September 27, 2011, 5:00pm Community
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September 27, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Back in about 1997, my husband, Steve, created a pretty little pond in our backyard. Along with our two kids, Vernon and Elizabeth, who were then about 8 and 5, we put some goldfish in the pond, and we all enjoyed feeding them and watching them grow. After several months,… Read story
September 27, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Northeast 34th Street from 151st Avenue to 162nd Avenue has several sections of road that are not paved. Near accidents have occurred when the paved road narrows and autos pass each other, as there isn't the normal width of the street in these areas. This area is truly a traffic… Read story
September 27, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Fourth Plain Village -- Kelly Anderson, director of Emergency Services for the Southwest Washington chapter of the American Red Cross, was presented with the Excellence in Service award on Sept. 11. The award, presented by Dave LaFave, incident team commander and fire chief of Cowlitz 2 Fire and Rescue in… Read story
September 27, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Battle Ground -- Elizabeth Rowe could have been giggling with her friends or playing at the park Sept. 17. Instead, she was standing outside a Battle Ground grocery store inviting shoppers to donate food to the North County Community Food Bank. Read story
September 27, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Brush Prairie -- Bryn Smick, a Brush Prairie resident and sophomore at Washington State University, was selected as a member of the WSU Coug Guys and Gals for the 2011-12 academic year. Coug Guys and Gals serve as ambassadors for the Cougar Athletic Department. Smick will help with the Cougar… Read story
September 25, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Glenwood -- Glenwood Heights Primary School participated in a fundraiser for cancer research called Pasta for Pennies. Students at Glenwood collected more than $4,800 in spare change over a three-week period, making them one of the top fundraising schools from Idaho, Montana, Oregon or Southwest Washington. The fundraiser is an… Read story
September 25, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Meadow Homes -- Neighbors in the Meadow Homes neighborhood have a new space for association meetings. The new location is at the Dakar Wood Fire Restaurant, 4400 E. Fourth Plain Blvd. Read story
September 25, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Northeast Hazel Dell -- Dr. Gretchen Schnepper, a local orthodontist, has launched a Partners in Education program to help offset school budget cuts. Schnepper, of The Modern Orthodontist, will donate $100 to the school of every new patient who begins treatment during the 2011-12 school year. On Sept. 22, Schnepper… Read story
September 25, 2011, 5:00pm Community
VanMall -- Sleep Country USA collected more than 56,000 school supply items to local foster children this year. Thanks to community donations at Sleep Country stores throughout Oregon and Washington, a Wild Waves Theme Park partnership and local businesses' drives, this was Sleep Country's most successful school-supply drive yet. Sleep… Read story
