Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Last Thursday, Tod Marshall, the 2016-2018 Washington State Poet Laureate, stopped by the Cathlamet Library to talk about his duties and experiences and share some poetry and ideas. Marshall was raised in Kansas and is a proud Jayhawk; through a soccer scholarship, he began a rather lengthy education, first at an undergraduate school in Michigan. He still plays soccer today, though he admits more slowly and less skillfully. He studied English and philosophy before continuing on to earn a...
“We worked so hard. We felt so proud that we were able to do this community center. I thought of it as a legacy. They are just dismantling all the work we did instead of focusing on other things that needed to be done.” —Penny Gregory, former Johnson Park board member By Diana Zimmerman A rift at Johnson Park may eventually be a double blessing to the Westend community. There may soon be two free libraries, both largely possible because of Trudy Fredrickson. When Fredrickson and the new Johns...
Monday morning presented a calm, windless day with a bank of fog over the Columbia River. Photo by Rick Nelson....
President Donald Trump has been in office less than two weeks, but he's working hard to implement his campaign promises, from walling out Latin American immigrants to prohibiting people from certain Muslim-majority nations from entering the US. Here are some of the headlines, as reported by the Associated Press: --Trump pulls US from Transpacific trade pact; --Trump's border wall faces reality check; --Trump denies immigration restriction caused airport chaos; --Anti-Trump protesters gather again in Seattle; --Hundreds march in downtown Spokane...
To The Eagle: If you haven't heard of "Cancer Alley" please look it up before you decide it's a good idea to build the largest methonol plant in the world, right in our neighborhood. I live on Puget Island and my family supports the following groups: Wildlife Center of the North Coast, Portland Audubon Society, Columbia Riverkeepers and Columbia Land Trust. Every single one of these groups are steadfastly against the approval of the proposed Kalama Methanol project. Why? Because for the past 20 to 30 years they've done their best to mitigate...
To The Eagle: In regard to last week’s excellent article about journalism’s value, I thought the writer’s perspective that media plays an important role for all of us was spot on - regardless of our political slant. Being a democracy, it is crucial that all of us are as educated and informed as possible when we vote. If everyone spent just 20 minutes or so a day reading a variety of news sources about domestic and world events, political decisions, local events, etc., we wouldn’t need to worry about fake or biased news. This is because we’d be...
To The Eagle: The PTO would like to thank everyone in the community for your continued support and help in all of the school activities that we work on. From the Fall Fundraisers, Book Fairs, Christmas Shop, everything. It's because of students, parents, and community that all of these events do well! We have another fun activity coming up in February. It's our annual Box Top for Education Drive. Our next submission date is February 27 and we want this one to be the biggest our school has ever turned in! For every one of those little pink Box...
To the Eagle: I hope I'm not being paranoid, but I had family members who were in the Normandy landing and fought on Iwo Jima against the very same thing that is happening here and now. Alternative facts? The dog ate my homework is an alternative fact but even my third grade teacher knew I was lying. Early in the eventual complete takeover of German society, the news was demonized and the one person who knew how to fix everything said all reporters were liars and barred them from what passes for a White House press briefing. Excuse me. I could...
On Tuesday, the Lady Mules beat Kalama for a second time this season and were moved to third place in the WIAA RPI behind the Chinooks. The Lady Mules remain the only undefeated 2B team in the state with 19 wins, including three this week. Last Thursday, the Lady Mules beat Toledo at home, 76-37. "I was really happy with their performance tonight," Coach Rob Garrett said. "I thought they worked hard the entire game and pushed the pace." Peyton Souvenir led the team with 29 points, 13 rebounds,...
The Wahkiakum Mules boys basketball team lost three more games this week to bring their record to 2-12 in league, and 5-13 overall. On Wednesday, the team traveled to Winlock and lost 46-71. "We came out ready to play," Coach Todd Souvenir said, "and did a great job in the first quarter. Unfortunately, their size really hurt us as they either pounded it inside or were able to get offensive rebounds." Luke Brown scored 14 points. Hank Ferguson and Evan Quigley had nine points each. Santos Wright...
MILDER/THEN COLD?--We had a few days of warmer temperatures around here but still had some freezing mornings in West Valley, so it hasn't exactly been a heat wave! Still, it's certainly better than the massive flooding, snowfalls and freezing rain episodes that were happening in other parts of our country. I am hoping that my weather app is really wrong, as it says we could get a little more snow by the time you read this, but just in case it's right, take it easy out there! INTERNET WOES--It seems like whenever it's time to turn in my column,...
