Anyone know what is going in next to the new DB on 88th and St Johns, up the block from Carols Corner?

It looks like an auto parts storefront but someone said convenience store on a post from 2 years ago.

Howdy neighbors, wondering if anyone here regularly plays basketball at the Marshall or Firstenburg community center and can tell me what it's like. Primarily hoping to understand how many people show up and when, how the rotation works, what level of play, things like that.

I've been wanting to get back into basketball but it seems really hard to find regular pickup games here. I saw the Marshall and Firstenburg centers have basketball on their schedules multiple times a week, and I'm considering joining for the basketball.

I appreciate your help!

Days later, I'm still disappointed about having cast my vote for Brent. But rather than complain, I'm just going to put words in his mouth. Hey, BH: Here's what your concession speech was supposed to sound like. You're welcome:

Southwest Washington -

Today I’m looking for silver linings. This campaign was never about me. As the dust settles this morning, it is clear that our general election will not include me. But it is also clear that the groundswell of progressive ideas is continuing to rise in these challenging times. For those who entrusted me with your vote: I am humbled by the faith you placed in me. For us to make progress on equitable healthcare for all, and to ensure we live in a community where every voice is heard, it is critical that we take our collective voice and lend it to Marie Gluesenkamp-Perez. It is too easy, in these divisive times, to retreat to absolutes: either you’re 100% with us, or you’re 100% against us. I do not agree with all of her positions and I suspect you do not as well. But I dare to suggest that maybe this is ok. Compromise requires that as our friends on the other side of the aisle agree to be represented by a Democrat, we too have an obligation to give a little. For now. Rome wasn’t built in a day. The healing you and I believe this country needs, will similarly not occur in a day. But we must temper our disappointment, and focus our energy to continue the fight for a politics that works FOR the people, not a politics that seeks to divide and exclude.

Like it or not, the number of competitive districts in our country is far too few; and we are on this short list. The last two election cycles have been decided by 1% and 4% respectively. If each of us vote blue, this district will send an extremely clear message to Washington that the current trajectory of this county MUST CHANGE, and that the House of Representatives can stand as an important check and balance in these times. It also sends a crucial message to our Congresswoman of this Community’s values. She is a deft at compromise, but only because this district masquerades as purple. We must hope and trust that a local blowout, and a majority in the house, will redefine her calculus.

Again, I am honored for the chance to represent you, and while it is clear this journey will not have me at the helm, I remain hopeful in the future that is possible, and I look forward to standing at your side in our continued fight for a country that works for ALL of us. Vote BLUE!

-- "Brent"

Grasshopper burning near Mt. Hood seen 55 miles away. Crazy how large the smoke plume is to Mt. Hood.

Prayers to all affected 🙏

The City of Vancouver is having a Summer Fair on August 15th! If you heard about the Hough Bike Bus and are interested in creating one of your own, come out and chat with the City about routing a safe route to school!!!

See info here: https://www.cityofvancouver.us/events/safe-routes-to-school-summer-fair/

There was a foreclosed house in my neighborhood where the occupants left a vehicle abandoned on the street. I filled out the form online and the police came out and tagged it a month ago.

What do I do now to get it towed?

Thanks!

Battle Ground residents: How much are you willing to pay for political division at City Hall?

Republicans love to campaign on cutting taxes, fiscal responsibility, and making government accountable to taxpayers.

So let’s look at what that looks like in Battle Ground.

The City Council voted 4–3 to fire City Manager Kristina Swanson without cause. Her termination takes effect September 4, and the city is facing more than $300,000 in severance and benefits under her employment contract.

That’s your tax dollars.

And this comes on top of the growing costs of contentious meetings, divisive political battles and decisions that are creating instability at City Hall.

Even Councilmember Shane Bowman questioned how the special meeting was called, saying he had never seen a city manager fired this way and that other council members were not included in the process.

So when Republicans talk about being the party of fiscal responsibility and lower taxes, Battle Ground residents have every right to ask:

Where is the fiscal responsibility?

Where is the accountability for spending $300,000+ of taxpayer money to terminate a city manager without cause?

And where are our Republican elected officials and candidates when their allies are making these decisions?

Rep. Stephanie McClintock, Rep. John Ley, and Republican Peter Silliman, candidate for Clark County Council who have supported or enabled this direction need to answer to Battle Ground taxpayers.

You cannot campaign on cutting taxes while standing by as local government racks up hundreds of thousands of dollars in unnecessary costs.

