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Washougal: Washougal elementary school students, from left, Hannah Carlin, Charlotte Bisila, Lily Mayer, Mari Jayne Kephart, McKenzie Olkowski, Makayla Cain and Silas Hall, competed in the Sodexo Future Chefs Challenge, where they were asked to prepare healthy Asian fusion dishes.

Washougal Future Chefs awarded for Asian-inspired food

Washougal: Washougal elementary school students, from left, Hannah Carlin, Charlotte Bisila, Lily Mayer, Mari Jayne Kephart, McKenzie Olkowski, Makayla Cain and Silas Hall, competed in the Sodexo Future Chefs Challenge, where they were asked to prepare healthy Asian fusion dishes.

April 18, 2018, 6:00am Community

Seven elementary school students in Washougal competed in the Sodexo Future Chefs Challenge at Washougal High School on March 21. Read story

Ridgefield: Cathy Zweig of the Fort Vancouver chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution presents the chapter’s 2018 Good Citizens Award and Scholarship to Ridgefield High School senior Sally Bishop-Smith.

Ridgefield student earns award, scholarship from Daughters of the American Revolution

Ridgefield: Cathy Zweig of the Fort Vancouver chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution presents the chapter’s 2018 Good Citizens Award and Scholarship to Ridgefield High School senior Sally Bishop-Smith.

April 18, 2018, 5:59am Community

Sally Bishop-Smith, a senior at Ridgefield High School, received the 2018 Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizens Award and Scholarship from the Fort Vancouver chapter of the organization. Read story

Volunteer Opportunities

April 18, 2018, 5:58am Community

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

Hospital foundation awards $110,000 in grants

April 18, 2018, 5:57am Community

The Salmon Creek Hospital Foundation board of trustees approved funding for 16 projects, totaling more than $110,000 in support of programs and services at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center. Read story

East Vancouver: The Golden Girls, from left, Penny Ruthruff, Kathie Malone and Amanda Sobotta, are three volunteers at the Humane Society of Southwest Washington. The society honored its volunteers at an event in February.

Humane Society for Southwest Washington honors volunteers

East Vancouver: The Golden Girls, from left, Penny Ruthruff, Kathie Malone and Amanda Sobotta, are three volunteers at the Humane Society of Southwest Washington. The society honored its volunteers at an event in February.

April 18, 2018, 5:57am Community

The Humane Society for Southwest Washington honored its volunteers at an event in February. Read story

Old Evergreen Highway: Rotarians from three local clubs — Vancouver, Three Creeks and Metro Sunset — planted 182 trees and shrubs at Columbia Springs across two weekends in March.

Rotarians spent two weeks planting in Vancouver

Old Evergreen Highway: Rotarians from three local clubs — Vancouver, Three Creeks and Metro Sunset — planted 182 trees and shrubs at Columbia Springs across two weekends in March.

April 18, 2018, 5:02am Community

Volunteers from the Rotary Club of Vancouver, Three Creeks Rotary Club and Vancouver Metro Sunset Rotary Club teamed up to plant 182 trees and shrubs at Columbia Springs on March 10 and March 17. Read story

Felida: Skyview High School students, from left, Kristen Stilin, Amelia Madarang and Nathan Chen show Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Battle Ground, their app titled “Duck & Cover,” for which they won a Congressional STEM App Competition award.

Herrera Beutler hands out awards to student app developers

Felida: Skyview High School students, from left, Kristen Stilin, Amelia Madarang and Nathan Chen show Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Battle Ground, their app titled “Duck & Cover,” for which they won a Congressional STEM App Competition award.

April 18, 2018, 5:00am Community

Felida -- Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Battle Ground, visited Skyview High School on March 28 to meet with students Amelia Madarang, Nathaniel Chen and Kristen Stilin, who were winners in the Congressional STEM App Competition. Read story

Hazel Dell: Kay Hudziak, who volunteers with the Washington State University Master Gardeners, helps students at Hazel Dell School’s Enrichment Fair explore different varieties of lettuce and spinach.

Master Gardeners teach students at Enrichment Fair

Hazel Dell: Kay Hudziak, who volunteers with the Washington State University Master Gardeners, helps students at Hazel Dell School’s Enrichment Fair explore different varieties of lettuce and spinach.

April 18, 2018, 5:00am Community

Hazel Dell Elementary School students had nearly 40 classes to choose from at the school’s annual Enrichment Fair, from yoga to taking apart appliances to messy science. Each student choose three classes to take. Read story

Washougal: Students in the Washougal School District created the “It’s Time To Be Kind” project, where they celebrate acts of kindness of all sizes and put up inspirational posters at Jemtegaard Middle School and Canyon Creek Middle School.

Washougal students decide to be kind

Washougal: Students in the Washougal School District created the “It’s Time To Be Kind” project, where they celebrate acts of kindness of all sizes and put up inspirational posters at Jemtegaard Middle School and Canyon Creek Middle School.

April 18, 2018, 5:00am Community

Students at Jemtegaard Middle School and Canyon Creek Middle School created the “It’s Time to Be Kind” project, letting students celebrate acts of kindness of all sizes. Read story

Everybody Has a Story: $10 gold coin from ‘stranger’ just a piece of grandfather’s history

April 11, 2018, 6:02am Clark County Life

My grandfather Earl experienced tragedy early in his life. Born in 1899 in rural Mendocino County, Calif., he was a grandson of pioneers who had traveled across the country from the Midwest via covered wagon in the 1850s. Read story