Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Last Wednesday a barge arrived in the Cathlamet Channel with Wahkiakum County Port District 1's new dredge aboard as well as a crane big enough to lift the 35,000 pound vessel. After a couple hours and a lot of working and waiting in intermittent rain, the dredge was off the barge and being pulled up the river and into the marina. The dredge, which the port purchased from Rose City Yacht Club, cost $20,000. Port Manager Jackie Lea believes that additional work and equipment may cost another...
The Wahkiakum Community Garden is revving up for a new Garden Season so get your plot request in! To paraphrase an old Burma Shave sign: “SPRING has SPRUNG THE WEEDS ARE RIZ WHERE LAST YEAR'S GARDEN IZ” The gardening catalogs have been received for rainy day reading and it's time for the Wahkiakum Community gardeners to plan for the new gardening season. There are a few vacant plots available for anyone who wants to do their own veggie gardening. Anyone who does want a garden plot needs to let either Joyce (360) 430-3968 or Winnie (36...
Last July, Ellen Urbani visited WordFest to discuss her novel, Landfall, about Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. In August, she officially launched the book at Powell’s in Portland, and then set off on a book tour along the east coast and through the South. Ellen returns to the next WordFest on February 9 to talk about the tour. She will be discussing what she describes as “the fun and foibles of a book tour, ways to draw audiences, what support authors can expect from bookstores, how to make an event/appearance engaging (or, how to kee...
Wahkiakum County department heads discussed upgrades to courthouse security with the board of commissioners on Tuesday. Commissioners also heard reports from health department officials and addressed other business. Officials agreed they would like to upgrade security in the courthouse. Sheriff Mark Howie opened discussion by noting that some doors aren't secured during trials, which can draw angry people. He suggested card locks be installed that would allow vetted employees to enter but which would steer others to the security entrance....
Wahkiakum County officials hope to have replacement shaft seals to repair the ferry Oscar B. by the end of this week. The ferry had been out of service most of December and January to install a new generator cooling system. The ferry left a Vancouver shipyard Tuesday, January 26, apparently ready to resume service the next morning. However, the crew noticed a strange noise coming from the engine room, and upon investigation, they found that shaft seals had failed and were leaking. Wahkiakum County Public Works Director Chuck Beyer learned that...
To The Eagle: Recently the residents of Puget Island received a petition in the mail to merge Fire District #1 into Fire District #4. Fire District #4 has a levy base rate of 59 cents per $1000 of assessed valuation plus 23 cents per $1000 assessed valuation to pay its bonded debt. Fire District #1, Puget Island, levys 49 cents per $1000 of assessed valuation with no apparent debt. Is a merger with District #4 in the best interest of Puget Island? P.J. Fleury Puget Island...
To The Eagle: Can we invoke the Lemon Law on our ferry boat and get our money back? You know that boat will never be right. It’ll nickel and dime us to death. Michael Nunes Cathlamet...
OLYMPIA—Lawmakers are looking to modify the Public Records Act in an effort to help local agencies that claim they’re burdened by overly broad and massive public-records requests. House Bill 2576 would give local agencies the power to limit the time they spend each month responding to public-records requests, and would allow local agencies to charge a fee for providing public records that are requested for commercial purposes. Rep. Joan McBride, D-Kirkland, the bill’s sponsor, said the bill isn’t meant to undermine transparency in local g...
Wahkiakum County PUD commissioners heard reports and took time to check out the new bucket truck at their meeting Tuesday morning. "Just going to let you look at your quarter of a million dollar truck," General Manager David Tramblie said before everyone stepped outside. Tramblie shared some of his thoughts about the Grays River substation project. He has asked the PUD's engineering firm, Brown and Kysar for an estimate to replace all of the equipment at the substation. Meanwhile, he's...
MIXTURE--At the end of last week, we saw wind, rain, heavier rain and hail, mixed up with dashes of sunshine and rainbows. It really depended on where you were at any given minute as to what you were experiencing, but it was enough to let us know that winter is still here so we should be ready for anything. I know one thing, we sure did enjoy the breaks of sunshine and the rainbows which accompanied that; the best! SPECIAL DAYS--Those celebrating birthdays from Feb. 4-10 are Alyssa Montgomery, Bailey McKinley, KC Garrison, Kathy Tarabochia, Ed...
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. West End Food Pantry, GRVC at Johnson Park, 1-5 p.m. TOPS, (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) GRVC at Johnson Park,...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: January 25 — 2:53 p.m. An individual was taken into custody after a vehicle stop on SR 4 near County Line Park. 4:33 p.m. A Puget Island resident reported that a chain saw had been stolen from his shop. He called later to report that he had found it. 5:24 p.m. A caller was concerned about a possibly suicidal motorist at a Rosedale business. The mental health department was contacted and en route. The i...
Wow! We are starting a new month and that means we are one month closer to the fair. Some events that the fair will sponsor in February are The Flea Market and the Valentine's Dinner. The Flea Market is on February 6 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. We have several new vendors this month. Some items have come from storage auctions, estate sales, just treasures and some excellent home made items. Check the fair's facebook page for pictures of items that will be for sale. Hope everyone can make it out and find a treasure. The next event this month is the...
