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Brush Prairie: Hockinson Middle School students hosted their first Community Service Day in December, and some students turned fleecy fabrics into 37 blankets, which were donated to Vancouver’s Winter Hospitality Overflow shelter.

Hockinson Middle School students host first Community Service Day

Brush Prairie: Hockinson Middle School students hosted their first Community Service Day in December, and some students turned fleecy fabrics into 37 blankets, which were donated to Vancouver’s Winter Hospitality Overflow shelter.

January 26, 2019, 5:57am Community

Hockinson Middle School students hosted their first-ever Community Service Day in December, with students collecting food, blankets and chew toys. Joe Loper’s home base students bagged and boxed donations to the school’s annual food drive, in which the school broke its previous record and collected more than 5,100 cans, boxes… Read story

Battle Ground: Battle Ground Public Schools Superintendent Mark Ross, from left, accepts a check to purchase two automated external defibrillators from Battle Ground Education Foundation President Colleen O’Neal, CAM Academy Assistant Principal Julie Williamson and Mitch Thompson, the district’s director of business and risk management.

Battle Ground Education Foundation donates money for AEDs

Battle Ground: Battle Ground Public Schools Superintendent Mark Ross, from left, accepts a check to purchase two automated external defibrillators from Battle Ground Education Foundation President Colleen O’Neal, CAM Academy Assistant Principal Julie Williamson and Mitch Thompson, the district’s director of business and risk management.

January 26, 2019, 5:57am Community

The Battle Ground Education Foundation donated a check for $3,989.12 to Battle Ground Public Schools to be used for the purchase of two Automated External Defibrillators. The donation means that every school in the district will have one of the life-saving devices. “Each year, there are more and more people… Read story

La Center: The Miss Teen La Center Court, from left, Queen Sara Baldwin and Princesses Danielle Gawronski, Grace Nolan, Keira Crocker and Raegan Boyse volunteered for Shop With a Cop.

Miss Teen La Center Court busy during the holidays

La Center: The Miss Teen La Center Court, from left, Queen Sara Baldwin and Princesses Danielle Gawronski, Grace Nolan, Keira Crocker and Raegan Boyse volunteered for Shop With a Cop.

January 26, 2019, 5:57am Community

The Miss Teen La Center Court was busy during the Christmas season. Queen Sara Baldwin and Princesses Danielle Gawronski, Grace Nolan, Keira Crocker and Raegan Boyse volunteered with Shop with a Cop, helped Santa and Mrs. Claus at the La Center Christmas Tree Lighting and helped decorate and raffle a… Read story

Cascade Park Kiwanis Club hosts annual holiday part for foster families

January 26, 2019, 5:57am Community

Cascade Park Kiwanis Club members provided and served the meal at the club’s annual Foster Family Holiday Party, which was attended by more than 475 children, their families and volunteers on Dec. 21 at Mountain View High School. Attendees played games, danced and had the opportunity to take pictures with… Read story

Free Clinic immunization program receives grant

January 26, 2019, 5:57am Community

The Free Clinic of Southwest Washington received a $2,000 grant from the ReMax Equity Group Foundation to help cover costs associated with the children’s immunization program. An average of 500 immunizations are given each year for uninsured children in the community through the program. By promoting the immunization program in… Read story

Volunteer Opportunities

January 26, 2019, 5:13am Community

Volunteer Connections/RSVP, or Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, a program of the Human Services Council, is looking for volunteers for the following assignments: Read story

‘Everybody has a Story’ about love – tell us yours

January 16, 2019, 6:05am Clark County Life

There are 364 other days in a year, but we seem to assign a single lonely date, Feb. 14, to an infinitely complex emotion. We even try to squash that emotion down into one simple word: love. Read story

Everybody has a Story: When the wall came down – and almost got Mom

January 16, 2019, 6:00am Clark County Life

Many years ago, my mother and father salvaged an old two-story farmhouse in an abandoned wheat field near Moses Lake. They used the wood to build a home in Cascade Valley. But one sunny Saturday in September, a horrifying event made them rethink the wisdom of reclaiming that decrepit homestead. Read story

Dogs and their owners walk along a path at Ike Memorial Dog Park. A new animal control officer will be added at the park this year.

DOGPAW dog parks try to find their spot in Clark County

Dogs and their owners walk along a path at Ike Memorial Dog Park. A new animal control officer will be added at the park this year.

January 16, 2019, 6:00am Clark County Life

Eileen Cervantes remembers the off-leash parks in Santa Clara, Calif., where she used to take Bailey, her son’s Corgi mix. Read story

The Magenta Rocks! Christmas Choir performed in December. The theater recently received a grant to replace its lighting system.

Magenta Theater receives grant for new lighting system

The Magenta Rocks! Christmas Choir performed in December. The theater recently received a grant to replace its lighting system.

January 16, 2019, 5:57am Community

Magenta Theater will replace its stage lighting system thanks to a grant from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust of Vancouver. Read story