Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Kelly Guest is Wahkiakum County’s Americorps Volunteer. Guest runs the Physical Activity and Nutrition program for the Wahkiakum Health and Human Services Department. Guest and her seven year old daughter moved to Cathlamet last June from Portland. “We needed a change,” said Guest, “and when we came here I just fell in love with this place.” Guest said she’d been in Wahkiakum for a short while before looking for a job. She canvassed the area, passing out resumes, and finally applied for the Americorps position. For the last 10 months she...
Turkey bingo is finally here! For one night only, try your luck and see if you can walk away with a Thanksgiving turkey for your family. Held each year at the Julius A. Wendt Elementary in Cathlamet, the turkey prizes are generously donated by local businesses in the Wahkiakum area. For your chance to win, join us this Saturday (the 21st) from 6 p.m. You won’t want to miss this year’s raffle as we have some incredible prizes, including a Wii console and Blu-Ray player. Only $1 a ticket, don’t miss your chance to win these fantastic prize...
The Washington State Auditors Office released its final audit of the Wahkiakum County Public Utilities District’s financial statement for 2008, last week. The November 9 report looked at the areas of highest risk for noncompliance and misappropriation or misuses of PUD assets. The audit included billing, adjustments, cash receipts, assets, disbursement, payroll expenditures and benefits. Auditors also looked at the PUD’s electrical distribution system and the management of Western Wahkiakum Water and the Puget Island Water system. The sta...
You can almost hear Skamokawa’s economy draining into Steamboat Slough. The recession has left the town’s residents with fewer dollars in their jeans and the question, “Where does the town go from here?” Skamokawa saw what might be called a small renaissance when Colorado developer Warren Rovetch came to town and bought and restored the Skamokawa Town Center in 1994. Rovetch’s remodel added six new condos, a refurbished dock, a cafe, bed and breakfast and rental space to house Columbia River Kayaking. The improvements lured the locals ba...
The Wahkiakum School District board of directors voted Tuesday to ask voters to approve a $927,000 special levy next February. The levy would replace a four-year special levy that is expiring. School districts ask voters to approve special levies to cover expenses not covered by state or federal sources. These include, but are not limited to: --salaries and benefits for coaches and advisors of extracurricular activities; --transportation for field trips and extracurricular activities; --vocational education programs; --upgrades for technology...
The Cathlamet Woman's Club has named George Hanigan as their Citizen of the Year 2009. Hanigan is a fourth generation Wahkiakum resident and a third generation attorney with a long list of credits and services to Wahkiakum County. He graduated from Wahkiakum High School in 1956 where he played football, basketball and baseball. He was student body vice-president as a junior and president as a senior. He attended Oregon State College for two years before transferring to Gonzaga University in 1958, graduating with a degree in finance. He earned...
The contractor installing new guardrail along SR 4 between Skamokawa and Longview should finish the work in early December, according to the Washington State Department of Transportation. "To give some round numbers, we are installing over two miles of new guardrail, raising over seven miles of guardrail, replacing around 200 guardrail terminals, installing new rail on some bridges, and doing an extensive amount of guardrail repair," said Lori Figone, assistant area engineer. "There were a few issues we ran into that delayed the time line of...
Get a grip, Wahkiakum County commissioners have in effect told Washington Governor Christine Gregoire. The board of commissioners voted 2-1 Monday to send the governor a letter criticizing comments from Miranda Wecker, chair of the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission at an October 12 meeting in Cathlamet. In other business Monday, commissioners voted 2-1 to purchase a flood insurance policy for the county fairgrounds. Commissioners Dan Cothren and Blair Brady voted to send the letter; Commissioner Lisa Marsyla voted against it. "I'm not...
The Town of Cathlamet moved quickly through a light agenda Monday night in their monthly meeting, adopting their 2010 budget, increasing their property tax, and discussing a variety of other issues. The budget adoption was a formality; the council had finalized figures in October. The council agreed to increase the property tax as allowed under taxing limits. The total increase will be $664.06; the total levy will be $67,070.35. Consulting Engineer Ken Alexander of Gray and Osborne, Inc., reported that he and a contractor are working through th...
