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Grant will help science teacher explore light interactions

June 25, 2013, 5:00pm Truckies

Ridgefield -- A $5,200 grant awarded this month to Ridgefield High School science teacher Jeff Brink will go toward buying equipment to let students study the physics of light interactions on a molecular level. The Pacific Northwest Society of Coating Technology gave the award to Brink, who said in a… Read story

Loaned Kia to haul food to feed hungry kids

June 25, 2013, 5:00pm Truckies

Van Mall -- Dick Hannah Kia has loaned a Kia Sedona van to nonprofit agency Share for its SummerSLAM free-food program. The van will be used through Aug. 30 to transport food and meals for the program, which aims to keep needy kids fed while school is out. "It will… Read story

Mill Creek Pub donates to Meals on Wheels People

June 25, 2013, 5:00pm Truckies

Battle Ground -- Mill Creek Pub's owner and customers recently donated more than $2,200 to help the local Meals on Wheels People charity in its mission to deliver wholesome food to home-bound seniors. The pub participated in the regional "Dine Around Town" event in May, asking patrons to donate to… Read story

Fisher's Landing: Kjer Galbraith, left, his sister Kaya and and Pearson Air Museum manager Laureano Mier at Portland's 2012 Memorial Day parade.

High school junior selected for space mission to Seattle

Fisher's Landing: Kjer Galbraith, left, his sister Kaya and and Pearson Air Museum manager Laureano Mier at Portland's 2012 Memorial Day parade.

June 25, 2013, 5:00pm Truckies

Fisher's Landing -- Kjer Galbraith, 16, has been invited to help design a human mission to Mars as well as take on challenges in robotics, planetary landers and payload lofting systems. It's all part of Washington Aerospace Scholars, a competitive program for high school juniors based at the Museum of… Read story

Neighbors calendar

June 18, 2013, 5:00pm Community

A list of neighborhood association meetings and events Read story

A photo from the wedding of Romanian (but Vancouver-inspired) newlyweds Alexandra Bleoanca and Bogdan Boharu-Predescu.

Everybody Has a Story: Good news came to those — on two continents — who waited

A photo from the wedding of Romanian (but Vancouver-inspired) newlyweds Alexandra Bleoanca and Bogdan Boharu-Predescu.

June 18, 2013, 5:00pm Community

In March 2010, during one of our usual Wednesday lunches, my friend Joann Stora first mentioned a new Romanian friend named Alexandra Bleoanca. Read story

Jake Swan, 4, left, looks at a toy helicopter being sold by Jonathan Arnot, 7, right, during the Rose Village Neighborhood Association's yard sale at Memorial Lutheran Church earlier in June.

Yard sales unite neighborhoods

Jake Swan, 4, left, looks at a toy helicopter being sold by Jonathan Arnot, 7, right, during the Rose Village Neighborhood Association's yard sale at Memorial Lutheran Church earlier in June.

June 18, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

Rose Village's first neighborhood yard sale on June 8 gave people a chance to clear out unneeded items, raise money for good causes and share some neighborly pride. Read story

Camas Meadows: Steve Johnson of nonprofit agency Called to Rescue gets set to swing against sex trafficking.

Golf invitational answers call to halt sex trafficking

Camas Meadows: Steve Johnson of nonprofit agency Called to Rescue gets set to swing against sex trafficking.

June 18, 2013, 5:00pm Truckies

Camas Meadows -- This year's annual invitational golf tournament held by the local Brigham Young University Alumni Association was a fundraiser for Called to Rescue, a Vancouver-based nonprofit organization that rescues children from sex trafficking, violence and abuse. The event was held May 30 at Camas Meadows Golf Club and… Read story

Camas: Union High School's team takes part in the annual Imagine Tomorrow competition held May 17-19 at Washington State University in Pullman.

Students ‘Imagine Tomorrow’ with energy tracker

Camas: Union High School's team takes part in the annual Imagine Tomorrow competition held May 17-19 at Washington State University in Pullman.

June 18, 2013, 5:00pm Schools

Camas -- A team of Union High School students impressed judges in the Imagine Tomorrow problem-solving competition held May 17-19, winning first place for designing a device that can control and track energy use at home. The annual Washington State University competition asks high school students to design technology plans… Read story

Ridgefield: A Ridgefield High School student celebrates the end of the school year by sliding into a row of plastic pop bottles during the &quot;Human Bowling&quot; event of the school's annual Spudder Olympics celebration May 31.

Spudders end year with silly ‘Olympics’

Ridgefield: A Ridgefield High School student celebrates the end of the school year by sliding into a row of plastic pop bottles during the &quot;Human Bowling&quot; event of the school's annual Spudder Olympics celebration May 31.

June 18, 2013, 5:00pm Schools

Ridgefield -- Ridgefield High School's "Spudder Olympics" on May 31 added some silliness to the standard end-of-the-school-year festivities. The graduating class of 2013 and others celebrated the beginning of summer with wacky events that included Human Bowling and Competitive Food Eating. More than 150 students and a handful of teachers… Read story