Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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It was standing room only at the Roadkill Saloon last Wednesday as Skamokawa area residents met with Wahkiakum County Sheriff Mark Howie and members of his staff to talk about crime, prevention, and the benefits of setting up a neighborhood block watch. Howie stressed communication with the sheriff’s office, encouraging the residents to be observant, and asking them to document suspicious activity, people and vehicles, and license plates if it was safe to do so. After listening to questions a...
A section of the lower Columbia River will reopen for recreational spring chinook fishing for two days beginning Saturday, April 13, state fishery managers announced. The initial spring chinook fishing period from Bonneville Dam downriver to Warrior Rock at St. Helens, Ore., ended at midnight Wednesday, April 10. But with less than half of the expected harvest of 3,689 upriver spring chinook salmon reeled in so far, additional opportunity remains available to anglers, and fishery managers from Washington and Oregon agreed to reopen the area to...
Members of the Cathlamet Town Council on Monday hashed out how they want to start design of a park on a controversial parcel at the corner of Butler and Main streets. The town acquired the lot, the site of a former gas station most recently used as a parking lot, last year in a process that led to a recall proceeding against three council members, Sue Cameron, Jean Burnham and Ryan Smith. Toward the end of the purchase process, the council members and Mayor Dale Jacbson announced they planned to...
Tuesday's meeting of the Wahkiakum County board of commissioners covered a wide range of topics ranging from camping at Fairgrounds Park to a presentation of an updated county emergency management plan. Skamokawa resident April Murdoch urged county officials to investigate the long term camping at Fairgrounds Park, located next to the Skamokawa Grange. Murdoch said it appears campers have set up residence and have unlimited and unsupervised access to kitchen and other facilities on the adjacent fairgrounds. There are other problems, she said,...
Evelyn Clark, a Puget Island native and 2010 Wahkiakum High School graduate, will compete in the 2019 Miss USA pageant as Miss Washington USA. She leaves April 21 for Reno, Nev., to compete in the pageant. Her family and friends are giving her a send off party on Sunday at the River Mile 38 Brewery, 285 3rd Ave., Cathlamet, from 12-3 p.m. "Its a drop-in event so stop by any time and stay as long as you like," said Leah Clark, Evelyn's mother. "Enjoy visiting with Evelyn; leave her an...
To The Eagle: According to a quote cited in the February 28 issue of The Eagle, Town Council Member Sue Cameron stated, “I think if we can get this pinned down, we'd be in a lot better shape. Then we can have some fun planning a park." At the April 8 special council meeting, Ms. Cameron presented a slide show of parks created elsewhere but was unable to pin down an amount available/budgeted for this potential white elephant park at 20 Butler Street in Cathlamet. Upon leaving the Friday “Brown Bag Lunch” at the Cathlamet Community Center, Ryan...
By Krist Novoselic, Deep River Washington State Democratic Party members last week voted to not use a caucus system for nominating their presidential candidate. The party will now use the results of a state funded primary ballot. The old caucus system is an archaic ritual, seemingly designed to waste participants time and exclude as many people as possible. It was a good idea to scrap this kind of caucus. However, to have taxpayers instead fund the workings of what should be a private group is wrong. In 2016, I voted for Gary Johnson for...
Don’t despair, trickle down may reach us To The Eagle: Swamp draining is an ugly but entertaining business. As the slime recedes, the denizens go through thrashing death throes or beat noisy, smelly retreats. The always farcical Russia collusion investigation hoax has ended, exposed as nothing more than a coverup for the felonies and pecadillos of the Hillary- Obama cabal and three dozen or so high officials from DOJ, FBI, IRS, and Intelligence are scrambling for cover. Devin Nunes of the House Intelligence Committee has forwarded eight c...
An article in last week's edition stated that, in a setback for three counties, legislation that would have set up a program to exchange encumbered trust timberland for productive lands wasn't introduced for action in the current legislative session. In fact, the legislation was introduced after deadline and too late to be considered....
"It's bittersweet," Janet Bryan says of her decision to retire as manager of Wahkiakum County Port 2. It was time for a new adventure, but the relationships she cultivated with staff and repeat visitors to Skamokawa Vista Park are the hardest thing to let go. And by all accounts they are going to miss her as well. In the two weeks she's been gone, staff have been fielding calls from people making reservations for the warmer months. They invariably ask for Janet. It turns out that Bryan became pa...
A continuance was granted to Puget Island resident and owner of Angel Wings Pet Sanctuary, Debra Lawson-Bean, for the pretrial hearing in regard to eight charges of animal neglect and animal cruelty. Lawson has pled innocent to the charges. Her petition for the return of animals seized by the Wahkiakum County Sheriff’s Office on February 4 was consolidated to her case and moved from Superior Court to District Court, and Geordie Duckler, an Oregon lawyer, was accepted as her counsel. The continued pretrial hearing is scheduled for May 1 in W...
WILD ONE--The end of last week saw us with a bit of everything out here, as it was sunny one minute, then blowing and raining the next, then a rainbow shown in the skies with sunshine and dark clouds and then it got dark and the thunder rolled and it hailed like crazy; a real Spring mix! SPECIAL DAYS--Those celebrating birthdays from April 11-17 are Logan Britt, Andrew Emlen, Brent Mahitka, Dan Keilwitz, Bryan Ledtke, Brock Cothren, Kael McKinley, Janine Helms, Chris Doumit, Mike Crouse, Sara Havens Brown, Savannah Burdick, Stephanie Olsen,...
