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Stories by Kelly Moyer

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March 29, 2018
Volunteers from the Washington State School for the Blind and the local Boy Scout Troop 562 help fill plastic eggs with candy on March 26 at the Camas Community Center. Pictured here, from left to right are: Garrett Hawk, 14; Miles O'Bryant, 15; Cody West, 15; Blake Wegener, 17; Adam Anderson, 16; and Ken Koceja, 14.

An egg-cellent effort

How fast can 35 Boy Scouts, two Cub Scouts and 20 students from the Washington State School for the Blind fill 10,000 plastic eggs with tiny pieces of wrapped candy?

March 29, 2018
Local artist Skip Enge painted this Lacamas Lake scene in 2016 and compared it to a similar scene he painted in 1974 (pictured below) to show the area's growth over 40 years. Notice the homes in the background in this 2016 painting, which were not in Enge's 1974 painting. (Courtesy of Skip Enge)

A Colorful Life

Asked recently if he would like to meet in his studio, local artist Skip Enge had a good chuckle.

March 27, 2018
A fire caused extensive damage to an attached garage at a home in the 4500 block of Northwest Dahlia Drive in Camas this morning, displacing two families, but caused no injuries or fire damage to the attached home. (Photo courtesy of Camas-Washougal Fire Department)

House fire displaces Camas families

The local American Red Cross is helping two families, including four adults, affected by a house fire in Camas that caused extensive smoke and fire damage to an attached garage…

March 22, 2018
Local firefighters hang their heads in respect as the widow of a Camas man who recently died after a fire at their Camas home, speaks to the Camas City Council on Monday, March 19, about providing funds to have at least three firefighters on each engine for all types of calls.

Camas council feels heat

Dozens of Camas-Washougal firefighters, many sporting their union’s red and black International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) t-shirt, packed into a Camas City Council meeting Monday night to appeal directly to city leaders for help with a fire department they say is understaffed, underfunded and putting first responders — and Camas-Washougal residents — in danger.

March 22, 2018

Camas, police sign new contract

At their regular council meeting Monday night, Camas city councilors unanimously approved a new, four-year bargaining agreement between the city and its police officers’ union.

March 15, 2018
Matthew Erlich speaks to a packed room at the Camas Public Library about his mother, Felicia, a Holocaust survivor, on Monday, March 12.

Remembering Felicia

More than 100 people packed into the Camas Library Monday night to hear Matthew Erlich, a speaker for the Seattle-based Holocaust Center for Humanity, tell his mother’s incredible tale of perseverance and survival in the face of Nazi death camps.

March 15, 2018
Farmers Stephanie Faull (left) and Michelle Week (right) help free a tangled Picasso the donkey at their 50fifty Farm in Camas on Friday, March 9.

Good growth

Picasso the donkey is in a rather tricky position. Having tangled his tie-out around a pole, the young animal is looking for a little help from his new human friends.

March 15, 2018
Camas-Washougal firefighters rescued a man and his two dogs from this home on Feb. 14, after a small kitchen fire spread, causing smoke to fill the residence. The firefighters union later filed a complaint with the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, alleging that low staffing numbers at the fire department lead to unsafe working conditions and make it hard for firefighters to put out fires and save people trapped inside burning buildings. (Photo courtesy of Camas-Washougal Fire Department)

Camas responds to firefighters’ safety complaint

After a local firefighters’ union filed an “unsafe work environment” complaint with the state, claiming the Camas-Washougal Fire Department’s low staffing levels place firefighters at risk of not being able to save lives and fight fires, the city of Camas issued a statement explaining the fire department’s staffing levels, policies and protocol.