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April 13, 2023
The Camas community garden, located at 726 N.E. Fifth Ave., in downtown Camas, is pictured in June 2022. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files)

Camas community garden plots available

Interested in growing your own food but don’t have the space or tools available at your own Camas-area home? The Camas community garden is now accepting applications for the 2023 growing season.

April 6, 2023
Port of Camas-Washougal Commissioner Cassi Marshall cleans a section of garden at Parker's Landing Historic Park in 2023. (Contributed photos courtesy of Parkersville National Historic Site Advisory Committee)

Parker’s Landing cleanups set

The Parkersville National Historic Site Advisory Committee (PAC) will host “park cleanup” sessions at Parker’s Landing Historical Park in Washougal from 3 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 18, and Tuesday, May 16, in preparation for the second annual Parkersville Day event.

April 6, 2023
Student art is displayed at the 2022 Camtown-Forgey Art Show. (Contributed photo courtesy of the city of Camas)

Camtown-Forgey Art Show accepting entries

The annual Camtown Youth Festival and its related Camtown-Forgey art show will return to Camas’ Crown Park on Saturday, June 3. This year’s theme is “Sharing Cultural Diversity.”  …

March 30, 2023
Contributed photo courtesy Hannah Schrager 
 Washougal resident Hannah Schrager shows off a Western serviceberry plant at Good Year Farms in April 2022.

Native plant nursery blossoms in Washougal

Hannah Schrager didn’t consider herself to be particularly “outdoorsy” when she was growing up, even though she thought at one point that she wanted to become a vegetable farmer. But now, every time she sees the leaf of a Trillium flower or trout lily delicately emerging from recently thawed ground in springtime, she experiences feelings of wonder and awe.

March 23, 2023
Volunteers for the Washougal Society for Advancement and Family Enrichment pose for a photo after a meeting at The Outpost in Washougal in January. Front row, left to right:
Margaret McCarthy, Karress LaFrance, Pat Suggs and Pam Clark. Back row, left to right: Irene Sam, Heidi Kramer, Penny Porche, Nancy Nass-Boon, Sandie Renner and Ann Stevens. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

New Washougal nonprofit focuses on helping students in need

For the past several years, Nancy Nass-Boon and Penny Porche have worked as coordinators for the Washougal School District’s family resource center, which provides students and families with referrals to community resources, parenting information, food, clothing, healthcare, computer and internet access, school supplies and more.