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June 17, 2021
Washougal High School seniors wear face coverings to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and listen to a speech at their high school graduation ceremony on Saturday, June 12, 2021. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Washougal grads reflect on facing, defeating challenges

Earlier this year, Washougal High School Principal Sheree Clark asked Ethan Mills, the school’s Associated Student Body president, to deliver some “inspiring life advice” to his fellow seniors at the school’s graduation ceremony. Recognizing the challenge in front of him Mills laced his reply with a hint of good-natured sarcasm.

June 17, 2021
The front of Camas City Hall is pictured in 2018. (Post-Record files)

Burton to hire interim Camas city administrator

Camas Mayor Pro Tem Ellen Burton has announced plans to hire an interim city administrator to help run the city after current City Administrator Jamal Fox leaves his position on July 9.

June 17, 2021
Fire vehicles sit outside East County Fire and Rescue Station 91, just north of Camas' city limits, in 2020.
The fire district, which serves rural areas north of Camas and Washougal, recently used proceeds from a property sale to repay a $770,000 bond and save taxpayers nearly $100,000 in interest payments. (Contributed photo courtesy of East County Fire and Rescue)

Fire district repays $770K bond

In the past two years, local residents have supported the East County Fire and Rescue district (ECFR) by approving a fire levy lid lift and a six-year emergency medical services renewal levy. Without that assistance, ECFR, a small district that generates its revenue almost exclusively through property taxes, would certainly be facing more severe economic hardships right now than it already is.

June 17, 2021
Washougal resident Barbara Gagnier stacks plastic tubes on the Washougal River Greenway trail. Gagnier and Washougal resident James Mahar removed about 3,000 of the tubes from trees along the trail in December 2020 and January 2021. ((Contributed photo courtesy Barbara Gagnier)

Washougal residents free the trees

James Mahar has had a passion for the environment for as long as he can remember. In fact, one of his earliest memories involves his 6-year-old self asking his father to not burn leaves in their yard because doing so would increase air pollution.

June 17, 2021
Camas High School soccer players Carter Gorczyca (left) and Hayden Reich will train with the Vancouver Victory, an elite adult men's soccer team, this summer. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Camas soccer players to get pro tips

When Steven Evans invited some of his Washington Timbers club soccer players to try out for the Vancouver Victory Football Club earlier this year, he was excited — but not too surprised — when Camas students Hayden Reich and Carter Gorczyca took him up on the offer.

June 17, 2021

Public Meetings for June 17-23, 2021

Camas City Council: The Council will hold a remote workshop meeting at 4:30 p.m. and a remote regular meeting at 7 p.m. via Zoom on Monday, July 20. For more information, visit cityofcamas.us/yourg overnment/minuteagend avideo