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March 8, 2018
Washougal Community Library Branch Manager Rachael Ries packages seeds for check out in the first seed bank in Southwest Washington on Feb. 22. Seeds that have been sorted include peas, kale, cabbage, carrots, spinach and hot peppers.

Check out that garden

A new Washougal-based hybrid of library protocol and seed-sharing is expanding the idea of “community gardening.”

March 1, 2018
John Furniss creates a wooden canister in his shed on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (Contributed photo courtesy of John Furniss)

A woodworker’s journey

John Furniss and his wife, Anni Becker Furniss, live with their rescue dog, Pickle, in Washougal. John spends much of his time creating woodwork in their shed, and Anni is…

February 22, 2018
David Stepanyuik, a 2004 Camas High grad, manages Outlaw Country, a low-power radio station at 102.5 FM that recently switched from Slavic to country music. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

‘Outlaw’ brings country to city

Did you know that Camas has its own radio station? You’ll be forgiven if you answered, “No.” Many people have never heard of KIEV-LP FM. And, if they have, they’re likely part of the area’s Ukrainian community.

February 15, 2018
Susan McElroy-Knilans stands in front of her homemade pollinator houses in her backyard on Thursday, Feb. 8. The pollinator houses give all native pollinator bees a home. They are made out of stuffed straws or hollow sticks. (Photos by Tori Benavente/Post-Record)

Buzzing about bees

Six years ago, after spending the majority of her life avoiding bees like they were the plague, Susan McElroy-Knilans found herself rooted in front of a bee hive with about 20 other people who had enrolled in a biodynamic beekeeping class.

February 1, 2018
Culinary instructor Brenda Hitchins tops a tiramisu cup with a layer of cream filling while Washougal High School Sophomore Alexis Garrett refills an icing bag to continue making the dessert cups. Garrett says she likes the teamwork and hands-on learning that the culinary program offers.

Not your parents’ home ec class

Washougal’s new Excelsior High School is shattering preconceptions about what it means to enroll in culinary arts classes.

January 25, 2018
Nick Calais and Tami Weidert are attracted to the welcoming and supportive community in Camas. The couple currently lives right on the border of Camas and Vancouver, but look forward to one day raising a family in Camas. (Photo courtesy of Tina Eifert of Blu Box Art)

An affair to remember

When Nick Calais and Tami Weidert, a Camas area couple, first attended Camas’ First Friday event in 2014 they instantly felt welcomed to the community.