Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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The Wahkiakum County Planning Commission last Thursday accepted a proposed update of the county's shoreline management program from the county commission's Real Property Rights Advisory Committee. Planners had recommended approval of a document in May, 2017, prepared in cooperation with consultants, but county commissioners felt it was too complicated and heard citizen concerns that the proposed plan was more stringent than required under state law. They sent the plan to the property rights committee and asked them to edit it and submit it to...
` Proponents of a Renaissance theme cooperative farm in the Elochoman Valley presented their plans to concerned neighbors Tuesday before the county board of commissioners. JD Honoré and his wife, Shira, purchased a farm from Margaret and Dale Strueby, taking possession just before the end of September. A website and Facebook page presented their concepts for a Tudor style village, Taylor Town. Word of the plans quickly spread on social media, and citizens expressing concerns ranging from traffic and noise to environmental pollution and cult...
News from Naselle: Sports calendar for the coming week: Thursday, high school JV volleyball in Naselle with Knappa at 6 p.m.; Friday is Homecoming for high school football in Naselle with Neah Bay at 6 p.m. Good luck Comets! Monday, middle school volleyball in Naselle with Pe Ell at 5:45 p.m.; Tuesday, high school volleyball at Three Rivers Christian at 4 p.m., middle school football at Jewell at 4 p.m.; Wednesday, middle school volleyball in Naselle with Willapa Valley at 5:45 p.m. Go Comets! Showtimes for the latest production by PAPA...
The eroding beach at Cape Horn apparently won't receive dredged sand this year for beach nourishment. Wahkiakum County officials have been working for two years to obtain permits for dredge spoils deposits at Cape Horn and three spots on Puget Island, and they thought it would be likely the Cape Horn site would get sand this year. However, county commissioners reported Tuesday that US Army Corps officials informed them this week that the permitting still has to go through a permitting process. The National Marine Fisheries Service has yet to...
Photo by Diana Zimmerman The Wahkiakum Mules ran over the Mossyrock Vikings for a 58-21 football homecoming victory last Friday. In the first quarter, Chance Cothren scored on an 87-yard run and seven-yard pass from Lucas Brown who kicked two conversions. The Vikings hit a field goal for a 14-3 score. In the second quarter, James Anderson and Brown scored on runs of 17 and five yards, respectively, and Brown and Cothren connected on a 20-yard touchdown pass play. Mossyrock scored on a 62-yard...
Wahkiakum County commissioners heard concerns from Elochoman Valley residents Tuesday that a commune might start in their neighborhood and adversely impact their quality of life. Residents of the Monroe Acres development and other Elochoman Valley residents expressed concern that a planned development that was announced over the weekend will adversely impact their lives. According to the website townoftaylor.com, the future Town of Taylor will be a co-op community of businesses with the theme of living in the 1500's. The town will be open year...
Regional search and rescue units located two people who became lost in Wahkiakum area forests. On Tuesday, responders located a Naselle man, Pete Rigert, age 52, who had become lost Monday while hiking in the woods above his house near the Pacific County line. According to the Wahkiakum County Sheriff's Office, he had last been seen about 12:30 p.m. He was reported missing at 5:30 p.m. Search and Rescue (SAR) volunteers and sheriff's office personnel responded and searched through the night. A US Coast Guard helicopter crew joined the search...
Elochoman Valley residents were surprised this weekend by an announcement that the new owners of the Strueby Farm plan to start a farming cooperative and build a Renaissance style village there. Word spread; neighbors began studying the project website, townoftaylor.com, and concerns began to mount. Residents brought those concerns to the county board of commissioners Tuesday--noise, increased traffic, environmental impacts, and potentially unsavory activities reminiscent of Rajneeshpuram, the Oregon town/commune of devotees of the religious...
