Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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WET--As I begin this column on Monday, it's a bit soggy out here, making me glad we got the lawn mowed yesterday. It seems to be growing before our eyes and I'm sure it will need it again by the time we get another nice day. The forecast is a mix of clouds, showers and some drying periods, which some might interpret to mean, they don't know and have covered all their bases! NOT BAD--The Seventh Annual Rods and Reels Rod Run didn't have as many cars show up as in the past, but was still a great turnout in spite of the occasional drizzle. By the...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: May 28--7:18 p.m. An Elochoman Valley Road resident reported that his 17-year-old son had run away from home. The youth returned later that night. 8:57 p.m. A caller reported that a vehicle was stuck in sand on Hornstra's Beach. A deputy responded and freed the vehicle. 9:20 p.m. An East SR 4 resident reported hearing gunshots. A deputy responded. May 29--12:54 p.m. An Elochoman Valley Road resident reported...
“I think I enjoyed grade school too much, because I love show and tell,” joked PUD Manager Dave Tramblie as he passed around a two foot long section of water pipe to PUD commissioners during their Tuesday morning meeting. Tramblie brought in the pipe to illustrate his crew’s continued efforts to reduce losses from both of the water systems they manage, and the challenges they face. That particular section of pipe came from Puget Island, said Tramblie. Water was leaking from the underside of a valve, but the water loss wasn’t evident until t...
with Rick Nelson of The Eagle An Oregon election initiative aimed at banning the use of gill nets in inland waters such as the Columbia River has gathered more than 105,000 signatures, well over the 87,213 needed to get the measure on the Nov. 6 ballot. Organizers of the petition drive on May 25 submitted to the Oregon Election Division sheets containing 92,474 signatures. By late this week another 13,000 signatures had been collected by paid petitioners for the campaign, led by a coalition called “Stop Gill Netting Now.” The measure is dra...
Wahkiakum County commissioners and administrators of the Health and Human Services Department reviewed a draft analysis of the department on Tuesday. Commissioners have charged Interim Director Sherri McDonald with making the analysis and recommendations for program or staffing changes. McDonald presented the draft plan to the board to see if it is what they've hoped to have and if there were areas she should analyze before presenting the final plan at the end of June, when her contract expires. The report, she added, should be helpful to her...
Heading to the marina from downtown Cathlamet, one might stroll down Butler Street and come across Jim Kolberg’s home and the little free library that adorns his front yard. It all started for Kolberg one night in early March. “I was watching the NBC nightly news and a story came on about a Wisconsin man. He wanted to honor his mother, a former teacher and book lover, who had passed away. He built a miniature model of a library, filled it with books for anyone to take, and placed it outside his home. “People really liked the idea and so this gu...
When students arrived at Skamokawa United Methodist Church Friday morning, Ronn “Long Claw” Wilson had transformed the banquet room into a museum of displays representing northwest plants, animal skins, and Native American culture. Long Claw’s presentation “Of Cedar and Salmon” was part of the outdoor school program that staff and volunteers put on for fifth grade students at JA Wendt Elementary. With financial support from the Wahkiakum Community Network, the program consisted of two days of team building and life skills activities. “If you c...
Alana Darcher Naselle High School’s Valedictorian, Alana Darcher, will graduate this week and add a high school diploma as well as a college degree to her resumé. Darcher has attended Clatsop Community College for the last two years and will graduate from there with a general studies transfer degree focusing on science and math. “I am going to Emory University in late August to study neuroscience,” said 18 year-old Darcher. “I’m really excited!” Emory ranks among the top national universities in U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best...
Wahkiakum County and the Columbia Land Trust agreed Tuesday to work cooperatively to find a solution to drainage problems plaguing landowners at the end of Nelson Creek. The small creek comes out of the hills by Longtain Road and enters the Elochoman River near the SR 4 bridge. Land along the creek was once used for beef and dairy farming. Now, siltation and beaver dams have plugged the creek and backed up waters onto the farm lands, killing trees and making the land unusable for livestock. The drainage system in the area has several problems,...
Wahkiakum County may file a counter claim in a suit the Seattle Audubon Society and the Olympic Forest Coalition have filed against the state Department of Natural Resources. Seattle Audubon and Olympic, collectively identified as "Audubon" in the suit, are seeing review of a May 1 action by the state Board of Natural Resources (BNR) in which the BNR approved an amendment to the state's Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) without going through the State Environmental Protection Act (SEPA) review process. DNR personnel gave the amendment a...
The state Board of Natural Resources approved Tuesday the transfer of 67 acres of State Forest Trust land in Wahkiakum County to conservation status. It is the first transaction under a legislatively funded program created in 2009 to replace certain state-owned working forestlands encumbered by federal endangered species restrictions. The program targets small, economically stressed rural counties--Klickitat, Pacific, Skamania and Wahkiakum--that depend heavily on timber revenue to support public services. An appropriation by the 2011...
News from Naselle: The Naselle-Grays River Valley High School class of 2012 will bid farewell to one chapter of their lives on Saturday when they accept their diplomas, graduating from high school. The ceremony will take place in the gym at 4 p.m. This group of students will take their place in the new world of learning when they make their decisions on where to go from here. Many will head off to college, and some will make their way without a higher education. No matter what the choice, it will be difficult in the world as it is now. As a...
To The Eagle: I'm writing this letter because I'm completely baffled by the choice the high school has made on who was hired as the new principal. Someone should explain how they could pass up John Hannah who has worked with this age group for years, and has the credentials, the demeanor and knowledge to diffuse situations that can arise with high school age kids. How can you bring in someone who has never worked with that age group over the experience that Hannah has? I currently have a child in the high school and have two others who have...
