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December 5, 2019

Washougal School District to put levies before voters

Since taking over as Washougal School District’s (WSD) superintendent in July 2018, Mary Templeton has strongly advocated for the addition of a string music program. Templeton is a trained singer, her sister was a member of the Portland Youth Philharmonic and all three of her children are violin players with orchestra experience, so she believes that she’s able to speak to the performing arts’ ability to enrich peoples’ lives.

December 5, 2019
Washougal High School librarian Hillary Marshall assists sophomore Jennifer Trask (left) and freshman Erica Allen with a project. (Contributed photos courtesy of Washougal School District)

WHS librarian leading ‘makerspace’ movement

Hillary Marshall, who has worked as an educator for the past 24 years, mostly as a library scientist, knows better than most about how emerging technologies have vastly changed the role of school libraries and school librarians.

December 5, 2019
Eleven Washougal boy scouts from Troops 497 and 462 have earned Eagle badges. Front row, left to right: Conrad Jones, Spencer Perkins, Henry Jones and Braden Harness. Back row, left to right: Thomas Hines, William Weihl, Dallin Kanzler, Nolan Purkerson and Tommy Liston. Not pictured: Ryan Perkins and Jaden Moore. (Contributed photo courtesy of Heather Purdin Photography)

Washougal scouts earn Eagle rank

A local boy scout was awarded an Eagle rank during a ceremony on Saturday, Nov. 9, at American Legion Hall Cape Horn Post 122 in Washougal. William Weihl passed the…

November 21, 2019
Gause Elementary School booster Rona Ager (left), Washougal School District superintendent Mary Templeton (middle) and Jemtegaard Middle School art teacher Dani Allen pose for a photograph during an Oct. 17 reception to honor the Learn Here Project's "Real Heroes of Clark County." (Contributed photo courtesy of Washougal School District)

Washougal teacher, volunteer named heroes

Dani Allen and Rona Ager have different roles and responsibilities within the Washougal School District (WSD), but they both want the same thing: to see students flourish.

November 21, 2019
Camas resident Ellen Fanale opened My Mother's Closets vintage store in Washougal in October. "I try to have the lowest consignment rates that there are," said owner Ellen Fanale. "I want an assortment of things, because my taste is depression glass and 50s jewelry. I have enough stuff to fill a store 10 times over, but (I want to) get more diverse merchandise." (Photos by Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Vintage shop opens in Washougal

Ellen Fanale wasn’t happy after moving to Camas from southern California in 2013. Dealing with Type 1 diabetes and other illnesses, she refused to get out of bed on most days. She stayed only because her husband, Sal, said he didn’t want to move again.

November 21, 2019
The proposed performing arts and cultural center on the Washougal waterfront would include a 1,200-seat auditorium, orchestra pit, fly tower, view tower, wardrobe, lobby, gallery, studios, classrooms and a rooftop garden.

Committee pitches arts and cultural center

When Martha Martin started researching the potential for building a performing arts and cultural center on the Washougal waterfront, she didn’t expect to discover that was one of the area’s historical uses.