Camas-Washougal Post-Record

September 5, 2019

Artist Sarah Bang paints in downtown Camas, near Arktana shoe store, during the 2018 Plein Air event. (Post-Record file photo)

Painters to take easels into the great outdoors

Local artists will be working “en plein air” (painting outdoors) throughout downtown Camas on Friday as part of the Downtown Camas Association’s annual “Plein Air and Art” event.

September 5, 2019

Wendy Smith, co-owner of Odd Mann Inn Animal Refuge in Washougal, pets Melvin the pig at the sanctuary on Aug. 29. A photo of Melvin, an Odd Man Inn resident who lost one leg and both of his ears to a dog attack earlier this year, won a national contest held by Tractor Supply, a national chain of farm supply stores. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Washougal animal refuge wins contest

The legend of Melvin, a 6-year-old, mixed-breed, potbellied pig with three legs and no ears, is growing.

September 5, 2019

Skamania Lodge will host its first Fall Fest at the new Riverview Pavilion (pictured here) from 5 to 9 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 7. (Contributed photo courtesy of Skamania Lodge)

Community briefs for Sept. 5, 2019

Skamania Lodge to host inaugural Fall Fest on Saturday

August 29, 2019

Washougal resident Melanie Ausmus meets her birth father, John Coulter, for the first time Aug. 10 in Claremont, Calif. (Contributed photo courtesy of Melanie Ausmus)

DNA test leads Washougal woman to birth father

On Aug. 10, Washougal resident Melanie Ausmus flew from Portland to Ontario, California, and took an Uber to a hotel in nearby Claremont.

August 29, 2019

Amanda Ediger demonstrates a spinning wheel at the Two Rivers Heritage Museum in Washougal during the 2018 Heritage Day event. This year's Heritage Day festivities will take place Saturday, Sept. 14 at the Washougal museum. (Contributed photos courtesy of Clark County Historical Society)

Heritage Day to highlight local history

The Camas-Washougal Historical Society (CWHS) will host a free opportunity to connect with local history at the annual Heritage Day celebration, slated to run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 14, at the Two Rivers Heritage Museum in Washougal.

August 29, 2019

Cay Knapp Smith (left) and her niece-in-law, Rosemary Knapp, look through family photo albums inside a sitting room at Cascade Inn, the Vancouver senior living facility where Knapp Smith lives. Knapp Smith, who turned 100 on Aug. 27, has family roots in the Camas area that date back to the days before Washington was considered a state. (Photos by Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Camas woman brings history to life

A few days before celebrating a milestone most folks will never know, Cay Knapp Smith reflects on something a doctor told her when she was in her 30s.

August 29, 2019