Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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The Wahkiakum Lady Mule basketball team ended the 2011-12 regular season with two losses that left them in a sixth place finish in Central League standings. Last Friday, the visiting Pe Ell Trojans handed the Mules a 59-36 loss. The Trojans jumped ahead early in the first quarter, but the Mules bounced back to trail only 17-13 at the end of the first quarter. TheTrojans took control in the second quarter and led 33-22 at halftime and 36-28 after three quarters. The game was the final home appearance for the Lady Mule seniors--Brieanna Olsen,...
The Wahkiakum Mule boys basketball team travelled to Pe Ell last Thursday night and capped off the regular season with a 75-51 victory over the Trojans. For the second time this season, the Mules faced the Trojans without leading scorer Wyatt Parker. After a fairly slow start, the Mules kicked it into high gear and torched the Trojans for 51 second-half points. Lars Blix led the Mules with 22 points on 7/18 shooting and pulled in eight rebounds. Brett Chaput had his best offensive night of the season as he posted 16 points on 8/13 from the...
The Wahkiakum Mules wrestling team has begun post season performances with a powerful presentation at the sub-regional tournament. At tournament time the competition is divided by gender, with the men’s and women’s competitions taking place in separate locations. The Mules came into the weekend with 12 wrestlers able to compete at Ocasta in the men’s brackets. Arial Snodgrass, the lone lady Mule, went to her sub-regional competition at Heritage High School where all the lady wrestlers compete in one division, regardless of school size. With...
The Lady Mule junior varsity won two of their three games this past week, losing to Morton/White Pass 59-40 and Pe Ell 37-18 and Adna 44-42 in overtime on Tuesday. "With Adna up 38-35, Hailey Quigley drained a 3-point shot with 3.8 seconds left on the clock to send the game into overtime," said JV Coach Steve McClain. In the overtime period the young Mules outscored the Pirates 6-4 with Whitney Kuller's shot providing the winning margin. "Dallas Gott turned another defensive gem, and despite being shortest Mule, gathered in seven rebounds,"...
BEEN NICE--I think the last part of last week and the weekend were definitely mood boosters, as the sun was shining and the birds were chirping and some flowers, like my snowdrops were blooming and it was just great to see the sunshine for more than a day at a time, so it was most enjoyable for sure! I guess I could have done without the wind, which made things a little chillier, but hey, at least we weren't wading through flood waters or digging out of snowbanks like some of the rest of the country was doing. If you happened to be up late on...
Deputies and the Wahkiakum County coroner are investigating the death of Jaime Cooley, 33, who drowned in a hot tub on February 4 in an alcohol related incident. Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: January 30--12:01 p.m. Deputies and the Cathlamet ambulance responded to a 2nd Street residence to aid a person with a suspected drug overdose. 9:04 p.m. An Altoona-Pillar Rock Road resident reported a domestic disturbance involving a weapon....
May 26, 1937 ~ February 2, 2012 Michael Ferrell Fisher passed to be with his beloved wife Darlene Dawn Fisher on February 2, 2012 at 5 p.m. in Payson, Ariz. He lived his life with integrity and authenticity and was a class act that touched many people’s lives. He is survived by his five children; Daniel Fisher, Dana Hutchison, Donell Lofton, Douglas Fisher and Darcee Fisher Svir and his five grandchildren; Michael Ferrell Fisher II, Ferrell-Lee Lofton, Joshua Lofton, Vanaa Lofton and Danya Svir. Services will be held at Messinger Payson F...
Wahkiakum PUD commissioners discussed a coming increase in utility taxes at their February 7 meeting but took no action on the matter. The Cathlamet Town Council passed a resolution in December to increase their utility tax from 3 to 6 percent, and the new tax rate goes into effect February 18. That timing does not coincide with the PUD’s regular meter reading schedule and might necessitate the expense of an additional meter reading cycle, said PUD Auditor Erin Wilson. She reported she has been in conversation with Mayor George Wehrfritz a...
Wanted: A temporary home for Cathlamet's Bradley Memorial Library. Town officials plan to have the town hall building remodeled this year, and they want to move the library to temporary quarters while the work goes on. "We want to keep the library open and intact the entire time of construction," Mayor George Wehrfritz said Monday. "We will have to move." Wehrfritz, Librarian Connie Christopher and members of the Cathlamet Library Advisory Board are searching the Cathlamet area for temporary quarters. The library collection totals about 15,000...
Wahkiakum County Treasurer Paula Holloway resigned her position effective the end of February. Holloway has been county treasurer for 22 years. In a Tuesday interview, she said she is ready to move on with her life. "I'm ready to retire," she said. She said she and her husband, Wayne, have always like eastern Washington, and they plan to move to Dayton. "We'll keep our property on East Sunny Sands where I was raised, so we'll keep coming back," she said. Local officials have begun the process of filling her elected position. She is a member of...
Matt Beaulaurier has resigned from the Cathlamet Fire Department's First Aid Division, leaving local ambulance service without a paramedic. Beaulaurier told The Eagle on Tuesday that he is resigning for personal reasons. He works full-time as a firefighter/paramedic for Pacific County District 4 First Aid and has volunteered with the Cathlamet ambulance, which serves all eastern Wahkiakum. "It was getting hard to do both," he said. "I want to spend more time at home. "I hope I can come back in the future." First Aid Division officers say the...
