June 26, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Bennington -- SONIC Drive-In presented a $8,030 donation to Big Brothers Big Sisters Columbia Northwest on May 30. The 50's-style drive-up diner chain, with one location on Southeast 192nd Avenue, launched a program in January to make a donation to an area children's charity for every Wacky Pack meal sold… Read story
June 26, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Kevanna Park -- A rarely heard-from neighborhood association is getting reorganized. The Kevanna Park Neighborhood Association this month elected new officers: Lori Toops, is chairwoman; Brooke Henderson is co-chairwoman; and Carol Egan is secretary/treasurer. Before its June meeting, the group hadn't listed a meeting with The Columbian since 2009. Kevanna… Read story
June 26, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Pleasant Valley -- Four Pleasant Valley Middle School students who were finalists in the National History Day competition met Sen. Maria Cantwell on June 13 in Washington, D.C. At the state level, Jennifer Manzhura and Olga Hincu's History Day presentation, "The Nat Turner Revolt," received second place in the junior… Read story
June 26, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Larch Mountain -- Business and government leaders involved in Leadership Clark County toured Larch Corrections Center on May 18. The session gave the class an opportunity to spend the day in prison while gaining a sense of the wide variety of challenges that law and justice systems face and how… Read story
June 26, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
North Salmon Creek -- High school students in Washington and Oregon donate nearly 25,000 pints of blood each year, but when the school year ends, the American Red Cross typically sees a decline in donations. There's a program in place to keep the blood flowing -- and Skyview High School… Read story
June 26, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
North Garrison Heights -- Heather Waller, president of the North Garrison Heights Neighborhood Association, was given the Vancouver Sparkles Award at the June 14 neighborhood picnic in Coop Park. Heather has dedicated endless hours, over several years, to the neighborhood association. She also has represented the neighborhood at the Neighborhood… Read story
June 26, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Walnut Grove -- On June 15, Walnut Grove Elementary staff and students gathered to present a check for $1,308.86 to Share of Vancouver, an agency serving the homeless. Students and the school PTA organized a rummage sale to benefit a local charity. Students voted and chose to donate the proceeds… Read story
June 25, 2012, 5:00pm Community
Handy Andy's biggest business is the standard fare for those on the go: snacks, beer, cigarettes. It's also what two other nearby stores -- Oscar's Market and a Chevron mini mart -- offer as their bread and butter. Read story
June 19, 2012, 5:00pm Community
It was the summer of 1958 in Torrance, Calif. I had just hit the magical age of 13 years old and had lots of friends in the neighborhood. It was a fairly new neighborhood, and most of the kids in it were about the same age. My sister Carole was… Read story
