When the Camas-Washougal Community Chest announced in early March that it had selected 28 nonprofits to receive $110,000 worth of grants, the COVID-19 crisis was just beginning to unfold.
Bill Maniscalco, manager of the Camas-Washougal Meals on Wheels People site, never expected to celebrate his one-year job anniversary quite so … alone.
The stay-home orders meant to slow the spread of COVID-19 have thrown a wrench into most people’s daily lives, but the shutdown poses an especially harsh problem for families experiencing homelessness.
Watching politicians trip over themselves to scream, “Now is not the time to talk about (gun control, climate change)!” after we as a nation have come together to grieve the latest mass shooting or apocalyptic storm, might be funny if it weren’t so sickening.
Lena Richards is loud and proud to be a softball player. After shouting words of encouragement to the Papermakers all season long, the Camas High School senior second baseman was the loudest one in the dugout during the Southwest Washington All-Star Challenge Wednesday, on the Clark College softball field.
