Local Community, Vancouver WA COUV.COM

It's important to point out that I'm not an avid bicyclist. I enjoy riding my bike and love the outdoors, but this experience is new to me. This trip wasn't a recreational bike ride like when I'm with my kids around my neighborhood -- in this case my bike was my only source of transportation.

Even though Bill Turlay has been a Navy fighter pilot and business executive, he still had a touch of the jitters reciting the oath of office Jan. 9 to become the newest member of the Vancouver City Council.

Former Spokane resident Nathaniel Stafford, who was featured in a major anti-malaria publicity campaign in New York City earlier this year, visited COUV.COM recently while in Vancouver visiting relatives. The Boy Scout came to the public's attention in 2009 when he completed a 100-mile road hike near his hometown of Fayetville, N.C. to raise awareness about the work of the international nonprofit NothingButNets, which seeks to reduce deaths from malaria in Africa through the distribution of inexpensive mosquito nets.

Brief history of Kiggins Theatre

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."

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 for CYT cast members during rehearsals.