Photos for November 29, 2012

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The Vancouver Bulldogs Pop Warner football team practices at Union High School by spotlight on Wednesday. They will play their first game in Florida on Saturday.

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Eastern Washington University photo Eastern Washington offensive lineman Steven Forgette, a graduate of Heritage High School, enjoys giving back to his school and community. He's also a solid student, majoring in exercise science.

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One person was injured Thursday when two SUVs collided in the intersection of Northeast 137th Avenue and Padden Parkway in Vancouver.

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Kaitlyn Metscher, 16, operates a Christmas tree lot to help her save money for college. After serving a her with a code enforcement notice earlier this week, Clark County says it will fix its code to keep Metscher's business open.

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Photo by Steven Lane of The Columbian Rush-hour traffic in Vancouver makes its way on Interstate 5 near the I-5 Bridge on Thursday evening, with many drivers among the thousands who commute between Vancouver and Portland every day. Motorists should expect wet conditions today and beyond, with rain expected to fall for the next several days, according to the National Weather Service in Portland.

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STEM opportunities in smaller schools: Alecks Mallory, left, and Sharon Curran, students at Columbia Adventist Academy in Battle Ground, with Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center's Quy Le. Students traveled to Seattle to participate in a DNA spooling activity with strawberries. Their science instructor, Larry Hiday, smiles behind his students.

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Antoinette Ranola, left, and Julie Barton-Smith are engineers in training at BPA. Both started as interns at the agency; now they mentor college interns.

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Henrietta Lacks Health and Bioscience High School, nicknamed HeLa High, shown under construction in July. Evergreen Public Schools is building the school near PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center, a school partner. The school is scheduled to open in fall 2013.

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An artist's rendering shows the Henrietta Lacks Health and Bioscience High School, a $23.7 million Evergreen Public Schools project for students with an interest in health care careers. The school is under construction near PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver and will open in fall 2013.

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Aric Krause, 19, a new Boeing employee, completes a sub-assembly for a 767 jet at the Gresham, Ore. plant. After completing three summer internships with Boeing, he was offered a full-time job.

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This July 20 photo shows construction progress at Evergreen Public Schools' Henrietta Lacks Health and Bioscience High School, scheduled to open in fall 2013 near PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center, a partner in the school. HeLa High will be geared for students interested in careers in health care.

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BPA engineers in training Antoinette Ranola, left, and Julie Barton-Smith started with the agency by working as college interns. Sometimes their work involves making assessments at substations, such as the BPA Ross substation shown behind them.

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Aric Krause, 19, a new Boeing employee, worked three summers as an intern for the company. He has his sport pilots license and plans to earn an aeronautical engineering degree. He hopes to make Boeing his career.

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United Grain Corp. operates at the Port of Vancouver's Terminal 2. On average, about 3.2 million metric tons of grain moves through the port annually.

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United Grain Corp. operates at the Port of Vancouver's Terminal 2. On average, about 3.2 million metric tons of grain moves through the port annually.

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United Grain Corp. operates at the Port of Vancouver's Terminal 2. On average, about 3.2 million metric tons of grain moves through the port annually. United Grain Corp. is one of six grain export terminal operators in a contract dispute with union dockworkers.

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Caitlyn Lippolis, 12, died Wednesday after fighting an aggressive form of bone cancer for nearly nine months. Surgeons amputated her leg in an attempt to stop the cancer from spreading. But the cancer returned and spread to Caitlyn's lungs.

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Caitlyn Lippolis celebrates her 12th birthday with family in March. She was diagnosed with an aggressive form of bone cancer two days later.

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The Make-A-Wish foundation sent Caitlyn Lippolis and her family on a four-day trip to Seattle. Caitlyn's dad, Robert Lippolis, took this photo of Caitlyn on Nov. 20 while they were in Seattle.

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This image of Columbian photographer Steve Lane's dog Cooper, an Australian cattle dog mix, is an example of a photo that could make it on a homemade calendar. Send your own 2013 calendar's cover photo to stover.harger@columbian.com by Dec. 17.

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Nativities from around the world are on display at Festival of Nativities.

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The Festival of Nativities also features a performance of the nativity scene at 6 and 8 tonight.

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Northwest Classical Ballet presents "The Nutcracker" tonight and Sunday at Prairie High School.

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Magenta Theater presents "Every Christmas Story Ever Told."

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The community tree lighting in Ridgefield is part of the Hometown Celebration on Saturday in downtown Ridgefield.

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The 12th-annual Festival of Nativities features more than 400 displays at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 10509 S.E. Fifth St. The festival is today and Sunday.

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