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December 3, 2013
Volunteers Lora Rollins (center) and her daughter, Isabella, 12, talk to Al Schmid, who leads the annual coordination of the Knights of Columbus Thanksgiving dinner preparation and delivery. Schmid, 75, has been participating in the effort for 29 years. "He is very humble," Lora Rollins said of Schmid. "He does so much. He is always there to lend a hand if you need it. I just can't say enough about him." Look for additional photos from the event at www.camaspostrecord.com.

Gifts of love

A small army of men and women crowded the kitchen in the basement of St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church on Wednesday night. Many carved piping hot, golden brown turkeys, fresh from the oven. Others took to chopping celery for stuffing or straining broth for homemade gravy.On a weekly basis, the church basement is the site of post-mass gatherings where coffee and doughnuts are served. But each year on the day before Thanksgiving, it is taken over by members of the Knights of Columbus and other volunteers who use it as a home base for preparing and assembling hundreds of meals delivered the following day to Camas-Washougal residents in need.

December 3, 2013

Holiday questions begin

This time of year, I start getting media calls about the holiday sales that retailers offer. The holiday shopping season is one week shorter than normal, which matters when it comes to the pace of shopping and how much spare time people have to shop. Why do retailers open on Thanksgiving Day? There are many different types of shoppers and appealing to them all is the challenge. Not everyone has an all-day family event to attend on Thanksgiving, or wants to sit around the house all day talking to relatives. And, if a parent notices a special price on the perfect gift, making a quick stop at the store might save that family enough money to buy another gift. What about the workers who have to work that day? These folks are making a good wage at time-and-a-half or double time. That's money they can use for their shopping later. It's good for everyone -- the store, the shopper, the employee.

December 3, 2013

Letter to the Editor for Dec. 3, 2013

Shoemaker clarifies his views The Columbian newspaper misrepresented my views in its Nov. 27 article about East County social services operated by the Children's Home Society (CHS). My position is nothing new. Nor, as the article suggests, is it based primarily on objections to abortion referrals.

November 26, 2013

School notes for Nov. 26, 2013

Christmas concert set The Washougal Schools Foundation will host a Christmas Holiday Family Concert at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 10 at the Washburn Auditorium at Washougal High School, 1201 39th St. There will be several local vocalists participating in the event.

November 26, 2013

Chamber plans holiday luncheon

The Camas-Washougal Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual holiday luncheon Thursday, Dec. 12, at Camas Meadows Golf Club. During the event, which begins at 11:30 a.m., more than 55 gift baskets will be raffled to the 160 attendees. Each basket has a minimum value of $100. Raffle tickets are $1 each.

November 26, 2013

Washougal block party is Dec. 5

Several shops in downtown Washougal are inviting the community to a block party. The holiday event will be held Thursday, Dec. 5, from 4 to 7 p.m.

November 26, 2013
Members of the 1937 Camas High School football team included Don Gigler, John Gfeller, Frank McKever, Fred Parsons, Harry Rietze, Emmett Scott, Tom Barker, Waldon Dailey, Hugh Knapp, Marvin Leathlean, Leslie Ludahl, Warren McNett, Clayton Myers, George Repman, Ben Straub, Bob Williams, Cliff Woodman, Albert Craig, DeForrest Hobson, Ray Hobson, Bud Meyers, Tracy Murphy, Jim Newquist, Ray O'Dell, Howard Olson, Omar Rhode and Harold Robertson. The coaches included Walter Erickson, Frank Hooper and Chet Campbell.

CHS Hall of Fame: The 1937 football team

Watching football has become a part of America's Thanksgiving tradition as much as turkey dinner. This year, the NFL is scheduled to televise three games on Thanksgiving Day. In 1937, there were no televised games -- Philo Farnsworth, who pioneered the technology for television, was just successfully concluding patent litigation against RCA for his image dissector, which evolved into the modern TV set.

November 19, 2013

School notes for Nov. 19, 2013

Journey Theater will present 'Thoroughly Modern Millie, Jr.' The Washburn Performing Arts Center will host "Thoroughly Modern Millie Jr.," beginning Nov. 29. The musical is based on the Broadway version and is set in New York City, circa 1922, full of intrigue and jazz. It's a time when women were entering the workforce, and the rules for love and social behavior were changing forever.

November 19, 2013

Obituaries for Nov. 19, 2013

Betty A. (Johnson) Scott Betty Anna (Johnson) Scott died peacefully at her home in Camas Nov. 9, 2013.