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June 21, 2017, 6:00am Community

AIR FORCE ACADEMY TRAINING Read story

Washougal: Hathaway Elementary School fifth-graders, from left, Evan Schipull, Jose Alvarez-Cruze and Gavin Dowell at the Young Men in Action program, where Camas-Washougal Rotary Club members mentor the students and teach them various life skills.

Fifth-graders learn life skills from Rotary mentors

Washougal: Hathaway Elementary School fifth-graders, from left, Evan Schipull, Jose Alvarez-Cruze and Gavin Dowell at the Young Men in Action program, where Camas-Washougal Rotary Club members mentor the students and teach them various life skills.

June 21, 2017, 5:59am Community

Hathaway Elementary School fifth-graders learned some life skills as part of the Camas-Washougal Rotary Club’s Young Men in Action program. Read story

Hazel Dell: Skyview High School senior Nathan Holmgren, 18, was named Fire Cadet Distinguished Graduate, essentially valedictorian, from the Fire Cadet Program as part of the Cascadia Tech Academy in Vancouver.

Fire cadets plan on continuing service

Hazel Dell: Skyview High School senior Nathan Holmgren, 18, was named Fire Cadet Distinguished Graduate, essentially valedictorian, from the Fire Cadet Program as part of the Cascadia Tech Academy in Vancouver.

June 21, 2017, 5:59am Community

Skyview High School senior Nathan Holmgren, 18, earned the Fire Cadet Distinguished Graduate Award in his second year of the Fire Cadet Program as part of Cascadia Tech Academy in Vancouver. The award is the “equivalent of being selected the valedictorian of a graduating senior class,” Cascadia Tech Academy Director… Read story

Fircrest: Lara Alford and her Fircrest Elementary School fourth-graders with a mural made from recycled bottle caps. The students made the mural to show the importance of equality, as well as taking care of the environment.

Students use recycled bottle caps for equality mural

Fircrest: Lara Alford and her Fircrest Elementary School fourth-graders with a mural made from recycled bottle caps. The students made the mural to show the importance of equality, as well as taking care of the environment.

June 21, 2017, 5:59am Community

Lara Alford’s fourth-graders at Fircrest Elementary School created a mural out of recycled plastic caps to draw awareness to the fact that plastic caps and lids are often left on bottles when put in the recycling, which then makes the bottle or container difficult or impossible to recycle. I Read story

Education foundation raises record amount at luncheon

June 21, 2017, 5:59am Community

The Foundation for Vancouver Public Schools raised more than $200,000 at its luncheon, the largest community fundraiser held by the foundation each year. Read story

Fundraiser brings in $128,000 for youth aviation education

June 21, 2017, 5:59am Community

The Let’s Take Flight! fundraiser brought in more than $128,000 for the Pearson Field Education Center. Read story

Five Corners: Sunset Elementary School food service staffers, from left, Shana Hysmith, Debbie Phares and Terri Lutz holding up snap peas, this month’s featured food through Washington State University Extension’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education’s Harvest of the Month campaign.

Harvest of the Month brings snap peas to Evergreen

Five Corners: Sunset Elementary School food service staffers, from left, Shana Hysmith, Debbie Phares and Terri Lutz holding up snap peas, this month’s featured food through Washington State University Extension’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education’s Harvest of the Month campaign.

June 21, 2017, 5:59am Community

Sunset Elementary School was host for the Harvest of the Month campaign from Washington State University Extension’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - Education recently. Read story

Clark County: The six Vancouver Public Schools students who earned trips to the National Championships of the Elementary and Middle School History Bee in Atlanta, Ga., earlier this month, from left: Shaylin Murphy of Eisenhower Elementary School, Matthew McRae of Felida Elementary School, Josh Wuethrich of Eisenhower, Tim Puruckherr of Felida, Andrew Douglas of Jason Lee Middle School and Allison Underland of Gaiser Middle School.

Local students compete in national history competition

Clark County: The six Vancouver Public Schools students who earned trips to the National Championships of the Elementary and Middle School History Bee in Atlanta, Ga., earlier this month, from left: Shaylin Murphy of Eisenhower Elementary School, Matthew McRae of Felida Elementary School, Josh Wuethrich of Eisenhower, Tim Puruckherr of Felida, Andrew Douglas of Jason Lee Middle School and Allison Underland of Gaiser Middle School.

June 21, 2017, 5:59am Community

Vancouver Public Schools sent six students to the National Championships of the Elementary and Middle School History Bee on June 1-4 in Atlanta. Read story

Hazel Dell: Clark College students from Kristen Myklebust’s Food and Your Health classes work and dig to create a French drain at the Hazel Dell School and Community Garden. From left: Nicholas Campbell, Josh Loring, Jeff Freeman, Nazar Dimidenko and Denis Mocanu.

Clark College students install drain at community greenhouse

Hazel Dell: Clark College students from Kristen Myklebust’s Food and Your Health classes work and dig to create a French drain at the Hazel Dell School and Community Garden. From left: Nicholas Campbell, Josh Loring, Jeff Freeman, Nazar Dimidenko and Denis Mocanu.

June 21, 2017, 5:59am Community

Thirty-three Clark College students from Kristen Myklebust’s and Veronica Brock’s Food and Your Health classes attended two work parties at the Hazel Dell School and Community Garden. Read story

Got a true tale to tell? We’d like to hear it!

June 14, 2017, 6:05am Clark County Life

The Columbian readers tell the best stories. Because The Columbian readers lead the most interesting lives. Read story