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Mayor notes town’s new developmentsSTEVE KADELstaff reporter

Ridgefield Mayor Ron Onslow presented a good economic report card for the City of Ridgefield during his recent State of the City address.

More than 100 people were at Overlook Park to hear his address, titled “The next 100 years – con-tinuing the way life should be.”

Onslow mentioned recent developments such as 9MM

Ammo, Allied Fit-tings, AIG, residen-tial development, Park and Ride, ICD, Gouger Winery and the Ridgefield School District additions. He also pointed to Port of Ridgefield projects such as Millers Land-

ing, the waterfront development and railroad overpass.

Photos of the businesses and projects were displayed

Onslow pointed to efforts by many citizens to make Over-look Park a focal point of the

Ridgefield economy on upward trend

Ron onSLow

Young children escape unharmed

Quick thinking by a 15-year-old babysitter prevented a Battle Ground house fire from turning tragic last week.

Josie Miller was looking af-ter an 8-month-old boy, 1-year-old girl, 3-year-old boy, 4-year-old girl and 6-year-old boy when the fire occurred at 5:47 p.m. on July 3, said Tim Dawdy, battalion chief fire marshal for Clark County Fire & Rescue.

A bedroom was fully in-volved in fire when firefighters arrived, he said, and they were able to quickly put out the blaze.

Miller acted fast to get the children out of the house, Dawdy said. She didn’t have a cell phone, but knocked on the doors of neighboring residenc-es until someone answered and

called 911.“The first thing she did was

get infants and small children out of the house,” Dawdy said. “It was very commendable.”

Homeowners Jesse and Shanelle Redinger were not at the home when the fire broke out at 1209 NW Second Ave. Fire officials said the bedroom where the blaze apparently started was seriously damaged with smoke damage to the rest of the house.

The structure, built in 1998, has three bedrooms and 1,482 square feet of space. Its as-sessed value is about $211,000.

Cause of the fire and a dam-age estimate was not available from the Clark County Fire Marshal’s office as of The Reflector’s press time. Jesse Redinger could not be reached for additional information.

Fire damages Battle Ground home

A wInDow at 1209 NW Second Ave. in Battle Ground is boarded up following last week’s fire that broke out in the home’s bedroom.

Photo by Steve Kadel

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In pHoTo AboVE, a line of Mustang automobiles adorned with American flags rolls down the street during the July Fourth parade.AT LEfT, one of the vintage cars in the parade received applause from the crowd. Other events that spiced up the day at Ridgefield included a pie-eating contest, chicken and salmon barbecue, and a coaster derby race. The Opus School of Music, Tony Starlight, El Diablitos and High-Fidelity Entertainment provided music throughout the afternoon and early evening. Food, drink and crafts vendors also proved to be popular with the crowd.

Ridgefield celebrates FourthRidgefield was the place to be on July Fourth with its traditional big celebration highlighted by a fun and festive parade.

AT RIgHT, nATALIE STEnERSEn, left, Makenna Traffie, center, and Paige Olin show their red, white and blue spirit. bELow fRom LEfT, David “Bruce” Crockett waves and brings back the coonskin hat days as he rides in the parade marshal’s car. In CEnTER pHoTo, Dave Taylor tosses candy to children along the parade route.AT RIgHT, a veterans group proudly displays the colors as it marches before appreciative spectators. A kids pre-parade preceded the main parade, which had the theme of “Storybooks on Parade.” The day’s festivities culminated at 10:15 p.m. with a fireworks display.

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Photo by Mike Schultz