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Walk and Knock nets $20,000

Andresen/St.

February 5, 2013, 4:00pm Truckies

Andresen/St. Johns -- The Walk and Knock charity recently gave $20,000 it raised from local donors to the Clark County Food Bank. The food bank will use the January donation to buy food for the hungry. In addition to accepting money donations, Walk and Knock volunteers spend the first Saturday… Read story

Bennington: Abigail Jiang, right, confers with teammate Misum Chang. The Shahala Middle School students competed in the BPA Regional Science Bowl held Jan.

Shahala Middle School ranks high at Science Bowl

Bennington: Abigail Jiang, right, confers with teammate Misum Chang. The Shahala Middle School students competed in the BPA Regional Science Bowl held Jan.

February 5, 2013, 4:00pm Truckies

Bennington -- A team from Shahala Middle School almost made the championships at a regional science competition Jan. 26. The Evergreen Public Schools students competed against 63 other middle school teams from Western Washington and Oregon at University of Portland for the Bonneville Power Administration Regional Science Bowl. The top… Read story

Washougal: Hathaway Elementary Booster Nancy Kutchera helps students pick out new reads at the school's Trade-a-Book program.

Book exchange energizes students

Washougal: Hathaway Elementary Booster Nancy Kutchera helps students pick out new reads at the school's Trade-a-Book program.

February 5, 2013, 4:00pm Truckies

Washougal -- Books are still great even when they're not brand new. So twice a year, in January and again in spring, students at Hathaway Elementary School are encouraged to participate in a book exchange program, bringing in the books they've finished at home and trading them for books that… Read story

Yacolt Burn to get new trailheads

February 5, 2013, 4:00pm Truckies

Yacolt Burn State Forest -- The state Department of Natural Resources will build two new trailheads for hikers and mountain bikers near the Larch Corrections Center in the Yacolt Burn State Forest. The trailheads will include parking lots and restrooms. According to recreation spokeswoman Diana Lofflin, the upper trailhead will… Read story

‘Curb alerts’ prompt advisory

February 5, 2013, 4:00pm Truckies

Shumway -- What's a "curb alert"? It's when something is advertised as being given away for free -- to whoever shows up and scoops it off the curb. "It is a great idea for keeping good stuff out of the landfills and for sharing with those that can't always afford… Read story

Vancouver Heights: Vancouver Bridge Club President Steve Tubbs presents a $210 check on Jan.

Bridge club supports hospice

Vancouver Heights: Vancouver Bridge Club President Steve Tubbs presents a $210 check on Jan.

February 5, 2013, 4:00pm Truckies

Vancouver Heights -- The Vancouver Bridge Club made a donation of $210 to Community Home Health and Hospice on Jan. 25. The money came from the club's regular charity games. Receiving the money was Julie Rinard, charitable planning manager for CHHH, which provides long-term care for patients in recovery or… Read story

Cynthia Powers, chairwoman of the Maplewood Neighborhood Association, visits My Park Neighborhood Park in July.

Sex offenders spur concerns in Maplewood neighborhood

Cynthia Powers, chairwoman of the Maplewood Neighborhood Association, visits My Park Neighborhood Park in July.

January 29, 2013, 4:00pm Clark County News

Residents of the Maplewood neighborhood are alarmed by what they consider to be a high concentration of undesirable people living in their area. Read story

What’s Up With That? Sound on the water? Foghorns are shipboard

January 29, 2013, 4:00pm Community

Tonight is pea soup fog. It's so foggy that I can't even make out the trees in the yard two houses away from me. I was out on my patio a bit ago, and I swear I could hear a foghorn, which sounded like it was down along the Columbia… Read story

Neighbors calendar

January 29, 2013, 4:00pm Truckies

FRUIT VALLEY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION Read story

Esther Short: Gerry Dowdy, left, Windermere Stellar Group branch manager, hands a big donation to Mary Blanchette, Children's Justice Center executive director.

Realty group gift aids children

Esther Short: Gerry Dowdy, left, Windermere Stellar Group branch manager, hands a big donation to Mary Blanchette, Children's Justice Center executive director.

January 29, 2013, 4:00pm Truckies

Esther Short -- Clark County's Children's Justice Center received a $22,600 donation from Windermere Stellar Group, a local chapter of Windermere Real Estate, and its charitable arm, the Windermere Foundation. The money was raised largely through personal agent donations and special campaigns. The Children's Justice Center provides a safe place… Read story