Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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The Wahkiakum Mule softball team defeated Naselle and lost a Central League match to Onalaska in action this past week. On March 13, the Mules outscored the visiting Naselle Comettes 13-5. Pitcher Tori Wegdahl threw a complete game, striking out 12 batters and allowing only two hits. On offense, she hit a triple. Catcher Sam Boyce “did a great job defensively as well as offensively. She was a vacuum behind the plate,” said Coach Cindy Fudge. She hit a home run, two triples and a single. Mor...
March 14 at Naselle Men: Wishkah 111.75, Toledo 101.5, South Bend 94, Wahkiakum 53.5, Naselle 53, Ocosta 37.25, North River 25 Wahkiakum and Naselle results 100m--3. Dustin Eaton N 12.28; 6. Thorben Hubner W 12.46. 400m--3. Levi Wasmundt N 1:00.97. 800m--4. Aaron Miranda W 2:37.36. 1600m--2. Wasmundt N 5:18.46. 300m--3. Adam Vasion W 53.45. 400m relay--2. Wahkiakum (Jesús Crawford, Brady LaBerge, Nevan Bingham, Hubner) 2:52.81. 1600m relay--3. Wahkiakum (Vasion, Hubner, Miranda, Crawford) 4:13.66. Shot put--1. Chad Andring N 39-9; 5....
HALF NICE--I hope you all had a nice St. Patrick's Day. At least we saw some sunshine on Sunday after a miserably wet and nasty day on Saturday. Spring officially started Wednesday, but from the forecast, it looks like it's going to be a wet, cold and windy beginning with some very low snow levels. Let's hope it warms up and gets more like the Spring we want. SPECIAL DAYS-- Those celebrating birthdays this coming week are Makenzie Anderson, Emily Tanksley, Nova McNally, Jeri Webb Foster, Hap Anderson, Jordyn Wirkkala, Mary Dominique, Vance...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of other reports during the past week, including: March 12-- 6:37 a.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to aid an elderly man who had fallen. 9:44 a.m. A caller reported grass clippings on Middle Valley Road. The county road department was notified. 12:07 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to aid an elderly man who was unresponsive. 2:24 p.m. A caller reported that a log truck was partially blocking the eastbound lane of SR4 midway up the westside...
Nina Lou Watson was born on July 9, 1931 in Argura, North Carolina to Mitchell and Sadie Melton. She passed away on March 16, 2013 at the Hospice Care Center. At age 16 she married R.O. Watson in 1948 and in 1960 they moved west to Cathlamet. Nina and R.O. loved their home on Puget Island, the river, and sharing it all with everyone who came there. Friends and family were always welcomed by Nina’s big smile and ready laughter. Nina will be greatly missed. She leaves behind two daughters, Debbie Wakefield of St. Helens, Ore., and Elizabeth N...
A bit of mischief and a whole lot of heart have set the mood for students this week in Wahkiakum School District. In its fourth year locally, Doernbecher Week is upon us. Students are raising money for Doernbecher Children’s Hospital through the Kids Making Miracles Foundation (KMM). It is being led by the school’s chapter of the Key Club, which is the youth branch of the Kiwanis Club. Opening ceremonies took place Monday at the grade school and the high school. Student leaders led the entire as...
Because board member Tony Boyce submitted his resignation on March 13, Wahkiakum School District directors are searching for someone to replace him on the five-seat board. Any community member can nominate a candidate for the position by calling the district office at 795-3271. Self-nominations are also welcome. Candidates need to reside in the vacant director district, which covers portions of the North Cathlamet, South Cathlamet, Rosedale, and Columbia precincts. At Tuesday’s board meeting, District Superintendent Bob Garrett suggested i...
Friday, March 22, from 5-7 p.m., the Gallery will be hosting an open house and reception for new members. There will be music and refreshments, and the public is invited to stop by and enjoy the art and talk to the artists. Egg artistry by Tymothy Bates of Naselle will be featured. He is self-taught in the art of Ukranian egg dying, an intricate and painstaking process of wax and color layering called pysanki. Also, they welcome two members who have been with them for awhile but have been out of town and not able to attend a reception until...
The Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce is seeking vendors for their first ever salmon derby “Hook the Hawg,” to be held March 29 and 30 at the Elochoman Slough Marina. There is no fee for vendors. Weigh-in for gill cut fish will be between 2-5 p.m. each day. Tickets are $20 for adults, $10 for youth and children 10 and under are free. Tickets may be purchased at Elochoman Slough Marina, Bank of the Pacific in Cathlamet and Moore Auto and Marine. Prizes include fishing rods and cash. This fundraiser will benefit Wahkiakum High School sch...
The Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony at 5 p.m. Friday (tomorrow) at C&H Smoked Fish, 27 Howard Road on Puget Island. Mike and Leah Clark recently expanded their new building and from 5-6 p.m., visitors will see how they make the smoked fish they sell throughout Washington and Oregon. There will also be samples for tasting. For more information contact the Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce at (360) 795-9996 or wchamber@cni.net....
The 2013 WSU Wahkiakum County Extension Lambing School will be held April 26 and 27. This is an opportunity to learn lambing hands-on with experienced veterinarians and instructors. All are welcome. Registration is $20 per person, with price breaks for multiple family members attending. Registration is due April 12. Registration forms are available at WSU Extension’s Wahkiakum County office....
Wahkiakum PUD commissioners acted on a surplus vehicle request, a water contract with the town, and discussed other business at a brief meeting Tuesday morning. They later attended the county commissioners’ meeting to hear a presentation from a Deep River resident concerning expansion of the Western Wahkiakum Water System. Commissioners approved a resolution declaring a water department truck to be a surplus item. It will be sold at public auction by Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers. The old truck has been replaced by one formerly used by PUD M...
Meeting for the first time in their new office, commissioners of Port District No. 2 discussed real estate and telephone service and approved a contract with a consultant for updating the district's comprehensive plan. Skamokawa resident David Blalock said he and friends are planning to set up a Skamokawa based company to provide internet service. The goal, he said, is to provide service fast enough for people to work online as telecommuters. Current service is inadequate because phone lines are old and overloaded, Blalock said. Satellite...
In a 2-1 vote last Thursday night, Port District No. 1 commissioners approved moving forward with construction of a rental building at Elochoman Marina to lease to Drop Anchor Brewery, a newly-formed LLC with local investors. With Commissioner Larry Bonds participating via telephone from Arizona, port commissioners met with Drop Anchor Brewery proponents to discuss issues ranging from site location to rental costs. Drop Anchor Brewery partner Richard Erickson said he’d met with county building and planning department manager Chuck Beyer to d...
Editor's note: Photojournalist Genie Cary decided to try for photos of US Fish and Wildlife efforts to capture deer on the Julia Butler Hansen Refuge on March 13. She didn't know quite what to expect. Here's her story: I showed up at the whitetail deer refuge this morning just after 8:30. I rode out to the middle of the refuge with Fish and Wildlife to wait for the "hazing." I was told I could go to take pictures but I might have to work also. I wasn't really dressed for the occasion. Note to...
Wahkiakum County commissioners chose the name of a former owner and operater of the Puget Island ferry as the name of the new ferry that will be built this year. The new ferry's name will be the Oscar B., which was one of four names recommended by a committee that considered names suggested by the public. Other names were the Wahkiakum II, Chief Wahkiakum and James Birnie. Oscar Bergseng owned and operated the ferry. He worked on it for 26 years and campaigned for Wahkiakum County to take it over around the beginning of 1961. The county...
The Sonore Chamber Choir will perform at 7 p.m. on March 28 at Peace Lutheran Church, 565 12th St., Astoria and on March 29 at Valley Bible Church, 4723 SR 4 West in Rosburg. The group is from Nekoski, Finland. "Sonore" is Latin and means "melodiously." The group has performed in Central Finland and in Germany. Because it is Lent, their programs will focus on spiritual music. A suggested donation of $5 can be made at the door. Communion will be served at the Thursday concert in Astoria. The Sonore Concerts are sponsored by the Finnish American...
