July 16, 2020
News Briefs for July 16, 2020
Parks Foundation’s Community Grant program surpasses $1 million
Parks Foundation’s Community Grant program surpasses $1 million
When Charlotte Lartey was 4 years old, she discovered her sister standing in a bathtub, screaming in pain after pouring bleach on her skin so that the other girls at school would stop calling her “ugly” and “evil.”
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, or to see if a meeting has been canceled, visit cityofc amas.us/yourgovernment/minuteagendavideo.
The Washougal School District and Washougal Association of Educators teachers’ union have made significant progress toward finalizing a new teachers’ contract, but have yet to reach agreement on several key issues, including pandemic-related safety concerns.
The city of Washougal will ask residents if they would like to elect their mayor once again.
It has been more than two years since a group of Washougal residents living near the sand and gravel operation known as the “Washougal Pit” joined together to voice alarm over unpermitted mining in the Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area.
Skyridge Middle School in Camas recently honored two students with awards designed to acknowledge personal contributions to the school community.
It’s been a good year for women’s memoirs — Netflix turned former First Lady Michelle Obama’s bestselling memoir, “Becoming,” into a documentary; World Cup champion and Seattle Reign FC player Megan Rapinoe released her memoir, “One Life,” about her fight for social justice, equal pay for female athletes and LGBTQ rights; and former United States Secretary of State and seven-time New York Times bestselling author Madeleine Albright reminisced on her decades-long career in her newly released memoir, “Hell and Other Destinations.”
When Washougal High School (WHS) closed in mid-March due to COVID-19 pandemic, the school’s theater students were preparing their spring production of “The Wizard of Oz,” which, much to their disappointment, was cancelled.
When Tyler Forner was 9 months old, his family moved from Vancouver to San Mateo, California. They relocated to Camas five years later, but have made several visits to the Bay Area since then. Those trips allowed Forner to attend several San Francisco Giants games and become a devoted fan of the Major League Baseball team.
