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Daughters of American Revolution honors veterans with flags

November 28, 2018, 5:18am Community

The Fort Vancouver chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution placed American flags on veterans’ graves at the Brush Prairie Cemetery and Crawford Cemetery in Battle Ground on Nov. 9. Read story

Everybody Has a Story: Fire or no fire, deliveries went through

November 21, 2018, 6:02am Clark County Life

In the 1970s, before there were fax machines, voice mail, overnight delivery and GPS, I had a job with a clipboard, a pen, a Thomas Guide and carbon paper. Read story

Volunteer Opportunities

November 21, 2018, 6:00am Community

Volunteer Connections provides opportunities through the Human Services Council. Read story

Rob Baur and his wife, Sue Marshall, walk a row of freshly planted hazelnut trees at Baurs Corner Farm in Ridgefield on Thursday. The family farm was originally a pear orchard but after losing money on pears, they decided to try something new.

Ridgefield pear farmers going nuts — hazelnuts

Rob Baur and his wife, Sue Marshall, walk a row of freshly planted hazelnut trees at Baurs Corner Farm in Ridgefield on Thursday. The family farm was originally a pear orchard but after losing money on pears, they decided to try something new.

November 21, 2018, 6:00am Clark County Life

The Baur family farm outside of Ridgefield, when first planted in 1961, started as a pear orchard. Read story

Ridgefield: Third-graders in Kari Hall’s class at Union Ridge Elementary during their Book Cafe, where they can try different types of books.

Ridgefield teacher gives students a taste of different reading genres

Ridgefield: Third-graders in Kari Hall’s class at Union Ridge Elementary during their Book Cafe, where they can try different types of books.

November 21, 2018, 5:57am Community

Union Elementary School third-grade teacher Kari Hall transforms her classroom into a cafe twice a year, with red-and-white checkered tablecloths and background music. Instead of food, she serves up books. Each table contains a different type of book — fiction, nonfiction, graphic novels, biography and book series — with 10-plus… Read story

Friends of the Carpenter celebrates 20 years with annual dinner auction

November 21, 2018, 5:57am Community

Friends of the Carpenter’s annual dinner and auction raised $94,000 to support its ministry of services, including $35,950 during the special appeal. Read story

Central Park: Washington State University Extension’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education’s Kristine Perry, from left, with Mill Plain Elementary School’s Madi Evin and Connor Stratton and Anna Weyrauch, also from WSU.

WSU nutrition program teaches about Smarter Lunchrooms

Central Park: Washington State University Extension’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education’s Kristine Perry, from left, with Mill Plain Elementary School’s Madi Evin and Connor Stratton and Anna Weyrauch, also from WSU.

November 21, 2018, 5:57am Community

Washington State University Clark County Extension’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education was part of the Clark County Green School Student Summit hosted by Washington Green Schools. Read story

Battle Ground: Talea Jones’ third-graders at Pleasant Valley Primary School taking notes on native plants while coming up with a plan to create a healthy habitat to attract and protect endangered Taylor’s checkerspot butterflies.

Battle Ground students design plans to protect butterflies

Battle Ground: Talea Jones’ third-graders at Pleasant Valley Primary School taking notes on native plants while coming up with a plan to create a healthy habitat to attract and protect endangered Taylor’s checkerspot butterflies.

November 21, 2018, 5:57am Community

Pleasant Valley Primary School third-graders in Talea Jones’ class learned how to create a healthy, protective habitat to attract endangered Taylor’s checkerspot butterflies at their school grounds. The project was part of the yearly Science, Technology, Engineering and Math collaboration between the third grade classes at Pleasant Valley and student… Read story

Washougal: Heather Eldridge, left, with her daughter, Olivia Eldridge, at Canyon Creek Middle School’s seventh annual Take Your Parent to School Day.

Parents pack Canyon Creek on Take Your Parent to School Day

Washougal: Heather Eldridge, left, with her daughter, Olivia Eldridge, at Canyon Creek Middle School’s seventh annual Take Your Parent to School Day.

November 21, 2018, 5:52am Community

Canyon Creek Middle School parents and special guests were invited to experience a day in the life of their students on Oct. 29 at the seventh annual Take Your Parent to School Day. Read story

La Center: The Lewis River Mobile Food Bank raised $861 and collected 200 pounds of food at its zombie-themed walk-a-thon fundraiser.

Mobile food bank brings zombies, animals to La Center for fundraiser

La Center: The Lewis River Mobile Food Bank raised $861 and collected 200 pounds of food at its zombie-themed walk-a-thon fundraiser.

November 21, 2018, 5:45am Community

The Lewis River Mobile Food Bank hosted a zombie-themed walk-a-thon fundraiser on Oct. 27 at Holley Park in La Center. Read story