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Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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WET AND MUGGY--As this week began, we were back to raindrops off and on but some sun breaks made things steamy at times and it was pretty muggy on Monday really. Of course, anybody who has been fighting to get their lawn mowed between showers, knows that this is just the kind of weather that makes the ole grass grow before your eyes. They say we're going to get some summer like weather, and with summer officially starting next Tuesday, I'm sure we're all hoping that's true! It's almost impossible to get much done with only a day and a half of...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: June 6--7:49 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to aid a person at a Skamokawa residence; a mental health professional was also dispatched to speak with the patient who refused treatment. 10:14 p.m. A Rosedale resident reported a strange car had pulled into a cul-de-sac, and the occupants were just sitting there with the lights out. June 7--3:27 p.m. A Westend resident reported a man was parking old...
Virginia "Shirley" Badger, 65, died June 13, 2011 at home in Grays River. Services pending and an obituary will be forthcoming in next week's Eagle....
Bernadine Marine Chattick, 63, died May 5, 2011 in Olympia. She was born December 23, 1947 to Ray and Betty Blain. She attended Rosburg grade school and graduated from Naselle Grays River Valley High school where she met her husband Michael. They have three sons, Michael, Shawn and Brent. She lived in Olympia where she worked in arts and crafts retail but had many family members in the Grays River, Rosburg, Deep River and Naselle areas. There will be no services. The family will hold a gathering at a later date....
Wahkiakum High School seniors wrapped up their careers Friday in a lively graduation ceremony. Faculty and class speakers commented on the graduates' achievements and camaraderie. "We are a class of individuals, and you cannot put us in any kind of category," said Shelby Felton in the welcoming speech. Faculty Choice Speaker Jori McEntire noted that the class is small in number, with 28 graduates, and that allowed the members to form strong bonds even as paths started to separate in high school. "I'm telling you that now is the chance to be...
The three artists exhibiting at Redmen Hall are at varied points in their careers and use different mediums. Exhibit curator Jill Hatier said she was struck by the ways the artists are interpreting the world and called the exhibit Explorations. Martie Vavoudis calls herself a ceramicist. She said, “I’ve been engaged with ceramics for the past thirty years, and hope I’ll be doing it for the next thirty.” The show includes ceramic objects including a life-size bust of a fellow art student. She is also exploring a new direction...
Naselle/Grays River Valley High School seniors breezed through their commencement ceremony Saturday with a look back at their past and an acknowledgment of their potential for success in the future. The 22 classmates spoke of their close bonds, and they took in scholarships totaling over $150,000. Valedictorian was Taylor Wasmundt, and salutatorian was Haleigh See. They and Cody Cooley were honored for maintaining grade point averages of 3.75 or higher. In her Valedictorian Address, Wasmundt commented that many of the students had been in...
Wahkiakum County commissioners onTuesday approved a name change at Johnson Park and addressed a variety of other issues. Timo Virkkala and Cynthia Lahti, representatives of the Johnson Park board of directors, asked that the county commission act to name the old school building the Grays River Valley Center. The overall facility will still be called Johnson Park, after the family that sold the land to the county in the 1930's for a school or park site. The change will help in going after funding grants, Lahti and Virkkala said. Funding...
High water in the Columbia River kept the Columbia River Yacht Club home on Memorial Day, costing the Elochoman Slough Marina anticipated revenue, port manager Jackie Lea told Port District No. 1 commissioners at the regular meeting Thursday. The river is at flood stage and full of debris. Yacht club members feared they’d be traveling with what they called “submarine-sized debris” and that it would take a long time to get home, Lea said. While she said she’s always concerned that revenues are less than anticipated, the rest of the busines...
A Saturday morning fire left a Cape Horn couple homeless and damaged another house before firemen could extinguish the flames. "We lost everything," home owner Don Fullerton said Tuesday. Fullerton had come home from work a little after 2 a.m. Saturday, he said. Sometime after 5 a.m., a noise like someone throwing rocks on the metal roof of their three-level house awoke him and his wife, Virginia. The house was on fire and the heat was causing the metal roof to pop and buckle. They left in a hurry wearing only their pajamas. "I grabbed my...
The local impacts of the 2011-2013 biennial budget cuts to the State Department of Health aren’t clear yet, Health and Human Services Director Judy Bright said. Information released by the Washington Department of Health describes cuts to programs, but Bright said she still has not seen the specific amounts that the county will lose. “We have no fulltime people at this time. It will be really hard to offer services with further cuts,” she said. Some services such as family planning and oral health have already been discontinued. State...
In August satellite television company DIRECTV will drop Wahkiakum West Television as its local service provider. DIRECTV contracted 17 years ago with a cooperative of rural telephone companies, including Wahkiakum West, to provide local service for its satellite television. That contract is coming to an end, Wahkiakum West spokesperson Carol Larson said this week, and the corporation has decided to provide its own customer service. The effective date is August 15. Until that time, Larson said, customers will be able to make payments and...
Three small Washington counties stand to share a $2 million appropriation for compensation for encumbered trust timber lands. The counties are Wahkiakum, Pacific and Skamania. Wahkiakum County Commissioner Dan Cothren said Tuesday that the legislation was scheduled for signing when Governor Chris Gregoire worked on bills yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon. The counties have been working for several years to gain compensation for trust timberland that has been set aside from timber harvest to provide habitat for endangered species. The counties...
