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January 6, 2015, 4:00pm Community

Neighborhood association meetings and events Read story

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January 6, 2015, 4:00pm Community

Volunteer Connections provides opportunities through the Human Services Council. For information, call 360-735-3683. Read story

Vancouver: Members of the Rotary Club of Vancouver spread holiday cheer by dressing as elves and delivering gifts to kids at Roosevelt, Washington and King elementary schools on Dec.

Rotary elves give students Christmas presents

Vancouver: Members of the Rotary Club of Vancouver spread holiday cheer by dressing as elves and delivering gifts to kids at Roosevelt, Washington and King elementary schools on Dec.

January 6, 2015, 4:00pm Community

Vancouver -- Members of the Rotary Club of Vancouver spread holiday cheer to around 500 children at local elementary schools last month by dressing as elves and giving them presents. The Rotary elves visited Roosevelt, Washington and King elementary schools on Dec. 19 for the charitable campaign, organized by "elf… Read story

North Salmon Creek: Alki Middle School leadership students create stockings for families in need during the holiday season.

Middle school Giving Tree helps 17 families during holidays

North Salmon Creek: Alki Middle School leadership students create stockings for families in need during the holiday season.

January 6, 2015, 4:00pm Community

North Salmon Creek -- Alki Middle School's Giving Tree helped 17 Vancouver families during the holiday season by providing them with donated gifts, clothes and other necessities. The annual Sharing and Caring project brought in more than 300 gifts and filled 56 stockings to be given to families in need… Read story

Portland: Vancouver-based The Joy Team aims to spread positive messages, including this one at North Vancouver Avenue near Alberta Street in Portland.

Vancouver’s Joy Team unveils 100th positive-message billboard

Portland: Vancouver-based The Joy Team aims to spread positive messages, including this one at North Vancouver Avenue near Alberta Street in Portland.

January 6, 2015, 4:00pm Community

Portland -- The Joy Team reached a milestone in its continuing mission of spreading positivity by unveiling its 100th billboard featuring positive messages in Portland. The latest billboard -- featuring the message "Best. Day. Ever. And it's yours" -- was placed Monday morning at Northeast Weidler Street and First Avenue.… Read story

Esther Short: &quot;National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation&quot; was named the best holiday movie in a fundraising competition for the Foundation for Vancouver Public Schools.

Holiday movie poll raises money for Vancouver schools foundation

Esther Short: &quot;National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation&quot; was named the best holiday movie in a fundraising competition for the Foundation for Vancouver Public Schools.

January 6, 2015, 4:00pm Community

Esther Short -- The calamity-prone Griswold family's holiday high jinks in "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" are a hit with Clark County film fans who voted in this year's Best Xmas Ever: Movie Edition fundraising competition. Read story

Battle Ground: Micah Hilario, who has ALS, is the focus of a Jan.

Battle Ground event aims to help family raise money for a wheelchair van

Battle Ground: Micah Hilario, who has ALS, is the focus of a Jan.

January 6, 2015, 4:00pm Community

Battle Ground -- Community members can rally behind Micah Hilario, diagnosed in 2010 with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at age 33, at a Jan. 12 fundraiser in Battle Ground. Read story

East County: East County Fire

Grants help with purchase of lifesaving equipment

East County: East County Fire

January 6, 2015, 4:00pm Community

East County -- Two recent grants helped East County Fire & Rescue buy more equipment to aid in its lifesaving efforts. Read story

Ridgefield: Ridgefield School District Superintendent Nathan McCann congratulates Union Ridge Elementary School student Olivia Fenton on winning the Holiday Greeting Card Design Competition at a district board meeting on Dec.

Ridgefield school board recognizes top card design participants

Ridgefield: Ridgefield School District Superintendent Nathan McCann congratulates Union Ridge Elementary School student Olivia Fenton on winning the Holiday Greeting Card Design Competition at a district board meeting on Dec.

January 6, 2015, 4:00pm Community

Ridgefield -- With a simple but sweet drawing and the message of "Happy Holidays," Union Ridge Elementary School student Olivia Fenton won the district's Holiday Greeting Card Design Competition. Read story

East County's Alex Orr, left, awaits the throw against a West Salem runner in the Little League Junior Boys Western Region tournament, played at Clark College in July 2014.

Area youth ball signups get under way

East County's Alex Orr, left, awaits the throw against a West Salem runner in the Little League Junior Boys Western Region tournament, played at Clark College in July 2014.

January 5, 2015, 4:00pm Clark County News

January is the month when area Little Leagues register players for the coming spring-summer season. Read story