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Health Inspections for Sept. 2-7, 2024
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 448. An establishment with 100 or more points will be closed. |
Letter: Trump is detached from reality
I support Kamala Harris for president of the United States without apology. Her performance in Tuesday’s debate cements it for me. |
Vital Statistics for Sept. 13, 2024
Justin Todd Zimmerman, 29, Vancouver, and Stephanie Brook Tull, 31, Vancouver. |
This Week in Clark County History for Sept. 13, 2024
Famed orator and politician William Jennings Bryan stopped in Vancouver on Sept. 12, 1924. Spotted buying tomatoes by Weigel’s Cash Grocery owner George H. Weigel, Bryan was “in the best of spirits and health.” Handshaking and “a few minutes of conversation” occurred before Bryan left for a speaking engagement in Seattle. |
Saying thanks: Poland military dogs get ranks
NOWY DWOR MAZOWIECKI, Poland — The new privates received their ranks amid military pomp in a town near Warsaw where a Napoleonic fortress attests to a long military history. The group was made up of a German shepherd, a Dutch shepherd and two Belgian Malinois. |
Death Notices for Sept. 13, 2024
Donald John Tolmasoff, 79, Vancouver, died Sept. 7, 2024. Evergreen Memorial Gardens, 360-892-6060. |
Brazilian border collie energizes footvolley
RIO DE JANEIRO — Rio de Janeiro’s main beaches bustle with commotion on sunny weekends. But activity ground to a near standstill on one stretch of sand. People held up their phones to record athletic feats they’d never before witnessed, or even imagined. |
Fallon to air 4 nights per week
The late-night TV audience is shrinking, and so is the number of weekly episodes for the format’s signature program. |