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Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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On Saturday, a crowd of people braved the rain to see the Christmas lights come on at the Wahkiakum County Courthouse. They huddled under awnings next door and across the street, beneath the tent or umbrellas. Some just stood in the rain, which came and went. The event began at 4:30 p.m. The lights were set on a timer for 5 p.m., and despite the chill and the wet, the congregation was smiling and laughing. Patient. Shops were open around town and there were vendors in the Cathlamet Hotel lobby....
Wahkiakum County Commissioners took care of business and discussed the sewer at their November 22 meeting. They approved a cooperative funding agreement with the Town of Cathlamet to provide up to $50,000 in 2017 to assist with the operational and maintenance costs of the pool, a renewal of their agreement from last year. Commissioners also approved a lease agreement with Cowlitz Family Health Center for the clinic building. CFHC will lease the space for $200 a month, a 400 percent increase...
Wahkiakum county commissioners will hold their annual meeting to consider passage of their budgets for 2017. State law mandates the meeting, including a public hearing, start on the first Monday of December. The meeting will start at 9:30 a.m. Anticipating a year of tight revenue, commissioners last fall asked department heads to propose 2017 budgets with no increases over this year. For the most part, that theme carried through. The Current Expense Fund budget, which covers most courthouse offices, is proposed to increase from $5.1 million in...
To The Eagle: Life is in motion, Life is motion. The more motion there is the more life there is. If your life is not as you want it, create some motion. Any motion; but be aware that motion that is pro-survival enhances ones life while non-survival motion decreases life potential. Yes it is that way, sorry to say. Example: Let’s say I have a vehicle I would like to sell. I can either sit here at my desk and “wish” the darn thing would sell and someone would come along and buy it. Likely it will not sell. (No Motion.) Or, I get my body movin...
There are some exciting things happening for Grays River writer Robert Michael Pyle. Two books, one new, one old, have been included in a couple prestigious lists. He has two new books out. And he's headed to Cuba. One new tome is Through a Green Lens: Fifty Years of Writing for Nature. It is a collection of essays, including his first, published for the first time. Foreword Reviews has included it in its Top Ten University Press Picks. Chinook & Chanterelle is his most recent volume of poems....
The Wahkiakum School District Board of Directors approved logging on 10 acres of the Farm Forest on November 22. Before that begins, Hampstur Corporation will be surveying the Farm Forest during the first week of December according to Kyle Hurley, the VoAg teacher at Wahkiakum High School. “I’m surprised we didn’t get more local loggers to bid,” Hurley said about the logging project. The board approved a bid from Carlson and Sons Logging Company out of Toutle. Hurley reported that a represe...
The Cowlitz Family Health Center clinic in Cathlamet is offering a variety of services this month. The center offers free health insurance enrollment assistance for patients and the public at large. Call 360-795-3201to make an appointment to enroll, renew, change coverage, or explore options for 2017. Open enrollment ends on January 31, 2017. The center has opened a new clinic in Longview on 14th Avenue with extended hours. It will take appointments after hours and on days the Cathlamet clinic is closed. Call 360-703-6400 to make an...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: November 21 — 10:51 a.m. A deputy asked a trespasser to leave a Grays River property at the homeowner’s request. 11:28 a.m. A motorist reported that he had nearly been run off a Deep River road by log truck drivers who were in his lane. 3:09 p.m. A Skamokawa resident complained that the smoke from a neighbor’s burn was blowing into his home. 9:19 p.m. A caller reported that his wife and two daughters had been...
GRAY & WET--As we ended November, I think we broke a record for being one of the wettest Thanksgivings here at our house ever, as we had 3.89 inches of rain that day! Although there were many areas who were seeing a soggy day, I don't think there were many who were seeing that kind of rainfall, lucky us! I am truly grateful that the power didn't go out and that we just dealt with the usual high water and field flooding but nothing that was extrodinarily bad. Curious as to our rainfall amount here for the year? Well, in our valley, we're up to...
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, 9:30-11 a.m. Cathlamet Public Library Board of Trustees, 12:45 p.m. Community Library & Computer Center, GRVC at Johnson Park, 1-5 p.m. West End Food Pantry, GRVC at Johnson Park, 1-5...
News from Naselle: Sports calendar for the Naselle Comet teams this week includes:Thursday, high school boys basketball with Wahkiakum in Naselle at 5:45 p.m.; Friday, high school girls basketball at Pe Ell at 5:45 p.m.; Monday, middle school girls basketball with North Beach in Naselle at 5:45 p.m., JV boys and girls basketball versus Warrenton at 5:45 p.m.; Tuesday, high school boys and girls basketball versus Warrenton at 5:45 p.m.; Wednesday, middle school girls basketball versus Willapa Valley at 5:45 p.m., high school girls basketball at...
Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, Fort Clatsop, has announced the next In Their Footsteps free speaker series event. On Sunday, December 18, at 1:00 p.m., Lorna Hainesworth will present The Corps and the War of 1812. During the Corps of Discovery’s 1804-06 expedition, the U.S. Army was quite small as the country was in peacetime, but soon after, the War of 1812 with England began. Were some of the soldiers of the Corps of Discovery still in the Army? How did the war impact the civilians associated with the expedition? Maryland r...
