July 3, 2025 8:04 am
Camas, News 
Luba Ross of Camas stands on the Round Lake trail in Camas on June 20, near the spot where, on July 28, 2024, she discovered a Vancouver man who had been missing for two days. Ross received the Camas Police Department’s 2025 Civilian Service Award for reuniting the man with his family. (James Rexroad/for The Columbian)
Luba Ross of Camas pictured near Round Lake in Camas on June 20, was “doomscrolling” online late one night in July 2024 when she saw a missing person post on Facebook and recognized a man she’d seen sitting on a bench near Round Lake earlier that day. Though it was late and she had been getting ready for bed, Ross went back to the lake trail to see if the man was still there. He was still sitting on the bench and, thanks to Ross’ actions, was reunited with his worried family in Vancouver. (James Rexroad/for The Columbian)
Camas Police Chief Tina Jones, right, presents the Camas Police Department’s Civilian Service Award to Camas resident Luba Ross during the police department’s second annual awards ceremony, held May 30, at Grace Foursquare Church in Camas. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record files)
It didn’t matter that it was close to 11 p.m. or that she was preparing for bed. Ross needed to find out if the man was still there.
“We live very close to the lake, so it was half an hour back and forth just checking on it, and I didn’t lose anything by checking,” she said. “It was my conscience, the little voice in my head, saying, ‘Could I do something better?’ ”
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