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Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Last Thursday and Friday, a CenturyLink internet outage inconvenienced residential and business customers in Wahkiakum County, including at least two local businesses in Cathlamet, the post office and The Wahkiakum County Eagle. It was cash only at the post office, and if you wanted to send something overseas, it would have to wait. On the other hand, for customers checking for updates on package arrivals, the alert would not be coming. They were just going to have to check their mail and find...
Heather Odom, community health specialist for Wahkiakum Health and Human Services is hoping to inspire new gardeners after taking on the hobby for the first time herself this year. "The Wahkiakum Community Garden does a great job producing vegetables to take to the food pantries, but I want that next step," Odom said. "It's wonderful that you are getting food, but here's how you can grow it yourself." Odom's focus for WHHS is on promoting healthy eating and nutrition in the community. She does...
Wahkiakum County residents Joshua Miller and Robert Schultz became fast friends while coaching soccer, bonding over their military experience, love of martial arts, family, and country. Now the pair, who have spent their lifetimes practicing one form of martial arts or another, are offering Brazilian jiu-jitsu, tae kwon do/kickboxing, and fitness classes at a gym they converted from a barn on Puget Island. They started a while back, patting down grass in Schultz's back yard under a hoop house,...
Heather Odom, community health specialist for Wahkiakum Health and Human Services is hoping to inspire new gardeners after taking on the hobby for the first time herself this year. "The Wahkiakum Community Garden does a great job producing vegetables to take to the food pantries, but I want that next step," Odom said. "It's wonderful that you are getting food, but here's how you can grow it yourself." Odom's focus for WHHS is on promoting healthy eating and nutrition in the community. She does...
On Tuesday, the Wahkiakum County PUD Board of Commissioners discussed grants, including one to conduct a feasibility study on a consolidation of water systems, as well as other issues and potential issues that could affect the utility and its customers in coming years. General Manager Dan Kay said that five grants were submitted as of the last PUD meeting and they were now in the “hurry up and wait, follow up stage,” and that too was keeping them busy. After learning about a cybersecurity gra...
Wahkiakum County Port 1 Board of Commissioners met last Thursday for their July meeting to discuss traffic issues on port property and a few other matters. With increased traffic to the new River Mile 38 taproom, and some other changes around the marina, Port Manager Todd Souvenir had some suggestions to improve traffic flow, including a 5 mph speed limit. “It makes sense to slow it down a little bit,” Commissioner Scott Anderson said. “You’ve got a lot of boat traffic and a lot of people...
The sophomore album of 3rd Secret, The 2nd 3rd Secret, was released this June. This is the most recent creative adventure for local musicians Krist Novoselic, bass player for Nirvana, and his Giants in the Trees bandmates Jillian Raye and Jennifer Johnson. The band also includes Kim Thayil of Soundgarden, Bubba Dupree of Void, and Matt Cameron of Pearl Jam and Soundgarden. According to Novoselic, you can hear the transition from Giants in the Trees to 3rd Secret in their first album, but the...
Wahkiakum School District might be going 1B. The district has one of the lowest enrollments in 2B, and Superintendent Brent Freeman cites safety concerns and post season opportunities as two reasons to approach the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association about adjusting the school’s current classification. He used the Kalama football team as an example. “They’ll have 80 on the sideline and we’ll have 18,” Freeman said. With such small numbers, Wahkiakum can’t field enough players for...
The Wahkiakum County Port 2 Board of Commissioners heard reports from managers at their meeting on Tuesday. Vista Park continues to be extremely busy, according to Assistant Port Manager Terina Davis. The ice machine they installed earlier this year is proving to be a good investment. Last year, the port had to buy their ice, and would sometimes have to wait for it or run out. They earned a little less than $1,900 on the product at the park. Port staff speculated that it would take four or five...
Are you ready for a parade, some festive fireworks, and a lot of fun? There is so much to do and see this weekend! Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce Director Alysse Weiler and Assistant Director Dan Lorenzen, along with a host of volunteers-which could include you, if you are still willing-are getting ready for this year's Bald Eagle Days, which begin on Friday with the annual Armstrong Chalk Art Contest and end with a burst of fireworks in the sky on Saturday night at the Elochoman Slough Marina....
Last Wednesday during a Wahkiakum County PUD Board of Commissioners meeting, General Manager Dan Kay praised members of his crew who were first responders to a motor vehicle accident that turned into a fire on KM on June 30, a story that was covered in The Eagle on July 6. “You could tell from the radio calls, the professionalism and training. They’re real humble,” Kay said of Shane Pfenniger, Frankie Mendez, Kevin Vik, Mark Elliott, Scott Cameron, and Doug Condon. “They just happened to be righ...
Dr. Margaret Wild, a professor at the Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine, gave a presentation Monday night on the current research into the hoof rot affecting elk populations locally and in other areas in the west. The talk was an extension of the Wahkiakum County Commissioners meeting. They were all in attendance, as well as a biologist from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Eric Holman. In 2017, the Washington State legislature assigned WSU College of...