Filing for positions on the 2011 election ballots closed Friday with only one contested position on the ballot. Lori Scott is challenging incumbent Carlton Appelo for the seat on the Port District 2 board of commissioners that he's held since the district was formed. For the four positions that didn't have candidates, a special filing period will be held June 15-17 in the Wahkiakum County Auditor's office. Positions that didn't draw candidates included: --Wahkiakum School District board of directors, Position 1, Tony Boyce incumbent....
To The Eagle: As I'm driving on my way to Long Beach, I near the Wildlife Refuge. Since I'm getting bored with all the scenery, I turn on my blinker and enter. As I wind through the tall grass and trees, I notice all the trash lying around. Then I scan my car and notice all the garbage I need to throw away. "Hmm..." I grab a crumpled McDonalds bag, look around outside then chuck it out the window. "Haha! That felt great." I pass some kids sitting around a fire pit on the beach, one of them carelessly tosses a pop can over his shoulder. "Well,...
To The Eagle: Pursuant to a freedom of information request under Revised Code of Washington to Wahkiakum PUD, I am advised that the PUD manager's salary is $114,865.08 and the auditor's salary is $62,469.84. As of April 30, 2011, the PUD services 2421 electric accounts and 827 water accounts. We must ask, is the management compensation appropriate for the number of rate payers of the PUD and the number of employees? P.J. Fleury Puget Island...
To The Eagle: How can our government be creating money? Congress can use the same technique banks use to create their money. But there is a major difference. Banks create their money "out of thin air." By what authority do they do this? Their claim is that the constitution gives Congress the authority to do this and that Congress has delegated this authority to the banking system. Therefore Congress can reclaim this authority. If Congress does create our money, it can be spent into circulation. This is the complete opposite of what the...
PUBLIC NOTICE The Cathlamet Blanche Bradley Public Library Board has changed the date and time that it will be conducting its regular meetings. As of June 28, 2011, the Board will begin meeting on the last Tuesday of every month at 11:30 a.m. in the Library. This is an open public meeting which the public is invited to attend. Tina Schubert Clerk/Treasurer Approved as to form: Thomas M. Doumit Town Attorney WSB #28209 Publish June 16, 2011 and June 23, 2011...
PUBLIC NOTICE SPECIAL MEETING BOARD OF WAHKIAKUM COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Notice is hereby given that a Special Meeting of the Wahkiakum County Board of Commissioners will be held commencing at 8:00 a.m., Wednesday, June 22, 2011. Said special meeting shall take place in Department of Natural Resources vehicles throughout Wahkiakum County. The Agenda for said Special Meeting is as follows: 1. Tour of County's Timber Lands DATED this 14th day of June, 2011. ________________________________ Marsha LaFarge Clerk of the Board of Wahkiakum County...
CALL FOR BIDS Notice is hereby given that the Board of Directors of Wahkiakum School District No. 200, Wahkiakum County, WA, is calling for bids for asphalt road paving in Cathlamet, WA. All bids must be submitted by 4:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 28, 2011, to Wahkiakum School District, Box 398, Cathlamet, WA 98612, with envelope marked "Asphalt Road Paving Bid"; and will be opened immediately thereafter in the office of the superintendent of Wahkiakum School District. The office is located within Wahkiakum High School in Cathlamet, WA....
PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY YAKIMA, WASHINGTON NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO MODIFY TRUST WATER RIGHT CERTIFICATE NO. S3-30556C IN THE STATE TRUST WATER RIGHTS PROGRAM TAKE NOTICE: That on December 21, 2010, Ecology issued Superseding Trust Water Certificate S3-30556C. Certificate S3-30556C authorizes the release of 305 cfs and 37,500 acre-feet of water from Lake Roosevelt on the Columbia River, from Section 4, T. 40 N., R. 41 E.W.M., Stevens County to Section 18, T. 9 N., R. 11 W.W.M., Pacific County. Of the 37,500...
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 20, 2011 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, 100 Main Street, Cathlamet, WA between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Any taxpayer may appear at said public hearing and be heard for or against any part of the plan. BY...
WAHKIAKUM COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NUMBER TWO NOTICE OF CHANGE OF REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING TIME NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Board of Commissioners of the Wahkiakum County Fire Protection District Number Two of Wahkiakum County, Washington are changing their regular meeting time to one o'clock on the 4th Thursday of each month, starting June 23, 2011 at the Skamokawa Fire Hall. Any taxpayer may appear at said public Board of Commissioners meeting and be heard. The meeting room is accessible for persons with disabilities. BY ORDER OF...
The final legislative budget included $1,750,000 per year for 2012 and 2013 for the Fair fund. That is a decrease of $250,000 per year, but considering the cuts made to other programs and the original budget proposals, it is very good news. Better news. The capital budget included $1,000,000 for health and safety grants for county fairs. That is more than double what has been received in the past. This money can be used for plumbing, electrical, ADA, lighting, fencing, etc… projects that need to be done on our fairgrounds. I would...
I understand that several people have been having some issues with their telephones and their service through Wahkiakum West. I also had some problems. When I spoke with Carol Larson at the Wahkiakum West office, she asked that I put the word out for everyone who is having a problem, please document the time, date, phone number of origin and/or destination, your phone number and exactly what was going on, then e-mail it to her at clarson@wahkiakumwest.net. By doing this she can forward the gathered info to the outside carrier and maybe get to...
