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camping at Swift Reservoir - 10:13 p.m. 4/7/2009

It has been years since we camped....20 or more. Kids are growna nd we want to do more. Loved our drive to Swift Reservoir and wondered if the Pacific Poweer camp is the only one there? Can you just camp anywhere, or does it have to be in a designated camp area? Where would I go to get these answers if you know? Thanks in advance!! Janet Janet Ballantyne janballantyne@hotmail.com

Good afternoon- - 3:53 p.m. 3/24/2009

Good afternoon- My husband family & I are flying to Portland for vacation in your area. We will be bringing my parents (86 & 87 yrs old), a daughter (her husband is deployed) & our 12 yr old son. Also, a 7 lb Chihuahua that is a medical assist dog. This will be my father's last year to travel on vacation & we would rather stay in a house rather than a hotel, as we can care for my parents better. Do you know of a vacation rental property in your area that would accommodate our family in the range of $1200-$1300 for our trip in June, 2009 Thank you. Susie 817.877.2409 Susie Mitchell - Fort Worth, Texas susie@fwssr.com www.fwssr.com

Woodland Historical Photo Identification Project - 8:57 p.m. 3/21/2009

Help identify people and places in over 18,000 digitized historical images of Woodland, Washington Thre is a growing historical photo collection of Woodland and the Lewis River area currently consisting of over 18,000 digital images of historic photos from several prominent longtime Woodland residents; including over 15,000 of these images coming from the Leon Stroud collection with 8,000 of the images that were photographed at the Woodland Junior and Senior High Schools. Phase 1 of Project Woodland Id, is the inaugural event for the community to come together and help identify people and places in the images that will be printed out on paper for people to write directly upon, while there are people who still around who remember the folks and the places in these images, especially in the school photos. Phase one of Project Woodland I.D. covers the digitized prints and the large negatives from the Stroud collection from 1939 to the mid-late 1960’s, and other photos digitized of earlier times. Years currently identified in the Woodland High School images include: 1941, 1944, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1969, and 1973. There are thousands and thousands of additional photos with no dates attached to the image that need identified. General categories of the school images include: baseball, basketball, cheer-yell leaders, class photos, classrooms, clubs, dances, drama, FFA, faculty-staff, football, girls sports, music, portraits, school building, school life, track, and wrestling. The goal of this 100% volunteer project CURRENTLY is just to digitize the images, as most of the photos are negatives and are deteriorating very quickly and will be lost forever. But we need help from people who lived and still live in the Woodland area to help to identify the people and places in these images, so these photos will have more meaning and the people will be correctly identified in the photos for the years to come. When: Saturday May 2 from 9-6 p.m. and Sunday May 3 from 1-5 p.m. Where: Woodland High School Commons, 757 Park St. Woodland, WA Admission: Free Benefits: Proceeds from reprints of photos benefit the Friends of the Woodland Library, and other community projects. Erin Thoeny - Woodland, WA thoenyf@pacifier.com

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Communtiy Garden. - 9:01 a.m. 2/28/2009

John Stark has headed up a committee to organize a community garden. It still has to be approved by the Woodland City Council. If you are interested in this it would help if you let the Woodland City Council members know. John is to be congratulated for his efforts. Noel Johnson - Woodland, WA Noel@lewisriver.com http://www.lewisriver.com

