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November 7, 2018, 6:00am Community

Volunteer Connections provides opportunities through the Human Services Council. For information on the following, call 360-735-3690. Read story

Washougal: Isaac Brown, left, and Aryanna Albright read together during “Bring Your Parent to School Day” at Jemtegaard Middle School.

Parents spend day learning with kids in Washougal middle school

Washougal: Isaac Brown, left, and Aryanna Albright read together during “Bring Your Parent to School Day” at Jemtegaard Middle School.

November 7, 2018, 6:00am Community

More than 100 parents packed the Jemtegaard Middle School hallways on Oct. 11 for “Bring Your Parent to School Day.” Read story

Salmon Creek: Clark County Fire District 6 firefighters help a victim of a 10.4 magnitude earthquake during a training scenario Oct. 18 at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center.

Legacy Salmon Creek, first responders train for earthquake response

Salmon Creek: Clark County Fire District 6 firefighters help a victim of a 10.4 magnitude earthquake during a training scenario Oct. 18 at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center.

November 7, 2018, 5:59am Community

Staff at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center teamed up with Fire District 6 responders, the Clark County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue members and local ham radio operators to train for an emergency response to an earthquake. Read story

Fircrest: The ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Vancouver location of Next, a career center for individuals 16 to 24 years old.

New youth job center opens in Vancouver

Fircrest: The ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Vancouver location of Next, a career center for individuals 16 to 24 years old.

November 7, 2018, 5:55am Community

Next, a career center for individuals 16 to 24 years old who are not in school and not working, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Oct. 11. Read story

Rotary awards grant for housing stability to Vancouver schools

November 7, 2018, 5:52am Community

The Foundation for Vancouver Public Schools received a $5,000 grant from the Vancouver Rotary Foundation to support housing stability. Read story

Landover-Sharmel: Sadie Counts, left, food services manager for Endeavour Elementary School, and Chad Kirby, food services production manager, participate in Chartwells Farm to School program, which brought locally grown zucchini to Endeavour.

Students try zucchini through Farm to School program

Landover-Sharmel: Sadie Counts, left, food services manager for Endeavour Elementary School, and Chad Kirby, food services production manager, participate in Chartwells Farm to School program, which brought locally grown zucchini to Endeavour.

November 7, 2018, 5:50am Community

Chartwells K-12 introduced students at Endeavour Elementary School to new fruits and vegetables in the Discovery Kitchen as part of the Farm to School initiative. Read story

Esther Short: As part of Red Ribbon Week, a nationwide anti-drug campaign, Vancouver Mayor Anne McEnerny-Ogle and the Vancouver City Council honored the Lewis & Clark Young Marines, from left: Pvt. Spencer Flanagan, Pvt. Cameran Veal, Cpl. Kyle Borneman, seated, Cpl. Victor Wright, standing in back, and Pvt. Paul Talley.

Young Marines accept Red Ribbon Week proclamation from Vancouver

Esther Short: As part of Red Ribbon Week, a nationwide anti-drug campaign, Vancouver Mayor Anne McEnerny-Ogle and the Vancouver City Council honored the Lewis & Clark Young Marines, from left: Pvt. Spencer Flanagan, Pvt. Cameran Veal, Cpl. Kyle Borneman, seated, Cpl. Victor Wright, standing in back, and Pvt. Paul Talley.

November 7, 2018, 5:45am Community

On Oct. 15, the Lewis & Clark Young Marines accepted a Red Ribbon Week Proclamation from Vancouver Mayor Anne McEnerny-Ogle and the Vancouver City Council. Read story

Ridgefield: Union Ridge Elementary School students Savanhy Virakitti, left, and Bruce Kizim sort through donations for their Socktober drive, in which students collected socks to donate to the Council for the Homeless in Vancouver.

Ridgefield students participate in nationwide sock drive

Ridgefield: Union Ridge Elementary School students Savanhy Virakitti, left, and Bruce Kizim sort through donations for their Socktober drive, in which students collected socks to donate to the Council for the Homeless in Vancouver.

November 7, 2018, 5:35am Community

Students from Stephanie Brown’s class at Union Ridge Elementary in the Ridgefield School District spent the last month collecting socks for Socktober, a nationwide movement to collect socks for homeless shelters. Read story

Everybody Has a Story: The amazing adventures of Harriet’s eyeball

October 31, 2018, 6:54am Clark County Life

When I was 3 years old, I had to have my right eye removed. Read story

An informational sign is posted near county property at the end of Northeast 99th Street near Curtin Creek.

Planning commission split, residents object to 99th Street extension

An informational sign is posted near county property at the end of Northeast 99th Street near Curtin Creek.

October 31, 2018, 6:05am Clark County Life

A proposal to modify plans for a new road aimed at relieving congestion and connecting Northeast 99th Street to Northeast 72nd Avenue is drawing objections from nearby residents and has split an advisory group over whether to recommend the project. Read story