Commissioners of Port District 2 went over their preliminary budget when they met Sept. 18 at Skamokawa Vista Park. The proposed budget totaled $1.058 million, down from $1.13 million budget for 2018 and $1.14 budgeted for 2017. The port expects to collect $244,100 from fees collected from campers at Skamokawa Vista and County Parks. The port expects $30,000 in revenue from selling dredged sand at Vista Park, and it expects to pay the state Department of Natural Resources a $20,000 royalty for the sand. Operating revenue, which comes from park...
News from Naselle: Sports calendar for the coming week for Comet teams: Friday, high school football at Lummi Nation at 5 p.m.; Monday, middle school volleyball at North Beach at 5:45 p.m.; Tuesday, high school volleyball at Firm Foundation at 4:30 p.m.; Wednesday, middle school volleyball at Raymond at 5:45 p.m. Go Comets! A very special congratulations to a deserving young lady for her talent as a good volleyball player. Holly Disch was named one of the WIIA Athletes of the Week last week. Congratulations Holly, for your contribution to an...
Ranked third last week in the Associated Press state Class 2B football poll, the Napavine Tigers handed the Wahkiakum Mules a 39-20 defeat last Friday. The AP 2B poll almost looks like Central League standings: 1. Adna, 3. Napavine, 4. Kalama, 5. Rainier, 7. Onalaska and 9. Toledo. The score stood 7-7 at the end of the first quarter. The host Tigers scored on a 13-yard pass play at 1:04, and the Mules responded with a quick series. Quentin Nelson ripped off a 58 yard run, and James Anderson scored from the two. Lucas Brown kicked the conversion...
Members of the Cathlamet Town Council worked their way through an appeal of a sewer rate for a business, lifted a building moratorium and handled other business at their monthly meeting on Monday. Steve and Paige Lake, owners of the Bradley House, had appealed a town decision earlier this year to charge them a monthly rate of $276.58 based on an assessment of 2.8 equivalent customer units (ECU) because it was a residence doubling as an antique shop and bed and breakfast. The Lakes appealed, noting that they are open for antique sales very few...
Wahkiakum County commissioners reviewed the status of beach nourishment plans and handled other business when they met Tuesday. The board, acting as the commission for four flood control zone districts, is working with a consultant to obtain a 10-year plan for depositing dredge spoils on eroding beaches at Cape Horn and Puget Island. Commissioners have said permits should be in order for deposits this fall at Cape Horn, but, according to the US Army Corps of Engineers, there’s not enough volume for deposits at the other areas. Liz Beutler, a...
News from Naselle: Sports calendar this coming week for the Naselle Comet teams: Friday, high school football in Naselle with Darrington at 6 p.m.; Saturday, high school volleyball at the Raymond Tourney at 9 a.m.; Monday, high school volleyball in Naselle with CAA at 4:30 p.m., and middle school volleyball with Ocosta at 5:45 p.m.; Tuesday, middle school football in Naselle with Vernonia at 4 p.m., and high school volleyball at WSD at 6 p.m.; Wednesday, middle school volleyball in Naselle with South Bend at 5:45 p.m. Go Comets! The Comet...
When can a loss in a football game make one happy? For the Wahkiakum Mules, it was their performance in a 32-27 loss to the visiting Onalaska Loggers last Friday. The Mules had suffered a 34-0 loss the previous week to Adna, a loss made worse by the severe head injury to sophomore Beau Carlson, who is making a slow recovery. And the 3-0 Loggers had outscored their first two opponents of the season 130-0. So, to lose by only five points and have a chance to win the game late in the fourth...
Wahkiakum County commissioners on Tuesday voted to apply for an application for a grant to study the feasibility of creating a broadband network in the county. Government entities have had a committee studying creation of a broadband network, and last week, Wahkiakum PUD agreed to lead an application for the grant. The group had suggested Wahkiakum County has appropriate funding to provide the 25 percent local match, and PUD General Manger Dave Tramblie brought that request to the board of county commissioners. The maximum amount for the grant...
Wahkiakum County commissioners plan to re-open the Elochoman Valley Road, probably in early October. Commissioners were ready Tuesday to open the road--closed last winter near milepost 7 because of potential landslide, but a request from Hancock Forest Management led to a delay. During a winter wet spell, area residents heard trees snapping on the hillside above their house, and when they investigated, they found signs of a landslide. They contacted Hancock, the landowner, and further investigation revealed the start of a major landslide with...
