Situation: Your kids are fighting and you don’t want to nurture aggression or weakness. How should you respond? Parent Talk Summary: Anytime you do something different with your kids, it gets their attention. Say “freeze!” for example, instead of “stop it.” Tell aggressor to “Hold it right there. You’re a ...
Battle Ground City Council member and incumbent candidate Paul Zandamela has returned $600 in campaign contributions after he failed to properly report donations that exceeded limits allowed by Washington State’s Public Disclosure Commission (PDC). On Monday, Zandamela’s opponent, Adrian Cortes, 35, accused him of exceeding contribution limits when Zandamela accepted ...
A series of free films launches the Diversity Film Festival at Washington State Universtiy Vancouver. The festival begins tonight, at 4 p.m. and will continue with a film each night at the same time through Sept. 15. This year’s theme is “Diversity & Disabilities: Celebrating the Abilities in Us All.” The ...
Explosion. Consumed by fire. Consumed by images. Consumed by confusion. Our memories of 9/11 are sounds of our phones ringing, our rush to the television, and our disbelief of what we were seeing and hearing. It was horrific. On this podcast, four Vancouver people share their thoughts, memories and how ...
David Speranza is a deaf cartoonist living in Vancouver with his wife and two children. On 9/11 he was a teacher’s aide in a mainstream school in Alaska. Share your story with COUV.COM. Email us at contact@couv.com or call our message line 360-524-2444
Towering fir trees, blue sky, the taste of corn on the cob, and the smell of fresh caught, baked salmon marked the recent gathering of a group of Clark County residents. During the after dinner conversation they shared their thoughts and memories on the 10th anniversary of 9/11. Susan and Pete ...
Waking up to a disaster is the last thing any of us want to think about, but Cheryl Bledsoe does it every day. Bledsoe is division manager at the Clark Regional Emergency Services Agency (CRESA). “CRESA provides support and coordination through our 911 call center and emergency management services to ...
COUV.COM has updated its logo to fit with a Vancouver and Clark County landmark, Fort Vancouver. Our new logo is inspired by the bastion of the Fort and what it symbolizes for the local area. COUV.COM is also opening up its doors to local writers, photographers, videographers, and radio broadcasters. ...
If you’re going for a drive with your family on Saturday consider a route that goes by the Firstenburg Community Center on 136th Avenue. Not only is it a beautiful tree-lined street, but if you drive towards Cascade Middle School you will see an unassuming driveway on your left for ...
If your grade schooler is a little lawyer, he or she could be going through the “black vs. white, good vs. bad, win vs. lose, right vs. wrong” stage. It could also be their competitive nature, but when a kid is at this stage it can get between friendships, family ...
Resting an experienced hand on the smooth metal wheel, Tom Henrick explains the simple but ingenious mechanics that power the grist mill. “The throttle wheel is right here. Just by taking this wheel and turning it a little bit I allow water to enter the turbine and run through, producing ...
At the June Bridging the Gaps forum held in Vancouver, CPA Tiffany Couch presented an overview of questionable financial reporting handling of the Columbia River Crossing Light Rail project. She describes her practice as “telling the story of what happened to people’s money.” Couch discusses her experience of requesting information from the ...
In a timely two-step decision, the Vancouver City Council approved a four-year collective bargaining agreement with the Vancouver firefighters’ union Tuesday night, then immediately elected to spend a two-year, $2.3 million federal SAFER grant to reopen and staff Fire Station #6, located at 3216 NE 112th. The labor agreement between ...
Parents’ response to fights can nurture weakness or aggression. Situation: When kids are fighting a parent’s response can nurture the wrong behavior. Parent Talk Tip: Family counselor Diane Moore tells a typical example of a parent that “gets on” the mean one and “huggin’ up” the victim. She says parents ...
The Vancouver City Council has until Sept. 1 to utilize a two-year, $2.3 million Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant to reopen the Burton Fire House at 3216 NE 112th Ave. The city closed the station on Jan. 1, 2011 due to budget cuts. The City Council ...
It doesn’t take long to stroll from one end of the Camas Farmers Market to the other. There are larger, more established markets in Clark County you could visit, but before you make big plans for the larger Saturday markets, think about a Wednesday night adventure. This small east county ...
If Clark County gives the green light, more than just baseball fans could end up paying for the construction of a $23 million, 6,000–seat stadium at Vancouver’s Clark College. An admissions tax could charge moviegoers, golfers, motocross fans, and concertgoers five percent per ticket in an effort to cover most ...
Back in 1961, when retired Vancouver high school teacher Michael Harding was on the Columbia River High School swim team, he and his teammates practiced in a small, frigid swimming pool in the basement of what is now old city hall. “It was terrible, but we came to find out ...
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