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June 16, 2022
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 A group of graduates poses for a selfie at the conclusion of their commencement ceremony at Fishback Stadium on Saturday, June 11. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

‘We are the class that never lost hope’

While driving into work one morning several weeks ago, Washougal High School principal Sheree Gomez-Clark began to think about the speech she’d be delivering at the school’s upcoming graduation ceremony. She wondered how she could possibly sum up the character and grit of the class of 2022 and its accomplishments in a few sentences, and how she could say something to inspire a group of people that had inspired her for the past four years.

June 2, 2022
Cape Horn-Skye Elementary School teacher Darcy Hickey (left) and principal Brian Amundson attend a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the debut of the school's new "little free library" on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. (Contributed photo courtesy of the Washougal School District)

‘Little free library’ an instant hit

Cape Horn-Skye Elementary School teacher Darcy Hickey said she has been thinking about bringing a “little free library” to the rural Washougal school for the better part of a decade.

June 2, 2022
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 Washougal residents Rich Beck and Kathy Dering will drop more than 100 painted rocks, including the ones pictured above, into the the Washougal Children's Rock Garden, the city's first interactive art installation created by children, on Saturday, May 14.

Children’s rock garden grows in Washougal

Washougal residents Kathy Dering and Rich Beck have operated The Paint Roller — a mobile business that offers “paint party” activities at birthday celebrations, special events and local schools and businesses — since 2015.

June 2, 2022
From left to right: Camas girls tennis head coach Jonathan Burton, doubles partners Taryn Kerker and Jace Moriki, singles player Hailey Kerker and assistant coaches Annie Sumpter and Craig Sumpter gather during the 2022 4A girls tennis state championships, held in Kennewick, Wash. Hailey Kerker took took first place in singles and Taryn Kerker and Moriki placed fourth in doubles, leading the Papermakers to a first-place finish in the team standings. (Contributed photo courtesy of Annie Sumpter)

Student-athletes place at state events

If tennis players around Washington state didn’t know who Hailey Kerker was and what she was capable of before the 2022 4A girls tennis state tournament, they certainly do now.