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April 20, 2023

Public meetings for the week of April 20-26, 2023

Camas School District: The Camas School Board will hold a regular meeting at 5:30 p.m. Monday, April 24, in the Dennison Board Room of the Zellerbach Administration Center, 841 N.E. 22nd Ave., Camas. The workshop also will be livestreamed, with video available on the district’s website. To send a written comment, email [email protected]. For more information, visit camas.wednet.edu/about-csd/school-board/meetings-minutes

April 13, 2023
Discovery High School students (from left to right) Jax Goetzen, Angel Harp, Zimri Baxter and Hannah Cuffel-Leathers gather at a booth on the corner of Northeast Fourth Avenue and Northeast Cedar Street in downtown Camas during the Downtown Camas Association's First Friday event on April 7, 2023. The students are calling for the Camas School District to reconsider budget cuts that will impact their project-based learning high school. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Discovery High students react to district’s budget cuts

Camas School District leaders sounded the alarm in 2022, and tried to warn the community that the district’s lower enrollment rates, combined with less money from the state, would force budget cuts in 2023-24, but the news still came as a shock for those most affected by the district’s $6 million cuts.

April 13, 2023
The Camas community garden, located at 726 N.E. Fifth Ave., in downtown Camas, is pictured in June 2022. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files)

Camas community garden plots available

Interested in growing your own food but don’t have the space or tools available at your own Camas-area home? The Camas community garden is now accepting applications for the 2023 growing season.

April 13, 2023
A "vote no on Washougal School Levy" supporter waves a sign on the corner of "E" Street and Washougal River Road on Monday, April 10, 2023. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Washougal school levy foes rally ahead of April 25 election

Two weeks ahead of the April 25 special election that will decide the fate of two Washougal School District levies that pay for everything from athletics and arts classes to roof repairs, technology and school nurses, a group led by Washougal resident and Clark County Republican Party Precinct Committee Officer Glenn Kincaid gathered in downtown Washougal on Monday, April 10, to wave “vote no” signs and urge voters to turn against the school levies.

April 13, 2023
Valerie Ross performs a song at her new downtown Washougal studio on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Pianist opens music studio in downtown Washougal

Some of Valerie Ross’ earliest childhood memories involve her mother teaching piano lessons to eager youngsters from their home in northern California. Gazing upon the teacher and student from across the room, she became mesmerized by the sounds they were making. She finally convinced her mother to teach her how to play when she was about 4 years old.

April 13, 2023

Public meetings April 13-19, 2023

Camas City Council: The Council will hold a workshop at 4:30 p.m. and regular meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, April 17, at Camas City Hall, 616 N.E. Fourth Ave., Camas, and online via Zoom. For more information, including remote log-in details, visit cityofcamas.us/yourgovernment/minuteagendavideo and click on the agendas for the April 17 workshop and meeting.