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Vancouver author gets nod in Hollywood

July 23, 2013, 5:00pm Truckies

Riveridge -- Vancouver author and illustrator Alene Adele Roy received an honorable mention award in the general fiction category this month at the 2013 Hollywood Book Festival at Hollywood, Calif.'s famed Roosevelt Hotel. Read story

Neighborhoods celebrate founding

July 23, 2013, 5:00pm Truckies

Landover-Sharmel -- The Landover-Sharmel Neighborhood Association celebrated turning 15 years old last week. Read story

Central Park: Teachers Elyse Azorr of Portland, left, and Jason McNiece of Mesilla, N.M., right, learn about GPS and GIS surveying technology during the Teaching With Spatial Technology workshops June 24-28 at Clark College.

Teachers learn surveying with modern TwiST

Central Park: Teachers Elyse Azorr of Portland, left, and Jason McNiece of Mesilla, N.M., right, learn about GPS and GIS surveying technology during the Teaching With Spatial Technology workshops June 24-28 at Clark College.

July 23, 2013, 5:00pm Truckies

Central Park -- Teachers from western states studied surveying technology in June at Clark College through the TwiST program. The five-day Teaching With Spatial Technology workshops, coordinated by the college's Tim Kent, educated 24 K-12 teachers about global positioning system and geographic information system devices, so they can return to… Read story

Shumway: YWCA Clark County Board of Directors President Megan Vaughn, from left, appoints Sherri Falkner and Pam Loh Velijacic to the 17-member board on June 26.

YWCA board welcomes new faces

Shumway: YWCA Clark County Board of Directors President Megan Vaughn, from left, appoints Sherri Falkner and Pam Loh Velijacic to the 17-member board on June 26.

July 23, 2013, 5:00pm Truckies

Shumway -- A Vancouver lawyer and Heritage Bank manager are the two newest faces on YWCA Clark County's 17-member board of directors. Lawyer Pam Loh Velijacic and Heritage Bank's Southern Region Services Officer Sherri Falkner were appointed June 26 to serve the organization, which helps victims of domestic violence, homelessness… Read story

Olivia Petersen, 10, has fun with pompoms at a recent rehearsal for performance team DANA's Dreamers.

Vancouver’s DANA’s Dreamers lets children with disabilities strut their stuff (with video)

Olivia Petersen, 10, has fun with pompoms at a recent rehearsal for performance team DANA's Dreamers.

July 16, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

Amid the dancing bodies is 9-year-old Colby Standridge-Stott, who is sprawled on his stomach, flailing his arms and legs as he pushes his body around on the wooden dance floor. Read story

What’s up with that? Grooves on I-205 will wear smooth

July 16, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

Why is the Interstate 205 freeway segment from Mill Plain northbound to the Orchards exit in such a sorry state? It appears that an unsupervised apprentice was given the job of grinding down the surface of the freeway. When I travel on that section, my car suddenly pulls to the… Read story

Neighbors calendar

July 16, 2013, 5:00pm Community

A weekly list of neighborhood meetings and events Read story

La Center: La Center Lions Club members Mark and Debbie Mansell rest on July 8 at the California state line near the end of a U.S. motorcycle tour that took them across 48 states in 24 days.

Couple hit road to benefit charity

La Center: La Center Lions Club members Mark and Debbie Mansell rest on July 8 at the California state line near the end of a U.S. motorcycle tour that took them across 48 states in 24 days.

July 16, 2013, 5:00pm Truckies

La Center -- Local Lions Club members Mark and Debbie Mansell have returned home after traveling on motorcycles across 48 states in 24 days. The couple reached their final state, California, on July 8 and returned to La Center at a more leisurely pace. They were raising money and promoting… Read story

Camas Meadows: The winning team of the annual Pacific Lifestyle Homes &quot;Care Cup&quot; golf tournament holds its trophy on June 21 at Camas Meadows Golf Club.

Golf tourney benefits nonprofit

Camas Meadows: The winning team of the annual Pacific Lifestyle Homes &quot;Care Cup&quot; golf tournament holds its trophy on June 21 at Camas Meadows Golf Club.

July 16, 2013, 5:00pm Truckies

Camas Meadows -- The Pacific Lifestyle Homes "Care Cup" golf tournament, held June 21 at Camas Meadows Golf Club, raised $30,000 for nonprofit agency Innovative Services Northwest. The money will help the nonprofit serve people with a wide range of disabilities and disadvantages. It serves more than 1,100 children and… Read story

Dog poop plagues park

July 16, 2013, 5:00pm Pets & Wildlife

Arnada -- Arnada Park has gone to the dogs. Sort of. The latest Arnada Neighborhood Association newsletter begged its residents to, "Please, please, please pick up after your pet in Arnada Park." Apparently, when preparing for a recent neighborhood kickball game, a grounds keeper had to clean up a wealth… Read story