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Columbian Education Reporter

Mary, from left, McKenna, Matt, Adam and Steve Pozsgai, sit together in their Salmon Creek home. Matt, 21, has cystic fibrosis and struggles daily to maintain his health. His sister, McKenna, 16, recently was selected by Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to advocate to lawmakers in Washington, D.C., about improving research and funding for cystic fibrosis.

‘Matt Pack’ helps man live with cystic fibrosis

Mary, from left, McKenna, Matt, Adam and Steve Pozsgai, sit together in their Salmon Creek home. Matt, 21, has cystic fibrosis and struggles daily to maintain his health. His sister, McKenna, 16, recently was selected by Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to advocate to lawmakers in Washington, D.C., about improving research and funding for cystic fibrosis.

July 18, 2016, 6:06am Clark County News

Matt Pozsgai lives with the reality of cystic fibrosis every day. During the past six years, he’s spent the equivalent of 48 weeks — nearly a year — in the hospital fighting his disease. Read story

Danielle Francom, 16, plans to become a neurosurgeon.

At 16, a Clark College graduate

Danielle Francom, 16, plans to become a neurosurgeon.

July 17, 2016, 6:01am Clark County News

Danielle Francom doesn’t remember her great-grandfather. Read story

Student volunteers Phillip Andrews, left, and Justin Beck pull English ivy in Blanford Canyon.

8 ways students can volunteer in Clark County this summer

Student volunteers Phillip Andrews, left, and Justin Beck pull English ivy in Blanford Canyon.

July 10, 2016, 6:03am Clark County News

Students have about 50 days of summer break stretching ahead of them before they head back to school. Read story

Participants march in Vancouver&#039;s first Dyke March, part of the Saturday in the Park pride event at Esther Short Park. The annual gay pride event celebrates the local gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer community.

March swells with Pride

Participants march in Vancouver&#039;s first Dyke March, part of the Saturday in the Park pride event at Esther Short Park. The annual gay pride event celebrates the local gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer community.

July 9, 2016, 8:29pm Clark County News

Mary Blanchette remembers when being openly gay was risky. Her children were bullied at school. Someone painted explicit graffiti on their house. Read story

Jobs agency gets grant to help inmates find work

July 7, 2016, 11:04pm Clark County News

Workforce Southwest Washington has received a $500,000 federal grant geared to help inmates in the Clark County Jail find jobs and stay out of jail after they are released. Read story

Students at Thosmas Jefferson, Alki and Gaiser middle schools will benefit from a grant to bring beginning computer science and coding classes starting in the fall.

Vancouver Public Schools gets $28,900 computer science grant

Students at Thosmas Jefferson, Alki and Gaiser middle schools will benefit from a grant to bring beginning computer science and coding classes starting in the fall.

July 4, 2016, 6:59pm Clark County News

Vancouver Public Schools received a $28,900 grant to bring introductory computer science and coding classes to middle school students during the 2016-2017 school year. Read story

Participants in the Police Activities League summer camp watch a rocket blast off Friday at Orchards Elementary School.

‘Go’ for launch in Mad Science week

Participants in the Police Activities League summer camp watch a rocket blast off Friday at Orchards Elementary School.

July 1, 2016, 9:28pm Clark County News

All systems were “go” as junior rocket builders crowded around the launch pad on the playground at Orchards Elementary School on Friday morning. Read story

Thomas Feston and his wife Rachel, volunteers for the group Urban Abundance, pick raspberries at a residence along the banks of Vancouver Lake on Thursday. The group gleans produce that would otherwise spoil and donates part of the harvest to local food banks.

Gleaners gather bounty of berries for ‘great cause’

Thomas Feston and his wife Rachel, volunteers for the group Urban Abundance, pick raspberries at a residence along the banks of Vancouver Lake on Thursday. The group gleans produce that would otherwise spoil and donates part of the harvest to local food banks.

June 23, 2016, 9:48pm Clark County Health

Bending down on one knee, Miriam Bates plucked a plump raspberry from a bush and dropped it into a three-quart ice cream tub. She’d already filled nearly two containers with the fragile fruit. Read story

Nataliya Romashcheko, center, selects tomatoes with her son, Misha Romashcheko, 8, right, at the fresh food pantry at Orchards Elementary School on Wednesday.

Evergreen’s Family & Community Resource Center helps families in need

Nataliya Romashcheko, center, selects tomatoes with her son, Misha Romashcheko, 8, right, at the fresh food pantry at Orchards Elementary School on Wednesday.

June 23, 2016, 6:02am Clark County Health

Nataliya Romashcheko and her children shopped for fresh produce, meat and other perishable food in the cafeteria at Orchards Elementary School on Wednesday morning. The school’s Family & Community Resource Center was distributing the food donated by Share and Costco to school families during the summer’s first fresh-food pantry. Read story

Kids eat a free spaghetti lunch at at Fruit Valley Elementary in June 2015. This year Share’s Summer Meals program will provide free meals for children up to age 18 at multiple locations throughout Clark County.

Share offers free summer meals to children

Kids eat a free spaghetti lunch at at Fruit Valley Elementary in June 2015. This year Share’s Summer Meals program will provide free meals for children up to age 18 at multiple locations throughout Clark County.

June 20, 2016, 6:00am Clark County News

Share plans to provide 27,000 free meals to children from June 27 to August 12 at 22 sites, including schools, parks and apartment complexes. Read story