September 14, 2019, 6:00am Clark County Life
In a former life, long ago, I lived on a busy farmstead in Oregon’s Hood River Valley. I remember the time a sweet little stray kitten appeared outside my kitchen. Because she was adorable and friendly and we needed another “mouser” for the barn, I decided to keep her. Read story
September 14, 2019, 6:00am Community
Angels of God Pantry and Feeding Sites seeks volunteers to help in the food pantry or prepare and serve meals at its meal sites. Those helping in the preparation and serving of meals will need to acquire a food handler’s permit. Food pantry shifts are 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.… Read story
September 14, 2019, 5:57am Community
Ridgefield High School seniors Amaya Socha and Mia Tomillo and sophomore Joslyn Mayberry each earned All-American Cheerleader honors at National Cheerleaders Association competitions during Varsity Camp at The Evergreen State College in Olympia in July. They were three of eight cheerleaders selected out of more than 200 at the camp.… Read story
September 14, 2019, 5:57am Community
The Community Military Appreciation Committee, with grants from Walmart and from 100 Men Clark County, purchased and assembled 200 back-to-school kits for Clark County’s approximately 100 military families with a parent deployed or scheduled for deployment prior to the current school year starting. Sen. Lynda Wilson, R-Vancouver, Vancouver Mayor Anne… Read story
September 14, 2019, 5:57am Community
Henrietta Lacks Health High School grad Asante Johnson was one of four local students to earn a 2019 Ignite Your Future Scholarship. The program was established in 2007 by Burgerville. Johnson has worked at the Orchard’s Burgerville since May 2017 and will attend Clark College in the fall to study… Read story
September 14, 2019, 5:57am Community
Members of the online Facebook group “Growing up in Vancouver, WA” gathered Sept. for a picnic at Vancouver Lake Regional Park. Of the 6,721 current members of the online group founded five years ago, around 60 people met up at the group’s first in-person event, according to organizers. Old photos,… Read story
September 14, 2019, 5:57am Community
The Camas-Washougal Historical Society was presented a check for $5,000 from the Honorable Frank L. and Arlene J. Price Foundation on Sept. 3 at the Two Rivers Heritage Museum. Kay Dalke-Sheadel, Price Foundation executive director, presented the check to Jim Cobb, president of thesociety. The grant is the second from… Read story
September 14, 2019, 5:57am Community
An oil painting titled “Through the Doorway at Steigerwald Refuge” will be auctioned during September at Second Story Gallery, upstairs in the Camas Public Library, 625 N.E. Fourth Ave. Cheryl Mathieson, a local artist, donated the painting, which is up for grabs in a silent auction. Bids will be accepted… Read story
September 14, 2019, 5:57am Community
Eighty-two volunteers — including families from La Center and Felida, members of St. Paul’s and St. Andrew’s Lutheran churches, and about 30 missionaries and other volunteers from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — spent a Saturday last month at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church working on improvements to… Read story
September 14, 2019, 5:57am Community
Visitors to the Subway on Fourth Plain Boulevard might want to plan for some extra time when eating their sandwiches in the future. The location recently installed a Free Little Community Library located at 2800 E. Fourth Plain Blvd., Vancouver. The Subway team created the library out of an old… Read story
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