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Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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The Lady Mules ran into a little competition this week, winning two of three games. Last Thursday, the Lady Mules hosted a 2A Tumwater team after Adna had to cancel because of covid-19. The Lady Mules lost 57-40. "We lost the Adna game with a day's notice," Coach Rob Garrett said. "I was able to get ahold of the coach from Tumwater and they were awesome enough to make the trip down on short notice. We were grateful to be playing a game and even more grateful for the challenge they presented....
The Wahkiakum Mule boys basketball team only played one game last week after a couple schools in the region had to cancel games because of covid-19. On Friday, Wahkiakum hosted Rainier and won 67-49. The Mules got off to a hot start in the first quarter, Coach Todd Souvenir said, outscoring the Mountaineers 22-7, and shooting 42 percent from three point range. "Their press kind of allowed us to get out and transition," Coach Souvenir said. "The guys wanted to play man to man, and we gave them...
Several members of this year's Wahkiakum High School baseball team were selected to Central 2B all-league teams, following a vote by coaches in the league. Beau Carlson and Ashden Niemeyer were selected to the Central 2B league first team, while Brody Carlson and Tristan Collupy made the second team. Chance Cothren and Jake Leitz received honorable mentions. Niemeyer was also selected to play in the 43rd annual Senior All Star Game at Wheeler Field in Centralia on June 5, a nine inning game...
A few Westend community members attended the Wahkiakum County PUD Board of Commissioners meeting in person or via Zoom on Tuesday to encourage the PUD to move forward on a project to bring water to the Deep River area. Westend resident Karen Bertroch wondered if there might be money available through President Biden’s proposed infrastructure plan to complete the water line to the western border of the county. “It sounds like there would be money available, and it seems a shame that the who...
There was one more case of covid-19 reported in Wahkiakum County last Thursday, another one this Thursday, and six more reported Friday, bringing the cumulative total to 125, with 11 considered potentially active. “We do have a couple more [cases] brewing, but we are not confirmed yet,” Wahkiakum Health and Human Services Director Chris Bischoff said on Monday. “So there is some activity going on in Wahkiakum. We are still investigating. We may see as many as five cases by the end of the week. W...
At a quick meeting last Thursday, the Wahkiakum Port 1 Board of Commissioners received an update on milfoil at the marina and learned about a couple potential grants. The Wahkiakum County Weed Board, with the support of Wahkiakum County commissioners, have been trying to address a milfoil problem in some of the local waterways, including the Elochoman Slough Marina, and some of the sloughs on Puget Island. A permit is being renewed, and a company has been hired to spray for it, hopefully this su...
Matthew De La Grange values his time. So much so, he intends to spend his days doing something that makes him happy. Ever since Matthew was young, he's been interested in building. His brother is a civil engineer, and Matthew considered following in his footsteps, but that involved too much math and too much time. So instead, he plans to combine building with another passion: cars. "I'd rather do something I enjoy," Matthew said. "Time flies when you are doing what you love." One day, Matthew wa...
Michael Menard can take the heat. He grew up on the plains in Iowa, Kansas, and Texas, and quite frankly, liked the temperature and the humidity. That's why you'll always find him wearing black and jeans, even when it's 90 degrees here. He momentarily flashed back to life on a quiet farm in the middle of nowhere, laying on hay bales and looking up at the night sky. "It was so nice," he said. About six years ago, his family moved to Wahkiakum County to be closer to his paternal grandparents....
Tyson Hjaltalin is not sure what he's going to do next, but it's bound to be one of two things--gastronomy or astronomy. "I like the stars and cooking," he laughed. One day he would like to open a restaurant. Or study the stars. Maybe both. He's currently enamored with Korean cooking, thanks to his girlfriend and her family, who are from South Korea. "It's not plain old food. They have lots of spicy foods," Tyson said, laughing. "I really like the spicy stuff!" Tyson was born in Wahkiakum, but w...
The Wahkiakum Mules girls basketball team faced three challengers this week and won their games easily. Last Wednesday, they beat Toutle Lake at home, 72-21. Reigha Niemeyer scored 20 points. Megan Leitz had 13 points, Paige Mace had 10 points, six assists, and five steals. Kamryn Watkins added 10 points. Emmie Niemela had six points, 14 rebounds, and five steals. Miya Kerstetter scored five points. Jansi Merz had three points and nine rebounds. Jordyn Watson had three points. Kimberlee Watkins...
The Wahkiakum Mules boys basketball team won two more games this week, and senior Jake Leitz continued his double-double streak. Last Thursday, the team beat Kalama at home 60-59. "Kalama was a good win, but I don't think either team played all that clean," Coach Todd Souvenir said. "It's still early in the season. They did some good things down the stretch. I think we executed in the middle part of that fourth quarter. We could have made things a little easier in the last few minutes of the...
Two more covid-19 cases were reported in Wahkiakum County this week, bringing the cumulative total to 117. Nine are considered to be potentially active. “Overall we are doing much better as a country,” Wahkiakum Health and Human Services (WHHS) Director Chris Bischoff said on Monday. As for Washington state, Bischoff said there was a significant decline in case counts. "We are not to our summer low yet, but we are getting there. All those things are headed in the right direction,” he said, addin...
