Tom Vogt
The Columbian
Vancouver, WA, United States
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After 44 years at The Columbian he’s history
Gun-Marie Olsson popped her head out of the women’s restroom and called for her husband to hurry over. She wanted him to check out the ceiling. → Read More
Swing for the fences « Special Projects
Japanese-American family reprises WWII-era music that buoyed parents, grandparents held in internment camps “One thing about music, it really can transport you,” Elaine Yuzuriha said. Swing music transported her grandparents, if only in their imaginations, beyond the fences of World War II internment camps. Now that music is transporting the Vancouver woman and her husband, Todd Yuzuriha, back… → Read More
Saber training at Fort Vancouver a step back in time
It might conjure up hack-and-slash movie scenes set on old sailing ships, but the focus of summer saber training will represent the history of the Hudson’s Bay Company fur-trading center at Fort Vanco → Read More
Exhibit to tell tales of Hawaiian transplants
If You Go • What: Na Kanaka: An art exhibit about Hawaiians at Fort Vancouver during the fur-trading era. • When: Talk by artist Amy Kapuanani Antonio-Claussen is at 2 p.m. today; exhibit runs until January 2019. • Where: Fort Vancouver Visitor Center, 1501 E. Evergreen Blvd., Vancouver. “Why would you want to leave paradise?” That’s what went through the mind of artist Amy Kapuanani… → Read More
Fort’s Spirit Pole gets a facelift
Toma Villa installed the Spirit Pole a couple of years ago. → Read More
Off Beat: Airborne salute begins WWII tale of survival
Don Millar, a B-17 tail gunner during World War II, shared his story about the last flight of the “Screwball Express” in 2015. → Read More
Off Beat: Re-creating 1912 plane in 2018 no simple task
How do you re-create a 1912 airplane when you can’t find a 130-year-old airplane builder to help you? → Read More
Fireworks at fort sure to be a blast
The performances will be precisely choreographed on July 4 when the butterflies and flying dragons are unleashed. → Read More
Busy week of aviation heritage takes wing
A team of airplane builders has been trying to set aviation back 106 years. → Read More
WSUV professor to head national association
A professor at Washington State University Vancouver will get to take the lead in addressing pediatric issues such as suicide and child abuse when she becomes president of the National Association of → Read More
‘Rosie the Riveter’, vintage aircraft flyover set for Heroes Night
A Southwest Washington “Rosie the Riveter” who built B-17 Flying Fortresses during World War II and a flyover by an earlier aircraft design — three biplanes — will be part of the Heroes Night celebrat → Read More
Pearson Air Museum to celebrate historic flights
Pearson Air Museum will celebrate two flying milestones in the next few days — events that show how the scale of aviation challenges advanced in the span of 25 years. → Read More
Flag Day ceremony at Fort Vancouver raises patriotic spirits
The winner of this year’s patriotic tie contest went with a slight variation on a familiar theme. → Read More
Veterans at Clark College find support
When Alison Warlitner joined the Navy, she figured it would be a way to pay for college. → Read More
American, local traditions color Flag Day
Some American traditions — and a few local ones — will be part of the community’s Flag Day celebration Thursday. → Read More
Off Beat: Dam song beloved by many, but not dam staff
Woody Guthrie’s song about Bonneville Dam will live forever in the memories of just about everybody who has heard “Roll On, Columbia.” → Read More
Pollen: It’s getting worse
This allergy season, some people are thinking that their noses are runnier, their eyes are weepier and their sneezes are, well, sneezier. → Read More
Stories of war, power fuel Bonneville book
It provided paydays through the hardest of America’s hard times. It was part of a system that powered crucial industrial centers during World War II. → Read More
Request for Barracks renovation timely for parks service
With the National Park Service interested in moving its western regional office to Vancouver, some of the set-up work seems to be already underway with a $10 million request to renovate a Vancouver Ba → Read More
Off Beat: Vancouver airmail test led to Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis
During the recent airmail centennial re-enactment that included a Vancouver stop, organizers said there was more to celebrate than airborne letters. → Read More