Wow! It is already April. This Saturday is the Flea Market; hope everyone will come out and find a treasure or two. Tables are still only $10 and all you have to do is call the office and I will get you one. (360)795-3480. We will have a very busy spring and summer at the fair grounds. Next month the Silver Buckle series starts and it will be a 5-part series this year. A big thank you to Val and all of her volunteers for all of their hard work. The funds from the Silver Buckle this year will be going back in to making the arena better. So...
THURSDAY Community Center, Cathlamet, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Walking Group, Community Center, Cathlamet, 9 a.m. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Community Center, Cathlamet, 6-7:15 p.m. Food Addicts, Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, 6-7 p.m. S.A.I.L., Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, 12:45-1:45 p.m. Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. Sandra Sews, Community Center, Cathlamet, 10:30-Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Puget Island Fire Department, drill night, 7...
Reader Recipe Request: Chicken Enchiladas To some chicken enchiladas are a dime a dozen and I would have to agree. I have tried chicken enchiladas from every Mexican restaurant within a 50 mile radius and I would come to the same conclusion: I’ll make my own. The following recipe is derived from an idea that was given to my wife in 1975 from a Mexican girl in the desert in southern California. The problem with most chicken enchilada recipes is that the chicken is first boiled and then immediately shredded. This leaves the chicken dry and b...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: April 1 – 9:47 a.m. The Cathlamet ambulance transported an east county resident to the hospital. 12:16 p.m. A caller reported that he would return to pick up his vehicle after it broke down on a Puget Island road. 12:31 p.m. A caller found a cash drawer along SR 4 near Nassa Point. A deputy was able to determine that the owner was from Pacific County and contacted the sheriff’s office there. The PCSD said ther...
Lower Columbia College (LCC) has welcomed Western Governors University (WGU) Washington to the Lower Columbia Regional University Center on the LCC campus. The community is invited to a WGU Partnership Celebration on April 17. The event will begin with an Opening Ceremony from 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. LCC President Chris Bailey and WGU Washington Chancellor Tonya Drake will both make remarks. There will also be an Open House from 12 – 2 p.m. Refreshments will be served at both events, which are free and open to the public. All activities will be hel...
Hoping to raise funds to build a sensory room and sensory pathway for children with autism and special needs at Wahkiakum School District, organizers are inviting the public to join them at the first Wahkiakum Autism Walk, scheduled for this Saturday, April 13. Paul and Sarah Lawrence are the parents of Thomas, who at eight and a half years of age, remains non-verbal. The two were brainstorming on the couch one evening about how to take advantage of April being Autism Awareness Month when they...
When someone moves to Wahkiakum County, he or she brings their own ideas, experiences, and knowledge with them. When a former Tacoma resident moved to the area, she told a new friend about the Dress a Girl project, and now it's got women all over the county making new friends, using their sewing skills, and embracing creativity to make simple, pretty dresses for young girls in impoverished communities all over the world. It's not a hand-me-down. It's a chance for a child to delight in something...
By Kaden Anderson With the help of the community, families, and parents, Wahkiakum High School Key Club was able to raise over $6,000 during our annual fundraising event. The money will be given to the Kids Making Miracles Foundation at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital in Portland. This year, the series of March fundraiser events was called ‘Doernbecher Days’ instead of ‘Doernbecher Week’ because Key Club wanted to lengthen the fundraiser beyond one week. Every year, we kick off the events with a school wide assembly. This year, Leihanna...
Tsuga Art Gallery will host a Wahkiakum High School art show through the month of April. Local area high school artists will display their art in 2-D and 3-D mediums. An artist’s reception will be held at Tsuga Gallery on Thursday, April 11, from 5 to 7 p.m. Finger food and refreshments will be served and many of the artists from the high school will be there to show and discuss their artwork. Some of the art will be for sale and all proceeds go to the artists. Sue Garn, the high school art teacher, said the students are very excited to have t...
April weather made an appearance at the Trunk Sale hosted by the Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce and Wahkiakum County Port 1 this weekend, but it didn't keep vendors or shoppers away. In fact, there was a buzz of activity as a crowd perused the items for sale shortly after the event started on Saturday. Children and adults played games, and a line had formed in front of the new KCC Concession Stand at the Elochoman Slough Marina, with people purchasing popcorn, cotton candy, and more. Despite the...
There is yet another new club being introduced by the community center. Its membership is free, there are not any meetings to attend and you can participate at your leisure. You all are cordially invited to be a part of Wahkiakum RAKS, be a RAKer, RAK up points, and share your latest RAK anonymously by writing it down and dropping it into the RAK JAR. What is RAK? This all-inclusive club focuses on Random Acts of Kindness, whether you were RAK’ed or you RAK’ed someone, we want to hear about it. You can email your RAK story to wah...
Without skipping a beat, the Wahkiakum High School baseball team returned from spring break to beat Mossyrock twice in a double header on Tuesday. The Mules beat the Vikings 4-1 in the first game. Ashden Niemeyer started the game on the mound. He faced nine hitters and struck out three and walked three in two innings. Brody Carlson provided relief, facing 15 batters in a little over three innings. He struck out five and walked four, allowing one hit and one run. James Anderson closed the game,...
After opening the season with a disappointing 186, the Mules golf team took advantage of some home cooking to turn in a four-ball score of 172 against North Beach who posted an incomplete with just 3 players Tuesday at Skyline Golf Course, Cathlamet. Tyler St Onge was medalist with a 36 on a rainy and windy day. The rest of the Mules all shot in the 40’s. Zach Johnston finished second with a 44; Victor Hummer and Joseph Savelio each posted 46; Elijah Doiron shot 47, and Logan LaBerge rounded out the card with a 49. This is a deep squad with s...
