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Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Razor clam diggers will have a few more beaches to consider in late March and April, following a decision March 8 by state shellfish managers to add digs to a list of dates previously announced. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is planning new digs at Long Beach in March and at Copalis and Mocrocks in April, based on recently updated harvest estimates showing a sufficient number of clams in those areas to support additional openings. "After last weekend's opener, we still have ample clams to provide additional digging...
WET AND WILD--We sure had a couple of days last week that were opposite of each other, as Friday was gorgeous and we were running around in shirt sleeves, while it was nothing but rain and wind on Saturday. By Sunday morning, the water was just going over the edges of West Valley road, so we're glad it let up when it did. As of this writing, many "lakes" are still visible as the ground is so saturated that it's not going anywhere too fast, so we'll hope for clearer skies this coming week as promised so that we get to see our "green" again!...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: March 3 – 6:41 a.m. A caller reported a large object in the eastbound lane of SR 4 west of County Line Park. 2:27 p.m. A caller reported that a travel trailer was blocking one lane of a Cathlamet street. 3:36 p.m. A caller requested assistance in evicting an individual from his Rosedale property. Officers were unable to locate the individual but placed a notice on his vehicle to notify him that it would...
Lucinda Angeline (Lou Ann) Pederson passed away on February 18, 2014 in Glendale, California. Lou Ann was born on May 2, 1930 to Elmer and Jessie Danielsen in Seattle and grew up on Puget Island. She married Kenneth Pederson in 1949 they celebrated their 65th anniversary this year. Lou Ann lived an active life of community service. She was a past PTA president of Julius Wendt Elementary School; she spent many years teaching Sunday and Vacation Bible School at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church; and was a Girl Scout Leader. Lou Ann also served many y...
After “demobilizing” for the winter, contractors will return this spring to the Julia Butler Hansen White Tailed Deer Refuge to finish the setback dike. The setback levee is in place but more work needs to be done, according to US Army Corps of Engineers representative, Amy Gibbons. More material is needed to finish the dike, which is made up of an impervious mixture of clay and soil on the river side and a sandier mix on the other. Eventually they plan to place topsoil on the levee and hyd...
This past Saturday, eight Wahkiakum High School students attend their first Robotics Competition and came with prizes for their work. The event hosted 50 different schools competing in a Science Olympiad style robotics challenge. The event was called the Zillah Robot Challenge hosted by Zillah High School. Luke Stacey, Elliot Haney and Aaron Bush captured the second place award for Maze Navigation with Infrared sensors. Using Computer programmed infrared sensors, they successfully navigated a complex maze with the second fastest time among the...
Theresa Libby, Principal of John C. Thomas Middle School this week announced the following students as earning a spot on the second quarter honor roll: 8th grade – Morgan Bashore, Ashley Flitcroft and Justin Hoven earned a 4.0 grade point average. Other students making the list are Anikalea Keliiheleua, Grayci Thomas, Madison Mace, Mica Kincade, Zachary Brown, Casey Wilson and Bryce Good. 7th grade – Emily Frank and Elizabeth Leitz each earned a 4.0. Lucas Brown, Mckensi Fluckiger, Macie Elliott, Charlie Ashe, Trinity Klecker,...
Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife Agent Pat Anderson, left, and Kevin Brown of Hancock Forest Management, hold a bald eagle they captured last Friday. According to Dan Cothren, Hancock's security supervisor, the Hancock office received a call reporting the injured eagle was lying along a logging road in the Brookfield area where Jim Crow Creek empties into the Columbia. Cothren, Brown and Anderson went to the site and spotted the eagle on an islet in the marsh at the creek's...
“The real estate market is looking good,” said local realtor, David Nelson in a recent interview. He and two other realtors, Kay Cochran and Bill Wilkins, acknowledged that the local real estate market was good last year, for everyone. According to Nelson sales were unremarkable in 2012. Not much property over $150,000 was moving. In 2013, prices improved and realtors had better sales than they had had in years. “There are currently 52 residential listings on the multiple listing service, said...
Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife officials and local boards and citizenswho are investigating the causes and possible cure of elk hoof rot will soon hold public meetings to discuss findings and gather more information. Cowlitz County Commissioners will host a town hall meeting on March 27. Cowlitz County Commissioner James Misner will moderate the meeting with Mark Smith. Several panelists are being invited. The meeting will be held from 6 – 8 p.m. at the Cowlitz County Conference Center located at 1900 7th Ave. Longview....
Doernbecher Week is set to begin with an assembly at 2:15 p.m. this Friday in the Wahkiakum High School gym. Nine year-old Liam Juassi, whose grandmother, Laureen Jaussi and great grandmother Laurice Richardson attended Wahkiakum, will be speaking to the students. He is also a featured patient in a Doernbecher promotional video. “We are so excited about Liam,” said Delaney Doumit, president of the Key Club. “He and his family are coming early for a tour of the town and the school. We met him two...
Completion of a wetland habitat improvement project will impact traffic on S4 this summer. A contractor will replace two culverts under the highway in the vicinity of Milepost 34. Construction will start in July and finish in August, according to Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) engineer Paul Harrison. The contractor will close the highway to one lane traffic which will be controlled by flaggers during working hours and by traffic signals in off hours. The highway department will team with Columbia Land Trust and the state...
To The Eagle: The Wahkiakum Lions Club is organizing a food drive to benefit GAP (Giving Action Plan Program) for the week of March 17-21. This will be a class competition to see which class can bring in the most food listed below. There will be a winning class from each elementary and middle school that will get an ice cream party sponsored by the Lions Club. There will also be a drop box outside the office for community members who wish to donate food to GAP. Below is a list of items that work well for GAP when preparing food bags for kids. F...
Examples from history: They didn’t know what caused the disease so they called it, “Fort Bragg Fever,” or in Cuba, so they called it, “Cane field fever.” We could go on with “pea pickers fever,” “mud fever,” and many more—all were discovered to be infections with leptospires. Is it the cause of hoof-rot disease? These descriptive names have been attached to diseases all caused by one genus; Leptospira. Within this genus are 200-250 sub-types. These have names based on the production of antibodies. Each type is a “serovar.” So there are 20...
I hope everyone kept their feet dry last weekend after the amount of rain and wind we ended up with. Our son and his girlfriend were here for the weekend but made an early exit on Saturday night in order to get out before we were flooded in. It didn’t last very long but was sure fast coming in. Looks like more silt building up in the pastures, and more pot holes to fill. News from Naselle: Sports calendar for the Naselle Comet teams this week include: Tuesday, the 18th-fast pitch and baseball at Ocosta at 4 p.m., Thursday, the 20th-fast p...
The 21st annual St. Patrick’s Day parade sponsored by Misty Rivers Irish Wolfhounds will take place on Monday, March 17, which is St. Patrick’s Day. This is a sidewalk parade, commencing down the east side of Main Street and back up the west side. The parade will assemble at 11 a.m. in front of the Bradley House. Participants will include Irish wolfhounds and their people, dogs who are “friends of the Irish,” actual Irish persons and anyone else who wishes to join the fun. “Wearin’ o’ the green is encouraged but not mandatory,” said Judy Brawn...
Ashley Silva of Cathlamet has been named to the Dean's List at Pacific University (Ore.) for Fall Semester 2013. Silva is among 332 of Pacific's 1,783 undergraduate students to achieve this high academic honor. To qualify for the Dean's List at Pacific, a student must achieve a term grade-point average 3.70 (4.00 scale) and complete 12 or more graded hours....
The Eagle takes great pleasure in introducing Kathi Howell, our new advertising representative. Kathi has lived in the Cathlamet area in the past and has moved back. She replaces Sarah Lawrence, who has gone on maternity leave. There's lots going on in the Wahkiakum business community, and Kathi and Eagle reporter Diana Zimmerman filed these short reports this week. --by Rick Nelson New drive-in operaters Susan Briggs and Amber Nara (mother and daughter) have taken over the drive-in at the intersection of SR 4 and Jacobson Road and renamed it...
