Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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The Cape Horn community has organized over concerns about a disappearing beach that is now threatening homes along the Columbia River. It is sand that passing ships are washing away. The residents are hoping the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which dredges the nearby shipping channel to allow ships to travel up the Columbia River, will send some of the spoils their way. Instead, the Corps of Engineers sends the spoils to Brown's Island, an undeveloped island at the head of Puget Island. To add in...
A difficulty in obtaining parts has resulted in a delay in the anticipated repair of the ferry Oscar B, Wahkiakum County Public Works Director Chuck Beyer announced Thursday. On Jan. Public Works officials said a shipyard had said it could complete the repairs in "6-9" days, which would have been completed around Jan. 15. However, that shipyard ran into difficulty in obtaining parts, and Beyer had to change course and contract with a second yard. The change in plans means that the repairs should be completed around Jan. 22. Here is the text of...
Legislators of the 19th District will host a telephone town hall Thursday evening, 6-7 p.m. Sen. Dean Takko, Rep. Brian Blake and Rep. JD Rossetti can hear directly from citizens in the district about their ideas and comments. Under the telephone town hall format, thousands of constituents will receive automatically generated telephone calls to their homes just before 6 p.m. on Jan. 14. Constituents may ask questions by pressing *3 on their phones at any time during the call, and they may listen to the live conversation to hear the questions...
It's a new year, and Wahkiakum County officials feel they're ready to see progress in efforts to have dredged sand placed on eroding shorelines. Last year, county officials began working with Puget Island residents to get the US Army Corps of Engineers to plan sand disposal along East Sunny Sands. Residents there have been experiencing erosion and would like sand replenished there to save their homes and property. County officials met with Corps personnel and outlined a process that would potentially replenish the beach in 2016 and set up a...
General Manager Dave Tramblie gave a report, and a representative from Northwest Public Power Association (NWPPA) gave a presentation at Wahkiakum County PUD Board of Commissioners meeting on Tuesday. “The east side of the county was the only area really affected during the December 21 windstorm,” Tramblie said. “Since then it has been fairly quiet over the holidays.” According to Tramblie, the cold weather has had an affect on the systems in the county. Water consumption numbers on Puget I...
To The Eagle: The GAP (Giving Action Program) that provides food to students at Wahkiakum grades K-12, effective January 1, 2016, will be operating under the 501c of St. Vincent de Paul. All donations to our program will continue to be tax deductible. If you currently contribute or would like to start contributing, please send your donations to St. Vincent de Paul, PO Box 2957, Longview, WA 98632. It is very important to note that the donation is for the Wahkiakum GAP. We are very thankful and continue to appreciate all donations to this great...
To The Eagle: Ferry, Wikipedia: "boat used to (ferry) primarily people across a body of water." I thought when you're right, it was supposed to feel good. When I heard we were getting a new ferry, I said, "Why?" We just need to use the Wahkiakum more effectively. Two runs an hour when needed. I've done more driving to work at the Wauna mill the last few months than the last 30 years combined. Certainly there must be a lemon law for boats. What we have here is a boat tied to a dock. There are ships and tugs going up and down the river all day...
Fort Clatsop has announced the next In Their Footsteps free speaker series event. This program is The Towns that Became Today’s Warrenton by Susan Glen on Sunday, January 17 at 1 p.m. Warrenton, Oregon was incorporated in February 1899, and is a city comprised of many earlier towns and villages. These include Skipanon, Flavel, Hammond, and Fort Stevens, as well as Lexington which was the first county seat for Clatsop County until 1879 when it moved to Astoria. This illustrated talk shares some history of each of these towns as they grew and b...
A book club will meet at the Cathlamet Community Center on the second Friday of each month from 11 a.m. to noon. The first meeting will be tomorrow, January 8. This will take place in conjunction with the Brown Bag Lunch offered each Friday. Participants do not have to be a member of the book club to take part in the lunch, which is open to the public. The center is located at 101 Main Street. For more information contact Joyce Orr at 360-430-3968 or joyceorr@wwestsky.net....
At the next WordFest on January 12, Linda Eddleston will read from her memoir, My Three Friends, which tells the story of four young girls living in the Oregon suburbs of the 1950s. She describes their choices, successes, trials, tragedies and their enduring friendship framed by the decades they grow up in. Eddleston is a retired elementary and special education teacher living in Longview. Her work has been published in The Children’s Ministry Magazine, That Holiday Feeling anthology and in The Daily News. She has written travel journals, p...
The Castle Rock Men’s Ensemble will make a return visit to St. James Church, 1134 Columbia St., at 2 p.m. on Sunday, February 7. This group of musicians are well known throughout Southwest Washington where they have been playing together for many years. They are widely recognized for the quality and variety of their performances. The concert is free but there will be a goodwill offering for the St. James Family Center. A dessert buffet will follow....
