February 19, 2013, 4:00pm Truckies
Hough -- Guys who are used to lifting trash got a little lift from the children of Hough Elementary School and the Junior Joy Team on the day before Valentine's Day. The kids made 330 Valentine cards for garbage collectors, laborers and others who work local waste-and-recycling streams. On Feb.… Read story
February 19, 2013, 4:00pm Truckies
Portland -- More than 400 families in Southwest Washington and Oregon live with ALS, a fatal neurodegenerative disease also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. There's no cure, but local folks can take some comfort knowing that the Oregon and Southwest Washington Chapter of the ALS Association has been named Chapter… Read story
February 19, 2013, 4:00pm Truckies
Image -- Nearly a ton and a half of electronics waste was diverted from the landfill and sent for recycling, thanks to the Clark County Skills Center's Information Technology Systems program. Instructor Ira Erbs suggested the idea, and his students took it from there: they held a two-day E-Waste Recycling… Read story
February 19, 2013, 4:00pm Truckies
Evergreen -- An Evergreen High School student and heart attack survivor was made an honorary coach last month at a Portland State University women's basketball game. The Portland State Vikings match, "Vikings Take Heart," was specially themed to promote heart health awareness. Evergreen student Keilea Swearingen was invited as a… Read story
February 19, 2013, 4:00pm Truckies
Washougal -- Gause Elementary second graders learned to jump for joy this month during a visit from a Kenyan Maasai Warrior. Sabore Ole Oyie, a warrior and elder from the Ewaso Nyiro region of Kenya, visited with Gause students and parents Feb. 4 to explain his culture and day-to-day life.… Read story
February 19, 2013, 4:00pm Truckies
Cascade Park -- The Vancouver-area community -- from businesses to individuals -- continues to support Evergreen Public Schools after Crestline Elementary burned down this month, displacing more than 500 students. The following are just some of the donations made so far. If you know of other examples of community contributions… Read story
February 19, 2013, 4:00pm Truckies
Camas -- Two Grass Valley Elementary School fifth graders took their strong interest in helping animals to the next step last week by organizing a large-scale donation drive and assembly at their school. Megan Bauer and Lily Thompson, both 11, are part of the Kids Club at the Humane Society… Read story
February 12, 2013, 4:00pm Community
Midtown Vancouver isn't exactly the slums of Calcutta. But when Denise Currie was on a church mission in India in the late 1990s, her mission leader passed along this message, which came straight from the lips of Mother Teresa: "There is poverty in America, too. You need to stay home… Read story
February 12, 2013, 4:00pm Community
NORTHEAST HAZEL DELL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION , 7 p.m. Feb. 19, Clark County Public Works, Community Room, 4700 N.E. 78th St. Read story
February 12, 2013, 4:00pm Community
I drive by the freeway construction in Salmon Creek often, and it looks like the bridge supports going up now don't line up with Northeast 139th Street, where they're supposed to connect. Is that new bridge going to bend somehow to get over the freeway? There's no way they could… Read story