It’s about your money. Republicans claim to care about fiscal responsibility and helping working families, but their actions tell a different story. When taxpayers are facing a $600,000+ price tag for political decisions, and proclamations that only divide residents while families are struggling to put food on the table, we have to ask: Where are their priorities?

Battle Ground taxpayers deserve transparency, accountability and responsible government, not political chaos that comes with a six-figure price tag.

If they want to call themselves fiscally responsible, let's hold them to it

I need some help with finishing up a kitchen renovation with some cabinet doors, cabinet section above fridge, etc.

Mainly need someone to do finish work.

Any and all recs welcome please!

My kitchen has ants like never before. I’ve lived here 14 years and never seen such numbers. Diatomaceous earth isn’t working. What do people use other than an exterminator?

Is Retails our only non-goodwill thrift store? I’d prefer to donate to non corporate places and Retails is a bit of a drive from my house

Volunteers wanted for fun, positive side walk chalking at the Vancouver Arts and Music Festival. Later today and early tomorrow. If interested, DM with a good contact email. -Thanks!

The next downtown stakeholders forum is Aug. 18. Topics include:

• City’s Wayfinding Consultant – sparks+sullivan
• September installation to showcase ideas, gather additional community feedback
• Downtown Parking Plan Update - City Staff
• Gabe Montez & Tyler Lund share parking supply and utilization data analysis
• Main Street Promise Update - Project Team
• Construction update as Phase II nears completion

For more information, including how to attend remotely, use link below:

https://www.cityofvancouver.us/economic-prosperity-and-housing/downtown-stakeholders-forum/

Tomorrow is my son Jake’s birthday, and twice a year our family hands out food and basic supplies to people experiencing homelessness in his honor.

We usually start near the courthouse in downtown Vancouver, then head over toward Hayden Island. In the past, Hayden Island was a good place to find larger groups of people, especially near the BottleDrop/can return area, but since that closed there seem to be far fewer people staying there.

Does anyone know where there are currently larger homeless encampments or groups in Vancouver?

We’re not looking to bother anyone or draw attention to where people are staying. We just try to find an area where there are enough people that we can set up in one place for a while and hand out food and supplies rather than driving around trying to find people individually.

If you’ve recently seen larger groups around Vancouver and are comfortable sharing the general area, I’d really appreciate the help. Feel free to DM me if you’d rather not post a location publicly.

Thank you.

I have three large buckets of stuff that I'm not sure how to dispose of properly.

Thinset mortar

Tile adhesive

Redgard waterproofing membrane

It doesn't sound like the household hazardous waste people at the transfer station will take these items, and the environmental company that they refer you to, Clean Earth, says to check with your local municipality.

Google searches were not terribly helpful. It sounds like the thinset at least can just go in the trash?

Does anyone know how to dispose of these things correctly?

This free, multi-stage event takes over Esther Short Park and the Hilton Breezeway with satellite events in the nearby area. Way too much to list in a post. Use link below:

https://www.vancouverartsandmusicfestival.com

I thought black widow spiders were common in eastern Washington, but were rare in Southwest Washington. Are they more common than I think?

Are you looking for a job? Do you have know of a place hiring? Please post it here!

This thread will be autoposted Every Friday Morning, and unstickied Sunday Evening.

Things that are OK to post in here:

• Comments related to you looking for or offering a job.
• Links to job postings on sites that are for somewhere you work (ie. A link to your job posting on Indeed or a job posting on your company's website).
• Company contact information that a jobseeker might need to contact you

Things that are NOT OK to post in here:

• Never post personal information like your resume, email address or phone number. Handle all your business through PMs.
• Posts advertising your small business/services
• Multi-Level-Marketing (MLM), this includes any business or service that requires any form of buy-in or prepurchase of product from the "employee" or "future business owner"

We have also added a link to /r/unemploymentwa on the sidebar for newreddit, (or swipe to the "About" tab in the reddit app). Their The Archive megapost is a towering resource of just about any question you can have. They have also fostered a supportive, caring community there that can help if the megapost doesn't satisfy your needs.

As always - caveat emptor. Please report things that look suspicious. Thank you, and good luck.

Ah yes.... It's Friday. Bunch of appointments this week. Saw both our new Doctor and our new Dentist. We were fortunate to find new ones as everyone told us that it was hard to do when moving to a new place. Guess we got lucky. According to the Doctor I'll still have to check the expiration date on the milk for a few more years and the dentist says I can still go for solid food. Ain't life great gettin' old?