THURSDAY Cathlamet Community Center, 9 a.m. - Noon. Grief Recovery, Cathlamet Community Center, 1 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Congregational Church, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. 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. Wahkiakum Fire District 2 Commissioners, Skamokawa Fire Hall, 7 p.m. Cathlamet Public Library Board of Trustees, 12:45 p.m. Westside Play &...
Hope everyone had a wonderful January. Wow! Time is flying; this Saturday, February 4 is the Valentine's Diamond Dinner. It will be held at the Skamokawa Grange from 6-8 p.m. Tickets are $25 each and can be purchased from Fair Board Members, the Bank of Pacific in Cathlamet and Naselle or the Duck Inn. If you would like to see the Diamond Ring it will be posted on the fair's facebook page. Hope to see everyone there. The next event the fair will hold is its monthly Flea Market on Feb. 11 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Also that day the fair will be...
News from Naselle: It’s Groundhog Day! Will he see his shadow? Not looking good for an early summer. Sports calendar for the coming week includes: Today (Thursday), high school boys and girls basketball at Lake Quinault at 5:45 p.m.; Saturday, high school boys and girls basketball with Taholah in Naselle at 3:00 p.m.; Monday, middle school boys basketball at Raymond at 5:45 p.m.; Tuesday, District 1B IV Tourney-girls 1st round; Wednesday, middle school boys basketball with North Beach in Naselle at 5:45 p.m. and District 1B IV Tourney- boys 1...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past two weeks, including: January 23 — 12:34 p.m. A caller reported that a juvenile was “out of control” at a Rosedale home. 6:20 p.m. A caller reported a burglary at a Puget Island home. January 24 — 8:31 a.m. The Cathlamet ambulance aided a Skamokawa resident who had an allergic reaction. 9:09 a.m. A Rosedale resident requested assistance after getting locked out of a vehicle while the engine was running. 10:59 a.m. A Puget Isla...
While many Asians around the world celebrated the Lunar New Year this past weekend, three Asian High School students attending Wahkiakum High School had their own celebration right here in Wahkiakum County. Natthanon "Earth" Sakworawich from Thailand, Long Nguyen from Vietnam, and "Steven" Yu Xiao Rui from China spent this last Friday, Saturday and Sunday celebrating the Oriental holiday, albeit with American characteristics. They began the weekend on Friday January 27th (New Years Eve) with a...
The Astor Street Opry Company has announced its Original Production of “The Real Lewis and Clark Story, or How the Finns Discovered Astoria”, will be held March 31 through April 29. Open auditions will be held Sunday and Monday night, February 12-13 at 6 p.m., at the ASOC Playhouse, 129 Bond St., Astoria. No previous theatre or music experience is necessary for any of the small or large parts for over 20 actors and actresses. Performance dates are Fridays and Saturdays, 7 p.m., March 31 through April 29. There will be two matinees, Feb...
Wahkiakum Lions Club member Susan Kuhn congratulated students of the month January 24. They are, above, for November, Jack Leavitt, son of Keith Leavitt and Oriana Leavitt. Above, right, December, Tarah Wisner with her mom, Michelle her dad, Jack, was taking pictures from above in the grandstand. Below, right, Savannah Burdick pictured with Grandma Dixie Anderson; she is the daughter of John and Krassandra Burdick. Courtey photos....
On Saturday, February 4, at River Mile 38 Brewing Company, Kyleen Austin (guitar/voice), Ian Brandon (fiddle) and Rob Stockhouse (guitar/voice) will perform from 5-8 p.m., on the Crow’s Nest Stage during Live at Five, 285 Third St., Cathlamet. For more information call 360-366-4662....
The Wahkiakum 4-H Robotics Club had a neat opportunity to visit Nichols Brother's Boat Builders on January 20. Our county commissioner, Mike Backman, set up the tour. Each of the kids were welcomed into the office of Matt Nichols (the executive vice president) with a hand shake and introduction. Matt is a 3rd generation boat builder. His grandfather started the business at this same location in Freeland, WA on Whidbey Island. When they bought the property it was an old run down saw mill and the...
Lawrence Ervin Jaspers, 85, of Lake Oswego, Ore., was born at home on Puget Island July 2, 1931. He was the oldest of three sons of Floyd F. Jaspers and Dorothy Shelton Jaspers. When he was young his family moved to Portland, Ore., where he attended Beaumont Elementary, Grant High School and the University of Portland. He served in the coast guard and was honorably discharged in 1953, having visited Guam, Japan and Alaska. In 1954 he and Marilyn Ayers were married. They became the parents of four daughters. Larry’s life’s work was 40 years for...
Joyce Roberta Cothren, 82, of Cathlamet, died January 29 at home. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, February 11 at 1 p.m., at United Methodist Church in Skamokawa.Dowling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Full obituary to follow next week....
