Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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The weather was wet but spirits were high as a large crowd gathered Saturday at the Puget Island ferry landing to celebrate the arrival of the Oscar B. The ferry is named after Puget Island resident Oscar Bergseng, who ran it for 17 years. The county took over the operation of the ferry in the 1960's, and he continued working for the county. County Commissioner Blair Brady, acting as master of ceremonies, introduced speakers and acknowledged people and agencies who helped bring the new ferry to...
Property owners along Puget Island's East Sunny Sands left Tuesday's meeting of the county board of commissioners in a good mood. Facing erosion of their beach front property, they went to the meeting to oppose commission approval of a shoreline development permit for the association of upriver ports to allow them to dump dredged sand on farmland inside the dike. It should be placed along the eroded waterfront first, they said. After hearing comment Tuesday and discussing the matter, county commissioners agreed to postpone action and hold a...
The Cathlamet town council maintained a building moratorium, discussed a possible street vacation and acted on other business when it met Monday evening. Scott Espedal, owner of some lots in the Columbia Ridge Estates development off Glengate Loop in Rosedale, asked the council to lift a moratorium on building permits in a portion of the development. The council implemented the moratorium in 2010 because the development's homeowners association hadn't completed paving streets as required in the development's subdivision permit. Espedal said he...
At last Thursday’s Wahkiakum Port District 1 meeting, commissioners approved a resolution that will allow the sale of two abandoned vessels and discussed marina security, adding electric for a potential vendor and parking issues. In December, certified first class letters with return receipts were sent to two individuals who had ceased moorage payments on vessels currently moored at the marina. Neither responded and according to Washington state law, the Port is allowed to sell the vessels at p...
The Wahkiakum County PUD Board of Commissioners made quick work of business at their meeting on Tuesday. Commissioner Dennis Reid took a couple minutes to show his appreciation for PUD crews. “I’d like to congratulate the water department,” Reid said. “The leak rate on Puget Island for the month of February was below the state mandated level at 8.9 percent. For the year it stands at 10 percent, the mandated level, so that’s good work. “Also congratulations to the line crew,” he continued. “On Su...
Students at Wahkiakum High School were in for a treat this week when actors from The Seattle Shakespeare Company arrived for a two day visit to give workshops and perform Macbeth. Two actors, Anastasia Higham and Trevor Young Marston, along with SSC's Education Associate Casey Brown arrived before the rest of the cast. The two actors led workshops on Macbeth, first a lively interactive introduction to the play followed by stage combat. Students who attended the workshops laughed almost as much...
To The Eagle: If Wahkiakum County is cut off from the rest of the world due to some sort of disaster, manmade or natural, what will you do? If you have to evacuate, where will you go and how will you get there? If you can’t evacuate, will you have enough food and water? If we have no electricity, how will you stay warm, how will you heat water, how will you cook food? If our water and sewer systems are inoperable, how will you flush your toilet? Beau Renfro, Wahkiakum County’s disaster preparedness expert, will be at the Cathlamet Com...
On Monday, 12 Wahkiakum High School students, along with teachers Jeff Rooklidge and Kyle Hurley, helped staff from the Cowlitz Wahkiakum Conservation District plant 900 alder, hemlock, cedar and spruce trees along the Elochoman River near Foster Road. The students were a blend from FFA and the high school's environmental science and biology classes. Their common goal was to improve salmon habitat and aid in their survival. Trees will provide shade and lower the temperature of the river while ra...
The Julia Butler Hansen Refuge is home to the Columbian White-tailed Deer. Its 6,000 acres of woodlots, swamps, marshes, pastures and brushy woodlots provide shelter and food for them. Deer need a variety of habitats because they feed on both pasture plants and the leaves and twigs of deciduous trees. Forested areas also offer security for does and their fawns from their natural predators such as coyotes. The fawns can be easily hidden from view in these brushy woodlots. Over the years the Refuge has planted native trees including alder,...
The Arc of Cowlitz County will hold its third annual “Walk for Respect” Saturday, April 4 at Lake Sacajawea. Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. in the Lions Club Picnic Shelter, and the walk will start at 10 a.m. The Walk for Respect honors all people with developmental and intellectual disabilities and actively supports their full participation and inclusion in the community. All proceeds go to the Arc of Cowlitz County, which offers a variety of free services such as respite care, life skills classes, workshops and trainings in order to...
NICE/NASTY/NICE--At the end of last week we had a couple of really nice summer-like days and folks were out in shorts and tank tops and mowing their lawns and really soaking up the nice weather. Then the weekend showed up, along with the "Pineapple Express" and we had some heavy rains and breezy condtions, but a quick trip to Longview on Sunday had us sitting in sunshine, while the trip home became darker and darker the further west we came and we got back into the wind and the rain. While thousands were without power in other nearby areas on...
THURSDAY Lecture Series, Cathlamet Community Center, 101 Main St., 10 a.m. - Noon. Preschool Story & Craft Time, Cathlamet Library, 4 p.m. Rosburg Community Club, 7 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Congregational Church, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Cathlamet First Aid Division, fire hall, 7 p.m. Skamokawa Fire Department, First Aid Division, 7 p.m. Grays River Fire Department, ambulance training, 7 p.m. Wahkiakum Fire District No. 4, 7 p.m. AA meeting, Cathlamet Congregational Church, 7:15 p.m. Community Library & Computer C...