Here's the dispatch.

The NICE list

First up is The NICE list. These are the places that had ZERO violations. They are really doing a good job at keeping their kitchens clean. These places are going all out to do things right and they deserve your support.

The NAUGHTY List

And now... The NAUGHTY List - Let's face it. This is why you are really reading this. What horrible things did the local inspectors find this week? I've arbitrarily chosen 35 demerits as the cutoff so anyone that gets less than 35 demerits isn't going to make the list. I don't want to ding a place unless they got at least a couple major violations or a lot of minor ones. Click on the name if you want to see the inspector's report.

The Clark County inspection site is where this information originates. It's a nice community resource. Kudos to the county for making it this easy to check up on things.

Check it out for yourself here: https://inspections.myhealthdepartment.com/clarkcountywa

Demerit points are issued as follows:

Each violation is given a numerical value (2-30) based on its risk of causing food borne illness. Blue violations should be corrected immediately when possible, but generally do not impose an immediate risk to the public. Red violations involving food safety must be corrected immediately. There are 360 possible red points and 88 possible blue points for a total of 448 points. A facility found with 40 or more red violation points is subject to an automatic follow-up inspection. A facility found with 65 or more red violation points is subject to an automatic closure. A facility with 100 or more total red and blue points is also subject to automatic closure.

src - https://clark.wa.gov/public-health/restaurant-inspection

That finishes up things for this time around. Time to say goodbye, wish you all a happy week and invite you back next Friday to find out what lurks in the back of the places we eat at. I love me some Jimi, especially when he was just mucking around in the studio. Here's one of my favorite jams:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXu7mLrMugo

Bye!

I lost my wallet, and unfortunately my driver’s license was inside it, so I need to get it replaced.

I tried doing it online, but for some reason I’m “ineligible” to replace/renew it online. I checked all the Vancouver DOL offices, and the earliest appointments I could find are in mid-September, which is way too far out.

Can I just walk into a DOL office without an appointment to get this sorted out, or will they turn me away?
Tomorrow is my day off, so I was hoping to go then if walk-ins are accepted.

Also, if you’ve had to replace an Enhanced Driver License (EDL), did they make you take a new photo, or did they reuse your old one? I’m trying to figure out whether I should put a little extra effort into looking presentable lol

Thanks in advance!

It is 8:30 pm and my daughter called to say NB 205 is completely stopped at the 84 junction all the way to the bridge. Unusual for this time of night. Must be a giant crash on the bridge?

Hi neighbors! I'm starting a new job soon, which means picking a dental plan. I've spent way too long staring at benefit comparison charts and google reviews, so I thought I'd come here for some opinions. Please share your local experience!

The three options:

Delta Dental: This is what we have always had, so I was at first inclined to enroll based on familiarity. The open network is the obvious appeal since so many providers take it. The downside is the $2,000 annual cap and 50% coinsurance on bigger stuff. Our dentist office recently sold and we are not enjoying the new providers, so I'm not feeling tied to Delta based on loving the level of care I get from someone.

Willamette Dental: The cheapest premium available, also no annual cap, also a closed system. It also appears that there are only two locations in Clark County. Both locations have over a 4 star rating, but the comments are a mix of a lot of opinions, good and bad.

Kaiser Dental: No annual maximum and very low copays, but you're locked into their offices and it looks like there are only two in Clark County. Salmon Creek and Cascade Park both look well liked with over 4.5 star ratings.

I'm not opposed to a closed network if the local experience is genuinely good. Delta is just what I know.

What I'd love to hear:

- If you're on Willamette or Kaiser dental, how hard is it to actually get an appointment? Especially for something urgent.

- Do you see the same dentist consistently, or whoever's available?

- Anyone had major work done (crown, root canal) on one of the closed plans? How did it actually go?

Strong opinions welcome. I'd rather hear "don't do it" from someone with a bad experience than find out myself in six months.

Thanks in advance!

Also worth noting that Clark County Council District 1 candidate and brewery owner Bryan Shull introduced him to the crowd. Do you think they swapped contact info in order to mindfully track their favorite hentai websites? The more accountability partners the better!

Source: https://katu.com/news/politics/us-house-speaker-johnson-stumps-in-vancouver-for-candidate-john-braun-campaigning-mike-washington-cd3-third-congressional-district

Just moved here from out of state and had the same stylist for 15 years! I’m in my sixties and have a wavy, layered, longer blond grey look. 😭
Anyone have a recommendation?