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WEST HAZEL DELL: From left, Mark Henry, director, LTC and HCBS Contracting WellCare Health Plans Inc.; Dave Kelly, executive director, Area Agency on Aging & Disabilities of Southwest Washington; Christina Marneris, community services program supervisor, Area Agency on Aging & Disabilities of Southwest Washington; and Deborah Stone-Walls, president, National Association of Area Agencies on Aging. The agency, which serves Clark, Cowlitz, Klickitat, Skamania and Wahkiakum counties, was awarded an Aging Achievement Award at the annual conference of the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging held in New Orleans.

Area Agency on Aging & Disabilities of Southwest Washington receives award

WEST HAZEL DELL: From left, Mark Henry, director, LTC and HCBS Contracting WellCare Health Plans Inc.; Dave Kelly, executive director, Area Agency on Aging & Disabilities of Southwest Washington; Christina Marneris, community services program supervisor, Area Agency on Aging & Disabilities of Southwest Washington; and Deborah Stone-Walls, president, National Association of Area Agencies on Aging. The agency, which serves Clark, Cowlitz, Klickitat, Skamania and Wahkiakum counties, was awarded an Aging Achievement Award at the annual conference of the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging held in New Orleans.

August 31, 2019, 5:17am Community

The Area Agency on Aging & Disabilities of Southwest Washington was honored with an Aging Achievement Award by the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging. Read story

NORTH GARRISON HEIGHTS: PeaceHealth Southwest Foundation recently awarded $33,000 in scholarships to 17 students. Some of them include, front row, left to right, Nicole Nugent (junior volunteer, $4,500, public health degree), and Lilly Kovalenko (adult volunteer, $2,000, nursing degree); middle row, Isabel Gutierrez-Johnson (caregiver, $1,000, nursing degree), Juliah Larson (caregiver, $2,000, nursing degree), and Ryan Kwon (junior volunteer, $2,500, pre-med student); last row, Leayn VanDeven (caregiver, $2,000, nurse practitioner studies), Sari Munoz (caregiver, $2,000, physician’s assistant studies) and Ahmed Sheeti (adult volunteer, $2,000, pre-med student).

PeaceHealth awards scholarships

NORTH GARRISON HEIGHTS: PeaceHealth Southwest Foundation recently awarded $33,000 in scholarships to 17 students. Some of them include, front row, left to right, Nicole Nugent (junior volunteer, $4,500, public health degree), and Lilly Kovalenko (adult volunteer, $2,000, nursing degree); middle row, Isabel Gutierrez-Johnson (caregiver, $1,000, nursing degree), Juliah Larson (caregiver, $2,000, nursing degree), and Ryan Kwon (junior volunteer, $2,500, pre-med student); last row, Leayn VanDeven (caregiver, $2,000, nurse practitioner studies), Sari Munoz (caregiver, $2,000, physician’s assistant studies) and Ahmed Sheeti (adult volunteer, $2,000, pre-med student).

August 31, 2019, 5:15am Community

Volunteers and caregivers of PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center were on the receiving end of $33,000 in scholarships awarded by the hospital’s foundation. Read story

BENNINGTON: Volunteers load backpacks full of school supplies at the 430 S.E. 192nd Ave. Walmart Supercenter. Two-hundred kits were put together for approximately 100 military families in Clark County with a parent deployed or scheduled for deployment.

Back to school kits assembled for local military families

BENNINGTON: Volunteers load backpacks full of school supplies at the 430 S.E. 192nd Ave. Walmart Supercenter. Two-hundred kits were put together for approximately 100 military families in Clark County with a parent deployed or scheduled for deployment.

August 31, 2019, 5:15am Community

Several organizations came together at the Walmart Supercenter on Southeast 192nd Avenue on Aug. 23 to assemble 200 back-to-school kits for approximately 100 military families in Clark County. Read story

Hudson’s Bay: 100 Women Who Care donated $18,000 to the Police Activities League of Southwest Washington, which will allow the organization to bring additional programming to not only Vancouver, but also north and east Clark County.

100 Women Who Care donate to Police Activities League

Hudson’s Bay: 100 Women Who Care donated $18,000 to the Police Activities League of Southwest Washington, which will allow the organization to bring additional programming to not only Vancouver, but also north and east Clark County.

August 31, 2019, 5:14am Community

The Police Activities League of Southwest Washington received an $18,000 donation from 100 Women Who Care Southwest Washington, a giving group that meets quarterly to hear about the work of three local charities. Read story

Waste Connections, DOGPAW team up to clear dog park

August 31, 2019, 5:14am Community

A team of DOGPAW volunteers spent a recent day cleaning the dog park at Ike Memorial Park thanks in part to some supplies donated by Waste Connections. Read story

HAZEL DELL NORTH: Connor Crum, a 10-year-old student at Kumon Math and Reading Center of Vancouver - North, was among 56 students selected out of thousands of applicants to participate in the third annual Kumon Student Conference held in Chicago, Ill., in July. He was selected because of his dedication to sports at a competitive level, among other things.

10-year-old Vancouver student attends Kumon conference in Chicago

HAZEL DELL NORTH: Connor Crum, a 10-year-old student at Kumon Math and Reading Center of Vancouver - North, was among 56 students selected out of thousands of applicants to participate in the third annual Kumon Student Conference held in Chicago, Ill., in July. He was selected because of his dedication to sports at a competitive level, among other things.

August 31, 2019, 5:07am Community

Connor Crum, a 10-year-old student at Kumon Math and Reading Center of Vancouver-North, was among 56 students selected out of thousands of applicants to participate in the third-annual Kumon Student Conference in July. Read story

Battle Ground: Battle Ground High School AFJROTC cadets participated in a summer Leadership Laboratory program, where they met members of the Washington National Guard, who landed a Black Hawk helicopter on the practice football field.

Battle Ground cadets participate in summer Leadership Laboratory program

Battle Ground: Battle Ground High School AFJROTC cadets participated in a summer Leadership Laboratory program, where they met members of the Washington National Guard, who landed a Black Hawk helicopter on the practice football field.

August 31, 2019, 5:04am Community

While school is starting back up around Clark County, the Battle Ground High School AFJROTC cadets didn’t take the summer off. Read story

Vancouver Deputy Fire Marshal Skip Navarrette goes door to door to hand out fire prevention education materials as a part of Project Home Safe in Vancouver on Aug. 10.

Safe at home: Educating Vancouver residents about fire prevention

Vancouver Deputy Fire Marshal Skip Navarrette goes door to door to hand out fire prevention education materials as a part of Project Home Safe in Vancouver on Aug. 10.

August 24, 2019, 6:00am Clark County Life

Paula Person, a Vancouver Fire Corps volunteer, was going door to door distributing fire prevention education materials when she came upon a troubling sight. The exterior of a home she was visiting was littered with cigarette butts. Read story

You can help

August 24, 2019, 6:00am Community

Volunteer Connections/RSVP promotes volunteer opportunities. To see all the available opportunities, visit hsc-wa.org/volunteer-connections or call 360-735-3690. Read story

Everybody Has a Story: Wait for the punchline

August 24, 2019, 6:00am Clark County Life

It was the late 1980s, and I was attending an industry conference in Monterey, Calif. I was the only person from my office attending, and I knew very few people at the conference — just those whom I had encountered at previous conferences on similar topics. So, I did what… Read story