Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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With only three members left on the seven member advisory board for Johnson Park, Wahkiakum County Commissioners Mike Backman and Dan Cothren were at the Rosburg school on Tuesday to field questions about the future of Johnson Park and try to assure the Westend residents that the building would remain open. Commissioner Blair Brady was in Walla Walla on county business and unable to attend. "I have to agree that this turnout is awesome," Kimberly DeJesus said. "If we had this much input for ever...
Fabulous Youth Conservation Corps positions are now open at Lewis and Clark National Historical Park! If you are between 15 and 19, we invite you to apply for one of these summer jobs at your national park during the NPS Centennial Year. Interested? Pick up at application at the Fort Clatsop Visitor Center or go to the park website, www.nps.gov/lewi. Application deadline is COB March 18, 2016. For further information, call Josh Fry at (503) 861-4412, visit the park’s web site at www.nps.gov/lewi or follow us on Facebook....
Wahkiakum County commissioners covered lots of ground at their early meeting Tuesday, ranging from approving a settlement with the Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) to reporting on lobbying efforts in the state legislative session. The board approved an agreement to a reduced financial penalty for a citation for improper life preservers on the ferry Oscar B. Public Works Director Chuck Beyer reported an L&I inspector visited the ferry last October and issued a $9,600 penalty because the deckhand wasn't wearing a highly visible personal...
Jp Rowan, the organizer of the Cathlamet Downhill Corral Longboard Festival, has announced that he will not hold the festival this year. The festival has brought hundreds, if not over 1,000, spectators and competitors to Cathlamet each August since 2009 for some exciting events. Here is his announcement as posted on Facebook and some of the following comments: “To my skate family, I have an announcement to make: “After a lot of deliberation I have decided I will not be hosting the PDX Switchbacks Series nor the Cathlamet Downhill Corral Lon...
Fog drifts over Jackson Inlet along Puget Island. Photo by Rick Nelson....
Another decent return of hatchery chinook salmon to the Columbia River is forecast this year, but expected low returns of coho could put a damper on salmon fisheries in the river, along the coast and in Puget Sound. Forecasts for chinook, coho, sockeye and chum salmon, which were developed by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and treaty tribes, were released last week at a public meeting in Olympia. The forecast meeting marks the starting point for developing 2016 salmon-fishing seasons in Puget Sound, the Columbia River and...
To the Editor Your voice does matter! No matter which of the presidential candidates you favor, and even if you favor none, it is important that you make your opinions known to those in your government. Your vote is the only tool you have to express your pleasure or displeasure with your current economic condition and the political and social situation around you. Not only yours but also your childrens’ future depends on the kind of government we, the people, choose in November. If you feel helpless and hopeless about your and your c...
To The Eagle: I just want to remind Wahkiakum County Democrats that their caucus will be held at 10 a.m. on March 26 in the multi-purpose room at the elementary school and at Rosburg Hall for Westend voters. Come meet with your fellow Democrats. B.J. Cornett Cathlamet...
To The Eagle: I would like to take this opportunity to let the people of Pacific and Wahkiakum counties know that I will be a candidate for the position of superior court judge in the upcoming election. I have spent many years preparing to serve the community as judge. I have taken every opportunity available to gain experience and develop the skills necessary to be the best judge possible. To that end I have been the judge for the Cities of Raymond, South Bend, Long Beach and Ilwaco. I have also been judge pro tempore in the Pacific County...
Local boat builder makes donation to Search and Rescue Recently, local boat builder Michael Baccellieri generously donated a beautiful handcrafted wooden boat as a fundraising item for the Wahkiakum County Search and Rescue Team. From his boat shop on Puget Island, Welcome Slough Boatworks, Baccellieri spent many hours crafting the boat from logs he had salvaged from the Columbia River in the area around Cathlamet and Puget Island. After milling the logs into useable building stock, he performed his magic and the lovely little boat was born....
MIXED BAG--I no sooner turned in my news last week and the weather took a turn for the worse and got pretty wet and pretty windy and some areas wound up losing power, while others had trees coming down, but it really depended on where you were as to how bad it was. Some of the days that were forecast for being miserable, were actually half-way decent, meaning part of the day was dry and sunny, while the rains poured down later on, but that beat a whole day of nastiness, so that was fine with us. Considering the flooding going on in other parts...
On Sunday at 12:37 p.m., the Skamokawa Fire Department, the District 4 Fire Department, the Cathlamet Fire Department, the Puget Island Fire Department and the Cathlamet ambulance responded to the report of a structure fire in Skamokawa. They were able to get the fire under control by 4:17 p.m. An investigator was requested and Red Cross was notified in order to assist the family affected by the fire. Photo by Diana Zimmerman....
MactionCasting, a casting company in Los Angeles, is seeking families to cast for four different series they plan to develop. They want to follow a multi-generational family living off-grid in the pioneer tradition; a mega-family (six or more children) who doesn't have to be off grid that has strong views on home schooling, nutrition, or other things; a family that lives in a remote area and lives in harmony with wild animals; and finally, a medium to large family that is constantly going on cross country adventures. These shows are in...
