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With store-bought puff pastry and fresh, ripe pears, you can have pear tartlets in no time.

Pear pressure: Tartlets with flavors of fall easy to create and eat

With store-bought puff pastry and fresh, ripe pears, you can have pear tartlets in no time.

October 25, 2023, 6:08am Clark County Life

Now that I’m an empty nester, I don’t feel like cooking. When my husband and I sit down at the table, that empty chair is like a burr under my emotional saddle. I’ve tried sitting in my daughter’s former place so that I’m not forced to stare at the space… Read story

Amanda Klassen, aka Mermaid Seraphina, lives in Salem, Ore., but drives to Portland for events with Una the Mermaid's FantaSea Cove, a local mermaid pod.

Freedom in fins: Northwest merfolk make magic with imaginative play

Amanda Klassen, aka Mermaid Seraphina, lives in Salem, Ore., but drives to Portland for events with Una the Mermaid's FantaSea Cove, a local mermaid pod.

October 21, 2023, 6:13am Clark County Life

An estimated 1,000 people in the United States are “professional mermaids” — that is, they don fishtails and fins and get paid to swim in tanks, pools and open water. These mermaids swim even in landlocked states like Arkansas, Arizona and Kansas. Read story

Check It Out: Add some ‘curiosities and wonder’ to routine

October 21, 2023, 6:10am Clark County Life

If life feels too structured at times — go to work, go to school, do the chores, pay the bills — reading about random things can provide a brief respite from the measured pace of everyday life. One way to add randomness to your reading list is to look at… Read story

In 1941, Evelyn Burleson Waldren flew a goodwill tour from Vancouver, B.C., to Tijuana, Mexico (almost), in a 700-pound airplane, Lady Liberty. After trying for months to get permits from Canada and Mexico, she finally secured them. Taking off Oct. 1, 1941, she flew for 16 1/2  hours before landing in the U.S. just across the border from Tijuana, Mexico, a record for a lightweight plane.

Clark County History: Evelyn Waldren

In 1941, Evelyn Burleson Waldren flew a goodwill tour from Vancouver, B.C., to Tijuana, Mexico (almost), in a 700-pound airplane, Lady Liberty. After trying for months to get permits from Canada and Mexico, she finally secured them. Taking off Oct. 1, 1941, she flew for 16 1/2  hours before landing in the U.S. just across the border from Tijuana, Mexico, a record for a lightweight plane.

October 21, 2023, 6:05am Clark County Life

Evelyn Waldren always seemed on the move, mostly in lightweight airplanes. She began her aviation career as the first woman to fly in Nebraska and ended it as a grandmotherly flight instructor at Vancouver’s Evergreen Airport in the mid-1980s. In her 58 years in the air, she logged 23,700 flight… Read story

Everybody Has a Story: Fun on horseback in Yosemite park

October 21, 2023, 6:04am Clark County Life

In the mid-1980s, my cousin and I packed into Yosemite National Park on horses for two weeks. We went over the Hetch Hetchy Dam and headed up the hill for Wilmer Lake. I rode drag (last) and ate a lot of dust. Read story

Gardening with Allen: Restore plants with pruning

October 21, 2023, 6:04am Clark County Life

We have moved into a home where shrubs have been pruned into boxes and balls. We prefer a more natural appearance. Can they be pruned to make them look more natural? Read story

Pacific Community Park to close for tree project

October 21, 2023, 5:55am Clark County Life

Sections of Pacific Community Park will be intermittently closed to the public in October and November for a Clark County Public Works tree health project. Read story

Fashion designers and models needed for show

October 20, 2023, 5:59am Clark County Life

Fashion designers and models of all sizes and ages are needed for the Black History Month Fashion Show on Feb. 10 at the Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds. Read story

This week in Clark County history

October 20, 2023, 5:45am Clark County Life

A weekly look back compiled by the Clark County Historical Museum from The Columbian archives available at columbian.newspapers.com or at the museum. Read story

Clark County health inspections, Oct. 8-14

October 20, 2023, 5:15am Clark County Life

For more information, call Clark County Public Health at 564-397-8428 or visit www.clark.wa.gov/public-health/restaurant-inspection. In the health department’s scoring system, the fewer the points, the better. A perfect score is 0. The worst possible score is 418. An establishment with 100 or more points will be closed. Read story