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Here are some of the top stories of the weekend:
Inside, there were cheers. Outside, there were protests.
Gov. Jay Inslee signed House Bill 1638 into law to applause Friday at Vancouver City Hall, eliminating personal and philosophical exemptions to requirements that children in public and private schools as well as licensed day-care centers receive the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine.
Outside City Hall, protestors carried posters opposing the bill and pleading for choice on vaccinations.
Vancouver resident Dan Seaverns asks: Will fishing be permitted from the pier at the new waterfront development?
It’s proven to be a popular question, ranking second in a recent round of reader voting for The Columbian’s Clark Asks feature. And it’s easy to see why: the towering Grant Street Pier structure extends 90 feet outward above the Columbia River, and seems like it could be the perfect place to cast a line on a sunny day.
Unfortunately the answer, in a word, is no.
Seven Vancouver area high schools were listed among the top 250 in the state in the latest U.S. News & World Report’s evaluations of 656 schools in Washington.
Vancouver iTech Preparatory was ranked 15th, Vancouver School of Arts and Academics came in at 25th, Skyview High School was ranked 87th, Columbia River High School was listed 100th, Henrietta Lacks Health and Bioscience High School was ranked 102nd, Mountain View High School was listed at 111th and Hudson’s Bay High School came in at 220th.
The Master Gardener Foundation of Clark County kicked off its annual Mother’s Day weekend sale on Saturday morning, and sunny skies brought an army of gardeners to the 78th Street Heritage Farm in Hazel Dell.
“It’s been incredible. The county has come out in droves,” said volunteer Nancy Funk, who serves on the foundation’s board of directors.
More than 1,500 third-graders from the Evergreen and Vancouver school districts paraded through the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site on Friday morning as part of the annual Children’s Cultural Parade. The event, with marching bands and an appearance by Gov. Jay Inslee, celebrated the diversity of students’ cultural heritage.
