December 21, 2010
By Dawn Feldhaus Post-Record staff
Ernie Warwick fiddles because he enjoys it, and he hopes the audiences do as well. As a member of the Old Time Fiddlers, he has several opportunities each month to give and receive enjoyment. Warwick, 83, of Camas, plays a fiddle and guitar. He has been fiddling for 26 years and playing a guitar since he was 18.
Frontier Communications employees will soon begin repair work on telephone line damage that has resulted in 700 to 900 residences in the Washougal area losing phone service.
The bodies of a 53-year-old male and 44-year-old female, a married couple, were discovered inside their residence at the 1500 block of Northwest 10th Avenue at approximately 10:51 p.m.
As a crew from NW Natural Gas replaces a gas line under "E" Street, motorists have endured slower speeds and stoppages while under the direction of traffic control employees. Flaggers from K & D Services were recently directing traffic outside "A" Your Town Chimney Inc., 2126 "E" St.
When entering the social hall at Zion Lutheran Church, it could be a challenge to determine who is benefitting more from the Lost and Found Cafe -- the volunteers serving food or individuals enjoying the complimentary dinners. Charles Shaver has been eating at the cafe for two years. He is a retired farmer from North Dakota who moved to Washougal six years ago. "It is wonderful and real good food," Shaver said regarding the cafe. "It helps a lot with the grocery bill."
The man who served as the Washougal interim finance director -- in between the terms of Jeffrey Bivens and Jennifer Forsberg -- is the "Employee of the Year." Assistant Finance Director RJ Stevenson was recognized with the "Overall Excellence in Public Service" award. Summary comments provided by the nomination selection committee mentioned the finance department has had a couple of "turbulent years of leadership." "He has quietly stepped up to the plate in administering the budget process for the last two years," the committee wrote about Stevenson. "This has resulted in many extra hours of work. However, he has completed the task without any complaint. He is amazing."
"Love you Mama." Those were the words Kerry Crane heard from her daughter Erin as the 25-year-old left her parents' Washougal home and headed to a job interview on Nov. 12, 2007. Later that evening, police found Erin Dawn Wilson dead at a house northeast of Vancouver. The young woman with the captivating smile had been strangled with her favorite scarf, her body was wrapped in a blanket stained with blood. The next day arrested and charged with first-degree murder was Wilson's husband, Larry F. Van Schaick. He eventually pleaded guilty and is now serving a 14 year sentence. "She was just getting her life back together," Crane said.
It's a bird. It's a plane. No, it's a Prune Hill Elementary School student dressed in a cape and mask dashing into the book fair on Monday. Students took full advantage of what school Librarian Meghan Johnson describes as an "over the top," idea to combine Superhero Dress Up Day with the school's annual Scholastic book fair. To top it off, this is also the week that grandparents are invited to eat breakfast with students.
