Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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In Skamokawa, at the Creative Wood Design Opening on Saturday at Redmen Hall, five Southwest Washington men shared their work with visitors. Redmen Hall President Pam Emery introduced the group and remarked on their shared passion for wood, as well as their different techniques with the medium. Puget Island resident Gary Bergseng estimates that he has been working with wood for 20-25 years. He didn't take shop in school, but he had a couple of uncles who were carpenters. "I don't do stuff like...
Vada Blanche Mosteller was born September 22, 1931, in North Carolina and died April 11, 2018, in Longview. Blanche had a family only funeral on April 13 at Greenwood Cemetery in Cathlamet. There will be a potluck Celebration of Life this Saturday, April 21, at St. James Family Center in Cathlamet at 3 pm for friends and family. A complete obituary will follow....
Two families are evacuating their houses, and Wahkiakum County officials have closed the Elochoman Valley because of the threat of a major landslide. "About two weeks ago, the people heard popping and crackling in the night," Commissioner Dan Cothren said Tuesday. When they investigated in the day time, they saw leaning trees and other signs that the timbered hillside above their house was moving. They reported the situation to the landowner, Hancock Forest Industries, and Hancock personnel found a large crack in the ground far up the hillside....
The Cathlamet Town Council breezed through its agenda Monday, agreeing to pay off federal loans and considering applicants to be town attorney, among other agenda items. The council took out a $388,200 loan from the US Department of Agriculture/Rural Development in 1983 for sewer system construction. In February, USDA contacted Clerk/Treasurer Kerrie McNally to request the town pay off the loan. A provision in the loan seeks repayment when an agency has sufficient savings or other funds that could be used. The loan has a balance of $80,118....
Wahkiakum County Port District 1 Commissioners gathered for their April 12 meeting to discuss a concession stand contract, parking, the coming farmers market and more. Revenue during the recent fishing season, from March 1 to April 7, was $79,062.80. That was just a little over $30,000 more than the same period last year, according to Port Manager Jackie Lea. “We weren’t as busy as we could have been,” Lea said of the season. “I think everything went well, but we still had campsites availab...
To The Eagle: During the run-up to the passage of the 2017 tax cut, Congressional Republicans, including Washington State 3rd District Congresswoman Jamie Herrera Beutler, told us that the proposed tax cut would pay for itself, because GDP would increase an additional one percent, thus generating more tax revenue than the cost of the tax cut. We were also told that because the net tax revenues to the Federal Government would increase, cuts in future Social Security and Medicare benefits may not be necessary. But on April 12, 2018, less than...
To The Eagle: Don Kinney is absolutely on the money with his observations about capping property taxes (letter in last week’s Eagle). A fine distinction, though, is that tax rates must be controlled, but so must valuations. Bill Coons came into office replacing a well-meaning but hapless lady who was unable to control or undo the work of a renegade tax appraiser who jacked up property values and then disappeared over the horizon. Joining the effort to get Bill elected, I cited Howard Jarviss’s California property tax-capping Proposition 13 in...
To The Eagle: Cathlamet is a community of kind and caring people. We help each other, and for the most part, we like each other. While it’s obvious, if you regularly read the Letters to the Editor, that we are not all politically on the same page, we all call Cathlamet home and care about what happens here. On April 28 from 9 a.m. until noon the Pioneer Community Association will be sponsoring our annual Spring Cleaning event, Tidy Up the Town. Let’s make Main Street Shine! It’s time to remove those pesky weeds, trim back the invading vines...
To The Eagle: As the 2018 election cycle approaches, I would like to dispel the rumors that I would not be asking for your support in allowing me to continue as one of your Wahkiakum county commissioners. I have filed with the Washington state public disclosure commission earlier this year of that intention. I look forward to continue serving our community as a fiscally conservative Democrat. Thank you for the privilege. Blair Brady Rosburg...
The Wahkiakum School District Board of Directors heard presentations on the science curriculum from teachers and students at the district before tackling a few items in their Tuesday monthly meeting. The board approved a resolution for a budget extension to purchase a new bus. The district had budgeted $130,000 for the purchase, but the vehicle was going to cost a little more, and they needed the extension to revise the amount to $136,500. According to Superintendent Bob Garrett, no one in the...
Above, players in Naselle High School's production of Usher: A Totally Teen Comedy debate the matter in the final act of the play on Saturday. Left, Monty, played by Josh Chadwick (front), may have had some sinister plans for his classmate, Fortunato (Riley Thorsen, back) in Usher: A Totally Teen Comedy performed by Naselle High School students last weekend. Photos by Diana Zimmerman....
"Remember who commended thy yellow stockings...and wished to see thee cross-gartered," Malvolio said to Olivia in Act 3, Scene 4 of Twelfth Night. In the same scene, Malvolio (Jesse Calixto) interacts with Maria (Lindsay Zae Summers), seen here. The Seattle Shakespeare Company made their annual trip to Wahkiakum High School last week to put on workshops for students and perform an adapted version of Twelfth Night that incorporated the Spanish language. Photo by Diana Zimmerma...
The best place to hear stories might just be the Cathlamet Barber Shop on Main Street. The new barber, Stephanie Smith, is from Longview. She took over the shop from Christeena Bassi, who she met at beauty school. She did women's hair off and on for years, but she's discovered she is much happier cutting men's hair. "It's a lot easier on the body," Smith said, describing all the hours she spent with her arms up, coloring, cutting, and styling for women. Now it's high and tight, or "this is six...
