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August 30, 2011
Washougal School District passes budget
The Washougal School Board has passed a $27 million budget for the 2011-12 school year, which is just slightly less than last year.
The Washougal School Board has passed a $27 million budget for the 2011-12 school year, which is just slightly less than last year.
Tossing aside the notion that retirement is a time to slow down and take it easy, a Washougal couple is preparing to set out on what they anticipate will be the adventure of a lifetime. In a matter of days, Pat and Ernie Suggs will leave their comfortable home and close-knit family, which includes six daughters and seven grandchildren, to spend the next year as English teachers in China. At the moment, they know very little about what lies ahead. They have yet to be told the specific number of pupils who will be taking their classes, the English knowledge base of those students, or what teaching tools will be available.
From pistachio-green walls to lawsuits to ghosts, the Camas Hotel has seen it all. The hotel, the oldest commercial building in downtown Camas, celebrates its 100th birthday this year. Built in 1911 by Paul Hinz, the hotel was originally named the Commercial Hotel because the Camas Hotel was already a business across the street.
The Washougal City Council is expected to consider continuing an emergency moratorium on establishing or operating marijuana collective gardens or dispensaries within city limits.
A Vancouver man has been charged with felony hit and run relating to a bizarre incident that occurred on Highway 14 in Washougal over the weekend that left one man dead.
Camas Mayor Scott Higgins recently asked City Administrator Lloyd Halverson at what point he targeted Fallen Leaf Lake Park as a place he wanted to see owned by and open to the public. His answer? "From day one."
Incuments fared well in today's Primary Election, as all four competing in local races will be moving on to the Nov. 8 General Election.
The Port of Camas-Washougal Riverside Concert Series will feature live music Saturday, at Marina Park.
The Post-Record's parent company, The Columbian, experienced an electrical fire early Tuesday morning.
Drivers and pedestrians on state Route 500 in Camas will encounter some changes this month as crews pave the highway and improve sidewalks between Southeast Third and Southeast Seventh avenues.