Ready, set, camp! - 11:12 a.m. 2/2/2009

Ready, set, camp! PacifiCorp's Lewis River recreation reservation line opens March 1 ARIEL, Wash. - Beginning Sunday, March 1, campground reservations at PacifiCorp's Cresap Bay and Cougar Camp parks along the Lewis River in southwest Washington can be requested by calling the company's recreation line at 503-813-6666. The recreation phone line will be open between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. March 1, but afterwards, only weekdays during the same hours. Other PacifiCorp-owned parks with campgrounds will continue to be available only on a first-come, first-served basis. PacifiCorp, which serves electric customers as Pacific Power in Oregon, Washington and California, operates 14 parks and day-use facilities along three Lewis River reservoirs and below Merwin Dam. Facilities include 318 campsites and 268 picnic sites, fresh water, hot showers, swimming beaches, boat ramps, restrooms and RV stations. Recreation sites begin below Merwin Dam, located 10 miles east of Woodland, Wash., on state highway 503, and continue 40 miles upstream to Swift Camp. Immensely popular in the region, about a half-million people used these public camping, fishing and day-use facilities during 2008, and the company expects another busy year in 2009. PacifiCorp continues to offer campground fees at 2007 levels: Individual sites at Cresap Bay, Cougar and Beaver Bay parks are $17 per night; Swift Forest Campground is $14. At Merwin Park, fees for group picnic sites remain at $15 plus extra vehicle parking costs. No parking fees are collected during the current off-season. However, during the peak recreation season Memorial Day weekend to Sept. 15 a $3 parking fee is charged on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays at reservoir day-use parks. The exception is Merwin Park where the parking fee is always $1. River access sites below Merwin Dam and at Eagle Cliff Park above Swift Reservoir do not have parking fees. Parking passes for the summer season are available for $20. Passes can be purchased at the Woodland Information Center and at fee booths located at parks during hours they are staffed. Parties wishing to purchase parking passes by mail can send applications to: Recreation Department, PacifiCorp, 105 Merwin Village Court, Ariel, Wash. 98603. An application form can be obtained at www.lewisriver.com or by calling the recreation line at 503-813-6666. Noel Johnson - Woodland, WA Noel@lewisriver.com http://www.lewisriver.com

Nice job! - 10:09 a.m. 1/16/2009

I would like to thank the Woodland Fire Department, Cowlitz Co. Emergency Management, and Pacificorp for managing the recent flood event. They should be commended for a job well done. Benjamin Fredricks Woodland City Council Benjamin Fredricks - Woodland, WA bbkkfredricks@yahoo.com

Road to Cougar open. - 12:26 p.m. 1/15/2009

Cyndi Evans at the Cougar store reminds visitors that Highway 503 between Woodland and Cougar is bare and dry. And near Cougar, conditions are perfect for snowmobiling, she said. A temporary sign near Woodland warns motorists that Highway 503 is closed due to a slide -- which is true on the south side of Lake Merwin, between Chelatchie and Yale in Clark County. But the more popular route to Cougar along the North Fork of the Lewis River is open to traffic. "We need the business," said Evans, who said even folks in Woodland are confused about whether they can reach Cougar. She's been fielding 15 to 20 phone calls per day asking when people would be able to reach the town. Noel Johnson - Woodland, WA Noel@lewisriver.com http://www.lewisriver.com/

Latest info about NF Lewis High Water. - 8:46 a.m. 1/12/2009

By the way, while the reservoir center was predicting 150,000 cfs inflow, we only reached about 61,000 cfs inflow. We really lucked out on the path the storm followed which stayed pretty much north of Swift. We still saw 6 inches of rain at Swift. There were a bunch of slides in the basin so the water will be muddy for quite some time Noel Johnson - Woodland, WA Noel@lewisriver.com http://www.lewisriver.com/

Rumor Control - 1:12 p.m. 1/9/2009

PacifiCorp did an excellent job of protecting all of the Lewis River Valley residents from a catastrophic flood that would have occurred if the dams had not been there. Many rumors and very poor reporting by some reporters led people to be misinformed. This is what happened: At the height of the event there was over 150000 Cubic Feet per Second coming into the reservoirs. At the beginning of the event there was 35000 acre feet of storage in the three reservoirs total. By holding back water PacifiCorp was able to never release over 40000 CFS. Consequently, there was only minor flooding in very low lying areas. As you know, we live right on the North Fork by Woodland. The river was at least five feet below our yard at the highest. PacifiCorp needs to be congratulated for not over reacting. The Woodland Fire Department also did the right thing by asking us to evacuate because they were told it was possible that 60000 CFS may have to be released and it would have been in the middle of the night. Bottom line, we all were very fortunate. Email me any time. Respectfully submitted, Noel Johnson President Noel Johnson - Woodland, WA Noel@lewisriver.com hhtp://www.lewisriver.com

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