Camas-Washougal logo tag

Stories by camaspost_admin

email icon [email protected]

February 4, 2014

Linear Technology exec named to Workforce Development Council board

The controller of Linear Technology's wafer fabrication plant in Camas is among the newest board members of the Southwest Washington Workforce Development Council. Jim Lucey has served as controller for 16 years. He previously was the financial accounting manager at Linear's corporate headquarters in Milpitas, Calif. Lucey is a former accounting manager at Price Waterhouse. He serves on the board of the Association of Washington Business and has been involved with several education and vocation advisory boards, including the Columbia-Willamette Workforce Collaborative Manufacturing Industry Panel and the Clark County Skills Center. For more information, contact Executive Director Jeanne Bennett at 567-1073, email [email protected] or visit www.swwdc.org.

February 4, 2014

Letters to the Editor for Feb. 4, 2014

Chamber supports school levies The Camas-Washougal Chamber of Commerce is in support of the two Washougal School District replacement levies that will be up for vote on Feb. 11. These are not new taxes. These levies will replace the funding of the maintenance and operations levy and technology levy expiring in 2014. The state covers about 80 percent of funding needed for schools and these levies will bridge the gap to cover the other 20 percent.

January 28, 2014

‘Build it, and they will com’

We moved from Bemidji, Minn., in 1986 and chose Camas for a number of reasons. But upon looking around, I wondered where the tourist sites were. Where are the statues? What I didn't realize at the time was the same beauty that attracted us is in fact the tourist area of the entire Pacific Northwest.

January 28, 2014

Yes on Washougal schools’ M&O and tech levies

Washougal voters will be asked to approve two school replacement levies on Feb. 11. A three-year maintenance and operations (M&O) levy totaling approximately $19.6 million over three years, 2015 to 2017, will replace the current levy expiring in 2014. Local levy dollars make up more than 20 percent of the school district budget providing money for programs not fully funded by the state. Student health and safety, sports programs, extracurricular learning,

January 28, 2014

Letters to the Editor for Jan. 28, 2014

I am proud of the quality education that my two children received from Washougal public schools. Without hesitation I will support the M&O and technology levies. These dollars will be directly used to support campus security, student health, performing arts, sports teams, technology, facility maintenance and community education.

January 21, 2014
Washougal's Katelyn Purkeypyle pins Mountain View's Madelyn Weyer to win the 190-pound Clark County championship Saturday, at Mountain View High School.

Elite performance by Washougal girls at Clark County

Erin Locke and Morgan Ratcliff wrestled each other like they would any day in Washougal. There just happened to be fans from all over Clark County watching them under the lights at Mountain View High School, Saturday. "It's always hard wrestling your teammate," Locke said. "Right off the whistle, I could see her trying not to smile. I tried not to make eye contact with her. But in the end, it's all good." What the fans also saw was an elite performance by 11 Panthers. Locke, Ratcliff, Yaneli Martinez, Jessica Eakins, Emily Alder-Storm, Baliee Wright, Christina Murray, Romney Kellogg, Abby Lees, Jessica Biron and Katelyn Purkeypyle reached the final round of the Clark County tournament. Martinez, Locke, Murray, Lees, Biron and Purkeypyle became county champions, but all of the Panthers worked together to win the team title by more than 100 points.

January 21, 2014

Anniversary for Jan. 21, 2014

Acheson Edward and Emma Acheson recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary during a dinner party with family and close friends.

January 21, 2014

Obituaries for Jan. 21, 2014

Kay Parsons Kay Parsons died Jan. 13, 2014, at Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital in Vancouver. He was 83.