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Grandfather and granddaughter, Randy Curtis and Olivia Brotherton, help remove the plastic from the newly refurbished reading girl statue. They spearheaded efforts to replace the statue's book, which was stolen more than a decade ago. City officials, local leaders and citizens attended the unveiling ceremony on Saturday.
Grandfather and granddaughter, Randy Curtis and Olivia Brotherton, help remove the plastic from the newly refurbished reading girl statue. They spearheaded efforts to replace the statue's book, which was stolen more than a decade ago. City officials, local leaders and citizens attended the unveiling ceremony on Saturday.

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May 28, 2020

OPINION: May Cheers & Jeers

We can’t pretend it’s been easy to find cause for “cheers” in this month’s “Cheers & Jeers” column, especially knowing that our country hit yet another grim milestone — 100,000 Americans now dead from COVID-19 — this week.

April 29, 2014
Grandfather and granddaughter, Randy Curtis and Olivia Brotherton, help remove the plastic from the newly refurbished reading girl statue. They spearheaded efforts to replace the statue's book, which was stolen more than a decade ago. City officials, local leaders and citizens attended the unveiling ceremony on Saturday.

A new chapter for downtown’s bronze statue

Recent efforts to replace a bronze statue's stolen book were inspired by a Camas fifth-grader who was concerned that the little girl looked lonely. In turn, the bronze statue inspired the 9-year-old's imagination and creativity as the subject of her very own short story, featuring dragons, thieves, beasts and magic spells.