Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Submitted by Coach Matt Stacey The Grizzly Invitational tournament last Saturday proved to be a great proving ground with some of the strongest competition of the year. Running a strong 12 man bracket, and round robin brackets for the lady wrestlers, there were no easy weight classes in Hoquiam. With no give away weight classes, each and every victory was earned against great competition such as Cashmere, Mark Morris and Elma. Three Mules fought their way to the finals. Dallas Gott was the first Mule to place. Wrestling in a ladies 4-person...
Dallas Gott is the lone female wrestler at Wahkiakum High School. Her large expressive eyes, delicate features and petite frame are more reminiscent of a silent screen beauty than a high school athlete. Don’t let it fool you. They conceal the heart of a fierce competitor. Crystal Davis is a Wa-Ki-Hi grad, softball coach and wrestling volunteer. She broke ground here, wrestling under Andy Wolf and Keith Burns for the Mules in the 90’s. Davis started volunteering with the youth wrestling pro...
On Wednesday, the Lady Mules traveled to Adna to battle the Pirates in a nail biter. “Both teams played with a lot of intensity…it was tied at half time and we came out in the third and were able to get a quick seven point lead,” said Coach Rob Garrett. "We maintained our lead for a while, but then we had a tough time getting the ball up the court and Adna was able to take a lead.” The Mules ultimately won the game 55-53. Sam Boyce led all scorers with 15 points, followed by Tori Wegda...
Wahkiakum fans were left utterly stunned this week after the Mules were upset in back-to-back home games by Winlock and Naselle, falling 54-41 to the Cardinals on Friday and 51-47 to the Comets on Monday. The losses dropped the Mules to 6-3 in league play and 9-4 overall for the season. The Mules trailed 10-8 after one quarter of play against Winlock, but fought back to take a 26-18 lead into the break. After sinking a couple baskets to extend their lead early in the third quarter, things came apart for the Mules. They were outscored by the...
WINTER IS HERE-- When the temperatures start dipping into the 20s around here and the highs are in the 30s, you know that winter has arrived in earnest. Those of us on private water systems wind up being obsessed by the temperatures of the days and evenings. The sunshine can lure you into thinking all is well with your water lines, when in fact, it's just a tease and you can still freeze up if your source is located in a shady, still-frozen parts of the woods. One must take extra care to keep those lines flowing. If you're out of power, a...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: January 7—5:25 a.m. A caller reported a tree was blocking one lane of West Birnie Slough Road. The county road department was notified. 1:26 p.m. The Grays River ambulance responded to aid a man having a seizure. 8:11 p.m. A water outage was reported on East Little Island Road. The PUD water crew was notified. 8:25 p.m. A caller reported that a child had been left home alone and requested a deputy drive...
Sharon Marie Turcotte, 69, of Grays River, died Wednesday, January 9, 2013 in Portland. Mrs. Turcotte was born June 10, 1943 in Findlay, Ohio to Charles and Frederick Pugh. She moved from Camas, Washington to the Long Beach area in 2005 and then to Grays River in the summer of 2012. She is survived by her daughter Lilah Lincoln of Grays River; sons, Charles ( Skip) Miller of Plain City, Ohio, James Miller of Watford City, North Dakota, Joe Turcotte of Camas and Marco McDay of Seattle; 12 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. A family...
J. Agnes Toste, 92, of Cathlamet, passed away on January 11th at her home. Agnes was born to Archie and Mary (McDougall) Campbell in Moosemin, Saskatchewan, Canada on November 25,1920. After her mother’s death when she was young her family moved to Peace River, Alberta where she graduated high school and in 1943 she moved to Sacramento, California, where she lived and worked until meeting Manuel Toste. She and Manuel married on July 9,1964 and she moved to Cathlamet. Agnes worked as Treasurer/Clerk for the City of Cathlamet for 15 years, r...
