Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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SW Washington Classic May 4, Woodland Wahkiakum Mule senior Brett Chaput placed first in the discus and set a new Wahkiakum High School record. He threw the disc 163'8". The mark surpassed a 35-year old record of 163'7" set by Ed Cochran. It is also the longest mark among Washington's Class 2B athletes. May 3 at Raymond Boys teams: Ocosta 116, Morton/White Pass 113, Naselle 109, Raymond 107, Napavine 88, North Beach 49, Taholah 40, Wishkah Valley 25. Naselle boys: 100m--6. Dustin Eaton N 12.54. 200m--2. Chandler Chapman 24.98; 5. Eaton 25.88....
GORGEOUS--Well, as this week began, there was nothing but blue sky all day long with perfect temperatures for working in the yard or just sitting outside and taking it all in. So nice! Of course, if you happened to have been downwind from any big trees, you would have had the unfortunate timing of a pollen bath, as it was coming off the trees in virtual waves. Sort of neat to witness, but if you're allergy prone, it was time to run and hide in the house! Did you see the "super moon" Saturday night? I only saw it briefly as it slipped between a...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: April 30--11:13 a.m. A West Little Island Road resident reported that a neighbor had stolen his boots before becoming angry and threatening the caller. 11:22 a.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to a Main Street address to aid a man who was having extreme abdominal pain. 11:20 p.m. A Boege Road resident reported an unauthorized use of a credit card. May 1--11:23 a.m. A Suncrest Lane resident reported that...
The biggest and brightest full moon of the year arrived Saturday night and illuminated Wahkiakum County. Though students have studied the phases of the moon in the classroom, Saturday’s “super moon” offered an up close and personal lesson on the lunar phenomena. “The moon was out but it felt like it was still light outside,” said Thomas Middle School seventh grade science student Sydney Hansen of the event. “It was a glorious masterpiece.” Hansen’s classmate Haley Kerstetter was also sure to witness the largest moon of the year. “The moon...
Local officials last week enlisted the help of District 19 members of the Washington State Legislature in finding support for repairs of the eroding Steamboat Slough Dike. The Columbia River has been eating into the bank below the dike, which protects the Julia Butler Hansen National Wildlife Refuge for the Columbian White-tailed Deer, and Wahkiakum County officials have closed the road because of a potential for a landslide that would take out the dike and road. The dike is no longer in the US Army Corps of Engineers dike maintenance plan,...
Cathlamet resident Dixie Kolditz has announced she will be a Republican candidate for state representative. She has said she will file for the position now held by Democrat Dean Takko. According to her website, Kolditz was born and raised in a segregated black township in Johannesburg, South Africa during apartheid. As a young woman, she participated in the political process, taught voter education classes, and also voted in South Africa’s first free election. In 1995, while working as a reporter for a large weekly newspaper, Kolditz r...
Entry deadlines are approaching for the 2012 Derby Dollars for Scholars barbecue and sturgeon derby to be held June 2. Now in its 12th year, the event raises funds for scholarship programs for students in the Wahkiakum and Naselle Grays River Valley School District. The event also coincides with 7th Annual Rods and Reels car show. This event brings hundreds of classic and unique vehicles to Skamokawa; both events are held at the Wahkiakum County Fairgrounds and Fairgrounds Park. The car show is open to "all unique vehicles" and has a $25 entry...
CALL FOR BIDS Elochoman 10.7 Paving WAHKIAKUM COUNTY, WASHINGTON NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that sealed bids will be received by the Board of County Commissioners of Wahkiakum County, Washington, at the Wahkiakum County Public Works office, 3rd Floor, Wahkiakum County Courthouse, 64 Main Street, P.O. Box 97, Cathlamet, Washington 98612, until 11:00 A.M. local time the 22 day of May, 2012, and will then and there be opened and publicly read for the Elochoman Valley Road milepost 10.7 paving project. Project Description: The project prov...
The Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is looking for input on its plan to manage habitat for endangered marbled murrelets, a seabird that flies inland to nest in old, large conifers. Officials from the DNR and US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) came to Cathlamet Tuesday to present their work to the public and begin gathering comments that will shape their actions. In 1997, the DNR entered into a habitat conservation plan (HCP) with USFWS over management of the forest lands it manages in order to protect environment and also...
Wahkiakum County commissioners Dan Cothren, Lisa Marsyla and Blair Brady handled a variety of business when they met Tuesday, including: --The board approved an updated Strategic Plan for Wahkiakum County Health and Human Services for 2012-2015. Interim department director Sherri McDonald said the plan will be helpful to staff in deciding "where we should put our effort." The plan's four goals are: 1. To improve accountability, efficiency and effectiveness through critical infrastructure enhancement; 2. To ensure internal readiness to...
To The Eagle: Many students who attend Wahkiakum High School are getting phones, iPods, money and clothes stolen from them almost every day. These items can equal up to hundreds of dollars in our students personal property. These are things that not only our parents, but we as students, work hard to buy. We should be able to bring things that we earn and work for to school without worrying about them being stolen. Two examples of this happening are: early on in the school year a student had over $100 stolen out of her wallet; just this week...
To The Eagle: As some of you may know, this week is Teacher Appreciation Week. I only learned this a week ago and it has given me a lot to think about. One question that has been running through my mind for the past few days: Why do we only take one week a year to appreciate teachers? A teacher's job is just as important this week as it was 10 weeks ago. As a student it is easy to see a teacher as someone who is just there to make my life more difficult by forcing me to write essays and calculate complicated equations and I don't take many...
