September 14, 2019, 5:57am Community
Henrietta Lacks Health High School grad Asante Johnson was one of four local students to earn a 2019 Ignite Your Future Scholarship. The program was established in 2007 by Burgerville. Johnson has worked at the Orchard’s Burgerville since May 2017 and will attend Clark College in the fall to study… Read story
September 14, 2019, 5:57am Community
Members of the online Facebook group “Growing up in Vancouver, WA” gathered Sept. for a picnic at Vancouver Lake Regional Park. Of the 6,721 current members of the online group founded five years ago, around 60 people met up at the group’s first in-person event, according to organizers. Old photos,… Read story
September 14, 2019, 5:57am Community
The Camas-Washougal Historical Society was presented a check for $5,000 from the Honorable Frank L. and Arlene J. Price Foundation on Sept. 3 at the Two Rivers Heritage Museum. Kay Dalke-Sheadel, Price Foundation executive director, presented the check to Jim Cobb, president of thesociety. The grant is the second from… Read story
September 14, 2019, 5:57am Community
An oil painting titled “Through the Doorway at Steigerwald Refuge” will be auctioned during September at Second Story Gallery, upstairs in the Camas Public Library, 625 N.E. Fourth Ave. Cheryl Mathieson, a local artist, donated the painting, which is up for grabs in a silent auction. Bids will be accepted… Read story
September 14, 2019, 5:57am Community
Eighty-two volunteers — including families from La Center and Felida, members of St. Paul’s and St. Andrew’s Lutheran churches, and about 30 missionaries and other volunteers from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — spent a Saturday last month at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church working on improvements to… Read story
September 14, 2019, 5:57am Community
Visitors to the Subway on Fourth Plain Boulevard might want to plan for some extra time when eating their sandwiches in the future. The location recently installed a Free Little Community Library located at 2800 E. Fourth Plain Blvd., Vancouver. The Subway team created the library out of an old… Read story
September 7, 2019, 6:06am Community
Christian Schlegel has been volunteering for almost 15 years at the Vancouver St. Vincent Society Conference, sorting donations and stocking shelves in the food pantry. On Sept. 9 — or 9/9/19 — Schlegel will turn 99. Read story
September 7, 2019, 6:05am Clark County Life
The rapture of free float was intoxicating for a 14-year-old daredevil like me. I’m sure leaping into space like that was the forerunner of bungee jumping. Read story
September 7, 2019, 6:05am Community
The 12th annual Touchmark Car Show and Barbecue featured nearly 150 cars, raised more than $4,500 and drew an estimated 2,000 attendees. Read story
September 7, 2019, 6:03am Community
The Ridgefield Neighbors Food Project had its bimonthly food collection on Aug. 10 for the Neighbors Helping Neighbors food pantry and the Ridgefield School District’s Family Resource Center. Read story
