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October 13, 2022
A child holds a pumpkin during the 2019 Washougal Harvest Pumpkin Festival. (Contributed photo courtesy of Michele Loftus)

Pumpkin Festival returns to Washougal

The city of Washougal will hold its annual Pumpkin Harvest Festival from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, at Hathaway Park. “The festival is back…

October 6, 2022
Top: Ulrike Halverson's watercolors hang in the Second Story Gallery on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022.
Above: Ulrike Halverson's watercolor, "City in the Heart of Silesia," is part of an October art exhibit, "Silesian Stories" at the Camas Public Library's Second Story Gallery. (Photos courtesy of Lloyd and Ulrike Halverson)

Sister City Stories: Camas library highlights art, stories inspired by Polish sister cities

When Lloyd Halverson, the longtime Camas city administrator who helped guide Camas through its transition from a sleepy mill town to desirable suburban hub in the 1990s and early 2000s, thinks back on the many trips he and his wife, Ulrike Halverson, have made to Camas’ three Polish “sister cities,” he recalls personal stories of strength, determination and resilience.

September 29, 2022
Washougal resident John Scukanec enjoys a game of catch in 2022.

Catching On: Washougal man invites strangers to play catch

On the evening of Wednesday, March 2, John Scukanec grabbed a baseball, picked up his mitt and dragged his son, JR, out to the back yard of their Washougal home to play catch. It was 9:30 p.m., cold and wet, but Scukanec didn’t care. He had determined that he was going to play catch with somebody not only that day, but every day for the next calendar year.

September 15, 2022
Cape Horn-Skye  Elementary and Canyon Creek Middle school art teacher Alice Yang (left) announces the winner of the first Parkersville Day student art contest at Parker's Landing Historical Park in Washougal on June 4, 2022. The Washougal Art and Culture Alliance named Yang as the group's 2022 Community Member of the Year. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record files)

Washougal art teacher, music school owner honored

The Washougal Arts and Culture Alliance (WACA) has named Jeffree White and Alice Yang as its artist and community member, respectively, of 2022 in recognition of their “significant” contributions to the Washougal art scene.