danielle.frost@camaspostrecord.com
September 21, 2017
The loud, crowded choir room was abuzz with activity as students chatted amongst themselves and prepared for class. Teacher Ethan Chessin instructed them to gather in a circle and the classmates proceeded to share interesting tidbits of information about themselves.
Secretary of State Kim Wyman made a stop at an iconic Camas landmark Tuesday: Its public library.
After embers from a wildfire consuming 35,000 acres on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge jumped the Columbia River early last week, sparking a spot fire in nearby Skamania County — the Archer Mountain Fire, located roughly 15 miles northeast of downtown Washougal — the Skamania County Sheriff’s Office found its resources and personnel stretched to the limit.
Some students in Washougal were welcomed back to brand new buildings when the school year began last week.
The first thing one notices upon entering the gym at Prune Hill Elementary School is the larger than life, jungle-themed mural.
The Washougal School District has reached a tentative agreement with its teachers’ association.
The year was 1957. U.S. Surgeon General Leroy Burney linked smoking with lung cancer. Russia launched Sputnik I, and Leif Svendsen, Camas High School’s first exchange student, spent the year as a Papermaker. Flash-forward six decades and Svendsen is heading back to Camas to attend his 60th class reunion. This Saturday, Svendsen will serve as co-master of ceremonies for the reunion, along with his former classmate, Linda Freeman-Westfall.
Twenty years ago, the Camas School District had 700 computers and 2,000 students. Today, the district has approximately 8,000 devices, 3,000 guest logins and more than 7,000 students.
“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.”
