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During its session Tuesday, Oct. 7, the Wahkiakum County Commissioners voted unanimously on a proclamation approving October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Prior to the vote, Commissioner Gene Strong read the proclamation in its entirety. The document states, “Domestic violence affects more than just one group of people. It is a crime that harms individuals of all races, genders, sexual identity, ages, and socioeconomic levels. Domestic violence is a cycle of abuse and places a huge burden on its survivors with impacts that can be f...
The general elections in Cathlamet and Wahkiakum County will be taking place Tuesday, Nov. 4. Beginning Thursday, Oct. 16, The Wahkiakum County Eagle will be printing a page each week dedicated to the two candidates for Wahkiakum County Sheriff, Wahkiakum County Assessor, and Mayor of Cathlamet. Running for sheriff are candidates John Mason and Josh Grasseth. Running for assessor are candidates Drew Jenkins and Justin Moriarty. Running for Mayor of Cathlamet are candidates Nicholas Sevald and Laurel Waller. These candidates are presented with...
Clatskanie High School's varsity football team is off to a perfect 5-0 start to its season following a 43-19 victory at Gaston last Friday. The Tigers opened the scoring with a 22-yard touchdown run by senior Daylon Gutierrez. After a 10-yard touchdown run by Gaston brought the score to 7-6 Tigers, the Greyhounds failed on their two-point conversion. A three-yard run by senior Lucas Andreasen extended the lead to 13-6 Tigers, but Engen's extra-point attempt was no good. Gaston would take the lead in the second quarter to bring the score to...
The Clatskanie Tigers girls volleyball streak of 27 straight sets won came to an end with a 25-27 defeat last Tuesday, Sept. 30, against Portland Christian. Fortunately for the girls, the team's win streak would remain intact, as the Tigers, though falling in the second set 19-25, would come back in three straight sets (28-26, 25-21, 15-8) to defeat the Royals at home. "[We] got it the hard way tonight," said Head Coach Amanda Baker, who applauded her players' efforts in the win at home. Junior...
Naselle's girls volleyball team quickly rebounded from its first loss of the season last week at Pe Ell with a trio of wins. Squaring off against Lake Quinault, the Comets swept the Elks in three straight sets (25-8, 25-4, 25-13) last Tuesday, Sept. 30. Jessie Smith led the team with 21 assists and added five kills and five aces. Sophia Colombo led the team in both digs with 11 and aces with six. Haylee Rose and Mylee Dunagan each came away with eight kills to lead the team, while Maddie Dielman managed 12 assists and four digs. Sadie Kilponen...
Back in 2017, cyclist Betsy Meenk took to the road and traveled from Arizona to California along US Highway 40, passing through historic places like Oatman, Ariz. along the way. Today, Betsy finds herself cycling as a volunteer for ZOE International, a non-profit organization that aims to rescue children from human trafficking. Since she began working with ZOE International, Betsy has done two events where she cycled from San Francisco to the Mexican border. Recently, Betsy met missionary...
Celebrating homecoming in front of their faithful fans, the Clatskanie Tigers defeated Vernonia High School 64-0 last Friday, improving their record to 4-0 to open the season. A 64-yard pass from sophomore quarterback Will Van Voorst to senior Daylon Gutierrez opened the scoring, followed by short touchdown runs by junior Michael Simpson and senior Lucas Andreasen. Two more short touchdown runs by sophomore Landyn Winton and Andreasen brought the score to 36-0 Tigers. Clatskanie's defense...
The Clatskanie girls volleyball team improved to 12-1 over the weekend with a three-set sweep of Nestucca (25-19, 25-21, 25-22) Saturday. Since falling to Delphian on Sept. 4, the Tigers have won nine straight games, sweeping all of their opponents in the process. In Saturday's win over Nestucca, junior Lacey Willis had 17 kills to lead the team. Willis also had seven digs and two aces, while senior Joey Sizemore managed 11 kills, three aces, and seven digs. Junior Olivia George had five kills...
