Photos for February 18, 2013
Country singer-songwriter Carrie Rodriguez will perform Feb. 24, 2013 at Mississippi Studios in Portland.
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Shoppers walk past a temporary store front at Westfield Vancouver mall, which opened a slate of new stores and a new Cinetopia multiplex as part of its multi-million dollar remodel in 2012.
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Shoppers walk past a temporary store front at Westfield Vancouver mall, which opened a slate of new stores and a new Cinetopia multiplex as part of its multi-million dollar remodel in 2012.
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A bird's eye view from the top of the grain silos at the Port of Vancouver shows the 100-year-old port's waterfront property overlooking the Columbia River as it flows downstream.
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A bird's eye view from the top of the grain silos at the Port of Vancouver shows the 100-year-old port's waterfront property overlooking the Columbia River as it flows downstream.
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The East and South Vancouver Barracks officially become part of the National Park Service in a 2012 Memorial Day ceremony.
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Mychella Daily, manager of the Vancouver Exchange, shows some of the items for sale at the store that's the birthplace of the military PX system.
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The main entry for PeaceHealth’s new office in Vancouver. The regional health care provider employs 4,253.
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Skyview High School science teacher Mike Murrary teaches freshmen physical science students about alternative fuels. Vancouver Public Schools is the county’s second-largest employer, with 3,163 employees.
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Locally grown produce, like these tomatoes at the 2012 Salmon Creek Farmers Market, can be bought in season at several farmers markets or through Community Supported Agriculture programs.
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The emergency department at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center is a Level II trauma center, one of only three designated trauma centers in the Portland metro area.
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The emergency department at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center is a Level II trauma center, one of only three designated trauma centers in the Portland metro area.
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Steven Lane/The Columbian Japan-based Sharp Corp. parent to two subsidiaries based on a Camas site shown above, had one of the world¿s worst-performing stocks in 2012. But local executives say their operations are healthy and they have seen no indication that the parent company¿s troubles will affect the Clark County subsidiaries.
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Japan-based Sharp Corp. parent to two subsidiaries based on a Camas site shown above, had one of the world's worst-performing stocks in 2012. But local executives say their operations are healthy and they have seen no indication that the parent company's troubles will affect the Clark County subsidiaries.
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Thousands of Clark County commuters make their way across the Interstate 5 Bridge into Portland every day. The more than $3 billion Columbia River Crossing project would replace the drawbridge with a new span, plus rebuild five miles of freeway and extend a light rail line into Vancouver.
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Julie Donahue-Hansen's therapy cat, Shade, went missing for two days about a week ago. He returned with multiple cuts on his body and a limp, but with most of his teeth missing -- injuries that can't be treated because Donahue-Hansen can't afford to pay in full for veterinary care.
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Mel Netzhammer was appointed chancellor of Washington State University Vancouver in July 2012.
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"I need to have something to take care of," Donahue-Hansen says of the black cat. The 5-year-old feline helps her cope with the loss of family members.
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Mel Netzhammer was appointed chancellor of Washington State University Vancouver in July 2012.
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Julie Donahue-Hansen's therapy cat, Shade, went missing for two days about a week ago. He returned with multiple cuts on his body and a limp, but with most of his teeth missing -- injuries that can't be treated because Donahue-Hansen can't afford to pay in full for veterinary care.
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Mel Netzhammer was appointed chancellor of Washington State University Vancouver in July 2012.
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"I need to have something to take care of," Donahue-Hansen says of the black cat. The 5-year-old feline helps her cope with the loss of family members.
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Cornerstone Christian School students help clean up fallen leaves as part of the community service hours required by their school.
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Cornerstone Christian School students help clean up fallen leaves as part of the community service hours required by their school.
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Cornerstone Christian School students help clean up fallen leaves as part of the community service hours required by their school.
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The Everest College campus in Vancouver.
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The Everest College campus in Vancouver.
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The Everest College campus in Vancouver.
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Visitors look for mushrooms during a guided hike at Columbia Springs environmental education center in 2012. The 100-acre facility hosts events and volunteer opportunities throughout the year.
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Visitors look for mushrooms during a guided hike at Columbia Springs environmental education center in 2012. The 100-acre facility hosts events and volunteer opportunities throughout the year.
