June 19, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Ellsworth Springs -- The 13 boys of Cub Scout Pack 95, Den 6, embraced old-fashioned fun in the last few weeks as they constructed Cubmobiles -- sometimes known as go-carts. Many local businesses donated materials for the go-carts, which took about three weeks to build. The group, which meets at… Read story
June 19, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Rose Village -- The neighborhood association's updated action plan has been accepted by the Vancouver City Council. Neighborhood Action Plans are statements of neighborhoods' ambitions, desires, concerns and issues. According to its plan, Rose Village's top issues are increasing personal safety and discouraging gang activity, discouraging speeding, improving pedestrian facilities… Read story
June 19, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Fisher's Landing -- Karen Krejcha of east Vancouver lived more than 40 years before being diagnosed with Asperger syndrome. The diagnosis came after her two sons were both diagnosed with Asperger and autism. Now, Krejcha has won the 2012 Distinguished Spectrumite Medal from the Global and Regional Asperger Syndrome Partnership.… Read story
June 12, 2012, 5:00pm Community
Bob, my Veterans Administration student advisor, was surprised I got into this writing class my first quarter. Read story
June 12, 2012, 5:00pm Community
A list of neighborhood association meetings and events. Read story
June 12, 2012, 5:00pm Community
Bell is an 8-year-old female Labrador retriever. She is blind and has been for a few years now so she does a great job using her sense of smell and sound to live a perfectly happy life. Bell will do much better in a quiet home with children older than… Read story
June 12, 2012, 5:00pm Community
What today is a vacant field at the end of Scott Hill Road in Woodland will one day become a multiuse sports complex for area youth and adults. Read story
June 12, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Burnt Bridge Creek -- The busy, creative hands of the Caritas Quilts -- Jeanne LaViollette, Diana Stoltz, Cindy Mael and Patricia Locnikar -- donated $600 from their quilt sales to FISH of Orchards on May 31 and will donate another $600 on June 15. The four women, a small group… Read story
June 12, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Battle Ground -- The ground didn't really shake, but more than 60 students from Battle Ground and Prairie high schools pretended it did. The earthquake drill took place at the old Lewisville Middle School, with 40 students from disaster leadership classes working in search-and-rescue squads or medical teams while 23… Read story
June 12, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Brush Prairie -- The Rocksolid Community Teen Center got a surprise donation from Starting Grounds Church in Battle Ground: paper plates, napkins, garbage bags, batteries, hand sanitizer and tissues. "Starting Grounds just called one day in late March to ask what we needed," said Rocksolid executive director Nancy Miller. "So… Read story
