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Clark County Fair Results, Aug. 8

August 21, 2023, 3:19pm Clark County Life

The Columbian will publish Clark County Fair results online as they are received. For more results and coverage of the Clark County Fair, visit www.columbian.com/news/tag/clark-county-fair/. AG/ED Award Agriculture & Education Winner FFA Educational Display Winner 4-H Dogs Special Award OC Clothing 4H Performance Equitation  Fitting & Showing Champion Cami Sundstrom,… Read story

Trees rise above a playground at DuBois Park in Vancouver. The playground, which has a wheelchair user-friendly disc swing, is not considered fully accessible due to the wood chip surface. At top, a disc swing hangs at the under-construction Marshall Park.

The play’s the thing: Vancouver works to make its parks more accessible, fun for children of all abilities

Trees rise above a playground at DuBois Park in Vancouver. The playground, which has a wheelchair user-friendly disc swing, is not considered fully accessible due to the wood chip surface. At top, a disc swing hangs at the under-construction Marshall Park.

August 19, 2023, 6:14am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive

Vancouver is home to more than 70 parks with play equipment, but until this year, none of them were fully accessible to children who use wheelchairs or have various physical disabilities. Read story

Watercolorist Cheryl Herndon paints a sunflower plucked from her own garden during an outdoor painting event at the O.O. Howard House.

Watercolor magic: Artists group meets to paint outside in Vancouver, trade tips and relax

Watercolorist Cheryl Herndon paints a sunflower plucked from her own garden during an outdoor painting event at the O.O. Howard House.

August 19, 2023, 6:10am Clark County Life

On a recent warm summer evening, a handful of Southwest Washington Watercolor Society members gathered on the patio of Vancouver’s historic O.O. Howard House to paint outdoors. Read story

Vanessa Munson, winner of the Miss Washington 2023 competition, is also a sergeant in the U.S. Army. At top, Munson holds her crown and her Army cap.

Former Miss Clark County, a U.S. Army sergeant, adds Miss Washington to her growing résumé

Vanessa Munson, winner of the Miss Washington 2023 competition, is also a sergeant in the U.S. Army. At top, Munson holds her crown and her Army cap.

August 19, 2023, 6:10am Clark County Life

Camouflage and basic training, or bright lights and evening gowns. In either attire or setting, 22-year-old Vanessa Munson of Battle Ground feels like herself. Read story

Daryl Travis loves knowing that he's covering all his power needs at his Sifton-area home, and even feeding the public power grid. "We know exactly where our power is generated, and that it is ecologically friendly," he said.

Going solar can work, even in the cloudy Pacific Northwest — but do the math, one homeowner warnsvideo icon

Daryl Travis loves knowing that he's covering all his power needs at his Sifton-area home, and even feeding the public power grid. "We know exactly where our power is generated, and that it is ecologically friendly," he said.

August 19, 2023, 6:09am Business

Whenever the sun shines on his Sifton-area home, Daryl Travis has many reasons to feel great. Cheerful weather is just the start of it. Read story

This photo of La Center before the 1907 fire that burned most of the town's businesses shows the bridge the safecrackers noisily crossed in the background. They came up the road and entered the village, attempting to crack two safes, one in a saloon and the other in a store. Instead, they started a fire that burned out the town. As they left they dropped a half-full liquor bottle on the bridge. They were never caught. The sole business left standing was a blacksmith shop.

Clark County History: 1907 La Center fire

This photo of La Center before the 1907 fire that burned most of the town's businesses shows the bridge the safecrackers noisily crossed in the background. They came up the road and entered the village, attempting to crack two safes, one in a saloon and the other in a store. Instead, they started a fire that burned out the town. As they left they dropped a half-full liquor bottle on the bridge. They were never caught. The sole business left standing was a blacksmith shop.

August 19, 2023, 6:06am Clark County Life

In the wee hours of Sept. 26, 1907, horse hooves clomped across the La Center bridge. The noise awakened one nearby resident. Had he arisen from bed, his curiosity may have kept the village from burning. Instead, he rolled over and fell back asleep. He didn’t realize that two noisy… Read story

Energy Adviser: Utility grants boost EV efforts in county

August 19, 2023, 6:05am Clark County Life

What started as a novelty is becoming the standard. Though still fairly uncommon, electric vehicles are a regular sight on our roadways. Before too long they’ll be the only option car companies provide in Washington. Read story

Check It Out: Read about overcoming impossible

August 19, 2023, 6:05am Clark County Life

If you enjoy reading books about people facing impossible challenges, join the club. Human beings are amazing, but if you have doubts about the future of humanity given all of the reasons we seem to want to destroy ourselves, perhaps it’s time to read one of the books in today’s… Read story

Paint the Town, the rose on the left, makes a beautiful landscape display.

Gardening with Allen: Shrub roses lovely, easy to grow

Paint the Town, the rose on the left, makes a beautiful landscape display.

August 19, 2023, 6:03am Clark County Life

I have grown hybrid tea roses for years but I am tired of the repeated spraying needed to keep them free of black spot and mildew. My friend says there are varieties of roses that are resistant to disease. Do they still give the same satisfaction for cutting and display? Read story

Everybody Has a Story: Hot weather, audience makes a monkey out of soldier

August 19, 2023, 6:02am Clark County Life

I was a fairly modest person (though some childhood friends would certainly dispute that) until an incident at the 7th Radio Research Field Station near Udorn, Thailand. That’s where I was a Morse Code interceptor for the U.S. Army Security Agency. Read story