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June 2, 2015
Participants on the Camas Unified Soccer team work together during practices and games. The program helps special education and general education students get to know each other in a team setting.

Everyone’s an athlete

When asked what he enjoys most about being a member of the Unified Soccer team, Josiah Schmid breaks into a big smile and shrugs his shoulders.

May 26, 2015
The Fabuleux Cayeux is on display at the Mount Pleasant Iris Farm.

Creating beauty

Venita Faye Scott knows a thing or two about irises.

May 19, 2015
Maya (left) and Michelle Tuell first met when Maya was a 10-month-old living at an orphanage in Nepal. Michelle brought Maya home to live with her family permanently when she was a year old, and has detailed the experience in a recently published book, "Our Angel From Nepal."

Bringing home their ‘angel’

It took some time for Michelle Tuell to convince her husband, Chuck, to consider adoption. "I had always wanted a daughter," she said. "But after having three boys, I thought it wasn't in my family plan."

May 12, 2015
The Micah's Miles team poses for a photo during an annual fundraising event for United Cerebral Palsy of Oregon & Southwest Washington. Registration is now open for the 2015 event at www.walkrollrun.org.

A mighty racer

On Sunday, June 21, Jeff and Micah Snell will toe the line for their fifth marathon in less than three months.

May 5, 2015
Dan Macaya's soccer camp was first offered as a senior project by Macaya several years ago, when he was a student at Camas High School. Macaya hosts the camp annually, with the help of high school and college soccer players.

Summer fun for everyone

With the area's first taste of warm weather recently, summer is on the minds of many, particularly children

April 14, 2015
Employees sort through items at the recycling center at Waste Connections. Each one is responsible for a different commodity.

A chain of sustainability

Few people probably stop to consider what happens after they wrestle the blue recycling bin out to the curb every week.

April 7, 2015
Students at Jemtegaard Middle School eagerly raise their hands to donate $1 for the opportunity to help duct tape teachers Anna Linde and Ron Schlauch to the gym wall.

Aiming high

At first, the animated voices, energized students and atmosphere of excitement in the Jemtegaard Middle School gym could easily be mistaken for the usual pre-spring break anticipation.

March 31, 2015
Darryl Lloyd is an avid hiker and professional photographer who lives in Hood River. Until recently, he also spent a good deal of time mountain climbing.

Images of exhilaration & joy

Ever since he received his first Brownie Holiday camera as a child, Darryl Lloyd has been captivated by photography.