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Eily McIlvain

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Sep 22, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 22, 2026 · Eily McIlvain /

    Smitty’s Barber Shop remodel sets stage for fresh cuts, real connections - The Reflector (opens the original)

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    At Smitty’s Barber Shop in Battle Ground, owner Tonja Smith and barbers Mara Smothers and Cassidee Hoffmann are all cleaning up after a day’s work in their new shop, a door down from their previous suite. The last tonsorial instruments disappear into cherry-red toolboxes. The shop is clean and masculine, with live-edge wooden benches, expertly poured concrete counters and a leather couch. Still to come is a TV where movies will play, according to Smith. The shop’s atmosphere is the product of th

  2. Article · Sep 22, 2026 · Eily McIlvain /

    Pink Cloud Creamery continues to sweeten Main Street as fall arrives - The Reflector (opens the original)

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    The first summer of Pink Cloud Creamery, Battle Ground's only brick-and-mortar ice cream spot, has been “better than I feel like I thought it would be," said the creamery's manager and mastermind, Louise Cichosz. "People have loved it," she said. "And I think it was about time for ice cream in Battle Ground." Pink Cloud Creamery opened on June 5 and shares space with the established Main Street boutique Pacificly You — which is owned by Cichosz's sister, Heidi Cichosz. Louise Cichosz has helped

  3. Article · Sep 22, 2026 · Eily McIlvain /

    Groundbreaking ceremony held for BGHS construction trades building thanks to community support for capital levy - The Reflector (opens the original)

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    Construction students in the trades program at Battle Ground High School (BGHS) currently learn and build in a fenced portion of the school parking lot, and their projects are kept in storage containers. By next year, that will no longer be the case. At 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 17, staff and community members gathered at Battle Ground High School for a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the new 8,000-square-foot construction trades building. The building will feature updated classrooms, sh

  4. Article · Sep 16, 2026 · Eily McIlvain /

    Kelso Highlander Festival and Scottish Games celebrates 44th year - The Reflector (opens the original)

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    On a brisk, foggy Saturday morning in Kelso Sept. 12, with the sound of bagpipes echoing over the green hills and trees of Tam O'Shanter Park, the place could almost be confused for its Scottish namesake. The Kelso Highlander Festival and Scottish Games have been celebrated at the park for 44 years. This year's Saturday opening brought vendors and clan tents along with traditional dancers and musicians such as the Wicked Tinkers, the Fort Vancouver Pipe Band and more. A sizable crowd of local Sc

  5. Article · Sep 8, 2026 · Eily McIlvain /

    Invasive knotweed persists at Gee Creek; local volunteers urge Ridgefield to treat the weed more aggressively - The Reflector (opens the original)

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    r a multi-decade struggle by volunteers and city officials, knotweed has reared its head at Gee Creek once again in 2026. "In 2009, Gee Creek was choked with Japanese knotweed from Pioneer Street to North Main Avenue. Most of the removal was a volunteer effort," Paul Snoey, an 80-year-old veteran volunteer at Ridgefield's Abrams Park, wrote in an email to The Reflector. Japanese knotweed can be recognized by its hollow, purple-tinged stems and late summer sprays of white-green flowers. Because i

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