Basketball season got off to a quick start for the Wahkiakum Mules boys, who have already played four games and are 2-2. They began their season on the road with a loss to Napavine last Tuesday, 62-49. "They came out and hit four of their first five threes' and put us on our heels," Coach Todd Souvenir said. "We trailed 2-12 to start the game. I thought after falling behind we played tight and nervous on both ends in the first half, but we cut the deficit to two midway through the fourth...
The Wahkiakum High School girls basketball team started their season with three wins this week. They beat Napavine in their home opener last Wednesday, 57-29. "I was super happy with our performance last night," Coach Rob Garrett said. "From a shooting standpoint it wasn't the best, but you can't control the outcome, you can only control the process. As coaches, that's what I really think we need to focus on, the process and how we are getting there, how hard are our kids working, what type of...
Randall Ecklund discovered a passion for one science while studying another. While he enjoyed most of the subjects he studied in school, except perhaps for higher level math, Randall lit up when he started talking about one particular segment of his biology class, when they turned their focus to the chemistry of biology. “It was only about a month of chemistry, but it was always something to look forward to every day,” Randall said. “That class made me want to be a chemist for a while. I had h...
When you love learning as much as Nalani Schultz does, picking a favorite teacher can be hard to do. "I really did love all of my teachers, but I especially enjoyed talking about philosophy and politics with Mr. Cox because it's always exciting and stimulating," Nalani said. "Mr. Stetzer is really funny and unconventional, so that is always fun, and he's kind of awkward. It's hilarious. I really appreciate him because he told me that he saw me being a physics teacher in a brick building and now...
Like his brother Winchester, Remington Greenup was named for a gunmaker. “[My parents] just thought it was a cool name because they go hunting a lot,” Remington said. The sport of hunting never really took hold with Remington, whose friends sometimes call him Rem, or Remy. He does love engines, however. His dad is a logger and mechanic, and Remington has been helping him as much as possible since he was very young. “I loved to help,” Remington said. “Cars and trucks have been a lot of fun to me....
On Tuesday, the Wahkiakum County PUD Board of Commissioners listened to a quick report about activities at the PUD, discussed the general manager search process, whether or not to record meetings for public access, and continued the conversation about bringing water to Deep River residents. “With our reserves at the level they are, I don’t see any reason why we can’t start doing some work at getting water to the Deep River people,” Commissioner Dennis Reid said. When asked for specifi...
Another Wahkiakum County resident tested positive for covid-19 on Tuesday, bringing the cumulative total of cases to 115. Nine of those cases are potentially active. Cowlitz County is reporting 5,379 total cases, with 160 considered active. They have had 70 deaths attributed to covid-19. As of Friday, Pacific County had 966 cases, with 25 considered active, and 11 deaths. Across the river, Columbia County is reporting 1,671 cases and 26 deaths, and Clatsop County has had 961 cases and eight...
The Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a new Shop and Dine program, hoping to get people out and about visiting local shops and restaurants. “This was the brainchild of Shannon Britt, who is our chamber president,” Director Stacey Lane said. “People have gotten used to shopping remotely, and as things started to reopen and we moved into Phase 3, we thought it was important to put something together to encourage people to use our local businesses for shopping and dining.” To partici...
The Wahkiakum Mules track and field team traveled to Rainier last Thursday to compete with 18 other teams in the District IV 2B Championships, the final event of the season. The Mules tied for 14th place in boys competition, earning 11 points, and they took sixth place in girl's competition with 45 points. Sophomore Kamryn Watkins took first in the shot put with a winning throw of 36', a new personal record. For the boys: 3200 meters-9. Tomme Rossi 12:47.31, 10. Nathan Garrett 13:04.56 (PR);...
Wahkiakum School District has been a kind of educational bookend in Nathan Vallejo's life. He started kindergarten at J.A. Wendt, and 11 or so years later returned for his senior year and to earn his diploma at Wahkiakum High School. He has family here, and so for a month every summer, he would return. As for his memories of kindergarten, he has a vague notion of someone named Hope, but that's all. Nathan hasn't had any trouble adjusting to Wahkiakum High School, even though it's much smaller...
Alex Tantum knows there is a bigger world out there. He came to Cathlamet two or three years ago, when his stepfather found a job opportunity, but he was born in Florida, and lived in Tennessee and California before coming to the Pacific Northwest. "It's pretty good," he says. "It's really expensive to live in California." Living in different places is one kind of education, but Alex has discovered another way to travel and get to know people--foreign films. Foreign everything. He's hooked. So...
Navarre Stewart knows how to make the most of his spare time. He's creative, curious, and busy. If he isn't building models, which is usually, he's taking on some kind of creative writing project, which includes a novel he is working on right now. "The stories I want to tell are like those Star Wars space operas, but with more political grounding," Navarre said. It's clear he's learning a lot in Don Cox's American Government/Global Issues class, and is asking really important questions, which...
On Monday, Wahkiakum Health and Human Services reported that six more people had tested positive for covid-19 in Wahkiakum County, bringing the cumulative total to 114. Of those cases, 10 are considered active. As of Tuesday, there had been 5,242 cases in Cowlitz County with 68 deaths attributed to covid-19. According to the weekly report from Pacific County last Wednesday, they had 936 cases, with 52 considered active and 11 deaths. Columbia and Clatsop County were reporting 1,617 cases and...