Troopers in the Washington State Patrol responded to 41 collisions in Wahkiakum County in 2017, Sgt. Brad Moon reported Tuesday. Troopers also made 1,582 contacts with motorists in the county, Moon said. The largest number of collisions, 12, occurred in the Cathlamet area. There were seven between Cathlamet and Skamokawa, and seven between Skamokawa and Grays River. Five occurred in the Nassa Point area, three each in the Grays River and Rosburg areas, and two each near Deep River and the Cowlitz County line. The largest number of collisions,...
Wahkiakum County Public Works Director Chuck Beyer on Tuesday said he and the county's consulting engineers will meet soon with the US Army Corps of Engineers to finalize conditions in permits needed to establish dredge spoils disposal programs on eroding beaches on Puget Island and at Cape Horn. Beyer anticipates that Corps personnel will continue to press the county to reduce a bit more the scope of some disposal sites. "We'll push back a little bit on our side on the profiles," he said. "Hopefully, we'll get the final okay soon. "Enough is...
By The Wahkiakum Chamber Of Commerce April 21 Bingo Night Grays River Valley Center ~ 360.465.2310 21 Annual Logger’s Reunion Naselle: Appelo Archive Center ~ Falon Hoven ~ 360 484-7103 28 Tidy Up The Town – Spring Edition, Down- town Cathlamet ~ Pioneer Church ~ Pcacathlamet@Gmail.Com 28-29 Horse Jackpot Playday, Skamokawa Fairgrounds ~ Patty Dursteler ~ 360.795.3480...
ENOUGH ALREADY--I think I can safely say that we have all had our fill of April showers, so let's hope that the forecast of a couple of dry days this week came true, so we could dry out a little bit before the next wet system comes in. Better yet, let's hope that system doesn't come in at all, as we've had enough of the wet stuff, thank you very much! SPECIAL DAYS--Those celebrating birthdays from April 19-25 are Fred Bennett Jr., Linda Mahitka, Jeri Terpsma Pierce, Nancy Granger, Nathan Kindcaid, Max Schmitz, Alyssa Braman, Marie Allen, Susan...
David McDevitt, two-time congressional candidate will hold his 52nd in person Town Hall, in Skamokawa at the Duck Inn, 1377 State Route 4, Saturday, April 21 from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Phone number to reach the campaign: 360-450-7945....
THURSDAY Community Center, Cathlamet, 9 a.m.-Noon. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Community Center, Cathlamet, 6-9 p.m. Girl Scouts, Community Center, Cathlamet, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Learn to knit, crochet and mend, Sandra Sews, Community Center, Cathlamet, 10:30 a.m.-Noon. Walking Group, Community Center, Cathlamet, 9 a.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Congregational Church, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Food Addicts Meeting, Congregational Church, 3rd & Maple, 5:30-7 p.m. Rosburg Community Club, 7 p.m. Cathlamet First Aid...
News from Naselle: Sports calendar for this week: Today (Thursday), high school baseball and fast pitch at Oakville at 4 p.m.; Friday, high school baseball and fast pitch in Naselle with Winlock at 4 p.m., high school track at Chehalis Activator Invite at 3:30 p.m.; Saturday, high school track at Chehalis Activator Classic; Monday, high school fast pitch at Wishkah at 4 p.m.; Wednesday, middle school track at South Bend at 3:30 p.m., high school baseball at Knappa at 4 p.m. Go Comets! The Boys Basketball Awards will take place next Tuesday at...
The Naselle-Grays River Valley School District Board of Directors met for its monthly meeting on April 17 at the Grays River Fire Hall. In personnel matters, the board approved the hire of Zara Ahlers, Youth Camp School Secretary, and acknowledged the resignation of Cheri Brignone, High School Secretary, effective August 2018. The board adopted policies regarding the Learning Assistance Program, Title I and Contracts. In other items of business, the school calendar was approved for the 2018-19 school year, along with overnight activities for...
On April 24 at 6:00 p.m., WSU Master Gardener Dixie Edwards will explain how to construct a simple and inexpensive sprinkler system that can be used for vegetable gardens, hanging baskets, porch plants and for other situations. Watering plants can become a real chore during summer. Running a motion sprinkler on the garden wastes water and waters the weeds as well as the plants. Find out how to develop a sprinkler system that allows flexibility to reduce water use, save time, use less labor and control weeds. The class will be held for free in...
Steven Dale Harris, 64, of Cathlamet, died at his home on April 8, 2018. He was born in Billings, Montana on May 22, 1953 to Ed and Pat Harris. He graduated from high school in Billings and later received three Masters Degrees. He joined the Army in 1972 and spent three years, then was in the Army National Guard for many years. He spent 28 years working at Boeing as a financial analyst, retiring and moving to Cathlamet in 2010. He was a private person but he enjoyed the Thursday Morning Breakfast Club. He enjoyed traveling and loved history....
Larry A. Heasley, 89, passed away of pneumonia while recovering from a broken hip on April 7, 2018 in Olympia, Washington. He was born May 22, 1928, to Violet LeBleu Heasley and Harry Heasley in Portland, Oregon. Larry was a fulltime resident of Ilwaco, Washington for 36 years, and part-time resident 16 years before that. He also lived in Beaverton and Portland, Oregon. Larry graduated from Portland's Benson Polytechnic High School in 1946 with a major in electronics. Benson was an all-boys...
Michael S. Harley passed away unexpectedly on April 5th, 2018 at his home in Cathlamet, Washington. He was born in 1956 in Loma Linda California to Ted Harley and Margaret Simmons. While young, he and his family moved between California and Washington State, until he graduated from Helix High School in 1974, when he permanently moved back to Washington. He truly loved the ocean and spent 23 years commercial fishing in the Bering Sea, and locally in Chinook and Ilwaco. For the past 18 years, he...
