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March 20, 2012
Local girl organizes annual blood drive
Tiffani Pekkala is serious about her efforts to secure donors for the American Red Cross Blood Drive."I have bribed classmates to donate with food and movies," she joked.
Tiffani Pekkala is serious about her efforts to secure donors for the American Red Cross Blood Drive."I have bribed classmates to donate with food and movies," she joked.
The members of the Camas High School Knowledge Bowl team are all smiles after capturing their third state championship in three years. The team traveled to Marysville-Pilchuk High School to compete in the 30th annual Knowledge Bowl state championship over the weekend. There, teams from all over the state competed at the 4A, 3A and 2A levels in three separate tournaments. The Papermakers beat out 17 other teams in the 3A division to secure a win.
Library hosts Hunger Games party The Camas Public Library is hosting a party for teens to celebrate the debut of the best-selling book “The Hunger Games” as a major Hollywood movie. The party will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday, March 22. Teens in seventh- through 12th-grade are invited to come to the library for an afternoon of themed activities.
James Maguire, a senior at Washougal High School, is a semi-finalist in the 43rd annual national Washington Crossing Foundation Scholarship competition. The awards are granted to high school seniors for best all-around presentation about why they are planning a career in government service. According to a press release, the semi-finalists represent, "The most talented and accomplished of our country's young leaders." The foundation is located in Bristol, Bucks County, Pa.
A Camas High School student is leading a local campaign to collect donations to help an organization that works to brighten the days of children who are dealing with some of life's most traumatic health crises.
FIRST Robotics team returns to 'Rebound Rumble'
Rep. Ann Rivers (R-La Center) hosted two Camas students as pages this legislative session in Olympia. Both students were at the state Capitol from Feb. 13 to 17.
Walking through the hallways of Washougal High School last week, students were greeted by a large, orange and black poster congratulating various choir and band members. And there were several reasons to give kudos: On Monday, Feb. 20, several students performed with the Washington Music Educators All-State Honor Symphonic Choir and Wind Ensemble. In addition, many of the same vocalists and instrumentalists performed well at the Regional Solo and Ensemble Contest the following weekend. "This is great," said Jen Mahorney, choir director. "We've been preparing since right after Christmas. There are some pretty stellar schools in the region, It's fortunate that we have this level of competition."
Years from now, Andrew Cottrell will be able to walk along the Washougal River Greenway trail and see trees he planted towering above.Cottrell, 14, recently added a colorful variety of 12 maples to the trail, located in Camas off Second Avenue, for his Eagle Scout project.
A local group of students came home with two trophies after competing in the Oregon Robotics Tournament and Outreach Program FIRST LEGO League state tournament.The Camas Mechanickidz competed against 89 other teams, taking first-place in software programming and second-place in robot performance, coming in only one point shy in that category than the winner. The team was selected for the state competition in December, out of 20 teams at a qualifying competition in Vancouver. According to team co-coach Jeff Hendricks, the Portland region is the largest in the country with 400 teams.