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February 25, 2021

Citizens appointed to Camas boards, commissions

The Camas City Council on Feb. 16 approved Camas Mayor Barry McDonnell’s citizen appointments to several boards, committees and commissions, including the newly created Lacamas Lake Commission, which will evaluate…

February 25, 2021
Washougal Mayor Molly Coston holds an "ark" charity box. The city of Washougal recenlty purchased 100 boxes from ARK Clark County, a Vancouver-based grassroots effort to spread "random acts of kindness." (Contributed photo courtesy of Rose Jewell/city of Washougal)

Washougal will distribute charitable-giving ‘arks’

In December 2020, the Vancouver-based Chabad Jewish Center of Clark County launched the ARK Clark County campaign, selling piggy bank-like plastic boxes in an effort to encourage community members to give to people or organizations in need.

February 25, 2021
Camas City Hall is pictured Tuesday morning, April 14, 2020. (Contributed photo by Amanda Cowan/The Columbian files)

Camas will soon fill more than 20 vacancies

Clark County’s recent move into the less-restrictive Phase 2 of the Washington Roadmap to Recovery COVID-19 reopening plan means city leaders in Camas can begin to fill more than 20 staff vacancies put on pause during the yearlong pandemic.

February 25, 2021

Public meetings for Feb. 25 to March 3, 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, March 1. For more information, visit cityofcamas.us/yourgovernment/minuteagendavideo

February 25, 2021
Camas football players run a play during a practice session at Camas High School on Monday, Feb. 22. The Papermakers will begin their 2020-21 season with a home game against the Union High School Titans on Friday, Feb. 26, at Doc Harris Stadium. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Local football players ready to roll

Even though the Camas and Washougal high school football teams won’t get the chance to replicate or improve upon their special 2019 campaigns this winter, players say they’re elated to return to the field for competitive play after the COVID-19 pandemic delayed their 2020 seasons by five months.

February 25, 2021
Camas School Board members (clockwise from upper left) Corey McEnry and Doug Quinn, board president Tracey Malone and board member Erika Cox discuss school reopenings at a Feb. 22, 2021, Camas school board meeting. The board members met in-person, with face coverings, at the school district offices, and the meeting was available via Zoom for members of the public. (Screenshot by Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Camas school board pauses reopenings, gives staff time to transition

On Monday, Feb. 22, just one week before Camas elementary students were scheduled to return to full classrooms, four days a week, and high-schoolers would have entered a hybrid schedule with twice-weekly in-person classes, the Camas School Board agreed to pause the district’s school reopening rollout to give teachers, staff and families more time to adjust to the swift transitions.

February 18, 2021
Camas native and Earth Day founder Denis Hayes is pictured in the Bullitt Board Room of the Bullitt Center in Seattle. The building, which Hayes developed, opened on Earth Day in 2013 and is considered the most sustainable commercial office building in the world. Hayes will discuss creating

Creating ‘super green’ cities

A native son of Camas — Earth Day founder and internationally renowned environmental advocate Denis Hayes — will lead a discussion about building more sustainable communities at the Clark College Foundation’s virtual “Creating Super Green Cities” event on Tuesday, Feb. 23.