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Pearson Field: The second annual Aviation Harvest Festival at Pearson Air Museum got a thumbs-up from visitor Duncan Vondross and museum volunteer Nicole Knotts.

Halloween, aviation take flight at Harvest Festival

Pearson Field: The second annual Aviation Harvest Festival at Pearson Air Museum got a thumbs-up from visitor Duncan Vondross and museum volunteer Nicole Knotts.

November 6, 2012, 4:00pm Truckies

Pearson Field -- The second-annual Aviation Harvest Festival pulled together flight with Halloween fun and games at Pearson Air Museum on Oct. 27. Visitors toured historic airplanes to find candy stations, built gliders and tested them in the hoops challenge, constructed "noisy rocket" balloons, and much more. A free 30-minute… Read story

Hudson's Bay: Kaya, once a guide-dog-in-training, used to hang out with Mike Githens while he was at work at the Fort Vancouver Regional Library District.

Guide dog graduates, heads for Canada

Hudson's Bay: Kaya, once a guide-dog-in-training, used to hang out with Mike Githens while he was at work at the Fort Vancouver Regional Library District.

November 6, 2012, 4:00pm Truckies

Hudson's Bay -- Kaya, once a guide-dog-in-training, has made it to the big time. Mike Githens, the leader of pretraining club Guiding Eyes of Clark County, reports that the pooch photographed lying beside his desk for an April Columbian story has become an official guide dog for Jacquie, who lives… Read story

Sheriff’s deputy honored for aiding distraught family

November 6, 2012, 4:00pm Truckies

Camas -- Clark County Sheriff's Deputy Todd Baker was recognized on Nov. 1 at an awards banquet in Portland for his compassion and care shown to a distraught family at the scene of a drowning incident in the Columbia River. The incident happened on Memorial Day when a 13-year-old boy… Read story

Camas: Enjoying the new Forest Home Park playground despite the rain are Parks Foundation executive director Cheri Martin, on slide, and, from left, Camas Mayor Scott Higgins, Scott Campbell of Waste Connections, Alex Williams of Northwest Playground Equipment, Brent Ericksen of the Camas Parks &amp; Recreation Commission and Melissa Smith of the Camas City Council.

Camas park boasts new playground

Camas: Enjoying the new Forest Home Park playground despite the rain are Parks Foundation executive director Cheri Martin, on slide, and, from left, Camas Mayor Scott Higgins, Scott Campbell of Waste Connections, Alex Williams of Northwest Playground Equipment, Brent Ericksen of the Camas Parks &amp; Recreation Commission and Melissa Smith of the Camas City Council.

November 6, 2012, 4:00pm Truckies

Camas -- Rainy weather kept children away, but that didn't stop folks from dedicating a new playground at Forest Home Park on Oct. 27. The park has Little League fields and other amenities -- but the shiny new playground, including slides and climbing bars, is a welcome addition to the… Read story

Venersborg: Sara Cooper serves up apple slices at the Sixth Annual Heirloom Apple Fest.

Some rare apples identified at Venersborg fest

Venersborg: Sara Cooper serves up apple slices at the Sixth Annual Heirloom Apple Fest.

November 6, 2012, 4:00pm Truckies

Venersborg -- Many mystery apples were brought to the Sixth-Annual Heirloom Apple Fest at the Venersborg Schoolhouse on Oct. 28. Ten "unusual or rare" apples were found. Read story

Neighbors calendar

October 30, 2012, 5:00pm Community

A weekly list of neighborhood related meetings and events Read story

Jenn-Aire

Pets of the week

Jenn-Aire

October 30, 2012, 5:00pm Community

Anastasia is a 2-year-old Parson Russell terrier mix. She is house-trained, crate-trained, walks nicely on leash and loves car trips. Anastasia will be happiest living with a family with another playful, small dog. She is still puppyish, so a home with children older than 10 and no cats will be… Read story

Battle Ground Police Chief Bob Richardson serves hot dogs on healthful wheat buns to full-day kindergarteners in Sue Hillis class at Maple Grove K-8 School on Oct.

Battle Ground officials serve up smiles, lunch

Battle Ground Police Chief Bob Richardson serves hot dogs on healthful wheat buns to full-day kindergarteners in Sue Hillis class at Maple Grove K-8 School on Oct.

October 30, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies

Battle Ground -- It was "Serving up Smiles" day in Battle Ground Public Schools on Oct. 19, the last day of National School Lunch Week. School board members, principals and city officials were guest servers throughout the district, which contracts with Sodexo Nutrition Services for school meals. Mayor Lisa Walters… Read story

Battle Ground: River HomeLink principal Mark Clements is on his knees with admiration for the flowers that were donated to his expanding program by Chapmanis Greenhouse and Nursery.

School gets new space, flowers, furniture

Battle Ground: River HomeLink principal Mark Clements is on his knees with admiration for the flowers that were donated to his expanding program by Chapmanis Greenhouse and Nursery.

October 30, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies

Battle Ground -- River HomeLink School is growing in every way -- with the help of lots of donations. Over the summer the innovative program, which offers classroom instruction and support to home-schooled students, merged with Battle Ground HomeLink. Chapman's Greenhouse and Nursery donated many flowers and parents planted them… Read story

New Goddard preschool opens in Salmon Creek

October 30, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies

Salmon Creek -- A new Goddard School celebrated its grand opening on Oct. 6. Goddard is a popular national preschool chain, based in King of Prussia, Pa. Children enjoyed face painting, a scavenger hunt, story time, crafts, refreshments and more. There was also a ribbon cutting on Oct. 3, and… Read story