Camas-Washougal Post-Record

March 13, 2012

Camas Farmer’s Market earns New Seasons grant

The Camas Farmer's Market was one of 29 non-profit organizations to recently receive a grant from New Seasons Market. According to Camas Farmer's Market board member Carrie Schulstad, the $2,000 grant will be used as matching funds for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, in an effort to increase access to fresh, healthy foods for low-income families receiving assistance. It would be the first S.N.A.P. match program in Clark County. The S.N.A.P. program allows consumers to purchase farmers market items with electronic benefit transfer cards. According to the grant application, the project would provide matching S.N.A.P. tokens up to $5 per week for an average of 15 S.N.A.P. customers per week during each of the 18 weeks of the Camas Farmer's Market season.

March 13, 2012

Rand Thornsley hopes more people will view movies at the Liberty Theatre, in downtown Camas. Thornsley, managing director of Rootstock Capital Management, LLC., signed a five-year lease on the theater in January 2011. Green lights have been added to the theater's entryway this month, to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. Anniversary festivities are scheduled for this week.

Liberty Theatre will celebrate anniversary this week with sing-a-longs

The audience will be invited to participate as the Liberty Theatre celebrates its first anniversary, under the ownership of Rand Thornsley. He signed a five-year lease on the theater in January 2011. A sing-along version of "Hairspray" will be shown Friday and Saturday, at 5:30 p.m. The 2007 movie featured John Travolta, Nikki Blonskey and Queen Latifah. It is rated PG for language, some suggestive content and momentary teen smoking.

March 6, 2012

Monthly events are held at Columbia Ridge Senior Living

Local business owners and health care providers are invited to attend a networking opportunity at Columbia Ridge Senior Living, in Washougal. The free event will be held Thursday, March 15,from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Wine will be served, and there will be door prizes.

March 6, 2012

Work on "1887 Main" is almost completed, in downtown Washougal. The two-story structure features retail and office spaces with Main Street frontage, as well as an elevator and private parking lot. A recently signed tenant is hoping to open for business May 1. Additional spaces are available to lease.

Washougal incubator building nears completion

A new building in downtown Washougal is expected to be ready for business in April. "1887 Main," a Lone Wolf Development project, is named after its address. So far, there is one signed tenant for a 720-square-foot retail space on the first floor.

March 6, 2012

A.L. Insurance Group, Inc.opens in downtown Camas

A local resident who has been involved in photography, volunteering at the Camas Farmer's Market and teaching people to eat well is the newest sales associate for the A.L. Insurance Group, Inc.

February 28, 2012

Jim Hill, of Camas, is the national marketing director for BatheEZ -- a company that sells tubs designed primarily for the physically impaired, as well as senior citizens and children. The tub display, with walls and lighting, is portable for setting up at fairs and shows. The BatheEZ product has been in the development stage for four years.

BatheEZ tub is designed for individuals who need assistance

A local man sells a product that has been in the development stages for four years. Jim Hill, of Camas, is the national marketing director for BatheEZ, a bath tub insert that fits over an existing tub. "Our never before seen product will greatly help individuals in the elderly/senior health care industry," he said. "It is a safe, easy, economical way for the elderly, seniors and physically impaired to take a quality bath."

February 21, 2012

Dave Watson and his wife Jo Ellen Jarvis demonstrate the "West Coast Swing," while students in a Washougal Community Education & Recreation class observe. The Beginning Ballroom Dance class is held on Monday nights in the commons area of Washougal High School.

Life is a Dance

A Washougal man with some serious dance credentials is sharing his knowledge with local residents. Dave Watson currently teaches "Beginning Ballroom Dance" Monday nights at Washougal High School. The seven-week course, offered through Washougal Community Education & Recreation, is focussing on waltz and West Coast swing dancing. Watson has been teaching dance professionally for 39 years. For the first 15 of those years, he competed professionally in standard, smooth and rhythm styles. Watson, a former owner of three Fred Astaire studios in New Jersey, has been an independent instructor for more than 25 years. In 2004, he opened Ballroom Parkrose -- a studio in Portland.

February 21, 2012

Facility will offer laboratory testing and radiology imaging

The Vancouver Clinic will celebrate the opening of its newest clinic with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Monday, March 5, in Washougal. The public is invited to 291 "C" St. at 7:30 a.m. for the event. Washougal Mayor Sean Guard is scheduled to attend.

February 21, 2012

Disc E. Business closes

A three-year-old company that relocated from Portland to downtown Washougal in 2011 has closed its doors. Disc. E. Business closed Thursday, after a wholesaler purchased most of the inventory. Owner Darcy Hall had planned to close next month.

February 14, 2012

Building Industry Group plans fundraiser

Mardi Gras Casino Night is set for Saturday Las Vegas style gaming will be featured at a Building Industry Group casino night fund raiser. The event will be held Saturday, at the Red Lion Vancouver at the Quay, 100 Columbia St. The doors will open for cocktails and a social at 5:30 p.m., followed by games of blackjack, craps, Sit & Go Texas Hold’em, and roulette from 7 to 10 p.m.