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Clark County Life

It’s time for The Columbian’s annual holiday lights map

November 24, 2020, 8:30am Clark County Life

The holidays are right around the corner. The Columbian will feature families celebrating the season in style in our Dec. 11 edition, but we need your help. Read story

Clients at In Light Hyperbarics can purchase a session in a light sauna room, where they&#039;re bathed in soft light.

As winter skies darken in Clark County, keep it light

Clients at In Light Hyperbarics can purchase a session in a light sauna room, where they&#039;re bathed in soft light.

November 24, 2020, 6:02am Clark County Health

Pacific Northwesterners know that keeping spirits up during this time of short days, long nights and perpetually overcast weather is no joke. Like plants, we seek the light and crave its enlivening power. Read story

Check It Out: Take a distracted-brain, no-itinerary ride with us

November 22, 2020, 6:05am Clark County Life

I have distracted brain. I’ll start something, then think of something else that needs attention, which leads to yet another thing, and some hours later realize that the first thing is still waiting to be finished. Sigh. Read story

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How to survive — possibly thrive — Thanksgiving 2020

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November 22, 2020, 6:02am Clark County Life

Thanksgiving is, as the moniker suggests, all about giving thanks. During a year when most of us plan to spend the day in locations separate from our nearest and dearest, this might seem like an impossible challenge. Read story

Everybody Has a Story: Parenting a parent no simple task

November 22, 2020, 6:02am Clark County Life

The assisted living facility administrator confirmed that Mom was refusing to bathe. If this continued, she would be transferred to a facility that provided a higher level of personal care. Mom loved her apartment. Read story

Taken in 1876 at Fort Abraham Lincoln in the Dakota Territory, this photo shows three members of Gen. George Armstrong Custer&#039;s family dressed to play charades. Custer&#039;s sister, Maggie (left), his brother, Tom (center) and his wife Libby (right). Custer, his brothers, Tom and Boston, and John Calhoun, Maggie&#039;s husband, perished in June 1876 during the Battle at Little Bighorn. Bereft and husbandless, Maggie had to fend for herself and in 1885 she visited the Vancouver Barracks and her brother-in-law.

Clark County History: Gen. George Armstrong Custer’s sister Maggie

Taken in 1876 at Fort Abraham Lincoln in the Dakota Territory, this photo shows three members of Gen. George Armstrong Custer&#039;s family dressed to play charades. Custer&#039;s sister, Maggie (left), his brother, Tom (center) and his wife Libby (right). Custer, his brothers, Tom and Boston, and John Calhoun, Maggie&#039;s husband, perished in June 1876 during the Battle at Little Bighorn. Bereft and husbandless, Maggie had to fend for herself and in 1885 she visited the Vancouver Barracks and her brother-in-law.

November 22, 2020, 6:00am Clark County Life

Gen. George Armstrong Custer’s sister, Maggie, lived with her brother-in-law, Lt. Fredric Calhoun and his wife, Emma, at the Vancouver Barracks for several months during 1885. A decade earlier, Maggie lost her husband, Lt. John Calhoun, and three brothers (George, Tom and Boston) at Little Big Horn. Read story

Energy Adviser: Insulate to protect plumbing

November 21, 2020, 6:00am Clark County Life

If the calendar wasn’t reminder enough, let those recent frosty mornings say loud and clear that winter is fast approaching and with it comes temperatures cold enough to potentially burst your pipes. Read story

Customers stay and warm in the outdoor dining area of Little Conejo in downtown Vancouver on Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 18, 2020.

Indoor dining ban ‘the death of business’ for eateries in Clark County?

Customers stay and warm in the outdoor dining area of Little Conejo in downtown Vancouver on Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 18, 2020.

November 20, 2020, 6:02am Business

With precautions against coronavirus again closing indoor dining in Washington, restaurants say their survival depends on serving customers outdoors — difficult to do in cold, wet weather without some sort of shelter. Read story

Nina Borroz, 98, has sewn about 150 to 200 quilts a year to donate to veterans organizations. Many have patriotic themes like this one she displays in the sewing room in her Minnehaha home on a recent morning.

Minnehaha woman has sew much love for vets

Nina Borroz, 98, has sewn about 150 to 200 quilts a year to donate to veterans organizations. Many have patriotic themes like this one she displays in the sewing room in her Minnehaha home on a recent morning.

November 19, 2020, 6:03am Clark County Life

Nina Borroz has always loved sewing. When she was little, her mother warned her not to touch the sewing machine, but she did anyway, piercing her hand with the needle. That didn’t deter Borroz. She learned to sew at her mother’s knee, and helped with the piles of mending and… Read story

Clark County health inspections, Nov. 9-16

November 18, 2020, 11:40am 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 418. An establishment with 100 or more points will be closed. Read story