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Battle Ground: Community members in Battle Ground pitched in to plant this tree along Main Street in honor of attorney and “serial volunteer” Jill Kurtz, who died in January 2018.

Battle Ground Rotary, community members plant tree in honor of late attorney

Battle Ground: Community members in Battle Ground pitched in to plant this tree along Main Street in honor of attorney and “serial volunteer” Jill Kurtz, who died in January 2018.

July 6, 2019, 5:58am Community

After Battle Ground attorney Jill Kurtz died of a pulmonary embolism in January 2018, others in the community wanted to do something to honor someone known as a “serial volunteer.” Read story

Volunteer Opportunities

July 6, 2019, 5:58am 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

Local League of Women Voters honored for membership growth

July 6, 2019, 5:35am Community

The League of Women Voters of Clark County won state recognition for its membership growth, outpacing all 19 other local chapters in Washington in percentage increase for the last two years. Read story

Washougal: Stephanie Lynn, owner of Sweet Spot Skirts in Vancouver, gave the keynote address at the first Business and Marketing Pathways Conference in the Washougal School District.

Washougal High hosts first Pathways conference

Washougal: Stephanie Lynn, owner of Sweet Spot Skirts in Vancouver, gave the keynote address at the first Business and Marketing Pathways Conference in the Washougal School District.

July 6, 2019, 5:35am Community

Washougal High School staffers were looking to bring a more personal approach to the standard Career Day, and hosted the Business and Marketing Pathways Conference in May. Read story

Esther Short: Twenty-four local high school and college students who were awarded a combined $96,000 in scholarship money from the Vancouver Rotary Foundation.

Rotary awards $96k in scholarships

Esther Short: Twenty-four local high school and college students who were awarded a combined $96,000 in scholarship money from the Vancouver Rotary Foundation.

July 6, 2019, 5:35am Community

The Vancouver Rotary Foundation awarded $96,000 in college scholarships to 24 Southwest Washington high school and college students at the club’s annual scholarship luncheon at WareHouse ‘23. Read story

East Vancouver: Chartwells staff, from left, Stacy Struck, Katie Rasmussen and Abida Murtaza brought radishes to Burton Elementary School, which played host to the Harvest of the Month program recently.

Radishes come to Evergreen schools through Harvest of the Month

East Vancouver: Chartwells staff, from left, Stacy Struck, Katie Rasmussen and Abida Murtaza brought radishes to Burton Elementary School, which played host to the Harvest of the Month program recently.

July 6, 2019, 5:33am Community

Washington State University Extension’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education and Evergreen Public Schools’ Chartwells food service brought radishes to Burton Elementary School recently as part of the Harvest of the Month program. Read story

Camas: Members of the St. John’s Presbyterian Church, who were invited to perform at Carnegie Hall in the “Immortal Invisible: The Music of Pepper Choplin and Mary McDonald” concert.

Camas choir performs at Carnegie Hall

Camas: Members of the St. John’s Presbyterian Church, who were invited to perform at Carnegie Hall in the “Immortal Invisible: The Music of Pepper Choplin and Mary McDonald” concert.

July 6, 2019, 5:30am Community

Members of the St. John’s Presbyterian Church performed in Isaac Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall in New York City for the “Immortal Invisible: The Music of Pepper Choplin and Mary McDonald” concert over Memorial Day weekend. Read story

Walk & Knock receives grant to help expand programs

July 6, 2019, 5:29am Community

Walk & Knock, a one-day community food drive that takes place around Clark County each December, received a $5,000 grant from the Bank of America to help with its annual food collection. Read story

Woodland Middle School puts on first play in five years

July 6, 2019, 5:27am Community

Drama students at Woodland Middle School performed the school’s first play in more than five years, “Big Bad,” a courtroom drama depicting the trial of the Big Bad Wolf. Read story

Everybody Has a Story: A very British Independence Day celebration

June 29, 2019, 6:05am Clark County Life

Thirty years ago, I spent a year as a visiting scientist at Harwell Laboratory in England, during which my wife and I lived in Oxford. We bought a used car and learned to sit on the right while driving on the left in Oxford’s congested traffic, which included the 15,000… Read story