THURSDAY Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Congregational Church, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, 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 Advisory Board, Courthouse, 6 p.m. Eastside Play & Learn Group, St. James Family Center, 1:30-3...
My apologies for the shortness of this column this week as it is being composed in my husband’s hospital room in CCU. Hopefully we will be home when everyone reads it. The Third Annual Community In-Door Super Sale is a fundraising event for the Grays River Valley Center at Johnson Park in Rosburg, and will take place on March 26 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The center serves as a learning and activity center for Wahkiakum County as well as the surrounding areas. It has many free resources for the community: a computer lab and lending library (free t...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: February 29 — 10:27 a.m. A caller reported that an individual who was angry and driving while intoxicated had shown up at his home. The individual yelled at him and drove away. 11:08 a.m. A Rosburg resident reported that 100 gallons of fuel had been stolen. 12:56 p.m. A two year old Rosedale resident was reported missing. He was found in a vacant home nearby. 1:49 p.m. A Deep River resident reported that h...
State shellfish managers have extended an opening at Long Beach through March 31. They also released a list of proposed digs later in March on two ocean beaches. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) Shellfish managers extended the dig at Long Beach to run daily through March 31. The beach was previously scheduled to be open through March 10. Although Long Beach is open daily through the end of March, optimal digging conditions occur when the low tide is 1 foot or lower, said Dan Ayres, coastal shellfish manager for WDFW. Shellf...
The Third Annual Community In-Door Super Sale will be held as a fundraising event for the Grays River Valley Center at Johnson Park in Rosburg on March 26. This is the old Rosburg School. GRVC serves as a community center for learning and human development activities for Wahkiakum County and the wider area of the lower Columbia River. It has many free resources for the community: a computer lab, an exercise room, an exchange and lending library, a gym that is maintained for area school use and aerobics, sewing classes, and the Food Bank. Contri...
On March 24 at 6 p.m., learn how to effectively compost food wastes and garden material. See the different ways to compost and the advantages of each method. Pre-registration is required by March 21. Class size is limited to 50. Those attending the class can purchase a Composting bin (normally $85) for $10 that night. This offer is for Cowlitz County residents only and only one bin per household can be purchased. The free class is being held at the Cowlitz County Training Center, 1942 First Avenue in Longview. For more information, contact...
Three people sustained injuries in a one-car traffic accident at 6:10 a.m. last Saturday morning. According to the Washington State Patrol, Brian S. Montgomery, 22, of Cathlamet, was driving westbound on SR 4 at mile post 41 east of Cathlamet when the vehicle, a 1994 GMC pickup, crossed the eastbound lane, left the roadway and came to rest against a tree on an embankment. Montgomery and two passengers, Kaylee Carricker, 18, Cathlamet, and Joseph J. Montgomery, Longview, sustained injuries and were taken by ambulance to St. John Hospital in...
On March 17 at noon, Jerry Petrick from the WSU Small Business Development Center, will discuss starting and managing a business. Success in small business starts with decisive and correct decisions. Although initial mistakes are not fatal, it takes skill and hard work to gain the advantage. The Small Business Development Center is a free service to help answer business questions. Learn the basics of what to do and not to do when starting a new business. Discover what resources are available locally, including help in building a business plan....
The goal of the No More campaign is to promote an open dialogue about the traditionally taboo topics of domestic violence and sexual assault. "A lot of people don't always know what to do," Annika Vik, prevention advocate for St. James Family Center said, "because we don't talk about it. It makes it harder for people to come forward. We talk to remove the stigma and if people are not held accountable it's not going to stop." Last year, Vik asked several community members to create signs that...
In March of 2015, Kenny Evans came to Cathlamet Christian Fellowship to preach weekly while the church was in transition without a lead pastor. It was originally meant to be a three month process but Evans was asked to stay on and in November he accepted the position. Evans has been a preacher in the Pacific Northwest for over 16 years and has served as a university pastor in Ellensburg and as a pastor to small groups and starting up a recovery ministry in Eagle River, Alaska. He and his wife Emma have been married for 15 years and have four...
St James Family Center's Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP) Parent Policy Council will have a Health and Safety Jamboree on March 19, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Family Center Gym. There will be agencies sharing activities for all ages. Visitors may enter a drawing to win a child’s bicycle, greet deputies from the Wahkiakum County Sheriff's Department, tour a fire truck with local firemen, have a child car seat checked, talk to people from the Family Health Center, get a bike helmet from St. John Medical Center trauma s...
Powerful Tools Workshops, sponsored by the Area Agency on Aging and Disabilities of Southwest Washington, will be held Tuesdays, March 29 through May 3 from 1-3:30 p.m. The workshops will be held at the Area Agency on Aging and Disabilities office, 1338 Commerce Ave., Suite 309, Longview. For more information or to register for this free workshop call 360-577-4929 or 1-800-682-2406....
