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Photos by Todd Wilson With sports seasons shortened because of the pandemic this year, the Wahkiakum Mules girls basketball team went as far and as high as they could go, claiming the crown in a four day District 4 2B tournament last week. After winning on Monday and Tuesday, the Lady Mules took on Ilwaco and the Fishermen's Erika Glenn, who scored 58 points in their own quarterfinal game on Tuesday. The Lady Mules beat Ilwaco in the semifinals, 72-31, and held Glenn to under 20 points. Jansi...
Local graduations are scheduled this weekend, with Wahkiakum High School celebrating the class of 2021 on Friday at 6 p.m., and Naselle High School's commencement on Saturday at 4 p.m. At Wahkiakum, the valedictorian and salutatorian for this year's class are Jake Leitz and Kaden Anderson, respectively. Leitz is graduating with a 4.0 grade point average. A standout on the basketball court, he has signed to play for the Red Devils at Lower Columbia College. He plans to complete his pre-requisites...
This story has been updated from the original print version. As of Wednesday, nine more Wahkiakum County residents had tested positive for covid-19, according to press releases this week from Wahkiakum Health and Human Services (WHHS). This brings the cumulative total of cases in the county to 149, with 31 considered to be potentially active. At least one of these cases has a connection to Wahkiakum School District and to St. James Family Center. Because of the close cooperation between the...
The Julia Butler Hansen Municipal Pool is tentatively scheduled to open on Monday, June 14, providing the heaters are ready to go. Parts have been ordered, and a repairman is willing to work over the weekend if necessary, Public Works Superintendent David McNally said. Because of the pandemic, the number of visitors to the pool is limited to 30 at a time, a number that includes staff. They will be conducting temperature and symptom checks at the door and masks will be required for anyone who is...
Shelby McEneny grew up at the fish hatchery in Grays River. While her brother attended school in Naselle, she traveled over KM every day with her mom to go to school in Cathlamet. Eventually, she drove herself. She grinned when I asked about growing up on the fish hatchery. "It was super fun," Shelby said. "There was a lot to do. Lots of swimming, a lot of people around the hatchery all the time, so whenever I was bored I would go over to the hatchery and ask if they needed help, and go out and...
While Kendall Westcott will not be graduating with the Wahkiakum High School Class of 2021 on Friday, she is a senior, and she is graduating. Kendall has attended classes at Wa-Ki-Hi in the past, but this year she made a transition to home school and its honors program. She has three classes left before she graduates, including Spanish 2, government, and economics. "It's been great," Kendall said. "I've been getting a lot of stuff done. There are a lot more classes and it's a lot more work." If...
While the Wahkiakum High School Class of 2021 was working on senior projects, I spent the last five months working on my own. When this started, I was given a list of 59 seniors. As the months passed, I learned that some students had moved away, and some would not agree to an interview. I confess I was saddened by that, because I wanted to meet them all and celebrate the things that make each of them unique and interesting people. Also, I was having fun. All of them taught me something. Some of...
The Wahkiakum Lady Mules basketball team continues its winning ways, beating four more teams this week, including two in the opening rounds of the district tournament. Last Friday, the Lady Mules traveled to Longview to take on the 2A team from R.A. Long and won 78-48. "R.A. Long was fun," Coach Rob Garrett said on Tuesday. "We got off to a hot start from the outside, but honestly, I wasn't happy with our defense in the first half. It was a good wake up call for this week though. The second...
The Wahkiakum High School Mules basketball team won four more games this week, including two on Monday and Tuesday in the district tournament to bring their overall record to 8-3. The Mules moved into the semifinals of the tournament on Wednesday against Napavine, but the score was not available by press time. Last Wednesday, in the final week of regular season play, the Mules took a long road trip to Stevenson and beat the Bulldogs 88-49. "It was a fun game after a long bus ride," Coach Todd...
This story has been updated from original print version The 43rd Annual Senior All Star baseball game scheduled at Centralia’s Wheeler Field for Sunday, June 6, was postponed because of rain. It will be played today (Thursday) at 5:30 p.m. at Lower Columbia College. Five local athletes will represent Wahkiakum High School and Naselle High School in the game. Ashden Niemeyer of Cathlamet and Jimmy Strange and Warren Wirkkala of Naselle will play for the Nationals team in the nine inning game, w...
This story has been updated to share the latest data. Wahkiakum Health and Human Services has confirmed a fatality of one Wahkiakum County resident with covid-19. The individual was a female over 80, according to the press release. Yesterday (Wednesday), seven more Wahkiakum County residents tested positive for covid-19. This brings the cumulative total of covid-19 cases in the county to 140, with 21 considered potentially active. The seven are in self-quarantine. Some of the cases have a...
The Wahkiakum County PUD Board of Commissioners received another visit from residents on Tuesday who wanted to continue to show their support for a potential project to bring water to properties in Deep River. Westend resident Corbett McMasters said he had gone door to door in the Deep River area and learned of 35 residents who would benefit by such a project. He also said there were 46 taxable lots. “My opinion is that we should have twice as many lots, but that’s not doable under the sit...
