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January 15, 2013

Camas needs to prepare to ‘go to war’ with BPA

The BPA draft Environmental Impact Statement for the project they have strategically named the I-5 Corridor Reinforcement Project was published in November 2012. Many people reading this letter to the editor may have only minimal familiarity with the project. I can assure you, those members of our community who are directly along the paths that BPA is considering are quickly becoming more knowledgeable about this project. If you think the current power lines running through Camas are ugly, I encourage you to look at the size and shape of the new and bigger power lines towers. They make the current towers look like midgets.

January 15, 2013

Man arrested on child porn charges has Camas ties

A Vancouver man who volunteered with a Camas church youth group was arrested last Tuesday on federal child pornography charges. Bradley J. Gilliam, 24, is charged with possession of and receipt and distribution of child pornography. According to the criminal complaint filed with the court, Gilliam shared illicit images of children, including toddlers, on a peer-to-peer network using the username "Bllover69." Investigators were able to trace the Internet protocol address used by "Bllover69" to the Vancouver home where Gilliam resides.

January 8, 2013

Obituaries for Jan. 8, 2012

Rebecca 'Becky' C. Morris Rebecca "Becky" Carol Morris died Dec. 30, 2012, at her home in Washougal, after a short but courageous battle with metastatic melanoma. She was 33.

January 8, 2013

Births for Jan. 8, 2012

A son has been born to Ashley N. Lawhorn and Nicholas D. Drew of Vancouver.

January 8, 2013

Letters to the Editor for Jan. 8, 2013

A good place to start A recent letter, titled "Gun control is not the issue," discussed the author's religious beliefs to clarify her initial statement that in these recent tragic shootings, "It is not an issue about gun control, but about people."

January 8, 2013

School notes for Jan. 8, 2013

'E-Waste' recycling event is next weekend< /strong> The Clark County Skills Center Electro-Digital Technologies Program is hosting a post-holiday "E-Waste" recycling event from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Friday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, at the Skills Center, 12200 N.E. 28th St. in Vancouver.