The Pacific County Emergency Management Agency will host a series of Community Forums regarding Tsunami Inundation for Pacific County. These forums will serve as ramp-up events for the Cascadia Rising Functional Exercise, a national level exercise designed to test response to a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake and subsequent tsunami. This exercise will be held June 7-10. Tim Walsh, Chief Hazard Geologist from the Washington Department of Natural Resources, and George Crawford from the Washington State Emergency Management Division will be...
The Pacific County Emergency Management Agency and the Wahkiakum County Department of Emergency Management are offering Community Emergency Response Training (CERT) in the Rosburg/Naselle area. The classes on February 20 and 21, will be held at the Naselle Timberland Library, 4 Parpala Road, Naselle. The classes on February 27 and 28 will be held at Johnson Park, 30 Rosburg School Road, Rosburg. Training is scheduled as follows: The Naselle classes will run 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Rosburg classes will run, February 2, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m, and...
The Astor Street Opry Company has announced the 2016 cast for their March Teen Full Stage Musical Production the “Tale of Beauty and the Beast” book by Vera Morris and music, lyrics by Bill Francoeur and produced by special arrangement with Pioneer Drama Services, Inc. Directed by Bill Carr with music direction by Dena Tuveng and production management by Mary Ritter, the show cast will include Brodie Smithart, Lexi Reibold, Malachi Keefe, Emily Bergerson, Glori Benthin, Laurel Pritchard, Ashley Peasley, Matthew Duncan, Mae Loya, Lily Reed, Jose...
The trial of Altoona resident Sam Valdez is scheduled to begin in Wahkiakum County Superior Court on February 16. On December 21, 2015, a fourth charge, arson in the first degree, was added to Valdez’s existing counts of solicitation to commit murder in the first degree, delivery of marijuana and possession with intent to manufacture or deliver marijuana. The Cowlitz-Wahkiakum Narcotics Task Force had been investigating Valdez for manufacturing hash oil last year when an informant told officers that Valdez was plotting to hire someone to m...
Local volunteer firefighters and EMS raised $4,479.67 in this weekend's Boot Drive for the Kiwanis-Doernbecher Children's Cancer Progam at OHSU. Photo by Diana Zimmerman....
The Charlotte House, a program of St. James Family Center, will be host their 17th Chocolate Extravaganza on February 12 from 4-7 p.m. at Hotel Cathlamet. This annual fund raiser helps support community sexual assault and domestic violence services and is sponsored by The Charlotte House Advisory Board. This year the set up will be a bit different. Boxes of chocolate will be ready for pick up. To reserve a box call 795-6401 or stop by the Hotel Cathlamet from 4-7 p.m., on February 12. A box of chocolate is $20....
Live Music at River Mile 38 Brewing Company: The Mutineers from Portland will perform from 5 to 8 p.m., Saturday, February 6, on the Crow's Nest Stage during Live at Five. 285 Third St., Cathlamet. For more information call 360-366-4662....
The Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce will host its annual Crab & Oyster Feed at the Norse Hall on February 20. This will be the 31st year for this event. The Crab & Oyster Feed is a fundraising event for the Chamber. Funds raised at this dinner help to support Bald Eagle Days and the fireworks show that coincides in mid-July. Due to the large amount of attendees, there will be three seating times for this dinner. The first seating, at 3 p.m., will be family friendly. There will be beer and wine served, but only upstairs where minors will not be...
Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, Fort Clatsop has announced the next In Their Footsteps free speaker series event. This program is Winter Birding on the Lower Columbia by Mike Patterson on Sunday, February 21 at 1:00 p.m. Captain Meriwether Lewis, with help from his fellow Corps of Discovery members, was the first to collect specimens and write detailed descriptions of western birds for scientists back east in the 17 United States (and Europe). Lewis wrote about 51 species or sub-species of birds that were new to science. Many of...
The Community Center Calendar of events and activities may be found on the Wahkiakum County Web page titled: Community Center Calendar http://www.co.wahkiakum.wa.us/index.htm look under Fast Links then scroll down, the Community Center is under the Flood Hazard and Flood Insurance Links on the right hand side. For more information on any of the activities listed contact Cheryl at 795-7870, ext. 2. Friday night movies list will be posted at the library and the community center. For a list of the February movies stop by the library, the...
Learn the basics of preserving fish on February 17 at the Grays River Grange. The free workshop begins at 10 a.m. and will give participants the opportunity to pressure can salmon and prepare a dish using Columbia River canned salmon. Carrie Backman and Carol Ervest, WSU Food Safety Information Assistants will teach the class through a grant provided by the Wahkiakum Marine Resources Committee. Space is limited, register by calling the Wahkiakum Extension Office at 360-795-3278....
Razor clam diggers can look forward to more than a month of razor clam digging opportunities at Long Beach on the Washington coast. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) approved the dig, which runs from Feb. 4 through March 10, at Long Beach after marine toxin tests showed the clams are safe to eat. All other beaches remain closed to recreational razor clam digging. The dig at Long Beach is on evening tides. No digging will be allowed before noon any day. The first week of the upcoming dig at Long Beach is scheduled on the...
