December 4, 2012, 4:00pm Truckies
Mountain View -- Sara Pongon and a couple of friends were on their way home from a basketball game at Portland State University on Nov. 20 when they came upon the scene of a wreck on the offramp from Interstate 5 north to state Highway 500 east. The car in… Read story
December 4, 2012, 4:00pm Truckies
Ridgefield -- Fifth-grade art students at Union Ridge Elementary drew inspiration from a feathered visitor in October -- a great horned owl named Julio. The owl was accompanied Oct. 25 by Tim Donner, environmental educator with the Audubon Society of Portland. The bird served as model for the Drawing from… Read story
December 4, 2012, 4:00pm Truckies
Hockinson -- Spurred by one boy's interest in helping provide clean water to his birthplace of Ethiopia and beyond, a group of young students started a weaving group, where they sell their efforts and donate the profits to charity. Julie Barclay said her son, Noah, and other fifth-graders at Hockinson… Read story
December 4, 2012, 4:00pm Truckies
Fruit Valley -- Another big, bold artwork is headed for the Vancouver streetscape. Following in the footsteps of the Shumway Neighborhood Association and its speed-moderating street mural at 22nd and D streets, the Fruit Valley Neighborhood Association has settled on an appropriately fruity peace sign for the blacktop at the… Read story
December 4, 2012, 4:00pm Truckies
Evergreen Shores -- The Vancouver City Council recognized a new neighborhood last month in central Vancouver. The Evergreen Shores Neighborhood Association was made official by the council on Nov. 19. It's named after a few of the neighborhood's larger housing complexes, Evergreen Pointe Apartments, Shorewood Manor Apartments, and the Shorewood… Read story
December 4, 2012, 4:00pm Truckies
Old Evergreen Highway -- Thanks to the hard work of 41 volunteers, Columbia Springs' composting demonstration site is back in full force after falling into disrepair. The helpers, many from the United Church of Christ in Vancouver, were taking part Nov. 10 in Columbia Springs' ongoing Stewardship Saturdays, held six… Read story
December 4, 2012, 4:00pm Truckies
Image -- Every Halloween, more than 2,000 kids travel through a homemade "spooky tunnel" in the driveway of Image Neighborhood residents Betty and Monte Stults. For their dedication to decorations, including vibrant displays during most major holidays, the couple received the "Sparkles" award in November from the Vancouver Office of… Read story
December 4, 2012, 4:00pm Truckies
Ogden -- An online high school student's senior project is helping warm the lives of the homeless. Brandon Snow-Kanniainen, a student at the online-only Insight School of Washington, collected cold weather essentials with the help of other volunteers during the Blankets for Hope donation drive Dec. 1-2 at Living Hope… Read story
December 4, 2012, 4:00pm Truckies
Esther Short -- Clark County Public Works was heralded in an international infrastructure competition for its use of 3-D engineering software on the Salmon Creek Interchange Project. The county took second place in the Autodesk software company's Excellence in Infrastructure competition. Public Works was up against 42 other nominated projects… Read story
November 27, 2012, 4:00pm Community
After 52 years, I must confess. Read story
