June 19, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Ridgefield -- A team of fourth-graders from South Ridge Elementary School placed fourth in the state "Math is Cool" tournament May 21. Team winners were Emma Lewis, Andrew Epstein, Trevor Johnson and Jake Milanowski. The students answered questions in algebra, geometry, probability and problem-solving. Read story
June 19, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Ridgefield -- Ball players and their families will be sitting pretty in the near future. The city was awarded a $6,200 grant from the Parks Foundation of Clark County to replace bleachers at Abrams Park. Ridgefield Little League will provide a match to the grant in the form of volunteer… Read story
June 19, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Ridgefield -- Ridgefield Mayor Ron Onslow was awarded the first annual Florence B. Wager Award in the Leading Eagle category by the Parks Foundation of Clark County during its annual luncheon June 14. The award recognizes a community leader who has influenced the life, health, and direction of parks, trails… Read story
June 19, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Brush Prairie -- The Rocksolid Community Teen Center, an after-school program in Brush Prairie, has received two grants from The Community Foundation of SW Washington. One grant, for $3,500 from the Youth Philanthropy Fund, will be used for mentoring programs. The second, for $2,050, was from the Children's Trust Grant,… Read story
June 19, 2011, 5:00pm Community
East Minnehaha -- About 90 Truman neighborhood residents took advantage of beautiful weather June 4 to celebrate the recent completion of Bosco Farm Neighborhood Park at 3601 N.E. 39th St., just east of St. Johns Road. The Truman Neighborhood Association, Clark County Public Works and Vancouver-Clark Parks and Recreation hosted… Read story
June 19, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Hazel Dell -- Robin Durkee of Hazel Dell is an advocate for missing children. She has also become an advocate for National Children's Day. But closer to home, Durkee was the impetus behind Vancouver Mayor Tim Leavitt's city proclamation of Children's Day on June 12, 2011, an honorary day to… Read story
June 19, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Hazel Dell -- The Churches in Partnership food bank garden at the county's Heritage Farm on Northeast 78th Street received a blessing June 12. Pastors from St. John's Presbyterian Church in Camas and Cascades Presbyterian Church, First Presbyterian Church and Columbia Presbyterian Church in Vancouver all bestowed their blessings on… Read story
June 19, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Fruit Valley -- The Fruit Valley Neighborhood Association recently demonstrated its appreciation for Vancouver police and its Neighbors On Watch (NOW) volunteer program with a $1,000 gift. Lee and Karen McCallister, longtime neighborhood leaders, presented a check to Police Chief Cliff Cook on June 6. The funds were raised by… Read story
June 19, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Hudson's Bay -- Nearly 400 people attended Open Cockpit Day at Pearson Air Museum on May 28. It is the one day during the year visitors can get into the cockpit of some of Pearson's vintage aircraft and see the planes from the pilot's perspective. Kaya Galbraith, 13, was among… Read story
June 19, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Bagley Downs -- The Young Women in Action program at Roosevelt Elementary culminated in a service project to plant herbs and flowers in the raised bed at the Jim Parsley Community Center. The plants were donated by the horticulture programs at Lewis and Clark and Fort Vancouver high schools. Barbara… Read story
