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Ridgefield students earn police visits for good behavior

July 13, 2019, 5:20am Community

Union Ridge Elementary School brought in police officers last school year to reward good behavior. Read story

Linda Lorenz of Vancouver looks for the marker signaling the end of the proposed logging area along the Hantwick Trail south of Yacolt last week on June 28. Lorenz owns property just across Northeast Lucia Falls Road from the proposed logging site.

Clark County, state could save forest land along Hantwick Trail

Linda Lorenz of Vancouver looks for the marker signaling the end of the proposed logging area along the Hantwick Trail south of Yacolt last week on June 28. Lorenz owns property just across Northeast Lucia Falls Road from the proposed logging site.

July 6, 2019, 6:05am Clark County Life

YACOLT -- In May 2018, Linda Lorenz was clearing blackberries from her 17.8-acre property overlooking the East Fork of the Lewis River when some state employees stopped by. Read story

Everybody has a Story: Family makes loving light

July 6, 2019, 6:02am Clark County Life

I was 9 years old and my two brothers and I were lined up like mute hostages in the back seat of our Rambler Classic. It was the early 1960s and our family was headed to a week-long summer vacation at a cabin on a lake in Northern Wisconsin. Read story

Applause

July 6, 2019, 6:00am Community

Annual Educator Impact Award Lynn Eide, a teacher at Skyview High School, has been named a winner in the second annual Educator Impact Awards in the Blended Learning category. This award recognizes an innovative use of curriculum to improve student outcome. The awards ceremony took place in Philadelphia. Read story

Battle Ground: Community members in Battle Ground pitched in to plant this tree along Main Street in honor of attorney and “serial volunteer” Jill Kurtz, who died in January 2018.

Battle Ground Rotary, community members plant tree in honor of late attorney

Battle Ground: Community members in Battle Ground pitched in to plant this tree along Main Street in honor of attorney and “serial volunteer” Jill Kurtz, who died in January 2018.

July 6, 2019, 5:58am Community

After Battle Ground attorney Jill Kurtz died of a pulmonary embolism in January 2018, others in the community wanted to do something to honor someone known as a “serial volunteer.” Read story

Volunteer Opportunities

July 6, 2019, 5:58am Community

Volunteer Connections/RSVP promotes volunteer opportunities. To see all the available opportunities, visit hsc-wa.org/volunteer-connections or call 360-735-3690. Read story

Local League of Women Voters honored for membership growth

July 6, 2019, 5:35am Community

The League of Women Voters of Clark County won state recognition for its membership growth, outpacing all 19 other local chapters in Washington in percentage increase for the last two years. Read story

Washougal: Stephanie Lynn, owner of Sweet Spot Skirts in Vancouver, gave the keynote address at the first Business and Marketing Pathways Conference in the Washougal School District.

Washougal High hosts first Pathways conference

Washougal: Stephanie Lynn, owner of Sweet Spot Skirts in Vancouver, gave the keynote address at the first Business and Marketing Pathways Conference in the Washougal School District.

July 6, 2019, 5:35am Community

Washougal High School staffers were looking to bring a more personal approach to the standard Career Day, and hosted the Business and Marketing Pathways Conference in May. Read story

Esther Short: Twenty-four local high school and college students who were awarded a combined $96,000 in scholarship money from the Vancouver Rotary Foundation.

Rotary awards $96k in scholarships

Esther Short: Twenty-four local high school and college students who were awarded a combined $96,000 in scholarship money from the Vancouver Rotary Foundation.

July 6, 2019, 5:35am Community

The Vancouver Rotary Foundation awarded $96,000 in college scholarships to 24 Southwest Washington high school and college students at the club’s annual scholarship luncheon at WareHouse ‘23. Read story

East Vancouver: Chartwells staff, from left, Stacy Struck, Katie Rasmussen and Abida Murtaza brought radishes to Burton Elementary School, which played host to the Harvest of the Month program recently.

Radishes come to Evergreen schools through Harvest of the Month

East Vancouver: Chartwells staff, from left, Stacy Struck, Katie Rasmussen and Abida Murtaza brought radishes to Burton Elementary School, which played host to the Harvest of the Month program recently.

July 6, 2019, 5:33am Community

Washington State University Extension’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education and Evergreen Public Schools’ Chartwells food service brought radishes to Burton Elementary School recently as part of the Harvest of the Month program. Read story