April 10, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Esther Short -- The Wright Law Firm celebrated its grand opening April 2 by donating time to the Clark County Food Bank. The firm donated 100 pounds of rice. Then, employees, family members and friends completed 18 volunteer hours as they sorted nearly 3,500 pounds of food at the food… Read story
April 10, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Esther Short -- Five troublesome trees were uprooted and 43 new ones planted in downtown Vancouver on March 24-25. Vancouver's Downtown Association and the city's Urban Forestry department worked together to prepare for removing trees that had overgrown their sites. A force of 50 volunteers -- adults and children --… Read story
April 10, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Central Park -- Rich Hovey received a Vancouver Sparkles Award on March 28 at the Central Park Neighborhood Association meeting for his volunteer work. Hovey has been the neighborhood association's communications specialist for more than a decade. As the editor and photographer for the neighborhood newsletter, he makes the neighborhood's… Read story
April 10, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Van Mall -- Hundreds of Girl Scouts from Clark County gathered March 30 at Westfield Vancouver mall to celebrate 100 years of scouting at the third-annual Girl Scouts After Dark event. Activities included a fashion show, dancing and games. Scouts of all ages performed a flash mob and sang the… Read story
April 10, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
West Hazel Dell -- Alysha Bronson has been selected to participate in the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals, a year-long, federally-funded fellowship for study and work in Germany. Bronson has studied at Clark College and was selected as one of 75 participants nationwide. While in Germany she will attend… Read story
April 10, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Fern Prairie -- How do you keep Granges alive? That was the topic of a bistate conference, the Grange Growth Summit, held at the Fern Prairie Grange on March 16-18. About 20 participants from all over Washington and Oregon visited granges in Clark County and discussed how to help them… Read story
April 10, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Hudson's Bay -- A research team from the National Park Service, city of Vancouver and local businesses have been working to preserve Vancouver's historic Old Apple Tree in Old Apple Tree Park at the Fort Vancouver National Site. On April 3, Laurie Thompson, orchardist in the Stehikan District of North… Read story
April 10, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
North County -- Offenders at Larch Corrections Center in the Yacolt area raised $544 on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 5, for Bridge the Gap, a community outreach program that provides resources to enhance the stability, growth and success of children in foster and adoptive care. Larch offenders work a variety… Read story
April 10, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Hockinson -- Dan Strawn's novel, "Isaac's Gun: An American Tale," was reviewed in the April issue of Idaho Magazine. The story is a family saga set in Southern California during World War II. Strawn, 73, took up creative writing after he retired in 2001 from Pacific Bell and teaching business… Read story
April 10, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies
Vancouver -- Greg A. Taylor, corporate executive chef for Nestle Professional USA, gave a demonstration on food-service skills to sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan. The carrier is docked in Bremerton. Read story
