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November 15, 2011

Downtown group holds meeting

The Downtown Camas Association will hold a meeting and celebration Wednesday at Journey Community Church in Camas.

November 8, 2011
The instructors at Bead Paradise teach classes including basic beading and how to make tennis bracelets, "Capture a Stone" pendants and ornament covers.  Birthday parties and children's beading classes are also available. Bead Paradise sells semi precious, crystal, glass and Pandora style beads, as well as jewelers tools and supplies.

Beads, beads & more beads

A community-minded couple has teamed up with several local instructors to generate excitement for creating jewelry and crafts by hand. Shane and Desiree Woodward have opened Bead Paradise, in downtown Camas. "I am very focused on being a family friendly business and involved in the community," Shane Woodward said. He said Desiree fell in love with downtown Camas after she attended "Girls Night Out," a fund raiser for cancer charities, in May.

November 1, 2011

New Seasons Market to open Nov. 9 in east Vancouver

The New Seasons Market in east Vancouver will be open in time to shop for Thanksgiving dinner. The grocery store that will anchor the Fisher's Landing Marketplace, at 164th and McGillivray Blvd., is expected to open Wednesday, Nov. 9. Grand opening festivities are scheduled to begin at 10 a.m.

November 1, 2011

Jerry Nies receives statewide award

The president of Nies Insurance has received recognition for outstanding service to the American Agency System and the insurance industry during his career.

October 25, 2011

Twilight Pizza accepts donations for Children’s Center

A small business in downtown Camas is doing what it can to help clients of the Children's Center. Twilight Pizza Bistro is accepting donations of personal care items such as shampoo and conditioner, toothpaste, mouthwash, toothbrushes, hairbrushes and combs, toilet paper and paper towels, soap and feminine hygiene products through Monday.

October 25, 2011

School of Piano Technology welcomes new executive director

A former director of the Oral Hull Foundation for the Blind in Sandy, Ore., and the Mittleman Jewish Community Center in Portland has been hired as the executive director of the School of Piano Technology for the Blind, in Vancouver.