Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Members of the Wahkiakum Lady Mule basketball team pose with their trophy after placing third in the Class 2B State Tournament last weekned. See more photos and complete cover on Page 10. Photo by Diana Zimmerman....
Wahkiakum County commissioners are ready to address one of the major remaining hurdles to establishing a 10-year program for replenishing sand on eroding beaches. The US Army Corps of Engineers Seattle office counsel has approved the long-awaited final wording to right-of-entry easements that landowners need to sign to allow dredge crews to work on their shorelines. In the dredging operation, the dredge pumps sand and water through a pipeline to the beach, where bulldozers spread the sand along the shoreline. Acting as the board of...
The last time Travis Bain set foot on the floor at the State B Tournament at the Spokane Arena was as a Wahkiakum High School senior and Mule in the 2007 championship game against Northwest Christian. This past weekend, exactly 10 years later, was the first time he stepped on the floor as a referee. "It was the anniversary of our loss to Northwest Christian," Bain said, "and a little bittersweet and ironic to be back there." After graduating from high school in 2007, Bain attended Central...
Commissioners discussed setting up pay scales for employees and listened to reports at the Wahkiakum County PUD Board of Commissioners meeting on Tuesday. General Manager Dave Tramblie informed the commissioners that crews would be excavating Salme Road to the top of the hill for their intertie project with Pacific County in July. They will be excavating around 3,200 feet and putting in five pole boxes. “Some locations will be difficult because there isn’t much shoulder,” Tramblie said. “It i...
Cathlamet sculpter and photographer Dan Tchozewski recently caught these eagles in action along Crossdike Road, Puget Island. Photo courtesy of Dan Tchozewski....
To The Eagle: I am well familiar with snopes.com and Breitbart and, yes, I do see a pattern. I’m glad you (previous letter writer) see it too, though we see it in a different way. I typed in Hamtramck, MI, and you’re right; right away I see snopes.com website for it and you’re wondering how could “lazy people who are not fact-checking” miss it? In the first place, I’d never heard of the city. I was researching Sharia Law in many websites, and as you go into each website, you find words that are highlighted you can click on that would give...
To The Eagle: Hello from Finland! I sometimes visit your paper’s site in internet, but this time I was advised by Bud Lindwall’s widow, Pat, to read about the memorial for gillnetters. I am very happy to read and find that the initiative of Pat’s husband and my dear cousin, Bud Lindwall, to raise a memorial to fishermen in the area, is coming to reality. I send my best to you all lovely people who has taken the acts to make the memorial a reality. This activity will have my best appreciation and also is a nice memory of Bud Lindwall and all L...
To The Eagle: I found Toni Below’s Feb. 23 letter to the editor to be full of dark humor, political irony and some gross factual errors. The humor starts right away with The Eagle’s header of “Writer praises Trump.” I found faint praise indeed and deftly delivered irony such as Toni’s implication that the new Trump regime is just as likely to deliver this nation over to the Muslim Caliphate as Hillary Clinton might have been had she been elected, and that if we don’t believe that, then consider that no one believed either that Donald coul...
To The Eagle: I am writing to comment on Bob Pyle’s letter of Feb. 9 concerning the failed efforts to enroll the county in the Timberland Library system. When I first started using the Cathlamet Library, I inquired as to why we were not on that system and received an answer citing a lack of funds or will, not the detailed explanation given by Mr. Pyle. Now that I know the approximate amount of money that currently would have to be spent by an individual or family either for a card at the Naselle Timberland or as part of property taxes, I w...
To The Eagle: I will be attending the Sewer Fairness meeting scheduled an hour prior to the March 20 Cathlamet Town Council meeting between 5-6 p.m. at the Cathlamet Fire Hall. I have already presented my concerns and requests to the Town Council although I used the Hotel Cathlamet as a focal point. Prior to the Sewer Fairness meeting I would like the opportunity to understand what other residents and businsses are thinking about the Cathlamet sewer/water rate situation. To that end, the Hotel Cathlamet will be hosting a coffee/cupcake...
Success is overtaking the Rivermile 38 Brewing Company in Cathlamet. Demand for the company's variety of beers and ales has surpassed the founders' expectations and production ability. “When is a business too good?" Richard Erickson, managing partner, asked this week. “There's no such thing as too much fun, but business is booming and we can’t keep up with demand. "So we have decided it would be best for the Brewery if we sold it to someone that has the energy and resources to continue growing the business. “Four years ago, we dreamed up a pl...
The proposed US House Republican health plan threatens Washington consumers, health and insurance officials say. House Republicans on Monday released their long-awaited plan for replacing former President Barack Obama's Affordable Health Care Act (ACA). It appears thousands of people in Southwest Washington could lose coverage or have coverage diminished, Dian Cooper, executive director of the Cowlitz Family Health Center, said Tuesday. The center operates clinics in Cathlamet, Longview, Ocean Park, Kelso, Castle Rock and Woodland. "That (the...
COLD SHOT--This past weekend we had another little cold spell, and yes, we did indeed see some snow falling but it didn't last too long down here. Beaver Creek had four new inches of snow by Sunday morning, so I was glad it was up there and not down here! However, I evidently gloated a little too soon, as we woke up to plenty of the white stuff on Monday morning down here in the lowlands, and it took turns between getting cold and coming down heavily and then warming up and doing nothing. There was widespread snow, from the coast and inland, so...
