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July 5, 2011

City accepts applications for Ward 3 seat

Applications are currently being accepted to fill the Camas City Council Ward 3 seat. The position has been vacant since Monday, June 27, when Scott Higgins resigned following his appointment to serve as Camas mayor. Former Mayor Paul Dennis resigned as of May 31 to accept the position of director of the Camas-Washougal Economic Development Association. Applications for the Ward 3, Position 2 seat, available at www.ci.camas.wa.us, must be hand-delivered to Camas City Hall by Friday, July 15. Submissions made by U.S. mail, e-mail or fax will not be accepted.

June 28, 2011

Port signs economic development agreement

The Port of Camas-Washougal Commission has approved a professional services agreement with Cascade Planning Group, to perform economic development services.

June 28, 2011

Washougal council to vote on agreement with firefighters

A potential agreement with Washougal firefighters will result in shifts starting 30 minutes earlier and pay increases when members are involved in advanced life support. Currently, Washougal firefighters work 24-hour shifts, starting at 7:30 a.m. Camas firefighters start at 7 a.m. The memorandum of understanding between Washougal and International Association of Firefighters Local 2444 provides for a 1.5 percent pay increase for Washougal captains and firefighters when they are on assignment as advanced life support team members and supervisors. The memorandum allows for Washougal firefighters to be assigned to Camas stations and to staff an ambulance. It also provides for the possibility that a Washougal firefighter could serve as a Camas battalion chief.

June 28, 2011

Higgins appointed to fulfill term as Camas mayor

With a unanimous vote by the Camas City Council, Scott Higgins is now officially the mayor of Camas. The former Ward 3 councilman and mayor pro-tem was appointed to the position following a structured interview and selection process last night at City Hall. The other candidate was Kim Seaton Thies.

June 28, 2011

Fireworks go on sale today

Local residents can buy fireworks for the upcoming Fourth of July holiday beginning today, but depending on where they live might have to wait a bit to set them off. Fireworks can be legally discharged in Camas city limits today, from noon to 11 p.m.; Wednesday through Sunday, from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Monday, from 9 a.m. to midnight, and July 5, from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.

June 28, 2011
Lila Trammell, of Camas, creates cards for veterans at the Barnes nursing home and hospice center in Vancouver. She has been selected as Camas Days Senior Royalty. Trammell will celebrate her 95th birthday on July 12, one day before her coronation.

Service-minded senior is honored

A woman who has lived in Camas for more than 80 years has been chosen to serve on the Camas Days Royal Court. Lila Trammell, 94, was nominated by her niece Roxanne Jones, of Washougal. "I was kind of shocked," Trammell said. She is a 1935 graduate of Camas High School who has worked at several locations, including the Camas paper mill.

June 28, 2011

Independence Day celebration will be held in Washougal

Live music from the 50s, 60s and 70s, as well as an assortment of food, will be available at the Fourth of July celebration at Marina Park. The Port of Camas-Washougal Independence Day event, presented in partnership with the city of Washougal, will be free and open to the public. Food vendors will begin serving gyros, baklava, kettle corn and shave ice at 4 p.m. The Camas Lions will host a beer/wine garden and sell hamburgers, cheeseburgers, beef hot dogs/polish dogs and grilled garlic onions.