Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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The Centers for Disease Control is alerting clinicians to be fully aware of the potential benefits of influenza antiviral medications during this active influenza season. Antiviral medications can reduce the severity and duration of flu symptoms. People who suspect they have the flu are encouraged to seek early treatment. The symptoms of influenza include fever, chills, headache, extreme tiredness, dry cough, sore throat, runny nose, muscle aches and stomach symptoms. Recent surveillance data indicate that many communities are reporting substan...
WSDOT will begin a six-month pilot project for the 2008 Construction Season to see how new technology can slow drivers to make work zones safer for workers, drivers and passengers. This spring, drivers will see signs around the state when Automated Traffic Safety Cameras are looking for drivers speeding through work zones. The program was authorized by the 2007 Legislature. WSDOT will take speed studies before and after the camera equipment is deployed in each location and report back to the 2009 Legislature. Part of the report will include com...
Unemployment up in Wahkiakum County Wahkiakum County’s rate of unemployment increased from 7.9 percent in December to 8.4 percent in January, according to the latest report from the Washington Employment Security Department. The figures said 150 of 1,730 people in the labor force were out of work in January, 8.4 percent, compared to 130 of 1,690 in December, 7.9 percent. In January, 2007, 120 of 1,530 in the labor force, 7.3 percent, were out of work. Statewide, unemployment rose from 4.8 percent in December to 5.2 percent in January. In J...
St. James Family Center will be offering “1, 2, 3, 4 Parents!” beginning today (Thursday) at The Valley Bible Church in Rosburg. This series of three workshops features videos, activities and discussions designed to help parents learn important skills for parenting a young child. Information on discipline methods, preventing tantrums, how to make rules children will follow, routines that make life easier, the best ways to childproof the home, and how to care for children at different stages will all be covered. St. James Family Center hop...
Clam diggers got the go ahead to proceed with a variety of razor-clam digs during the March 7-12 time period, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has announced. Twin Harbors will be open for digging on all six days, while Long Beach will open on the March 8-9 weekend only. The digs were approved after marine toxin tests showed the clams were safe to eat. No other beaches will be open. The dig will open on evening tides March 7 and 8, then switch to morning tides March 9-12. Kalaloch is closed for the 2008 season. Clam digs on...
The Wahkiakum PUD met Tuesday to discuss water and other issues. Bill Chamberlain, water department supervisor, gave an update about local water systems. He said that due to the recent freezing temperatures, many small leaks have been detected. He said that crews installed meters around main line valves to isolate where the leaks are coming from. He indicated the leaks are minimal, in most cases, they are barely showing up in tests, but he is still searching for a larger leak. Manager David Tramblie told Chamberlain and the board there is a...
The Wahkiakum Mule basketball team posed with their fourth place trophy last Saturday at the state Class 2B Boys Basketball Tournament. Photo by Steve McClain. Click photo for larger version. The Wahkiakum Mule basketball team claimed fourth place at the Class 2B Boys Basketball Tournament in Spokane. The Mules opened with a close 51-47 win over the St. George's Dragons on Wednesday. That pitted them in the quarterfinals against the undefeated Toutle Lake Ducks who had handily defeated the Mules in Central League and Southwest District play....
Holocaust survivor Albert Weiner will be the focus of a special assembly tomorrow at Wahkiakum High School. Weiner, 82, has written a book titled “From Name to Number” and will be speaking of his experiences at a concentration camp during the duration of World War II. The assembly will be from 9:30-11 a.m. in the high school gym, and the public is invited to attend. Officials ask that there be no photos taken during the assembly; there may be opportunity to do so at the end....
Members of Diking District #4 will meet March 13 to discuss options for paying pump cost options and other expenses when they meet later this month. In their February 4 meeting, district members, who include the Julia Butler Hansen National Wildlife Refuge and private citizens, discussed the financial strain of repairs and pumping costs. The district has previously requested the refuge not operate the expulsion pump because of the fear of danger to property or life. Chairman of the board Maury Mooers said at the next meeting members will be loo...
Wahkiakum County Commissioners George Trott, Dan Cothren and Blair Brady on Tuesday agreed to pay a $750 tideland rental to the State of Oregon, but they added a strong letter of protest. Last fall, Oregon informed the county that it needed to fill out an application, pay the lease fee and provided detailed maps of the tidelands used in the ferry operation. The commissioners and Public Works Director Pete Ringen reacted negatively to the request, noting that Wahkiakum County and the State of Washington are providing ferry service that links...
Wahkiakum County officials have apparently reached a compromise with the Washington Department of Natural Resources on a proposed ordinance that could lead to pumping dredge spoil sand on Puget Island beaches this summer. County officials have been working with state and federal officials for over eight years to have sand pumped onto eroding shorelines, but a variety of permitting, funding and authorization problems have prevented it. Last fall, county officials reached agreement with the US Army Corps of Engineers, NOAA Marine Fisheries...
Wahkiakum County Commissioners George Trott, Dan Cothren and Blair Brady on Tuesday authorized an application for state Department of Ecology funds for the county’s garbage recycling program. Public Works Director Pete Ringen said the two year grant would total $95,000. The DOE grant would provide $71,250; the county’s Current Expense Fund provides the balance, $23,750. Term of the grant is 2008 and 2009. “Without the grant, we couldn’t run the program,” Ringen said. In 2006, the county took in $2,218 in revenue from recycling; expenses...
Wahkiakum County Commissioners George Trott and Blair Brady voted Tuesday to allow use of $15,000 from the county Flood Control Fund to cover permitting costs for a beach nourishment on Puget Island. Consolidated Diking District No. 1 is sponsor of the project. Diking district Commissioner Phil Vik presented the request to the county board on Tuesday. The diking district has received a $15,000 grant from the state Department of Ecology for half of the permitting cost, Vik said, the diking board hoped the county would pick up the other half....
Data from the countywide survey on the Family Practice Clinic have been compiled. Of the 2200 surveys sent to county residents, 421 surveys, or 19 percent, were returned. More than 810 individual and family members were represented in the results. Three hundred and twenty six surveys were from people who used the clinic and 95 of the surveys were from citizens that do not. Eighty-three percent of respondents indicated that the clinic was important to the community. Sixty-eight percent of respondents desired a level of service that would require...
