Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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I had the pleasure of finding my first trillium of the year on the hill behind my house, and also my first butterfly of the season. It must mean that spring is really on the way. News from Naselle: No school for Naselle-Grays River Valley students on March 19. Teachers will be working on curriculum improvement. Sports for the week include Thursday, boy’s and girl’s varsity baseball/softball at Ilwaco starting at 4 p.m.; also on Thursday - high school track at South Bend starting at 3:30 p.m.; Friday, baseball at Warrenton starting at 4:30 p.m...
Editor's note: We received these comments from Lady Mules Coach Tiffany Niemeyer too late to include with last week's report on the team's experience at the Class 2B state tournament. Here they are: As a whole, the team did an outstanding job this year. Throughout the state tournament, we knew that we were going to be outsized. Our focus had to be on blocking out in order to overcome the height advantages we would be encountering. In the Colfax and Liberty Bell games, missed blockouts killed us. We gave up too many second chance points and we c...
DECENT BEGINNING--As this week began Sunday was mostly dry after some night rain and then again late at night, so by Monday, the warmer temperatures and sunshine were especially nice. While the wind picked up and the clouds rolled in, it was still dry and yes, still light at 7 p.m. Some showers are supposed to descend upon us between my writing this and you getting it, but then we are supposed to get drier again, with temperatures up near 70. SPECIAL DAYS--Those celebrating birthdays from March 18-24 are Connie Bassi, Sig Hjaltalin, Sharyl...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: March 8--2:08 p.m. A caller reported animal abuse at an East Birnie Slough Road address; a deputy was notified. 6:20 p.m. Wahkiakum Search and Rescue was dispatched to Skamania County to join in the search for a missing female hiker; private citizens found the victim over the weekend. 6:29 p.m. Skamokawa firemen responded to a chimney fire at a Vaughn Road residence. March 9--10:33 a.m. The Cathlamet...
Lifelong Cathlamet resident, Roy Rodal, 92, passed away March 15, 2010 at Community Hospice in Longview. He was born August 3, 1917 on Puget Island to Nels and Petra (Sveno) Rodal. He graduated from Wahkiakum High School in 1936. On September 7, 1940 he married Lois (Auer) Rodal; she survives him at home. In 2005 he and Lois moved to Longview to be near their family. He had several jobs locally before beginning his career with Crown Zellerbach, there he worked as a boom man and tug boat operator, he retired after 35 years. Roy also worked for...
Longview resident, Michelle Lee Farmer, 46, passed away March 13, 2010 at her home. She was born November 9, 1963 in Tacoma to Bruce and Polly (Macrae) Britton. She grew up in Cathlamet, graduating from Wahkiakum High School in 1982 and moving to Longview that same year. She was a member of Faith Family Christian Center. For many years Michelle worked as a waitress and manager for the Woodshed Restaurant before she went to work at Lindsey Cotterell’s Law Office as a receptionist for many years until 2008. She is most remembered for the love o...
The Wahkiakum County Fair Board takes great pleasure in announcing we will be dedicating our 102nd Fair to Nancy Corbin. She has been notified and is thrilled. She is looking forward to spending time at the fair and visiting with her friends. There will be a write-up in the fair book about Nancy and her many years of volunteering and participating at our fair. Congratulations, Nancy! Lori Twiet is working on the additions and corrections for our 2010 fair book. She is volunteering her time, and we on the fair board feel fortunate to have her ta...
Wahkiakum County commissioners and biologists from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife are making progress in their plan to create a chum salmon spawning channel at the Elochoman Salmon Hatchery. WDFW Biologist Bryce Glaser presented a conceptual plan Tuesday with three options to create for the channel, each larger than the previous. "The key is money," said Regional Habitat Biologist Pat Frazier. The department would like to submit a proposed plan to Bonneville Power Administration for funding through one if the agency's salmon...
