Camas-Washougal Post-Record

December 28, 2017

Guest instructor Chris Calarco leads the holiday appreciation class at Body Bliss Yoga Studio in Washougal on Dec. 3. (Contributed photo courtesy of Daniel Fish)

New Year, New You

It’s closing time for 2017, and with that come the new year’s resolutions for 2018.

December 28, 2017

Attorney Deanna Rusch will replace Tim Hazen as a member of the Camas City Council, representing Ward 1, on Tuesday, Jan. 2. Hazen resigned in the middle of his second term, which expires on Dec. 31, 2019, in mid-October. The remaining councilors voted 4-2 to appoint Rusch at a city council meeting earlier this month.

Newest councilor keeps eye on growth, housing affordability

The newest member of the Camas City council, divorce attorney Deanna Rusch, appointed earlier this month to serve the remaining two years of the Ward 1 position — left vacant after former Councilor Tim Hazen resigned in mid-October — says she’s looking forward to serving on the council, representing her constituents and helping the city grow.

December 21, 2017

Camas fills vacant city council seat

Divorce attorney Deanna Rusch is the newest member of the Camas City Council.

December 14, 2017

Approximately 160 people attended a free dinner on Christmas Day 2016, in the Washougal Community Center. The third annual event, organized by volunteers, will be held from 3 to 6 p.m., Monday, Dec. 25, at Hathaway Elementary School, 630 24th St., Washougal. Donations of gifts, hygiene items, socks, hats, scarves, stocking stuffers and non-perishable food, are accepted prior to the event. (Post-Record file photo)

Community members feed hungry, lonely over holidays

The Hometown Holidays celebrations will wrap up this year with a free Christmas Eve breakfast from 8 to 11 a.m., Sunday, Dec. 24, at the Camas Community Center, 1718 S.E. Seventh St, Camas.

December 14, 2017

Emily Lampmann, a first-grader at Hathaway Elementary School, plays a violin provided by Opus School of Music, during her school's Dec. 6 Dream Big event, while her younger brother, Alexander Lampmann, watches.

Hathaway students learn dreams can come true

Hathaway Elementary School students strolled through booths of professionals showcasing their careers and cultures during the Dream Big event, held in the school gymnasium, on Wednesday, Dec. 6.

December 14, 2017

Aaron Smith, principal of Camas' Odyssey Middle School, will soon take on additional responsibilities as the head of Camas' newest high school, Discovery High School, which opens next fall. Smith will be the principal at both of Camas' project based learning schools -- Odyssey and Discovery -- beginning in the 2018-19 school year.

For one principal, an ‘Odyssey’ leads to ‘Discovery’

Aaron Smith, the Odyssey Middle School principal who helped guide the Camas School District through the sometimes complicated ins-and-outs of project based learning (PBL) since 2015, has been named the new principal of the district’s newest PBL school, Discovery High School, which opens next fall.

December 7, 2017