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  • Community
  • May 5, 2012
Composting in the Garden

Backyard composting class offered in Brush Prairie

  • Get your garden on and learn how to turn organic yard materials and kitchen scraps into a valuable garden amendment with a free backyard composting class. The Clark County Master Composter/Recycler Program at Columbia Springs will teach a free backyard composting workshop on Saturday, May 12 from 10 a.m. to ...
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  • Entertainment
  • May 3, 2012
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Guitarist John Standefer concert and CD release party Sun, May 13

  • Renowned local guitarist John Standefer will perform a Mothers Day concert on May 13 at 7:00 p.m. at the Washburn Performing Arts Center in Washougal. Standefer is dedicating the evening to mothers — who are offered half price admission. The concert will also function as a semi-CD release party. Standefer ...
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  • Community
  • Apr 10, 2012
COUV.COM earns a second Telly Award for video.

Marshall Park documentary earns second Telly Award for COUV.COM

  • COUV.COM has earned another distinction in the 33rd annual Telly Awards. The second winning video earned a Silver Telly, their highest honor. The production was donated by COUV.COM to the Vancouver Rotary Foundation to aid their fund raising efforts to enhance Marshall Community Park. After the video debuted at the ...
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  • Health
  • May 15, 2012
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Celebrate Nutrition Presents: Apple Banana Oat Bars

  • My best recipe innovations are often created when the lack of an ingredient necessitates a spontaneous improvisation. My apple banana oat bar recipe is the result one of these surprising, yet most delicious discoveries. Last fall after finding no applesauce in our pantry, I tossed 2 raw apples, peel and ...
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  • CRC Light Rail Project
  • May 9, 2012
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C-Tran – Who’s driving?

  • C-Tran’s meeting had a nearly packed house of citizens. C-Tran’s puzzling meeting Tuesday evening’s C-Tran board meeting left a room full of citizens wondering where we are going and who is driving. County Commissioner Tom Mielke and Washougal City Council member Connie Jo Freeman stood in sharp contrast to the ...
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  • Health
  • May 9, 2012
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Celebrate Nutrition Presents “Heart Healthy Popcorn”

  • Can popcorn be a nutritious snack, you might ask?! Absolutely! But not until you’ve had it Leanne style. Jazz up this otherwise butter and guilt-laden junk food with my creative modifications to enjoy one of my most favorite snacks. The secret ingredient to this recipe is nutritional yeast, a most ...
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  • Health
  • May 9, 2012
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The time is now—from SAD to Celebrate Nutrition

  • Our children will be the first generation in our nation’s history to not live as long as their parents, estimates the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The standard American diet, appropriately shortened as SAD, has filtered down to our children, resulting in the development of life-shortening diseases in ...
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  • Entertainment
  • May 8, 2012
Strumming an Acoustic Guitar

World-renowned guitarist Hector Garcia to perform for veterans

  • Veterans in Clark County will get a boost from world class entertainers on Monday, May 21. On behalf of the Clark County Veterans Therapeutic Court, Living Hope Campus, located at 2711 NE Andresen Rd., will host a musical fundraiser to benefit veterans. Cuban born, classical guitarist Hector Garcia headlines the ...
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  • Business
  • May 7, 2012
The Bowflex® TreadClimber® product line is garnering more of Nautilus' ad dollars.

Nautilus reports strong first quarter growth

  • Vancouver fitness company Nautilus Inc. reported net sales of $48.3 million in the first quarter of 2011, a 5.8 percent increase from $45.6 million in the first quarter of 2010. During the first quarter of 2011, the company allocated a significantly greater portion of its television and online advertising budget ...
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  • Business
  • May 3, 2012
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Workforce Council executive announces $30K in employer incentives

  • The Southwest Washington Workforce Development Council (SWWDC) is offering $30,000 in hiring incentives to Clark, Cowlitz, and Wahkiakum County employers in an effort to spur hiring by Jun. 30 of the long-term unemployed. The hiring incentive, called the On-the-Job Training (OJT) Program, is designed to help offset training costs incurred ...
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  • Health
  • May 2, 2012
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Behind the scenes with Leanne Ernster of Celebrate Nutrition

