September 17, 2013, 5:00pm Truckies
Cascade Highlands -- Volunteerism has led to a bunch of aesthetic improvements around the neighborhood, according to a recent Cascade Highlands newsletter. For one thing, the periphery fence around Homestead Place, a housing development at the southeast border of Homestead Neighborhood Park, has been significantly spruced up --- with new… Read story
September 17, 2013, 5:00pm Truckies
Lucia Falls -- On Aug. 31, Steve Perry discovered an empty hornets' nest next on his 33/4-acre spread on the East Fork of the Lewis River off Rock Creek Road. That property was home for 25 years to the late LeRoy Carter and Mary Alice Carter, Perry's mother-in-law. Mary Alice… Read story
September 17, 2013, 5:00pm Truckies
Salmon Creek -- Bill Allman and the other founding members of the Washington State Veterans Employee Resource Group were honored on Aug. 28 during a ceremony in Olympia. Allman, who served in the Navy during the Vietnam War and now lives in Salmon Creek, works as the veterans program manager… Read story
September 17, 2013, 5:00pm Truckies
La Center -- The Cole Masonry team pulled its way to victory in the annual "Extreme Tug-o-War Fundraiser" during the La Center Our Days Festival in late August. Six teams competed by pulling a 100-foot professional tug-of-war rope. The event raised $1,300 for the La Center Grange. Read story
September 17, 2013, 5:00pm Truckies
Fern Prairie -- To mark the 12th anniversary, East County Fire and Rescue honored those who died in terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. A granite memorial was dedicated last week at the Fern Prairie Fire Station 91, 600 N.E. 267th Ave., Camas. Following the ceremony, candles were lit in… Read story
September 17, 2013, 5:00pm Truckies
Central Park -- Friends honored the memory of Vancouver Fire Capt. Carl Murray last month with a friendly soccer match between two of his former teams. The Carl Murray Testimonial Match was an informal game at Clark College between Fat Tuesday's Vancouver and Kell's FC, from Portland. Murray died July… Read story
September 10, 2013, 5:00pm Community
I still have my first two frogs. They probably date from my high school years in the early 1940s. One is a froggy bank (unfortunately still just filled with pennies) and the other is a pink ceramic frog with holes in its back for burning incense sticks. Read story
September 10, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News
Arnada residents in need of not-oft-used yard equipment don't have to look any farther than a neighbor's garage. Read story
September 10, 2013, 5:00pm Community
A list of local neighborhood association meetings Read story
September 10, 2013, 5:00pm Truckies
Fruit Valley -- The Clark County Children's Sharing Project gathered nearly $5,000 in backpacks and supplies in late summer, enough to benefit more than 375 county kids heading into the school year. Kris Henriksen from the county's Department of Community Services worked with the Children's Sharing Project to coordinate the… Read story
