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The Camas Police Department has received information from multiple residents that they have been getting phone calls from scammers stating that the residents have warrants for their arrest and will immediately be arrested if they don’t comply with instructions.
The caller usually states that the resident missed a court date and has a bench warrant. The caller also mentions specific Camas Police employees and/or judicial members from the local community.
When I was younger, I had a mantra I would say in my head that would help me during times that I felt fear. It was LPH, standing for Love, Peace and Harmony. I had almost forgotten the mantra until I decided to run for Mayor a month before the election in 2019. LPH swirled through my head, however this time I interpreted as Land, People and Honesty and that was what I ran my campaign on.
The naming of "Camas". Blossoming with clusters of showy deep blue flowers, something like a hyacinth in habit, the Camas Lily was eagerly sought by Columbia river valley Indians, since its bulb was an important part of their diet. Grown in meadows and marshes, it was harvested in mid-summer and prepared for eating, cooking in primitive baking pits, first being wrapped in swamp grass before contact with hot stones. When the cooked bulbs were dry, they were reduced to a flour from which bread could be made. When boiled in water, the bulbs yielded a molasses that was trea
An application from Discover Recovery was received on January 21, 2021 and deemed technically complete on February 12, 2021. The applicant requests approval of a Conditional Use Permit for a 15-bed convalescent home that will be located at 2213 NW 23rd Avenue, Camas, WA. According to Camas Municipal Code (CMC): "Nursing, rest or convalescent home" means an establishment which provides full-time care for three or more chronically ill or infirm persons. Such care shall not include surgical, obstetrical, or acute illness services” -- CMC18.03.030.
