April 17, 2011, 12:00am Community
Fircrest -- Not every teen visiting a cemetery has vandalism as a goal. Teresa Wentworth of Woodland, her two teenagers, Austin, 19, and Mackenzie, 15, and a teenage friend Leonna Arnette, 17, spent April 9 decorating the graves in the Baby Heaven section of Evergreen Memorial Gardens Cemetery with fresh-cut… Read story
April 17, 2011, 12:00am Community
Forest Ridge -- The neighborhood association has chosen new officers. They are: Larry Dickenson, president; Rich Powell, vice president; Bennie Prince, treasurer; Chris Mason, secretary; and Crystal Clark, communications coordinator. Read story
April 17, 2011, 12:00am Community
Central Park -- Five years ago, Camp Fire leader Cherie Mortazavi started the Give to our Troops program, which sends Camp Fire candy to military overseas. On Feb. 26 she and members of her Soaring Butterflies club were among 60 Camp Fire members and families packing candy to be shipped.… Read story
April 17, 2011, 12:00am Community
Fort Vancouver -- Douglas Wilson has won the 2011 John L. Cotter Award for Excellence in National Park Service Archaeology. Wilson, an archaeologist with the Pacific Northwest Regional Office of the National Park Service, based at the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, was nominated for his work on the Station… Read story
April 17, 2011, 12:00am Community
Kavanna Park -- Erin Crocker, 21, received the highest award that can be presented to a youth in the Venturing Program of the Boy Scouts of America -- the Venturing Silver Award. Crocker is the first member of Venturing Crew 609 to win this award and only the 22nd Venture… Read story
April 15, 2011, 12:00am Community
Clark County Public Works will start designing Chinook Community Park, now that the Parks and Recreation Advisory Council accepted its draft concept plan Friday at the Public Service Center. Read story
April 13, 2011, 12:00am Community
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April 13, 2011, 12:00am Community
Boys & Girls Clubs of Southwest Washington will host free tours of its two Vancouver clubhouses on the second Thursday of the month through September. Read story
April 13, 2011, 12:00am Community
What's with the equipment on I-5 -- near the bridge, and ramps farther away -- that look like drilling rigs. I assume they are part of the new bridge project, but for what? Read story
April 13, 2011, 12:00am Community
Ogden -- Every time a bell rings, an angel gets its wings. For every drop of rain that falls, a flower grows. OK, maybe neither of these is true, but for every car Dick Hannah Dealerships sells, a tree does get planted. Through a partnership that began in 2007 with… Read story