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Stories by Doug Flanagan

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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.

December 16, 2021
Washougal High School senior Savea Mansfield will continue her basketball career at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City, South Dakota. (Contributed photo courtesy Savea Mansfield)

Panthers’ Mansfield does whatever it takes to win

If the Washougal High School girls basketball team needs Savea Mansfield to score, she’ll score. If it needs her to rebound, she’ll rebound. If it needs her to pass, she’ll pass. If it needs her to shut down the opponent’s best player, she’ll shut down the opponent’s best player.

December 16, 2021
A sign and an animatronic
apatosaurus welcome guests to the "Jurassic Retreat" home in rural Washougal.

Pasco man turns Washougal house into ‘Jurassic Retreat’

Todd Perkins became interested in dinosaurs after visiting a natural history museum with his family when he was 5 years old. Soon after, the movie “Jurassic Park” was released into theaters and became a worldwide phenomenon that turned Perkins’ interest into a borderline obsession.