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Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Dan Schnabel, the long time part-time pastor at the Cathlamet Congregational and the Naselle Congregational United Church of Christ, has retired. After 48 years in ministry, Schnabel and his wife, Jan, are ready to focus on other things, namely their family in Vancouver and their property near Castle Rock. "I got ordained in 1969 and have been working in churches pretty much non-stop ever since," Schnabel said. Schnabel grew up on a small farm in eastern South Dakota. He received his BA from...
A small group of local residents gathered Saturday in Cathlamet to join in the nationwide marches in support of climate science. Members of the group also held a march the previous Saturday in support of the nationwide marches for science. Photo by Rick Nelson....
Filing for local offices on the 2017 election ballots will run May 15-19 in the office of the Wahkiakum County Auditor, 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30- 4 p.m. Positions on the ballot and their current office holders include: All Non-Partisan Offices: Town Of Cathlamet, mayor; Dale Jacobson, incumbent; four-year term; $30 filing fee. Councilman Position 3, Sue Cameron, incumbent; four-year term; $10 filing fee. Councilman Position 4, Bernadette Goodroe, incumbent; four-year term; $10 filing fee. Councilman Position 5, Andrew Lea, incumbent;...
Wahkiakum County commissioners on Tuesday voted to send shoreline management permit for a coalition of upriver ports back to the county planning commission. The permit would allow the ports' dredging crews to cross the East Sunny Sands beach and dike road to access a dredge disposal site on Island farmland. The planning commission had sent the permit to the board of commissioners for final action, but after weeks of discussion before the board on the merits of interior disposal site, planners asked that the board return the permit for further...
Stephanie Stroud of the National Park Service met with Mayor Dale Jacobsen and several other officials and community members last Thursday to review the current draft of the concept plan for the proposed waterfront park in Cathlamet. The concept plan will be used to promote the project as the group seeks grants to fund it. The concept plan will have maps and pictures, a description of the project, and information about the community, including demographics and local history. “It will be this information but organized a little bit differently a...
Naselle school students are performing a musical based on the Disney movie The Little Mermaid. Top, the Mersisters perform a song for their father, King Triton, and the other creatures of the sea. Lower, Prince Eric (Cameron Burch) is saved from the sea by Ariel (Hannah Saari), Flounder (Grace Hunt), and Scuttle (Zanith Wulf). Scuttle a seabird and the expert on humans, checked the Prince's foot to see if he was breathing. Performances continue this Friday, Saturday and Sunday; see Downriver...
Altruism is a central lesson in Tina Merz’ Avid Leadership class and her junior high students have taken it to heart. Their most recent fundraising efforts have been focused on someone close to home, or in this case, their classroom. They have been raising money for Charlotte Cooper-Robinson, a janitor at John C. Thomas Middle School, who has brain and lung cancer, according to Merz. Cooper-Robinson is also a grandma to one of Merz’ students. So far, the students have raised $600 to help wit...
April 27 The Mules shot 197 at Raymond Golf Course and beat the host Willapa Harbor 234 and Life Christian Academy 204 but lost to Ilwaco 196 by one stroke. Sophomore Zach Johnston 46 finished second in the 22-man event to Ilwaco's 2016 state runner-up Blake Kukula who shot 38. The surprise for the day was eighth grader Logan LaBerge shooting 48 and tying freshman Tyler St. Onge for third place. Three Mules shot 55--junior Bryce Good and freshmen Elija Doiron and Isaac Moon. The Willapa Harbor team is composed of the three Willapa area High...
The energy was high at last week's Volunteer Fair at the Cathlamet Community Center, but there may have been more demand than supply....
It could happen here To The Eagle: Howard Brawn is right. No amount of rusticated humor, light hearted irony or clever twisty logic is going to make me feel better about the national disaster that is Donald Trumpeting from his Awful Office. His agenda is to regress this nation back to the 1950's when: “Every woman knew her place / seating was assigned by race / coal was king / pollution ruled / no, Donald does not have me fooled.” One can now imagine Mike Swift muttering “Enough wailing and gnashing already! Too. Many. Words. Incoh...
To The Eagle: Would you be interested in joining local volunteers to pressure wash the sidewalks on Main Street at 9:30 on May 6? If you have a pressure washer, protective eye wear and/or raingear (we will be cleaning rain or shine) please bring them with you. We could also use some hoses, gas cans and gas. Cash donations will be appreciated for the cost of fuel. If you are unable to work all day, maybe you could volunteer for a couple of hours. Hot dogs and hamburgers will be available for all volunteers. Please contact Chip Meredith at...
To The Eagle: In addition to the remarks about environmental concerns, the most outstanding benefit of the 'drug take-back box' at the county courthouse, to my mind, is getting potentially dangerous drugs away from children and those unable to realize the difference between pharmaceuticals and candy, or other attempts to mimic adults around them. No drugs, no problem. Thanks to Gary Howell and the Sheriff’s Office staff for carrying this project through to completion. Craig Brown Cathlamet...
To The Eagle: We are writing to urge everyone to attend the Common Ground forum on May 10 at the Skamokawa Grange at 7 p.m. This will be a chance to gather with your friends and neighbors for a talk about issues important to county and country. These will include health care, income inequality, the environment, infrastructure and education, among other issues. All of these are open to discussion and have local relevance, which is why we need you to have your say, now more than ever. Jean Burnham, Cathlamet Debbie Lincoln, Ca...
