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Everybody Has a Story: Ghostly message a source of comfort

December 12, 2018, 6:00am Community

I retired in 2014 and planned a two-week “Autumn Leaves” tour to the East Coast with a friend, for the end of September. Read story

Barberton: Volunteers with the Vancouver St. Vincent de Paul Society Conference packed up and distributed 360 food boxes to local families on Thanksgiving.

St. Vincent de Paul Society Conference distributes food for Thanksgiving

December 12, 2018, 5:53am Community

Barberton -- The Vancouver St. Vincent de Paul Society Conference provided 360 local families with Thanksgiving food boxes filled with a turkey dinner and all the trimmings. Read story

Washougal: Cape Horn-Skye Elementary School student Jamison Douglas was joined at Grandparents Day by, from left, great-grandmother Linda Davidson, great-great-grandmother Bert Dolan, and grandmother Angela Cummings.

Grandparents Day tradition continues in Washougal

December 12, 2018, 5:52am Community

The annual Cape Horn-Skye Elementary Grandparents Day was held Nov. 15 and 16, a tradition that dates back at least to the 1980s. “Grandparents Day is one of my favorite days at Cape Horn-Skye,” Principal Penny Andrews said in a release from the district. Read story

Amboy: Amboy Middle students collected 1,434 pairs of socks for Socktober. The socks will be available to those in need through Battle Ground Public Schools’ Family and Community Resource Center.

Amboy students collect socks as part of nationwide effort

December 12, 2018, 5:50am Community

Amboy Middle School students collected 1,434 pairs of socks for Socktober, a national effort to collect socks and donate them to homeless shelters. Read story

Orchards: John Snyder, Isaiah Hiebert, Dakota Sipe and Ryan Vittitoe of the Prairie High School Armed Drill Team perform at the Fort Vancouver Veterans Day parade.

Prairie AFJROTC cadets participate in Veterans Day assemblies, parade

December 12, 2018, 5:42am Community

Prairie High School’s Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets participated in numerous events surrounding Veterans Day, including visits to retirement homes, local schools and the annual Veterans Day parade at Fort Vancouver. Read story

#Every28Days earns innovation award for work in local homelessness

Portland: Amy Brown of Association of Fundraising Professionals, from left, Kim Hash with Share, Dianna Kretzchmar, an #Every28Days volunteer, and Kimberly Howard, who emceed the Association of Fundraising Professionals Awards, where #Every28Days earned the Outstanding Innovative Project award.

December 12, 2018, 5:35am Community

Vancouver-based #Every28Days was honored as the Outstanding Innovative Project at the 32nd Annual Philanthropy Awards presented by the Association of Fundraising Professionals Oregon and Southwest Washington Chapter on Nov. 7 in Portland. Read story

Tell us all about those holiday decorations

Franklin Street Christmas light display.

Hey, all you Clark (County) Griswolds. In the spirit of “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation,” it’s time for The Columbian to put together our annual list of houses with holiday decorations so impressive and extravagant they’re going to make our readers hop in the car to check them out immediately. Read story