July 4, 2011, 12:00am Community
Southcliff -- More than 40 volunteers removed around 100 square feet of English Ivy from South Cliff Park and Blandford Canyon on June 4. This was the fourth Vancouver-Clark Parks & Recreation Annual Ivy pull in the area that began because Pat Douglass, a neighborhood resident and association member, worked… Read story
July 4, 2011, 12:00am Community
North Garrison Heights -- It's not the road he would have chosen, but it's an honor just the same. Marine Staff Sgt. Nathan Lynch, son of John and Guinivere Lynch, represented the Marine Corps team at the 2011 Warrior Games in Colorado Springs, Colo., a U.S. Paralympics competition for wounded… Read story
June 27, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Bagley Downs -- Imagine visiting 162 coffee shops in 162 hours. On a motorcycle. That's exactly what Paul Peloquin did. Crazy? Maybe. But all for a good cause. Peloquin took a road trip to all 162 Dutch Bros. locations to raise money for a Salem, Ore., women's shelter. Peloquin began… Read story
June 27, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Bagley Downs -- The Free Clinic of Southwest Washington raised nearly $7,000 during its summer concert June 5. Local musicians Cinda Redman, Lena Vozheiko-Wheaton, Linda Appert and Tatiana Kolchanova-Parente performed during the Music Fills the Air Summer Classical Concert. Nearly 200 guests enjoyed classical piano, violin and vocal selections at… 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
June 19, 2011, 5:00pm Community
VanMall -- Students from Skinner Elementary Montessori School took high honors in a National French Contest. Students competing in three levels made it to the top ten in the nation and swept the regional tests. First-grader Layla Holmes took first regionally as well as nationwide in the first through third-grade… Read story
June 14, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Hudson's Bay -- Sgt. Darwin Nakagawa earned the title as the Noncommissioned Officer: Best Warrior for the 1st Battalion, 413th Regiment U.S. Army Reserves in Vancouver. The weeklong competition in which he competed included a physical training test, combative review and practice and a night land-navigation course. After these, Nakagawa… Read story
June 14, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Hudson's Bay -- Eight local "celebrity" dancers have been selected to compete in Dancing with the Local Stars, a fundraiser for the Fort Vancouver National Trust. Dancers are: Albert Angelo III of Al Angelo Co.; Gilda Ciraulo of Westby Associates Inc.; Rod Cook of Alpine Auto Body; Jason Hudson of… Read story
June 14, 2011, 5:00pm Community
North Garrison Heights -- The North Garrison Heights Neighborhood Association celebrated its 25th anniversary June 7. Neighborhood officials and residents celebrated with a picnic and a birthday cake at Coop Park. Read story
