April 26, 2011
Chamber Business Showcase is set for May 6
Area businesses are invited to promote their companies during the Downtown Camas First Friday event.
Area businesses are invited to promote their companies during the Downtown Camas First Friday event.
Columbia Ridge to host networking opportunity Thursday Local business owners and health care providers are invited to mingle with others during a networking event at Columbia Ridge Senior Living, in Washougal.
A medical clinic has moved from Washougal to Camas. Sarah Russell, former owner of Columbia Gorge Medical Center, provides family medical care, annual physicals and drug screenings as the co-owner and medical director at Grass Valley Medical Clinic, in the 192nd Plaza. She also treats patients who have filed worker's compensation claims, as well as individuals who need sports and Department of Transportation physicals, mole and wart removals, flu shots, blood sugar checks and pregnancy tests.
Egg dishes and salads will be among the dishes prepared during an Easter brunch ideas cooking class. There will also be "some easy to do pastries and yummy desserts," according to Kelly Bruce, owner of K'Syrah Catering, Wine and Bistro, in downtown Camas.
For two years, Don and Dore Jean Blaske have greeted local residents and their pets, while supplying a variety of dog, cat and bird food and treats. As the owners of Naturally Healthy Pets, in downtown Camas, they often heard customers say their pets were eating better than they did. So the Blaskes have added a variety of organic foods for people. They include potato chips, double chocolate cookies, salad dressing and salsa, as well as gluten- and wheat-free pancake and bread mixes.
One of the bartenders at the Birch Street Uptown Lounge will soon offer an informative event about gin. KJ DeBoer will conduct a tasting and discussion of the classic Old Tom and London styles as well as Northwest micro-distillery gins Monday, April 11, at 7 p.m. The event, which will cost $35 per person, will also include a light dinner buffet.
A former branch manager for Sterling Savings Bank, in Hermiston, Ore., is now working at First Independent Bank. Summer Arbogast has been hired to manage the Cascade Park branch, at 11515 S.E. Mill Plain Blvd., Vancouver. She has 13 years of financial services experience, including six years in management positions.
A Camas native has been honored with an award for his contributions to the pulp and paper industry. Bill Strand, a graduate of Camas High School in 1975 and the University of Idaho in 1989 with a PhD in chemical engineering, earned the 2011 Arne Asplund Award.
The yellow house at the corner of Northeast Sixth Avenue and Birch Street, in Camas, has thrived for two decades. During the first 19 years, its occupant - the Camas Family Health Center - relied on word-of-mouth advertising. Adding a sign to the building's exterior is among the more recent methods of promoting the center's chiropractic and massage services. This month, the health center's founder Dr. Patricia Smith attended a social media seminar with Dr. Trista Darling. "We are trying to become more interactive and trying to change with everyone else," Darling said. "We are starting to increase the use of social media."
A local business will be among the vendors at the "Better Living Show." Navidi's Olive Oils & Vinegars, located in downtown Camas, sells more than 40 varieties of olive oils and vinegars, as well as teas, pesto, sea salts, platters and gift baskets.
