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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

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

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

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

December 26, 2018, 6:03am Community

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

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

Local builder named Advocate of the Year

December 26, 2018, 5:55am Community

Ryan Styger, land acquisition manager with Pacific Lifestyle Homes, was named Advocate of the Year by the Building Industry of Clark County. He was honored for his service to the Building Industry Association of Clark County and the industry in general. Read story