Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Nichols Brothers Boat Builders christened and launched Wahkiakum County's new ferry, the "Oscar B" last weekend at their Freeland boat yard. The ferry has now moved to Langley where it will undergo sea trials. Several local officials and residents made the journey to witness the event including county Commissioners Blair Brady and Mike Backman, Public Works Director Pete Ringen, state Representative Dean Takko and ferry skipper Lamar Blix and his family. "Yes, the christening was a very...
Art Vik, who will be 100 years old in September, lives in a pleasant little one room house on the southeast side of Puget Island with a plump little Dachshund named Pepe. Large picture windows open up to the Columbia where he can watch the ships pass and try to divine the mysterious patterns in a flock of scaups. "I built this as a garage but I hardly ever used it," Vik said of his cosy home. "I moved it back to the barn to keep my tractors in. I didn't need it so I moved it out here and put it...
Wahkiakum County officials are planning to work with other local agencies and the US Army Corps of Engineers to establish a continuing beach nourishment program for Puget Island. Erosion is again threatening waterfront homes on East Sunny Sands Road, and the Columbia continues to erode the North Welcome Slough Road dike and also along Ohrberg’s Beach. County Commissioner Dan Cothren on Monday described the process to include the areas in the dredged sand disposal sites at a meeting with Sunny Sands residents, and Tuesday, he reviewed the p...
Wahkiakum County officials are planning to work with other local agencies and the US Army Corps of Engineers to establish a continuing beach nourishment program for Puget Island. Erosion is again threatening waterfront homes on East Sunny Sands Road, and the Columbia continues to erode the North Welcome Slough Road dike and also along Ohrberg’s Beach. County Commissioner Dan Cothren on Monday described the process to include the areas in the dredged sand disposal sites at a meeting with Sunny S...
To The Eagle: In response to the two previous letters about my comments on the Watson house being in danger of being swallowed up by the encroaching Columbia River, I want to thank the writers for validating my point that putting sand on the beach in a never-ending attempt to stem the erosion simply does not work. A solution exists: Since all the land covered by dredge spoil is claimed by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR), it should be the legal responsibility of that agency to protect the buildings on it. They claim th...
To The Eagle: New Jersey's system of medical marijuana regulation, which requires all patients obtain a state-issued patient identification card to possess and purchase medical marijuana, in tracked sales, is unconstitutional. Federal law still criminalizes marijuana. New Jersey medical marijuana patients must not be forced to incriminate themselves federally in order to obtain their medicine and be protected from prosecution under state medical marijuana statutes. In 1969, the United States Supreme Court struck down the federal Marijuana Tax...
Wahkiakum Health and Human Services is gearing up for the annual Point in Time Count on January 29th, 2015. What is the Point in Time Count? Its one day in January every year that every county in the State of Washington counts the homeless within their county. Homelessness is everywhere and Wahkiakum County is not exempt. A recognition of the instability of an individual’s living arrangements is critical in defining the term homeless. There is more than one official definition of homelessness. Health centers funded by the U.S. Department of H...
OLYMPIA--Washington’s lawmakers have opened this year’s legislative session amid predictions of a long and contentious debate focused on budget and tax votes for the K-12 education system. Lawmakers are confronted with a mountain of expensive problems to solve, ranging from transportation to mental health. But education funding is pivotal. The Washington Supreme Court held the Legislature in contempt last year for engaging in “an ongoing violation of its constitutional duty to K-12 children,” by not adequately funding public education. Combine...
By Cooper Inveen, Washington Newspaper Publisher Association Olympia News Bureau OLYMPIA--Two years after Washington voters ended pot prohibition lawmakers are wading through a thicket of proposed reforms that aim to stabilize an industry struggling to get off the ground. “Right now I call it the wild, wild west,” Senate Democratic Leader Sharon Nelson, D-Maury Island, said during Thursday’s annual Associated Press Legislative Preview. “We’ve got incongruities in this law that we need to solve.” With seven new cannabis-related bills pre-f...
In last week's article about the annual bird count, a statement was incorrectly attributed to Andrew Emlen, regarding “120 species including two winter vagrants, the Snowy Egret and the Cedar waxwing.” They were not vagrants but birds from count week, or birds that were not seen on count day but are regular species in the area and were seen during the week of the event and thus can be counted....
The contractor cleaning the sewage lagoon ran into disaster last Friday when their excavator became stuck and the engine was disabled. Another excavator and bulldozer from DeBriae Logging arrived on the scene and were able to move the disabled machine to secure footing....
ANOTHER WEEK--By the looks of it, this year is going to fly by like the last one. We have spent this past week in a virtual fog as both evenings and mornings were thick with the stuff, at least down this way. Our soggy fields seem to "grow" the fog and there were only hours between the morning fog and the evening fog, as most of the time, the evening fog was showing up in the late afternoon, so we were "in a fog" most of the time. The dangerous part of that was that the deer and elk seemed to be using it as a time to cross the roadways, which...
