CyanMagentaYellowBlack Page 1 The Columbian, Sunday, June 2, 2019 Columbian, Sunday, The in idgefield Baseball Takes Flight of how Clark County’s Clark County’s how of A pitch by pitch recap recap pitch by A pitch newest team came to be came to team newest Clark County’s time and team e Ridge eld Raptors re ect the area’s growing maturity, presence BASEBALL TAKES FLIGHT IN RIDGEFIELD A Special Section of The Columbian Micah Rice Commentary I Cover photo and page design by Micah Rice hen the Ridgefi eld Raptors open their Winaugural season on Tuesday, it will feel like a TABLE OF CONTENTS coming-of-age party. In one of the nicest ball- parks in the Portland metro Clark County’s time, team 2 area, Clark County sports Ridgefi eld gets a team 4 2 fans will have a team to call Raptors unveiled 6 their own. And yes, it’s about time. Meet the GM 7 Page Our proximity to Port- Calendar schedule 8 land, with all its entertain- ment options, is nice. But The West Coast League 9 this is ours. Meet the Raptors 10 For the summer, Raptors players will live among us. Meet the coaches 11 Though they come from Ridgefi eld of dreams 12 across the U.S., for three months they’ll represent us. WCL should bring fun 14 And it’s fi tting they will Black play in a setting that per- With a population of fectly captures the natural roughly 500,000, Clark beauty and dynamic growth County represents one fi fth that are hallmarks of Clark of the 2.4 million people in Yellow County. the Portland metro area. In this special section, It’s a county that is we’ll take you back through growing not just in popula- all the major developments MICAH RICE/The Columbian tion, but sophistication. in the formation of the “Welcome to Ridgefi eld” adorns the side of View Ridge Middle School next to the Ridgefi eld Outdoor Recreation From the new Vancouver franchise — from the team’s Complex. It’s a site where Clark County’s natural beauty and dynamic growth merge. waterfront to downtown Magenta founding to its fi nal tune- Washougal, you no longer ups — as reported in The Just ask Brody Barnum, “I can’t wait,” he said. “It’s Barnum played last sum- League teams are known to need to trek across the Columbian. We’ll introduce a Washington State Uni- going to be one of the cool- mer with the West Coast fl uctuate, as many players Columbia River for a night Cyan you to the players and versity sophomore whose est things I’ve ever done.” League’s Portland Pickles. have other summer com- on the town. coaches. We also publish parents live 10 minutes from Ridgefi eld will play in the He played in 46 games from mitments. Coaches also feel Now, that’s also true if you this summer’s schedule of Ridgefi eld Outdoor Recre- West Coast League. The 12- June through August, hit- an obligation to get players want to spend a summer games and special events ation Complex. The former team league allows college ting .245 with seven home a certain number of innings evening at the ballpark. so you can plan your perfect Skyview High star will play baseball players to spend runs and 30 RBI. He also or at bats. For Clark County, and evening at the ballpark outfi eld for the Raptors this their summers in a setting pitched in six games. But the competitive na- the Ridgefi eld Raptors, the Semi-pro basketball, foot- season. that mirrors professional mi- “I loved the everyday ture of the game remains. time has come. ball and soccer teams have Barnum said he has nor league baseball, includ- grind,” Barnum said. “It’s going to be about get- tried, and largely failed, heard from several friends ing the use of wood bats. “There’s always something ting kids playing time,” Cota Micah Rice is Sports Editor to draw a fanbase in Clark who are excited to check “It allows them to under- to look forward to. You can’t said. “But at the same time, at The Columbian. Reach him County. But the buzz around out the newest addition to stand how playing the game dwell on what happened the we also want to win for the at 360-735-4548, micah.rice@ the Ridgefi eld Raptors feels the Southwest Washington beyond college is,” Raptors day before.” ownership, the team and the columbian.com or via Twitter @ different. sports scene. coach Chris Cota said. Rosters for West Coast community.” col_mrice. 2 The Columbian, Sunday, June 2, 2019 www.columbian.com Cyan Magenta Yellow Features, amenities, and designs vary and are subject to changes or substitution without notice. Hardscape, landscape, and other items shown may be decorator suggestions that are not included in the purchase price and availability may vary. Models/lifestyle photos do not reflect racial or ethnic preference. Photographs are solely for illustrative purposes and should never be relied upon. 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However, Christopher Sean Harper-Mercer spared a student and gave the “lucky one” something to deliver to authorities, accord- AEVUM IMAGES ing to the mother of a student who witnessed In an era marked by corporate ownership of newspapers, The Columbian has remained family-owned and operated under Thursday’s rampage. DAY! the leadership of the Campbell family for generations. From left: Will, Scott, Ben, Jody and Ross Campbell. Authorities have not disclosed whether they have an envelope or package from Harper- Mercer, who Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin said Saturday killed himself as officers Newspaper marks arrived. But a law enforcement official said a manifesto of several pages had been recovered. Bonnie Schaan, the mother of 16-year-old CHECK US OUT AT: Cheyeanne Fitzgerald, said she was told by her daughter that the gunman gave someone ROSEBURG, Page A2 COLUMBIAN.COM MILESTONEamid industry changes By GORDON OLIVER Twelve-and-a-half decades later, Clark Oregon shooting Publisher aims to Columbian Business Editor County’s population is just over 450,000. The Columbian, Sunday, June 2, 2019 ne hundred and twenty-five Businesses and entire industries have keep publication vital years ago this week, on Oct. 10, come and gone. The news industry, of victims: Teens just 1890, the Vancouver Colum- which The Columbian is a 3 as it enters fourth bian introduced itself to its part, has expanded into the Oreaders for the first time. worlds of radio, television, the starting out, teacher generation of family A story simply headlined Internet, the mobile device. “SALUTATORY” opened These days, more people get By RACHEL LA CORTE in the stilted prose of that their news On the ownership era: “In entering the online Associated Press arena The Columbian than from Web PORTLAND — The nine people killed af- has no vain-glorious ink on Two videos ter a gunman opened fire on an Oregon com- are with this munity college Thursday took different paths proclamation to make,” paper. story at the new weekly wrote mod- The www. to the small campus in Roseburg. Some were estly to the county’s 11,617 Columbian’s columbian.com teens starting college for the first time; others residents. It continued: prosperity were adults seeking a second career. One was “In the independent has always an assistant professor of English at the college. expression of view on all been closely tied to The mass shooting also injured several peo- subjects it will, of course, that of the community ple at Umpqua Community College. The gun- be impossible to please everybody, it serves. New people man killed himself after authorities arrived. and we trust no one will expect us to and new jobs in the community brought Here is a look at the victims: sacrifice the public interests for any in- more readers and advertisers to The n Kim Saltmarsh Dietz, 59, loved the out- dividual or class. We have come not for Columbian. The newspaper shared in the doors, her 18-year-old daughter and her two YEARS that, but to do battle for the rights and community’s hard times.