The restrooms at Erickson Park are closed indefinitely after vandals repeatedly caused damage to the property, leaving town officials wondering how to move forward. The damage didn't all occur at once. Battery packs that powered the timed door locks were stolen, a knob was removed from a sink handle in a bathroom, a waste basket was kicked in, a toilet paper dispenser cover was ripped off, a light sensor was torn from the ceiling, super glue was poured on the exterior of a trash bin, garbage...
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Congresswoman for Washington's Third District, fielded questions at an informal town hall billed as Pints with Perez at River Mile 38 brewery last Thursday. "A lot of my colleagues have basically been in politics their whole life," Perez started. "I was running an auto repair and machine shop with my husband. You go to these committee hearings and people are repeating talking points and you are not hearing a lot of things that I hear from my neighbors on topics. It's...
The Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce is busy getting ready for the 2023 Bald Eagle Days festivities, coming Friday and Saturday, July 14 and 15. “We are hoping we have a handle on it,” Assistant Director Dan Lorenzen said. “Last year Monica [Budd, former chamber director] got thrown into it, and this year we have us who have never done it before trying to put it together. We are hopeful that it is successful.” Lorenzen is currently the veteran in the office, which includes a new Chamber Directo...
If you are looking for an opportunity to stretch and grow in a supportive environment, you might consider Let it Be Yoga with Linda Krohn, who is offering a class every Wednesday morning from 10-11 a.m. at the River Rat on Broadway. Krohn has been practicing yoga for 15 years and teaching for the last four. She got her start in the practice when a girlfriend talked her into joining a hot yoga class in Puyallup. "I thought I was going to die," Krohn remembered, laughing. She didn't, obviously....
If you thought Marie Gluesenkamp Perez didn't keep her promises, you'd be all wet. As the story goes, a member of the Wahkiakum School District's robotics team asked the Congresswoman for Washington's Third District if the team could push her in the pool if they won the qualifier for this year's International SeaPerch underwater robotics competition. The year before, they celebrated a win at the inaugural qualifier with a dunking of their coach, Ron Wright. She was heard to say yes, and in...
In the early afternoon on Friday, June 30, the driver of a minivan went off the side of SR 4 and into a ditch on the east side of KM. He was reported to be carrying cans of fuel to a haying project on the Westend. Luckily for him, a crew from the Wahkiakum County PUD was passing by at the time. "They were the first on scene for a motor vehicle accident," PUD General Manager Dan Kay said at a meeting on Wednesday. "It sounds like it was a pretty significant one. We do a lot of safety training....
Two Naselle High School juniors traveled to Atlanta, Georgia last week to join thousands of students from across the United States in a national SkillsUSA competition. Alia Leibovitz and Lewis Hoff were one of 22 teams, which included six at the college level, participating in the robotics automation and technology events, but students could compete in a variety of specialties including automotive, diesel, drafting, culinary, cosmetology, mobile robotics, urban search and rescue, and more....
It was a quiet day when I visited St. James Family Center the week after school got out for the summer, but teachers assured me that would change in the coming weeks. The youngest kids were contentedly playing with each other or by themselves in their classroom, while the school age kids, full of energy, charged around the gym for awhile before heading upstairs to their own classroom for other activities. St. James provides childcare for kids aged two and a half to five, and five to 12. Youth...
A short film written and directed by Ben Vasion, who graduated from Wahkiakum High School in 2013, is continuing to get notice at film festivals across the United States. The Last Goodbye is based on Vasion’s experience of losing his father to covid-19. The film has been screened at The Kanab Film Festival, the University of Pennsylvania’s Bifocal Film Festival, the Student World Impact Film Festival, and now, the Lift-Off Sessions Film Festival. He’s still waiting to hear from several other...
"The O," a historic saloon in Skamokawa, formerly known as the Oasis and more recently the Roadkill Saloon, is now open on a limited basis, thanks to new proprietor Rich Rowley. With a liquor license, cider, beer, and wine on tap, Rowley plans to open the venue once a month for a live music event. His first affair this month was a success, and more live music is planned for July 29. "My passion is music," Rowley said. "We're just going to do one event a month like that." Rowley bought the old...
When Michael Kirby transferred from a grocery store in Toledo to manage Cathlamet Market Fresh a couple years ago, he was told it would only be for six months. With the transfer came a promise that his half a year would be rewarded with management of an even bigger store. "We had to twist his arm," David Kirby, his father said. Little could he or his father know that it would become a much more permanent post. On April 11 of this year, not long after his father retired from the business,...
The Wahkiakum School District Board of Directors heard reports from principals, got an update on Chromebooks, and approved the purchase of a vehicle and skidder at their June meeting on Tuesday. Debby Hansen, who has been dubbed the cybrarian, gave a report on Chromebooks use at the school district in the past year, explaining how they were keeping track of them and the expectations for their use. As of today, she said, the district had 445 total working Chromebooks. Superintendent Brent...
The Wahkiakum County PUD Board of Commissioners talked about renewables and their net metering policy before hearing reports and heading into an executive session on Tuesday. There was a lengthy discussion regarding the PUD’s net metering policy. The policy addresses how customers who use solar power or other renewables are credited for the power they generate. Utilities are feeling increasing pressure from the Washington State legislature to encourage their customers to adopt renewables and t...
