🌱 How Battle Ground officers are leading the fight against impaired driving

Good morning Battle Ground! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How Battle Ground officers are leading the fight against impaired driving
• Why a Battle Ground newcomer plunged into a flooded Lewis River

Also on today's calendar: Kelso Boys Varsity Basketball @ Battle Ground and 4 more events.

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Rain at times, with a high of 59 and low of 44 degrees.
• Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, showers around, temps: high: 49, low: 44.
• Thursday: Rain, with a high of 54 and low of 47 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Target Zero: Honoring law enforcement's battle against impaired driving at Night of 1000 Stars (clarkcountytoday.com) — Battle Ground’s police chief and officers took center stage as the city’s department hosted the regional Night of 1000 Stars impaired-driving enforcement awards at Mannahouse Church in east Vancouver. Local officers were honored alongside Washington State Patrol, Clark County Sheriff’s Office, and nearby city departments for pulling hundreds of impaired drivers off the road and advancing Target Zero’s goal of eliminating traffic deaths by 2030.
   

• For religion and tradition, man takes to flooded Southwest Washington river seeking benefits of cold water immersion (chronline.com) — A new Battle Ground resident, Shane Black, continues his spiritual practice of cold water immersion by plunging into the flooded East Fork Lewis River at Daybreak Regional Park. The Navajo Nation member and self-described newborn Christian says the icy water helps him reflect on faith and emotions, and he praises the hospitality he’s found in Battle Ground churches and at his local job.
   

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📸 Around Battle Ground

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Battle Ground

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday December 17

• Tapani Plumbing Dinner
  Battle Ground Event Center, 912 E Main St, Battle Ground
  2:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday December 18

• Municipal Court
  Battle Ground Municipal Courtroom , 109 SW 1st Street , Battle Ground
  8:30 am
• Kelso Boys Varsity Basketball @ Battle Ground
  Battle Ground High School , 300 W Main St , Battle Ground
  7:00 pm

Friday December 19

• Aram at Emanar
  Emanar Cellars , 1113 SE Rasmussen Blvd , Battle Ground
  6:00 pm
• BG Pentecostal Christmas Party
  Battle Ground Event Center , 912 E Main St , Battle Ground
  6:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• Scout Activity
  Historic Venersborg Schoolhouse , 24309 NE 209th St , Battle Ground
  5:00 pm

Tuesday December 23

• Municipal Court
  Battle Ground Municipal Courtroom , 109 SW 1st Street , Battle Ground
  8:30 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday December 19

• Ridgefield Boys Varsity Basketball @ Hockinson
  Hockinson High School , 16819 NE 159th St , Brush Prairie
  7:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Please share & repost to help reunite this stray cat!
  FOUND on December 14, 2025 in Battle Ground, WA 98604 near Dutch Bros Sharing for a neighbor. For the latest information or to contact the finder,… (Nextdoor Venersborg)
• Found: Lost cat.
  Came running into our apartment. Sweet and friendly. Fluffy. (Nextdoor 27th Ave)

• Pizza Hut posted a job opening for Team Member in Battle Ground. Apply here.
• Albertsons Company posted a job opening for Bakery Manager Battle Ground Washington in Battle Ground. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Battle Ground here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Hockinson

• Hockinson Heights Elementary alum returns as school nruse (columbian.com)

Ridgefield

• Ridgefield school board approves new elementary school boundaries (columbian.com)
• Nominees for The Columbian 2025-26 Week 10 high school athlete of the week, sponsored by Killer Burger (columbian.com)

Vancouver

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don't know, but April May!
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