Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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The Lady Mules took a hit from a sharp looking Toutle Lake team on Monday night. At half time, the Ducks were still within reach with an eight point lead, but the Mules were outscored 9-37 in the second half and lost 29-65. Kaylee Bryant led the team with a double double. She scored 13 points and pulled down 12 rebounds. She also had one steal and one block. Sam Boyce added seven points, five rebounds, two assists and one steal. Baylee Olsen scored five points, had seven rebounds, two steals and...
The five man Mule wrestling team braved the weather on Saturday to compete at the District 4 Sub-Regional tournament at Ocosta. Mules ripped through their weight classes and walked away with four district champions and one 2nd place. All five will move on to participate in the Regional tournament. The boys received enough points to bring home the 3rd place trophy. Mule champions are Junior Luke Stacey in the 126-lb. weight class, Junior Alex Johnson at 138-lbs., Senior Mason Mackey 145-lbs., and Junior Kody Vik who wrestled at 152-lbs. Junior...
The Wahkiakum Mule boys basketball team capped their snow-shortened regular season Monday night with a convincing 54-39 win over the Toutle Lake Ducks on Senior Night in Cathlamet. The Mules and Ducks traded buckets back and forth in the opening few minutes. After taking a 20-13 lead after the first quarter and a 29-24 lead into halftime, the Mules came out with cranked up intensity and dominated the Ducks in a 16-3 third quarter to put the game away. Shane Souvenir led the Mules at both ends of the floor, narrowly missing a triple-double as...
IT'S SNOW TIME!--This past week brought us a whole lot of extremely cold weather and "white" around our area as well. The snow amounts were not nearly as bad as places in Oregon, but there was enough that it certainly did mess up a lot of plans, so a lot of scheduled events had to be cancelled. From school closures to sports events, to pie socials, to Bingo and the Wahkiakum Fair Board's big Valentine Dinner and more, it was a weekend of cancellations and huge disappointments by those that work so hard to plan, clean and shop and get ready for...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: February 3 – 12:32 p.m. A vehicle broke down in the roadway on SR 4 near the view point above the marina. 2:28 p.m. A driver was pulled over at County Line Park and taken into custody. 6:52 p.m. A caller reported that a cow had gotten loose on Puget Island; the owner was notified. February 4 – 1:46 a.m. A caller reported hearing someone outside their Puget Island home; a deputy responded. 10:50...
Joseph C. Minutella, 67, of Cathlamet died on February 8, 2014 at Hospice Care Center in Longview. Dowling Funeral Home....
Joan A. Barry, 76, of Seattle died on February 6, 2014. Dowling Funeral Home....
Gean E. Deege, 71, passed away, February 9, 2014, peacefully surrounded by family at home. Gean was born in McCoole, Maryland, August 10, 1942. In her teens she moved to California where she met her husband, of 49 years, Walter Deege. They lived in Thousand Oaks, California before moving to Rosburg, Washington where they settled in for the last 28 years. She was a wonderful mother to her children and she was an awesome grandmother to her six grandchildren and her two great-grandchildren. She is survived by her husband Walter Deege, daughter...
Carl Johnson passed away February 4, 2014 in Olympia, WA. after a long illness with diabetes and dementia. He was born September 17, 1938 in Portland, Oregon, to Henry and Katherine Johnson. The Johnson family moved to the Elochoman valley in 1947. Carl graduated from Wah-Ki-Hi, Lower Columbia, and Western Washington University. Mr Johnson worked as a sales rep in Spokane and a teacher in Washington DC. Returning to Spokane in 1968, Carl taught for Spokane Community College in the Spokane City/County Jail. After retiring, Carl and Kitty...
Wahkiakum School District voters passed two measures on a special election ballot. Voters gave 69.6 percent approval to a four-year special levy. Vote tallies were 609 yes, 266 no. In the other measure on the ballot, voters 67.14 percent approval to a change in organization of director districts. Vote tallies were 568 yes, 278 no. The measure allows the district to switch from five director districts based on geographical areas to three geographical districts and two at-large positions. The special levy replaces a four-year special levy that...
After a lot of deliberating, the Pioneer Community Association has decided to change the name of the Pioneer Church to the Pioneer Center. Its architecture and history give the old building a proper name of church, but because its current use, aside from a wedding here and there, has been to provide a place to educate and entertain local residents the new name seemed more appropriate. The old name has created some difficulty for event bookings and advertising. The Pioneer Community Association,...
The first application for a state licensed marijuana producer in Wahkiakum County generated lively discussion at the Tuesday meeting of the board of county commissioners. Commissioners are used to seeing applications for liquor licenses for taverns, lounges and community events, but on Tuesday they saw their first notice of a marijuana license application. The state Liquor Control Board processes the applications for liquor and marijuana licenses; the application process allows local officials such as the county commissioners to recommend appro...
