Clark County Life

Energy Adviser: Give a gift the brings warmth, comfort

November 7, 2020, 6:02am Clark County Life

Gift giving can be a challenge. Read story

COVID-19 precautions have altered the Vancouver Farmers Market this year and limited the number of visitors. In lieu of the usual harvest and holiday markets bookending Thanksgiving, an outdoor market will continue on Saturdays through Dec. 19.

Vancouver Farmers Market changes holiday plans

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

The coronavirus pandemic is altering the Vancouver Farmers Market’s cool-weather offerings this year. Read story

Clark County health inspections, Oct. 12-19

November 5, 2020, 12:21pm 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

Awadagin Pratt will be the guest director for the Vancouver Symphony's second online concert.

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra to present its second online concert

November 5, 2020, 6:02am Clark County Life

Following the successful presentation of its first online concert, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra will forge ahead this weekend with its second offering in a concert series that has been re-imagined to combat the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. The number of musicians will again be limited to a size that… Read story

The dark orange, heart-shaped hachiya persimmons, left, require patience and can only be eaten when they're quite squishy. The squat, golden orange fuyu persimmons may be eaten whole like an apple at any stage from crisp to soft.

Fall is a perfect time to explore passion for Persimmons

November 4, 2020, 6:00am Clark County Life

Although they grow well in our climate, persimmons seem like an exotic fruit, not often found in fruit bowls alongside apples, oranges and bananas. As for me, I’m simply mad about them. I’d rather have a luscious, ripe persimmon than a bowl of ice cream, and that’s really saying something,… Read story

Check It Out: Let serendipity guide reading

I enjoy discovering titles in the library’s collection. Not being able to physically browse the shelves I have to rely on the catalog to surprise me with bibliographic treasures. Sometimes I have a theme in mind, but other times, like now, I let serendipity lead the way. In this instance… Read story

Clark County History: Airships visit Vancouver in 1905

A photo of the dirigible, Gelatine, carries a note: "Vancouver, Wash April 15, 1906; In the Good Old Summer Time a letter to you by to-morrows mail. Very Truly yours, Win." The signer was probably a Vancouver postal clerk named Wingenald "Win" Carson, who received the first batch of airmail letters ever sent eight months earlier. Upon returning, the youthful dirigible pilot, Lincoln Beachey, fought high winds. For almost two hours he floated over Clark County shattering the previous duration record by 20 minutes before landing in a field near Orchards.

Two airships visited Vancouver during the 1905 Lewis and Clark Exposition, and an 18-year-old flew them both. On Aug. 3, Lincoln Beachey made the first controlled flight into Washington, piloting the City of Portland. On his more memorable second voyage, he carted the first airmail on the Gelatine, although unsanctioned… Read story