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Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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, 2009 A 16-year-old boy faces a charge of first degree arson following a fire last Wednesday morning in Rosedale. Cathlamet and District 4 firemen were dispatched to the home. Deputy Sheriff Mike Balch also responded and arrived before the firemen. "The woman living there told me she had put it out," he said. "It was basically a smoke filled house." Balch said firemen discovered two fire starts. Neither had taken off, and neither had obvious ignition sources. Because the youth was the only person to have been in both places, he was charged...
The fair board and I are delighted to congratulate Pacific Tech for winning the bid to design and build the new fairgrounds arena! This marks a new era for the fairgrounds, a fresh start, helping our community continue in one of its century old traditions. I would also like to take this opportunity to congratulate one of our fair volunteers. For many years Deb Gribskov has been active in the community, volunteering her time as a 4-H leader and fair superintendent for poultry. As well as her volunteer work, Deb is also a Math and Science...
For the past five years, Doug and I have been very lucky to be a part of such a wonderful community, first in Cathlamet, then in Naselle. We had the absolute best of both worlds. We went from one awesome place to another and met some of the greatest people on earth. Who knew it would end so quickly? By the end of June, because of more budget cuts in the Department of Fish and Wildlife, we will be moving to Hoodsport, a town just north of Shelton on Hood Canal so Doug can work at a different hatchery. It is hard for me to write this because I...
Wahkiakum PUD Auditor Erin Wilson reported to the board of commissioners Tuesday that Mike Johnson, engineer for Gray & Osborne has still not received the permits for the SR 409 wetlands project, but he hopes they will come soon. The paperwork for the grant has been approved, however. Wilson requested a draw down of funds in the amount of $58,000 to pay for the PUD’s portion of the engineering. Shannon Greene, account executive for Bonneville Power Administration, has dropped off a replica three story energy efficient house for display in t...
, 2009 Port District 2 of Wahkiakum County has received a grant and contract with the SW Washington Workforce Development Council that funds hiring eight low income youth and young adults, ages 14-24. The funding originated with the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. One half of the workers are to be still attending school and one half are to be no longer attending school. Foster students, unemployed workers, and homeless youth are examples of eligible applicants. To check eligibility and get started on the application...
, 2009 Cody Olsen led the Wahkiakum Mule golf team with a 10th place finish last week in the state Class 2B and 1B Golf Tournament in Kennewick. Olsen finished the two rounds of competition with a 155 score. He shot 79 the first day and 76 the second. Cole Claussen placed 35th with 169 for the two days; he carded 83 the first day and 86 the second. Andrew Weiler finished 42nd with 176; he shot 85 the first day and 91 the second. Justin McClain shot a 94 on the first day but didn't make the cut to join the top 40 placers in the second round. As...
, 2009 Wahkiakum County residents will be able to dispose of household hazardous wastes for free this Saturday. Workers from the Cowlitz County Solid Waste Department will be at Wahkiakum PUD parking lot on Division street from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. to collect the waste. The program is sponsored by the public works departments of Wahkiakum and Cowlitz counties and the state Department of Ecology. Assisting are volunteers from Washington State University Extension programs. Wastes eligible for collection include paints, pesticides and herbicides,...
, 2009 Wahkiakum and Naselle high schools will hold graduation ceremonies next week. On Friday, 7:30 p.m., Wahkiakum High School will hold graduation ceremonies for 37seniors in the high school gym. Baccalaureate will be Wednesday, 7:30 p.m., in the high school gym. Valedictorian is Amanda Collier, and Salutatorian is Jasmine Bingham. On Saturday, at 4 p.m. in the Lyle Patterson Gymnasium, Naselle-Grays River Valley High School will graduate 25 seniors. Baccalaureate is June 7 at 7 p.m. in the high school commons. Valedictorian is Toni...
, 2009 On February 13, the Appelo Archive Center in Naselle became the recipient of the Finnish American Historical Society (FAHSW) of the West’s library formerly housed in the Finnish Room at Portland State University. FAHSW members Bob Waine and Merle Reinikka delivered the collection of 451 books and periodicals to Archive Director Karen Bertroch, Librarian Steve Puddicombe and local author and staff member Donna Klint. The FAHSW library had been established in 1984 in PSU’s Finnish Room, but recent renovation of the room mandated that the...
, 2009 He has written the tickets, read the Miranda warnings, stopped criminals and saved lives, but as of June 1, Wahkiakum County Deputy Sheriff Hans York is a free man. After 23 years as an officer of the law, York has turned in his handcuffs. Born in West Germany in 1947, York started his life as an Army brat. He spent the early part of his life moving around and said he has no recollection of his life in Europe. Eventually, his family settled in Seattle. After graduating from high school, York joined the U.S. Marines and he spent two...
, 2009 Naselle's Tylor Nortrup and Nicole Laney each medaled in the pole vault at last weekend's Class 2B State Track and Field Meet last weekend at Cheney. Nortrup cleared 12' to place third and claim a medal. Laney placed eighth in the girls pole vault, 8', to earn a medal, and she placed 12th in the preliminaries of the 400m run in 1:04.49 but didn't advance to the finals....
The Cowlitz Family Health Center has begun consideration of whether or not it's viable to add the Wahkiakum Family Practice Clinic to its scope of services. Meanwhile, Wahkiakum County officials, clinic practitioners and members of the clinic governance board agreed Tuesday on principles to ensure the clinic's financial stability for the next few months. County commissioners voted a month ago to ask the health center to consider taking over the Wahkiakum clinic. The county government is facing revenue shortages this year and next and can't...
Wahkiakum Mules Jasmine Bingham and Sarah Doumit each won championships at the Class 2B State Track and Field Meet last weekend at Cheney. Bingham won the 100m, 12.91, and 200m, 26.38, and long jump, 17'3", a new school record, and Doumit won the high jump, 5'3". The pair were also members of the 800m relay team with Abby Burns and Shelby Deaton which placed second in 1:49.84. The team finished fourth in the preliminaries at 1:50.48 and boosted their time to place second. Bingham's long jump was 15" over her previous best jump, 16'. The...
, 2009 Filing for offices that will be on the 2009 election ballots opened Monday in the office of the Wahkiakum County Auditor. In the only partisan office on the ballot, Kay Holland filed for election as County Clerk, a one year unexpired term, incumbent. She was appointed to the office last year when incumbent Barbara Blix resigned. In other filings: Lee C. Tischer filed for re-election to the board of directors of the Wahkiakum School District, Position 4, a four year term. Robert E. Rendler filed for election to the Town of Cathlamet...
