition hikes will plug gap By HOWARD BUCK Columbian staff writer Claik College just might emeige relatively unscathed from state budget reductions that have hit Washington's public universities and K-12 school districts For that die community college has its students and their pocketbooks to thank student enrollment during an anemic economy combined with back-to-back 7 percent tuition hikes approved by state legislators could eliminate the need for additional staffing or program cuts cautious officials say enough reason to be optimistic said Bob Williamson Clarkb vice president cf administrative services The state budget adopted in Olympia last week cuts state contributions to community and trade school budgets by about 107 percent for the 2009-11 cycle That comes to about $22 million less for Clarke base-level state funding Lawmakers aided with Gov Chris Gregoire in sheltering community colleges seen as critical job-training engines from greater reductions Good news is the school already trimmed spending by 43 percent in February saving about $136 million per year Clark curbed office and travel spending placed a hiring freeze on several open staff positions and asked instructors to take on more students in class- Clark County Cl-6 WasNngtra Ekneitary Resource center helps students and parents Cl Life Dl-5 Understanding thepislHqi Why this has endured D1 Feds paid 90 of 1-205 bridges $175 million construction price ByJEFFREY MIZE Columbian staff writer More than 25 years ago an interatate bridge was built between Vancouver and Portland without a public vote without bridge tolls without opposition rallies and without acrimony about iconic designs and urban sprawL Beet of all the Intestate 205 bridge was built for a fraction of the cost of the proposed Columbia River Crossing project only $175 million And the feds paid 90 pei cent of the MIL was a pretty straightforward issue" said Dick Carroll who was district engineer for die then-Washington State Highways Department "The mission was to build a bridge across die Columbia Rhier connecting die two states to provide an alternate route for 1-5 and we accomplished that" Far better or for worse the December 1982 opening of the Glenn Jackson Bridge named after a former Oregon transportation commissioner was a pivotal point in Clark County history Before the bridge opened the county had slightly less than 200000 people Ibday fueled by growth in the eastern suburbs it has more than 425000 Replacing die Interstate 5 Bridge expected to have nearly that effect on the community But it has had a tagger effect in creating strife and unrest years before construction begins if it ever does The recent uproar over bridge design prompted Oregon Gov Ifed Kuiongoski to ride the MAX light-rail train last week in an attempt to shift the focus to economic development and congestion relief Don Wagner Southwest Washington administrator for the Wash- BRIDGBAyrA5 Business El-4 Hart County at Wort profile Private mai outlet uses customer feedback El rooms COLLEGE Aye Af HIGHER COSTS IUHor For a fufryear fuMme dark Colege student a 7 parent tuition increase wl mean paying $6 more per credt $90 far a 15-credt term $270 total for three quarters Hschnoiogy fasi A proposed 50 percent technology fee increase would cost an addttional $1 per cretft FuMmers would pay $15 more per quarter or $45 more per year of one of die designs proposed for the new 1-5 bridge Weather D6 High: 63 -jg Showers New swine flu cases confirmed in US Latin America On Page A4 Mexico may soon where the outbreak likely as regular winter flu El XI 10 new probable swim flu cases in Washington state total at 35 probable "The good news is when we look at this virus right now we're not seeing sane cf the things in the virus that have been associated in the past with more severe Besser encouraging but it Index Bdnacc JOaric County Comics D4 jCrosswords D2E4 Horoscope P2 jjfs )ilovtes D3 CS C4 a Cbituaries Opinion Ah-N 1UNI one of the steps involved in identifying HUO abo known as swine flu Sunday at the New York City Public Health Laboratory in New York reopen businesses By JAMES ANDERSON AaoriatrdPrcu writer MEXICO CITY The swine flu epidemic spread deeper into die United States Europe and Latin America and in Canada back to pigs even aa health chief hinted Sunday it may soon be time to reopen businesses and schools in the nation began The virus spread to Colombia in tire first confirmed case in South America worrisome because flu season is about to begin in the Southern Hemisphere More cases were confirmed in Europe and North America health officials arid at treat 934 people have been sickened worldwide Dr Richard Besser acting chief of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said swine flu is spreading just as easily 1 ilia 1 said doesn't mean FLU Aye C2 SETH WENNflho Aooodotod Press Regional new Television 05 )WinnttoliHr from you: Sm our Hnfet dfeactoiy on A2 Obama urged to widen search for next justice Noting that ail nine justice came directly from the federal appeals court senators on the committee said someone with a wider breadth of experience would be a plus When he was discussing the qualities he would seek in Sout-ert successor Obama said last week he wanted someone with empathy for average Americans Conservatives fear that means the president would consider activists" for the seat Leahy said he expects the next justice to be confirmed by the COURT Agr At "I would like to see more people from outside the judicial monastery somebody who has had some real-life experience not just as a said Vermont Sen Patrick Leahy chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee that will hold hearings when Obama makes hia nomination By DOUGLASS DANIEL Auoriatrd Press writer WASHINGTON President Barack Obama's search to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter should extend beyond the current roster of federal judges senators from both political parties said Sunday -1 767200222 so A -1 10 iJt.