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December 26, 2019
Washogal High School students Maliyah Veale (left) and Briahna Ruth are serving as the school's representatives to the Washougal School District board of directors during the 2019-20 school year. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Students represent WHS at board meetings

Washougal High School (WHS) students Briahna Ruth and Maliyah Veale are involved in a variety of school activities, including the Associated Student Body (ASB) leadership group and the Panthers’ cheerleading squad. They are also the school’s student representatives to the Washougal School District (WSD) board of directors during the 2019-20 school year.

December 19, 2019
Anna Davis (second from right) instructs (from left to right) Isabella Pritchard, Lucy Hoff, Kayleigh Purdin, Lorelai Fortman and Maelynn O'Bryant at A Place to Create in November. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

‘Place to Create’ woos local crafters

While growing up on her family’s nursery in Portland, Anna Davis was raised with a particular set of values. She learned that money alone wouldn’t make her happy. She learned the importance of pursuing her passions. And she learned that she loved to do things her way.

December 19, 2019
Jim Cooper (center) is sworn in to his Washougal School District No. 1 director position at a Dec. 9 meeting at Gause Elementary School. Later in the meeting, the board members voted for Cory Chase (left) to retain his board president position, and voted Angela Hancock (right) as board vice president.

Washougal school board greets newest member

As a former math and science professor and researcher, Jim Cooper is pretty good with numbers. But he wasn’t prepared for the onslaught of letters that he faced during his first meeting as a member of the Washougal School District (WSD) board of directors, held Dec. 10 at Gause Elementary School.

December 12, 2019

Washougal to continue funding new firefighters

The city of Washougal will continue to fund the salary and benefit costs of two new Camas-Washougal Fire Department (CWFD) positions in 2020, but has not committed to the ongoing funding of the positions in 2021 and beyond.

December 5, 2019
Fireworks accompany the tree-lighting ceremony at the 2018 Camas Hometown Holidays celebration. This year's festival begins at 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6, in downtown Camas. (Post-Record file photo)

Events mark start of winter holiday season

The Camas-Washougal winter holiday season kicks off this week with two of the biggest events — the Washougal Lighted Christmas Parade and Tree Lighting and Camas’ Hometown Holidays celebration — taking place today and tomorrow, Thursday and Friday, Dec. 5-6, respectively.

December 5, 2019

Washougal School District to put levies before voters

Since taking over as Washougal School District’s (WSD) superintendent in July 2018, Mary Templeton has strongly advocated for the addition of a string music program. Templeton is a trained singer, her sister was a member of the Portland Youth Philharmonic and all three of her children are violin players with orchestra experience, so she believes that she’s able to speak to the performing arts’ ability to enrich peoples’ lives.

December 5, 2019
Washougal High School librarian Hillary Marshall assists sophomore Jennifer Trask (left) and freshman Erica Allen with a project. (Contributed photos courtesy of Washougal School District)

WHS librarian leading ‘makerspace’ movement

Hillary Marshall, who has worked as an educator for the past 24 years, mostly as a library scientist, knows better than most about how emerging technologies have vastly changed the role of school libraries and school librarians.

December 5, 2019
Eleven Washougal boy scouts from Troops 497 and 462 have earned Eagle badges. Front row, left to right: Conrad Jones, Spencer Perkins, Henry Jones and Braden Harness. Back row, left to right: Thomas Hines, William Weihl, Dallin Kanzler, Nolan Purkerson and Tommy Liston. Not pictured: Ryan Perkins and Jaden Moore. (Contributed photo courtesy of Heather Purdin Photography)

Washougal scouts earn Eagle rank

A local boy scout was awarded an Eagle rank during a ceremony on Saturday, Nov. 9, at American Legion Hall Cape Horn Post 122 in Washougal. William Weihl passed the…