Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Bald Eagle Fest will be held on July 15 this year and the Wahkiakum County Chamber is ready to get started planning. Residents are asked to help design the day beginning with the street fair at 9:00 a.m., the parade through town, the kids play area, music, a celebration of logging and more. The first meeting of the Bald Eagle Fest planning committee will be held Thursday April 20 at 4:00 p.m., in the Scarborough Meeting Room next to the Chamber office which is located at 102 Main Street in Cathlamet. Everyone is invited to submit ideas for the...
There will be a Volunteer Fair, on Wednesday, April 26, from 3-5 p.m., at the Community Center in Cathlamet, according to Community Center Coordinator, Kelly Patterson. Local groups, organizations and clubs are in need of volunteer helpers. Representatives from many community groups will be there to present information on volunteer opportunities that are available. Refreshments will be served. “Please stop in, say hello and consider helping out or learning about how we can all help each other by volunteering our own unique skillsets,” said Pat...
The Cowlitz Coin Club of Longview-Kelso is celebrating its 49th annual coin show on May 6, 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...
The Wahkiakum County Amateur Radio Club (callsign: N7WAH) is hosting a class to help folks learn about Amateur Radio, Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services, and to prepare for the FCC Technician test. The club welcomes all interested citizens. As folks who attended the recent Job Fair at WHS learned, amateur radio operators (aka "Hams") help with local emergency services, contact others around the globe, experiment with cutting technologies before they become public, and gain useful job skills...
Salty Talks presents an evening of conversation on Wednesday, May 10 at Ilwaco’s Salt Pub & Hotel. It took over 50 years to build the immense structures that define the mouth of the Columbia River. They were constructed with the best turn-of-the-century technology. Steamships and locomotives moved and placed over 3 million tons of stone to build the North Jetty alone. Their construction has had a profound effect on both the people and the landscape of the region. Join local historian Gary Kobes to hear more about the fascinating history of b...
Recreational angling improved over the weekend in the Columbia River from the river’s mouth to Bonneville Dam, prompting the two-state Columbia River Compact this week to take a cautious approach to extending early season fishing. The Compact held its call-in hearing on April 12 and added two five-day periods for anglers downstream of the dam in the next two weeks, but scheduled a check-in hearing between the two periods in case catch of upriver fish, the limiting factor in the number of fish anglers can catch, exceeds the limit of over 6...
Three Wahkiakum High School students traveled to Wenatchee last weekend to participate in the State Trap Meet, according to VoAg teacher Kyle Hurley. There were over over 150 competitors from 34 teams representing schools from all over the state. Out of a possible score of 100, Zach Johnston shot 83, Michael Martin 81, and Jaiden Mahitka 73. Our boys didn't place in the top five, but those are pretty good scores for our guys," Hurley said. "Especially for this year, considering how wet it has...
Four turtles climbed on a log and enjoyed sunshine in a Puget Island slough. Photo courtesy of Art Pedersen....
The Astor Street Opry Company will hold auditions for its 33rd consecutive season of Shanghaied in Astoria, an award-winning, vaudeville-style, musical-melodrama, on May 20, 6 p.m., and May 21, 12 noon to 2 p.m. Over two dozen colorful parts are open for guys and gals 17 to any age, including parts for sturdy women, nefarious saloon owners, fun fishermen, nasty villains, and a sweetheart or two, along with spots for dancers, musicians and technical back-stage help. Shanghaied in Astoria began in 1985 with a bare-bones budget and a cast of...
OLYMPIA, Apr. 18 — Twenty-three-year-old Cody Meyer loved hiking at Wallace Falls in Gold Bar, Washington, and lighting off fireworks on the Fourth of July. He spent time playing video games with his father and brother and hanging out with his girlfriend, Nicole. Arlington-resident Tina Meyer, describes her son, Cody, as her best friend. “The one thing that a lot of people don’t get with their boys is affection as they get older,” Tina said. “Cody was the type of man who would always give me a kiss on the lips.” Cody was working as a construct...
The Wahkiakum Mules baseball team got to enjoy a little sunshine this weekend when they traveled to Corvallis to play a double header in Goss Stadium on the Oregon State University campus on Saturday. Their great experience got even sweeter when they beat Mossyrock twice, 5-0 and 10-0. James Anderson took the mound for all seven innings of the first game and got the win. He struck out seven batters and allowed two hits and no runs. Hank Ferguson went 1-3 at bat and drove in one run. Terris...
The Wahkiakum High School Mules track and field team joined eight other schools in competition at a Central 2B meet in Rainier last Thursday. The Mules finished in ninth place in boys’ competition with two points, and tied for fourth with Willapa Valley with 47 points in girls’ competition. For the girls, sophomore Macie Elliott continues to dominate the 400 meter race. She took first place with a time of 1:05.95, a new personal record. Sophomore Ellie Leitz took second place in the 800 wit...
The Mules shot 208 while catching another dry afternoon and raised their intra-conference record to 9-1-1 with victories over Adna 237 and the three Willapa Harbor schools who shot a combined 257. While it wasn't raining until we finished, Riverside Golf Course played extremely difficult. When you could find your embedded ball in the rough, it was like hitting out of spongecake. The greens were rolling about 13 on the Stimpmeter, which means they were lightning fast, but they were in magnificent shape. Bryce Good was medalist in the 17-player...
State shellfish managers have canceled the first two days (April 24 and 25) of a tentatively planned eight-day razor clam dig due to rising marine toxin levels. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) will announce next week whether the rest of the dig, now scheduled to begin April 26, will go forward as planned. Recent tests have found toxin levels at all ocean beaches meet health standards, but the Washington Department of Health has asked for one more test to be sure, said Dan Ayres, coastal shellfish manager for WDFW. "In the...
A bipartisan measure that will streamline a process for opening new habitat for endangered salmon and other aquatic species has been sent to Governor Inslee. House Bill 1275, sponsored by Rep. Brian Blake (D-Aberdeen) passed both chambers with unanimous support. State law requires forest landowners to remove or replace culverts and other stream crossing structures, located in their land, which can block fish from reaching their spawning grounds and young salmon from reaching the ocean. To date, forest landowners have spent over $300 million in...
Trout stocking crews are working to plant fish throughout the state in preparation for April 22, when several hundred lowland lakes open for a six-month fishing season. Although many lakes are open year-round, the fourth Saturday in April marks the traditional start of the lowland lakes fishing season, when hundreds of thousands of anglers are expected to turn out to fish. WDFW fish hatchery crews have been stocking more than 16 million trout and kokanee in lakes statewide. Those fish include 2.3 million catchable trout, nearly 150,000 larger...
On Saturday morning at Skamokawa Vista Park, the start for the annual Easter Egg Hunt was sounded. Lickety split, the kids were off. Far right, The hunt was over, and these two young ladies awaited instruction for the next bit of fun. Below, even the bucket had a dapper look. Photos by Diana Zimmerman....
Tori Wegdahl, who graduated from Wahkiakum High School in 2014, signed a letter of intent to play volleyball at Evergreen State College. Wegdahl was selected as an All-American for her play at Walla Walla Community College. She will major in biology, and intends to be a high school biology teacher and coach. Courtesy photo....
