March 19, 2013, 5:00pm Community
Van Mall -- Robert and Katharine Williams will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary with a private family party. They met in college in Seattle and married on March 21, 1943, before Robert joined the Army and left to fight in World War II. They have two daughters, one in Portland… Read story
March 19, 2013, 5:00pm Schools
Salmon Creek -- Kathi Fountain, head of collection development for the library at Washington State University Vancouver, has been recognized for distinguished contributions to bibliography and information services in law or political science. She won the 2013 Association of College and Research Libraries Law and Political Science Section Marta Lang/CQ… Read story
March 19, 2013, 5:00pm Schools
Meadow Homes -- Standout art pieces created by eleven Washington teens, including six from Clark County, won regional awards in the Educational Service District 112's annual Southwest Washington Regional High School Art Show. This is the 40th year of the competition, which recognizes and promotes the work of imaginative high… Read story
March 19, 2013, 5:00pm Truckies
Meadow Homes -- The Giving Closet, a charity for the very poor, was transformed into a stylish banquet hall to host a fundraising dinner March 1. The dinner was catered by the International Air and Hospitality Academy, the student team of instructor Alex Soderlund and chef J.D. Thomas of the… Read story
March 19, 2013, 5:00pm Truckies
East Precinct -- The caterpillar crawling across Doug Rickard's face isn't just any old caterpillar; it's a cancer-fighting caterpillar. Rickard, a Vancouver police officer who patrols central and east-side neighborhoods from Father Blanchet Park to North Garrison Heights, has joined Moustache March, growing out the fuzz on his upper lip… Read story
March 19, 2013, 5:00pm Truckies
Hearthwood -- If it continues down its current path, the Hearthwood Neighborhood Association warns it might go the way of the dodo. Because of a lack of volunteers and meeting attendance, the latest Hearthwood Neighborhood Association newsletter points out the group is in danger of going extinct without more neighbor… Read story
March 19, 2013, 5:00pm Truckies
Fircrest -- Even the Country Critters 4-H Rabbit Club was able to learn a thing or two about their namesake lagomorphs during a visit this month to the VCA East Mill Plain Animal Hospital. The group learned all about rabbits from veterinarian Alayson Phelps when they toured the clinic March… Read story
March 19, 2013, 5:00pm Schools
Image -- Criminal Justice students from the Clark County Skills Center dominated the recent District and Regional Mock Trials, held at the Clark County Courthouse and Clackamas Community College. Regional winners in the crisis intervention/domestic violence competition were Alex Herman and Michael Escalona, 1st place; Craig Murray and Edgar Quintero,… Read story
March 19, 2013, 5:00pm Truckies
Camas -- Sixty students were taught the foundations of leadership during a Southwest Washington Red Cross Youth Council conference March 9-10. The middle and high schoolers from across Clark County took part in the Leadership Development Conference at Camas High School, where they practiced team-building exercises and attended seminars on… Read story
March 12, 2013, 5:00pm Community
What's up with that? I really do have to ask: Why aren't the flat stones at Park Hill Cemetery clean so you can read them? Read story
