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March 12, 2020
Brad Richardson, director of the Clark County Historical Society and Museum, talks at a "Celebrate Main Street" history event in Ridgefield in May 2019. The historical society received a grant from the Camas-Washougal Community Chest to do a similar event at the Liberty Theatre in downtown Camas on July 2. (Contributed photos courtesy of Clark County Historical Society and Museum)

Camas-Washougal Community Chest awards $110K in grants

Although most people have a broad sense of history — the things we hear in school or learn about inside a museum — Brad Richardson, director of the Clark County Historical Society and Museum, says many folks are beginning to seek something a little more intimate when it comes to learning about the history of their own communities.

March 5, 2020
Hailee Parman (left) works on her 'Camas Love' mural in downtown Camas as a passerby comments on the artwork. Parman, a Camas High Senior, has collaborated with Papermaker Pride to have her design featured on a line of clothing being debuted Friday, March 6. (Contributed photo courtesy of Hailee Parman)

Camas teen’s mural spreads love

It’s hard to pass by Camas’ latest public art installation — the cheerful, flower-drenched “Camas Love” mural on the Wintzer Acupuncture building at the corner of Northeast Fifth Avenue and Northeast Cedar Street in the city’s historic downtown — and not stop and smile.

March 5, 2020
Steven Clark sits on the front porch of his Washougal home with his dog August on Friday, Feb. 28. Clark is hosting a discussion series about the book "Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity" at St. Anne's Episcopal Church in Washougal. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Clark College professor Steven Clark talks about belonging in three-part series

Washougal resident and Clark College biology professor Steven Clark found himself drawn to the concept of what it means to belong after watching the “Far from the Tree” documentary, based on psychology professor Andrew Solomon’s award-winning book, “Far from the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity,” at the Liberty Theatre in Camas in 2019.