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Everybody Has a Story: A left-handed approach to the tree of love

March 16, 2019, 6:05am Clark County Life

I was 27 years old and a Navy veteran. I had a college degree in my pocket and planned to be a forest ranger. But I was working as a maritime cargo officer in the Merchant Marine because it paid twice as much. During time off from the Merchant Marine,… Read story

Colleen Conrad, owner of Dog Gone Clean, left, and Connie Skinner, owner of Mind Your Manners Dog Center, revisit the Holly Park Shopping Center. A Jan. 19 fire temporarily closed their businesses, forcing each of them to incur costs and develop recovery plans.

Businesses affected by Hazel Dell strip mall fire beginning to rebuild

Colleen Conrad, owner of Dog Gone Clean, left, and Connie Skinner, owner of Mind Your Manners Dog Center, revisit the Holly Park Shopping Center. A Jan. 19 fire temporarily closed their businesses, forcing each of them to incur costs and develop recovery plans.

March 16, 2019, 6:05am Clark County Business

Colleen Conrad could only sit and wait as, in the distance, smoke billowed from her business. An employee had called her to say that the building had caught fire, but she was stuck at a stoplight down the street. Read story

Volunteer Opportunities

March 16, 2019, 5:58am Community

Clark Neighbors Food Project and Ridgefield Neighbors Food Project seeks volunteers to participate in Project Green Bag. Neighborhood coordinators sign up to hand out food donation bags to their neighbors and pick up the filled bags every two months. Some data-entry skills and the ability to send out email reminders… Read story

Lincoln: Discovery Middle School students with “wiggle chairs,” which were purchased thanks to a grant from the Lincoln Neighborhood Association.

Vancouver’s Lincoln Neighborhood Association donates money for ‘wiggle seats’ at Discovery Middle School

Lincoln: Discovery Middle School students with “wiggle chairs,” which were purchased thanks to a grant from the Lincoln Neighborhood Association.

March 16, 2019, 5:57am Community

The Lincoln Neighborhood Association gave a grant to Discovery Middle School in February to help the school purchase “wiggle seats” for students. The grant was for $500. Union High School recently brought in a variety of seating options for students, as research shows can help students stay on task. The… Read story

Spotlight on Youth

March 16, 2019, 5:57am Community

These Southwest Washington students have been recognized by Central Washington University for their exceptional artwork. These students and their work will participate in the 2019 Southwest Washington Regional High School Art Show and be recognized in an Awards Ceremony on March 19. Several also received scholarship awards from Central Washington… Read story

Ridgefield: Union Ridge Elementary School teacher Sara Eastham, left, with Karen Stolberg, her teacher when she attended elementary school in Ridgefield. Stolberg was visiting her granddaughter’s class on Take Your Parent to School Day.

Take Your Parent to School Day reunites teacher, former student

Ridgefield: Union Ridge Elementary School teacher Sara Eastham, left, with Karen Stolberg, her teacher when she attended elementary school in Ridgefield. Stolberg was visiting her granddaughter’s class on Take Your Parent to School Day.

March 16, 2019, 5:56am Community

Karen Stolberg was excited for Take Your Parent to School Day at Union Ridge Elementary School. Read story

Washougal: Pam Spangenbert presents a sandwich courtesy of Taste4, a new lunch program from Sodexo being used at Washougal High School, which aims to give students more cafeteria options.

Washougal’s new lunch program diversifies cafeteria options

Washougal: Pam Spangenbert presents a sandwich courtesy of Taste4, a new lunch program from Sodexo being used at Washougal High School, which aims to give students more cafeteria options.

March 16, 2019, 5:56am Community

Washougal High School has brought in Sodexo’s Taste4 lunch program to liven up food options for students. Read story

Washougal: Gause Elementary School Principal Tami Culp and students check out the school’s new milk dispenser, which was brought in to help reduce food and packaging waste.

Washougal, county team up to bring milk dispensers to Gause Elementary

Washougal: Gause Elementary School Principal Tami Culp and students check out the school’s new milk dispenser, which was brought in to help reduce food and packaging waste.

March 16, 2019, 5:56am Community

Gause Elementary School has installed a new milk dispenser to reduce food and packaging waste. Read story

Battle Ground: Battle Ground Public School students can gain college credit through a variety of partnership programs, such as these 10th-graders, who are participating in an environmental science forestry and wildlife class through the Center for Agriculture, Science and Environmental Education.

Battle Ground students use partnerships to gain college credits

Battle Ground: Battle Ground Public School students can gain college credit through a variety of partnership programs, such as these 10th-graders, who are participating in an environmental science forestry and wildlife class through the Center for Agriculture, Science and Environmental Education.

March 16, 2019, 5:54am Community

Battle Ground Public School students have a variety of options to earn college credit while in high school. Read story

Applause

March 16, 2019, 5:52am Community

Elmer’s Restaurants has donated nearly $40,000 to the Folds of Honor Foundation, a charitable organization whose mission is to provide educational scholarships for the children and spouses of men and women in the military who were killed or disabled while in the service. Read story