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Here are some of the stories that grabbed readers’ attention this weekend.
It would seem like a no-brainer — or as the Russians would call it, a bez problem — to link the cities on either end of Valery Chkalov’s historic 1937 flight. But when Shchelkovo, Russia, reached out to Vancouver in hopes of forming a Sister City partnership, Vancouver said “nyet.”
In a geopolitical climate where cross-national partnerships are valued, the city of Vancouver prefers to foster one and only one Sister City partnership: Joyo, Japan. A relationship with Arequipa, Peru, began in 1961 but was allowed to lapse in 1993, two years before Joyo became Vancouver’s new sister.
Learn more about Vancouver’s sister city.
RIDGEFIELD — With Felida Village, developer Ron Edwards was looking to bring some of the town square feel of Europe to Clark County. Now he’s looking to bring some Felida to Ridgefield.
Edwards is one of a few developers the city brought together for an upcoming project that will transform about 40 acres at the southwest corner of the roundabout at Pioneer Street and 45th Avenue into a mixed-use development with roughly 300 apartments, a new park and a commercial aspect.
Learn more about the developer’s plans.
CAMAS – Merchants in downtown Camas say they’ve noticed an increase in homelessness in the city throughout the last month, and they held a community meeting Thursday night to discuss the issue.
Around 35 people crowded into the Camas-Washougal Chamber of Commerce office to talk about their experiences and how to help. Some said they’ve had people they assume are homeless steal from their business or antagonize patrons; others wanted to know what services are available and how to direct people to them.
“These are your neighbors,” Melissa Baker, director of Housing Solutions Center for the Council for the Homeless, said at the meeting. “They don’t want to steal showers. They want to fulfill basic needs.”
Read more about the debate.
State Rep. Vicki Kraft, R-Vancouver, was the only member of Clark County’s legislative delegation to vote against a bill drafted late in the session with little public input that seeks to limit what records lawmakers are required to disclose to the public.
“Ultimately I voted against this bill because I believe the process of how this bill transpired could’ve been done differently with more public input,” Kraft said in a text message. “As a representative I have to be accountable to the citizens so their feedback on important issues such as this especially is key.”
Learn more about Kraft’s vote.
Laura Hottman never planned on getting tattoos. But the 54-year-old also never planned on getting breast cancer.
When the cancer was gone and her body was put back together — after the chemotherapy and the double mastectomy and the surgeries that reconstructed her breasts — Hottman saw scars.
Scars from the incisions needed to remove the cancerous tissue from her right breast. Scars to remove the healthy tissue from her left breast. Scars from the failed nipple reconstruction procedure.
“You kind of feel like you have a sign hanging on you, ‘Under construction,’ ” Hottman said.
Read more about tattoos to cover cancer scars.
