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March 30, 2023
Skyridge Middle School teacher Michael Sanchez, vice president of the Camas Education Association union representing Camas School District educators, speaks to Camas School Board members about the district's plan to cut $6 million from its 2023-24 budget, during a school board meeting held Monday, March 27, 2023, at the school district's administration offices. (Screenshot by Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

CSD begins budget cut notifications

Camas School District administrators this week began reaching out to staff members who will likely be impacted by the district’s looming budget cuts.

March 30, 2023
Contributed photo courtesy Hannah Schrager 
 Washougal resident Hannah Schrager shows off a Western serviceberry plant at Good Year Farms in April 2022.

Native plant nursery blossoms in Washougal

Hannah Schrager didn’t consider herself to be particularly “outdoorsy” when she was growing up, even though she thought at one point that she wanted to become a vegetable farmer. But now, every time she sees the leaf of a Trillium flower or trout lily delicately emerging from recently thawed ground in springtime, she experiences feelings of wonder and awe.

March 23, 2023
Camas High School (CHS) choir teacher Ethan Chessin (standing behind piano) conducts his first-period choir on Friday, March 17, 2023, while 2022 CHS graduate Brian Bishop (seated at piano) plays a piece he composed for the class, and singer-songwriter Brenna Larsen (far left), also a former CHS choir student, watches. (Photos by Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Camas choir students branch out, work with music pros

It’s the first period of the school day, and the students in Camas High School choir director Ethan Chessin’s only all-male choir have immersed themselves in a song, “Down to the Bottom of the Sea,” composed by 2022 CHS graduate Brian Bishop and inspired by Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel, “Frankenstein.”

March 23, 2023
Washougal's 54-40 Brewing Company is "currently looking at every reasonable opportunity out there for distribution, including self-distribution and start-up (companies)," according to co-owner Bolt Minister (pictured above). 54-40 Brewing lost its current supplier after the Ridgefield-based Corwin Beverage Company dissolved its craft beverage distributors. (Contributed photo courtesy of 54-40 Brewing Company)

Distribution company’s sale to PepsiCo causes dismay

A Ridgefield-based beverage distribution company’s decision to dissolve its craft beer distributors will “injure” many local and regional breweries, including Washougal’s 54-40 Brewing Company and Camas’ Grains of Wrath Brewing, “for years to come,” according to a nonprofit organization that represents Southwest Washington beer makers.