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Beautiful Baby Contest - 3:04 p.m. 4/15/2008

Beautiful Baby Contest. LewisRiver.com Inc. is looking for a co-sponsor for a Beautiful Baby Contest. Woodland has some of the most beautiful babies in the world. Email me if your organization or business is interested in this. ~Noel~ Noel Johnson - Woodland, WA Noel@lewisriver.com

Taco Bell - 3:42 p.m. 3/21/2008

I there going to be a Tacko Bell in Woodland? John Ream - Woodland, WA godskidjr@yahoo.com

Wal-mart - 7:39 p.m. 2/19/2008

How about we make it simple, build a bridge to st. helens and we can shop at wal-mart tax free... GORDON - Woodland gordon.ray.burney@us.army.mil

Fed up with the city employees - 11:10 a.m. 2/7/2008

My wife and I have lived here for over two years. When we bought our house, we discovered that the previous owners did not take care of the water bill and the city was owed over three hundred dollars. Well, we bregrudgingly agreed to pay it and ended up getting the money back from the title company for missing it on their search. The city employees were less than helpful if not outright rude. They knew the new address of the people that incurred the bill in the first place, but refused to go after them. They said that they would get their money from me. After living here and paying our bills religiously, we had a misstep and forgot to pay our water and sewer bill this month and our water was shut off. Not an issue, but when my wife went down to take care of it, she politly asked to have the fees waived and explained the situation and she was greeted with a rude woman who accused her of lying and walked away while she was still talking to here. I was infuriated after my wife called me at work crying after being treated this way. She was also able to see six other people in our neighborhood of 44 who were getting their water shut off that day. (so much for privacy) Even the man that was shutting off water was telling people what houses he was going to shut the water off. Anyone who pays their bills normally can't possibly be on a very good schedule the way the city bill comes out and when it is due. They give you about six days to pay it. What kind of people do we have working for us in this town? Is it really neccessary to treat people this way. I grew up in a small town, but it was nothing like this. People there treated each other with dignaty and respect and got the same in return. What a sad town. Patrick - Woodland, WA 98674 bostonshaker@msn.com

Looking for a home to rent - 12:55 p.m. 1/30/2008

I may be looking for a house to rent how would I go about finding listing's for Woodland? Amy - Woodland, WA amynames26@yahoo.com

Woodland flood protection. - 1:39 p.m. 1/28/2008

Inside the Woodland City Limits is a cement “sea wall” that runs along SR 503 and a city street. This wall is a flood protection wall. There is a gap in the wall where it crosses the state highway and continues along a city street as well as a couple of driveway gaps for residences along the city street. These gaps are designed to be closed using removable panels that are kept stored nearby at the local diking district. The last time these panels were put into place was during the flood of 1996. Since then, there are very few people left in local gov’t who have actually had anything to do with putting the wall up. The City wishes to conduct an exercise whereby the removable panels are put in place. If this exercise entails putting up all of the removable panels, it will have a noticeable impact on the SR 503 highway, which would have to be closed for the exercise. We have scheduled a pre-planning meeting for this exercise on Tuesday, February 12th, at 1:30 p.m. at the Woodland City Hall, Council Chambers, 100 Davidson Ave. The purpose of this first meeting will be to determine what the scope of this exercise will be. It could be as little as just doing a table top exercise on how it would happen in a real event…to an actual complete install of the panels. Noel Johnson - Woodland, WA Noel@lewisriver.com http://www.lewisriver.com

High Water!! - 6:21 a.m. 12/3/2007

Go to this web page for high water information, emergency contacts, river levels etc. http://www.lewisriver.com/highflow.html Noel Johnson - Woodland, Wa Noel@lewisriver.com http://www.lewisriver.com/highflow.html

Public transportation - 5:52 p.m. 11/7/2007

I am planning on moving to woodland in the up-coming future, and I was curious if woodland has any form of public transportation. Please respond thanks! Kristina Henderson - kelso, washington dussauds@msn.com

WalMart - 11:13 a.m. 9/23/2007

I would love to have a WalMart in Woodland. Francis McKernan - woodland, washington fjmckernan@aol.com

Good news!! - 2:16 p.m. 9/13/2007

I am excited and privileged to publicly share the newest developments about the swimming and recreational facility planned near Horseshoe Lake Park. Before doing so, and since this matter has been contested and delayed to the extent that the public probably no longer knows the status of the project, here is a short, historical recap: The Woodland Community Swimming Pool Committee (“WCSPC”) is a privately organized charitable group with the mission of enhancing the Woodland community through the building of a swimming and recreational facility via private donations. This group has been diligently working on this mission now for more than ten years, consulting various experts for the purposes of determining the optimal construction, location and operation of the facility. Unfortunately, the project has experienced delays due to a multitude of reasons, but primarily associated with ongoing opposition and litigation by a small faction of citizens who have contested the construction of any portion of the facility in Horseshoe Lake Park. A lawsuit was brought six years ago, alleging amongst a number of things, that the facility would compromise the park space and the City did not have authority to convey property for the purposes of the project. Fortunately, we endured and (the City) prevailed at every step through legal appeals all the way to the state supreme court. Despite this victory, the delay due to the litigation, as well as the resulting public perception, took significant wind out of our sails in completing the project. Momentum was regained recently, however, in the form of the YMCA committing to operation of the facility after they analyzed and confirmed that the project was properly positioned at the most viable location in Woodland to succeed as proposed by the WCSPC. Now we have more good news to report. The facility has been reconfigured so that it now fits completely within the private property immediately adjacent to Horseshoe Lake Park. In fact, no portion of Horseshoe Lake Park needs to be conveyed or dedicated for the facility under this new plan. This is significant for a number of reasons: 1) It will alleviate the alleged concerns of the opposition about using park space for the facility and finally purge anybody from politicizing this issue any longer; (2) The existing boat ramp and the impacts a facility in the park would have on it are now resolved. By placing the facility outside the park, this issue becomes moot; (3) The private property on which the facility will be located would be donated, thereby relieving further costs associated with the project; (4) Placing the facility within private property frees the construction process from several legislative entanglements that would otherwise possibly apply (e.g. Davis Beacon Act, Shoreline permitting, etc.). (5) Placing the facility on private property will also relieve the City of various issues regarding concerns of any liability of a facility being located in the park. This revised plan includes that the WCSPC will participate to improve the roads and parking within the park. All of our experts (architects, the YMCA, engineers) have confirmed that this new location is not only feasible, but presents the optimal arrangement in light of the circumstances and dynamics surrounding the history of the project. This good news will hopefully dispel any public perception or rumor that the WCSPC is not acting in the interests of the community. Every effort has been made to accommodate the concerns of the public, the culmination of which is this new (and final) location for the facility. That being said, there are still some hurdles to overcome before this dream can finally become a reality. Permits and processes need to be addressed and obtained regarding the new site. Additionally, donations still need to be procured to ensure optimal facilities and long term viability of the project. Obviously, our work is not done yet, but as the issues alleged by the opposition have now been fully relieved by this new location, wouldn’t it be great and galvanizing for this community if those that were at one time against the project now were joining in with the rest of us to financially and emotionally support this worthy cause? That would truly help to make this dream become a reality for our community. Benno A.P. Dobbe President of the WCSPC Benno Dobbe - Woodland, WA benno@habf.net http://www.lewisriver.com/tulipfestival

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