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Garden volunteer Elizabeth Stoltz of Heisson cleans out dead flower buds in the heritage garden at Fort Vancouver. Today’s heritage garden is a 95 percent accurate representation of varieties of plants grown here in the 1840s, volunteers said.

History still blooming in the Fort Vancouver garden

Garden volunteer Elizabeth Stoltz of Heisson cleans out dead flower buds in the heritage garden at Fort Vancouver. Today’s heritage garden is a 95 percent accurate representation of varieties of plants grown here in the 1840s, volunteers said.

August 22, 2019, 6:03am Clark County Life

The historically authentic crops in the heritage garden in front of Fort Vancouver even attract historically authentic pollinators. Read story

Nathan Howard/The Columbian Spray paint artist “FABS” (Camille Cote) adds final touches to a mural on a shipping container at the back of a parking lot on Fourth Plain Boulevard.

Vancouver as mural town facing formidable challenges

Nathan Howard/The Columbian Spray paint artist “FABS” (Camille Cote) adds final touches to a mural on a shipping container at the back of a parking lot on Fourth Plain Boulevard.

August 18, 2019, 6:02am Clark County Life

A big smile spreads across Salvador Larios’ face when he looks at the Martin Luther King Jr. mural on the west-facing wall of his Mexican bakery and grocery. Read story

Alisha Jucevic/The Columbian There are no bike lanes where Fruit Valley Road crosses railway tracks and Burnt Bridge Creek, so cyclists are directed to use the whole travel lane. But that takes courage amidst car and truck traffic traveling at 35 mph or more.

New Fruit Valley bridge to include protected bike lanes

Alisha Jucevic/The Columbian There are no bike lanes where Fruit Valley Road crosses railway tracks and Burnt Bridge Creek, so cyclists are directed to use the whole travel lane. But that takes courage amidst car and truck traffic traveling at 35 mph or more.

August 17, 2019, 2:26pm Community

Even while gripping their handlebars, local cyclists tend to cross their fingers for good luck when riding the narrow berm at the west end of Burnt Bridge Creek, and the Fruit Valley Road bridge over railway tracks. Those adjacent spots add up to a single traffic pinch point, forcing bikes… Read story

Maria Heckinger looks over important photos while talking about her new memoir. The group photo under the mirror is Heckinger, left, with other Greek adoptees who went searching for their birth parents. They might have been her orphanage playmates in childhood, she said. Now they are close friends.

A Greek orphan’s tale of origins uncovered

Maria Heckinger looks over important photos while talking about her new memoir. The group photo under the mirror is Heckinger, left, with other Greek adoptees who went searching for their birth parents. They might have been her orphanage playmates in childhood, she said. Now they are close friends.

August 16, 2019, 6:00am Clark County Life

Maria Heckinger secretly monitored the street below from an upstairs balcony. Her friends approached the Greek washerwoman who might be her long-lost mother. Read story

“Beer and singing have always gone together,” said Reprise Choir founder April Duvic.

‘Couve Beer Choir is all about songs, beer and feeding good cheervideo icon

“Beer and singing have always gone together,” said Reprise Choir founder April Duvic.

August 15, 2019, 6:05am Clark County Life

The more beer the singers drank, the better everything sounded. That’s no surprise. Read story

Rebecca Hoffman as Morwinda, left, Dani Knittle as Sleeping Beauty and Andrew Pongratz as Torwinda in the upcoming “Magentots” comedy for kids, “Sleeping Beauty.” Stephanie Roberts/Fetching Photos

Magenta Theater’s ‘Magentots’ offers shows for children close to home

Rebecca Hoffman as Morwinda, left, Dani Knittle as Sleeping Beauty and Andrew Pongratz as Torwinda in the upcoming “Magentots” comedy for kids, “Sleeping Beauty.” Stephanie Roberts/Fetching Photos

August 8, 2019, 6:01am Clark County Life

Several Clark County theater schools — including Journey Theater, Riverside Performing Arts and Metropolitan Performing Arts — offer young thespians a chance to practice their craft and show off for adoring parents and grandparents. Read story

Tracy Reilly Kelly, a Clark College program manager and independent historical researcher, will offer a talk about leading Washington suffragists and their fight for voting rights, as part of next week’s Vancouver Chautauqua educational series.

Vancouver Chautauqua to celebrate state’s suffragist history

Tracy Reilly Kelly, a Clark College program manager and independent historical researcher, will offer a talk about leading Washington suffragists and their fight for voting rights, as part of next week’s Vancouver Chautauqua educational series.

August 2, 2019, 6:05am Clark County Life

The history of women’s suffrage in Washington is like a vintage version of whack-a-mole. Women’s right to vote popped up, and got beaten back, several times during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. But Washington’s efforts were still ahead of most of the rest of the nation, according to… Read story

It looks like serious combat, but it’s actually a play within the play. In the second half of Metropolitan Performing Arts’ “The Taming of the Shrew,” Petruchio (Laura Hankins) pretends to rough up servant Grumio (Michael Orlando), but it’s really just a harmless demonstration for the ill-behaved Katherina.

Outdoor performances offer fresh twists on Bard’s works

It looks like serious combat, but it’s actually a play within the play. In the second half of Metropolitan Performing Arts’ “The Taming of the Shrew,” Petruchio (Laura Hankins) pretends to rough up servant Grumio (Michael Orlando), but it’s really just a harmless demonstration for the ill-behaved Katherina.

August 1, 2019, 6:05am Clark County Life

What room is there for shrew-taming in this #MeToo era? Doesn’t William Shakespeare’s slapstick romp about a bright, independent, feisty female forced into marriage by a major bully jangle today’s enlightened sensibilities? Read story

Young dancers perform during a recent Hawaiian festival in Esther Short Park.

Spirit of ‘Aunty’ lives on at Four Days of Aloha in Esther Short Park

Young dancers perform during a recent Hawaiian festival in Esther Short Park.

July 26, 2019, 6:05am Clark County Life

After his mother died, Kaloku Holt considered just packing it in. Many of the organizers of the Ke Kukui Foundation were in favor of taking a break of at least a year from staging their big annual Polynesian festival in Esther Short Park, he said. Read story

Camas Days bathtub races take place at 1 p.m Saturday.

Camas Days, free music, movies and much more await fun-seekers

Camas Days bathtub races take place at 1 p.m Saturday.

July 25, 2019, 6:03am Clark County Life

Stand back, adult Papermakers. It’s time for children to take over the city of Camas. Read story