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West Vancouver: Members from Davidson & Associates Insurance, 610 Esther St., Suite 101, donated $5,000 to Vancouver nonprofit Partners in Careers’ Roots to Road program, which provides small-scale farm training and jobs to veterans.

Local insurance agency donates to Partners in Careers

West Vancouver: Members from Davidson & Associates Insurance, 610 Esther St., Suite 101, donated $5,000 to Vancouver nonprofit Partners in Careers’ Roots to Road program, which provides small-scale farm training and jobs to veterans.

May 18, 2019, 5:16am Community

Davidson & Associates Insurance, 610 Esther St., Suite 101, recently donated $5,000 to Partners in Careers, a Vancouver nonprofit organization that works to help people become economically self-sufficient by providing training and job placement opportunities. Read story

East Vancouver: Vancouver Moose Lodge 1774 volunteers hosted a karaoke party at Springwood Landing Gracious Retirement Living in honor of Jack Grauer, a new resident who is 98 years old and can no longer drive himself to sing karaoke every week, like he used to do.

Vancouver Moose Lodge 1774 hosts karaoke party at assisted living center

East Vancouver: Vancouver Moose Lodge 1774 volunteers hosted a karaoke party at Springwood Landing Gracious Retirement Living in honor of Jack Grauer, a new resident who is 98 years old and can no longer drive himself to sing karaoke every week, like he used to do.

May 18, 2019, 5:16am Community

Residents at Springwood Landing Gracious Retirement Living were treated to a karaoke party recently hosted by Vancouver Moose Lodge 1774. Read story

Volunteer Opportunities

May 18, 2019, 5:11am Clark County Life

Clark County Food Bank grows and gleans over 100,000 pounds of fresh produce at the 78th Street Heritage Farm and throughout Clark County. Work parties are scheduled on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon, June through November. Individuals, families, groups and all ages are welcome. For more information,… Read story

Kobe Lee, left, and Camille Cowles of Vancouver walk along the Grant Street Pier. The spectacular Columbia River overlook might seem like the perfect place to cast a fishing line, but a city official says the pier’s height makes fishing unsafe.

Clark Asks: Can you fish from Grant Street Pier?

Kobe Lee, left, and Camille Cowles of Vancouver walk along the Grant Street Pier. The spectacular Columbia River overlook might seem like the perfect place to cast a fishing line, but a city official says the pier’s height makes fishing unsafe.

May 11, 2019, 6:05am Clark County Life

Vancouver resident Dan Seaverns asks: Will fishing be permitted from the pier at the new waterfront development? Read story

Everybody Has a Story: Haunted by the Jan & Dean mistake

May 11, 2019, 6:03am Clark County Life

Many years ago, when I was in my early teens, an odd family experience reunited my cousin with his mother, who lived in a nearby town. This cousin had been living with our family since I was of preschool age. I never knew why this living arrangement occurred, and it… Read story

Seaman Mark Anthony Fernandez serves aboard an avenger-class mine countermeasures ship, USS Gladiator.

In The Service

Seaman Mark Anthony Fernandez serves aboard an avenger-class mine countermeasures ship, USS Gladiator.

May 11, 2019, 6:00am Community

GraduationsGraduations Air Force Airman Cody J. Donnelly, a 2016 graduate of Heritage High School in the Orchards area, has completed basic training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in San Antonio, Texas. Donnelly is the son of Jennifer Donnelly of Ridgefield. Read story

Spotlight on youth

May 11, 2019, 6:00am Community

AAUW Certificates of Excellence The Vancouver Branch of American Association of University Women awarded Certificates of Excellence to 25 Vancouver area high school girls for excellence in math, science and technology. The 2019 honorees are: Read story

Sarah Faulkner.

Applause

Sarah Faulkner.

May 11, 2019, 6:00am Community

Sanford Jones, formerly of Camas and currently residing in Arizona, was welcomed as the newest member of the Clark College Foundation board. Jones and his wife, Carol Ewing, created a charitable remainder trust to be funded over time from the sale of their real estate. This trust will empower others… Read story

Washougal: Hathaway Elementary School second-grader Brook Woods, left, spent time with her grandmother, Vicky Kallunki, and grandfather Harold and third-grade sibling Tanner Woods, not pictured, at the first Hathaway Grand event. “I think this was a great idea,” Kallunki said. “We love the opportunity to be with our grandchildren.

Hathaway students hang with grandparents

Washougal: Hathaway Elementary School second-grader Brook Woods, left, spent time with her grandmother, Vicky Kallunki, and grandfather Harold and third-grade sibling Tanner Woods, not pictured, at the first Hathaway Grand event. “I think this was a great idea,” Kallunki said. “We love the opportunity to be with our grandchildren.

May 11, 2019, 5:57am Community

Students and their grandparents or other special adults were able to spend a little extra time together through the school’s first “Hathaway Grand Event.” Coordinated by the Hathaway Boosters, more than 75 people gathered to enjoy breakfast, craft projects, prizes, read books, snap photos in a photo booth and peruse… Read story

Woodland: Elizabeth “Liz” Vallaire was named Teacher of the Year by the Washington Association for Learning Alternatives. Vallaire is the math and science teacher at TEAM High School, Woodland Public Schools’ alternative high school.

Woodland high school teacher wins state award

Woodland: Elizabeth “Liz” Vallaire was named Teacher of the Year by the Washington Association for Learning Alternatives. Vallaire is the math and science teacher at TEAM High School, Woodland Public Schools’ alternative high school.

May 11, 2019, 5:47am Community

Elizabeth “Liz” Vallaire was named Teacher of the Year by the Washington Association for Learning Alternatives. Read story