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Battle Ground: The Battle Ground Education Foundation hosted a Stuff the Bus event Aug. 18 to collect school supplies for the district’s Family-Community Resource Centers.

Battle Ground Education Foundation, local businesses collect supplies for students

September 5, 2018, 6:00am Community

The Battle Ground Education Foundation hosted a Stuff the Bus event Aug. 18, with buses parked outside Fred Meyer and Walmart in Battle Ground to collect supplies. Read story

Battle Ground cadets visit joint base, take off in training mission

September 5, 2018, 6:00am Community

A group of 15 Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets from Battle Ground High School took a trip Aug. 18 to Joint Base Lewis-McChord, where they received a firsthand look at the mission of the Air Force’s 313th Airlift Squadron. Read story

Washougal: David Scott, Washougal city administrator, earned the Excellence Award for Managers or Administrators by the Washington City/County Management Association.

Washougal administrator honored at statewide meeting

September 5, 2018, 5:45am Community

David Scott, Washougal city administrator, was presented with the Excellence Award for Managers or Administrators by the Washington City/County Management Association at the group’s annual meeting in Winthrop. Read story

Fruit Valley: The Columbia River Sunset kids triathlon was part of a weekend of events to raise money for local organizations.

Endurance festival raises funds for local organizations

September 5, 2018, 5:45am Community

The Columbia River Triathlon & Endurance Sports Festival brought more than 1,000 competitors to Frenchman’s Bar from Aug. 17-19. Read story

Woodland: Woodland Police Chief James Kelly sits in the dunk tank at the Friends of the Woodland Community Library’s second Bocce Ball Blowout tournament to raise funds for a new library building.

Friends host bocce ball tournament for Woodland Library

September 5, 2018, 5:44am Community

Friends of the Woodland Community Library hosted its second Bocce Ball Blowout on Aug. 25 at Hoffman Park. Read story

Ridgefield honors volunteer of year, staffers

Ridgefield: Ridgefield School District Superintendent Nathan McCann and Volunteer of the Year Debbie McGravey.

September 5, 2018, 5:24am Community

The Ridgefield School District honored three employees with exemplary service awards and its Volunteer of the Year at its convocation event Aug. 23, which welcomed teachers, administrators and staffers back after summer break. Read story

105th birthday milestone

Clovis May VonEssen, of Woodland, celebrated her 105th birthday on Aug. 19, 2018, surrounded by friends and family. She was born on Aug. 21, 1913.

September 5, 2018, 5:03am Community

Clovis May VonEssen of Woodland, turned 105 years old on Aug. 21, 2018. Born in Canute, Okla., in 1913, she was the oldest of four children. She and her family were cotton farmers. She married her husband, Herbert Von Essen, on Jan. 1, 1930, and left Oklahoma in 1935 during… Read story