Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Clue 3 Are you still lookin’? Did you find the place? You should start bookin’ Because this is a race. Don’t be blind, open your eyes, Bear in mind, there is a prize....
Our beloved wife, mother and grandmother, LaRita Lucille Bennett, was called home to our Heavenly Father on March 1, 2016. Born June 25, 1931 in Minnesota, she and her parents, Inez and Jesse Turner came to Washington in 1935 where she spent her childhood. She married Forrest Glenn White on June 6th 1949, raised four children until his passing in 1958. She later married Fred Valero Bennett on Dec 6th, 1958 and had four more children. Rita was an avid Scout leader and later received the award of silver beaver for her service. She also loved...
Chuck Brett Falconer, 56, of Cathlamet passed away peacefully Feb. 22, 2016, at the Hospice Care Center. He was born April 12, 1959, in Los Angeles, Calif., to Robert Falconer and Norma Shores. Chuck grew up in Cowlitz County and relocated to California in his teen years. At 17, Chuck joined the Air Force and was stationed at Fairchild Air Force Base working as a security guard. He left the Air Force in 1978 and traveled back to California where he reunited with the love of his life, Lorraine Crispin. They were married Dec. 15, 1979, in Reno,...
The Bank of the Cascades officially opened its doors on Monday, and according to Julie Miller, the Oregon President of the Bank of the Cascades (BOTC), there have already been lines forming and new customers signing up. BOTC was in growth mode when it bid on several branches of Bank of America when they decided to divest, Miller said. They acquired the Bank of America branches in Cathlamet, Raymond, Willapa Bay and Westport. Local staff were retained and “bank ambassadors,” as Miller des...
Hang on to Yer Kilts! There’s a party brewing at the RiverMile 38 Brewery in the Elochoman Marina this Saturday from 4-10 p.m. and everyone is invited. Three bands from Portland, The Stomptowners, Castletown and The Chancers will play at the Irish Music Fest and Fundraiser. They will tempt toes to tap and invite party goers to dance to lively Irish tunes. Wear kilts if you got ‘em. There is a suggested $5 cover charge for the event. There will be food from Duffy’s Irish Bar in Grays River for $...
Wahkiakum High School's Key Club is sponsoring a week-long drive to raise funds for Doernbecher Children's Hospital. The Key Club is taking part in a fund raising program called Kids Making Miracles. Middle and high schools collect funds which benefit the hospital's services for children. Club members have announced a schedule of events to raise funds; the public is invited to participate in some of them, including: --March 12 – A Spaghetti Dinner and the Mr. Wahkiakum pageant. The dinner will be at 5:30 p.m. and Mr. Wahkiakum at 6 p.m. T...
Despite the influences of an El Nino weather pattern that was expected to lead to a warmer, drier winter in the Pacific Northwest, this year is shaping up to be better than last year in terms of water supply forecasts. “This year we have seen pretty warm temperatures but not as bad as last year,” said Kevin Burghoff, a forecaster with the Northwest River Forecast Center in Portland during a Thursday teleconference. Last year at this time, there were “excessively warm temps that did a number on our snowpacks,” he said, adding that snowpac...
The NanoCon Mk. III Science Fiction Convention will be held March 26, 10 a.m. - 10 p.m., in the Health & Science Building at Lower Columbia College in Longview. The convention is open to all NanoCon members. NanoCon Bronze-level membership is just $10 and includes all-day access to the convention, featuring science fiction author James Wells, who will discuss his latest novel, The Great Symmetry. New to the convention this year is the NanoCon Science Fiction Film Festival. Directors and producers can submit short films for judging. The...
Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, Fort Clatsop has announced the next In Their Footsteps free speaker series event. This program is Explaining 'Dismal Nitch;’ Confirming Lewis & Clark’s Unknown Campsites in the Lower Columbia River by Rex Ziak on Sunday, March 20 at 1:00 p.m. Ziak has lectured around the world, received many prestigious awards, and authored three history books. These books are available at the Lewis & Clark National Park Association bookstore in the Fort Clatsop visitor center. There will be a book-signing at this boo...
Photos by Todd Souvenir The Wahkiakum Lady Mules basketball team finished the season with a fifth place trophy from the State 2B Tournament in Spokane last weekend, and Coach Rob Garrett couldn't be more proud. "It was definitely a great year," Garrett said, "a lot of fun from beginning to end. The girls came into the season with a great work ethic. They wanted to be there every day and they wanted to get better. We lost quite a few seniors last year, so to have them not only go back to Spokane...
