May 29, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Salmon Creek -- Three Vancouver teachers were recognized for their service to the Mountain Host Program at the Mount Hood Ski Patrol's annual awards banquet May 19. Marilyn Hanson, Chinook Elementary School first-grade teacher, was honored as Mountain Host Supervisor of the Year. Jennifer Beaman, a Felida Elementary School fifth-grade… Read story
May 29, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Hazel Dell -- Larry Wakeman, who struggles with multiple sclerosis, has spent the past several months creating a 5-foot-by-5-foot battle scene diorama of the North African campaign of World War II. It's his way of honoring all veterans. The display is open for public viewing at Prestige Assisted Living of… Read story
May 22, 2012, 5:00pm Community
On the TV show "The Simpsons," Homer meets his buddies at Moe's Tavern. In "Friends," the gathering spot is Central Perk. Before that, Sam Malone's bar, "Cheers," was "where everybody knows your name." Read story
May 22, 2012, 5:00pm Community
In 1947, a tradition started on Northwest 289th Street, which, at that time, was called County Road 21. Read story
May 22, 2012, 5:00pm Community
A list of neighborhood association meetings Read story
May 22, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Esther Short -- Clark County Quilters, a group with more than 500 local members who love to quilt for charity, raffled off this year's Opportunity Quilt and presented a check for $2,564.83 to the Children's Justice Center. CJC serves children who are victims of criminal abuse and their families with… Read story
May 22, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
La Center -- The annual dinner and auction for the Clark County Historical Museum also marked the release of "Blue Highways Revisited," a lush picture book by photographers Edgar I. Ailor III and Edgar I. Ailor IV, that retraces the original journey chronicled by William Least Heat-Moon in his celebrated… Read story
May 22, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Sherwood -- After several years of inactivity, the Sherwood Neighborhood Association has reformed and decided to meet three times per year. More than 35 people attended a recent reorganizational meeting, at which a new executive board was elected. Crime and public safety are popular topics, so the upcoming meeting will… Read story
May 22, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Esther Short -- The Vancouver Rotary Foundation, the charitable arm of the Rotary Club of Vancouver, awarded $78,000 in college scholarships to 24 Southwest Washington high school and college students at its annual scholarship luncheon on May 9. The organization has given more than $1 million in scholarships to local… Read story
May 22, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Evergreen -- Students in Kristi Nygaard's eighth-grade science class at Cascade Middle School have gotten to know Burnt Bridge Creek very well. Working with graduate student Alyson Day of the environmental science program at Washington State University Vancouver, they've sampled the creek's macroinvertebrate abundance and diversity, from its headwaters to… Read story
