December 25, 2012, 4:00pm Truckies
Walnut Grove -- Boy Scout Troop 328's toy drive drummed up a grand total of 86 toys Dec. 17. The scouts decided to give the collection to the Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots campaign. Cpl. Sean Houston was on hand to collect the toys and hang out with the… Read story
December 25, 2012, 4:00pm Truckies
Ridgefield -- When she was 5 years old, Gianna D'Emilio watched a TV show about a girl who was bald because of a rare genetic condition. "I just want hair," said the little girl on the show. D'Emilio responded by donating 10 inches of her long, brown locks to Locks… Read story
December 25, 2012, 4:00pm Truckies
Camas -- Lacamas Community Credit Union donated 35 festive holiday dinner baskets to needy members as part of its Community Partnership program. This was the fifth year members could nominate one another to receive the groceries and a gift card for a holiday dinner. "This program continues to grow with… Read story
December 25, 2012, 4:00pm Truckies
Battle Ground -- The school district has been on a bit of a demolition derby lately. In 2012, it razed three vacant, unused buildings. The latest was the 1935 bus barn and home economics building -- which, a school district newsletter notes, was right up against Main Street, with hardly… Read story
December 24, 2012, 4:00pm Clark County News
Pastor Richard Sales of Camas Church of the Nazarene will retire on Jan. 1 after more than 50 years of service in the ministry. Pastor Sales and his wife Joanne began their ministry in 1959, serving with the First Church of the Nazarene in Livingston, Mont. After a call to… Read story
December 18, 2012, 4:00pm Community
In 1960, I was teaching kindergarten in Garden Grove, Calif., when a young adult group was started in a local Methodist church. My future husband, David Parry, joined the group with his roommate, who drove from Burbank every weekend to visit his parents in Garden Grove. Read story
December 18, 2012, 4:00pm Community
Brad Buchanan still remembers his father's knowing smile as glowing Christmas cheer radiated past them into Northeast Seventh Street. Read story
December 18, 2012, 4:00pm Community
Washougal -- Cape Horn-Skye Elementary fourth-graders learned the joy of giving to people in need by making Christmas crafts in class and then "selling" them to parents for donations of food and clothing for Open House Ministries in Vancouver. "The Giving Tree Project" was a combined effort by students in… Read story
December 18, 2012, 4:00pm Truckies
Woodland -- The Woodland Planters Days Committee made a $4,120 donation to the Woodland Rotary Club for its Scott Hill Park and Sports Complex project on Dec. 10. Miss Woodland 2012 Tanna Winters was accompanied by Planters Days President J.J. Burke and princesses Kayla Johns and Mikala Ewert while presenting… Read story
December 18, 2012, 4:00pm Truckies
Hough -- Second Step Housing, a Vancouver nonprofit that serves homeless women and families, is pulling in lots of community support this holiday season. For one thing, a Vegas-style year-end celebration held by Northwest Personal Training generated more than $750; plus donations of food and personal hygiene products for Second… Read story