Wahkiakum County offices may soon have significant security upgrades. On Tuesday, county commissioners authorized sheriff's office personnel to proceed with purchase and installation of electronic door locks for offices in the courthouse and Elochoman Health and Human Services campus. The locks are intended to allow employees to secure their offices in the event of an emergency. Undersheriff Gary Howell and Health and Human Services Executive Director Chris Bischoff said some personnel need battery powered pendants that can activate the locks....
I have been told a few times to be careful what you wish for, but I have really been wishing and hoping for rain as my well was nearly dry. Well, I got my wish and now we are flooded in, but I have water in my well. We didn’t really expect 7+ inches overnight, but that’s what we got and I’m okay with not being able to drive out for a day or two. News from Naselle: Sports calendar for the coming week: Thursday (today), high school volleyball in Naselle with Pe Ell at 5:45 p.m.; Saturday, high school volleyball Adna Tourney at 9 a.m., high schoo...
The Washington Department of Natural Resources and US Fish and Wildlife Service are preparing to gather input on their updated proposed amendments to their long-term conservation strategies for the marbeled murrelet. The endangered sea bird nests on large limbs in old trees anywhere within a 55-mile range of the ocean, and the agencies' plan would govern timber harvest and related activities in habitat on lands managed by the agencies, including timber trust land benefitting Wahkiakum and Pacific counties. The agencies have scheduled public...
The Adna Pirates aren't ranked first in the Associated Press Class 2B football poll for nothing: They're a good team. The Pirates took it to the Wahkiakum Mules for a 34-0 victory last Friday. The Mules had returned to the football poll after a few years of program building and went into the game ranked ninth in the AP poll. Adna scored on a long sweep play on the first play to set the tone of the game. "That put us in a hole right away," said Mule Coach Eric Hansen. "We gave them some good field position. Later we snapped the ball over the...
Suzanne Arnits came to the Wahkiakum County board of commissioners meeting Tuesday asking for a proclamation. She got that from the commissioners, but she also started a conversation. Arnits is an outreach coordinator for NAMI SW WA—the southwestern Washington chapter of the National Alliance For Mental Health. September is national Suicide Prevention Month, and the board approved a resolution recognizing the problem and urging all persons to be aware of signs that a person may be considering suicide and also how to seek help for them. NAMI S...
News from Naselle: School is in, and volleyball and football games are being played. Welcome to the new school year 2018-2019. Sports calendar for this week includes: today (Thursday), high school volleyball in Naselle with South Bend at 5:45 p.m.; Friday, high school football in Naselle with Rainier Christian at 7 p.m.; Monday, middle school volleyball in Naselle with Raymond at 5:45 p.m.; Tuesday, high school volleyball CVL Jamboree at 5 p.m.; Wednesday, the 12th-middle school volleyball at Pe Ell at 5:45 p.m. Go Comets! An upcoming fun...
Photos by Diana Zimmerman As part of an east-west football doubleheader, the Wahkiakum Mules defeated the Colfax Bulldogs 14-0 last Saturday in Cathlamet. In the day's other game, the Napavine Tigers handed the Liberty Lancers a 41-7 defeat. The teams will gather on Liberty's home field in Spangle next year to open the 2019 season. The Mules controlled the game, gaining 278 yards on offense while holding the visitors to 83 total yards. Sophomore quarterback Kaden Anderson connected with senior...
Wahkiakum County will put some of Washington's tax on the sale of marijuana to work. County commissioners on Tuesday approved a contract amendment with CHOICE Regional Health Network to increase funding for youth marijuana education and prevention. County Health and Human Services Director Chris Bischoff and county Mental Health Program Director Julie Johnston said the county received $21,000 for its work under the Youth Marijuana Prevention and Education Program (YMPEP). The funding runs from July, 2018, through June, 2019. Goals of the...
