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January 13, 2022
Washougal resident Jeannine Mills sits near some of the items she has collected for foster children in need. Community members can donate needed supplies for foster children through donation bins located throughout the city of Washougal. (Contributed photo courtesy of Jeannine Mills)

Foster parent revives supply drive for foster children

As a child, Jeannine Mills was a part of the foster care system. As an adult, she’s not only a foster parent, but a regional representative for the Washington State Department of Children Youth and Families and a former court-appointed special advocate for foster children in Clark County.

January 13, 2022
Paul Greenlee stands in the Washougal Town Square courtyard on Jan. 10, 2022. The former Washougal City Council member is the new president of the Washougal Business Association. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

‘New chapter, maybe even a sequel’

When four of the eight Washougal Business Association (WBA) officers, including president Kathryn Dudley, resigned in the fall of 2021, three of the remaining board members — Bolt Minister, David Stuebe and Chuck Carpenter — named Paul Greenlee as the nonprofit’s next leader.

January 6, 2022
Washougal residents Kayla Gentry (center) and Graham Gentry (right) film an episode of HGTV's "House Hunters" in November 2021. (Contributed photo courtesy of Graham Gentry)

‘House Hunters’ hits home

Graham and Kayla Gentry hope their second appearance on the HGTV series “House Hunters” shows more than just their quest to purchase a new home in Washougal.

January 6, 2022
Camas Church of the Nazarene Pastor James Austin stands in the main room of The Outpost. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Washougal-based ministry reaches out

Pastor James Austin describes The Outpost, the Camas Church of the Nazarene’s Washougal-based ministry outreach program, by referring to the famous proverb: “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.”

January 6, 2022
Camas Brewing Co. owner Eric Duensing wants his new brewery to produce "easier, less complicated, but fulfilling beers that go with our food." The brewery is located inside Camas Slices, at 339 N.E. Cedar St., in downtown Camas. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Camas Brewing Co. opens in downtown Camas

Eric Duensing’s desire to launch a brewery in Camas sprouted from his desire to launch a brewery in Seabrook, a small-but-growing tourist town on the Washington coast.

January 6, 2022
Washougal High school senior Marcus Bennett controls a soundboard during a  rehearsal for the school's production of "Annie Get Your Gun" in 2018. (Post-Record file photo)

‘That’s Emma!’ gets movie treatment

For the past seven years, Marcus Bennett has diligently worked to develop his skills as a video producer and editor, sound engineer, and camera operator. But earlier this year, he took advantage of an opportunity to use all of his talents at once to create something entirely new, both for him and the Washougal High School drama department.

December 30, 2021
Washougal students show shoes they created for the "Roots and Wings" art project, which asked students to depict where they came from and where they hope to be, in December 2021. (Contriuted photo courtesy of the Washougal School District)

Finding their ‘roots and wings’

When their teacher asked them to design images that symbolized where they came from – and where they hoped to go – to paint on shoes, many of the Jemtegaard Middle School students in art teacher Dani Allen’s class struggled with the assignment.