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Witnesses are sworn in Feb. 16 before testifying during the mock trial at the Clark County Courthouse, where eight teams from six local schools competed for a chance to go to the state competition. The top three teams came from Camas High School, Cascadia Tech and Columbia High School.

High-schoolers head to court for mock trial tournament

Witnesses are sworn in Feb. 16 before testifying during the mock trial at the Clark County Courthouse, where eight teams from six local schools competed for a chance to go to the state competition. The top three teams came from Camas High School, Cascadia Tech and Columbia High School.

March 1, 2017, 5:59am Community

The Clark County District Mock Trial Tournament was held Feb. 15 and 16 at the Clark County Courthouse, with eight teams from six local high schools competing. Read story

Orchards: Heritage High School students Amy Rodriquez and Luis Reyes worked on getting Heritage&#039;s school-based enterprise certified and will be recognized at the DECA International Career Development Conference in Anaheim, Calif.

Heritage students recognized for eighth straight year

Orchards: Heritage High School students Amy Rodriquez and Luis Reyes worked on getting Heritage&#039;s school-based enterprise certified and will be recognized at the DECA International Career Development Conference in Anaheim, Calif.

March 1, 2017, 5:59am Community

Heritage High School’s school-based enterprise was one of 360 enterprises around the country to achieve Gold Level re-certification this year, and will be recognized at DECA’s International Career Development Conference in Anaheim, Calif. Read story

Youth shelters get grant from local organization

March 1, 2017, 5:59am Community

Janus Youth Programs received a $5,000 grant from the Camas Washougal Community Chest to support The Oak Grove and Oak Bridge Youth Shelters in the Camas-Washougal area. Read story

Salmon Creek: Jarrod Gillihan from Elevate Church was one of 12 people who took a volunteering trip to Oaxaca, Mexico, last month to deliver winter clothes for more than 100 kids and help build a sports court.

Church group delivers clothes, sports court to Mexico

Salmon Creek: Jarrod Gillihan from Elevate Church was one of 12 people who took a volunteering trip to Oaxaca, Mexico, last month to deliver winter clothes for more than 100 kids and help build a sports court.

March 1, 2017, 5:59am Churches & Religion

A group of 12 people from Elevate Church spent some time last month volunteering in Oaxaca, Mexico. The group volunteered through Forward Edge International, a Vancouver-based relief and development organization. Read story

Everybody Has a Story: Toadbellies revelation a gratifying link in family connections

February 22, 2017, 6:01am Clark County Life

The annual family dinner tradition of getting together to have Toadbellies was my favorite celebration growing up. It was better than Thanksgiving, which was very big and very traditionally Midwestern, with turkey and jellied cranberry sauce with the can rings to mark out how to cut it, and large California… Read story

Fircrest Neighborhood Association Co-Chair Margaret Milem, right, listens as Khalid Khan of the Islamic Society of Southwest Washington gives a &quot;What is Islam?&quot; presentation to neighborhood association members at their Feb. 7 meeting. Some residents in the neighborhood were upset association leaders opted to go through with a meeting topic focusing on religion.

Talking about faith in Fircrest

Fircrest Neighborhood Association Co-Chair Margaret Milem, right, listens as Khalid Khan of the Islamic Society of Southwest Washington gives a &quot;What is Islam?&quot; presentation to neighborhood association members at their Feb. 7 meeting. Some residents in the neighborhood were upset association leaders opted to go through with a meeting topic focusing on religion.

February 22, 2017, 6:01am Churches & Religion

Neighborhood association meetings typically cover such topics as zoning and development issues, how to secure local grants and organize neighborhood cleanups, which is why a recent meeting of the Fircrest Neighborhood Association stuck out. Read story

East Vancouver: Shahala Middle School student Ashley Lin, left, and Peggy Carlson, Evergreen Public Schools&#039; Students in Transition liaison, after Lin raised $752 for the program with a pancake breakfast.

Shahala students help out peers in transition

East Vancouver: Shahala Middle School student Ashley Lin, left, and Peggy Carlson, Evergreen Public Schools&#039; Students in Transition liaison, after Lin raised $752 for the program with a pancake breakfast.

February 22, 2017, 6:00am Community

When Shahala Middle School student Ashley Lin heard how many students were in Evergreen Public Schools’ Students in Transition program, she wanted to do something to help out, so she organized a pancake breakfast. She raised $752, which will be used to meet the needs of students in the program. Read story

Washougal: Washougal High School culinary students Braiden Williams, left, and Jolene Porter serve Melissa Tauialo during the school&#039;s Food Truck Face Off.

Washougal students compete in Food Truck Face Off

Washougal: Washougal High School culinary students Braiden Williams, left, and Jolene Porter serve Melissa Tauialo during the school&#039;s Food Truck Face Off.

February 22, 2017, 5:59am Community

In a new competition, Washougal High School culinary students battled in a Food Truck Face Off on Feb. 9 and 10 in the school’s kitchen classroom. Read story

Friends of Trees expands Clark County service

February 22, 2017, 5:59am Community

Friends of Trees is expanding to three new neighborhoods outside Vancouver this year. Read story

Washougal: Hathaway Elementary School fifth-graders, including Grace West, left, and Avis Berg, were asked to design and construct Valentine&#039;s Day boxes using the concepts of simple machines: pulleys, wedges, screws, levers, wheels and ramps.

Washougal students engineer Valentine’s boxes

Washougal: Hathaway Elementary School fifth-graders, including Grace West, left, and Avis Berg, were asked to design and construct Valentine&#039;s Day boxes using the concepts of simple machines: pulleys, wedges, screws, levers, wheels and ramps.

February 22, 2017, 5:59am Community

Hathaway Elementary School fifth-graders in Andrew Schlauch’s class spent Valentine’s Day learning engineering concepts. Read story