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🌱 Why this Hockinson alum chose your elementary school over hospital nursing

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In today's newsletter:

  • Why this Hockinson alum chose your elementary school over hospital nursing
  • What neighbors learned at Hockinson’s tense Camp Bonneville cleanup meeting

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

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: A shower; becoming windier, 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 55 and low of 44 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Hockinson Heights Elementary alum returns as school nruse (columbian.com) — A Hockinson Heights Elementary alum has come full circle, returning to her old school as the nurse serving 900 students, including her own child. After earning a master’s in nursing, Shing Burkhart moved back to Hockinson in 2014, choosing community-based school nursing over hospital work to make a daily impact on local kids’ health.
   

• Neighbors frustrated by pace of Camp Bonneville cleanup (thereflector.com) — Neighbors packed Hockinson Middle School to press state and county officials about why Camp Bonneville still isn’t safe to open as a park after decades of cleanup. Ecology staff detailed remaining unexploded ordnance, missing safety controls, and the need for a new long-term management and master plan before public access anywhere near Hockinson can move forward.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

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  • Letter to the editor: Issues at the Battle Ground Senior Center (thereflector.com)
  • Life is a rabbit hole — and a new BG eatery fills it with baked goods and artisan java (thereflector.com)
  • Letter to the editor: Clark College steps away from bees (thereflector.com)

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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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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Hockinson

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.

Stay in the loop with what's happening in Hockinson

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.