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February 16, 2011
Washougal Town Square signs new tenant
Dayley Dance Academy is expanding to downtown Washougal.
Dayley Dance Academy is expanding to downtown Washougal.
A Camas boy has landed the featured role in the upcoming Oregon Children's Theatre production of "On the Eve of Friday Morning." Jordan Karlous, 14, will play the character "Bahad."
A Camas youth service group that plans to rehabilitate homes and parks in New Orleans this summer is organizing a fund raising dinner.
Still looking for a way to make Valentine's Day memorable? A local event offers the opportunity for sweethearts to enjoy an evening out, all while benefitting a good cause. A Sweetheart Pasta Dinner and Auction will be held Saturday, from 5 to 8:30 p.m., at the Washougal High School commons. For $7 per person or $20 per family of four ($5 for each additional family member), attendees will receive pasta, salad, bread and drink. Ice cream sundaes can be purchased for an additional $2 each.
New traffic cameras installed on state Route 14 will help keep drivers and Washington State Department of Transportation crews up-to-date about what is going on along the well-traveled roadway. Cameras have been placed at Blanford Drive, Shorewood Drive, Cascade Park Drive and Southeast 164th Avenue. The cameras' first day online was Thursday.
Jay Hill enjoys making connections - through teaching math at Clark College and acting at the Slocum House Theatre. Hill, of Camas, is an adjunct professor at Clark, and he is among the featured actors in "The Dining Room," at Slocum House. The play, written by A.R. Gurney and directed by Rebecca Kramer, opened Friday night and will run for four weeks. It is described by Kramer as a "family-friendly dramedy," that explores the joys, sorrows, love and sadness that accompany family life.
If all goes as planned, Fallen Leaf Park will soon be the newest addition to the city's public open space system. The Camas City Council last night authorized Camas Mayor Paul Dennis to sign a purchase and sale agreement for the 55 acre property.
Ballasting operations were completed Thursday night on the SS Davy Crockett, the derelict ship moored on the north shore of the Columbia River near Camas. According to the U.S. Coast Guard, during the operation crews lowered the stern 17-feet to allow four remotely operated pumps to flood cargo hold compartments with approximately 600,000 gallons of water. The goal is to determine the location of pollutants that remain on the vessel. "Long-term salvage plans or time line estimates would be speculative until more is known about pollutants contained within the compartments of the Davy Crockett," said Coast Guard Capt. Daniel LeBlanc, federal on-scene coordinator. "Parallel to the recovery and salvage operation, an investigation is being conducted into the events leading up to the spill of oil."
The Washougal School District is asking for community input as it begins the process of searching for a new superintendent. Interested patrons are invited to fill out a survey, located on the district's website, www.washougal.k12.wa.us.
A photo taken by a Camas woman that shows sunlight illuminating a canyon wall at Navajo Tribal Park in Arizona recently won the top prize in a Portland-based photography contest. Lois Settlemeyer won the "Photo of the Year" competition, which is a benefit for the Multnomah Education Service District Outdoor School environmental education program of Portland. Another of Settlemeyer's photos was an overall finalist, and a third photo placed as the top picture in the weather category.