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'Peanuts' animator Bill Melendez dies at 91
In this Feb. 18, 2000 file photo, Peanuts animator Bill Melendez is seen here in his Sherman Oaks studio in Los Angeles. Melendez, the animator who gave life to the Peanuts characters in scores of TV specials and movies, including holiday classics such as A Charlie Brown Christmas, died Tuesday Sept. 2, 2008 in Santa Monica, Calif. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) -- Bill Melendez, the animator who gave life to Snoopy, Charlie Brown and other "Peanuts" characters in scores of movies and TV specials, has died. He was 91. Melendez died of natural causes Tuesday at St. John's Health Center, according to...
Kiss bassist Gene Simmons sued over IndyCar deal
In this July 26, 2008 file photo, Kiss bassist Gene Simmons is shown during a pre-race news conference for the IndyCar Series auto race, in Edmonton, Alberta. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, John Ulan, file)LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A Los Angeles man claims in a lawsuit that Gene Simmons took him for a ride on a marketing deal with the Indy Racing League. Allan Brown on Wednesday sued Simmons and two business partners, claiming the group cut him out of a 2006 deal between th...
Spears to open MTV Video Music Awards
This Sept. 1, 2007 file photo shows  Britney Spears arriving for the grand opening party of LAX nightclub at the Luxor hotel-casino in Las Vegas.  (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)NEW YORK (AP) -- It's Britney, baby, one more time. Despite her train-wreck performance at the MTV Video Music Awards last year, the network confirms Spears will kick off the show once again. But it won't be a performance. Instead, MTV Networks Music Group President...
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Art in the Pearl sets high standard
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The work of Vancouver artist Jill Mayberg, who specializes in two-dimensional mixed media, will be featured at Art in the Pearl. Two other Clark County artists are also participating.
Artists displayed their work and gave demonstrations outdoors in downtown Vancouver earlier this month, as part of an inaugural event dubbed Art in th...
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 Updated September 01, 2008
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ShanRock’s Triviology gives trivia buffs a chance to compete against each other at local watering holes. Brent Bird, 38, of Portland, hosts the weekly competition at downtown Vancouver’s Laughs & Lyrics club, which is ShanRock’s only pub trivia event outside of Portland.
Trivia gives pub patrons a chance to show off smarts
Shannon Donaldson wants to give pub-goers the chance to exercise their brain cells while downing a round of brews.   In August, the Portland en...

Bits 'n' Pieces: Artist sticks with tape craft
Reid Trevarthen, 17, of Vancouver, used duct tape to fashion a new wallet for himself about four years ago. Then he used the tape to craft a strap for...

Monday, September 01
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 » Bits 'n' Pieces: Artist sticks with tape craft

Sunday, August 31
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Saturday, August 30
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Friday, August 29
 » School of Fashion: Vancouver siblings share tips for looking stylish when classes resume
 » Bits 'n' Pieces: Sculptors create gift for nonprofit

Thursday, August 28
 » Uprooting invasive plants
 » Ask the gardening expert
 » Exhaust fan blows bathroom mold away
 » Garden calendar August 28

Wednesday, August 27
 » Taking back Evergreen Park
 » Felida man takes on challenge of ALS
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