PUD commissioners and management discussed an ongoing permit application for a treated biosolid waste disposal site in Grays River and an upcoming repair project at their meeting Tuesday. Manager Dave Tramblie shared that a malfunctioning valve on the Puget Island bridge water line would be replaced in upcoming weeks. The PUD will send letters and place advertising in the newspaper to notify Puget Island customers of their need to conserve water during the two-hour repair window, although the actual repair is likely only to take 15 minutes and...
At the March 11th Port District1 meeting, Lower Columbia Economic Development Council Executive Director David Goodroe reported on the status of the port’s grant funding applications for development of a business park at a former industrial site along State Highway 4. Last year the LCEDC, on behalf of Port 1, applied for a $1.2 million grant from the Economic Development Administration (EDA) and to the Community Economic Revitalization Board (CERB) for $225,000 as local matching funds to build the proposed park. The CERB grant was approved i...
A drunk driver smashed head on into a school bus, killing two persons and forcing a region wide response by emergency responders to aid the injured. That was the scenario Saturday morning as Wahkiakum County's fire and aid departments, the Washington State Patrol, and Life Flight Helicopter Service practiced responding to a mass casualty scene. Local students and their parents played roles of victims, drivers, and grieving parents. Event coordinators filled an old school bus with children made up with injuries and a list of symptoms to portray....
Members of the Cathlamet Town Council on Monday gave approval to a proposal to site a community garden in Erickson Park. Wahkiakum County's Health and Human Services Department is proposing the garden. Representative Kelly Guest said it would provide a site for people to raise vegetables, and it would involve youth in creating and maintaining the project. Council members approved a draft memorandum of understanding, and Town Attorney Tom Doumit said he would pass it to county officials for their approval. Guest said she wants to start tilling...
Wahkiakum County commissioners acted on two appointment issues when they met this week. The board passed a resolution relinquishing the power to appoint the county fair manager and passing that authority to the county fair board. The board also interviewed three citizens applying to fill a vacancy on the Lower Columbia Fish Recovery Board, a board which guides enhancement efforts for salmon and steelhead streams in Pacific, Wahkiakum, Cowlitz, Lewis, Clark and Skamania counties. Commissioners said they passed the authority to appoint the fair...
Wahkiakum County Health & Human Services is sponsoring AARP’s Driver Safety Program (formerly 55 Alive) in Cathlamet on April 14 and 15. This is an 8-hour program; classes are at the River Street Building and will run from 9 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. each day. People of any age are welcome to attend. Each participant will need to bring his/her driver’s license. John Dolbey from Longview will be the instructor. Topics will include aggressive driving and road rage, bad weather driving, information on air bags, ABS brakes and seat belts, sight vision brak...
To The Eagle: Thank you, Leon and Linda Gollersrud for encouraging the local people to speak up on Steve McClain's behalf. I guess we're all waiting for an explanation from the commissioners for their reasoning in firing him. I guess that is not going to happen. As previous business owners, we were very much aware of the extra revenue Steve helped to bring to our community. We also remember when he was first employed at the park, there was nothing there. Steve has helped to make Vista Park a fun and thriving place where people love to come. He...
To The Eagle: Like many other users of Vista Park, my family and I were very disappointed to hear of Steve McClain's termination. I grew up in Skamokawa, my dad Burtell Anderson and Jim Oatfield were on the school board when the first dredgings of sand were piled on the beach. At that time, a group of volunteers cut brush and used a Cat donated by Grays River Logging to expand the usable property of the Skamokawa Grade School. Later after the school had closed, we, like many others, started camping at the new park. Steve's mom was in charge at...
NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING FOR THE TOWN OF CATHLAMET NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that there will be a special meeting of the Town Council Committee of the Whole on the Town Hall/Library project to be held on March 27, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. in the River Street Meeting room at 25 River Street. The purpose of this meeting will be to discuss a preliminary plan for the Town Hall/Libary Town Square project. Interested members of the Public are encouraged to attend. Kerrie McNally Public Information Officer Publish March 18, 2010...