Einar Hendrickson passed away peacefully on November 15, 2012 in Seattle, WA. He has gone to be with our Lord and Savior. He was born June 6, 1923 on Puget Island, WA. He was a longtime Seattle resident, devoted husband, father, grandfather, community leader, urban planner, and small business owner. Einar graduated from Cathlamet High School, served as a navigator in the Armed Forces during WWII, followed by earning his BA from WSU. He was the recipient of two Masters Degrees from the University of Michigan in Urban Planning and Conservation...
Doris R. “Dory” Hicks passed away quietly, surrounded by family and friends, in the Hospice Care Center in Longview on Jan. 8th, 2013. She was 85 years old. Dory was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota on September 19, 1927 to Donald and Martha (Neeley) Bright. She grew up in the small town of Sheldon, Iowa, graduating in 1945. She attended the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts for two years before marrying Wesley S. Hicks on June 14, 1948 in St. Paul, Minnesota. They spent their honeymoon in a forest fire lookout on Mt. Hebo in Oregon, where the...
PUD commissioners voted to discontinue evening meetings in western Wahkiakum County during their January 15 meeting. Hoping to ease travel and time constraints preventing Western Wahkiakum Water System (WWWS) customers from attending morning meetings in Cathlamet, the commissioners met quarterly at Rosburg Hall during 2012. Public attendance dropped off after the first meeting, while travel and rental expenses added up for the PUD. Commissioner Dennis Reid, who represents Skamokawa and Western Wahkiakum County, said the commissioners were willi...
Student poems published Poems of three students at Julius A. Wendt Elementary School have been published in a book, "Talented: 2012 Poetry Collection," published last fall by the America Library of Poetry. The students are Ellie Leitz, McKensi Fluckiger and Charlie Ashe. They wrote the poems as fifth graders; they are now in the sixth grade. Here are the poems: The Color Orange by Charlie Ashe The color that the hunters wear while looking for the right bull. The color of that juicy fruit that everyone loves on a hot summer's day. The color of...
Commissioners of Port District No. 2 agreed to hire a consultant to update their comprehensive plan when they met Tuesday. Commissioners Lori Scott, Kayrene Gilbertsen and Brian O'Connor also voted to revise the price of sand they sell from Skamokama Vista Park. Commissioners started work on updating the 2006 comprehensive plan last year, but the project languished after commissioners held sparsely attended public meetings to gather public input. Last fall, they put out a request for proposals for planning assistance, and two firms responded....
Port District No. 1 commissioners approved raises for port management during their January 10 meeting. The commissioners approved resolutions authorizing 2.5 percent salary increases for Port Manager Jackie Lea and Assistant Port Manager Abe York. The raises were made effective January 1, 2013. Reservations for spring Chinook salmon season are not coming in as fast as in previous years, said Lea. She added that she expects them to pick up once the season is set at the end of the month. Lea said recent surveys of vehicles in the marina parking...
A former King County police officer has become Wahkiakum County's new undersheriff. Sheriff Mark Howie appointed Steve Marshall to fill the vacant position effective January 1. "Steve brings a wealth of experience to the sheriff's department," Howie said Tuesday. Marshall began his law enforcement career in 1977 as a security guard at Highline Community College, where he was a student. He later joined the Kirkland Police Department where he was a motorcycle patrolman. He became supervisor of the motorcycle unit, worked as a detective...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) will host public information workshops January 22 and January 23 to discuss emergency plans to relocate up to 50 Columbian white-tailed deer from the Julia Butler Hansen (JBH) Refuge for Columbian White-tailed Deer to the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge near Ridgefield. The workshops are scheduled for January 22 at the Ridgefield Community Center, 210 N. Main Avenue, Ridgefield, and January 23 at the Sauvie Island Academy, 14445 NW Charlton Road, Portland. The information sessions at both...
