Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Puget Island resident Rachael Wolford decided to cap off retirement and a move to Seaside with an art show at Redmen Hall in Skamokawa this weekend. If anyone could pull it off, Wolford could. Raised with the values of the country where she was born, that's just how it was. "During World War Two, the guys were overseas," Wolford said of England. "The women were at home. You saw a problem and you took care of it. You did not look to see how to do it. There is a job to be done and you did it....
Wahkiakum County can expect little change in the revenue it receives from state managed timber sales over the next three years. Staff of the Department of Natural Resources, which manages the harvest of timber from county trust lands, made the report Tuesday to the county board of commissioners. The good news, they said, is that the recent sale on Bradley Mountain went for very competitive, high prices. The county should realize around $915,828 from the sale this year. The bad news, according to Commissioner Blair Brady, is that the county is...
Wahkiakum County's computer and technology programs have outgrown their welcome. Since the county set up a computer system for the courthouse offices years ago, staff in the auditor's office have been responsible for maintaining the system and handling the paperwork associated with it. No more, Auditor Diane Tischer said this week as officials met to discuss how to manage the system. "The auditor's office doesn't want to be responsible anymore," Tischer said. "It's huge--computers, telephone and copiers, someday. We won't be able to get to...
The Wahkiakum School District Board of Directors attended a workshop on Tuesday to begin a discussion about the board's mission and goals for the district as well as review some of the current wants and needs district wide. The board is a young one. At two years, Shawn Merz has been there the longest. Robin Westphall has been on the board for one month. Each member of the board recently completed an assessment about how successful they felt about their work and responsibilities as a school...
Scooped. That's what we are at The Eagle. Last fall, we decided to do a story about the African-American man who lived at Brookfield at the end of the 19th Century. Jim Crow Point and Jim Crow Creek were named after him; there may even be Jim Crow Hill. The lore is that there was a popular song, "Jump Jim Crow," which caricatured African Americans, and the man, Jim Saules, sang it as a way of mocking the song and Jim Crow. Jim Crow, of course, refers to laws adopted in states of the Confederacy to enforce segregation of African Americans,...
To The Eagle: Now that Winter is over, I went outside at 2 a.m. and discovered we have our star-filled sky back, due in part to the dark skies initiative for town lighting. Another legacy of David Goodroe. J. Reed Cathlamet...
Representative for the 19th District, JD Rossetti, was in Cathlamet on Tuesday to attend a Council of Governments meeting. He took some time afterwards to share his recent experience in this year's legislative session with this political neophyte. Rossetti was proud to say he was able to push four of his bills through the house of representatives during the last legislative session. Two of those bills made it through the senate and were signed into law by the governor. He has the pens and...
District 19 legislators Senator Dean Takko and Representatives Brian Blake and J.D. Rosetti will hold a telephone town hall this evening (Thursday) at 6 p.m. to talk about the recently concluded legislative session and what their plans are over interim. District residents are invited to join them. Many households in the 19th district will get a call at around 6 p.m. To participate, simply stay on the line. To ask a question, press *3 on the phone at any time. "If you don't get a call but want to join the town hall, dial 1-877-229-8493 and...
Greetings from the fair office. Hope everyone is having a wonderful April. The fair is coming fast, in the next couple weeks I will start looking for vendors for the fair and be in contact with last year’s vendors. If you are interested in being a vendor call the fair office and I will get back to you as soon as possible (795-3480). I am also filling up entertainment spots; at this time the country band "SACRED ROAD" will be performing again this year on Friday night from 7-9 p.m. On Saturday night "TouchN, LoveN, SqueezeN" will be back to p...
SUPER NICE--Last Thursday was certainly a toasty one as temperatures here hit the mid-80's which is pretty rare for us this time of year! While I'm sure the sun and heat lovers liked it, it was a bit too warm for me to be outside for very long, but if you were one of those who loved it, I hope you wore sun screen! By the time the weekend was over, it was back to some clouds and a brief amount of mist in certain places, so it was more my kind of weather. I know it was much better to do yardwork in, as it was much cooler and the sun wasn't...
THURSDAY Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Congregational Church, Noon. Puget Island Fire Department, drill night, 7 p.m. Port District No. 1, 500 2nd St., 5 p.m. District No. 4 Fire Department, 7 p.m. Grays River Fire District No. 3 Commissioners, 7:30 p.m. Grays River Fire Department, fire training, 7 p.m. Skamokawa Fire Department, 7 p.m. Wahkiakum County Real Property Rights Advisory Board, Courthouse, 6 p.m. Eastside Play & Learn Group, St. James Family Center, 1:30-3...
News from Naselle: Sports calendar for Naselle Comet teams this week: today (Thursday), middle school track in Naselle at 3:30 p.m., high school softball at MMK at 4 p.m.; Friday, high school softball at Taholah at 4 p.m.; Saturday, high school track at Daily Astorian Meet; Monday, high school softball and high school baseball with Oakville in Naselle; Wednesday, middle school track at Naselle at 3:30 p.m. Go Comets! The Naselle-Grays River Valley school board will hold their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, the 19th at 6:30 p.m. On April 23...
