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Stories by Doug Flanagan

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February 11, 2021
The first phase of the Waterfront at Parker's Landing development will include the construction of several streets and four buildings that will house apartments, retail businesses and restaurants. (Contributed graphic courtesy of Port of Camas-Washougal)

Developer hopes Washougal waterfront becomes community hub

Roy Kim wants the Waterfront at Parker’s Landing mixed-use urban center to provide visitors with “a sense of place” when it opens in 2024, and believes that the first phase of construction will allow the development to deliver on that promise.

January 28, 2021
Washougal resident Greg Lewis works to construct a nightstand. Lewis, a teacher at Jemtegaard and Canyon Creek middle schools, has started a part-time woodworking business. (Contributed photos courtesy of Greg Lewis)

Washougal man carving out new career

Greg Lewis’ woodworking journey began more than 20 years ago in Grants Pass, Oregon, where he and his wife Marchand bought their first home, which could colloquially be described as a “fixer-upper.”

January 28, 2021
Camas Soo Bahk Do student and instructor Andrew Okerlund breaks a board during a "kyok pa" session. Okerlund was one of 11 students from the Camas studio to earn medals at the 2020 Soo Bahk Do Moo Duk Kwan Federation National Festival. (Contributed photo courtesy of Ellen Burton)

Camas students excel at national martial arts event

Darcy Mueller joined Camas Soo Bahk Do last March, right before the COVID-19 pandemic forced the martial arts studio to close for in-person instruction, but decided to remain in her classes, which had transitioned to a remote setting.

January 28, 2021
Cape Horn-Skye Elementary School first-grade teacher Nichol Yung leads an in-person class on Jan. 19, 2021. The Washougal School District welcomed students in first through fifth grades back to the district's four elementary schools for limited in-person classes, beginning Jan. 19. (Contributed photo courtesy of Rene Carroll)

Washougal begins hybrid model; elementary students head back to class

As Washougal School District Superintendent Mary Templeton walked from the parking lot to the front entrance of Gause Elementary School shortly before 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 19, a small group of children lined up in front of a physical education teacher near the playground at the back of the building.

January 21, 2021
Local residents play a game of pickleball at Washougal's Hathaway Park in October 2019. (Post-Record file photo)

Sport’s popularity puts players in a pickle

Mike Wolfe has seen more and more new faces during his regular trips to the pickleball courts at Hathaway Park in Washougal as one of the fastest-growing sports in the United States continues to gain popularity in East Clark County.

January 21, 2021
Washougal High library media specialist Hillary Marshall (top row, center) and Washougal library manager Rachael Ries (top row, right) lead a discussion about the novel "All American Boy" in November 2020, as part of the Washougal READS program. (Contributed photos courtesy of Hillary Marshall)

Washougal READS to tackle issues of racism, police brutality

Hillary Marshall was first introduced to the concept of a community-wide book group during her time in Brazil in the mid-to-late 2000s, when the school she worked at invited people from all around the area to participate in a two-day book conversation event.