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August 5, 2021
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 Attendees look at sign boards during an informational presentation about the new Washougal library on Thursday, July 29. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Washougal residents share ideas for future library

By the end of the day on Thursday, July 29, the informational sign boards that lined the interior of the Washougal Town Square were covered with a variety of brightly-colored Post-it notes containing a variety of handwritten comments about what local residents would like to see in Washougal’s future library.

July 29, 2021
Katherine Brown celebrates after completing a lift during the 2021 International Weightlifting Federation World Masters Championships in June 2021. (Contributed photo courtesy Katherine Brown)

Washougal weightlifter goes for ‘grand slam’

When Katherine Brown started lifting weights in 2015, she simply wanted to get into better shape. She had never touched a barbell in her life, and didn’t know if she could succeed in her newly chosen activity. If somebody would have asked her back then about breaking national records and winning world titles, she likely would have laughed. Those types of achievements were simply unfathomable to her.

July 29, 2021

Public meetings for week of July 29-Aug. 4, 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, Aug. 2. For more information, visit cityofcamas.us/yourgovernment/minuteagendavideo

July 22, 2021
Camas animal control officer Bryan Caine holds one of eight pythons discovered near the Round Lake parking lot in Camas' Lacamas Park on Thursday, July 22, 2021. (Photo courtesy of Camas Police Department)

Pythons found in Lacamas Park

Camas police responding to a report of large snakes in Lacamas Park Thursday morning discovered eight medium-sized pythons near the parking area by Round Lake.  Camas…