The River Life Interpretive Center at Redmen Hall will show an exhibit by one of its founding members beginning Saturday, April 16, to run through June 26. Rachael Wolford has been a major part of Redmen Hall since it was restored in 1987 by the Friends of Skamokawa. She is a noted watercolor artist and also a founding member of the St. James Family Center. She was trained at the Portland Art Museum and has shown her work at many local exhibits, this being her fourth at Redmen Hall. It is also her final exhibit here, since she is moving out of...
Naselle Lutheran Church will host it's annual Salad Luncheon from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 23. The luncheon gives diners an array of salads to select from for the suggested donation of $7.00. In addition, the sanctuary will feature baked goods, quilts and crafts for sale. The garden area will have an abundance of tomato plants, as Tom Hall and Terry Cannon have joined forces with Alfred Simukka in starting seedlings. The Church is located at 308 Old Knappton Road, Naselle. For further information, call 360-484-3826. Proceeds...
On April 21 at 6 p.m., Cowlitz County Master Gardeners will assist participants in starting vegetable plants. All participants must pre-register by April 15 by contacting Gary Fredricks at 577-3014 Ext 3 or at garyf@wsu.edu. Participants will pre-select their seeds for 18 starts (lettuce, tomato, basil, zinnias, etc.) prior to the workshop. Following a short presentation at the workshop, participants will plant the seeds in a mini greenhouse that they will take home. Attendees will receive a 1 - 10"X20" tray with greenhouse dome, 18 - 4" pots,...
Join The Children’s Justice & Advocacy Center (CJAC) Saturday, April 16 at noon at the Longview Public Library. CJAC will plant a pinwheel garden in front of the Longview Library to help raise awareness about child abuse prevention. The pinwheel is the national symbol of child abuse prevention and is used to represent the innocence and joyfulness of childhood. April will be decreed as Child Abuse Prevention Month locally via official proclamation at the Cowlitz County Commissions’ Office on Tuesday, April 19. Cowlitz County joins other communit...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: April 4 — 7:59 p.m. A cow was found loose on a Cathlamet road. The owner was contacted. April 5 — 7:43 a.m. The Cathlamet ambulance aided an individual in the Rosedale area who had severe bleeding. 8:39 a.m. A caller reported a driver doing donuts on the grass at the refuge. 12:31 p.m. A caller reported speeding log trucks in the Skamokawa area. 12:37 p.m. A local resident’s wallet was found in Yakima. 2:28 p....
Jaime Herrera Beutler recognized the Cowlitz-Wahkiakum Narcotics Task Force on April 7 in Longview. Historically, crime control has been the responsibility of local and state governments, with little involvement from the federal government. However, as crime became more rampant in the United States, the federal government increased its support for domestic crime control in the 1990s by creating a series of grant programs designed to assist state and local law enforcement. Byrne was one of them....
It’s time to start planning for this summer’s Bald Eagle Days Festival. Creative, energetic, and dedicated people who are interested in helping with planning this year’s event are being sought. The first meeting is slated for Wednesday, April 20 at 4 p.m., at the Scarborough Meeting Room, 102 Main Street, Cathlamet, next to the Chamber office & Visitor Center. Chamber members and community members are all encouraged to attend the meetings and join the 2016 planning committee. Responsibilities will include: determining this year’s theme,...
The Wahkiakum High School Cheer program will host a Trivia Night at River Mile 38 Brewery on Saturday from 5-8 p.m. Participants must be 21 to play and teams of 2-5 persons will pay $5 per person to play. Prizes will be awarded and all proceeds will be contributed to the WHS Cheer Program....
The Cowlitz Coin Club of Longview-Kelso will celebrate its 48th annual coin show on April 30, 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 Coin...
M. Gordon Calvert, 70, passed away Wednesday, April 6, 2016, at Southwest Washington Medical Center in Vancouver after a long battle with congestive heart failure and diabetes. Gordon was born in Longview, March 1, 1946, the son of Clyde and Nellie (Nevala) Calvert. He was raised in Lexington with two brothers, Gregory and Alex, and a sister, Barbara. As a child, Gordon raised cows on his family's small farm and very quickly fell in love with farming at a young age. He participated in 4-H and...
Charlotte Lee (Gibbons) Hegstad, 83, of Puget Island, passed away April 2, 2016, from natural causes at her home in Longview, Washington. She was born September 13, 1932, to Earl and Nellie Gibbons of Camas, Washington and later moved to Cathlamet, Washington, where she and her husband would build their dream home on the Columbia River. Charlotte was full of life, energy and always in search of the next adventure with her black lab Mollie. She loved traveling, gardening, and spending time with...
Joseph John Starr (Miller) of Woodinville, WA was born on March 20, 1965 in Pittsburgh, PA. He moved to Cathlamet, Washington with his mother and siblings in 1972; residing there until 1980. Joe's family relocated again to Puyallup, WA where he graduated from Gov. John R. Rogers High School in 1983. Joe served honorably in the Army for three years and continued on to Bates Technical College where he earned his certificate in Computer Programming in 1989. Joe married Winnie Chow (Starr) on July 1...
Columbia River basin salmon and steelhead, which are from the same species, but of differing stocks, enter the river’s estuary and the ocean at different times and at different sizes, a variation that contributes to the resilience of the fish. Because these fish begin to grow rapidly when entering the ocean, the timing differences between early-arriving fish and those fish that arrive later give the early migrating fish a growth advantage, according to a recent study. That timing advantage allows early-migrating fish to reach larger sizes s...
