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Clark County Life

Author Stephen Altschuler in 1977, age 32, and his home in the New Hampshire woods.

Vancouver author’s memoir describes 3-year sojourn in backwoods cabin

Author Stephen Altschuler in 1977, age 32, and his home in the New Hampshire woods.

September 2, 2021, 6:03am Clark County Life

Spending the past pandemic year-and-a-half year stuck inside a small east Vancouver apartment really didn’t phase author Stephen Altschuler. In the late 1970s, Altschuler opted for a stretch of self-imposed exile from the world of people that was much longer and much lonelier. Read story

A Go-Go Guava Gose at 54-40 Brewing Company.

Try This: Craft beer, ‘Clothesline,’ Downtown Alley Vintage Flea Market

A Go-Go Guava Gose at 54-40 Brewing Company.

September 2, 2021, 6:00am Clark County Life

Five things to do this week Read story

Hot buttered toast is merely a sophisticated jam delivery system.

Forgiving freezer jam offers second chances, preserves all of summer’s sweetness

Hot buttered toast is merely a sophisticated jam delivery system.

September 1, 2021, 6:02am Clark County Life

Jam-making was treated with utmost seriousness in my family. My grandmother grew up at least partly in an era without refrigeration, so preserving the summer’s bounty to consume in the winter was a matter not just of pleasure but also of necessity. Read story

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OHSU sleep specialist: Naps can improve wakefulness, effectiveness and cheerfulness

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August 31, 2021, 6:02am Clark County Health Subscriber Exclusive

When I confessed that I take the occasional afternoon nap, sleep medicine specialist Kim Hutchison, M.D., sweetly scolded me for seeming apologetic about it. Read story

DeeAnn Stansbury and her husband, Brett, join their dog, Clover, as they look over the main venue space at the new Cloverlane Mercantile & Event Center in Hockinson. The space was formerly the Hockinson Finn Hall.

Hockinson site transformed into cafe, sports bar, ballroom

DeeAnn Stansbury and her husband, Brett, join their dog, Clover, as they look over the main venue space at the new Cloverlane Mercantile & Event Center in Hockinson. The space was formerly the Hockinson Finn Hall.

August 30, 2021, 6:05am Business

DeeAnn and Brett Stansbury are transforming the historic Finn Hall into Cloverlane Mercantile & Event Center, with a cafe, sports bar, small retail space and upstairs ballroom each with its own elaborate theme. Read story

Check It Out: Titles that help you, kids go vroom

August 29, 2021, 6:05am Clark County Life

It’s time for another school year to begin. How time flies! Pretty soon fall will arrive, then Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, 2022 — OK, I’m not going to panic. This happens every year, so we should all be used to it by now, right? Read story

Everybody Has a Story: Flying object spotted in Montana

August 29, 2021, 6:05am Clark County Life

The recent government report about unidentified flying objects reminds me of the mid-1970s, when I was working out of Hamilton, Mont., developing a new hot springs resort: Sleeping Child Hot Springs. Read story

Martha Wiley of Vancouver hangs a compact disc from a tree in her yard each time someone in Clark County dies of COVID-19. She said she's running out of room.

Pandemic perspectives from Clark County

Martha Wiley of Vancouver hangs a compact disc from a tree in her yard each time someone in Clark County dies of COVID-19. She said she's running out of room.

August 29, 2021, 6:02am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive

Martha Wiley decided early in the pandemic to create a memorial. On a tree in front of her Vancouver home, she hangs a colored compact disc for each Clark County COVID-19 death. Read story

Ole Peterson didn't like showing his left ear because it had a chunk missing. He claimed a cougar bit it, or maybe a tree that fell during a storm clipped it. His gruff and ready wit was always at hand. Peterson was a lover of nature, individualistic in the extreme, and held staunch Republican beliefs. Although cantankerous, he was also generous and allowed scout troops to camp on his land for free. Because he also needed money, he charged to lead tours of Ole's Cave, a 6,000-foot-deep lava tube on his property.

Clark County History: Ole Peterson

Ole Peterson didn't like showing his left ear because it had a chunk missing. He claimed a cougar bit it, or maybe a tree that fell during a storm clipped it. His gruff and ready wit was always at hand. Peterson was a lover of nature, individualistic in the extreme, and held staunch Republican beliefs. Although cantankerous, he was also generous and allowed scout troops to camp on his land for free. Because he also needed money, he charged to lead tours of Ole's Cave, a 6,000-foot-deep lava tube on his property.

August 29, 2021, 6:00am Clark County Life

For a pipe smoker, his winter beard looked like a fire hazard. When Ole Peterson (1867-1953) got out his rusty sheep sheers and cleared away his scraggly chin-bristle leaving a solitary mustache, Indigenous residents and local loggers knew spring had arrived. He boasted about whacking enough beard away each spring… Read story

Zinnia Queeny Lime Orange grow to about 24 to 30 inches and make a nice cut flower.

Gardening with Allen: Score a win with these flower, veggie seeds

Zinnia Queeny Lime Orange grow to about 24 to 30 inches and make a nice cut flower.

August 28, 2021, 6:05am Clark County Life

I receive seed samples of All-America Award winning vegetables and flowers each year to observe their performance here in Vancouver. I start the seeds inside and transplant them in my garden. Read story