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Here are some of the stories that grabbed our readers’ attention this week.
Even though the sun’s playing hokey-pokey in our corner of the country lately, a private park in eastern Clark County is trying to position itself as a summer retreat.
Alderbrook Park, the 63-acre private park at the eastern edge of Clark County, offers miles of trails, a lake and a swimming pool. Its website lists activities from pedal boats to kickball to a disc golf course. But the decades-old business is still a surprise to many.
The 30-yard line at Columbia River High School’s Chieftain Stadium was quiet, except for occasional sounds of crying or slaps of a back as people embraced. Fitting in a way, in remembrance of a well-known student-athlete who was soft spoken, because words were not Hunter Pearson.
“He had a way of uniting everyone without saying a word,” teammate Mason Schell said.
A Vancouver woman severely injured in a head-on collision caused by a wrong-way driver is suing a Portland strip club for nearly $15 million.
The suit was filed Friday in Multnomah County Circuit Court against Acropolis Steakhouse, 8325 S.E. McLoughlin Blvd., by Vancouver attorney Beau Harlan. It seeks $14,938,157 in damages for Amy Osborne-Clarke, 40, for allegedly over-serving the visibly intoxicated man.
A Vancouver father appeared in court Tuesday for allegedly shooting his adult son after an argument because “he was just tired of his behavior,” prosecutors said.
William Wayne Terry, 70, faces an allegation of first-degree domestic violence assault for the Memorial Day altercation. Terry, who goes by Wayne, is accused of shooting his 50-year-old son, Mark Christopher Terry, on Monday at 8619 Mount Thielson Ave., in the Vancouver Heights neighborhood, according to Vancouver police.
Two teens face murder allegations after an intended robbery turned deadly when a 16-year-old boy was dragged by a vehicle at a Vancouver parking lot, according to a probable cause affidavit filed in the case.
Jaycob Trotter, 16, appeared in Clark County Superior Court on Tuesday on allegations of first-degree murder and first-degree robbery. Christopher Pierce, 15, faces the same allegations in Clark County Juvenile Court, though he’s additionally facing an allegation of leaving the scene of a crash. He is scheduled to be arraigned June 1.