The Naselle girls volleyball team suffered its first loss of the season Monday in Pe Ell, being swept in three sets (24-26, 26-28, 20-25) by the Trojans. Jessie Smith led the team in assists with 22, while Haylee Rose had eight kills to lead the Comets in the loss. Rose, along with Mylee Dunagan, led the team in aces with three each. Dunagan also had seven kills and, along with Rose and Kaitlyn Steenerson, had a block each. Sophia Colombo led the team with 12 digs, while Steenerson added six kills and five digs. "Pe Ell is a tough place to...
Local Cathlamet resident Carla Keilwitz is the current owner of The Video Store, located along SR4 in the same "strip mall" as the Cathlamet Mini Mart. Her store having seen at least five owners since it opened in March of 1982, Keilwitz took over ownership 17 years ago. "[The Video Store] was started by a logger and his wife," said Keilwitz. "They said this area needs to have something going on. It was my understanding that they bought it or started it and had minimal movies and machines to ren...
This Friday, Sept. 26 at 7 p.m., Flynn Creek Circus presents "The Bridge," a three-day stint at River Mile 38 Brewing Co. (515 2nd Street) in Cathlamet. Described as "an original acrobatic fairytale under the big top," this performance of "The Bridge" is "inspired by a wolf, Nordic legend, and the architecture of connection" and is also described as "a freshly conjured visual feast sprinkled with cloaked commentary and gorgeous imagery." "We've been working on this now for two years, trying to m...
According to Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office Chief Criminal Deputy Troy Brightbill, Rainier High School Principal and Cowlitz County (Wash.) resident Jeremy Williams was booked into the Cowlitz County Jail on Tuesday, Sept. 16 “on charges of Dealing in Depictions of Minors Engaged in Sexually Explicit Conduct and Possession of Depictions of Minors Engaged in Sexually Explicit Conduct.” According to a Sept. 17 press release, Cowlitz County detectives, on Aug. 28, “received multiple referrals from the National Center for Missing and Exploit...
Clatskanie High School's varsity football team continued its perfect season with a 45-28 victory at Rainier last Friday. Sophomore quarterback Will Van Voorst started the scoring with a one-yard touchdown run in the first quarter, but Rainier countered with a one-yard touchdown run of their own to tie it. The back and forth would continue, as senior Lucas Andreasen ran in a touchdown from the two-yard line. With the Tigers' extra point attempt falling short, Rainier would eventually take a...
The Clatskanie Tigers girls volleyball team is off to a perfect start (5-0) in league play and is in the midst of its longest win streak of the season following last week's win over Gaston. Since falling 3-2 to Delphia three weeks ago, the girls have not lost a single set, let alone match, against their five opponents. Hosting Aloha's Faith Bible Christian on Tuesday, Sept. 16, the girls came away with a three-set sweep (25-12, 25-10, 25-12). Senior Joey Sizemore led the team in kills with 14...
Despite falling 17-25 and 22-25 in their first two sets last Tuesday (Sept. 16), the Naselle girls volleyball responded in three straight sets (26-24, 25-23, 15-12) to defeat Valley. “We had a rough start, but our girls never gave up,” said Coach Rebekah Wirkkala. “They persevered and they made necessary adjustments to take the victory. Switching it up from tipping to putting it away-our girls played with experience and composure. They truly played as a team, and it was so fun to see them show themselves they can come back, point by point...
During the Tuesday, Aug. 21 Wahkiakum County Commissioners' meeting, Commissioner Dan Cothren had suggested demolishing the "Johnson House" on 80 Division St. Currently owned by Wahkiakum County, the Johnson House comes with an annual cost of $5,000. Following a back and forth between proponents and opponents to the Johnson House's demolition, Commissioner Lee Tischer granted the group supporting the edifice 30 days to develop a feasible plan to save the house. During the Monday, Sept. 15...
Last Saturday, Cathlamet's historic Julia Butler Hansen Home hosted its first open house with a fundraising ice-cream and pie social. The event was put on by the Friends of Julia Butler Hansen (FJBH), a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation "dedicated to the preservation and restoration of the Julia Butler Hansen house and all its historic contents and garden." Another function of FJBH, according to President Frank Corbin, is "to share the legacy of this incredible family," especially Julia Butler...
