Scott Hewitt
Arts and Features Reporter at The Columbian
Journalist, writer, musician, incurable aesthete. I write about arts, culture, creativity - and other fascinating stuff - for The Columbian newspaper.
Articles
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2 weeks ago |
camaspostrecord.com | Scott Hewitt
The sun shone bright, birds zipped around the sky and tiny, vivid purple, yellow and white flowers flared at my feet. March had barely begun, but everything about the landscape seemed to sing: “Spring is here!”The Columbia River Gorge Scenic Area is the Vancouver area’s own wildflower escape hatch. Take a journey east, and a hike (or an accessible stroll or roll) up a trail to get an eyeful of botanical gorgeousness in the Gorge. Do this on a weekday, if at all possible.
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2 weeks ago |
columbian.com | Scott Hewitt
RIDGEFIELD — On the first day of class, by way of an icebreaker, Victor Gonzalez’s algebra instructor wanted everyone to pick a personally meaningful number to discuss with their new classmates. Gonzalez’s number was already obvious: No. 1. Gonzalez was the first student to walk through the door on the first day of classes at Clark College’s new Boschma Farms campus on Pioneer Street in Ridgefield.
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3 weeks ago |
columbian.com | Scott Hewitt
The price of cedar roofing shakes has been skyrocketing in recent years, and that was before the Trump administration this week imposed a new tariff of 25 percent on many goods imported from Canada, including lumber. For one ambitious 16-year-old Vancouver Boy Scout and the Washington State Parks Foundation, that soaring price is also the price of saving a signature, local chapter in American history. “I set out to find a project that would really make a difference,” Isaac Hamann said.
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3 weeks ago |
columbian.com | Scott Hewitt
Vancouver native Josh Iwata used to dream of driving a fancy new Tesla electric car away from the local showroom. “I was a big Elon Musk fan,” he said. “I used to think, ‘This guy is amazing, with his rocket company and his green cars.’ I was very pro-Musk.”Not anymore. Now, Iwata, 41, joins protesters who rally regularly — lately it’s been twice a week, Wednesdays and Saturdays — outside the Tesla dealership on Northeast Fourth Plain Boulevard.
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1 month ago |
columbian.com | Scott Hewitt
SALMON CREEK GREENWAY — On a frigid, foggy February morning, a flock of birders stayed busy spying little treasures that were hidden in the sky, the trees, the shrubs and the ponds along the Salmon Creek Greenway Trail.
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