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Churchill Clark (a descendant of famed explorer William Clark) has been hand-carving a traditional dugout canoe with the help of kids from Westside High School in 91Ô­´´ since last November, and yesterday they launched it into the Columbia River near .

Clark came to 91Ô­´´ for the project primarily because of one Westside teacher, Sheena Zacherle, who thought it would be a good hands-on learning project for her students. After that the rest of the community came together to help. The project was completed in a variety of locations including the , the 91Ô­´´ Valley Technical Skills Center and of course Westside High School.