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The program focuses on helping low-income families to participate in after-school activities and programs. Guests will enjoy hors d'oeuvres, party favors, a no-host bar, a midnight Vibram Five Fingers sale , dancing and live music from Sonny Hess, Lady Kat and the Smokin' True Blue Band. The silent auction includes dinner cruises, wine tours, airplane rides and certificates for children from local businesses. Guests will also be able to watch the ball drop event in New York. Where: Hilton Vancouver Washington, 301 W. Sixth St., Vancouver. Cost: $95. Information: http://vancouvermayorevents.com. --Vancouver's New Year's Eve Gala: For those who prefer Vancouver's former mayor over the person currently in that office, Royce Pollard will attend Vancouver's NewVibram Five Fingers Kso Eve Gala just down the hall from the Mayor's New Year's Eve Ball. The gala, which runs 7:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., will benefit the Greater Clark County Rotary Foundation and YWCA Clark County. The Arthur Murray Dancers will perform from 8 to 9 p.m.; Patrick Lamb will play from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Guests can snack from a gourmet buffet and opt to participate in an optional wine raffle. Champagne will pour and balloons will drop Vibram Five Fingers KSO Black/Grey/Camo Shoes midnight. A large-screen television will show the New York ball drop. Where: Hilton Vancouver Washington, 301 W. Sixth St., Vancouver. Cost: $125 at the door. Information: http://ticketsoregon.com or http://newyearseve-vancouverwa.org.   To see more of The Beaufort Gazette or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://www.beaufortgazette.com. Copyright (c) 2010, The Beaufort Gazette, S.C. Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. For more information about the content services offered by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services (MCT), visit www.mctinfoservices.com. Dec. 31--Beaufort's Bay Street will soon lose another long-standing business, this one bearing the iconic Lipsitz name and operated by a man who has been selling shoes on the historic corridor for 40 years. Lipsitz Shoes owner Neil Lipsitz, 52, announced he will close the store at the end of February, Vibram Five Fingers KSO Grey-Yellow Shoes move prompted by the economy and health problems. The closure will mark the end of an era for the Lipsitz family, who have operated one or more stores on Bay Street for the past 109 years, starting in 1902 with a dry goods store. As he leaves the shoe business -- and Bay Street -- Lipsitz said it feels like a "piece of me is going" with the store.