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August 11, 2011
Sounds of Scotland travel to Camas
Bagpipes, stories and Gaelic songs of Scotland will be presented from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Friday at the Camas Public Library as part of the travel-themed summer reading program.
Bagpipes, stories and Gaelic songs of Scotland will be presented from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Friday at the Camas Public Library as part of the travel-themed summer reading program.
Family-friendly movies, presented by Camas Parks and Recreation, are shown in Crown Park every Friday this month.
Although some parts of the country seem to be pulling out of the recession, Washington is still being hit hard, and K-12 education is one area that has taken the brunt of it. This marks the fourth year that the Camas and Washougal School Districts have had to slash their budgets due to reductions in state funding.
As the area's piloting community grieves the loss of one of its own and remembers him fondly, officials with the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Traffic Safety Board continue to investigate the cause of the plane crash involving Wilbert "Skeets" Mehrer. He died Aug. 3, in a plane crash in Fern Prairie. Mehrer, 84, of Canby, Ore., was flying from Hermiston, Ore., to Grove Field, when the crash occurred in a field near English Auto, 26710 N.E. 19th St. There were no passengers on board. The Camas Police and Fire departments, as well as East County Fire and Rescue, were dispatched at 4:40 p.m. Mehrer's death has been determined to be accidental due to multiple blunt force injuries, following an autopsy performed Friday by the Clark County Medical Examiners Office. No other significant factors are listed on the death certificate.
Girls flip over their partner's shoulders and boys break into dance moves as sounds of people singing "bop-she-wop" fill the air. Christian Community Theater's "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" opened Friday at the Washburn Performing Arts Center in Washougal High School and runs until Aug. 14.
The issue of whether to allow special events at the Farrell House will soon be in front of the Camas City Council.
A pilot who was well known among the aviation community at Grove Field Airport died Wednesday afternoon in a plane crash in Fern Prairie. Wilbert "Skeets" Mehrer, 84, of Canby, Ore., was flying from Hermiston, Ore., to Grove Field Airport, when the crash occurred in a field near English Auto, 26710 N.E. 19th St. There were no passengers on board.
While some communities were gathering Tuesday to celebrate "National Night Out," more than 30 local residents were filling the council chambers at Camas City Hall.
Camas Parks and Recreation Concerts in the Park series continues tonight, Wednesday, August 3 with Marcus Eaton. The concert is at Crown Park in Camas from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.. Admission is free.
After 3 1/2 hours of public testimony and Camas Planning Commission deliberation, a decision about whether to approve an application for an unclassified use permit from the owner of the historic Farrell House will be made tonight. Planning Commissioners Troy Hull, Judy Hooper, David Shepherd and Bryan Beel voted to carry the meeting over to today, at 7 p.m., at City Hall, 616 N.E. Fourth Ave.