  • Leanne Ernster is a Vancouver-based health food coach and certified fitness trainer on a mission: to share the gift of health through nutrient-rich whole foods. She will be writing a weekly health column for COUV.com. How old do you feel and how old are you, really? In all honestly, I ...
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  • Issues
  • May 1, 2012
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Legislators offer their report cards on latest session of lawmakers

  • Jobs, transportation, health care, cost of power and the state budget were key themes expressed at the Building Industry Group’s Legislative Luncheon on Friday, Apr. 27. State Rep. Paul Harris of the 17th District recognized...
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  • Business
  • May 1, 2012
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Iconic Vancouver landmark to transfer to National Trust

  • One of the Vancouver’s prominent landmarks, The Academy, located at 400 E. Evergreen Blvd, changes hands with the intended purchase of the property by the Fort Vancouver National Trust. Known simply as The Academy, the four-story structure was originally designed and built in the form of a cross in the ...
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  • Community
  • Apr 30, 2012
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Robotics team wins first in state competition, twelfth in world

  • A local robotics team, Team 2471 Mean Machine, took first place in the March FIRST Robotics state competition and over the weekend were semi-finalists in the FIRST Robotics world competition held in St. Louis, Mo. Out of the top 100 teams in the world Team Mean Machine placed 12th. The ...
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  • Entertainment
  • Apr 27, 2012
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San Diego director returns to Vancouver for Footloose

  • After directing last year’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat for Christian Community Theater, J. Scott Lapp is excited to be returning to Vancouver this summer to direct Footloose. Lapp has been working in the theatre business for over 24 years, performing in over 100 shows in and around his ...
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  • Entertainment
  • Apr 26, 2012
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Ten hours of BBQ to help sustain veteran services

  • Amidst very tough economic times an Orchards restaurant is thriving by serving up comfort food with a little southern flavor stashed in the spices. With its beginnings on the side of the road as a food stand, Charlie and his wife Goldie now operate Goldies BBQ at 15640 NE Fourth ...
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  • Health
  • Apr 25, 2012
Watch the first video and kale recipe.

Kale gets A+ from local health food coach

  • Kale. You’ve likely heard “those health nut” people talk about it but honestly, what does kale have to do with you? Exactly what is so special about something that must taste awful? Believe it or not, the majority of Americans have purchased kale during their lifetime. Remember those large, thick ...
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  • Issues
  • Apr 23, 2012
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Legislators to assess accomplishments at Friday BIA lunch

  • The Building Industry Group is hosting its second annual Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt Legislative Review Luncheon on Friday, Apr. 27 at Club Green Meadows. The event will be held upstairs at the club house located at 7703 NE 72nd Ave. in Vancouver. The doors open at 11:30 a.m. We are ...
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  • Clark County Today
  • Apr 20, 2012
Kevin Peterson says the CRC is like a gorilla sitting in your front yard, and your view is the hind end.

The CRC gorilla in the the front yard

  • World renowned transportation architect Kevin Peterson says the manual for the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is well written and well respected around the nation, but he has difficulty understanding why it was not followed to create the design for the Columbia River Crossing Light Rail Tolling project. In ...
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  • Health
  • Apr 19, 2012
Read more about Celebrate Nutrition's Leanne Ernster.

Leanne Ernster with Celebrate Nutrition launches new video series

  • Celebrate Nutrition developed out of Leanne Ernster’s desire to revive the lost art of healthy eating and families gathering around the table. Owner Leanne Ernster grew up around healthy concepts. Her mother and grandmother were both nurses, and the women demonstrated a great appreciation for the world of hospitality and ...
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  • CRC Light Rail Project
  • Apr 17, 2012
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One man, four votes. The select voices of the CRC

  • The power to govern is placed in a few, very select hands that allow little counter balance when unsound policies are foisted into the discussion. Out of approximately 100 people who could be tracked giving oversight to the Columbia River Crossing Light Rail Tolling project, most of those who served ...
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