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February 11, 2014
Birds navigated icy tree branches to get to the seeds in a feeder at one Washougal home.

Winter chill

After four days of inclement weather blasted the local area with snow, wind, freezing rain and ice, frigid conditions are finally beginning to thaw. According to the National Weather Service, Camas and Washougal received approximately 9 inches of snow during the past four days, and freezing rain arrived in force on Saturday night and continued into early Sunday morning, creating treacherous road conditions. Steve Pierce of Northwest Weather Consultants said the recent storm follows a five-year trend.

February 4, 2014

Camas woman serves with the Association of Fundraising Professionals

A local resident has been elected to a volunteer leadership position with the Association of Fundraising Professionals. Carol Van Natta, of Camas, serves on the AFP Foundation for Philanthropy board of directors. She is the executive director and chief development officer of the PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Foundation. Van Natta is a past president of the local AFP chapter.

February 4, 2014

State Farm office relocates within downtown Camas

Friday was moving day for the employees of the downtown Camas State Farm Insurance office. Linda Huff and her staff have relocated from 605 N.E. Third Ave. to 350 N.E. Fourth Ave. The new location includes a larger main level office. Huff's agency has been at the same site for 18 years. That office was previously occupied by Frances Strobeck and her State Farm staff for a decade. Meanwhile, the Focus Designs office has temporarily relocated from 350 N.E. Fourth Ave., to a vacant space next door at 340 N.E. Fourth Ave.

February 4, 2014

Linear Technology exec named to Workforce Development Council board

The controller of Linear Technology's wafer fabrication plant in Camas is among the newest board members of the Southwest Washington Workforce Development Council. Jim Lucey has served as controller for 16 years. He previously was the financial accounting manager at Linear's corporate headquarters in Milpitas, Calif. Lucey is a former accounting manager at Price Waterhouse. He serves on the board of the Association of Washington Business and has been involved with several education and vocation advisory boards, including the Columbia-Willamette Workforce Collaborative Manufacturing Industry Panel and the Clark County Skills Center. For more information, contact Executive Director Jeanne Bennett at 567-1073, email [email protected] or visit www.swwdc.org.

February 4, 2014

Port rezoning request causes concern for refuge

The secretary of the Columbia Gorge Refuge Stewards is hoping the Port of Camas-Washougal will modify its rezoning request regarding some of the land in the Steigerwald Commerce Center. In a letter to Port Executive Director David Ripp, Willemina Niosi said the 19.65 acres in the request currently serve as a buffer between the Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge and the port's heavy industrial zoned land located to the west. The port is requesting that Clark County rezone the southern parcel of the commerce center from parks/open space to heavy industrial.

February 4, 2014
The new headstone of Alexander Stuber is carefully lowered into place, using a flatbed truck crane and pulley, at the Camas Cemetery on Friday.

Righting a wrong

A representation of the Camas community's generosity was bolted into place on Friday. A new granite monument at the grave site of Alexander Stuber was secured into place at the Camas Cemetery by employees from Vancouver Granite Works. The original one, more than 100 years old, was destroyed by vandalism in October 2013. Vancouver Granite Works worked to replicate the original monument, which included an image of a rose and the Bible verse "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith," from the second book of Timothy 4:7.

February 4, 2014
Barbara Quinn, assisted by Dick Lindstrom, weaves a rug on a counter balance loom at the Two Rivers Heritage Museum in Washougal using selvage materials from Pendleton Woolen Mills. Along with the working loom are vintage carding supplies, spinning wheels, sewing machines, irons and other accessories.

Two Rivers Heritage Museum reopens with new, updated displays

After a two-month closure, the Two Rivers Heritage Museum reopens today with a new display highlighting the local area's fabric weaving history. The exhibit, "Early Fabric Making," features a working counter balance loom set up to weave rugs with blanket selvage material donated from Pendleton Woolen Mills, which is located across the street. Every blanket woven at Pendleton is trimmed of selvage on two sides before finishing the edges. It is sturdy, colorful material that can be woven into soft rugs. "The loom appears to be handcrafted as opposed to manufactured and is estimated to be from the last part of the 19th century," said Camas-Washougal Historical Society member Marilyn Brown. "It is the size that could be found in a family home and was used to weave material for clothing, linens and home decor."

February 4, 2014

Camas man killed in Vancouver shooting

A Camas man was fatally shot Monday in what law enforcement officials are describing as a case of workplace violence. At approximately 11:30 a.m., Vancouver Police responded to a report of shots fired at the Westside Business Center located at 1800 W. Fourth Plain Blvd., in Vancouver's industrial west side in the Fruit Valley area. When officers arrived, they located the body of Ryan E. Momeny, 45, a manager at the Benjamin Moore Paint Co., in front of the business. They then found Robert R. Brown, 64, a driver at the company, deceased inside a vehicle in the parking from what is being described as a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

January 21, 2014
Dick Golladay holds a road sign given to him as a retirement gift from the Camas Police Department. He served his community as a Papermaker, firefighter, police officer and a landscaper. He looks forward to the next chapters of his life as a husband, father and a grandpa.

Golladay Way

By digging into dirt and evidence, Dick Golladay found his way into people's hearts. "I know how to do it, and I know where the masters are," said the 66 years "young" police officer turned landscaper. After graduating from Camas High School in 1965, Golladay served as a volunteer firefighter and then joined the Camas Police Department May 30, 1973. He dedicated 24 years to the force, retired in 1997, returned in 2002 and became the supervisor of the offender work crew.