Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Organizers of the Wahkiakum Summer Lunch Program are inviting the public to offer suggestions and to participate in the process. The countywide program provides lunches to children and households June 21 – July 29, Monday - Thursday. Last summer the unexpected challenges of COVID-19 created an increase in food insecurity for Wahkiakum County households. "With financial support from our Board of County Commissioners, an amazing army of volunteers donated their time for 11 weeks to prepare and distribute 5,334 lunches across the county," reported...
According to information received from Wahkiakum County Elections, Candidate Filing week for the 2021 election cycle will open on May 17 and run through May 21. Candidates are encouraged to file online through the Candidate Filing Portal; however, they also have the option to mail in a Declaration of Candidacy or come into the Auditor’s Office. Counties across the state will be producing a Local Voters’ Pamphlet this year as well. Those who file will have the opportunity to submit a photo, biography, and a statement. Those interested in run...
The Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a new Shop and Dine program, hoping to get people out and about visiting local shops and restaurants. “This was the brainchild of Shannon Britt, who is our chamber president,” Director Stacey Lane said. “People have gotten used to shopping remotely, and as things started to reopen and we moved into Phase 3, we thought it was important to put something together to encourage people to use our local businesses for shopping and dining.” To partici...
Spring is in the air and birds are beginning to sing all around us. We are captivated by these songs and humans have marveled at bird songs since the beginning of time, but how can we begin to understand the many complex vocalizations that birds make? In this presentation, David Lukas will discuss how birds produce their songs and calls, how birds use these vocalizations in different settings, and how we study bird songs. Expect to come away from this presentation with a deeper understanding of the bird songs you hear this spring. This free...
• Major transportation funding goes undone • Funnels billions to public health, childcare As the end of the mostly virtual legislative session drew near April 25, Washington state lawmakers passed a hefty $59 billion budget that will funnel millions into childcare, public health, rental assistance and addressing the economic impact of a yearlong global pandemic. The budget includes a controversial capital gains tax which would collect 7% on the exchange of capital assets such as stocks above $250,000. Democrats plan on using the revenue to fund...
The Wahkiakum Mules track and field team traveled to Rainier last Thursday to compete with 18 other teams in the District IV 2B Championships, the final event of the season. The Mules tied for 14th place in boys competition, earning 11 points, and they took sixth place in girl's competition with 45 points. Sophomore Kamryn Watkins took first in the shot put with a winning throw of 36', a new personal record. For the boys: 3200 meters-9. Tomme Rossi 12:47.31, 10. Nathan Garrett 13:04.56 (PR);...
Stevenson Bulldogs 7, Mules 6 On April 19, the Mules took the lead in the first inning and maintained it until the bulldogs pulled ahead in the sixth inning, clinching Stevenson a spot in the district tournament and eliminating the Mules in the process. Defense got a great performance out of eighth grader Kennedy Penttila, making three spectacular catches in the outfield that all prevented runs from scoring. Breyonna Montgomery pitched a complete game and struck out four batters along the way....
This unusual season of the First Tech Challenge robotics competition has ended after five months of practice, building, coding, more practice, presentations, 18 competition matches and then a final presentation to judges on Saturday. All done remotely. One strange season. Our team placed 15th out of 24 teams on the competition rankings and earned second place for the "Motivate" award. This is an excellent result for our young team given the stiff competition from the Seattle area schools. We ver...
Wahkiakum School District has been a kind of educational bookend in Nathan Vallejo's life. He started kindergarten at J.A. Wendt, and 11 or so years later returned for his senior year and to earn his diploma at Wahkiakum High School. He has family here, and so for a month every summer, he would return. As for his memories of kindergarten, he has a vague notion of someone named Hope, but that's all. Nathan hasn't had any trouble adjusting to Wahkiakum High School, even though it's much smaller...
In last week's edition, photos of two Wahkiakum High School seniors were switched. Here they are with correct identification....
Alex Tantum knows there is a bigger world out there. He came to Cathlamet two or three years ago, when his stepfather found a job opportunity, but he was born in Florida, and lived in Tennessee and California before coming to the Pacific Northwest. "It's pretty good," he says. "It's really expensive to live in California." Living in different places is one kind of education, but Alex has discovered another way to travel and get to know people--foreign films. Foreign everything. He's hooked. So...
Navarre Stewart knows how to make the most of his spare time. He's creative, curious, and busy. If he isn't building models, which is usually, he's taking on some kind of creative writing project, which includes a novel he is working on right now. "The stories I want to tell are like those Star Wars space operas, but with more political grounding," Navarre said. It's clear he's learning a lot in Don Cox's American Government/Global Issues class, and is asking really important questions, which...
