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BOSU Balance Training
BOSU What? If you’re a member of a gym, you’ve probably seen a BOSU Trainer, a semicircular, bouncy product that looks like a big beach ball cut in half with a rounded and flat side. The name BOSU is an acronym for ‘Both Sides Up’ because you can do exercises on the flat and the […]
Four Ways to Protect Your Home and Yard
Your home is your castle, and you need to take the necessary measures to keep it safe. It’s easy to think that the worst will never happen, but you have no guarantees that it won’t. Taking precautions so that you won’t suffer the devastation of losing everything you’ve worked so hard for is as much […]
Former GOP chair calls on activists to sidestep county party in 2020 elections
Clark County Republican Party Chair Earl Bowerman beat back an attempt to recall him by disaffected members of his party on Tuesday. But that doesn’t mean the party’s infighting will stop. It could instead continue into next year’s hotly contested state and federal elections. On Tuesday, a meeting of the party’s precinct committee officers adjourned […]
3-Minute Chicken
The familiar sight of yellow school buses has returned and with it comes the renewed urgency and interest to get dinner on the table in a quick, easy way. A friend and I were recently discussing how challenging it is, every day, no matter who you are or how you plan, to get everybody fed. […]
City councilor lashes out over email
Vancouver City Councilor Bill Turlay really doesn’t like Portland activist and newsletter-writer Richard Ellmyer, if a recent email correspondence between the two is any indication. In response to a political newsletter authored by Ellmyer criticizing President Donald Trump, Turlay sent the following response from his official city council email account on July 31: “Hi jerk. […]
Get Results – Shock Your System
If you want to see results you have to change what you are doing right now. “If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got!” Change is critical if you want to stimulate your body to produce amazing results. If you want to change something, you’ve got to change […]
Seven Tips to Successful Nail Trims
If you approach grooming your cat’s nails with trepidation, hopefully these seven suggestions will help you succeed — quickly and comfortably. 1. Choose your clippers carefully: There are three tools available to you — tiny scissors with claw-shaped trimming edges, a clipper with a “guillotine” blade that slides across a small hole through which you […]
In voter turnout, county fell short
Statewide voter turnout in the Aug. 6 election hit 29.56 percent, making this year’s ballot return the most popular odd-year primary election in a decade. The results, released from Washington Secretary of State Kim Wyman, were certified on Friday. The last time odd-year primary results hit that high was in 2009, when the ballot return […]
Blueberry Balsamic Goat Cheese Appetizer and Blueberry-Chia Seed Jam
And just like that, it’s Labor Day. We were just summering along and the next thing you know it’s back to school, back to work, and I am pretty sure I have even seen a few leaves falling. Let’s put a wrap on it this week with a few things you can cook right now […]
How local legislators did on NARAL Pro-Choice Washington’s scorecard
From the Department of Not All That Surprising, NARAL Pro-Choice Washington released its scorecard earlier this month of state legislators on how they voted on abortion access. The Reproductive Freedom Legislator Scorecard, not all that surprisingly, gave high marks to Clark County’s legislative Democrats and low marks to Republicans. According to the scorecard, lawmakers were […]
What’s up with that T-shirt?
Vancouver retailer Axehead appears to have closed its Uptown Village storefront, a few weeks after the company got into a social media spat stemming from an Instagram post that was seen as endorsing the use of an anti-gay slur. The post showed owner Randy Larson standing with two visitors to Axehead’s second storefront location in […]
September Shred
Kids are back to school and now it’s back to YOU! Summer vacations are over, school is back in session and many are ready to make their health and fitness a priority! Take advantage of this natural tendency to turn over a new leaf, so to speak, and commit to these simple 10 tips to […]
Garden Caprese
The light is changing and the days have started to shorten. It won’t be long until pumpkin spice overtakes us, but for now literally every fruit and vegetable you can imagine is having its moment. Tomatoes: heirloom, local, or the fabulous ones that happen to be growing in your garden are just waiting to be […]
Surviving Relay Run
In the next week, over 12,000 local runners will tackle the Hood to Coast Relay event. Each team consists of 12 runners in 2 vans who each complete 3 legs to cover the 199-mile route. Relay events have become more popular and include events such as Cascade Lakes Relay, Ragnar Relays and Gorgeous Relays all […]
Jealousy in Cats or the “Green Eyed Monster”
Do you live in a multi-cat household? If so, you have probably wondered if your feline friends experience jealousy. Imagine lying peacefully in bed one morning, half-dozing, with one of your two kitties curled up beside you. Imagine your second kitty attempting to join in the “cuddle” only to have your first kitty reach up […]
Frassati Suppers up and running again
After an extensive kitchen remodel in the Lower Hall of the Proto-Cathedral of St. James the Greater, we are serving Frassati Suppers again. What’s Frassati? A welcoming place in Vancouver where volunteer greeters, chefs, waiters and others serve the poor and homeless in the spirit of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati. The supper is part of the […]
Peanut Butter-Oat Blueberry Pie Bars
I want to buy a lunch box. I do not need one myself, and it has been a long time since I bought them for my children, but this end of summer rite of passage tugs at my heart every year. There is just something about a new lunch box. Brand new and squeaky […]
Tips To Curb Your Cravings
We’ve all been there. We get a craving for chips. We can’t stop thinking about ice cream. We’d do anything for a chocolate chip cookie. We tend to crave ‘junk foods’ that are high in sugar, salt and/or fat. People don’t typically crave tuna sandwiches! Cravings are difficult to manage and can often sabotage someone’s […]
Did the union “take over” Tuesday’s election? Depends on who you ask.
Robert Stewart isn’t pleased with Tuesday’s election results. The Columbia Credit Union financial adviser came in third in his bid for Vancouver Public Schools Board of Directors, losing to two teachers, Lisa Messer and Kathy Decker. But it’s not Messer or Decker who’s got Stewart mad. It’s not even the fact that he lost. It’s […]
Beyond Meat Smash Burger Alfresco
The first grasshopper sighting and the current state of affairs at the entrance to Fred Meyer – sans plants, stripped of plastic chairs, and starkly stocked with bottled water and some lonely bags of charcoal – are a warning sign. The days of summer are numbered. Have you grilled enough hot dogs, eaten enough ice […]