Carson Theodore Wilson was born Nov 9, 2015 at 1:28 p.m. He weighed 9-lbs., 13-oz and was 21¼ inches long. He joins his parents, RaeAnne and Joe Wilson and 2½ year old sister Ava. Maternal grandparents are Lori Kensinger of Cathlamet and Jeff Magnuson of Kalama. Paternal grandparents are Brad and Jane Wilson of Chinook....
Live Music at River Mile 38 Brewing Company: Cara and Nathan Haney will perform from 5 to 8 p.m., Saturday, January 9, on the Crow's Nest Stage during Live at Five. 285 Third St., Cathlamet. For more information call 360-366-4662....
WSU Leadership Academy is a community leadership program designed to help engage and inspire others. Topics include influencing public policy, media relations, economic development, fundraising, meeting facilitation, conflict management, and team building. Eleven classes will be held on the second and fourth Wednesdays from 6-8:15 p.m. Starting on January 22 and ending on June 22, the classes will be held at the Cowlitz County Training Center, 1942 First Avenue in Longview. Class registration is due by January 15 and is limited to 20 people....
WHITE--We had a white Christmas in West Valley this past year, but that was only because it was foggy! Not just a little foggy, but it was super thick, white fog that greeted us that day and so that made it white. Then New Year's was white too, only this time it was due to a very heavy, thick frost that blanketed the area. Now as we enjoy the beginning of this week and the first Sunday of this new year 2016, we are seeing white once again, but this time, it's actually snow that is falling all around us and the roads, trees and grass are all...
THURSDAY Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Congregational Church, noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, noon. Skamokawa Fire Department, 7 p.m. Grays River Fire Department, work night, 7:30 p.m. Puget Island Fire Department, drill night, 7 p.m. District No. 4 Fire Department, 7 p.m. Westside Play & Learn Group, Valley Bible Church, 9-11:30 a.m. Cathlamet Public Library Board of Trustees, 12:45 p.m. Sewing Room, GRVC at Johnson Park, 1-4 p.m. West End Food Pantry, GRVC at Johnson Park, 1-5 p.m. TOPS, (Take Off...
On January 21 from noon to 1 p.m., Attorney Chris Roubicek, of Castle Rock, will talk about the transfer of non-titled property. Estate planning often focuses on farms or family business transfers. Too often, personal possessions doesn’t get discussed. Non-titled property can include furniture, photos, books, dishes, tools and jewelry. Many people have fond memories of family keepsakes and they carry more meaning and can have long-lasting emotional effects. Consider attending to learn more about decision options, including initiating d...
The ferry Oscar B. should be back in service sometime late next week, Wahkiakum County officials said Tuesday. The US Coast Guard ordered the ferry docked three weeks ago after debris plugged the fresh water cooling intake for the primary and auxiliary generators. Inspectors and engineers have settled on a design for modifications to the intake, and the county commissioners on Tuesday authorized Public Works Director Chuck Beyer to select one of two shipyards to begin the work as soon as possible. Beyer said the work should be done in 7-9...
The Wahkiakum Mules boys basketball team split games this week. They took home the KM Trophy after beating long time rival, the Naselle Comets, last Wednesday, 67-48, and returned to league play on Tuesday with a loss. Zach Brown had a triple double with 23 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists. He also had five blocks. Ryan Quigley scored 22 points, shooting four for seven from the three point line. He also pulled down eight rebounds. Joey Moore had eight points and eight assists, and James...
The Wahkiakum Mules girls’ basketball team returned to play after a long holiday break to face Ilwaco and lost 68-50. The Lady Mules are 5-1 in league play and 6-2 overall. “We got off to a slow start,” Coach Rob Garrett said. “Their height was a problem, and we struggled with rebounding. We had a good second quarter, adding pressure to force turnovers and pulling ahead by one. We had the momentum at halftime, but they came back in the third quarter and slowed the game. In the second half we...
JD Rossetti, who was recently appointed to fill Dean Takko's position as Washington State Representative for District 19, took some time this week to talk to this reporter, who is a political neophyte, and who began by asking how he got into politics. "I started paying attention to issues on a state and federal level that I hadn't paid attention to before, because I was being directly affected by government policies," Rossetti began. Rossetti said it began when there were medical complications a...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: December 28 — 1:10 p.m. A Skamokawa resident reported that a neighbor’s dog had attacked her dog. 2:20 p.m. Sheep had wandered onto a Skamokawa resident’s property. The owner was contacted. 6:43 p.m. Deputies attempting to serve a warrant in the Elochoman Valley were unable to locate the subject. December 29 — 3:46 a.m. The Grays River ambulance aided a Rosburg resident who had fallen. 11:49 a.m. A caller...
I hope everyone stayed safe with this last burst of cold weather. I know the roads were pretty slick and a few trees made travel a little treacherous. Here’s hoping for a little reprieve with some sunshine. Welcome home to my Uncle David Hammonds. He spent the holidays in Juneau, Alaska with his daughter and son-in-law, as well as spending time with some of his old friends and with his new great grandson. News from Naselle: Sports calendar for Naselle Comet teams this week: Saturday, girls and boys basketball with Mary M. Knight in Naselle a...
