Their little house in the Hough neighborhood was once perfect for Melissa Boles and Audrey Miller.
It was everything a pair of 20-somethings who had recently finished graduate school could want: space to have friends over, a small yard for Miller’s dog and a rent the two could afford.
“We totally loved it,” Boles, 27, said.
But this summer, that all changed.
In July, their landlord put the home up for sale, telling the roommates they’d have to find somewhere else to live.
“When they told us they were selling the house, it was devastating,” Boles said.
Standing on the edge of the pool, Carole and Dick Lewis laughed and offered a running commentary as they watched dogs splash in the water, bite at soggy tennis balls and shake their fur dry.
“Look at that little guy. Is he going to go in?” Carole Lewis asked as she pointed to a small dog across the pool.
“No, he’s too overwhelmed,” her husband replied. “He’s contemplating,” she added.
The Lewises have always had a dog until their last dog died about two years ago. But when they learned of the Doggie Dive, an annual event held on Saturday at the Lake Shore Athletic Club, they decided they had to go.
Three people suffered serious injuries early Sunday morning when a car struck a tree in Camas.
Camas police were dispatched to the crash near the intersection of Northeast Everett Street and Lake Road at about 1:35 a.m., according to a news release from the Camas Police Department. They found that a Dodge sedan had left the road and hit a tree, and that the crash caused serious injuries to three people inside the vehicle, the news release said.
Even with the arrival of cooler weather and some rain, Washington’s prolonged drought is not over, state officials said Thursday.
What’s more, the drought is now expected to stretch into a second year, according to the state Department of Ecology. That means difficult conditions for farmers, fish and others may persist well into 2016 across the state.
“This drought has gone in the wrong direction, and we face winter with a huge water deficit,” Ecology Director Maia Bellon said during a conference call with reporters on Thursday.
