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Stories by Kelly Moyer

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September 12, 2019
Amy Campbell, a special needs educator at Helen Baller Elementary School, teaches children on the first day of the 2019-20 school year. Campbell has been named Washington's 2020 Teacher of the Year and will be considered for the national title. (Contributed photo courtesy of Camas School District)

Camas teacher takes top state honor

Cheers erupted at the Camas School District (CSD) Board of Directors meeting Monday night after school board members learned Camas educator Amy Campbell had been named Washington state’s “2020 Teacher of the Year” earlier that day.

September 5, 2019
Sheridon Stokes (left) and Annie Harkey-Power (second from left) will perform at Peter Christ's (right) Camas-area home on Sept. 14. (Contributed photos courtesy of Peter Christ)

Chamber Music on the Mountain returns to Camas

He’s been bringing celebrated classical musicians to Camas for nearly two decades, but this year’s 17th annual Chamber Music on the Mountain concert series, which comes to Livingston Mountain for live performances on Sept. 14 and Sept. 21, will be bittersweet for Peter Christ.

September 5, 2019
Artist Sarah Bang paints in downtown Camas, near Arktana shoe store, during the 2018   Plein Air event. (Post-Record file photo)

Painters to take easels into the great outdoors

Local artists will be working “en plein air” (painting outdoors) throughout downtown Camas on Friday as part of the Downtown Camas Association’s annual “Plein Air and Art” event.

August 29, 2019
Members of the Camas school board discuss the district's 2019-20 budget at the board's regular meeting on Monday. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Camas School District OKs 2019-20 budget

The Camas School District Board of Directors have unanimously approved a 2019-20 budget that includes $4.5 million in expense reductions and a $4.15 million deficit to be covered by reserve funds.

August 29, 2019

CSD may lease out UL campus

With the $11.5 million purchase of the former Underwriters Laboratories (UL) campus in Camas, the Camas School District could find itself diving into uncharted territory and taking on a new role: that of a short-term landlord.

August 29, 2019
Cay Knapp Smith (left) and her niece-in-law, Rosemary Knapp, look through family photo albums inside a sitting room at Cascade Inn, the Vancouver senior living facility where Knapp Smith lives. Knapp Smith, who turned 100 on Aug. 27, has family roots in the Camas area that date back to the days before Washington was considered a state. (Photos by Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Camas woman brings history to life

A few days before celebrating a milestone most folks will never know, Cay Knapp Smith reflects on something a doctor told her when she was in her 30s.