May 29, 2012, 5:00pm Community
In July of 2011, my husband and I adopted a 5-month-old Australian shepherd from the Oregon Humane Society. We named her Asha -- Sanskrit for "hope and life." We thought the name was appropriate. Read story
May 29, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Camas -- A grant from the Camas Education Foundation brought an interactive Oregon Museum of Science & Industry workshop to all fourth graders at Dorothy Fox Elementary School. The topic was "The Science of Lewis and Clark" and focused on the role science played in the Corps of Discovery expedition. Read story
May 29, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Meadow Glade -- A visiting family from Mississippi got an unexpected gift when Meadow Glade Adventist Academy Elementary School presented them with a check for $1,300. Last year, 14-year-old Ashley Rogers and her family were staying with Clark County relatives when Ashley became ill and was diagnosed with leukemia. As… Read story
May 29, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Battle Ground -- Battle Ground's Harvest Days Festival has a new poster, thanks to young artist Lorelai Roberts, 8. She is in third grade at Cedar Tree Christian Classical School and takes classes at Medallion Art Studio. Lorelai will be presented with a framed version of the 2012 Harvest Days… Read story
May 29, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Felida -- Kari Wallingford and her children, Alicia and Jared, completed their annual Julie Reamer Memorial Pet Food Drive in April. Reamer, who had lived next door to the Wallingfords, had been very involved with the nonprofit group Pet Aid of Washington before she died Aug. 19, 2009. The Wallingfords… Read story
May 29, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Cascade Park -- Residents of the Hampton Memory Care Community and Ashley Inn went to a special showing of "Ovo," the Cirque du Soleil production in Portland. They were seated just a few feet from the stage and absorbed the performance's revitalizing energy and message of rebirth. Many of the… Read story
May 29, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Evergreen Highlands -- Phil Kent was named Northwest Ford Coach of the Year by the Portland Trail Blazers and local Northwest Ford stores at a May 17 award ceremony at St. Joseph Catholic School in Vancouver. Kent was presented with a $2,500 check, which he is designating for the Seton… Read story
May 29, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Hazel Dell -- Will Ray's watercolor of a tangle of old wagon wheels, titled "Forgotten Corner of the Barn," was named Best of Show at the Society of Washington Artists 50th anniversary spring show held May 16 to 20 at the Harley Hall Building in Hazel Dell. A total of… Read story
May 29, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Fircrest -- Mona Peppard Jensen, 90, is legally blind, hard of hearing and walks with the aid of a cane. Despite these obstacles, Mona recently wrote and published her first book. "Buckrun" tells the story of generations of fictional characters in Oregon's Coast Range, where Mona grew up. For years,… Read story
May 29, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Battle Ground -- The May 17 Relay for Life walk/run on a quarter-mile lap around Tukes Valley Middle School accomplished a number of things. Primarily, it earned $2,172.25 for the American Cancer Society. But it also honored the memory of Kristi Thiessen, a math intervention specialist who taught in Battle… Read story
