October 18, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Hudson's Bay -- Students from the Washington State School for the Blind created digital photos this summer at a week-long camp. Some of the artwork is now on display at Oregon Health & Science University Casey Eye Institute, 3375 S.W. Terwilliger Blvd., Portland. Read story
October 18, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Fircrest -- Neighborhood members have been elected for the 2011-12 year. Association leaders are Looie Disparte, chair; Larry Kennedy, vice chair; and Margaret Milem, treasurer. Read story
October 17, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Pleasant Valley -- Pleasant Valley Primary School was ranked fifth in Washington for the 2010-11 school year for outstanding leadership in arts education by Artsonia, an international online art museum. Barbara Holterman, the school's art teacher, received the award for going "beyond the classroom walls to encourage family and community… Read story
October 17, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Salmon Creek -- Washington State University Vancouver presented two Community Awards of Distinction at its annual Scholarship and Service Recognition Dinner on Oct. 12 and awarded $325,000 in scholarships to 142 students. Read story
October 13, 2011, 5:00pm Community
There is something different brewing at the coffee shop at 6403 E. Mill Plain Blvd., volunteers there say. The writing on the window advertises espressos, mochas and lattes, but what is offered inside free of charge is more long-lasting and fulfilling. The Clark County Christian Center provides food to the… Read story
October 11, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Amboy -- Volunteers from around the Pacific Northwest, including Anthea Fallen-Bailey from Vancouver, gathered at Mount St. Helens Sept. 24 during the 2011 National Public Lands Day event. The volunteers installed more than 70 resource protection signs and posts around Johnston Ridge Observatory and the Eruption Trail, cleared brush along… Read story
October 11, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Stevenson -- The Lacamas Community Credit Union donated $3,000 to the Stevenson-Carson School District as part of the credit union's 2011 Community Partnership Program. Lacamas Chief Operating Officer Douglas Grout presented a check to Superintendent Teena McDonald at a Sept. 16 assembly at Stevenson High School. Grout said, "Our Community… Read story
October 11, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Ridgefield -- Clark County Fire & Rescue received an $1,800 donation from 40 & 8, a veterans group, during the first week of September. The money was used to install a retractable canopy on the firefighter rehabilitation bus. The canopy will help keep exhausted firefighters shaded in hot weather and… Read story
October 11, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Hockinson -- More than 128 Brush Prairie-area residents test-drove a Ford vehicle at Hockinson High School on Sept. 28. For every test drive, Vancouver Ford and Ford Motor Company donated $20 to the Hockinson High School athletics program as part of Ford's Drive One 4 UR School program. The total… Read story
October 11, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Green Meadows -- In the wake of a life-changing tragedy, the family of Jordan Crouch, a 2000 graduate of Skyview High School, desired to honor his memory by helping others. To do this, the family is establishing a scholarship endowment for students at Seattle Pacific University, Crouch's alma mater. Crouch… Read story
