Memorial Day has its roots in the late 1800s. The holiday was first called Declaration Day and meant to honor those who died while fighting in the Civil War. Since then, its scope was widened to honor all Americans who died in service. We were able to take a look ...
Vancouver City Council member and U.S. Army veteran Larry Smith talks about Memorial Day 2011 at the Vancouver Barracks. Smith is a member of the Community Military Appreciation Committee (CMAC), which plans and organizes community-wide events to honor local veterans. Military holidays the group highlights include Memorial Day, Veterans Day, ...
Listen to an audio podcast of the video here: Last week Naylene Frunk of COUV.COM caught up with the Christian Youth Theater Vancouver for “The Secret Garden.” This week, she visited the East County group at Washougal High School to watch a dress rehersal of its upcoming play “Robin Hood.” ...
There’s a lot going on behind the scenes at COUV.COM. Last week we let you know that design changes are coming to our website this week. We are also trying something new in the content arena. Instead of a COUV.COM Original video, we will be posting a few veteran-related videos ...
As promised, we updated the look and feel of COUV.COM. We hope the redesign makes it easier for you to find content you are interested in. CREDITS Video shot and edited by Miles Burnett and Jordan Thompson
Uupdate: Tickets for next show here: https://www.cytvanport.org/getTickets.aspx Naylene Frunk of USD Media caught up with the Christian Youth Theater at a recent dress rehearsal of “The Secret Garden” at Fort Vancouver High School. Kids were camped out in the CYT green room, a classroom that is used as a camp ...
Three years ago Cheryl Bledsoe languished with spinal meningitis. Unable to sit up for weeks on end, she watched the world go by online. During the course of her illness, she discovered the #140 Conference in New York City. The magic of that first conference ignited a passion. Later that ...
Vancouver Clark Parks & Rec catalog podcast with Annie Rusunen of the Parks Department Looking for things to do in the ‘couv this spring and summer? Check out the Vancouver-Clark Parks & Recreation catalogue. The 56-page booklet contains information on activities, classes, events, recreation ideas, camps, sports, community centers and ...
By day Mark Stevenz is a landscape worker. At night he transforms into an Elvis tribute artist. Stevenz, who lives in Washougal, was always a fan of Elvis but not necessarily someone who planned on earning money while wearing a white jumpsuit. It all started when he sang a version ...
Listen to an audio podcast of this video here: Team Mean Machine might be a small group of students from Washougal, Camas and Hockinson high schools but it was rubbing elbows with some of the best student engineers from around the globe. The team competed in the FIRST Robotics world ...
Pearson Field might lie in the shadow of Portland International Airport, but the smaller, local airport isn’t anything to scoff at. Pearson has been in use since 1905 when a dirigible landed near Vancouver Baracks, and today the field sees around 150 flights per day, according to field manager Willy ...