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Clark County Life

Everybody Has a Story: Adoptive parents were best gifts

March 26, 2023, 6:02am Clark County Life

My mom had visited me just six weeks before I found myself at her hospital bedside. During her visit, she seemed absolutely normal. She had a bit of a balance issue and some trouble in the tub, but I thought nothing of it. Mom was 74 and had both of… Read story

After World War II, several surplus Mustang F-51 fighters like this one were assigned to the Oregon Air National Guard. One spun into Vancouver Lake in 1951, nearly causing a news blackout. During the lake's dredging, olive-drab airplane parts were recovered thirty years later. Mysteriously they belonged to an Aircobra P-39.

Clark County History: Crashes into Vancouver Lake

After World War II, several surplus Mustang F-51 fighters like this one were assigned to the Oregon Air National Guard. One spun into Vancouver Lake in 1951, nearly causing a news blackout. During the lake's dredging, olive-drab airplane parts were recovered thirty years later. Mysteriously they belonged to an Aircobra P-39.

March 26, 2023, 6:02am Clark County Life

Like its deeper, bigger cousin, the Pacific Ocean, shallow Vancouver Lake doesn’t give up dead airplanes easily. The depth of the Pacific embraces them, but the lake’s muck entombs them. Two fighter planes crashed into its silty water and disappeared. Neither flew from Pearson Field, but one was from the… Read story

Gardening With Allen: Climate zones aid plant selection

March 25, 2023, 6:03am Clark County Life

How can I make sure landscape plants I choose are adapted to our climate? Read story

Energy Adviser: Ask utility for custom energy-saving tips

March 25, 2023, 6:03am Clark County Life

People often turn to their favorite internet search engine when looking for ways to lower their home energy bill, but the information they find often isn’t written by an expert. Read story

Bethany Seegert of Vancouver, left, gets pointers from ax matron Darbi Johnson of Portland at Celtic Axe Throwers' lanes inside Hopworks Urban Brewery in Vancouver.

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Bethany Seegert of Vancouver, left, gets pointers from ax matron Darbi Johnson of Portland at Celtic Axe Throwers' lanes inside Hopworks Urban Brewery in Vancouver.

March 24, 2023, 6:00am Business

Throwing axes with your besties is a fun way to catch up and de-stress. And now you can do it here in Vancouver. As of July 2022, the Washington Liquor and Cannabis Board permits ax throwing at businesses that serve alcohol. But don’t plan on holding a beer in one… Read story

Clark County health inspections, March 15-21

March 24, 2023, 5:57am Clark County Life

For more information, call Clark County Public Health at 564-397-8428 or visit www.clark.wa.gov/ public-health/restaurant-inspection. In the health department’s scoring system, the fewer the points, the better. A perfect score is 0. The worst possible score is 448. An establishment with 100 or more points will be closed. Read story

This Week in Clark County History

March 24, 2023, 5:55am Clark County Life

100 years ago Read story

Call for artists: Enspire Arts is accepting applications for its 2023 student scholarships

March 23, 2023, 6:31am Clark County Life

Enspire Arts is accepting applications for its 2023 Arts Ambassador Scholarship Program until April 30. Scholarships are available in the amount of $650 for students currently in fifth to 11th grades residing in Clark County and studying art in any form, including music, visual arts, dance, drama and literary arts.… Read story

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Millet can be enjoyed in sweet or savory recipes, but I like it best as a breakfast cereal, served warm with butter, honey and milk.

For the birds: Millet is good for folk and fowl

Millet can be enjoyed in sweet or savory recipes, but I like it best as a breakfast cereal, served warm with butter, honey and milk.

March 22, 2023, 6:03am Clark County Life

Millet is the most marvelous cereal you’ve never heard of, although you’ve definitely seen it a thousand times because unhulled millet is the main ingredient in bird seed. Birds love it and people should, too. I can’t figure out why it hasn’t become trendy like quinoa, because it shares many… Read story