December 28, 2023
The Camas girls soccer team capped a successful 2019 campaign with a disappointing loss to Enumclaw in a 4A District 3/4 tournament game that it thought it should’ve won. The Papermakers went undefeated during the 2020 season, but couldn’t prove themselves against the best teams in Washington due to the absence of the 4A state tournament, cancelled by the COVID-19 pandemic.
If you like to shop local, eat local and support local, two films coming to Camas’ Liberty Theatre will be right up your alley.
Things are looking up for at least one local manufacturer.
Valentine’s Day started out on a happy note for Camas resident Swati Wilson. Like so many others, the Camas mother thought about spending time with her loved ones that day. But the Feb. 14 holiday quickly took a dark turn, after reports of a mass school shooting in Parkland, Florida started filtering out on social media sites and news stations. Wilson, whose son attends Camas High, said the news that 17 Florida high schoolers had been slaughtered by a 19-year-old armed with an assault rifle, hit her just as hard as the Sandy Hook shooting did in 2012, when 20 first-graders and six adults lost their lives inside another U.S. school.
Did you know that Camas has its own radio station? You’ll be forgiven if you answered, “No.” Many people have never heard of KIEV-LP FM. And, if they have, they’re likely part of the area’s Ukrainian community.
All season, Camas High School’s lone senior gymnast, Jacqueline Purwins, encouraged her talented younger teammates to never stop believing they would win the school’s first-ever state title in gymnastics.
Let’s remember their names: Alaina, Aaron, Alex, Alyssa, Cara, Carmen, Chris, Gina, Helena, Jaime, Joaquin, Luke, Martin, Meadow, Nicholas, Peter and Scott.
