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  • Cowlitz Coin Club to meet April 26 at AWPPW Hall

    Apr 9, 2015

    The Cowlitz Coin Club of Longview-Kelso is celebrating its 47th annual coin show on Sunday, April 26 at the AWPPW Hall, located at 724 15th Avenue in Longview. Show hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and admission is free. At the show, the public can buy, sell and trade coins, currency, tokens and medals from numerous Pacific Northwest dealers. There will be hourly drawings, along with a raffle for a half-ounce American Gold Eagle coin and five one-ounce American Silver Eagle coins. You do not need to be present to win the raffle coins. The Cowlitz...

  • Youth survey: Alcohol, tobacco use is down

    Apr 9, 2015

    While more Washington teens consider alcohol use risky, fewer teens consider marijuana use to be risky according to recent results from the state Healthy Youth Survey. State leaders are concerned because research shows that when the perceived risk from using substances goes down, substance use typically goes up. “Teens who avoid substance use are less likely to use as adults, and that can lead to a longer, healthier life — one of the top goals of my Healthiest Next Generation initiative. It’s vital that every child in our state has the oppor...

  • Town of Cathlamet fire hydrant flushing scheduled

    Apr 9, 2015

    The Cathlamet Fire Department would like to inform the residents of the Town of Cathlamet that fire hydrant flushing will be conducted between April 9 and April 24. During this activity residents may experience discoloration in their drinking water. This is due to iron deposits in the water main becoming dislodged during the flushing of the hydrants. This discoloration does not pose a health risk, however residents are encouraged to run water through the lowest fixture in the home until the discolored water becomes clear. Benefits of a water...

  • Gillnetters catch 980 in 1st opening

    Columbia Basin Bulletin|Apr 9, 2015

    A non-Indian commercial gillnet fishery in the Columbia River opened for seven hours on March 31, yielding 980 spring chinook salmon with an average weight of 12.4 pounds. Some 737 of the fish were upriver spring chinook and the remaining 243 were fish destined to lower Columbia River tributaries. The catch, distributed among 94 boats, was about half what the commercial fishery will be allowed when the commercial season for spring chinook ends in early May, according to this week’s run projections. Gillnetters were on the river again last T...

  • Wahkiakum Mule Golf

    Coach Nick Vavoudis|Apr 9, 2015

    Wahkiakum High School senior Elliot Haney and freshman Bryce Good finished first and second, shooting 39 and 42, in the April 2nd golf match versus Adna at Skyline Golf Course. Neither rain nor shine, and they had both, could stop the two Mules from improving five and 12 strokes, respectively, since their last outing on the road. Nothing a little home cooking couldn't fix. The Pirates shot a four-man total 197. Next match is at home after spring break on April 16....

  • On the diamonds

    Diana Zimmerman|Apr 9, 2015

    The Toutle Lake Ducks baseball and softball teams came to Cathlamet to face the Wahkiakum Mules on Thursday. In baseball action, the Mules lost their first game 3-6. Zach Brown pitched all seven innings and struck out four. The Ducks were able to get seven hits off him. Offensively Brown was 2-3 with two singles and a run-batted-in (RBI), Luke Brown went 1-3 with a single and an RBI, and Terris Record was 1-3 with an RBI. The Mules won their second game 6-4 with Record on the mound. He pitched...

  • Mule athletes compete in home track meet

    Diana Zimmerman|Apr 9, 2015

    Adna, Onalaska and Firm Foundation Christian School traveled to Cathlamet last Thursday for Wahkiakum High School's only home track meet of the season. Nevan Bingham won the 100 meter race, finishing with a new personal record of 11.78. He took third in the 300m with a time of 24.43 and third in the long jump with a distance of 16-02.50. Thong Phan took sixth place in the 400m with a time of 1:10.13. The 4x400 team of Kyle Stump, Ethan Cothren, Bingham and Phan took fifth with a time of...