Vancouver Singers, an all-volunteer community choir, will present its spring concerts in March. The performances of “From Bluegrass to Bernstein: An American Songbook,” will take place March 24 and 25. The all-American concert will be directed by Jana Hart and assistant director Kirsten Hart, and will feature bluegrass ballads and ...
Situation: How do you deal with a family dynamic where one child is the victim and the other is the aggressor? Parent Talk Tip: Diane Moore says that when you punish the aggressor and comfort the victim, you reinforce both types of behavior. Instead, she suggests ignoring the aggressor – ...
The Vancouver City Council and the Clark County Board of Commissioners agreed to designate Mar. 21 as the inaugural breast reconstruction rights awareness day or BRAVE Day. The joint proclamations highlight an effort to elevate patients’ rights when faced with cancer-related mastectomy. Dr. Allen Gabriel, founder of the the Pink ...
The Safe Communities Task Force is a grass roots coalition started in 2008 to eradicate gangs in Clark County. It draws support of local law enforcement, the juvenile courts, schools and other youth programs to focus on gang prevention. According to the task force, middle school is a crucial time ...
Responding to the myriad of criticisms that have been leveled against the Columbia River Crossing Light Rail Tolling project (CRC), urban design architect George Crandall and mass transit advocate Jim Howell have developed a plan that they have labeled the Common Sense Alternative (CSA). The pair first joined forces in ...
Listen to the audio interview with author Kathy Condon. Kathy Condon is an award winning author. She wrote It Doesn’t Hurt to Ask, which was chosen by USA Book News as Best Book Award finalist in its business category. Her latest book, Face-To-Face Networking, It’s All About Communication, is an ...
To celebrate the first anniversary of COUV.COM a few amenities have been added to our portfolio of products. The first is the calendar that you’ll find in the upper right hand corner of each page. The next is the beginning of our new How-To video series. This first video demonstrates ...
Gillian Wallis is losing her building, her tenants, and her patience. Last year, representatives of the Columbia River Crossing Light Rail Tolling project alerted Wallis that the historic building she and her husband Bob had invested three-quarters of a million dollars remodeling was slated to be razed in a push ...
Citizens standing in opposition to the Columbia River Crossing Light Rail Tolling project (CRC) project had a recent opportunity to voice their opinions before Oregon officials. Addressing the Joint Committee on Legislative Oversight on the Columbia River Crossing during their Mar. 16 informational meeting, a series of community leaders and ...
Game is on for David Madore. Last night the CEO of U.S. Digital and COUV.COM announced his candidacy for county commissioner. The announcement was made on his Facebook page. The post reads: Running for County Commissioner! I just returned from the Republican Lincoln Day dinner where Lars Larson served MC ...
The Columbia River Crossing story of intrigue continues to reveal bizarre twists and turns that baffle common sense. For the first time in recent years, a legislative body was able to hear from sources other than the CRC yesterday. What was presented was nothing short of jaw dropping. To understand ...
The cartoon is provided courtesy of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists in celebration of Sunshine Week. Sunshine Week is a national initiative to promote a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information. Participants include news media, civic groups, libraries, nonprofits, schools and others interested in ...