Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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We are well into the first of our series of Workforce Prep Classes for middle and high school students. The class on Media Intro has 12 middle school members who are learning about making videos and posting them to the 4-H Blog at: http://wahki-4hnews.blogspot.com. As part of the class, they will tour the television station in Longview and the radio station in Astoria. Our next class “Green Works– renewable resources” will start in April.The Fair Board sponsored Valentines Dinner was well attended and everyone had a good time with gre...
Congratulations to all of our raffle prize winners from Saturday’s Valentine Diamond Dinner and a huge thank you to Becky Ledtke, Lisa Frink, C&H Smoked Fish, Kathleen Morgain and Mike Mouliot for donating this year’s fantastic prizes. The fair board did an excellent job organizing the event, raising over $1,500. This March we have something special planned; a new event to the fairgrounds, one which we hope will become a regular feature. 4-H, WSU and the fair have joined forces to create a community auction. The auction is scheduled for Mar...
Trees, shrubs and blackberry vines must be removed from Puget Island dikes, commissioners of Consolidated Diking District No. 1 reported this week. They have scheduled a public meeting next Tuesday, 7 p.m., in the Puget Island Fire Hall to discuss the issue. According to a notice from the district, which may be found in this week's legal notice section, the US Army Corps of Engineers has revised dike maintenance standards to require that there be no trees or large shrubs or other vegetation on the inside or outside of the dikes. Engineers say...
Spode, Staffordshire, Irish Dresden and Lomonosov china are just some of the items which will be for sale at a fundraising event to be held on March 21. The sale, which will be held from 1-5 p.m. at the St. James Family Center, will feature a variety of china teapots, cups saucers, plates and figurines, as well as linen, silver and glass pieces, mostly new, but including some antique items. There will be raffle tickets on sale for a collectible teddy bear, handmade by Pat Talbot. A traditional English Tea will be hosted on the same day by the...
The State of Washington and a coalition of citizen groups last week filed action in federal court to overturn Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approval of the Bradwood Landing liquefied natural gas plant (LNG) project. Citing the Clean Water Act and the inadequacy of a federal environmental review, the Washington Department of Ecology asked the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn FERC's decision to license an energy project across the Columbia River from Cathlamet and Puget Island. Meanwhile, Columbia Riverkeeper and its...
Wahkiakum PUD Manager Dave Tramblie on Tuesday informed the board of the Puget Island Diking District’s intent to start dredging the area on Grove Slough. Bonneville Power Administration has agreed to offset some of the district's construction costs based on energy savings that would occur at the completion of the project. No final decisions have been made until exact costs have been determined. Tramblie said he spoke with Port I commissioners at the Elochoman Marina regarding the removal of overhead conductor. “The Port seems willing to entert...
The Wahkiakum Mule boys basketball team opened the Class 2B District Tournament Monday with a 75-59 loss to the Pe Ell Trojans. On Saturday, time and location to be determined, the Mules will play the loser of the Naselle Comet-Napavine Tiger game played last night (Wednesday) after The Eagle had gone to press. The Comets claimed the Pacific League title and had a first round bye. The Trojans took a 17-7 first quarter lead, and the Mules could never overcome the slow start. Pe Ell held a 37-31 scoring advantage for the next two quarters. Chase...
The Wahkiakum Lady Mules defeated South Bend 60-41 in the opening round of the girls Class 2B District Tournament. The Mules ran to a 12-0 first quarter lead and were never threatened. Shelby Deaton scored 18 points and had 11 rebounds and five steals to lead the Mules. Freshman Brieanna Olsen scored 14 points, Jordyn Wirkkala 10, Shelby Felton seven, Evelyn Clark and Rebecka Patching four each, Brianne Helms three and Blaine Land one. Clark made seven steals, and Felton had five rebounds and five assists. The Mules (12-9) take on undefeated...