News from Naselle: Sports calendar for the Naselle Comet teams this week include: Thursday, track at South Bend at 3:30 p.m.; Friday, fast pitch and baseball at Ocosta at 4 p.m.; Tuesday, fast pitch and baseball with Wahkiakum in Naselle at 4 p.m.; Wednesday,middle school track at South Bend at 3:39 p.m., fast pitch and baseball at Warranton at 4 p.m. Go Comets! Students will be released at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday for inservice. A hearty congratulations to The Force, Naselle’s Knowledge Bowl team, for placing 7th in the state competition. Y...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: March 9 — 8:15 a.m. An Elochoman Valley resident found cows in his yard and called the Sheriff’s Department to complain. The owner, who was contacted and warned about repeat offenses, collected and secured his cows. 9:34 a.m. An Elochoman Valley resident reported that a neighbor’s steers were out. 10:37 a.m. A caller reported two juveniles in a Cathlamet park. The two boys were from Longview and a respo...
On Saturday, March 21, from 5-8 p.m., the Grays River Valley Center will hold their third annual spaghetti dinner for $12 per person with kids under eight half price. This is a fundraising event with proceeds slated for upkeep of the center. The menu includes spaghetti, meatballs, salad, beverage and dessert. A ticket entitles the bearer to their first glass of wine, with more for sale....
Friends of Skamokawa will hold their official yearly membership meeting at 3 p.m. on March 22, at Redmen Hall. The business meeting will be followed by Author Irene Martin, who will speak about an article she wrote for the Columbia Magazine entitled, “The Rise and Demise of an Artisan Butter Co-op.” Then a pie social will be enjoyed by members. Redmen Hall is located at 1394 SR 4 in Skamokawa. The hall will be closed to the public for that afternoon....
Doernbecher Week, the annual fund raising event at Wahkiakum School District put on by the Key Club to benefit Doernbecher's Children's Hospital in Portland, got started last Friday. Freshmen Cody Terpsma and Shanna Batdorf, sophomores Jack Leavitt and Cheyenne Barton, juniors Joey Moore and Rory Heywood, and seniors Nevan Bingham and Sidney Ashe make up this year's Doernbecher Court. These eight students were selected by their peers and will spend the week competing against each other to see...
Longtime Cathlamet resident Margaret Burt celebrated her 107th birthday on Friday surrounded by friends old and new. "It took a long time to get here," she drily told a caregiver while she took in the festive scene. Burt moved to Cathlamet about 30 years ago, guessed friend Carol McLain. Burt grew up in Buhl, Idaho, and went to secretarial school, eventually working for a law firm in Seattle until she retired. She quite recently moved to Longview. Photo by Diana Zimmerman....
The loving, kind, wise, intelligent matriarch of our family, Bernace LaMoyne Gillett Wolcott, joined our Lord on March 8, 2015. She was born November 13, 1919 in Boise, Idaho to Roy Albert Gillett and Caroline Effie Gillette Gillett. She graduated from Grangeville High School in 1940 while working as the school librarian, her education having been disrupted by numerous family moves during the depression era. She and Calvin Wesley Wolcott were married May 23, 1940 at her parent's home in Grangevi...
Lawrence Irving Goodell, 79, of Astoria, Oregon, passed away peacefully on December 20, 2014 with his wife and children by his side at OHSU. He was born in Astoria, Oregon on January 21, 1935 to James and Lydia (Ero) Goodell of Pillar Rock, Washington. Following the passing of his parents when he was thirteen years old, he moved to Cathlamet to live with Ab and Bethenia Foster, where he was loved and treated as their own. He attended Wahkiakum High School, where he played football and baseball....
Mary Katrina Johanne Jacobson, 92, passed to our God's Heavenly home on March 12, 2015. She was born in Vega, Norway, February 17, 1923 to Hilda and August Wegdahl. Mary traveled to the United States in 1929 with her mother and two siblings, Robert and Solbjorg (Sally) Wegdahl. Mary and her family settled on Puget Island. She attended Puget Island Grade School and Wahkiakum High School. Mary and Wilbur Jacobson were married on June 1, 1941, and raised five children in Cathlamet. Mary is survived...
Arianna Nichole Lundin, seven, of Cathlamet, passed away at Legacy Emmanuel Hospital in Portland on March 9, 2015. She was born in Longview on July 12, 2007 to Steven Lundin and Brittiny Curl. She attended J.A. Wendt Elementary School and was in second grade. She loved her family, reading, the river and being outdoors. Her family remember her as a stubborn, caring tomboy! Arianna is survived by her parents, Brittiny Curl, Dennis Mueller and Steven Lundin, grandparents Inez Curl, James and Michelle Curl and Larry and Sherry Lundin, two brothers,...
The Blanche Bradley Memorial Library Foundation will hold its first book sale of the year on April 17-18. Now is the time to donate used books. They may be dropped off at the library during regular library hours, Tuesday through Friday from 2-5 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Donations help fund library programs and new circulation materials. For further information contact Cathy LaBerge at 795-3916....
Post season basketball tournaments bring players old and new together, and Eagle writer Diana Zimmerman caught up with her former coach and Mule players. Photos and story by Diana Zimmerman "The difference between winning and losing is so close sometimes, Paul Dretsch said. "There is a lot of luck involved." The Wahkiakum High School girls basketball got its first dose of luck when Dretsch, a football player and wrestler raised in Minnesota, finished his teaching degree at Pacific Lutheran...
Happy Spring Everyone! Just a couple of things going on for the rest of this month and some doings for the upcoming month. We are pleased to announce that the JA Wendt PTO Talent Show will be held this Friday the 20th of March at 6 p.m. Tickets are one dollar at the door. We will have some concessions but will close before the start of the show. So come on down and show all of our many talented entrants your support and give them a wonderful warm applause. I believe that this is only the first of many. We have so much talent in this community....
