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Battle Ground: Richard Richey, also known as “The Reptile Man,” hosted an assembly at Glenwood Heights Primary School, bringing along turtles, lizards, snakes and an alligator.

Battle Ground students rewarded with visit from Reptile Man

Battle Ground: Richard Richey, also known as “The Reptile Man,” hosted an assembly at Glenwood Heights Primary School, bringing along turtles, lizards, snakes and an alligator.

January 2, 2019, 5:58am Community

Richard Richey, also known as “The Reptile Man,” visited Glenwood Heights Primary School in December for an educational assembly. Read story

Central Vancouver: Staff members from J.C. Penney along with Rotary Club of Vancouver President Jennifer Miltenberger, right front row, in plaid vest, assisted kids shopping for winter clothes as part of the fifth annual Santa Clothes program, organized by the Vancouver club and Rotary Club of Greater Clark County.

Rotarians take kids shopping for winter gear

Central Vancouver: Staff members from J.C. Penney along with Rotary Club of Vancouver President Jennifer Miltenberger, right front row, in plaid vest, assisted kids shopping for winter clothes as part of the fifth annual Santa Clothes program, organized by the Vancouver club and Rotary Club of Greater Clark County.

January 2, 2019, 5:52am Community

The Rotary Club of Vancouver and Rotary Club of Greater Clark County took 115 children shopping for winter clothes on Dec. 4 at J.C. Penney at Vancouver Mall as part of the clubs’ fifth annual Santa Clothes program. Read story

Washougal: Washougal High School Senior Chloe Connors accepting the 2018 Washington State Exemplary Substance Abuse Prevention Award for Youth Leadership with Michael Langer, behavioral health and prevention chief for the Washington State Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery, and Sarah Mariani, supervisor for the Washington State Health Care Authority.

Washougal senior earns statewide prevention award

Washougal: Washougal High School Senior Chloe Connors accepting the 2018 Washington State Exemplary Substance Abuse Prevention Award for Youth Leadership with Michael Langer, behavioral health and prevention chief for the Washington State Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery, and Sarah Mariani, supervisor for the Washington State Health Care Authority.

January 2, 2019, 5:50am Community

Washougal High School Senior Chloe Connors earned the 2018 Washington State Exemplary Substance Abuse Prevention Award for Youth Leadership. Read story

Woodland: Police Chief Jim Kelly and officer Brent Murray visited Katie Klaus’ government class at Woodland High School.

Woodland police visit high school government class

Woodland: Police Chief Jim Kelly and officer Brent Murray visited Katie Klaus’ government class at Woodland High School.

January 2, 2019, 5:42am Community

Woodland’s Police Chief Jim Kelly and Officer Brent Murray visited Katie Klaus’ government class to discuss the methods law enforcement uses to ensure they protect individual rights while also protecting the general public. Read story

Ridgefield: The entrance to Union Ridge Elementary School’s Scholastic Book Fair, which brought in $13,000 in sales. The school received $6,000 from the Scholastic Dollars program, which was used to purchase books for the school.

Big sales at book fair turn into dollars for Union Ridge Elementary

Ridgefield: The entrance to Union Ridge Elementary School’s Scholastic Book Fair, which brought in $13,000 in sales. The school received $6,000 from the Scholastic Dollars program, which was used to purchase books for the school.

January 2, 2019, 5:40am Community

Union Ridge Elementary School’s Scholastic Book Fair has been one of the bigger ones in the Pacific Northwest, and that trend continued this school year, when sales reached $13,000 in one week. Read story

Ridgefield: View Ridge Middle School seventh-grader Lily Cox, who won Ridgefield School District’s Superintendent’s Holiday Greeting Card Art Contest.

Ridgefield seventh-grader wins holiday card contest

Ridgefield: View Ridge Middle School seventh-grader Lily Cox, who won Ridgefield School District’s Superintendent’s Holiday Greeting Card Art Contest.

January 2, 2019, 5:36am Community

View Ridge Middle School seventh-grader Lily Cox was the first-place winner in the Superintendent’s Holiday Greeting Card Art Contest for the Ridgefield School District. Read story

Foundation for Vancouver schools receives grant for Lieser Campus

January 2, 2019, 5:30am Community

The Foundation for Vancouver Public Schools received a $10,000 grant from the U.S. Bank Foundation to benefit the Lieser Campus, a nontraditional option for K-12 students at Vancouver Public Schools. Read story

Mary Beth Nelson, left, hands her bag of food donations to Kathy Hampton on Dec. 8 in Clark County. Hampton volunteers every other month for the Clark Neighbors Food Project, which provides a steady supply of food to local pantries.

Clark Neighbors Food Project filling pantry shelves

Mary Beth Nelson, left, hands her bag of food donations to Kathy Hampton on Dec. 8 in Clark County. Hampton volunteers every other month for the Clark Neighbors Food Project, which provides a steady supply of food to local pantries.

December 26, 2018, 6:04am Clark County Life

Debbie Nelson knows all too well that neighbors often get together to complain. Read story

Sherwood Hills: Sherwood Hills Neighborhood Association board members, from left, Jan Pinaire, Darrell Bermel, Honey Bermel, Linda Elms, Bill Pinaire and Vicki Fitzsimmons on Make a Difference Day.

Vancouver neighbors clean up Highway 99 to make a difference

Sherwood Hills: Sherwood Hills Neighborhood Association board members, from left, Jan Pinaire, Darrell Bermel, Honey Bermel, Linda Elms, Bill Pinaire and Vicki Fitzsimmons on Make a Difference Day.

December 26, 2018, 6:03am Community

Sherwood Hills Neighborhood held a belated Make a Difference Day cleanup Nov. 10. Read story

Hearthwood: Eyo Colbert, left, and Nicole Nissen Hooper at Hearthwood Elementary School, which hosted this month’s Harvest of the Month program. The featured local ingredient was cabbage.

Evergreen elementary students try local cabbage through monthly program

Hearthwood: Eyo Colbert, left, and Nicole Nissen Hooper at Hearthwood Elementary School, which hosted this month’s Harvest of the Month program. The featured local ingredient was cabbage.

December 26, 2018, 6:03am Community

Hearthwood Elementary School hosted this month’s Harvest of the Month, a joint program from Washington State University Extension’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education and Evergreen Public Schools’ Chartwells food service. Read story