Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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In September of this year, Our Saviour's Lutheran Church received a makeover when four windows were replaced by 12 stained glass panels designed and hand crafted by member and Skamokawa resident Theresa Videan. Videan has been working with stained glass for eight years. She picked up a couple books after she retired, bought some old glass and tried her hand at cutting. She never had any formal training, but when her learning stalled, visits with a glass artist in Astoria and another in...
Wahkiakum High School junior Gunnar Blix was named to the 2014 Class 2B Associated Press All State Football team. Blix received recognition as a second team linebacker. He also played quarterback and running back for the Mule team last season....
Tillie Louise Kehrli, 87, of Cathlamet died on December 16, 2014 at St. John Medical Center in Longview. She was born in Pomeroy WA to Jack and Bertha (Parr) More on September 26, 1927.She moved to Cathlamet in1943 and in 1946 graduated from Wahkiakum High School. On Feb 15, 1948 Tillie married Casper Kehrli and he preceded her in 1999. From 1968-1979 Tillie was a clerk at Wahkiakum PUD. She and Casper farmed on Puget Island for many years and they owned Kehrli’s Market on Puget Island from1969-1984. Tillie was a devoted mom, grandma and f...
In November, Puget Island resident Paula Quigley won the 2014 American Paint Horse Association World Championships in the amateur category with her two-year-old mare, JWR Shez Got Bling. The event is held each year in Fort Worth, Texas at the Will Rogers Memorial Center. Quigley got hooked on horses when she was young, learning to ride as a three year old on the back of her sister's horse. In high school, she started showing competitively. "It escalated over the years," Quigley said, grinning....
Wahkiakum County's re-elected officials who won re-election in last fall's general election swore their oaths of office Monday morning. L-r are District Court Judge William Faubion, Treasurer Tammy Peterson, Sheriff Mark Howie, Prosecuting Attorney Dan Bigelow, Commissioner Blair Brady, Assessor William Coons, and Public Utility District Commissioner Eugene Healy....
To The Eagle: In the wake of all the negative fallout from negative coverage on our nation's law enforcement, I wanted to share my husband's writing - "An Invocation For Police Officers" written many years ago when he was a young officer. We are proud of our public safety officers at the Wahkiakum County Sheriff's Office and we know the sacrifice they make every day they put on the uniform: An Invocation For Police Officers Dear Lord As a police officer, help me To do your bidding, To bring light where there is darkness. Make me a warrior...
To The Eagle: There are several different beliefs of religious zealotry in our midst today that claim they are commissioned by God—the creator of the universe—to pressure you, me, everyone—to believe and act and live their way and if we don’t then the penalty is abandonment by God and them for eternity. The wonderful thing about our Constitution is that it frees you to believe that way and it frees me to reject that way and neither of us are allowed to use the property held in common by everyone (government) to impose their, or our, zealous...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: December 22 — 9:18 a.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to aid a Cathlamet resident with back pain. 11:04 a.m. A resident reported fraudulent activity. 12:05 p.m. A caller reported that a leaning tree was partially blocking a Puget Island road. The county road crew was notified. 12:31 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to aid a weak and elderly Cathlamet resident. 12:37 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance r...
Wahkiakum County Sheriff Mark Howie this week offered a "friendly reminder" about setting off fireworks. "Here's the law in a nutshell," Howie said: Consumer fireworks may be used or discharged each day between: --June 28, 12 noon to 11p.m., --June 29, through July 3rd - 9a.m. to 11p.m., --July 4, 9a.m. to midnight, --July 5, 9a.m. to 11p.m., and --December 31, 6 p.m. until 1 a.m. January 1....
END/BEGINNING--Here we are on the last day of 2014; New Year's Eve; can you believe it?! This winds up being my last column in 2014 and my first in 2015, so we're ending a speedy year and I'm hoping we're beginning a slower one, as time seems to be passing by all too fast these days. We've got a cold snap coming our way, so I hope you're all prepared and are extra careful while out driving. I hope we come through this latest deep freeze unscathed. Don't forget your outside critters as well. When it's super cold, they need shelter and extra...
THURSDAY Happy New Year! FRIDAY Book Club, Community Senior Center, Main St., 10 a.m.-Noon. Wahkiakum County Injury Prevention Workgroup, River Street Meeting Room, Cathlamet, 4 p.m. NA Meeting, River of Life Church, 45 Main St., 5 p.m. Celebrate Recovery, Cathlamet Christian Fellowship Church, 6 p.m. Westside Parent Support Group, Valley Bible Church, 9 a.m. SUNDAY AA Meeting, Cathlamet Congregational Church, 6 p.m. MONDAY Basic computer, Community Senior Center, 100 Main St., 10 a.m. - Noon. Lions Club, Puget Island Fire Hall, 7 p.m. St....
I hope everyone had a wonderful, fun and family filled Christmas. Now on to a new chapter of life in 2015. It even looks like we will have some sunshine to end 2014. There are a couple of upcoming events that I would like to report. On Sunday, January 18, the Johnson Park Advisory Board is hosting our annual 3 C’s Chowdown in the Grays River Valley Center from 1-5 p.m. You will have your choice of homemade chili, clam chowder and chicken noodle soup. Your generous donations for this meal will be used to fund ongoing operation costs for the c...
The Oregon Court of Appeals has upheld Clatsop County’s decision to deny a key permit for the Oregon Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) pipeline. In 2013, Oregon LNG challenged the county’s decision to deny the permit on the grounds of bias. Columbia Riverkeeper intervened on behalf of Clatsop County. The Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) sided with the LNG company on a preliminary issue, finding that one of the County Commissioners was biased. In a unanimous decision on December 17, the Oregon Court of Appeals reversed LUBA’s decision, rejec...
Washington state's recycling rate fell slightly to 49 percent in 2013, but remains well above the national average, according to data reported December 29 by the Washington Department of Ecology. The 2013 rate was down from 50.1 percent in 2012. Nationally, the average recycling rate was 34.5 percent in 2012. The decline was driven by a 105,000-ton drop in the amount of material recycled by state residents in 2013, even as the total amount of material disposed grew by 88,000 tons. Recycling was down in several major categories, such as...
The Wahkiakum Mule girls basketball team joined seven other teams for a two tournament event in Napavine last weekend. On Friday the Mules faced a 2A team, the Olympic Trojans, and won, 54-43. The Mules returned to Napavine on Saturday to beat the 1A Zillah Leopards in overtime, 58-51, and won their tournament. Against Olympic High School out of Bremerton, Baylee Olsen scored 16 points, had two rebounds, five assists, two steals and four blocks. Sam Boyce had 14 points, 10 rebounds, four...
Clam diggers can ring in the New Year by filling their buckets with razor clams during an eight-day opener beginning Dec. 31. State shellfish managers with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) approved the dig after marine toxin tests showed the clams are safe to eat. The openings are scheduled on the following dates, beaches and low tides: --Dec. 31, Wednesday; 3:05 p.m., 0.6 feet, Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Mocrocks, Copalis --Jan. 1, Thursday; 4:01 p.m., 0.2 feet, Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Mocrocks, Copalis --Jan. 2, Friday;...
The second annual seed exchange will occur at 10 a.m., January 17, at the Grange hall in Skamokawa. The event, sponsored by WSU Extension and the Skamokawa Grange, will include mini- workshops as well as participants saved seeds and leftover commercial seeds. More information is available at 795-8770....
