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Stories by Kelly Moyer

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March 7, 2019
Coventry Gardens of London owner Rachel Bakker shows off one of her favorite flower combinations, orange roses with lavender stock, at her Camas-based floral studio, located at 602 N.E. Third Ave.

High time for tea and flowers

Coventry Gardens of London, a longtime Vancouver-area flower shop with a British twist, recently moved to Camas and owner Rachel Bakker says she couldn’t be happier.

March 7, 2019

Camas High sees police visits spike

In a three-week span between Jan. 12 and Feb. 1, Camas police officers responded to five different incidents involving Camas High School students.

March 7, 2019
Camas city staff and consultants discuss ideas for roundabouts and traffic signals at a February open house to discuss planned improvements to the Lake Road-Everett Street intersection in Northeast Camas. The open house drew 125 interested community members. The city is planning a second open house in early April. (Contributed photo courtesy of city of Camas)

Camas’ plans for intersection draw big crowd

After 125 people turned out for a Feb. 26 open house on planned improvements at the intersection of Northeast Lake Road and Northeast Everett Street, the city of Camas has planned a second community meeting to help give the public more information about the intersection project.

February 28, 2019
Above is "Flying into Portland" by watercolor artist Lee Baughman, a member of the Southwest Washington Watercolor Society (SWWS). This painting, contributed by the SWWS, will be shown during the society's April show at the Angst Gallery in Vancouver.

Watercolor by Numbers

Camas artist Barbara Hope remembers the days before she learned to master her artistic medium.

February 28, 2019
Amanda Brinkman (center) host of the show "Small Business Revolution -- Main Street" meets with MyCamas supporters, Brianna Gonser (left) and Maria Gonser (right) during the reality show crew's visit to Camas in early January. (Photos courtesy of Downtown Camas Association)

Camas’ reality show dreams dashed

Camas will not be featured in the fourth season of the “Small Business Revolution — Main Street” reality show, which airs on Hulu.

February 28, 2019
Unite! Washougal members meet at St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Washougal to strategize solutions to youth tobacco and vaping use. Picture clockwise from left are Washougal High students ShaylaRae Tyner, Amara Farah and Lauren Bennett, Unite! Washougal member and parent Ann Stevens and Washougal High senior Chloe Connors.

Legislature eyes raising tobacco age from 18 to 21

A bill seeking to prevent tobacco and vaping use among youth has passed the Washington State House of Representatives and is on its way to the Washington Senate’s Ways and Means Committee for further consideration.

February 21, 2019
Students practice Iyengar yoga with props at Rushing Water Yoga in downtown Camas. (Contributed photo courtesy of Paul Cheek)

Behind Rushing Water Yoga’s closed doors

Several years after being hit by a city of Camas truck and suffering a traumatic brain injury, a downtown Camas business owner says he is closing his 16-year-old yoga studio to concentrate on his health.

February 21, 2019
Local AARP Foundation Tax-Aide coordinator Sherry Davis (right) inspects documents provided by taxpayer Nadia Samiee (left) of Vancouver at the Camas Public Library on Feb. 14, while Tax-Aide counselor Vicki Millard (second from right), of Washougal, watches and Tax-Aide counselor Mike Leonardich (third from right), of Vancouver, works on another tax return.

Tax season got you down? Let Tax-Aide help

If the thought of doing your taxes this year makes you feel like running in the other direction, a service offered at the Camas Public Library on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons might be able to help.