The Clatskanie Tigers varsity football team used a strong ground game offensively to defeat visiting Stanfield 50-12 last Friday. Jumping out to a 21-0 lead partway through the second quarter, the Tigers were aided by two short touchdown runs by senior Lucas Andreasen and another by junior Michael Simpson. After a touchdown throw by Stanfield High School quarterback Jacob Crawford brought the score to 21-6, the Tigers responded in kind with four straight of their own. Sophomore quarterback Will...
In order to form a team this fall, Clatskanie, Rainier, and Knappa High Schools girls soccer have merged to create the “RCK” team. The girls had their first match last Thursday, Sept. 11 in a non-league game against Portland’s Catlin Gabel on the Rainier High School field. “The teams were very evenly matched in terms of speed, conditioning, and passion for the competition,” said Head Coach Eric Smythe. “RCK had 13 shots on goal and scored one late in the second half. Catlin Gabel had 14 shots on goal for a score of 9. This is the first year...
In just seven games to start the season, the Clatskanie girls volleyball team has already earned its second three-game winning streak following a win at home last Thursday against Nestucca. The match went the Tigers' way following a three-set sweep (25-10, 26-17, 25-17) at the hands of the Bobcats (3-6). Senior Joey Sizemore led the girls in kills with 14 and stuff blocks with two. Junior Olivia George had six kills and no errors on 20 attempts to add to the one-sided victory. George also had a...
The Naselle girls volleyball team has gotten off to a great start to its season by winning its first three contests. Beginning with a three-set sweep (25-20, 25-12, 25-18) against Battle Ground’s Columbia Adventist Academy (CAA) on Sept. 4, Naselle was led by Jessie Smith’s 24 assists and four aces. Sophia Colombo led the team with seven digs, and Haylee Rose set the standard with 10 kills. Sadie Kilponen had six digs to help out Naselle, while Mylee Dunagan and Brooke Davis had six kills apiece. The girls continued with another three-set swe...
Wahkiakum School District Superintendent Ralph Watkins spent the last 12 years in Alaska. With a couple of those years being spent in Shishmaref, a town Watkins described as a "poster child for climate change," the newly appointed superintendent learned a lot about community while living in these Alaskan villages. Wanting to not only work in communities of 2,000 people or less, as well as being closer to his aging mother and father in Los Angeles, Calif., Watkins, along with his wife and son,...
During last week's session of Clatskanie Town Council, City Manager Greg Hinkelman made a presentation regarding a Wastewater Treatment Plant Funding Plan to Council. This was to set up Resolution 2025-16, or a State Revolving Fund (SRF) loan for a new sewer plant. Using a 16-slide Powerpoint presentation, Hinkelman gave the current plant's history, including its inception in 1977. Though the plant was "state of the art" at the time, increased environmental regulations, according to Hinkelman, "have made the plant obsolete." The city manager al...
Following a 3-0 start to its season, the Clatskanie girls volleyball team traveled to Sheridan last Thursday, Sept. 4, to take on the Delphian Dragons. Winning the first set 25-22, the Tigers then lost the second set 27-25, before bouncing back and winning the third set 32-30. Delphian staved off a victory by the visiting Tigers with a 25-23 win in set four, forcing a decisive fifth set. The Dragons completed the comeback with a 15-11 win in the fifth set to ultimately win the match. The girls then played Monroe the same day, defeating another...
The Clatskanie Tigers varsity football team got its season off to a strong start with a 39-28 road victory against Regis. The Tigers fell into an early 7-0 hole in the first quarter before rallying with 26 straight points over four straight touchdowns. The first Tigers touchdown of the season came by way of a 37-yard run by sophomore quarterback Will Van Voorst. Another run by Van Voorst gave the Tigers a 14-7 lead going into halftime. Two passing touchdowns in the third quarter by Van Voorst brought the score to 26-7, before Regis countered...