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In 2012, the U.S. Forest Service reopened the Coldwater Ridge Visitor Center as the Mount St. Helens Science and Learning Center at Coldwater. The repurposed facility initially opened for special events and research, but later resumed regular public visiting hours.
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In 2012, the U.S. Forest Service reopened the Coldwater Ridge Visitor Center as the Mount St. Helens Science and Learning Center at Coldwater. The repurposed facility initially opened for special events and research, but later resumed regular public visiting hours.
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Fort Vancouver Regional Library staff Julie Erickson, left, and Sam Wallin stock the shelves of the century-old former jail and town hall in Yacolt as they convert it into a “library express” location. The building helped fill the void created by the demise of Clark County’s 71-year-old bookmobile.
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Visitors use the Vancouver Community Library, built in July 2011. The striking building, given an award by the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design in 2012, represents Clark County’s long-standing dedication to literacy.
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Visitors use the Vancouver Community Library, built in July 2011. The striking building, given an award by the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design in 2012, represents Clark County’s long-standing dedication to literacy.
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Parent Zida Deitemeyer uses the school’s parent resource room. Many parents serve as classroom volunteers at Lieser Road School.
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Courtney McEwan teaches math to third-graders at Vancouver Home Connection’s Lieser Road School.
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Clark College’s Dale Beacock Music Hall was unveiled in September 2012 in memory of Clark’s longtime band director.
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Jermaine Rembert, assistant choreographer for the Broadway show Memphis, instructs a group of students from the Vancouver School of Arts and Academics in 2012.
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Hayes Freedom High School students Chantell Sever-Coomes, left, and Kaytlyn Lickar cover cookies with plastic wrap as they help prepare a Thanksgiving lunch for the school in 2010.
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After being stopped on the other side of the railroad tracks by a slow-moving train, firefighters with Clark County Fire & Rescue contained a fire at a Ridgefield houseboat Feb. 1. No one was reportedly home at the time of the blaze, but firefighters rescued one cat and found two dogs deceased inside.
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An Amtrak train zooms past Ridgefield's Ash Street, near the Mill Street rail crossing. Clark County Fire & Rescue Battalion Chief Tim Dawdy, pictured, supports the Port of Ridgefield's work to build an overpass over the crossing to improve access to the waterfront.
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A freight train zooms past Ridgefield's Ash Street, near the Mill Street rail crossing. Clark County Fire & Rescue Battalion Chief Tim Dawdy supports the Port of Ridgefield's work to build an overpass over the crossing to improve access to the waterfront.
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Clark County Fire & Rescue Battalion Chief Tim Dawdy, pictured, is working with the Port of Ridgefield to build an overpass over Ridgefield's Mill Street rail crossing to improve access to the city's waterfront.
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A freight train zooms past Ridgefield's Ash Street, near the Mill Street rail crossing. Clark County Fire & Rescue Battalion Chief Tim Dawdy, pictured, supports the Port of Ridgefield's work to build an overpass over the crossing to improve access to the waterfront.
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Clark County Fire & Rescue Battalion Chief Tim Dawdy, pictured, stands at the Division Street rail crossing, near the Port of Ridgefield. He supports the port's work to build an overpass over the crossing to improve access to the waterfront.
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Speed limit signs for trains are posted near the railroad tracks at Mill Street in Ridgefield.
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A freight train zooms past Ridgefield's Ash Street, near the Mill Street rail crossing. Clark County Fire & Rescue Battalion Chief Tim Dawdy, pictured, supports the Port of Ridgefield's work to build an overpass over the crossing to improve access to the waterfront.
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Gov. Jay Inslee, with his wife Trudi at his side, speaks in support of the Reproductive Parity Act to a crowd of supporters at the Reproductive Health and Rights lobby day rally Monday in Olympia.
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Abortion-rights supporters hold a rally at the Capitol on Monday in Olympia. The rally was in support of a measure that would require most insurers in Washington state to cover abortion.
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Bethany Storro, 30, of Vancouver removed a clear compression mask during an appearance March 4 on "Good Morning America." She discussed why she burned her face with drain cleaner and then claimed she was attacked.
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Bethany Storro, 30, of Vancouver removes a clear compression mask during an appearance Monday on "Good Morning America." During the interview, Storro repeatedly apologized for claiming she was attacked and for accepting thousands of dollars in donations.