Wahkiakum County commissioners handled a variety of business Tuesday including taking steps to continue discussion over the Steamboat Slough Dike. Commissioners also passed resolutions setting property tax collection rates for the year and met with landowners and commissioners of Consolidated Diking District No. 1 to discuss drainage issues on Puget Island. Assessor Bill Coons reported that changing property values would have mixed impact on property taxes. Overall, the tax levy will collect $166,641.10 less than last year because of a decline...
Bank of the Pacific offers Mobile App Bank of the Pacific is pleased to announce that it now offers a mobile phone App for both iPhone and Android phones. Whether you have a business or personal account, the new mobile banking service provides numerous advantages by allowing access to your accounts at your convenience. In order to access an account, the customer must be enrolled in online banking. The free mobile app is available for download via the Apple iStore or Android Play Store. Riverview to become The Diner on Main In July of 2012,...
To The Eagle, With continuing increases of atmospheric oxidation product concentrations and hot winds (oxidation produced tri-atomic molecules and hot winds associated with bureaucratic society), increases in habitat will likely occur without the expense of dike breaching. Rising ocean levels, a king tide, and an occasional good cyclone will contribute to no-cost wetlands. Gary Hanson Cathlamet...
To The Eagle: The word "entitlements" is being turned into a dirty word, mostly by the conservatives. What are entitlements? Something you are entitled to! I have earned my entitlement of Social Security, through lifelong contributions to the trust fund, being managed by our government. Our government has dipped into this trust fund to the tune of owing it $5,000,000,000 (I think that’s the amount of zeros?). For those of us now collecting on our savings, our government has changed the name of our withdrawals. Our Social Security check will n...
To The Eagle: As of December 15, 2012, the Bradley House Inn closed its door for business. We have had 11 years of being an innkeeper and we greatly appreciate all the support from our community. Our dream was to offer something that the town so desperately needed at the time. I remember after buying the Bradley House, we were sitting in the Riverview eating dinner. Six people (a couple and a party of four) were looking for lodging. There was none, so we offered our house for free. After all, we had four empty rooms. Four of those same people...
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR WAHKIAKUM COUNTY IN PROBATE In the Matter of the Estate of: ) ) No. 13-4-00001-2 ) GARY J. GARR, ) PROBATE ) NOTICE Deceased. ) TO CREDITORS ) (RCW 11.40.030) PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS The Estate Administrator named below has been appointed as Administrator of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving...
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR SHORELINE MANAGEMENT, SUBSTANTIAL DEVELOPMENT, CONDITIONAL USE, OR VARIANCE PERMIT Notice is hereby given that Washington State Fish and Wildlife, Who is applicant and owner of the below described property has filed an application for a Shoreline Substantial Development/Conditional Use Permit for the development of Oneida Access Site Renovation consisting of repairing existing boat ramp; installing new ADA accessible float and walkway anchored with 5 steel piles; install a 40 foot coniferous log with 2 steel piles as...
File No.: 7037.97937 Grantors: Northwest Trustee Services, Inc. JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, successor by merger to Chase Home Finance LLC, S/B/M to Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation Grantee: Dwight Allen Finch and Paula June Finch, husband and wife Ref to DOT Auditor File No.: 2007255 Tax Parcel ID No.: 081008220004/6744 Abbreviated Legal: Ptn. NW1/4NW1/4, Sec. 8, T10N, R8WWM Notice of Trustee's Sale Pursuant to the Revised Code of Washington 61.24, et seq. THIS NOTICE IS THE FINAL STEP BEFORE THE FORECLOSURE SALE OF YOUR...
The volunteer positions for the Wahkiakum County Fair Board have been filled! We welcome to the board Kathy Durrah and Jason Rainey. We have a full board again and lots of fundraising to do this year! In February we host a Valentine Dinner, March is Easter Bingo time and for April I am preparing the paper work to schedule a Centered Riding Clinic. All these fundraising ideas provide opportunities for our community to meet and enjoy some quality time with friends and family. Hope you will plan on attending all our fundraising events as we...
