April 17, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Salmon Creek -- Poverty, homelessness and women's activism were the topics during a panel discussion and book launch April 12 at Washington State University Vancouver for "No Room of Her Own: Women's Stories of Homelessness, Life, Death and Resistance" by Desiree Hellegers. Hellegers, associate professor of English at WSUV, conducted… Read story
April 17, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Marrion -- The second annual St. Paddy's for Parks event at Shorty's Garden and Home Nursery drew hundreds of people March 16. The authentic Irish sounds of Beltaine were followed by the eclectic Patrick Lamb Band, and attendees enjoyed Irish food, beverages and dancing. The following day, Saturday, March 17,… Read story
April 17, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Bagley Downs -- Twelve years ago Barbara Nordstrom found a way to help children who needed a little extra support at school. She started a Lunch Buddy program at Walnut Grove Elementary. She worked with Vancouver and Greater Clark County Rotary clubs to expand the Lunch Buddy program in Vancouver… Read story
April 17, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Central Park -- Dylan Taylor was crowned Mr. Hudson's Bay at the Mr. Hudson's Bay mock beauty pageant on March 24. Twelve Hudson's Bay High School senior boys competed in the mock pageant. Through their combined fundraising efforts, the students raised $55,000 for Doernbecher Children's Hospital in Portland. Read story
April 17, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Battle Ground -- New officers for the Battle Ground Elks Lodge were installed March 30. Assisting in the ceremony were Elks from the Vancouver and Kelso/Longview lodges. The officers installed were: Sandye Talbert, exalted ruler; Laura Leone, leading knight; Linda Peterson, loyal knight; Jane Williams, lecturing knight; Joan Mayberg, lodge… Read story
April 17, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Hockinson -- How much could you read in 1,000 minutes? Thirty-two students at Tukes Valley Primary School near Battle Ground found out when they participated in a two-week read-a-thon hosted by Usborne Books & More. The students all read for at least 1,000 minutes during the two-week challenge -- with… Read story
April 17, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Salmon Creek -- Buying one $10 bag of organic coffee from local Kiwanis clubs can achieve a double dose of good: fight tetanus and encourage women coffee growers in Africa and other developing regions. Profits from the coffee sales are donated to UNICEF through Kiwanis International's Eliminate Project, which aims… Read story
April 17, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Columbia Way -- To visit the ruins of Persepolis, an ancient ceremonial capital of Persia, you would have to travel to what present-day country? This is the kind of question that Nicholas Helmer, an eighth-grader at Discovery Middle School, aced to win the National Geographic Washington State Geography Bee on… Read story
April 17, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Esther Short -- IQ Credit Union was presented with a Children's Advocacy Award on April 9 in recognition of its support of the Children's Justice Center. For more than 10 years, iQ's contributions have helped make a positive difference in the lives of hundreds of child victims of abuse. Recently,… Read story
April 17, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Marrion -- Jeanne Smith of Woodland, daughter of a Polish Holocaust survivor, shared her mother's heroic stories to seventh- and eighth-grade students at Cascadia Montessori Middle School on April 12. Irene Gut Opdyke was a 16-year-old Polish Catholic nursing student when the Nazis invaded Poland and ended her nursing training.… Read story
