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Simon Ross, third from right, with other members of a Seattle-area car club that collects Soviet-era vehicles at the monument to the Chkalov flight near Pearson Air Museum on June 20.

Off Beat: Vintage car collectors mark Chkalov 80th anniversary

Simon Ross, third from right, with other members of a Seattle-area car club that collects Soviet-era vehicles at the monument to the Chkalov flight near Pearson Air Museum on June 20.

July 2, 2017, 4:46pm Clark County News

When Simon Ross took off from Moscow and wound up in Vancouver, it was a bit like Valery Chkalov’s itinerary in 1937. Read story

Vancouver City Councilor Larry Smith mingles at a farewell party thrown in his honor in 2015 at City Hall in Vancouver.

Larry Smith is 2017 First Citizen

Vancouver City Councilor Larry Smith mingles at a farewell party thrown in his honor in 2015 at City Hall in Vancouver.

July 1, 2017, 6:12pm Clark County News

When the U.S. Army sent Col. Larry Smith to Vancouver Barracks in 1989, it gave him the opportunity to work with community leaders. Read story

Heylen Medina, 25, poses for a photo holding her certificate of naturalization with her father, Lazaro Medina, following a naturalization ceremony for new American citizens at Pearson Air Museum on Friday. Lazaro left Cuba on a raft, gaining citizenship in the United States in 2005. His daughter, Heylen, immigrated to Vancouver from Cuba at the age of 18.

New citizens sworn in at Pearson Air Museum

Heylen Medina, 25, poses for a photo holding her certificate of naturalization with her father, Lazaro Medina, following a naturalization ceremony for new American citizens at Pearson Air Museum on Friday. Lazaro left Cuba on a raft, gaining citizenship in the United States in 2005. His daughter, Heylen, immigrated to Vancouver from Cuba at the age of 18.

June 30, 2017, 10:08pm Clark County News

The Fourth of July will have special meaning for some people who gathered Friday at Pearson Air Museum: It will be the first time they can celebrate the holiday as American citizens. Read story

Volunteer Joseph Oleksiewicz, in the black hat, tells Ruby and Henry Fry, at the counter, about the fur trade at Fort Vancouver during their family’s visit in July 2016.

Fort Vancouver extends hours for July 4

Volunteer Joseph Oleksiewicz, in the black hat, tells Ruby and Henry Fry, at the counter, about the fur trade at Fort Vancouver during their family’s visit in July 2016.

June 28, 2017, 7:34pm Clark County News

Fort Vancouver National Historic Site will be open with extended hours on July 4, heading into the annual Independence Day fireworks display. Read story

Mikah Meyer, left, 31, who is trying to become the first person to visit all 417 national parks during one road trip, learns about Fort Vancouver National Historic Site during a June 16 tour with Bob Cromwell, chief of interpretation.

Off Beat: National parks have 20 different designations

Mikah Meyer, left, 31, who is trying to become the first person to visit all 417 national parks during one road trip, learns about Fort Vancouver National Historic Site during a June 16 tour with Bob Cromwell, chief of interpretation.

June 25, 2017, 4:41pm Clark County News

Mikah Meyer’s visit to Vancouver a few days ago underlines the fact that our community has a national park. Read story

Onlookers gather at Pearson Field to see the ANT-25 flown by Valery Chkalov which landed in Vancouver on June 20, 1937.

Pearson to celebrate 80th anniversary of Chkalov flight

Onlookers gather at Pearson Field to see the ANT-25 flown by Valery Chkalov which landed in Vancouver on June 20, 1937.

June 22, 2017, 5:18pm Clark County News

Russian officials from Seattle will visit Pearson Air Museum on Saturday to celebrate a much more harrowing trip to Vancouver by three countrymen. Read story

John Luke (back row, third from left) with his B-17 crew in 1944. Luke, a 1942 graduate of Vancouver High School, was drafted during World War II and was credited with 35 missions over Germany.

Flying high on Nine-O-Nine: WWII veteran recalls service

John Luke (back row, third from left) with his B-17 crew in 1944. Luke, a 1942 graduate of Vancouver High School, was drafted during World War II and was credited with 35 missions over Germany.

June 21, 2017, 7:31pm Clark County News

Seventy-three years after his last bombing mission over Europe, John Luke boarded Nine-O-Nine for one more B-17 flight. Read story

Mikah Meyer, left, 31, who is on a three-year road trip to visit all 417 national parks, and Ranger Bob Cromwell stop in the reconstructed fur store during Friday’s tour of Fort Vancouver National Historic Site.

Fort visitor plans to see all 417 national parks

Mikah Meyer, left, 31, who is on a three-year road trip to visit all 417 national parks, and Ranger Bob Cromwell stop in the reconstructed fur store during Friday’s tour of Fort Vancouver National Historic Site.

June 19, 2017, 8:31pm Clark County News

Mikah Meyer’s tally as of Friday: 185 parks down and 232 to go. Read story

Tamara Uldell, a Washington State University Vancouver student, reaches into an excavation during Fort Vancouver’s archaeology field school in 2015.

Local history uncovered in summer dig program

Tamara Uldell, a Washington State University Vancouver student, reaches into an excavation during Fort Vancouver’s archaeology field school in 2015.

June 19, 2017, 6:01am Clark County News

The legacy of William Ryan will be explored this summer at Fort Vancouver. Archaeologists hope to learn — among other things — precisely which William Ryan they’re studying. Read story

Off Beat: Makeup days cut into reading time

June 19, 2017, 6:00am Clark County News

People at our local libraries are wonderful sources of information on many topics ... including the effect of snow and ice on summer reading programs. Read story