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January 20, 2022

Public meetings for the week of Jan. 20-26, 2022

Camas School District: The Camas School Board will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 24 in the Dennison Board Room of the Zellerbach Administration Center, 841 N.E. 22nd Ave., Camas. The meeting also will be streamed and available for later viewing on the school board’s YouTube channel. To send a written comment, email [email protected] by 3 p.m., Jan. 24. For more information about the meeting or how to watch or listen to the meeting, visit camas.wednet.edu/about-csd/school-board/meetings-minutes.

January 13, 2022
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee speaks about the surge of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations caused by the omicron variant -- and the state's plan to send millions of at-home COVID-19 tests to Washingtonians --during a remote press conference on Jan. 5, 2022. (Screenshot by Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Inslee responds to virus surge

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee responded last week to the recent COVID-19 surge caused by the highly contagious omicron variant.

January 13, 2022
A welcome sign greets visitors at the Camas School District's headquarters Aug. 24, 2021. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files)

Camas School District: ‘In-person is our priority’

Camas School District officials said this week they are committed to maintaining in-person learning amid surging COVID-19 infections — fueled by the highly contagious omicron variant — that have led to staffing shortages and student absences throughout the region and prompted a return to remote learning in several Vancouver-Portland area schools.

January 13, 2022
Washougal resident Jeannine Mills sits near some of the items she has collected for foster children in need. Community members can donate needed supplies for foster children through donation bins located throughout the city of Washougal. (Contributed photo courtesy of Jeannine Mills)

Foster parent revives supply drive for foster children

As a child, Jeannine Mills was a part of the foster care system. As an adult, she’s not only a foster parent, but a regional representative for the Washington State Department of Children Youth and Families and a former court-appointed special advocate for foster children in Clark County.

January 13, 2022
Paul Greenlee stands in the Washougal Town Square courtyard on Jan. 10, 2022. The former Washougal City Council member is the new president of the Washougal Business Association. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

‘New chapter, maybe even a sequel’

When four of the eight Washougal Business Association (WBA) officers, including president Kathryn Dudley, resigned in the fall of 2021, three of the remaining board members — Bolt Minister, David Stuebe and Chuck Carpenter — named Paul Greenlee as the nonprofit’s next leader.