The Artisan Guild of Mt. St. Helens has announced its annual Holiday Faire to be held Thursday and Friday, December 1-2. The show will be held at Cassava’s, corner of 14th and Broadway, Longview, from 9 to 6 each day. Dog and cat Christmas treat bags will be sold for $2 to benefit The Humane Society. Monetary donations, cat and kitten food, and new or useable towels will also be collected. A variety of artistic gift ideas will be displayed by guild members....
Mark David Reichert, 62, of Cathlamet, died November 25, 2016. He was born to Herbert George and Wanda (Oxford) Reichert on September 17, 1954, in Brush, Colo., and graduated from Dix High School. He was a mill worker and owner of Island Market on Puget Island. He enjoyed woodworking, cooking, traveling and his pets. Survivors include his wife, Roberta, at home; sons Matthew Reichert of Lakewood, Colo., and Sean (Ciara) Reichert of Scottsdale, Ariz.; brothers Steve Reichert and Larry Reichert; sisters Judy Wynne, Debbie Adams, Jan Janibagian...
John Merrill Gibson, 86, died November 24 at his Cathlamet home. A full obituary will appear in next week’s Eagle. Dowling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements....
Starting Dec. 1, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) will accept grant applications for volunteer projects that benefit the state's fish and wildlife resources and outdoor recreation. WDFW anticipates that approximately $1.37 million will be available through the state's Aquatic Land Enhancement Account (ALEA) for projects undertaken from July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2019. The final amount of funding for the next round of ALEA grants is subject to approval by the state Legislature during the 2017 legislative session. Five...
All children 10 years old and under are invited to the Puget Island Norse Hall Christmas Party on December 4, from 2-4 p.m. Santa Claus will stop by for his annual visit and will be ready for parents to have the opportunity to take photos. After meeting Santa, refreshments will be served and other activities will be offered. There will be crafts and more. Scandinavian pastries and lefse will also be available for purchase. Children will be encouraged to write a note to Santa. These will be delivered to a special letterbox which will then be...
With only 24 days left until Christmas Eve, the speed of life tends to accelerate this time of year. As a result, one has to pick and choose which Christmas season events to attend. One set of events that is a “must see” and should be high on everyone’s list is the Naselle Finnish-American Folk Festival Christmas Concert, the Tour of Homes and the soup supper occurring on December 4. Christmas Concert: The concert is the first of the three activities and is scheduled to start at 1 p.m. in the Deep River Pioneer Lutheran Church. Headl...
The Care Careers Academy will offer a daytime Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) class from Tuesday, December 6 through the month of December. Tuition will be discounted $50. The course provides all the knowledge essential to complete and pass the CNA state testing. Becoming a CNA allows graduates to work in a variety of medical settings including nursing homes, doctor’s offices, retirement homes, adult family homes and hospitals, as well as in-home senior/disabled care. CNA training is also a prerequisite for many nursing schools. There is c...
The Lower Columbia College (LCC) Foundation has named JH Kelly as its 2016-17 Benefactor of the Year. Benefactor honorees have a history of providing charitable financial support to the foundation, and/or significant volunteer service to the college. Most notably, contributions from honorees have had major impacts on the college, its programs, students, or the community....
Major forest die-offs due to drought, heat and beetle infestations or deforestation could have consequences far beyond the local landscape. Wiping out an entire forest can have significant effects on global climate patterns and alter vegetation on the other side of the world, according to a study led by the University of Washington and published this week in PLOS ONE (http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0165042). “When trees die in one place, it can be good or bad for plants elsewhere, because it causes changes in o...
The Thanksgiving Day rain shower dumped a lot of moisture on Wahkiakum County. On Puget Island, Scott Hartsell measured 9.87 inches of rain in his weather station in 24 hours. Out in West Valley, Kay Chamberlain had 3.89 inches during the same period. Wahkiakum County Public Works Director Chuck Beyer said there were no major problems on county roads, even though there was some flooding in the Grays River and Deep River valleys. “We dodged a bullet,” Beyer said....
The Care Careers Academy is offering a daytime Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Bridge program for Home Care Aides (HCAs) and Medical Assistants (MAs). This course will start Tuesday, December 6 and includes classroom instruction, skills training and five hours of clinical experience. Prerequisites for enrollees consist of having an up-to-date certification from Washington State as a Certified Home Care Aide or Medical Assistant. Students will need to take and pass the state CNA Certification Test to obtain certification. Evening classes will...
Baylee Olsen, a 2015 Wahkiakum High School graduate, set a new record for the Saint Martin's University women's basketball program and the Great Northwest Athletic Conference when she hit seven three pointers in a single game for the Saints against Holy Names University on November 25. Olsen not only hit the seven three pointers, she made every three pointer she shot, going 7-7. The previous record of six three pointers in a single game was held by four other players in the GNAC. Olsen led the t...
