Photos for May 3, 2012
Alexa Efraimson, All-Region girls cross country runner of the year, Tuesday, November 22, 2011. (Steven Lane/The Columbian)
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Vancouver police investigate a fatal hit-and-run crash Thursday near the intersection of Fourth Plain Boulevard and Neals Lane in Vancouver. A woman was crossing in a crosswalk when she was struck by a speeding car.
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Mountain View's Dean Taylor, left, congratulates teammate Jake Shelley as he crosses home plate to make it 2-0 in the third inning against Camas on Thursday.
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Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire talks to reporters, Thursday, May 3, 2012, at a health clinic in Tacoma, Wash., Gregoire opened up an emergency fund Thursday to help contain a whooping cough epidemic in the state as officials urged residents to get vaccinated. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Mountain View’s Michael Nino turns a double play after getting out Camas’s Jace Schumacher at second base. Mountain View won the 3A district title game 6-0 Thursday at Propstra Stadium.
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U.S. Sen. Patty Murray listens to students tell their stories on Thursday at Clark College during a discussion about legislation to keep some student loan interest rates from doubling.
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U.S. Sen. Patty Murray attends a roundtable discussion on Thursday at Clark College to talk about legislation to keep certain student loan interest rates at 3.4 percent. That rate is expected to double if Congress does not act.
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Rey Reynolds of Vancouver prays for the four corners of Clark County on Thursday at Vancouver City Hall.
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Pastor Flor Nunez of TrueLife Churchwas among those who participated in a National Day of Prayer event Thursday at Vancouver City Hall
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New Partner
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A new contractor was hired this week to resume cleaning up Camp Bonneville. The Board of Clark County Commissioners on May 1 awarded a $6.7 million contract to Weston Solutions Inc., an international company headquartered in Pennsylvania that has an office in Seattle. The county’s former contractor found and removed hundreds of unexploded munitions.
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Julie Feickert holds milk kefir grains, Cultures for Health’s most popular product. Feickert said the company ships about 1,000 orders of the $18 starter a month.
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Julie Feickert gives a tour of the Cultures for Health warehouse in east Vancouver on Thursday. Feickert and her husband sell do-it-yourself fermentation cultures for yogurt, kefir, kombucha, and more online. The company’s heirloom yogurt starters were featured Tuesday on National Public Radio, and the flood of interest crashed the firm’s website for a short time.
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John Standefer
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John Cordell with women in a village in Peru.
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John Cordell with women in a village in Peru.
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What do you think about tobacco use in public parks?
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Gary E. Vaughn, 56, was airlifted to PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center with serious injuries on Wednesday after losing control control of his Honda Civic on state Highway 14 near Stevenson.
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A Puyallup man was seriously injured Wednesday when he lost control of his Honda Civic and hit a semi on state Highway 14 near Stevenson.
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