by Ilona Kerby | Aug 29, 2013 | News
August 26, 2013 11:30 pm • By Lyxan Toledanes / The Daily News After 28 years of helping the community’s most hungry, Lois Shelton is ready to say goodbye — almost. Shelton, the program manager at Lower Columbia CAP’s Help Warehouse, will start her...
by Ilona Kerby | Aug 29, 2013 | News
August 24, 2013 9:30 pm • By Erik Olson / The Daily News Four years ago, Rick Wenner took his last hit of meth, and it nearly cost him his daughter, Madison. At the time, Wenner, now 57, was preparing to get full custody of Madison from his soon-to-be...
by Ilona Kerby | Jul 17, 2013 | Blog
Anna Leslie likes to work with the hard cases that everyone else has given up on. She is heading up an innovative, new CAP program that aims to help the chronically homeless while reducing costs to the community. “I’m a realist, and I know that not all the...
by Ilona Kerby | Jul 7, 2013 | News
July 05, 2013 8:30 am • By The Daily News An effort to help feed the needy this summer is themed “Hunger doesn’t take a vacation.” Employees of Waste Control Inc., the local waste hauler, are asking Longview and Kelso customers to put out bags of nonperishable foods...
by Ilona Kerby | Jun 28, 2013 | News
By Lyxan Toledanes / The Daily News CASTLE ROCK — Like many new homeowners, Tonie Roberts walked around her new home Thursday, excited about the possibilities of the empty space. In the middle of Roberts’ living room, kitchen cabinets were still in boxes as she...
