October 10, 2020, 6:02am Clark County Life
If the calendar weren’t enough, these chilly October mornings tell snowbirds across the northwest that now is the time to pack up and head south. Read story
October 10, 2020, 6:00am Clark County Life
Pumpkins are popping out all over, and pumpkin patches across Clark County are open and offering a panoply of activities modified with COVID-19 safety in mind. Here are five local favorites with brief descriptions of what to expect at each location. No matter where you go, potential pumpkin pickers should be prepared to mask up, sanitize their hands frequently and maintain a distance of 6 feet from others wherever possible. Read story
October 9, 2020, 6:03am Clark County Life
Visit Vancouver USA organized its annual Dine the Couve promotional event for the month of October. Asking restaurants to give a discount during a financial crisis seems like cheerfully serving cocktails to passengers on the sinking Titanic, but many restaurateurs found reasons to participate. Read story
October 9, 2020, 6:00am Clark County Life
Cranberries are on store shelves now, so the holidays can’t be far behind. Both will disappear with the new year. In the case of cranberries, it is rather a shame because these deep red berries have much more to offer than just sauce for festive dinners. Read story
October 8, 2020, 6:04am Clark County Life
The Cinema of Horrors never actually showed movies. Its name comes from the old movie theater at Three Rivers Mall in Kelso where the walkthrough haunted house popped up each October for the past five years. Read story
October 7, 2020, 6:02am Clark County Life
To paraphrase Paul McCartney, you’d think that people would have had enough of silly pumpkin recipes, but I look around me and I see it isn’t so. I am proud of my pumpkin-love, although I’m aware of the anti-pumpkin faction. The anti-pumpkinists would say pumpkin is positively passe and attention should be lavished on other autumnal foods, like cranberries, apples, pears, parsnips, Brussels sprouts, squash and sweet potatoes. To them… Read story
October 6, 2020, 6:03am Breast Cancer
Susan Stearns took the helm at Pink Lemonade Project on March 2, just as the world was starting to fall apart. For the past six months, she’s navigated the Vancouver-based nonprofit through a pandemic and found new ways of connecting with people affected by breast cancer. Read story
October 4, 2020, 6:05am Clark County Life
The corporation formed to handle Fort Vancouver’s 1925 centennial made a coin the center of the celebration. It bore the dual burden of publicizing and financing the gala. On Feb. 24, 1925, the 68th Congress approved the commemorative silver half dollar. This exciting beginning soon unraveled. Read story
October 4, 2020, 6:02am Clark County Life
A funny story that turned into a productive experience happened in an undergrad Marketing Systems and Analysis course I had to take at the University of Oregon back in 1979. Read story
October 4, 2020, 6:02am Clark County Life
Scary season used to mean the make-believe fun of Halloween. Nowadays it seems to mean this all-too-real, ongoing crisis in world history. Read story
