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Without any other business on the agenda, the Wahkiakum County Port 1 commissioners discussed the manager’s report last Thursday. Maintenance Manager Todd Souvenir confirmed that the viewing deck had been completed, as had the project to replace the lights in the storage units with LEDs. He said that the port was preparing for the uptick in business that was expected to come in the next three weeks thanks to the fishing season, which opened on March 1 and ends on April 4. The Farmers Market i...
Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, Fort Clatsop, has announced the next virtual “In Their Footsteps” free speaker series event. “Pacific Slopes Prologues to Lewis & Clark” by David L. Nicandri will be on www.youtube.com/user/Lewisandclarknhp at 1:00 p.m. Pacific Time, Sunday, March 21. There are many puzzles that students of the Lewis and Clark Expedition continue to ponder. One of particular interest along the lower Columbia is why the story seems strangely anti-climactic. After all, reaching the target of the mission--the Pacific...
The MV Mumbai headed up the Columbia on Monday with a big load of boxes. Photo by Rick Nelson....
Photos by Todd Wilson The Wahkiakum Mule football team traveled to Napavine last Friday and came home with a 61-20 loss to the Tigers. The Mules host the Ilwaco Fishermen this Friday, 7:30 p.m., in the school's homecoming football game. Senior athletes will be honored before the game. The Tigers led 21-6 after one quarter, 42-12 at halftime, 54-20 after three quarters and added another touchdown to complete the scoring. In the first quarter, Elijah Cothren scored on a 16-yard pass from Brody Car...
Because of an editing error, incorrect copy appeared last week in an article about Wahkiakum High School senior Beau Carlson. The paragraph beginning with "Twins . . . " should have said: "Beau and classmate Bryson Havens were busy working on a truck on Sunday when I caught up with them, putting on new brakes and adding a CB. They’ve spent their lives learning how to do useful things from the men around them."...
Luke Bohn, pronounced "boon," loves film and hopes to work in the industry one day. Wanting a change of scenery, Luke relocated to the area from Portland when he was 16, after his cousin, Kaden Anderson, who attended school in Wahkiakum, encouraged him to give it a try. "I always wanted to go to school with him, because he was one of my best friends," Luke said. "I had good friends in Portland, but you couldn't always trust them. It just felt like there were better people here, people who would...
When William Guitron gets his high school diploma in a few months, it won't recognize the education he has gotten working all these years in the family business. William, who is the third of four brothers, moved to Wahkiakum County with his family from another southwest Washington community about seven years ago. They opened Maria's Place, and over the years, William has gotten a front row seat to all the angles of running a small business, having participated in most aspects of it. He spends...
Eli Moon has missed sharing a classroom with his classmates, but the benefits of the Running Start Program were too good to refuse. "I thought it would be really smart to get my associates degree while in high school," Eli said. "I could get to a job or my bachelor's degree a little sooner and it's a little cheaper. I was also allowed to continue to play sports. It was a win/win situation for me." While he might miss weight lifting and hanging out with his friends, he's added to them, having...