heather.acheson@camaspostrecord.com
September 11, 2011
Remembering 9-11
The duty, honor and sacrifice of emergency personnel killed during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington D.C. were honored Sunday morning in Camas.
The duty, honor and sacrifice of emergency personnel killed during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington D.C. were honored Sunday morning in Camas.
It's only Sept. 6 and the General Election season, for all of its good and bad points, is underway.
After months of work aimed at deconstruction and removal of the derelict ship the SS Davy Crockett, the last major piece of metal was hoisted out of the water on Thursday. It was a major milestone for the project that involved what was described as a "massive and carefully engineered" effort.
Thursday marked a "significant day" in the deconstruction of the SS Davy Crockett, as the final 60-foot long, 55,000 pound, rusty metal section of the derelict barge was slowly lifted from the waters of the Columbia River.
Tossing aside the notion that retirement is a time to slow down and take it easy, a Washougal couple is preparing to set out on what they anticipate will be the adventure of a lifetime. In a matter of days, Pat and Ernie Suggs will leave their comfortable home and close-knit family, which includes six daughters and seven grandchildren, to spend the next year as English teachers in China. At the moment, they know very little about what lies ahead. They have yet to be told the specific number of pupils who will be taking their classes, the English knowledge base of those students, or what teaching tools will be available.
In our world today, much of the attention in the business world is often focused on the "new."
A Vancouver man has been charged with felony hit and run relating to a bizarre incident that occurred on Highway 14 in Washougal over the weekend that left one man dead.
Camas Mayor Scott Higgins recently asked City Administrator Lloyd Halverson at what point he targeted Fallen Leaf Lake Park as a place he wanted to see owned by and open to the public. His answer? "From day one."
Incuments fared well in today's Primary Election, as all four competing in local races will be moving on to the Nov. 8 General Election.
The Post-Record's parent company, The Columbian, experienced an electrical fire early Tuesday morning.
