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Applause

October 24, 2018, 5:26am Community

OUTSTANDING WATER OPERATOR OF THE YEAR Read story

Cheri Larsen, a registered horticulture therapist, teaches youngsters at Hough Elementary School how to make leaf pressings. Students Jennifer Nguyen, 6, from left, Jaime Madsen, 5, Felix North, 6, and Clark Cozens, 6, help collect leaves for the recess activity, which is offered every week under Larsen’s instruction.

Love of nature blooms at Hough Elementary School

October 17, 2018, 6:05am Clark County Life

Seven-year-old Phoenix Helfrich sat at an outside table with other Hough Elementary School students, pressing orange chalk onto a white piece of paper to reveal the outline of an autumn leaf. Read story

Woodland: Woodland Intermediate School second-grade teacher Amy Craig and her students work on reading skills through the Book Buddies program. Patti Cutler’s fourth-graders visit the class on Fridays to read aloud with a partner.

Woodland fourth-, second-graders improve reading skills with Book Buddies

October 17, 2018, 6:04am Community

Woodland Intermediate School fourth-graders visit their second-grade schoolmates every week to read to them through the Book Buddies program, developed by teachers Amy Craig and Patti Cutler. Read story

Fircrest: Some of the guests at the Salvation Army’s groundbreaking ceremony at its Northeast 112th Avenue campus.

Salvation Army breaks ground on Vancouver expansion

October 17, 2018, 6:03am Community

The Salvation Army, supporters and local elected officials celebrated breaking ground on an expansion at the organization’s Northeast 112th Avenue campus. Read story

Battle Ground teacher selected for World War I history program

October 17, 2018, 6:02am Community

Chief Umtuch Middle School history teacher Beth Doughty was one of 114 teachers selected for a National History Day scholarship program Legacies of World War I, a partnership between the U.S. World War I Centennial Commission and National History Day. Read story

Everybody Has a Story: The right attitude can turn bad luck into good

It was October 2005. While visiting in Yinchuan, Ninxia, in northern China, I had an unexpected opportunity to travel to Inner Mongolia. The invitation was from Karen, a visiting teacher from Wales whom I had recently met while walking in a local park. Of course I said yes, and in… Read story

Union High School security officer honored with state award

East Vancouver: Evergreen Public Schools Manager of School Safety and Security Shane Gardner, left, and Jamal McKenzie, Union High School’s campus security officer. McKenzie was named Security Officer of the Year by the Washington School Safety Organization.

October 17, 2018, 6:00am Community

Jamal McKenzie, Union High School’s campus security officer, was named Security Officer of the Year by the Washington School Safety Organization for his ability to develop effective communications with and ensure the safety of the students and staff at the school. Read story

Volunteer Opportunities

Villages Clark County is looking for people to help seniors who can’t afford senior living options and don’t need 24-hour health care, by providing rides to appointments, and helping with errands, light housework, yard work, minor home repairs, weekly check-ins, and meals during illnesses. Read story