While it may be too late to make that New Year’s Resolution to lose weight, it’s never too late to decide to get healthy. That was the number one reason Puget Island resident Mike Backman lost the weight. One morning in November 2007, Mike was buying fish in the Puget Sound area and found his leg to be in great pain. A doctor’s visit informed him he had cellulitis. He was given pills and for two weeks, ordered to stay at home with his leg elevated. During a sleepless night while watching television, Mike, saw an infomercial about weigh...
Join your friends and neighbors for a night of traditional American folk music and dancing presented by Grays River and Skamokawa Granges on March 6 at the Skamokawa Grange Hall, from 7-10 p.m. Paul Silveria will call circle and square dances with musicians Caitilin Daum on fiddle and banjo player Curt Alsobrook providing the lively music. There will also be several reels, waltzes and a two-step or two. These Portland performers are part of a revival of the old-time country dance-- all in the community are welcome: singles, couples, even the...
The Cathlamet Town Council worked on parking, projects and policies when it met Tuesday for its monthly meeting. The meeting got off to a late start as Councilmembers David Goodroe and Wally Wright, working as the voucher review committee, took extra time to study vouchers. They came away with a split recommendation. Wright recommended approval of all vouchers, while Goodroe wanted to pull vouchers for uniforms and stipends for Cathlamet Fire Department personnel. Wright said the stipends for fire department members is a new policy adopted and...
Wahkiakum County Commissioners Dan Cothren, Blair Brady and Lisa Marsyla approved Tuesday raises and adjustments to the fees that the health department charges for food services and permitting septic sewer systems. Food service fees haven't been adjusted since 1996, said Administrator Judy Bright, and they aren't covering the cost of services. This means the Current Expense Fund must subsidize the services, which are now contracted out to the Clark County Health Department. The board adopted Bright's recommendation to adopt departmental...
A newly released documentary DVD has been donated to the Cathlamet Library by Wahkiakum Friends of the River. The 20 minute film, written and produced by Spence Palermo of Eugene and Donna Quinn of Astoria is an official selection of the 7th Annual Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival . As such, it will travel around the country, showing community response to private energy investment companies' proposals to build controversial Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) terminals on the lower Columbia River at Bradwood and Warrenton. The film jacket...
Managers of the Wahkiakum County Family Practice Clinic are working hard to boost revenues, Business Manager Crystal Stanley reported Tuesday to the county board of commissioners. Effective March 1, clinicians will extend hours to be open through lunch hour and till 6 p.m. Besides allowing them to see more patients and thus generate more revenue, the move will also lower the time patients spend in the waiting room. Clinic managers have started re-negotiating contracts with health insurance companies, she said, and this will improve revenues....
Three Wahkiakum Mule wrestlers advanced out of last week's regional meet to qualify for the State Mat Classic this Friday and Saturday in Tacoma. The Mules finished sixth out of 17 schools and qualified three wrestlers and two alternates for this weekends state tournament. Ben Doumit was the lone Mule in the finals. He finished the day second overall and qualified for the first time in his career to take part in the state tournament. “Ben had a great day,” said Mule coach John Hannah. “He wrestled great and avenged some losses from earli...
A bill has been introduced to legislature that could save the Naselle Youth Camp from closure. The Sentence for Treatment bill would be an alternative for juvenile courts. While NYC is not named in the bill, it is the intended location for the direct to treatment option. Bill supporters say this would make fiscal sense for the state which is facing supreme cuts due to a budget shortfall. This option would save money for the state in youth detention costs and create a larger mission for the camp with more stable funding. Senate Bill 6039,...
Agency taking comments on Naselle Youth Camp The representatives of the Department of Social and Health Services who attended the February 4 meeting to support the Naselle Youth Camp have started an email account for those wishing to comment. That address is jra.institution.closure@dshs.wa.govjra.institution.closure@dshs.wa.gov. Comments about the proposed closure may be addressed to: Interim Secretary of Juvenile Rehabilitation Stan Marshburn, JRA Assistant Secretary John Clayton or Director of Institutions JRA Robin Cummings. Naselle-Grays...
