Battle Ground News

Officials at YWCA Clark County have appointed Sherri Bennett to the position of Executive Director. Bennett, currently the Director of Programs at the YWCA, was selected by the YWCA Board of Directors following a national search.

Bennett brings more than 12 years' non-profit experience spanning direct service advocacy, program development, program management, financial management and fundraising. During eight of those years, she directed the SafeChoice Domestic Violence Program, where she spearheaded service expansion to marginalized communities, partnered in creating an on-site domestic violence legal clinic, increased outreach and education efforts to middle and high school students, and more than doubled revenue for the program. Bennett is a graduate Western Washington University, where she received her BA in Political Science.

"I am honored and privileged to be selected as a representative of YWCA Clark County.

What: This year’s Festival features a diverse lineup of American “jazz legends”—including blues, fusion, Cajun, straight ahead and contemporary bands. In addition to the music, the Festival features over 200 wines from around the world. Attendees can sample wines, or purchase a glass to sip while enjoying food from 9 restaurants.

When: August 27 - 29

Where: Esther Short Park, Downtown Vancouver

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BATTLE GROUND, Wash. -- The Battle Ground School Board on Aug. 28 will be asked to approve David Kennedy as the new principal at Glenwood Heights Primary School, replacing Eric Hoglund, who has accepted a principal’s job in the Mead district near Spokane, Wash.

Kennedy, 37, has been an assistant principal in the district for three years. He was assistant principal for both Daybreak middle and primary schools when they opened in 2007-08 and has been at Daybreak Primary the past two years.

Prior to coming to Battle Ground Public Schools, Kennedy -- a trumpet player -- taught music for several years in Vancouver at all grade levels and taught one year in Seattle. The new position will be a sort of homecoming for Kennedy, who was a long-term substitute teacher at Glenwood Heights the last half of the 1996-97 school year before landing a job in Vancouver.

“I’ll be coming full circle,” Kennedy said. “Glenwood Heights is a warm place. There’s a great feeling about it.

BATTLE GROUND, Wash. -- Battle Ground police arrested four people, three of them juveniles, after someone allegedly lured a man to an abandoned house before the four allegedly assaulted him.

On Aug. 20, Battle Ground Police responded to a possible robbery in the area of Northeast 7th Street and Northeast Clark Avenue. Police arrived and found a 21-year-old man bleeding from the head. The man said he had been assaulted by four people in an abandoned house after he was being lured to the location by another person.

Police checked the area and found four people, three of them juveniles, fleeing the area. The four were detained and later arrested. Two juveniles (both 17 years old) were booked into the Clark County Juvenile Detention facility. The adult subject, Camas resident Bradley W. List, 19, was booked into the Clark County Jail.

All four face charges of second-degree assault.