The File of Life emergency information packets are available at Elder Options for seniors and persons with medical conditions. Hospitals, EMTs, police, and fire departments endorse this life saving packet. The File of Life is a medical file that is placed on a home refrigerator that can be quickly accessed by emergency personnel, during an emergency. The File of Life lists medications, medical conditions, and any allergic substances for the individual. Physician’s names and phone numbers, insurance information, emergency contacts, and a d...
The US Fish and Wildlife Service, US Army Corps of Engineers and Diking District 4 have reached an agreement over construction of a dike set back from the eroding Steamboat Slough Dike along the Julia Butler Hansen National Refuge for the Columbian White-tail Deer. Fish and Wildlife's Willapa Complex Manager Jackie Ferrier said March 14 that the federal agencies had made commitments to allow diking district access to the new dike that satisfied Diking District Commissioner Maurice Mooers. The USFWS has also committed to being a partner with...
The Department of Ecology is appealing Cowlitz County Superior Court's decision upholding Wahkiakum County's biosolids ordinance, which does not allow land application of Class B biosolids. Ecology had challenged the ordinance, passed on April 26, 2011, by the Board of Commissioners of Wahkiakum County, asking the court to declare that it conflicts with the state biosolids law, in violation of Article 11, Section 11 of the Washington State Constitution. The Superior Court handed down a ruling in the county’s favor on Feb. 22, 2013. Ecology f...
Wahkiakum County commissioners and the county fair board held a workshop Tuesday to come up with a plan to hire a fair manager. Recent Manager Becky Ledtke had been paid through Washington State University's Cooperative Extension Program on funding from the county, but WSU ended that arrangement February 25. Ledtke had exceeded her budget hours by volunteering her services to coordinate a fund raising dinner and program for the fair. Labor laws don't allow the practice, and the WSU employees union also opposed it if the position didn't have...
Salmon rearing pens off Cathlamet, a site for a new food bank and water rates were among the many items on the agenda at the Monday meeting of the Cathlamet Town Council. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is moving forward with plans to develop a side channel salmon net project in the Cathlamet Channel, said Aaron Roberts, WDFW hatchery complex manager for the lower Columbia region. The states of Oregon and Washington several years ago started the Select Area Fishery Enhancement (SAFE) program and located pens to rear juvenile...
The Class of 1963 has scheduled their 50 year class reunion for Saturday, July 20, 5 p.m. to dusk, at the Skamokawa Inn and Vacation Rentals. The casual get together includes a lasagna dinner. Dinner price is $30 per couple or $15 per single attendee. They have planned this event to take place during the annual Bald Eagle Fest held in Cathlamet. The dinner will be held after the parade and street fair and prior to the fireworks show. For further information, or to purchase tickets contact Julie (Engelson) McKagan (360) 459-8810 or Gary Emery...
To The Eagle: We in Wahkiakum County have an excellent lesson on how to save large sums of public money. That is the Wahkiakum Sheriff’s office. Our Sheriff, Mark Howie, has expanded the practice of hiring deputies with experience needed in our county. Examples as follow. Our new undersheriff, Steve Marshall, who is a certified rescue diver, certified swift water rescue diver, certified collision investigator and vehicle assault, command search and rescue investigations. He has 32 years experience in various phases of law enforcement in King a...
To The Eagle, With respect to Craig Brown’s letter in support of the Food Bank in Erickson Park, I don’t understand the need for an ad hominem attack when his case can be made objectively. I haven’t found that personal comments add to any civil discourse. Bur for the record, I am not from Houston unless having lived there periodically when rotated back to the United States qualifies. Mr. Brown could have easily called me a Frog, a Limey, a Libyan or a Tunisian (or, I suppose, a Red, a subversive or a Planning Commissioner). I don’t conside...
