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Everybody has a Story: Mom calls bluff on ‘man of the house’

March 27, 2012, 5:00pm Community

My mother was one who believed in home remedies as well as the value of herbs, minerals and vitamins in the quest for good health. She put these things into practice in her life and lived to be 94 years and 9 months old. This speaks well for her beliefs. Read story

Eileen Cowen moderates her neighborhood association's Facebook page from her home in the Hough neighborhood.

With Facebook, associations make neighborhoods ‘friendlier’

Eileen Cowen moderates her neighborhood association's Facebook page from her home in the Hough neighborhood.

March 27, 2012, 5:00pm Community

Hough resident Eileen Cowen was on a neighborhood walk in the spring of 2011 when she noticed that many fences in her area had been tagged with graffiti. She went home, got on her computer and posted the news on the Hough neighborhood's Facebook page. Read story

Neighborhood association meetings

March 27, 2012, 5:00pm Community

Neighborhood association meetings Read story

Harney Heights neighborhood will vote on split April 4

March 27, 2012, 5:00pm Community

The Harney Heights Neighborhood Association will decide whether to divide in two at its April 4 meeting. Read story

Woodland awards emergency responders, supporters

March 27, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies

Woodland -- The annual Woodland Fire, Rescue and EMS recognition banquet was held March 10 at Lewis River Golf Course. Awards were presented to firefighters, volunteers and community partners who have provided exemplary service. Read story

Ridgefield: Daliah Ponce sure knows her pi(e).

Infinitely delicious: Ridgefield math students study, eat pi(e)

Ridgefield: Daliah Ponce sure knows her pi(e).

March 27, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies

Ridgefield -- Pie is a crusty baked treat often filled with fruit. And pi is a mathematical constant -- the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter -- often shortened to 3.14 (but calculable out to infinity). Read story

Salmon Creek: This mural by Rebecca Anstine decorates a wall of the Pediatric Emergency Department at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center.

Mural captures healing power of children

Salmon Creek: This mural by Rebecca Anstine decorates a wall of the Pediatric Emergency Department at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center.

March 27, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies

Salmon Creek -- These kids are the very picture of health: running, cartwheeling and kite flying. Vancouver artist and retired school art teacher Rebecca Anstine painted them on a wall outside the seven-bed Legacy Salmon Creek Pediatric Emergency Department in February. Anstine's proposal for the mural was chosen from a… Read story

Water works begin in West Fruit Valley

March 27, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies

Fruit Valley -- Water main work began March 19 and is expected to continue through July in many neighborhood streets west of Fruit Valley Road and north of Fourth Plain Boulevard. More than 7,000 feet of pipe will be replaced. According to the city, there may be water service interruptions,… Read story

Lincoln kiosk goes live

March 27, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies

Lincoln -- There's a new "go to" spot for information, offerings and activities in the Lincoln neighborhood. That's the cork board in the courtyard entrance of Latte Da Coffeehouse and Wine Bar, 205 East 39th St. The board was assembled during several weekends in January and February, with funds supplied… Read story

Bagley Downs: Julie Pachico, Lindsey Thompson and Melissa Princehouse remove weeds from a bed at the Jim Parsley Community Center.

Volunteers prepare bed for planting

Bagley Downs: Julie Pachico, Lindsey Thompson and Melissa Princehouse remove weeds from a bed at the Jim Parsley Community Center.

March 27, 2012, 5:00pm Truckies

Bagley Downs -- Weather conditions were not great -- a morning snow, chilly winds and intermittent rain -- but AmeriCorps women kept digging hundreds of weeds. Melissa Princehouse, Julie Pachico and Lindsey Thompson, AmeriCorps staff for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southwest Washington, and Jessica Latus, AmeriCorps member with… Read story