Vancouver veteran Dave Difford celebrates 105th birthday The Columbian
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2 Photos FAIRWAY/164TH: Mayor McEnerny-Ogle announced Dec. 21 as Dave Difford Day, honoring him with an official proclamation. Photo Gallery
FAIRWAY/164TH Touchmark at Fairway Village resident Dave Difford celebrated his 105th birthday on Dec. 21. About two dozen vehicles participated in a parade, as well as motorcyclists with the Patriot Guard Riders. Mayor McEnerny-Ogle announced Dec. 21 as Dave Difford Day, honoring him with an official proclamation in addition to the parade, including military and other officials from Kindness 911. Difford spent four years in the Army, as well as decades in the plywood industry. He was born in Philadelphia and moved to Louisville, Ky., in 1919. He majored in engineering at the University of Kentucky and was an ROTC member, graduating in 1936 as second lieutenant in the Army Reserve. He moved to Washington that year and was discharged fro
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Annual holiday bike build in Clark County rolls with changes due to COVID-19 pandemic By Scott Hewitt, Columbian Arts & Features Reporter
Published: December 12, 2020, 2:48pm
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9 Photos Rod Cook, left, helps load boxed-up bicycle kits into the back of a volunteer s pickup truck while Hayden Trent, right, repositions other boxes on Saturday morning at Taylor Transport in the Barberton area. Pre-registered volunteers drove though the warehouse to collect new bikes for home assembly. The bikes will be passed along to needy local families at Christmas. (Joshua Hart/The Columbian) Photo Gallery
The scene may have been different, but the spirit was exactly the same. Just ask Santa Claus, merrily boogieing to thumping dance tunes and schmoozing his way down the line of volunteers in cars who waited on Saturday morning, distantly and patiently, for boxes of brand new bicycle parts to assemble and pass along.