August 7, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Battle Ground -- The 50 best skaters in the Pacific Northwest engaged in friendly war at Battle Ground's skatepark July 28. The Red Bull Rivals Skate competition squared off two handpicked teams -- Washington vs. Oregon -- and drew more than 300 spectators. There were three judges from each state,… Read story
August 7, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
East Minnehaha -- James Fitzgerald is a quiet guy who touches many thousands of Clark County lives every year. He's the director of warehouse operations for the Salvation Army, which recently replaced its old Stop Hunger warehouse with a spacious new Clark County Food Bank building. And on July 24,… Read story
August 7, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Hazel Dell -- On July 30 "Garden Time TV" taped a segment about the Boys & Girls Club summer garden session at the Hazel Dell School and Community Garden. In the segment, children matched seeds with fresh vegetables they harvested. The summer program is organized by the school's garden coordinators,… Read story
August 7, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Hazel Dell -- Supermarket WinCo has filed plans with Clark County to remodel and expand its store at 9700 N.E. Highway 99. The existing store is just more than 79,000 square feet on 9.6 acres; the proposal is for an additional 13,755 square feet of store space, plus a reconfigured… Read story
August 7, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Sifton -- Four teenage air cadets, plus their escorts, from the Netherlands and the United Kingdom visited the Vancouver Composite Squadron's Civil Air Patrol on July 28 as part of an international exchange. The cadets are Mike Sandink and Sander Lubbers of The Netherlands, and Simon Collins and James Syluanus… Read story
August 7, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Airport Green -- Hearthwood Elementary School recently installed a camera security system, and the results have been immediate: one arrest for arson already. Most of the cost was borne by the school's parent teacher association. The Airport Green Neighborhood Association is raising funds to help retire the balance of the… Read story
August 7, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
First Place -- Evelina Khriptiyevskiy, the daughter of First Place Neighborhood Association residents Yelena and Antony Khriptiyevskiy, has won the second-annual First Place Volunteerism and Community Involvement Scholarship. Award mastermind Sharon Bevan said the $250 award is intended for an Evergreen High School senior who is deeply involved in the… Read story
August 7, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Camas-Washougal -- The Camas-Washougal Rotary Club's 18th annual Ducky Derby raised more than $18,000 on July 29. The race kicked off with a front loader dumping 3,000 plastic ducks off the Third Avenue bridge. Twelve minutes later, the first ducky crossed the finish line and won a prize for its… Read story
August 7, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Shumway -- When students at Vancouver School of Arts and Academics head back next month, they'll be greeted by a courtyard entrance that's undergone a summer makeover. The VSAA Parent Teacher Student Association raised roughly $65,000 for the project, a majority from PTSA funds, class donations, sponsorships and fundraisers with… Read story
August 1, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Clark County's honorary sheriff, Carter Harris, got a chance to meet and "inspect" the regional K-9 group during their weekly training as part of his honorary sheriff duties on Aug. 1. Read story
