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October 5, 2016, 6:00am Community

SUMMER 2016 GRADUATES Read story

Family of veteran asks for help

October 5, 2016, 5:59am Community

The family of a Vietnam War veteran is asking for help repair his house that has fallen into disrepair. Read story

Mountain View: Mountain View High School senior Jonathan Baek, from left, was one of 20-plus students who registered to vote at the school through an effort by Zane Chowdhry, Grace Yang, and the school&#039;s National Honor Society members and Contemporary World Issues instructors.

Students register peers to vote

Mountain View: Mountain View High School senior Jonathan Baek, from left, was one of 20-plus students who registered to vote at the school through an effort by Zane Chowdhry, Grace Yang, and the school&#039;s National Honor Society members and Contemporary World Issues instructors.

October 5, 2016, 5:59am Community

Mountain View High School’s Contemporary World Issues instructors and National Honor Society members are promoting voter registration at the school. So far, the National Honor Society students have registered more than 20 of their peers to vote. The students will be out registering people to vote at Mountain View through… Read story

Esther Short: Friends in Service to Humanity pantry officials handed in their last mortgage payment on Sept. 13 to finish out their &quot;Debt Free in 2016&quot; campaign. From left: Mark Osborne, managing partner of C.E.

FISH debt free after purchasing new building

Esther Short: Friends in Service to Humanity pantry officials handed in their last mortgage payment on Sept. 13 to finish out their &quot;Debt Free in 2016&quot; campaign. From left: Mark Osborne, managing partner of C.E.

October 5, 2016, 5:59am Community

Friends in Service to Humanity completed its “Debt Free in 2016” campaign on Sept. 13, when leaders from the nonprofit handed in their final mortgage payment for the new FISH westside food pantry building at 906 Harney St., Vancouver, to the C.E. John Company. Read story

Salmon Creek: In honor of Active Aging Week, members of Highgate Senior Living, including executive director Melanie Danelson, left, and resident Lyle Brown, took a trip go-karting.

Local seniors celebrate Active Aging Week

Salmon Creek: In honor of Active Aging Week, members of Highgate Senior Living, including executive director Melanie Danelson, left, and resident Lyle Brown, took a trip go-karting.

October 5, 2016, 5:59am Community

It would’ve been a dream week for plenty of elementary schoolers, but the group who spent time go-karting, cycling and playing with water guns recently were quite a few decades older. Read story

Ridgefield: Lilly Ziemer, left, and Audrie Chapman at Experience Ridgefield, a carnival organized by students in the district celebrating the city.

Students organize Experience Ridgefield carnival

Ridgefield: Lilly Ziemer, left, and Audrie Chapman at Experience Ridgefield, a carnival organized by students in the district celebrating the city.

October 5, 2016, 5:59am Community

When Ridgefield Superintendent Nathan McCann’s Student Advisory Council was tasked with their yearly project, the group of students representing each of the district’s four schools decided to put on a carnival. Experience Ridgefield took place Sept. 24 at Ridgefield High School. Read story

Meadow Homes: At Fort Vancouver High School&#039;s Distinguished Alumni assembly, the classes of 1966 and 1976 donated money to the school.

Fort Vancouver names first class of Distinguished Alumni

Meadow Homes: At Fort Vancouver High School&#039;s Distinguished Alumni assembly, the classes of 1966 and 1976 donated money to the school.

October 5, 2016, 5:59am Community

Trappers4Trappers, a new alumni association affiliated with the Foundation for Vancouver Public Schools, named its first class of Distinguished Alumni: Dale Beacock, class of 1948; Jolene (Bishoprick) Unsoeld, class of 1949; Tom and Kathy (Propstra) Mears, class of 1959; HD Weddel, class of 1975; Beau and Rose (Carmocan) Sem, class… Read story

Vancouver earns grant for parent engagement in education

October 5, 2016, 5:55am Community

The Foundation for Vancouver Public Schools received an $8,000 donation through Umpqua Bank’s Charitable Foundation. Read story

Music directors start new youth choir

October 5, 2016, 5:55am Community

A new youth choir is starting in Vancouver. Read story

Bird photography on display at BirdFest and Bluegrass.

BirdFest and Bluegrass: Revels at the Ridgefield wildlife refuge

Bird photography on display at BirdFest and Bluegrass.

October 1, 2016, 8:09pm Clark County Life

Nobody has said boo about the environment during the current presidential election campaign, Ruth Phillips noted. Meanwhile, environmental problems are mounting — locally, nationally and globally. Read story