September 3, 2013, 5:00pm Truckies
Bennington -- The Parks Foundation of Clark County received a $1,000 grant from the 192nd Avenue Walmart Supercenter through Walmart's Local Giving Program. The money will be granted back out to support local summer playground programs and recreation scholarships through its Community Grant program. Over the past five years, the… Read story
September 3, 2013, 5:00pm Truckies
Hazel Dell -- Garry LaDuke, the "Farmer in the Dell" whose livestock spread at 11309 N.E. Hazel Dell Avenue was in the news last week, said he had no idea that more than one immediate neighbor resented the place and its odors. Columbian coverage seems to have gotten neighbors talking… Read story
August 27, 2013, 5:00pm Community
My daughter recently gave me a DVD entitled "First Flight: A Mother Hummingbird's Story." She knows that my late wife and I were fascinated by these tiny creatures who can fly forward, backward, up and down and sideways. All the years we lived in California, we always had multiple feeders… Read story
August 27, 2013, 5:00pm Community
Eight months ago, Pilar, a snow-white Spanish greyhound, was starving, trapped more than 100 feet down a dry water well in Spain, where her owner had apparently left her to die. Read story
August 27, 2013, 5:00pm Truckies
Battle Ground -- The teens of Rocksolid Community Teen Center were asked to help the city of Battle Ground replace some of the 60 trees that were destroyed by a vandal or vandals in June. The trees, which were hacked up overnight, were in Kiwanis and Cresap parks, and along… Read story
August 27, 2013, 5:00pm Truckies
North Salmon Creek -- Norinne Kendall recently published her manuscript "My Chance to Dance," the story of fulfilling her lifelong dream to become a dance teacher, through OnDemandBooks.com. Kendall has gone from her childhood front porch "stage" to stints with the Roxyettes, a touring cast of "Oklahoma!" and the world-famous… Read story
August 27, 2013, 5:00pm Truckies
Esther Short -- Nearly 2,000 people from church communities across Clark County came together as one Aug. 4 for the annual All Church Picnic organized by Vancouver's Detour Ministries. From noon to 6 p.m., churchgoers from the community partied and prayed in Esther Short Park. Visitors listened to worship music… Read story
August 27, 2013, 5:00pm Truckies
Esther Short -- Altrusa International of Clark County, a community service club that promotes literacy, has joined the Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce. A ribbon cutting ceremony was held at the Cameo Cafe in the Clark County administration building Aug. 15. Read story
August 27, 2013, 5:00pm Truckies
Fruit Valley -- A new group of community builders is getting busy in Vancouver's westernmost neighborhood. The Valley Visionaries are Fruit Valley residents who want to pull people together and build a real network of neighbors in what's generally seen as a "transitional" low-income area with lots of turnover. To… Read story
