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June 24, 2021

Public meetings for week of June 24-31, 2021

Camas School District: The Board will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday, June 28, in the Dennison Board Room at the Zellerbach Administration Center, 841 N.E. 22nd Ave., Camas. Space for the in-person meeting is limited and masks are required. To sign up to attend the in-person meeting or submit a comment, email [email protected]. 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.

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.