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Buffalo Chicken Dip and Vegan Lentil Chili
Football’s biggest party is just around the corner. Be ready for all the Super Bowl action with some winning food that’s guaranteed to please all your fans. Here are two ideas for easy game day food that you can make at home.
Tackle one dip and spice up your game day lineup with this Buffalo Chicken Dip. Filled with hot wing flavor, this riff on the fan favorite is sure to score a...Read post...
State lawmakers have more than 1,300 bills to tackle during 2023 session
They say America is a land of laws. The number of laws governing our citizens continues to grow each year and Washington is certainly no exception. Legislators have introduced more than 1,300 bills during the 2023 session that convened on Jan. 9.
Just under 900 of those bills were filed by the Democratic majority with another 430 bills coming from Republican lawmakers.
Clark County’s...Read post...
Vancouver City Council split on ranked choice voting
In last November’s election, Clark County residents voted down a charter amendment to adopt ranked choice voting for county elected offices. Just over 58 percent of voters opposed the new voting method which allows voters to rank their candidate choices by favorability versus being limited to one vote.
But what does that mean for the future of ranked choice voting in Vancouver city...Read post...
FYI programming chans.anges for the only NW broadcaster for the blind, disabled and Veter
CGR Radio 4 Christ is now on..The format was requested by the CGR Radio listeners who are blind, disabled and veterans, this change is not new but it has been since 2008 when golden hours radio for the blind was on and this was a very popular format, I was with OCFB/GH/Omni Media in Portland as their GM,MD,Operations Manager, Programming of all 5 streams, engineer and more...I was a volunteer...Read post...
Mark Morris rises to No. 4 at 2A of Associated Press boys basketball state rankings Jan. 25
How a state panel of sports writers rates Washington high school basketball teams in the weekly Associated Press poll of 2022-2023, by WIAA Class, with won-lost record, total points and previous ranking (first-place votes in parentheses):
CLASS 4A
School Record Points Last Week
Federal Way (9)...Read post...
No. 1 Camas remains lone local team in Associated Press girls basketball state rankings Jan. 25
How a state panel of sports writers rates Washington high school basketball teams in the weekly Associated Press poll of 2022-2023, by WIAA Class, with won-lost record, total points and previous ranking (first-place votes in parentheses):
CLASS 4A
School Record Points Last Week
Camas (7)...Read post...
Area girls basketball scoring leaders in Southwest Washington through Jan. 21
Top 20 individual girls basketball scorers in Southwest Washington (teams in 4A, 3A, 2A Greater St. Helens Leagues, plus 1A Trico League) from games reported to The Columbian through Monday, Jan., 21 (Note: Teams with two or more unreported games were removed from this list):
Name
School
G
Pts
Avg
Brooklynn Haywood
Union
15
369
24.6
Keanna...Read post...
Area boys basketball scoring leaders through Jan. 20
Top 20 individual boys basketball scorers in Southwest Washington (4A, 3A and 2A GSHL and 1A Trico League) from games reported to The Columbian through Saturday, Jan. 20:
Name
School
G
Pts
Avg
Tait Spencer
Battle Ground
13
470
36.2
Cavin Holden
R.A. Long
15
520
34.7
Beckett Currie
Camas
16
393
24.6
Kobe Parlin
Mark Morris
15
365
24.3
Yanni...Read post...
10 Ways To Look 10 Years Younger
The good news is we are living longer than our ancestors. The bad news is if you don’t do something now to age well, your later years could be spent navigating many health issues.
Here’s 10 things to do to assure you age with good health, strength, mobility, and energy.
1 - Strength
Most physiologists agree that strength training is the true fountain of youth. If you can preserve your...Read post...
CGR Radio 4 now on a new app
Community Growth Radio is an Audio/Reading Service offering programming specifically to The Blind, Visually Impaired, Those who cannot read or hold print, The Disabled, Seniors 50 plus and Veterans.
Here is the MAIN link, just click on the “Red” Boxes for each stream, THEY do work but Voscast has an issue(they are trying to fix)with Chrome, but the FIREFOX browser works the best, we...Read post...