The Eagle welcomes letters to the editor, with a preference for letters addressing issues of local interest. The following guidelines apply: 1. Letters are preferred typed and double spaced.Optimum length is 1.5 pages double spaced or 3/4 of a page single spaced, preferably 300 words, but 500 words maximum. 2. Letters must be signed and include the writer’s printed name, address and telephone number. Anonymous letters will not be published. 3. Letters should address issues and refrain from personal attack or character assassination. 4. P...
Saturday, May 13, local author Lilly Robbins Brock will return to Cathlamet Public Library from 3-4 p.m., to present her new book Ever a Soldier: Reflections of a Veteran--from Horse Cavalryman to WWII to Vietnam. Brock is enthusiastic about penning the accounts of World War II servicemen. This new biography concerns Phil Bishop, a vet in the European theater. She is currently working on a historical fiction novel set in the Pacific Northwest during the 1850's. Her previous visit was to talk...
The Grays River Valley Center, 30 Rosburg School Rd., will host a Cinco De Mayo Dinner on Friday May 5. This will be a by donation event. Dinner, consisting of enchiladas, tamales and street tacos, served with rice and beans, starts at 5:30 p.m., and after dinner people are invited to stay for their movie night, featuring a children’s movie, starting at 7:00 p.m....
A memorial service for John Gibson will be held Saturday, May 13, 2 p.m. at St. Catherine Catholic Church in Cathlamet. His obituary was published December 8, 2016....
****EXCITING NEWS**** We are pleased to announce that beginning May 1 the Community Center will remain open until 5:00 pm. on Mondays. Thanks to one of our valued volunteers, we will be able provide services on the day that the Public Library is not open, ensuring our folks and visitors computer and Wi-Fi access the entire day. We will continue to work on increasing our hours of operation. Thank you all for your support! Tuesday, May 16, SHIBA (Statewide Health Insurance Benefits Advisors) will be at the Community Center from 1:00-2:00 p.m., to...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: April 24--2:51 a.m. The Grays River ambulance responded to a Deep River residence to aid a man possibly having a stroke. 3:53 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to a West Sunny Sands residence. April 25--7:46 a.m. An officer arrested a man in the Elochoman Valley on a charge of possessing methamphetamine. 10:57 a.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to a Cathlamet residence to aid a woman with breathing...
News from Naselle: Sports calendar for the Naselle Comet teams this week: Thursday, high school track at Ocosta at 3:30 p.m. and baseball at Lake Quinault at 4:00 p.m.; Friday, softball with Ocosta in Naselle at 4 p.m.; Saturday, high school track at Centralia Freshman Invite; Monday, middle school track - sub league at South Bend at 3:30 p.m.; Tuesday, fast pitch with Montesano in Naselle at 4 p.m.; Wednesday, fast pitch with Ocosta in Naselle at 4 p.m. Go Comets! The Naselle Drama Club will be performing three more shows this weekend for thos...
Dan Westlind will be the May featured artist at the Tsuga Gallery. He brings an original dimension of art to the gallery with his steam punk creations. With great imagination and welding talent, he takes recycled items and creates very interesting lamps, tables and art objects. He says part of the fun of doing his art is finding the pieces at swap meets, garage and estate sales and the internet. He likes to salvage items from going to the scrap yard. The reward is the comments he receives from the people who appreciate his work. Steam punk is...
John C Thomas Architecture club takes time out from their usual Friday morning studio session to design, develop and build catapults from household items to launch tennis balls across the elementary school playground. The furthest distance acheived was 45 feet, but club members are already modifying, redesigning and innovating to go farther. In their usual Friday morning studio class the club draws plans on drawing boards or uses CAD on the computer. This term they've worked on Model buildings,...
Lethal removal of sea lions at Bonneville Dam is likely not reducing predation on salmon and steelhead at the dam by California sea lions (CSL). That is the general opinion of the NOAA Fisheries’ Pinniped-Fishery Interactive Task Force that met for the fifth time since 2008 in March. The task force was assigned by NOAA to review lethal removal of California sea lions and hazing operations aimed at reducing salmon predation at Bonneville Dam. Although the task force of 14 people agreed that the program to lethally remove sea lions at the dam i...
Public Utility District No. One Board of Commissioners joined water professionals across North America recognizing the week of May 7-13, 2017, as “Drinking Water Week” in an effort to raise awareness of the vital role water plays in daily lives. The commissioners passed a resolution encouraging the PUD’s customer-owners to help ensure the delivery of safe drinking water well into the future by practicing conservation and protecting source waters from pollution. The resolution also highlights the importance of infrastructure funding to “main...
The Wahkiakum County Democrats will host a public policy forum, “Common Ground for the Common Good” on Wednesday, May 10 from 7 to 9 p.m., at the Skamokawa Grange. The town hall style meeting will feature remarks by Teresa Purcell about what current policy decisions at the national level will mean for Wahkiakum County residents, followed by break out sessions and audience participation. Purcell has consulted, coached and collaborated on over 210 political, issue, public education and advocacy campaigns throughout the USA, both at a nat...
