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Clark County Life

Christmas Waldorf salad with dried cranberries is a holiday twist on a classic side dish.

Wonderful Waldorf: Cranberries, orange zest put a festive twist on traditional side dish

Christmas Waldorf salad with dried cranberries is a holiday twist on a classic side dish.

December 20, 2023, 6:04am Clark County Life

Before my taste was the finely honed tool that it currently is, I hated many foods with the fierce and unassailable intensity of childish opinions. I hated squash, Brussels sprouts, boiled cabbage, eggplant, canned green beans and cooked onions (except in French onion soup). These things made me feel genuinely… Read story

Check It Out: Try 10 nonfiction titles from year

December 16, 2023, 6:53am Clark County Life

It’s almost time to close the books on 2023. Never fear, though — there are oodles of books at the library just waiting to be opened! Read story

Everybody has a story: Snow, wages just in time for Christmas

December 16, 2023, 6:06am Clark County Life

Almost always, there was snow for Christmas in Des Plaines, Ill., where I grew up in the early 1960s. Read story

Rose Funk of Vancouver, left, hosts her former Girl Scouts troop, the Evergreen Pollyannas, for a holiday potluck on Dec. 6. The group has been meeting once a month for 75 years.

Evergreen Pollyannas, a former Girl Scouts troop, have stuck together for 75 years

Rose Funk of Vancouver, left, hosts her former Girl Scouts troop, the Evergreen Pollyannas, for a holiday potluck on Dec. 6. The group has been meeting once a month for 75 years.

December 16, 2023, 6:05am Clark County Life

Clark County’s first Girl Scouts troop was formed in 1948 and still meets, 75 years later, under the moniker the Evergreen Pollyannas. The Columbian has published several stories about the Pollyannas over the past 20 years, but this year is special. On Dec. 6, the Pollyannas celebrated their diamond anniversary… Read story

Some of the Pittock &amp; Leadbetter Lumber Company crew pose for a photo outside the Vancouver sawmill in Vancouver. The original plant burned in June 1908 but reopened in October. The mill was owned by Clark County lumberman Frederick Leadbetter and his father-in-law, Henry Pittock.

Clark County History: Lumberman Frederick Leadbetter

Some of the Pittock &amp; Leadbetter Lumber Company crew pose for a photo outside the Vancouver sawmill in Vancouver. The original plant burned in June 1908 but reopened in October. The mill was owned by Clark County lumberman Frederick Leadbetter and his father-in-law, Henry Pittock.

December 16, 2023, 5:58am Clark County Life

The man owned a lot of timber. Quite a lot. According to the 1908 American Lumberman, Frederick Leadbetter held nearly 1.4 billion feet of timber in Washington and Oregon. Clark County contained 200 million feet of it. Read story

Diners in black-out glasses head into the Black Forest Dark Dining Experience at Wyld Pines in east Vancouver.

Get a feel for food in dark: Dark dining experience now available in east Vancouver at Wyld Pines

Diners in black-out glasses head into the Black Forest Dark Dining Experience at Wyld Pines in east Vancouver.

December 15, 2023, 6:08am Clark County Life

Dark dining began in Paris in the late 1990s, then spread to Zurich, where a blind clergyman used it to convey his sensory experience to those who could see. This led to more dark restaurants in Europe, North America and Asia. Only a few of these establishments are in the… Read story

This Week in Clark County History

December 15, 2023, 6:04am Clark County Life

This Week in Clark County History Read story

Clark County health inspections, reported Dec. 4-9

December 15, 2023, 6:02am Business

Clark County health inspections, reported Dec. 4-9 Read story

Columbia Dance&rsquo;s local history-inspired &ldquo;Nutcracker&rdquo; performances are Saturday and Sunday.
The intricate cloud bands of Jupiter and one of its largest moons, Europa, as photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope in August 2020.

Cold Moon rising: If skies are clear, Earth’s satellite will shine with a magical glow around Christmas

The intricate cloud bands of Jupiter and one of its largest moons, Europa, as photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope in August 2020.

December 12, 2023, 6:03am Clark County Life

and that’s always an astronomical if in this generally overcast season — the night sky on and around Christmas will shine with a magical, silver-white glow. Read story