kelly.moyer@camaspostrecord.com
April 11, 2019
Day center opens for homeless families
The interfaith Family Promise of Clark County organization has opened its Camas-based day center for families experiencing homelessness.
The interfaith Family Promise of Clark County organization has opened its Camas-based day center for families experiencing homelessness.
Whether your youngster wants to build robots, perfect their tennis serve or learn how to cook a culinary masterpiece, local and regional summer camps have you covered.
Considering the cozy furniture, wall of colorful dried teas and sunbathed interior at naturopathic doctor Avery Colby’s new downtown Camas wellness center, it’s no surprise that a member of the Camas business community recently asked Colby — jokingly — if they could come work out of the apothecary.
Camas officials seem ready to go it alone, if necessary, to get the ball rolling on a future community center and pool.
When the Georgia-Pacific paper and pulp mill drastically reduced its workforce in May 2018, leaders at the 73-year-old Camas-Washougal Community Chest worried they wouldn’t be able to give as many grants in 2019. Richard Reiter, campaign chair for the Community Chest, told The Post-Record in October 2018 the Georgia-Pacific employees had long been among the most generous contributors, giving monthly to the nonprofit, grant-funding organizations through long-established payroll deductions.
If you’d asked a 30-year-old Mike Carnes what he’d be doing at age 59, he may have theorized “managing the Pendleton Woolen Mills” or “playing with my grandchildren” or maybe “taking camping trips with my wife.”
With its picturesque downtown streets, beautiful Lacamas and Round lakes and proximity to the Columbia River National Gorge Scenic Area, Camas is often a ‘must visit’ for photographers and artists looking to capture the feeling of small town Pacific Northwest.
Washougal’s city attorney has shot holes in a request for the city council to form a “Second Amendment sanctuary city” and refuse to enforce the gun-safety measures passed by Washington state and Clark County voters in November 2018 through Initiative 1639 (I-1639).
It’s a cold winter day and the hills north of Camas are still dusted with snow, but inside the Ireland Greens Adult Family Home in Camas Carol Passow sits in the warm dining room, looking out over the home’s sprawling 5-acre property.
After showing off luxury homes at The Parklands at Camas Meadows in September 2018, the NW Natural Parade of Homes is coming back to Camas for a second consecutive year.
