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Stories by Scott Hewitt

Columbian staff writer

Many colorful mixtures of encaustic (beeswax) and dammar resin sit Tracy Simpson’s home studio in Washougal, ready to go; all she has to do is melt them, or make some more, to start adding colors to her works in progress.

Learn and shop during Washougal’s second Studio Artists Tour

Many colorful mixtures of encaustic (beeswax) and dammar resin sit Tracy Simpson’s home studio in Washougal, ready to go; all she has to do is melt them, or make some more, to start adding colors to her works in progress.

May 10, 2019, 6:05am Clark County Life

The question that painter Tracy Simpson gets asked most often is simply: “How do you do it?” Read story

A memorial sign and white “ghost bike” photographed in 2009 alongside St. Johns Road, where cyclist and popular Hudson’s Bay High School teacher Gordon Patterson was killed by a driver who was texting while driving. A commemorative “Ride of Silence,” honoring all cycling casualties, is set for Wednesday.

Vancouver Bicycle Club hosts silent ride for cyclists who’ve died

A memorial sign and white “ghost bike” photographed in 2009 alongside St. Johns Road, where cyclist and popular Hudson’s Bay High School teacher Gordon Patterson was killed by a driver who was texting while driving. A commemorative “Ride of Silence,” honoring all cycling casualties, is set for Wednesday.

May 10, 2019, 6:05am Clark County Life

Local cyclists can take a positive sort of ride Wednesday night, to make a public statement about bike safety. Read story

Jazz organist Louis Pain, relaxing in his “man cave” in his home on a Washougal hillside, leans on a Leslie rotating speaker while describing the ultimate cool of the Hammond B-3 organ. Behind Pain are artworks featuring the faces of his wife, Tracy, and himself in younger days.

Jazz organist Louis Pain plays on

Jazz organist Louis Pain, relaxing in his “man cave” in his home on a Washougal hillside, leans on a Leslie rotating speaker while describing the ultimate cool of the Hammond B-3 organ. Behind Pain are artworks featuring the faces of his wife, Tracy, and himself in younger days.

May 9, 2019, 6:05am Clark County Life

Maybe it was the pneumonia that hit organist Louis Pain a few weeks before the big gig. Maybe it was the unrelenting pressure of pushing his trio’s new, hourlong album toward release by deadline. Read story

Katrina Cannon, from left, T.

Pacific Stageworks’ musical message for Mom

Katrina Cannon, from left, T.

May 9, 2019, 6:04am Clark County Life

Does human emotion go any deeper than the bond between mother and child? Read story

Is it high school, or is it war? It’s both in “She Kills Monsters,” a magical adventure that pits evil cheerleaders (sophomores Molly Connolly, left, and Kestyn Hudson, right) against sincere, struggling sisters (Lila Soelberg as Agnes, inner left, and Tessa Eagar as Tilly).

Union High presents ‘She Kills Monsters’

Is it high school, or is it war? It’s both in “She Kills Monsters,” a magical adventure that pits evil cheerleaders (sophomores Molly Connolly, left, and Kestyn Hudson, right) against sincere, struggling sisters (Lila Soelberg as Agnes, inner left, and Tessa Eagar as Tilly).

May 3, 2019, 6:05am Clark County Life

There’s a monster-filled dungeon that most of us manage to survive. It’s called high school. Read story

Kimberly Dewey as Sister Robert Ann and Jennifer Johnson as Babe in “The Queen of Bingo.” Keith Dwiggins

Beacock comedy benefits young musicians

Kimberly Dewey as Sister Robert Ann and Jennifer Johnson as Babe in “The Queen of Bingo.” Keith Dwiggins

May 2, 2019, 6:02am Clark County Life

The thespians at Beacock Music Theater sure know their market: zany ladies of a certain age. Read story

Amanda Cowan/The Columbian Real people and experiences motivated Cynthia Heise’s autobiographical exhibit “The Fantasmagorical Journey of Rainbow Giraffe” - like her Southern Baptist mother, a “Bible thumper” who unlearned all that when she moved to Minnesota, Heise said.

Felida artist shares her ‘Fantasmagorical Journey’

Amanda Cowan/The Columbian Real people and experiences motivated Cynthia Heise’s autobiographical exhibit “The Fantasmagorical Journey of Rainbow Giraffe” - like her Southern Baptist mother, a “Bible thumper” who unlearned all that when she moved to Minnesota, Heise said.

May 2, 2019, 6:02am Clark County Life

You can help rename Rainbow Giraffe. Drop your idea in the suggestion box during the May run of “The Fantasmagorical Journey of Rainbow Giraffe,” an autobiographical epic in cartoon colors and arresting images by a Felida painter who likes to go by that name — but might want to take… Read story

Ed Leinenkugel of Astoria stops to smell the lilacs Monday while exploring the Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens in Woodland.

Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens in Woodland: Lilac Lady land

Ed Leinenkugel of Astoria stops to smell the lilacs Monday while exploring the Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens in Woodland.

April 28, 2019, 6:02am Clark County Life

Before you start admiring the blooming faces of all the beautiful flowers on her estate, consider the warrior visage of Hulda Klager herself — armed with a couple of garden spades and sneering disgustedly at any notion of showing mercy when her precious lilacs were at stake. Read story

Her days never seem to stop being happy, do they? One short Lunafest film, “The Final Show,” features Marion Ross (of TV’s “Happy Days”) as she nears the end of life and chooses a partner for all of eternity. It sure looks like she made a good choice.

Lunafest at Kiggins features short films focused on women

Her days never seem to stop being happy, do they? One short Lunafest film, “The Final Show,” features Marion Ross (of TV’s “Happy Days”) as she nears the end of life and chooses a partner for all of eternity. It sure looks like she made a good choice.

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

Elizabeth Holmes and Lisa Schauer have known each other for decades, but for a long time their relationship was wary. Moving in the same professional land-use planning and real estate development circles, each assumed those male-dominated fields didn’t have room for both of them. That let to long silences between… Read story

Hawaiian native Jeff Peterson is a master of the slack-key guitar, a music educator and a fellow of the Vancouver-based Native Arts & Cultures Foundation.

Blues, slack-key guitarists to join forces in Ridgefield

Hawaiian native Jeff Peterson is a master of the slack-key guitar, a music educator and a fellow of the Vancouver-based Native Arts & Cultures Foundation.

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

When Portland blues guitarist Terry Robb returns May 4 to one of his favorite haunts, Ridgefield’s Old Liberty Theater, he’ll bring a unique out-of-town guest with a cool Vancouver connection. Read story