October 15, 2013, 5:00pm Churches & Religion
North Image -- St. Andrew Lutheran Church members celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America on Sept. 8. Church volunteers picked up litter in Orchards Park, pulled weeds from the rose garden, washed picnic tables and signs and swept asphalt paths. They also cleaned up the… Read story
October 15, 2013, 5:00pm Truckies
Central Park Place -- More than 40 Home Depot employees worked for three days (Oct. 2-4) on a thorough remodel of Central Park Place, the apartment building near Clark College that houses 123 formerly homeless people, mostly military veterans. "Team Depot," a volunteer program, swarmed the place to install $20,000… Read story
October 14, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News
For the first half of the Girlfriends Half Marathon, Hillary McKinstry of Camas was the pace setter. Read story
October 8, 2013, 5:00pm Community
Northeast 66th Avenue, south of 40th Street, is a very short street between the Ford and Alan Webb car dealers. Yesterday I discovered the road has a 10 mph speed limit -- I noticed because there has been a city cop at the end with his radar gun. Come on,… Read story
October 8, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News
When it comes to leaves, "We have more than our share," Laura Albright said. Albright is chairwoman of the Hearthwood Neighborhood Association, and her judgment is supported by data from the city of Vancouver. Read story
October 8, 2013, 5:00pm Community
I don't claim to be an expert when it comes to light rail. I don't know if we need it in Vancouver, nor do I have any ideas on how to pay for it if it is ever built. Well, other than hanging a bar car off the end of… Read story
October 8, 2013, 5:00pm Community
A weekly list of neighborhood association meetings Read story
October 8, 2013, 5:00pm Truckies
Landover-Sharmel -- A Vancouver man received a rare Pilgrim Degree of Merit honor from the Loyal Order of the Moose fraternal organization. Vancouver Lodge 1774 member Rodney Arionus went in May to the House of God in Mooseheart, Ill., for a ceremony. The Pilgrim Degree is given to members for… Read story
October 8, 2013, 5:00pm Truckies
Columbia Way -- The 17th annual Sturgeon Festival brought 300 people to the Water Resources Education Center for a celebration of this prehistoric, bony fish -- whose numbers in the Columbia River are in decline. Chris Wagemann and Olaf Langness, biologists from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, offered… Read story
October 8, 2013, 5:00pm Truckies
Northeast Hazel Dell -- Former students and colleagues of Nancy Arnold celebrated her 40 years of service Sept. 29 at Vancouver's Jack and Jill House day care. As many as 60 people visited the reception to thank Arnold for her decades of dedication to child care. Arnold received many gifts,… Read story
