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April 20, 2017
Zylus Italiano waves goodbye to his second-grade classmates at Cape Horn-Skye Elementary before embarking on a world trip in February with his family.

Oh, the places he’ll go!

Zylus Italiano is experiencing an epic, real-life geography and culture lesson, and his classmates are following him, albeit remotely, every step of the way.

April 13, 2017
Pam Tucker makes some of the "pocket buddies" that will accompany a shipment of handmade dresses for little girls throughout the world. The dressmakers from Washougal United Methodist Church also pin ribbons and hair bands into the dress pockets.

Stitched with love

Members of a local church’s quilting group are continuing their annual Lenten tradition of serving others by sewing dresses for girls around the world.

April 6, 2017
Eager children dash to collect candy and prize-filled eggs at the Camas Parks and Recreation Easter Day Hunt at Crown Park.

Hop over to a hunt

Easter is fast approaching, and with it, several community eggs hunts. These feature everything from a traditional Sunday event, to beeping eggs for those who are visually impaired.

March 30, 2017
Attendees at the Plant & Garden Fair will have more than 100 different vendor locations to browse, which all offer locally made and grown products.

A spring favorite

A well-known local event will be back for its 20th year. Since 1997, the Camas Plant & Garden Fair has offered an array of choices, many of them from local…

March 24, 2017
Eighth-graders from Jemtegaard Middle School inspect one of the hydraulics machines at the Clark College's Columbia Tech Center campus on Friday. The mechatronics program is where electronics and machinery meet.

Forward thinking

Things can get pretty noisy when you put several middle schoolers in one room.

March 16, 2017
A silhouette is cast at sunset at the Tualatin National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon. Camas resident Mehrdad Shojaei visits it and the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge regularly for inspiration.

A love of medicine and art

As an internist at Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital, Dr. Mehrdad Shojaei must make quick decisions in a fast-paced environment.

March 9, 2017
Teamwork is emphasized in the coding club. When helping others, the only rule is students must provide the assistance verbally and the person they are helping has to do the work.

Cool coding

When students gather in the Gause Elementary School library for coding club, they are ready for fun.

March 6, 2017
Staff of the future Tod and Maxine McClaskey Culinary Institute will welcome the first class of students in the fall. Pictured here are, left to right, Aaron Guerra, head of the cuisine program; Alison Dolder, head of professional baking and pastry arts; and cuisine instructor Earl Frederick.

Building a recipe for success

After years of working in a building that she described as a puzzle of past remodels, Alison Dolder is thrilled she will lead 2017 classes in a state-of-the-art space.

February 23, 2017
Camas resident Lara Blair has enjoyed creating art in some form or another since she was a child. Painting is her most recent passion, and she will have an exhibit at Peace Yourself Together at the First Friday events in downtown Camas.

Tranquility and time

Lara Blair has been a “maker,” her entire life. So, after the Camas photographer traded in her camera for a third-grade classroom, she needed a new creative outlet.

February 16, 2017
Olive Ostrovsky, played by Rachel Lyall, tries to figure out a spelling word. 'The 25th Annual Putman County Spelling Bee,' will open Thursday at Washougal High School.

It’s spelled F-U-N

Four audience members will have the opportunity to put their spelling skills to the test when Washougal High School students perform in “The 25th Annual Putman County Spelling Bee,” this weekend.