Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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This week the cleanup crew has made great progress, painting the Grange Food Booth from floor to ceiling. Our power washer has been winning the battle with most paths mud free. The park area has seen a great improvement as we start to utilize the new space created by volunteers Ray Badger and John Luthi last year. With Donaldson Construction working on the Horse Barn roof repairs and the Commercial Building work starting on Friday, we are right on schedule. Don’t forget to buy your tickets for the annual Valentine Diamond Dinner happening n...
Students at Julius A. Wendt Elementary and John C. Thomas Middle schools are collecting gently used blankets and shoes and boots of all sizes for needy people of our community. The collection will go through this Friday “The idea (for the fundraiser) came from first graders, which I think is great,” said teacher Lisa Ridout. She and her husband both volunteer at Community House in Longview. Ridout showed her students slides of homeless men, women and children in Cowlitz County, which emotionally touched the kids, she said. One picture in par...
The Wahkiakum County PUD Board of Directors met this week to discuss a variety of topics ranging from wind farms to energy assistance. Jim Oakley, Senior Members Relations Representative for Energy Northwest spoke to the board about wind energy. At a wind farm, Oakley said, there needs to be someone there to answer phones 24/7 so should there be a problem, Bonneville Power Administration can call if they need to test the system. BPA recently needed to shut part of the system down, but were only able to reach a couple of the farms. It was a...
This past week the Mule wrestling team completed its regular season with two events, one in Kelso and one at Tacoma Baptist. The mules competed in 25 matches over the two day period, and won 18 of them. “The team showed up ready to wrestle on both nights,” said Mule coach John Hannah. “The other coaches and myself were really impressed by how hard the team worked each night.” The Mules first faced off against JV wrestlers from Kelso and Heritage ( Vancouver ) high schools. Kelso is the returning ninth place team in the state at 3A, and Heritag...
The Wahkiakum Mule boys basketball team rolled over the Vancouver Christian Light 92-59 and lost 48-44 to Napavine in road games last Friday and Saturday. In Vancouver, Cody Olsen led the scoring with 22 points. Chase Fritzie had 18, Troy Howard and Blake Anderson nine each, Ty Bain seven, Ryan Helms and Danny Helms four each, Brad Pugh three, and Justin McClain two. Fritzie had eight rebounds, four steals and four blocked shots. Bain made seven assists, and Olsen had seven. Saturday at Napavine, the Mules lost a tight game to the Tigers. They...
The Wahkiakum Lady Mule basketball team shot to a 19-2 first quarter lead and went on to beat the Vancouver Christian Light 74-19 in Central League basketball on January 30. Shelby Deaton led the scoring with 18 points; she also had 14 rebounds. Evelyn Clark put up 16 points, 10 rebounds and 10 steals. Jordyn Wirkkala and Shelby Felton each scored 10 points, Brianne Helms six, Brieanna Olsen and Rebecka Patching four each, and Kari Schillios three. Wirkkala made six steals and five assists, and Felton had six rebounds....
Wahkiakum County commissioners will try to fill a vacancy on the board of commissioners of Port District No. 2. Port 2 Commissioner Kayrene Gilbertsen notified the county board Tuesday that she and fellow Port Commissioner Carlton Appelo have been unable to find a replacement for Kyle Gribskov, who didn't week re-election in 2007. They advertised and sought candidates throughout 2008, she said, and state law allows county commissions to fill vacancies when port commissions are unable to do so. She suggested the county commission support a...
On Sunday, the Appelo Archive Center opened the C.A and Agnes Appelo Memorial Library in Naselle. The center, owned by the Wahkiakum Community Foundation, rents the space for the library. Foundation President Linda Elliott said the room used to be used for storage. “Look at it now!” she said with a big smile. “I’m so excited this has happened. To put together something like this on the Westend!” Elliott believes this is the first time anything like this has opened in that area. Don Chandler traveled from Cross Plains, Wisconsin, to attend th...
Wahkiakum County officials have dropped a suggestion to install a culvert under the Elochoman Valley Railroad Grade in an effort to ease flooding. Shortly after January flooding, valley resident Bob Jungers suggested installation of the culvert in an effort to improve drainage in an area where the county road is flooded in freshets. Public Works Director Pete Ringen on Tuesday presented an analysis of the situation and concluded the proposed culvert probably wouldn't help in flooding. During floods, the river itself overflows the road way, and...
Despite an immediate $20,622 cut in state funding, Wahkiakum County will be able to preserve its mental health programs at least through September. Two weeks ago, Timberlands Regional Support Network, which distributed state and federal mental health funds in Wahkiakum, Pacific and Lewis counties, notified mental health program administrators that the state of Washington had ordered an immediate reduction in spending for mental health programs. Timberlands' announcement suggested that counties might have to cut services to the level of only...
A Colorado company is searching for signs of natural gas in Wahkiakum County. Venoco Inc. plans to drill four test wells in the Skamokawa area. The company started drilling on two on January 2. It should take 4-5 weeks to drill to the 7,000 foot target depths, said Mike Edwards, vice-president of Customer Relations with Venoco. Once they've reached the target depth, crews will remove the drilling rigs and head to other sites. The company will bring in other equipment which will take core samples to determine the presence of natural gas in the w...
Wahkiakum County commissioners on Tuesday approved a resolution repealing the county salary commission. The commissioners established the salary commission several years ago to set salaries for the commissioners in a non-political process. The salary commission was charged with setting the salary at a level commensurate with the responsibilities and requirements of the office and taking into consideration local conditions and statewide salaries for the job. Commissioners now feel the salary commission isn't needed because they aren't planning...
