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Clark County Life

Clark County Fair Results, Aug. 4

August 15, 2023, 2:39pm 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 Open Class Pygmy Goats Educational Display Winner Open Class Clothing Special Award Open Class Floral – Fairy Garden Best… Read story

Coopers Hawk Perched on Tree (iStock.com)

Cooper’s hawks in the ’hood in Clark County

Coopers Hawk Perched on Tree (iStock.com)

August 15, 2023, 6:03am Clark County Life

The constant sound of crying and screaming shattered the peace around my home a few weeks ago. The intense, ongoing racket was alarming, even shocking — until I started enjoying it. In the end, all that desperate wailing is what helped me make a positive identification. Read story

Check It Out: Hip hip hooray for August

August 12, 2023, 6:15am Clark County Life

I was never a cheerleader, but if could perform a cheer right now, I’d perform a cheer for reading, of course. Two, four, six, eight, what do I appreciate, reading, hey, hey, we’re reading. Well, that really didn’t have the punch I hoped for, but it doesn’t matter because reading… Read story

Walter Cleland conducts the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra in December 1986. The Nebraska farm boy with perfect pitch spent his life teaching, conducting and writing music and could play any instrument he picked up. He started several music groups in Vancouver before launching the Vancouver Symphony. He retired in 1990.

Clark County History: Cleland starts Vancouver symphony

Walter Cleland conducts the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra in December 1986. The Nebraska farm boy with perfect pitch spent his life teaching, conducting and writing music and could play any instrument he picked up. He started several music groups in Vancouver before launching the Vancouver Symphony. He retired in 1990.

August 12, 2023, 6:10am Clark County Life

At 5 years old, Walter Cleland began playing the piano and didn’t stop until he died in 1995. Music filled his life. Read story

Western conifer seed bugs (iStock.com)

Good, Bad & Bugly: Is that pest a stink bug, squash bug or western conifer seed bug?

Western conifer seed bugs (iStock.com)

August 12, 2023, 6:07am Clark County Life

Over the past several years, the invasive brown marmorated stink bug has found hospitable conditions in our houses, which are appealingly warm during Western Washington’s cold, wet winters. They’re a real nuisance, not only to certain crops, but also to humans. Read story

What is this plant telling us with its wilted leaves?

Gardening With Allen: Learn the language of plants

What is this plant telling us with its wilted leaves?

August 12, 2023, 6:06am Clark County Life

A friend recently told me her plants talk to her. I thought she was joking but she was serious. What is your opinion? Read story

The Columbia River snakes through the Columbia River Gorge at Cape Horn Preserve in April.

Washougal property owner wants to build adventure park including zip-lines, “mountain coaster”

The Columbia River snakes through the Columbia River Gorge at Cape Horn Preserve in April.

August 12, 2023, 6:05am Business

A rural Washougal property owner has proposed to build a recreational park featuring a variety of outdoor amenities, including zip-line courses and a “mountain coaster,” on his 150-acre site. Read story

Box, a senior doe lionhead rabbit, sits in her kennel Aug. 9 at the Clark County Fair.

A fair amount of fun still to be had in Clark County

Box, a senior doe lionhead rabbit, sits in her kennel Aug. 9 at the Clark County Fair.

August 12, 2023, 6:04am Clark County Life

The Clark County Fair wraps up this weekend, but there’s still time to visit farm animals, watch doggy dives, slurp Dairy Women milkshakes and whip around on the Zillerator roller coaster. Read story

Energy Adviser: Landlords mays qualify for incentives

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

As a landlord, you want your property to be attractive and comfortable for your tenants, while also holding its costs low and its value growing over the long term. Read story

Restaurateur Genaro Zurita Amaro helps prepare for the lunch rush in the kitchen at Gustav's in east Vancouver. Zurita Amaro got his start at a German restaurant in Portland.

Vancouver restaurateur Genaro Zurita Amaro has full plate with Amaro’s Table, Cecilia, Gustav’s

Restaurateur Genaro Zurita Amaro helps prepare for the lunch rush in the kitchen at Gustav's in east Vancouver. Zurita Amaro got his start at a German restaurant in Portland.

August 11, 2023, 6:04am Business

Genaro Zurita Amaro loved visiting his grandparents’ ranch outside of his hometown Cuernavaca, Mexico. He was fascinated by the scents wafting from his grandma Cecilia’s kitchen, but that wasn’t a place for boys. He finally found his way to a professional kitchen as a young man in Portland. Three decades… Read story