The Class of 2021 will hold graduation ceremonies at local high schools next week. Wahkiakum High School will celebrate the Class of 2021 with their graduation ceremony on Friday, June 11, at 6 p.m. in the football stadium grandstand. The motto for the Class of 2021 is a statement from Joshua J. Marine, ”Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” This year's valedictorian is Jacob Leitz. Kaden Anderson is salutatorian. Each graduate will be prov...
With three games in the last week, the Lady Mules really only ran into one serious challenger on Saturday, when they hosted a 1A team from the Seattle area, Kings High School. The Lady Mules managed to eke out a win that day too, to bring their overall record to 10-1. On Thursday, the Lady Mules beat Morton/White Pass 92-13. "MWP got off to a hot start turning offense into defense," Coach Rob Garrett said. "Paige (Mace) went over 1,000 career points which was a great milestone for her and Emmie...
Photos by Todd Wilson The Wahkiakum Mules boys basketball team traveled to Morton/White Pass Friday for their only game last week and lost to a tough Timberwolves team, 85-71. The Mules are 4-3 overall. "I knew coming in that MWP plays hard," Coach Todd Souvenir said. "They are very athletic. They basically put five guards on the court at all times. They play fast and they play physical. On both ends of the floor, they kind of took it to us. We were kind of playing on our heels and could never r...
Amaya Jones might have a minor case of senioritis, but with graduation coming up next week, she won't have to suffer much longer. "I just want to be done with high school," she said. "I want to skip forward to the part where I walk across the stage and not have to do school work." She has been enjoying her directed studies class these last few weeks. It's extra time to get caught up on old homework and focus on what she really wants. Her favorite teacher is Marc Niemeyer. "He always pushes me to...
Ivan Goldinov was friendly, but perhaps a little shy about talking to a reporter. He was happy to share that Mr. Hurley and Mr. Rooklidge were his favorite teachers, but much of that had to do with what he was able to do in their classrooms, which was working with his hands. Ivan took Ag mechanics with Kyle Hurley, learning to weld and working on small projects. When pressed, Ivan smiled and admitted he might not be too bad at welding. He also really enjoyed environmental science with Jeff...
Tucker Thomas is from Wahkiakum and has attended school at Wahkiakum School District since he was in kindergarten. "I've grown really close to a lot of my classmates," he said. "At a big school I doubt that really happens with your entire class." He really appreciates a few of his teachers, but Don Cox is his "absolute favorite." "I like the way he teaches," Tucker said. "It's not like, 'Oh, you have to learn this to take a test on it,' it's more like, 'This is cool; I want you to learn it, I...
The Wahkiakum School District Board of Directors got a bit of feedback about masks, the policy around attending sporting events, and the district's decision to provide a location for a student vaccination clinic at their most recent meeting on May 18. Season Long, who filed last week to run for a position on the school board and was attending the meeting via Zoom, wondered why the district was hosting a vaccination site when the health department had one across the street. She asked if the...
With four more cases of covid-19 reported on Monday, the cumulative number rose to 129 in Wahkiakum County, with 14 considered active. There were six new cases on Friday and four on Monday, and Wahkiakum Health and Human Services Director Chris Bischoff had been fielding questions about it being an outbreak. “Kind of,” was Bischoff’s response. “But there is not a central source. We are not seeing it come out of one place. There are several family units involved, and those families do not see...
By Diana Zimmerman “The future always comes to Wahkiakum about 10 years late,” Prosecuting Attorney Dan Bigelow said. “An awful lot of other counties in Washington have had to hire a full time person to deal with public records requests.” He recently suggested to Wahkiakum County commissioners that they consider a full time position to handle public records requests at the courthouse, as they are seeing the number of requests grow exponentially. Beth Johnson, who is the clerk of the board o...
Cejay Bond grew up in Nebraska and Kansas, and when his family moved to the western end of Cowlitz County, he transferred to Wahkiakum as a freshman. He has been studying remotely all year, which he has found to be a lot easier than being at school. He's currently taking two history classes, one English class, an engineering class, Spanish 2, and chemistry. The engineering class is being taught at Wahkiakum, and is being overseen by Jeff Rooklidge. Cejay has been working on coding a game that he...
Cadence Hunt has been doing Running Start through Lower Columbia College for the last two years. "It's pretty good," she said. "The college atmosphere is pretty much the same as high school, but there are more grown up people. There are also kids younger than me. "Stop being younger than me," she laughed. "I feel like I'm getting too old too fast." She had two quarters of normal classes before the pandemic started and shut everything down. She hasn't minded too much, flexible enough to work in...
To use a phrase I haven't heard in years, Caden Tawater is a ham. His quick, dry wit had me laughing from the word go. He spends much of his days in his favorite teacher's classroom. Kayli Hurley is kind, Caden said. If he has to pick a favorite class or subject over the past four years, it has to be robotics, which he took with Jeff Rooklidge. It turns out that Caden enjoys building stuff. Which might be why he loves HermitCraft on YouTube.com, a channel devoted to building in Minecraft by a...
Wahkiakum High School senior Ellie Hiatt will be inducted into the U.S. Naval Academy Class of 2025 on Wednesday, June 30, in Annapolis, Maryland, before beginning "six challenging weeks of basic midshipman training as part of Plebe Summer." The Naval Academy received over 16,000 applications this year, and Hiatt is one of 1,200 candidates selected to join the freshman class, or "plebe." During the six weeks of training, plebes will have no access to television, the internet, or even music....