To The Eagle: My parents have always told my siblings and me that high school is one of the best times of your life. They say we should cherish it and have fun. One of the main things that have made me enjoy high school the most is sports. Since I have been in high school, I have been participating in volleyball, basketball, and softball. It is very well known that this town is very into sports and supporting athletics, but since I am part of a girls' sport, it seems like the boys' sports get more support. I am also a huge fan of the boys and...
To The Eagle: It's silly to think that at the age of 17 years old, I can't go purchase a beverage at my school without it getting taken away from me or getting punished for it. Believe me, I'd rather spend my dollar somewhere that would take it, but I have to be at school to do my studies. I have more reasons that they should allow me to buy a beverage than reasons they have not to. It's no secret that sleep deprivation is a major problem in the USA, especially with teens in high school. And I know for myself, I have such a big life outside...
To The Eagle: The Gear Up Grant used by Wahkiakum School District has provided many opportunities to prepare for college. However, the problem with this is that the money is only used for one class. Only one class out of the seven middle/high school classes has an opportunity to visit colleges, get their SATs paid for, or go on educational field trips. To me, this is very unfair. It is great for that one class, but what about the rest of the school? Everyone deserves to have the same opportunities to prepare for college. This year's seventh...
To The Eagle: Favoritism at Wahkiakum school district is ridiculous. I am talking about grades and athletics. At mid-terms, the teachers are supposed to check the grades for failing students, yet some of these students are still able to play. Several students played through the football season with failing grades. This same incident occurred during the basketball season. A student was failing at the end of the quarter and still got to play in the playoffs during the basketball season. Why are we not following our own policy? Now, I have played...
To The Eagle: The Pay To Participate (PTP) plan has helped to keep sports going in our small community, even though it has decreased the amount of students who come out for sports. The fans in our town look forward to coming to Wahkiakum sports and the sad truth of it all is that without the PTP there would not be as many sports available. Due to budget constraints of the school districts, we have had to tighten the extracurricular expenditures and certain sports were on their way to the chopping block. Due in part to the PTP, low turn-out...
To The Eagle: A couple of weeks ago, the high school had its voting to see who would be this year’s “school clowns” for the yearbook. One of the students had the idea to go into the restroom and strike a funny pose. An innocent idea, but after they entered the restroom a male staff member came in after and sent them to the office. Mind you, there were four female students and one male student. The male student told our principal he didn’t know they could get in trouble for doing that, and he just thought it fit the title they had been selected...
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR SHORELINE MANAGEMENT, SUBSTANTIAL DEVELOPMENT, CONDITIONAL USE, OR VARIANCE PERMIT Notice is hereby given that The Campbell Group, LLC, Who is applicant of the below described property has filed an application for a Shoreline Substantial Development/Conditional Use Permit for the development of replacing a 40 foot long bridge with a new 65 foot long steel bridge. Located 1.5 mile north of the intersection of Phelps Road (private logging road) and SR-4 at mile post 19 in Grays River, Wahkiakum County, Washington. Said...
Public Notice Boundary Hearing for Proposed NRCA A public hearing will be held on May 17, 2012, at 6:30 p.m. at the WahkiakumCounty Courthouse, Third Floor meeting room, 64 Main Street,Cathlamet, WA. At the hearing the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will present a proposed transfer of approximately 67 acres of “state forest land” in Wahkiakum County into “natural resources conservation area” (NRCA) management status. Following a short overview, DNR will receive public testimony on the proposed boundary of the NRCA. T...
Notice of Budget Extension Hearing Notice is hereby given that a budget extension hearing for the 2011-2012 Capital Projects Fund and Debt Service Fund of Wahkiakum School District No. 200, Wahkiakum County, Cathlamet, WA, will be held at the Wahkiakum High School library on Thursday, May 24, 2012, beginning at approximately 7:05 p.m. This hearing will be incorporated into the initial part of the regular May school board meeting. Everyone is welcome to appear at said hearing and be heard for or against any part of such budgets. The extensions...
NOTICE OF EXISTENCE OF SMALL WORKS ROSTER AND SOLICITATION OF CONTRACTORS FOR INCLUSION ON THE ROSTER OF PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 OF WAHKIAKUM COUNTY, WASHINGTON NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Public Utility District No. 1 of Wahkiakum County, Washington, maintains a Small Works Roster pusuant to the provisions of R.C.W. 39.04.155. The Small Works Roster may be used to secure price quotations and to award contracts for the construction of various public works projects under $300,000.00 in value, exclusive of sales tax....
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF WAHKIAKUM Estate of: No. 12-4-00005-7 JUDITH FRANCES BRIGHT, PROBATE NOTICE Deceased. TO CREDITORS (RCW 11.40.030) The Executor named below has been appointed as Executor of this estate. Any person having a claim against the Decedent must, before the time when the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the Executor or the Executor's attorney at the...
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF WAHKIAKUM PROBATE In the Matter of the Estate of: ) ) No. 12-4-00003-1 ) GREGG DASHIEL HILTON, ) PROBATE ) NOTICE Deceased. ) TO CREDITORS ) (RCW 11.40.030) The Personal Representative named below has been appointed as Personal Representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by...
