Camas-Washougal Post-Record

May 28, 2013

Fisher Investments will expand

Construction will get underway in July on a new building located on the 150-acre Fisher Investments campus in Camas. According to the Fortune 500 company's founder, chairman and CEO, Ken Fisher, the five-story structure will be identical to the one that currently sits on the property and is the workplace for 450 employees. Construction is expected to take approximately one year to complete. The contractor will be Portland-based Howard S. Wright Construction, the same company that built Fisher Investment's first Camas building. The new building will have the potential to house 700 employees, but Fisher said only time will tell how quickly it might fill up. "We obviously envision we can use the building, or we wouldn't be building it," he said.

May 28, 2013

Camas selects new finance director

Camas announced on Thursday that Cathy Huber Nickerson will be the city's next finance director. She will start on July 8. She succeeds Joan Durgin, who after 24 years will retire on Friday. For the past five years, Huber Nickerson has been the finance and information services director for the City of Battle Ground, which has a biennial budget of $54.8 million. She previously was an employee of the Clark County Treasurer's Office, where over the course of 20 years she worked as a senior accountant and finance manager.

May 28, 2013

Mary LaFrance, conference organizer, hopes to raise awareness

Eight years ago Mary LaFrance's life changed forever when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She and other survivors will share their knowledge and experiences during a conference on Saturday. The breast cancer awareness event will be held from 9 to 11 a.m., at Bethel Community Church, 1438 "B" St., in Washougal. "It seems to be the perfect time," said LaFrance, the organizer. "It's time to do something to educate our local women here."

May 21, 2013

Remembering on Memorial Day

Originally, Memorial Day was created to recognize the Union and Confederate soldiers who died in the American Civil War. Today, however, it serves as a day to remember all Americans who have died while serving in the military, in past and present conflicts. In Camas and Washougal, a number of services and ceremonies at local cemeteries are scheduled to commemorate Memorial Day. Those events are profiled in an article in today's Post-Record.

May 21, 2013

Candidates step forward during filing week

The conclusion of filing week revealed a few surprises, as citizens filed to be candidates for seats in local government. In Washougal, Mayor Sean Guard will have an opponent in Earl Scott -- a longtime Washougal Fire Department captain.

May 21, 2013

Lifelong Washougal resident Norm Paulson has been named the 2013 Citizen of the Year by the Camas-Washougal Chamber of Commerce. Paulson, who is a partner at a Camas accounting firm, has contributed his time to a number of local organizations over the years including Rotary, the Washougal Schools Foundation, American Field Service and school music programs. "We are so fortunate that he is willing to step up and help so many organizations within our community," said Jennifer McDaniel, who served with Paulson on the Washougal School District Advisory Committee.

Norm Paulson is named 2013 Citizen of the Year

When Norm Paulson was a teenager growing up in Washougal, he remembers getting pulled over by a police officer who gave him two options: The officer could write him a ticket or Paulson could tell his father what had happened. At the time, Washougal had a population of just a few thousand people. Everybody, literally, knew everybody. "He knew telling my father would be the harder thing for me to do," Paulson said. "And he knew my dad, so he could check to make sure I had told."

May 21, 2013

Jerry and Berta Knott have owned the Big Foot Inn for 27 years. The popular local tavern and restaurant has been named Business of the Year by the Chamber of Commerce.

The Big Foot Inn: ‘Where everybody knows your name’

In Washougal, the Big Foot Inn is the place "where everybody knows your name." And that's just the way the tavern's longtime owners, Jerry and Berta Knott, like it. The couple, who recently celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary, have owned the Big Foot Inn for 27 years. They attribute at least a portion of the restaurant's success to maintaining its "hometown hangout" qualities.

May 18, 2013

Filing week comes to a close

Monday marked the opening of filing week, where citizens can submit the paperwork and pay the fees to run for public office.

May 14, 2013

Outstanding contributions

The Camas-Washougal area is home to many fundraisers that aim to generate money and awareness for any number of worthy causes.

May 14, 2013

Camas City Council approves subdivision

The Camas City Council has approved the second phase of a subdivision that will eventually be the site of more than 120 homes. The green light was given to the final plat of Summit at Columbia Vista Phase 2, which is located north of Northwest 16th Avenue and Northwest Klickitat Street, on the western side of Prune Hill. The 9.94 acre plat will include 34 single-family lots. The first of four phases of Summit at Columbia Vista, which included 50 lots, was approved by the City Council in 2007.