THURSDAY Financial Management, Community Senior Center, 100 Main St., 10 a.m. - Noon. Preschool Story and Craft Time, Cathlamet Library, 4 p.m. Cathlamet First Aid Division, Fire Hall, 7 p.m. Skamokawa Fire Department, First Aid Division, 7 p.m. Grays River Fire Department, ambulance training, 7 p.m. Wahkiakum Fire District No. 4, 7 p.m. Rosburg Community Club, 7 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Congregational Church, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Yoga Classes, Grays River Methodist Church, 5-6:30 p.m. Art Group, Grays River...
The annual Valentine Day Dinner sponsored by the Wahkiakum County Fair Board will be held February 14 at the Skamokawa Grange Hall from 6-9 p.m. Tickets are $25 per person and are available at Bank of the Pacific and from any board member. The menu consists of bacon wrapped filet mignon, baked potato, vegetables, salad and dessert with a vegetarian choice of Portabello mushrooms. The barbecuing will be done by Bill Coons and Commissioner Blair Brady. Entertainment will be provided by Kathleen Peterson and her keyboard. Grand prize will be a...
The second annual free seed exchange will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Skamokawa Grange hall. Sponsored jointly by the Skamokawa Grange and WSU Extension, the event will feature free seeds and gardening information from local experts. Participants are asked to bring viable seeds no older than two years, both seeds they have grown and seeds they have saved, as well as extras from commercial seed growers. At 10:30 a.m., Carol Carver will offer information on the dos and don'ts of seed growing and saving. Several Master Gardeners will also be...
News from Naselle: Looks like the biggest news from Naselle this week comes in the fact that SR 4 now has a detour allowing folks to eliminate a long drive in order to get to the coast. If you still have questions about the roads and detours, I’m sure you could contact the Pacific County Sheriff’s office or Washington State Patrol. It looks like an expensive fix to take care of the washout that occurred during our last rain event. Sports calendar for the Naselle Comet teams this week includes: Friday, JV girls basketball with Astoria at 3:30 p....
The Grays River Fire and Ambulance support foundation is off to a great start thanks to a big boost in its initial fundraising efforts from Wahkiakum West. The locally owned telecommunications company has long been a supporter of Wahkiakum county’s all-volunteer Fire and Emergency Medical Services. When a group of volunteers decided to start a new effort to support services for those volunteers, Wahkiakum West stepped up with a $500 donation. When added to the individual donations received thus far, the foundation finished 2014 with about $...
The Naselle/Grays River Valley School District will have a replacement maintenance and operations levy on the ballot coming out on January 23. The ballots are due on February 10, and the levy requires a simple majority to pass. “It’s kind of a misnomer that they call it a maintenance and operations levy,” said district Superintendent Lisa Nelson. “To me that implies painting and window washing, but it’s really maintenance of existing programs. Some districts have begun to change the language...
The Wahkiakum Marine Resources Committee is sponsoring a salmon canning party with WSU Food Safety Advisors, Carol Ervest and Carrie Backman. Participants may choose from three class times: January 28, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., or 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m., as well as February 4, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The canning parties will be held at the Grays River Grange. Salmon is provided by South Bend Products. There is no charge to participate; however, participants should pre-register and plan to bring at least two half pint jars to take home fish. It’s advisable f...
William Eugene Torget, 94, of Cathlamet, passed away peacefully on January 5, 2015, surrounded by family at his Puget Island home. Gene, as he was known, was born on January 23, 1920 at the family home on Puget Island. He was the youngest of four children of Johan B. Torget and Anna J. (Olsen) Torget, originally from Norway. The young family all spoke Norwegian around the home and believed in strong Norwegian traditions and values. Gene attended Puget Island Grade school and ferried across the river daily to graduate from Wakiakum High School...
Virginia Jane Bacon, 92, of Cathlamet, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family, on January 10, 2015. She was born November 26, 1922, in Skamokawa, to David and Bella Strait. She was raised on a farm which contributed to her work ethic. She attended Skamokawa Grade School and graduated from Wahkiakum High School in 1940. She married Robert A. Bacon on November 25, 1940, and resided in Cathlamet her entire married life. The Bacons owned The Toggery, a menswear store and later Bacon’s Variety Store. They also built and operated Bob’s B...
The Celebration of Life service for Rolly Armstrong has changed locations. It will be held at Wendt Elementary School on Saturday, January 17 at 1 p.m. Attendees are asked to bring any memories of Rolly to share. Rolly died November 29, 2014 and his full obituary was published December 18, 2014. Dowling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements....
A Celebration of Life service for Inez Danielsen will be held January 24, 2015, 1 p.m., at the Norse Hall on Puget Island. Inez died December 1, 2014 and her full obituary was published December 11, 2014....
A Celebration of Life service for Mike Prever will be held Sunday, January 18, 2 p.m., at Father’s House in Longview. Mike died November 23, 2014 and his full obituary was published December 4, 2014....
Dentist Dr. Corey Blankenship DDS has started to settle into his new practice vacated by Dr. Douglas Martin DDS at the end of October. Martin and his wife, Jill, spent a long time trying to find the right replacement and finally Blankenship came along. "We'd been looking for someone for about a year," Martin said. "We spoke with several people, but we didn't feel that they had the right ideas in mind for the community so we waited to find the right person. We were looking for someone who wanted...
