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Peasant life in rural Quebec demanded that young Esther Pariseau prove adept at sewing, weaving and combing wool for spinning. In her carriage-maker father's shop, she learned the carpentry design and skills she would later use to create and build hospitals and schools across the Pacific Northwest. Her legacy includes establishing the Sisters of Providence, Providence Academy and Providence Hospital.

Clark County History: Mother Joseph

Peasant life in rural Quebec demanded that young Esther Pariseau prove adept at sewing, weaving and combing wool for spinning. In her carriage-maker father's shop, she learned the carpentry design and skills she would later use to create and build hospitals and schools across the Pacific Northwest. Her legacy includes establishing the Sisters of Providence, Providence Academy and Providence Hospital.

September 26, 2021, 6:05am Clark County Life

Her nimble peasant fingers could do anything, cook, sew, work wood and write lengthy letters. Born in the Canadian village of Saint-Elzéar, her parents, Joseph and Francoise Pariseau, named her Esther. A petite child, she often worked beside her father in his carriage shop. Her mother taught her embroidery, reading… Read story

Check It Out: Nine titles linked to number 9 for ninth month

September 26, 2021, 6:05am Clark County News

Do you have a favorite number? Mine happens to be nine. Why? I can’t really say. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, numerology is “the study of the occult significance of numbers.” Although I have a strong feeling about the number nine, I do not assign any meaning to nine beyond… Read story

An ambulance passes PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center on in September 2021.

Health care unions say Washington hospitals ‘on the brink of a crisis’

An ambulance passes PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center on in September 2021.

September 26, 2021, 6:04am Clark County News

Washington hospitals have spent the past month enduring the largest wave yet of COVID-19 cases, and the surge is prompting health care worker unions to issue renewed calls for hospitals to take additional steps to combat burnout, retain existing caregivers and maintain their overall staff levels. Read story

Patrick Timm is a local weather specialist. His column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

Weather Eye: Each season has its attributes, but fall is always a gem

Patrick Timm is a local weather specialist. His column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

September 26, 2021, 6:04am Clark County News

We managed to squeeze in yet another fine day Saturday, with afternoon temperatures in the low 80s. Yes, that is above average for the date. Read story

Seventh-grade students pause for the Pledge of Allegiance as they have their homeroom in the library, which is still being unpacked, at the new La Center Middle School. It's the first new school building in the district since the early 1990s.

New schools in Clark County: ‘Warm and invited’

Seventh-grade students pause for the Pledge of Allegiance as they have their homeroom in the library, which is still being unpacked, at the new La Center Middle School. It's the first new school building in the district since the early 1990s.

September 26, 2021, 6:03am Clark County News

New La Center Middle School designed to embrace students, accommodate growth Read story

Everybody Has a Story: Finals week: Mishap, papers and Richie Rich

September 26, 2021, 6:02am Clark County Life

During the 1970s, I attended Loyola Marymount University. That’s when I met an extremely rich student who offered me several hundred dollars to write his term paper. Read story

The Southwest Washington Model Railroaders host the 47th Great Train Swap Meet on Saturday in the Battle Ground High School gym. The swap meet returned after being canceled last year due to COVID-19. (Randy L.

Southwest Washington Model Railroaders’ swap meet back on track

The Southwest Washington Model Railroaders host the 47th Great Train Swap Meet on Saturday in the Battle Ground High School gym. The swap meet returned after being canceled last year due to COVID-19. (Randy L.

September 25, 2021, 5:50pm Clark County News

Tables piled high with model train cars, scenic figurines and conductor hats filled the Battle Ground High School gym Saturday for the Southwest Washington Model Railroaders’ annual swap meet. Read story

The Washougal School District Administrative Offices.

Washougal School Board adopts elementary school science curriculum

The Washougal School District Administrative Offices.

September 25, 2021, 3:56pm Clark County News

CAMAS -- The Washougal School Board voted to adopt an elementary school science curriculum during its Sept. 14 meeting after hearing objections from a parent who called the educational platform “biased” due to its inclusion of two videos that promote mask-wearing as an effective means of preventing the spread of… Read story

A 60-foot Vine bus at the C-Tran maintenance center in Vancouver.

$24.9M federal grant awarded to C-Tran

A 60-foot Vine bus at the C-Tran maintenance center in Vancouver.

September 25, 2021, 2:20pm Clark County News

Traveling between downtown Vancouver and the city’s eastern neighborhoods on public transportation will be getting easier thanks in part to a $24.9 million federal grant. Read story

Police locate missing 12-year-old girl

September 25, 2021, 11:40am Clark County News

Police are asking for the public's help in finding a missing 12-year-old girl who was last seen Friday night. Read story