To The Eagle: School's almost out! Time to have fun camping, swimming, boat riding, so here's some advice. Take a break off the internet and electronics. All you need to do is have fun, so go spend the night in your yard, go to a beach or invite a friend over. Just have fun! Have a slumber party or go to a camp! Okay, here's what really matters about summer: it's about taking a big break off from school but you can still learn new things or you can exercise but as I always say, have fun and believe in yourself. Teylor Sauer Third...
To The Eagle: The link included at the end of this letter will take you to an interesting short article by a national authority on parks and recreation's views on the importance - even necessity - of re-inventing our parks to meet the changing needs of our people. Jim Reed's 5-23-2012 nine-page commentary addressed to Mayor Wehrfritz, and The Eagle challenges the notion of placing a food bank in a municipal park. He mentions Bay Area parks with more acreage than the entire Town of Cathlamet as models of greenspace. He dismisses "assertions"...
To The Eagle: James Reed’s letter to The Wahkiakum Eagle of last week (5/31) projects some misleading notions about what is being proposed for a facility at Erickson Park. As architectural advisor to the Helping Hand Food Bank, I was asked to initiate a discussion about increasing use of an under-used Erickson Park with a semi-permanent location for a facility to house both of our local food banks and incorporate a demonstration kitchen sponsored by the Washington State University Extension office in Wahkiakum County. We did not propose “a 2,0...
To The Eagle: The collaborative teaching program outlined on the front page of last week's Eagle is undoubtedly one of the most spectacularly elegant education enhancement schemes ever to come to light in our backwoodsy little community. However, we sincerely hope the leaders of this academic exercise will consider a modest modification: rather than lose hundreds of hours of classroom time, and disrupt the morning routine of a like number of families, perhaps the teachers could come in an hour before school once a week and collaborate on their...
To The Eagle: The Public Utility District No. 1 of Wahkiakum County are able to have evening meetings in Grays River but refuse to have evening meetings in Cathlamet. What are they hiding from? P.J. Fleury Puget Island...
PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE SIX-YEAR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That the Town of Cathlamet will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, June 18, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. in the River Street meeting room. The Town Council will receive public comments on the Six-Year Transportation Improvement Program. The plan can be reviewed at Town Hall, 102 Main Street, Suite 203, Cathlamet, WA. Any taxpayer may appear at said public hearing and be heard for or against any part of the plan. By order of the Council...
NOTICE OF TOWN OF CATHLAMET WORKSHOP NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council for the Town of Cathlamet will hold a second workshop and fact-finding meeting to consider the possible hosting of a Food Bank in Erickson Park. This meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 12, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. in the Cathlamet Fire Department Meeting Room located at 255 2nd St., Cathlamet, WA 98612. The public is encouraged to attend. By order of the Council for the Town of Cathlamet. Tina Schubert Clerk/Treasurer Town of Cathlamet Publish June 7, 2...
PUBLIC NOTICE Cancellation of Call for Bids Equipment Storage Building As of May 30th, 2012, Diking District #1 of Wahkiakum County has rescinded their call for bids for an Equipment Storage Building as published in The Wahkiakum County Eagle on May 17 and 24, 2012 _______________________ Gordon Oman, Chairman Publish June 7, 2012...
CALL FOR BIDS Rural Road Safety Project WAHKIAKUM COUNTY, WASHINGTON NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received by the Board of County Commissioners of Wahkiakum County, Washington at the Public Works Department, 3rd Floor, Wahkiakum County Courthouse, P.O. Box 97, Cathlamet, Washington 98612, until 11:00 A.M. local time on July 3, 2012, and will then and there be opened and publicly read for the Rural Road Safety Project. Project Description: This work includes four principal components, a) upgrade signing to the new retro-...
File No.: 7037.77854 Grantors: Northwest Trustee Services, Inc. JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association Grantee: Paul Downs, a married man, as his separate estate Ref to DOT Auditor File No.: 2012073 Tax Parcel ID No.: 110806110018/ 1614 Abbreviated Legal: PTN JAMES BIRNIE DLC N1/2 NE1/4 SEC. 11, T8N, R6WWM Notice of Trustee's Sale Pursuant to the Revised Code of Washington 61.24, et seq. I. On July 6, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. Outside the main lobby of the Wahkiakum County Courthouse, 64 Main Street in the City of Cathlamet, State of Washington,...
CALL FOR BIDS NOTICE OF SURPLUS PROPERTY WAHKIAKUM COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT #4 CATHLAMET, WASHINGTON NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received by Wahkiakum County Fire District #4 Board of Commissioners of Wahkiakum County Fire District #4 at P.O. Box 766, Cathlamet, WA 98612 until Tuesday, June 11, 2012 and will be opened and publicly read at their regular meeting June 12, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. at 13 Boege Road. Wahkiakum County Fire District plans to sell its surplus 1997 Jeep Cherokee vehicle. This vehicle is sold "AS IS - WHERE IS."...
What a great week-end for the Dollars for Scholars events! With rain showers all week and a pretty wet day on Friday we were all very happy when the sun came out and continued to shine all Saturday afternoon. Spectators enjoyed a beautiful assortment of cars and trucks at the Rods and Reels Rod Run Show. Many bright colored flashy cars, a few high performance fast cars, plus a large group of antique cars and trucks were lined up in the fairgrounds park. Many big sturgeon were brought in to be measured for the Sturgeon Derby. There were numerous...
