Camas-Washougal Post-Record

December 5, 2019

A "Diamond Jubilee" plaque, marking the church's 75th anniversary in 1972, sits outside Camas' Zion Lutheran Church.

Zion Lutheran Church pastor retires

Pastor Tom Tweed has found himself facing a question he’s never had to contemplate: where to go on Christmas Eve and Christmas morning?

December 5, 2019

Kevin Taylor, owner of Birch Street Uptown Lounge in Camas, prepares a flaming Spanish coffee on Friday, Nov. 22.

Local eateries provide cozy atmosphere, comfort food staples

‘I’ve always looked at food as not just a necessity, but an opportunity. Everybody has to eat, right?” she said on a recent Friday morning while preparing a shepherd’s pie in the restaurant’s kitchen area.

December 4, 2019

The Cape Horn-Skye Science Olympiad team competed at the Southwest Region A Tournament on Nov. 16 at Clark College in Vancouver. (Photo courtesy of Washougal School District)

Community Briefs for Dec. 5, 2019

Camas business collecting toys, blankets for families in need

November 27, 2019

The holiday tree came to downtown Camas on Nov. 19. The tree will be lit at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6, during the city's annual Hometown Holidays celebration. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Community Briefs for Nov. 28, 2019

Windermere collecting coats, blankets

November 27, 2019

"Peacock Want a Be," a sample quilt by Joanne Adams Roth, will be part of the Vagabonds quilting group's "Whispers in the Wind" art show at the Second Story Gallery in downtown Camas throughout December and January. The show will feature 12-inch squares stitched by local quilters Ada Levins, Roth, Wilma Fletcher Scott, Audrey Prothero, Karan Brooks, Sharry Olmstead, Lynn Czaban, Beverly Woodard and Val Pellens. The gallery, located on the second floor of the Camas Public Library, 625 N.E. Fourth Ave., Camas, will host an artists' reception from 3 to 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6, before the Hometown Holidays celebration in downtown Camas. Rob Lewis will provide music during the First Friday reception. The Vagabonds' show will run through Jan. 25 in the gallery. (Contributed photo courtesy of Second Story Gallery)

Around Town

PUBLIC MEETINGS

November 21, 2019

Workers from New Energy Works construct a timber frame for a solar canopy outside Randy Friedman and Debbie Nagano's Camas home on Monday, Nov. 18. (Contributed photo courtesy of Randy Friedman)

Camas couple seeking solar power craft unique solution

When most people think of solar-powered homes, they envision solar panels affixed to a flat roof or sitting in rows in a field.

November 21, 2019

Around Town

PUBLIC MEETINGS

November 21, 2019

A mural created by Camas High School freshman Tara Hansen incorporating a visual interpretation of sound, music and the "feeling of jazz" decorates the side of Skyridge Middle School. (contributed photo courtesy of Jane deForest Hansen)

Community Briefs for Nov. 21, 2019

Thanksgiving events set

November 14, 2019

Contributed photo courtesy of Grape-ful Women
Attendees celebrate all things wine and holiday at the 2016 "Wine and Toys" event. This year's event, hosted by the nonprofit Grape-ful Women group, will take place Sunday, Nov. 17, at Salud! Wine Bar in Camas.

Community Briefs for Nov. 14, 2019

WHS holds careers conference

November 14, 2019

Paloma striped accessories are sold at the Pendleton store in Washougal.

Shop Local Gift Guide

There are only seven weeks left in 2019, which means the holiday gift-giving season is rapidly sneaking up on us.

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