Commissioners of Diking District No. 5 got some support Tuesday for a grant application that would improve the old dike protecting Skamokawa. Diking Commissioners Tim Schmitz, Mike Linn and Tom Bosch are submitting an application for a Department of Ecology grant to strengthen and raise portions of the dike. Local sources must provide 20 percent of the project funds, and the grant would cover the other 80 percent. The commissioners said they are committing $10,000 to the project, and they asked Wahkiakum County commissioners to contribute...
Coho salmon returns to the Columbia River are expected to rebound in a big way this year, according to forecasts produced by federal, state and tribal fishery officials. Ocean abundance (before any fisheries) of Columbia River early and late run coho is expected to be more than three times larger than last year. A forecast released this week by the Technical Advisory Committee says ocean abundance this year should total 964,100 adult fish as compared to a final estimate of 301,500 for the 2013 run. The 2003-2012 annual average return to the...
Hsuan Wei (pronounced Shen Way) Huang is one of three remaining exchange students at Wahkiakum High School this year. He is a 17-year-old senior from the second biggest city on the Chinese island of Taiwan. Strike that. “I’ll be 18 in March,” Hsuan Wei exclaimed, like any youth just shy of adulthood. He signed up for the exchange program in order to improve his English and to learn about the culture and people in the U.S. Along with another exchange student, he has found a home with John and N...
The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) was awarded $2.2 million in grant funding by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to support three critical coastal wetland projects in Washington state, including Ellsworth Creek and the Naselle River. Washington was one of 12 states and Puerto Rico to receive funding under the National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grants Program. “The projects selected for the grant funds will help restore and enhance our wetlands which are vital habitat for fish and wildlife,” said Lauren Driscoll, wetlands man...
To The Eagle: With snow in the Grays River Valley this morning, it’s a lovely sight to wake up to 50 or so elk bedded down just across the road from my house. I watched them while drinking my coffee and marveled at the good life they have in this valley with easy grazing, a safe environment, and water nearby in the river. It was painful, though, as they got up, to see at least three cows and one young bull limping from the hoof disease that weakens them day by day till they can barely move at all. I applaud Commissioner Cothren’s work to hel...
To the Eagle: The recent front page article, “Net pens planned for aid gillnetters,” republished from the Columbia Basin Bulletin, contends that moving non-tribal commercial gillnets off the mainstem will “reduce the impact of commercial fishing on wild salmon and steelhead listed under the Endangered Species Act….” This statement omits the fact that the wild fish that might have been caught and killed incidental to harvest in the commercial fishery, known as impacts, will not be going to spawning escapements for conservation or recover...
To The Eagle: February is National Teen Dating Violence Prevention and Awareness Month and it is critical that we all take this time to remember that domestic violence is not just a problem for adults. One in three adolescents in the U.S. will be a victim of physical, emotional or sexual abuse from a dating partner. Nearly 80% of girls who have been physically abused in their dating relationships continue to date their abuser. And two-thirds of teens who are in an abusive relationship never tell anyone about the abuse. It’s time to shine a l...
Since I didn’t have to go anywhere during the snowy days we have had, I took the opportunity to enjoy what little accumulation we had. It was a beautiful sight with the snow causing the tree branches to hang almost to the ground, heavy with the white stuff. We were the lucky ones though, I think. All around us it was pretty scary, especially if you had to drive. News from Naselle: Sports calendar for the coming week for the Comet teams: Friday, the 14th-middle school boys basketball with South Bend in Naselle at 5:45 p.m. Go Comets! Last F...
Tsuga Gallery, 70 Main St., Cathlamet will hold a Valentine’s Day Celebration on Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. with music, refreshments and new exhibits. For more information call 795-0725....
Due to weather concerns, the UnWined event and Crab, Seafood and Wine Festival wine competition scheduled for last Saturday, February 8, has been postponed. The new event date is Friday, March 7. For more details or to purchase a ticket to UnWined, visit oldoregon.com/events or contact the Chamber of Commerce at 503-325-6311....
Due to a generous contribution from the Washington State Association for Justice, all high school and post-secondary students wishing to attend the Washington Coalition for Open Government's Open Government Conference on March 8 at the Mercer Island Community Center will be welcome to attend free of charge. Register in advance at washingtoncog.org. For more information, contact WCOG at 206-782-0393....
The Cathlamet Woman’s Club had scheduled their annual pie social for Friday, February 7, but had to cancel because of weather conditions. The event will be held instead on February 21 from 1 to 4 p.m. at Tsuga Gallery, 70 Main St., Cathlamet. For more information contact Charlene Jeffers at 360-795-0610....
Coast Community Radio has announced its schedule for broadcasts live from the 17th annual Fisher Poets Gathering. For two nights, Friday and Saturday, February 21 & 22, guest hosts from KMUN 91.9 Astoria will go on the air live from the Astoria Event Center starting at 6 p.m. “We are thrilled to share again the wonderful stories and music live from the annual Fisher Poets Gathering,” said Joanne Rideout, General Manager of Coast Community Radio operating the non-commercial stations of the Columbia Pacific region. “Listeners all over the world...
