September 20, 2011, 5:00pm Community
I would like to know the history of the Japanese "pagoda" (for the lack of a better term) that sits in Pleasant Valley Park. It has been there for the entire 17 years that I have lived in the area, and there used to be a pond underneath with swans… Read story
September 20, 2011, 5:00pm Community
My Swedish grandma enjoyed a wonderfully long life. She died in 1973 at the age of 102, and we all miss her still. She never completely lost her accent, her wonderful sense of humor nor her connection with her Maker, but during those final years the brain occasionally played little… Read story
September 20, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Felida -- Blessed Piecemakers, a local quilting group, recently completed nearly 50 small tote bags to be included in gift boxes distributed worldwide each Christmas season through the Samaritan's Purse mission project. The shoe boxes also typically contain small gifts such as toys and school supplies. The quilting group meets… Read story
September 20, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Salmon Creek -- A homeless man, wearing a fuzzy hat, ragged clothing and walking with a cane, approached Nadine Louviere on the corner of 134th Street and 20th Avenue. Louviere's "Panhandling for Polio" partners from Rotary were concerned for her welfare when the man hung around longer than most. At… Read story
September 20, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Hazel Dell -- Twristan Waite, 17, has been selected to serve on the 2012 National Keystone Conference Steering Committee. Waite -- this year's president of the Keystone Program at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southwest Washington -- and her adviser, John Andersen, director of Teen Services, will attend committee… Read story
September 20, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Esther Short -- The Vancouver Rotary Foundation awarded more than $48,700 in grants to nine community organizations Sept. 14 at a luncheon at the Red Lion Hotel at the Quay. Read story
September 20, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Central Park -- Gulf War veteran Allen Russell of the band OCDlove recently posted online a song and video he wrote about the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Russell calls "The Madness of Ophelia" "a gentle and sweet reminder, and dedication to those lives lost on 9/11 and those who… Read story
September 20, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Ogden -- A new Chase bank branch might be coming to the neighborhood. Planners are reviewing an application by Jon Thornburg of J.P. Morgan Chase to build a new, one-story 4,120-square-foot bank branch at 2025 N.E. Andresen Road, near the Andresen WinCo store. Plans for the branch call for an… Read story
September 20, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Hudson's Bay -- Jason Hudson of solid-waste services company Waste Connections Inc. and his dance partner were crowned champions of the Fort Vancouver National Trust's Dancing With the Local Stars fundraising event on Sept. 10. Read story
September 20, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Central Park -- A riverine area with bridge, a play boat, log walks and lily pad-shaped logs are among the new arrivals at Marshall Community Park. Read story
