March 12, 2013, 5:00pm Community
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March 12, 2013, 5:00pm Community
YACOLT -- Clark County's newest skate park developed with the help of three teenagers who took their passion for ollies, powerslides and other skateboarding tricks to the highest level of power -- all the way to the Yacolt Town Council. Read story
March 12, 2013, 5:00pm Truckies
Felida -- Asha the dog sure has excellent support. Readers of the Neighbors section may recall an "Everybody Has A Story" that ran in May 2012 featuring the Australian shepherd, who was born deaf and blind and adopted at five months from the Oregon Humane Society by Felida residents Tracy… Read story
March 12, 2013, 5:00pm Schools
Parkside -- Julie Davis, the director of A Peaceful Path Montessori school at 3101 N.E. 150th Ave., was concerned about "the lack of connection between young children and nature these days." Read story
March 12, 2013, 5:00pm Truckies
Riveridge -- Fran Rutherford, leader or co-leader of the Riveridge Neighborhood Association since 1998, stepped down at the January meeting. Residents thanked Rutherford for years of diligent service with flowers, cookies and a new watch. Rutherford will stay in the neighborhood and continue to have a leadership role as newsletter… Read story
March 12, 2013, 5:00pm Truckies
Brush Prairie -- With no thought paid to first, second or third, Battle Ground Public Schools students celebrated music for music's sake during "District Band Day" March 7. The annual gathering brought together nearly 400 student musicians from nine Battle Ground schools in a day of education and performances. Read story
March 12, 2013, 5:00pm Truckies
Green Meadows -- Club Green Meadows swimmers showed off their swift strokes in a Feb. 22 swim meet. The "Kid's Club Fun and Fitness Swim Met" had about 30 children compete in various heats: freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly. Club Green Meadows holds swim meets every other month. The young… Read story
March 12, 2013, 5:00pm Truckies
Brush Prairie -- Washington students got a firsthand look at state lawmaking in early March as part of the Senate Page Program. Prairie High School sophomore Clara Mastin was one of 18 students from around the state to spend the eighth week of the 2013 legislative session working at the… Read story
March 12, 2013, 5:00pm Truckies
Northeast Hazel Dell -- The Senior Teal Team at All-Star Fusion, a cheerleading training facility at 1417 N.E. 76th St., has been winning competitions all over the area lately. The team reached a major milestone in February when it clinched a first-place win at the Spirit Cheer Nationals, Best of… Read story
March 12, 2013, 5:00pm Schools
Shumway -- High school students pay attention to serious issues. Gabrielle Gasche and Anna James, both juniors at the Vancouver School of Arts and Academics, proved it by placing in a documentary filmmaking competition sponsored by C-SPAN StudentCam. Their study of the cost of higher education, and their peers' attitudes… Read story