THURSDAY Community Center, Cathlamet, 9 a.m. - Noon. Grief Recovery, Community Center, Cathlamet, 1 p.m. Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Congregational Church, Noon. Puget Island Fire Department, drill night, 7 p.m. Port District No. 1, 500 2nd St., 5 p.m. District No. 4 Fire Department, 7 p.m. Grays River Fire District, No. 3 Commissioners, 7:30 p.m. Grays River Fire Department, fire training, 7 p.m. Skamokawa Fire Department, 7 p.m. Wahkiakum County Real Property Rights...
Are you ready for that extra hour of daylight? Remember to spring forward on the 12th and set your clock ahead one hour. Mother Nature has certainly been showing her indecision on the weather this past week or so. We have had it all, from snow, to hail, to rain and wind, thundershowers and some beautiful sunshine with rainbows. Ahhh, living in the Northwest. News from Naselle: Spring sports are here. This week’s calendar for the Naselle Comet teams includes: Saturday, baseball with Wahkiakum in Naselle at 4 p.m.; Wednesday, fastpitch with I...
Wahkiakum High School students will undertake a variety of activities next week to raise money for Doernbecher Children's Hospital in Portland. Sunday is Family Fun Day, with food, games and prizes starting at 2 p.m. in the Multi-purpose Room at Wendt Elementary School. Admission is $5. Students will have a variety of daily activities March 13-17, including a candy jar guessing contest, vote for a high school teacher to go to jail, and selling root beer floats. Students will host a dodgeball competition on Wednesday, 6 p.m. There will be...
The Spring Chinooks of the Lower Columbia River are said to be some of the best tasting salmon and spring fishing season is here! The Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce will host its annual “Hook the Hawg” Salmon Derby on March 31 and April 1, at the Elochoman Slough Marina in Cathlamet. This is a two-day event commencing at 4:30 a.m., on Friday, March 31, and finishing in the evening on Saturday, April 1. Check in at the chamber’s booth in the morning before heading out to fish. All salmon should be gilled and not gutted. Weigh-in each day will...
Three people were injured in a four-vehicle traffic accident Monday morning at the Abe Creek passing lanes east of Cathlamet. According to a report from the Washington State Patrol, a 2011 Hyundai Sonata driven eastbound by Holly Pfenniger of Cathlamet was parked on the shoulder, as Pfenniger checked on the driver of another vehicle which had slid off the snow covered highway into a ditch. A second vehicle, a 1994 Honda Civic driven by Miguel P. Arteaga of Vancouver, was headed westbound and went out of control as it tried to pass an unknown...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: February 28 — 5 a.m. The Grays River ambulance responded to a Deep River home to assist an individual who was having difficulty breathing. 3:40 a.m. An individual was taken into custody after a vehicle stop in the Elochoman Valley. 7:07 p.m. A caller reported that a vehicle was out of commission and sitting beside the road in the Rosedale area. 7:53 p.m. A caller reported that an individual had violated a p...
Geri Lee, 76, of Grays River, died February 22 at the hospice center in Longview. She was born September 5, 1940, in Longview, to Gilbert and Sophie (Cook) Magnuson. She was a life long resident of the area and worked as a waitress and a homemaker. She enjoyed gardening, cooking, her family and her grandchildren. In 1994 she married Robert M. Lee. He survives her at home. Other survivors include sister Clara Berkshire of Grays River; brother Stubby Magnuson of Goldendale; daughter Janet (John)...
Cathlamet writer Lilly Robbins Brock, who is dedicated to telling the stories of World War II veterans, will appear at the Cathlamet Public Library on Saturday March 18 at 2 p.m. She is the author of Wooden Boats & Iron Men: A World War II Sailor's Life Story and His Passion to Help Save One of the Last Surviving PT Boats, a biography of WWII vet Maury Hooper and his efforts to have PT-658 restored. Coming with her will be a member of Save the PT Boat, Inc., the group that rebuilt and...
Senior Alex Mellis admits that he likes to be goofy and the center of attention, so when the staff at Wahkiakum High School responded to his interest in being Rowdy the Mule Mascot by asking him to take on the role this year, it was a no brainer. "Where do I sign?" he asked. The best part of his role as Rowdy have been the interactions with youngsters. "At a football game a little kid gave me a red race car," Mellis grinned. "He said 'This race car matches you. You are the best mascot ever. If...
A couple who recently moved to Cathlamet have brought a couple of new businesses to the area. Formerly residents of northern California, Forrest and Beth Mora have purchased a house on Greewood Hill. "My parents, Boone and Jean Mora, live here in Skamokawa, and we wanted to move close to them," Forrest stated. Forrest took up ornamental horticulture in college, earned a bachelor degree in the subject, and has worked in many phases of landscaping, from wholesale and retail nurseries to landscape maintenance, design and construction. He has opene...
The Cathlamet St. Patrick's Day Parade will be held on Friday, March 17. They will start at the north end of Main St., Cathlamet, at noon. Leashed dogs are welcome to participate. Plan for a late lunch at Duffy’s Irish Pub in Gray's River. Dogs are welcome inside if the weather is damp or cold. For more information call 360-562-1925....
OLYMPIA, Feb. 22 — West Valley School District Supt. Gene Sementi, like other Washington educators, is waiting as legislators wrestle to find a solution to fund basic education this session. He is pleased to see budget proposals on the table from the House Democrats, Senate Republicans and Gov. Jay Inslee. “It’s very encouraging that there are three different proposals this early in the session,” said Sementi, whose school district is in the Spokane Valley, east of Spokane. “Both sides seem to be very serious about arriving at a resolution.” Ot...
