Paddling with a bunch of summer campers from Orcas to a smaller, remoter Puget Sound island turned out to be a formative experience for Ross Hoover, who took over as director of Clark County’s parks department last year.
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Source: The Columbian
Underfunded and falling behind: Clark County parks need overhaul
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