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Here is what is going on around Portland/Vancouver this week!

Winter Hawks vs Kamloops Blazers
January 20th
Memorial Coliseum
One Center Court, Portland OR 97227

2010 Rose City Classic Dog Show
January 21st – 24th
Portland Expo Center
2060 North Marine Drive, Portland OR 97217

Fighter Girl: The Musical
January 22nd  – 24th
Brunish Hall
1111 SW Broadway (at Main Street), Portland OR 97205

Dirt Farm Cowboys: Live Country Music
January 23rd
The Portlander Inn
10350 N. Vancouver Way, Portland OR 97217

They Came to Play
January 24th
Whitsell Auditorium
1219 SW Park Avenue, Portland OR

For more great ideas for what to do around town, check out our Local Event Guide at the top of this page.

Its not often that you find a company where several employees have worked there for long periods of time. Here at Dick Hannah, that is actually the norm rather than the abnormal. The service department at Honda is one example of employees who have chosen to make Dick Hannah Honda their home. I would like to acknowledge 3 technicians who are all celebrating a long employment anniversary of 20 years with the Hannah family. John Parthenay, Jim Hicks, and Ray Henderson.

This month celebrates 20 years of employment for John Parthenay as a technician at Dick Hannah Honda in Vancouver, WA. John has been a technician for over 25 years starting out at a Buick dealer in Portland, OR after he finished his associates degree, in Automotive, at Clark College.
John and his wife Cris, who have been married for 17 years, are raising their 3 boys in Vancouver, WA. When asked what keeps him working for the same company for so long John said ” It’s a great atmosphere, I’m treated well and I feel free to be myself. It’s a very family environment.”
Jim Hicks, who surprisingly met John while at Clark College together, and Ray also celebrated their 20th year with us in 2009. Jim and Ray both live with their families in Vancouver, WA.
I have definitely enjoyed working with them over the years and wanted to say thank you for your service and the positive attitude you bring to work here it makes for a fun work day.

This last year Dick Hannah Dealerships shared it’s 60th birthday with the community here in the Vancouver/Portlandarea. What an achievement! This got me thinking about how things have changed since 1949 and 2010!

In 1949;

The cost of a first-class stamp: $0.03

The first Emmy Awards were handed out

The cost of gas: $0.17/Gal.

Average cost of a new car: $1,420

Average wages per year: $2,950

Cost of Milk: $0.84/Gal

Cost of Bread: $0.14/Loaf

The first Polaroid camera sold for $89.95

It is astounding to see how much has changed since then! It is also amazing to think that through all of this time Dick Hannah Dealerships has been here for all of these changes!

2010 Portland Boat Show
January 13th - 17th
Portland Expo Center
2600 North Marine Drive, Portland OR 97217

Bill Cosby
January 16th 4:30pm & 8:00pm
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
1037 SW Broadway, Portland OR 97205

FX Gravity Slashers
January 16th 7:30pm
Rose Garden
One Center Court, Portland OR 97227

2010 Portland Bridal Show
January 16th - 17th
Oregon Convention Center
777 NE Martin Luther King Blvd, Portland OR 97232

America’s Largest Antique & Collectible Show
January 16th - 17th
Clark County Event Center at the Clark County Fairgrounds Ridgefield, WA
I-5 North or South, Exit 9 (179th st.) West on 179th Street. Follow signs to parking.

For more great ideas for what to do around town, check out our Local Event Guide at the top of this page.