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Everybody Has a Story: Woman soldier, her Army truck were ahead of their time

July 4, 2018, 6:00am Clark County Life

All this talk about driverless cars and trucks reminds me of when I was in the Army in the mid-1970s. I was one of the first female tractor-trailer drivers stationed in Germany. I was in a town called Russelheim, in the Azbill barracks. Our group drove commercial International rigs, not… Read story

Eagle Scouts

July 4, 2018, 6:00am Community

Five Boy Scouts from the Ft. Vancouver District passed their Eagle Scout Board of Review during April and advanced to the rank of Eagle Scout. Collectively, these Boy Scouts planned and led 642 hours of community service. Read story

Fruit Valley’s new Community Kitchen on a recent Thursday evening.

Community Kitchen in Fruit Valley aims to address lack of food options

Fruit Valley’s new Community Kitchen on a recent Thursday evening.

July 4, 2018, 6:00am Clark County Life

Tony Fantozzi emerged from the new Community Kitchen food pantry at Fruit Valley Village excited about cooking. “I did great,” he said, hefting two bulging plastic bags of groceries to his car. “I’m going to start cooking soon. This will come in handy.” Read story

Velma Edmonds celebrates her 100th birthday.

Birthday milestone

Velma Edmonds celebrates her 100th birthday.

July 4, 2018, 5:57am Community

Velma Edmonds celebrated her 100th birthday on June 18, and at a party the day before she was surrounded by family, friends and a few prominent members of the community. Read story

Vancouver Mall: Five Girl Scouts from Troop 12340 received the Silver Award, the second-highest award for service in the community given by the Girl Scouts of Oregon and Southwest Washington. From left: Dawn Phelps, co-leader, Samantha McHarg, Katherine Thornton, Dominique Phelps, Naomi Alonso, Dinora Alonso and Susan Thornton, troop leader.

Girl Scouts receive Silver Award

Vancouver Mall: Five Girl Scouts from Troop 12340 received the Silver Award, the second-highest award for service in the community given by the Girl Scouts of Oregon and Southwest Washington. From left: Dawn Phelps, co-leader, Samantha McHarg, Katherine Thornton, Dominique Phelps, Naomi Alonso, Dinora Alonso and Susan Thornton, troop leader.

July 4, 2018, 5:55am Community

The Girl Scouts of Oregon and Southwest Washington honored five girls from Girl Scout Troop 12340 in Vancouver with a Silver Award, the second highest award for service to the community given by the organization. Read story

Meadow Homes: Students and staffers at Fort Vancouver High School celebrating their $1,000 check from Northwest Honda Dealers.

Fort Vancouver High School receives money from car dealership

Meadow Homes: Students and staffers at Fort Vancouver High School celebrating their $1,000 check from Northwest Honda Dealers.

July 4, 2018, 5:55am Community

Fort Vancouver High School was one of 11 schools in the Portland metro area to receive money from Northwest Honda Dealers as part of the company’s “School is Better Thanks to Your Local NW Honda Dealer” program. Read story

Nonprofit awards grants to young artists

July 4, 2018, 5:55am Community

Enspire Arts named its 2018 Arts Ambassador Scholarship Program honorees. T Read story

Washougal: Jemtegaard Middle School students finished a mural at Lower Hathaway Park that was left undone for two years after originally being started by some Clark College students.

Mural left undone for two years completed by middle schoolers

Washougal: Jemtegaard Middle School students finished a mural at Lower Hathaway Park that was left undone for two years after originally being started by some Clark College students.

July 4, 2018, 5:55am Community

Students in Jemtegaard Middle School’s Club 8 art program painted a mural at Lower Hathaway Park. Read story

Ridgefield High School seniors awarded scholarships

July 4, 2018, 5:55am Community

Three Ridgefield High School seniors received Mary Christian Jones scholarships to help with college costs. Read story

Washougal: Canyon Creek Middle School seventh-grader Skye Miller was named one of two winners in the Washougal School District and Unite! Washougal Community Coalition’s Washougal Middle School Poster Contest.

Washougal schools, coalition name poster contest winners

Washougal: Canyon Creek Middle School seventh-grader Skye Miller was named one of two winners in the Washougal School District and Unite! Washougal Community Coalition’s Washougal Middle School Poster Contest.

July 4, 2018, 5:55am Community

The Washougal School District and Unite! Washougal Community Coalition announced two winners of the Washougal Middle School Poster Contest: Trinity Nicholson and Skye Miller, both seventh-graders at Canyon Creek Middle School. Read story