September 7, 2011, 12:00am Community
East Minnehaha -- Youth Efforts Against Hunger donated and delivered more than 5,000 pounds of locally grown meat and poultry to the Clark County Food Bank on Sept. 2. Read story
September 7, 2011, 12:00am Community
Countryside Woods -- Army Capt. Leonard "Chip" Sell ran his three legs of the Hood to Coast relay the best he could with shrapnel still embedded in his lower right leg. Sell was part of a 12-member team of disabled veterans, Team Warfighter Sports, that participated in the 200-mile race.… Read story
September 7, 2011, 12:00am Community
Hazel Dell -- Joseph Van Boxtel was part of a team of four 8- to 12-year-olds that won $25,000 in the 2011 World Nerf Dart Tag Championship on Aug. 19. Read story
September 7, 2011, 12:00am Community
Cascade Park -- Julia Blair-McCullough of Hickory Creek, Texas, nearly died while visiting her daughter, Rachel Rolph, in Vancouver. After Blair-McCullough's heart stopped, she passed out near the pool at her daughter's apartment complex. Jay Abrahamsen and his daughter, Nicole, were able to resuscitate her using CPR. Paramedics arrived at… Read story
September 7, 2011, 12:00am Community
Esther Short -- Jim Mains, president of Vancouver Farmers Market, faced Gary Bock, executive director of the Vancouver Watersheds Council, in a boxing match benefiting two local charities. The Vancouver Farmers Market was the site of "The Clash in the Couve" on Aug. 21. The event brought in more than… Read story
September 7, 2011, 12:00am Community
Meadow Homes -- More than 400 volunteers from Living Hope Church descended on Fort Vancouver High School Aug. 20 to give the grounds a face-lift. In four hours, the volunteers spread 255 loads of donated bark dust, washed windows, painted, trimmed trees, pressure washed the entire facility and took out… Read story
September 7, 2011, 12:00am Community
North Image -- State Farm agent and YMCA board member Kathy Landers recently applied for a grant from State Farm to donate to the Clark County Family YMCA. Landers received the grant and presented $5,000 to the YMCA on Aug. 23. The money will be applied toward the YMCA's extended… Read story
September 7, 2011, 12:00am Community
Several charities benefitted from the pigs that Tayte Robison-Hanchett raised for her Hog Wild 4-H Club project. Read story
September 7, 2011, 12:00am Community
The East Vancouver Business Association raised $7,500 for scholarships during its 10th Annual Scholarship Golf Tournament on Aug. 5 at Camas Meadows Golf Club. Read story
September 7, 2011, 12:00am Community
Bennington -- Carey Doyle, a science and math teacher at Shahala Middle School, was one of two Washington teachers selected to work with Polish teachers and students at the Gdansk Business Week in early August. Read story