Wahkiakum County commissioners on Tuesday adopted an ordinance setting tax levies for 2012 and worked on other items business with Assessor Bill Coons. Coons said that because of several factors, the chief of which is a reduction in the state levy, that the county's overall levy will be down about $39,000 this year. Overall, however, the county's real property ratio is at 111 percent, which means some property is over valued. "That's because we aren't on an annual valuation," he said. "If we had annual valuation, we could adjust to the...
To The Eagle: I'm writing this letter to publicly express my gratitude to the four FFA boys from Wahkiakum High School and their teacher, Kyle Hurley, for the much needed help I received from them last weekend. They loaded 75 concrete blocks, each weighing at least 40 pounds, onto a flatbed truck and transported them from my good and generous friend Michele Smith's farm to my yard where they neatly stacked them in rows. I plan to use them for two 4' x 8' raised garden beds. The boys and Kyle did this for me as a community service project, a...
NOTICE TO ASPHALT PRODUCT SUPPLIERS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed quotes will be accepted by the Wahkiakum County Public Works Department, in the County Courthouse at 64 Main Street, P.O. Box 97, Cathlamet, WA 98612 until the hour of 11:10 A.M. on February 28, 2012 and then publicly opened and read, for the purchase of Commercial Grade hot mix asphalt, 3/8”- G mix and EZ Street Bags. Quotes must be submitted on the forms provided and will be opened and read in the chambers of the Board of County Commissioners. Please mark envelopes "...
CALL FOR BIDS ROADSIDE MOWING OF WAHKIAKUM COUNTY ROADS WAHKIAKUM COUNTY CATHLAMET, WASHINGTON NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received by the Wahkiakum County Public Works Dept. in the County Courthouse at 64 Main Street, P.O. Box 97, Cathlamet, WA 98612 until the hour of 11:00 A.M. on March 6, 2012. Sealed bids will then be opened and publicly read in the chambers of the Board of County Commissioners for the 2012 roadside mowing of Wahkiakum County roads. Project Description: This project provides for the roadside mowing of...
NOTICE TO GRAVEL, ROCK AND CRUSHED AGGREGATE SUPPLIERS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed quotes will be received by the Wahkiakum County Public Works Department in the County Courthouse at 64 Main Street, P.O. Box 97, Cathlamet, Washington 98612 until the hour of 11:20 A.M. on February 28, 2012. Sealed quotes will then be opened and publicly read in the chambers of the Board of County Commissioners for supplying Wahkiakum County with pit-run rock, rip-rap rock and crushed rock for bank protection, road construction and maintenance purposes...
CALL FOR BIDS Notice is hereby given that the Board of Directors of Wahkiakum School District No. 200, Wahkiakum County, Cathlamet, WA is calling for bids for T-Grid ceiling replacement in Cathlamet, WA. All bids must be submitted by 4:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 21, 2012, to Wahkiakum School District, PO Box 398, Cathlamet, WA 98612, with envelope marked "T-Grid Ceiling Replacement Project Bid"; and will be opened immediately thereafter in the office of the superintendent of Wahkiakum School District. The office is located within Wah...
NOTICE OF ELECTION Announcement of Vacancy: The Wahkiakum Conservation District is pleased to announce an opportunity to contribute to conservation and your community by serving on the Board of Supervisors. Supervisors are public officials who direct the activities of the conservation district. Although they serve without compensation, they are eligible to be reimbursed for appropriate expenses. For more information, please contact the Wahkiakum Conservation District or visit the Washington State Conservation Commission website at...
We had one day of sunshine and the grass started growing at the Fairgrounds. Thanks to Larry Hendrickson and Dean Seaberg the grass will be mowed, as they brought our equipment back last week. As soon as the tractors arrived projects started getting planned and a few done. Thanks to Ed Stevens, Chuck Gaines, Mike Colver and Barb Clark the water drain is fixed behind the horse barn. As they shoveled out rocks they found the concrete enclosure was crushed and the pipe was squashed flat. It is fixed now and next time, far in the future I hope, we...
This week, we bid adieu to Reporter Ruby Murray. She joined our staff a little over a year ago and has produced some outstanding work. Reporting was to be a part-time job for her, allowing her to work on her creative writing endeavors. She's enjoyed success with her creative writing, and has been pressed to balance both careers, so it was time for a choice, and the creative writing became her top goal. We'll miss her, and we wish her good luck. Following is her farewell: On becoming a novelist by Ruby Murray A year ago I stopped fulltime work...
Spring will surely be here in the not too distant future. The frogs are singing every night now, a sure sign. It seems like they are a little early this year. The daffodil plants are poking their stalks above the ground and eagles are perched in the trees along the Grays River waiting for an easy meal. News from Naselle: Naselle-Grays River Valley sports calendar for the coming week: Thursday-first round playoffs for district tournament, girls basketball, to be announced. Call the school for more information; Friday-middle school boys...
