July 19, 2018
Building to reflect Washougal history
A building in downtown Washougal that combines historic and whimsical touches is the newest addition to the Clark County Heritage Register.
A building in downtown Washougal that combines historic and whimsical touches is the newest addition to the Clark County Heritage Register.
Janice Ferguson and her husband, George Gross, enjoy gardening and the opportunity to talk with other gardeners.
If you’ve ever wandered around a classic car show and pondered how tough it might be to restore one of those gleaming beauties, Steve Chaney can assure you: It’s tough … like, “scouring for original parts for the better part of a year, spending more than $100,000 and throwing 1,100 hours toward restoration work” tough.
Home to several community-created public art forms, Washougal City Hall stands out with its golden black heron sculpture, birdhouses decorated by community members and Capt. William Clark bronze bust.
Dressed head to toe in gear that would make any early-19th century Pacific Northwest history buff jealous, Roger Wendlick produces bags of fresh smoked salmon and offers it as a sort of parting gift to the Washougal middle-schoolers surrounding him.
Books can take you to different places, time periods and planets, just by reading them.
A group of Columbia River Gorge Elementary School third-graders is on the path toward better understanding the Pacific Northwest’s indigenous culture.
Jon Corral, of Washougal, grew up steeped in the beauty and craftsmanship of classic cars.
Anyone who has ever witnessed a service dog helping their human companion navigate a busy intersection or exit a crowded bus, understands how easy it is to imagine that these superhero pups never went through a cute-but-naughty puppy stage — never chewed a shoe, decimated an entire bag of cat food or woke up howling for attention at 4 a.m.
The school year is winding down and graduation for the class of 2018 is right around the corner. Over the next few weeks, The Post-Record will cover several graduation-related events, including our 2018 Camas-Washougal Graduation special section, which features photos of Camas-Washougal seniors as well as feature stories on the high schools’ valedictorians. That section will be included in the June 14 Post-Record. Look for our post-graduation ceremony coverage in the June 21 Post-Record. In this issue, we feature two unique seniors from Camas and Washougal high schools — Krishnan Nair from Camas and Jolene Porter from Washougal.
