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May 3, 2016
The Camas Municipal Pool offers classes, lessons and open swim times during summer break. (Post-Record file photo)

Cool kids, hot weather, fun camps

With the area’s first taste of warm weather recently, summer is on the minds of many, particularly children. What to do during the long months without school is a question now being considered by parents.

April 26, 2016
CHS students Seth Bradshaw (left) and Adam Ryan collaborated on their Eagle Scout projects to create benches, birdhouses and arbors, all made from reclaimed wood, in the garden at Skyridge Middle School.

Paying it backward

When Adam Ryan and Seth Bradshaw were looking for projects that would help them to earn the rank of Eagle Scout, scouting's highest honor, they went back in time.

April 19, 2016
The Va Va Voom senior theater troupe is preparing for its spring musical, Hee Haw, an original script by founder Harriet Walker. The show will run Wednesday, May 11 through Saturday, May 14.

It’s all about attitude

Harriet Walker believes senior citizens can do anything they want if they have something to do.

April 12, 2016
At its last work party, the Washington Trail Riders Association replaced broken corral gates, cleaned out fire pits and installed site signs at the Rock Creek Campground in Yacolt, with a partnership developed with other equine and hiker user groups.

More than just horses

When Annmarie Ertolacci and her husband moved to Camas last year, they weren't the only ones who needed help navigating the new area.

April 5, 2016
Sean Vergillo coordinates the Lacamas Trails Advocacy Group and can often be seen on the trails with his Fox Red Lab, helping to maintain trails for other users. "The main goal of our group is to fill the need of maintaining things," he said. "We want to get regular trail users to help out at least a few times a year."

‘Eyes and ears’ of the trails

You'll see them out on the local trails, picking up garbage, removing fallen tree branches, helping to fill in ruts and potholes, and doing whatever maintenance they can.

March 29, 2016
Master Gardener Laura Heldreth will give a presentation on Beneficial Insects at the Camas Library. "Most people don't realize that 99 percent of bugs in our gardens are beneficial. They are not the enemy." (Contributed photo)

Beneficial bugs

When most people think of insects, they likely envision something harmful that needs to be eradicated, especially when gardening.

March 22, 2016
Students in Mona Davies' science class at Jemtegaard Middle School have spent the past several months gathering data at Gibbons Creek. In May, they will present their findings at the Clark County Watershed Congress.

An outdoor laboratory

When Mona Davies heard a student question disbelievingly that there would be enough to do during three days of outdoor school, a lightbulb went off.

March 1, 2016
Remillard compares a life-sized inflatable replica of a Northern elephant seal and a Stellar sea lion to students at Dorothy Fox Elementary.

Bringing the ocean to school

Students at Dorothy Fox Elementary School had the opportunity to experience an aquarium without ever leaving their school.

February 23, 2016
Lab manager Jody Brittenham performs safety protocols before demonstrating product testing at UL's new short circuit lab.

Making products safer

Most everyone has dealt with this unfortunate scenario: You stagger to the kitchen, half-asleep, fumble for the necessary items to make coffee and hit "start," on the coffee maker.