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Bethany Storro, 30, of Vancouver wears a clear compression mask during a Monday appearance on "Good Morning America." She explained why she burned her face with drain cleaner and then, claimed she was attacked.
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Vancouver police identified this man, who has developmental disabilities, after finding him in Vancouver on Monday afternoon.
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Walter Neth, second from left, helped his family expand Columbia Machine. He died Saturday at 91.
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In this undated file photo, country singer Mindy McCready performs in Nashville, Tenn. McCready, who hit the top of the country charts before personal problems sidetracked her career, died Sunday in an apparent siucide. She was 37.
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Yellow crime-scene tape blocks off the home of Mindy McCready in Heber Springs, Ark., on Monday. The country singer was found dead there Sunday in an apparent suicide. She was 37.
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About 700 elk were being fed in mid-February at the Oak Creek Wildlife Area in Yakima County.
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The Wildwood Neighborhood Association plans to put new bark chips down around the playground equipment at Wildwood Park. Wildwood is the first neighborhood association to volunteer at a park through the Vancouver-Clark Parks & Recreation Department's new Adopt-a-Park program.
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The playground equipment at the Wildwood Park in Vancouver looks cleaner on Feb. 10 thanks to efforts made by the Wildwood Neighborhood Association to spruce up its local park. Association members meet one Saturday each month to beautify the park.
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Hailey Heath/City of Vancouver Volunteers from the Wildwood Neighborhood Association gather around the new Adopt-a-Park sign at the Wildwood Neighborhood Park in Vancouver. From rear left are John Gray, Judi Bailey, Shane Gardner, Charlotte Lamb and Charles Lamb. From front left are Kaden Gardner, Jack Nagel and Elias Gardner. Association members have been sprucing up their local park.
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The Wildwood Neighborhood Association plans to put new bark chips down around the playground equipment at Wildwood Park. Wildwood is the first neighborhood association to volunteer at a park through the Vancouver-Clark Parks & Recreation Department's new Adopt-a-Park program.
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The playground equipment at the Wildwood Park in Vancouver looks cleaner on Feb. 10 thanks to efforts made by the Wildwood Neighborhood Association to spruce up its local park. Association members meet one Saturday each month to beautify the park.
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Volunteers from the Wildwood Neighborhood Association gather around the new Adopt-a-Park sign at the Wildwood Neighborhood Park in Vancouver. From rear left are John Gray, Judi Bailey, Shane Gardner, Charlotte Lamb and Charles Lamb. From front left are Kaden Gardner, Jack Nagel and Elias Gardner. Association members have been sprucing up their local park.
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Camas: Grass Valley fifth-graders Megan Bauer, seated left, and Lily Thompson, seated right, accept donations from Hossana Abbay, top left, and Autumn Aho at a donation drive for the Humane Society for Southwest Washington.
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Cascade Park: The Vancouver Firefighters Union IAFF Local 452 are one of many local groups stepping up to aid Evergreen Public Schools after Crestline Elementary burned down early this month. The union donated $5,000 to the Evergreen Education Association on Feb. 7, above.
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Two vehicles parked at the Greentree Apartments in northeast Hazel Dell were damaged by gunshots overnight Friday.
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Los Angeles Laker owner Jerry Buss, right, walks out onto the court on Oct. 26, 2010, during the NBA championship ring ceremony as Kobe Bryant, left, and Derek Fisher look on before a basketball game against the Houston Rockets in Los Angeles. Buss, the Lakers' playboy owner who shepherded the NBA franchise to 10 championships, has died. He was 80.
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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, center, is hugged by his daughters, Maria Gabriela, left, and Rosa Virginia at an unknown location in Havana, Cuba on Thursday. Chavez returned to Venezuela early Monday after more than two months of treatment in Cuba following cancer surgery.
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Supporters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez celebrate his return at Bolivar Square in Caracas, Venezuela, on Monday. Chavez returned to Venezuela early Monday after more than two months of treatment in Cuba following cancer surgery, his government said, triggering street celebrations by supporters who welcomed him home while he remained out of sight at the Carlos Arvelo Military Hospital in Caracas, where he will continue his treatment.
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