October 2, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Battle Ground -- The Battle Ground Senior Center board has donated $1,850 to the Battle Ground Veterans Memorial that's in the works at Kiwanis Park. Board president Mel Mason presented a check to the Battle Ground City Council at its Sept. 17 meeting. Mason said a Girls' Night Out event… Read story
October 2, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
North Garrison Heights -- Sometimes, neighborhood groups have a difficult time getting people to volunteer. Other times, new crops of leaders are ready to stand up and take charge. "We were greatly concerned that our association would go dormant due to lack of officers," says the latest newsletter from the… Read story
October 2, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Esther Short -- Sixteen groups make Clark County better were awarded a total of $52,651 in community grants by the Vancouver Rotary Foundation during the Rotary Club's luncheon on Sept. 19 at the Red Lion Hotel at the Quay in Vancouver. The grant recipients are: Read story
October 2, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Camas -- More than 100 people participated in the Urban Chicken and Garden Tour, a fundraiser for Camas Farmer's Market, on Sept. 15-16. The backyard chicken coop and garden tour event offered "lots of chicken, a few geese, some beautiful gardens full of fall harvests of squash, tomatoes, beans, corn… Read story
October 2, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Brush Prairie -- Members of the Country Critters 4-H rabbit club went to Puyallup for the Washington State Fair, Sept. 14-16, with their prize-winning rabbits and their excellence in showmanship. Read story
October 2, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Hudson's Bay -- Lawyers might not be beloved in general, but local attorney Steve Horenstein was plenty popular at the Dancing With the Local Stars competition Sept. 15 at Pearson Air Museum in Vancouver. The fundraising event was attended by nearly 400 people and raised $115,000 for the Fort Vancouver… Read story
October 2, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Van Mall -- Helen Darden celebrated her 105th birthday Sept. 24 at Van Mall Retirement and Assisted Living Community, where a cake and 105 yellow carnations set a festive mood. Helen has three grandchildren, three half-grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. She fondly recalls living in Yakima with her son, Dennis, and… Read story
October 2, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Mountain View -- The residents at the Bedford Independent Retirement Community collected two baskets of school supplies for students at Wy'east Middle School, the closest school to the Bedford. Some of the Bedford's Sunshine Ambassadors helped deliver the baskets Aug. 30 to Caroline Garrett, the school's principal. The Bedford plans… Read story
September 25, 2012, 5:00pm Community
Dad was a banker back in the good old days of country club memberships and pursuing clients. Mom was a piano teacher, and all-around good wife and mother. This was all back in the "Leave it to Beaver" days of the late '50s and early '60s. Read story
September 25, 2012, 5:00pm Community
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