April 15, 2014, 5:00pm Community
Glenwood -- Rabbi Elizabeth Dunsker of Congregation Kol Ami was recently in Chicago to attend the Central Conference of American Rabbis and to get a haircut on behalf of the St. Baldrick's Foundation, which sponsors pediatric cancer research. Read story
April 15, 2014, 5:00pm Community
Venersbog: A visitor who grew up near Vannersborg, Sweden, visited Clark County's Venersborg last month to research Swedish immigration for a photo project. Robert Carlberg attended an open house at the historic Venersborg Schoolhouse on March 20 and met with community members, as well as descendants of immigrants. Read story
April 15, 2014, 5:00pm Community
Battle Ground: A Battle Ground High School trumpet player won soloist awards at two recent jazz festivals. Sophomore Steve Montecucco won awards at the Next Generation Jazz Festival in California on March 30 and the Charles Mingus Jazz Festival in New York City on Feb. 16. Montecucco and other students… Read story
April 15, 2014, 5:00pm Community
Battle Ground: Clark County Fire and Rescue took part in a live fire training last week at a city-owned building on Main Street in Battle Ground. Nearly three dozen firefighters trained Thursday at 801 E. Main St., a building that once housed Galeotti's Restaurant. The city bought the property so… Read story
April 15, 2014, 5:00pm Community
Esther Short: Jeanne Stewart, a former Vancouver city councilor who worked to help boost recycling efforts on the Clark County Solid Waste Advisory Commission, is being inducted into the Washington State Recycling Association's Hall of Fame. Stewart and others will be honored for their recycling achievements at a gala during… Read story
April 14, 2014, 5:00pm Community
Esther Short -- Customers, vendors, volunteers and others working behind the scenes helped the Vancouver Farmers Market recently raise $2,848 in donations for the mudslide-disaster relief effort in Oso. The money went directly to efforts in Oso via the Mount Rainier chapter of the American Red Cross. Folks made donations… Read story
April 14, 2014, 5:00pm Community
Northcrest: The Northcrest neighborhood, in central Vancouver, is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its neighborhood association this month. The mostly residential community formed a board in 1994 for volunteers to help promote activities and awareness of issues in the area. The neighborhood association will celebrate the anniversary at its April… Read story
April 14, 2014, 5:00pm Community
Hazel Dell -- Several happy winners marched into the regional office of Washington's Lottery on Northeast 78th Street to claim their prizes in recent days. Construction worker Stephen Martin of Hazel Dell won $200,000 playing the Blackjack Tripler Scratch game. He was just planning a move to a larger house… Read story
April 8, 2014, 5:00pm Community
My friends and I had great times growing up in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, in the 1920s through the 1940s. We were law-abiding kids, but still managed to get into some mischief. Read story
April 8, 2014, 5:00pm Community
A weekly list of neighborhood association meetings Read story
