Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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When Susan “Lulu” Briggs and her daughter, Amber Nara shook hands on a five year with option to buy lease with the owner of what had been Mace’s Drive-In, they thought their troubles were over. They were wrong. “We initially found this on Facebook,” Nara said. “The ad stated that it was known throughout the Pacific Northwest, that it had been in his family a long time and that it was up and running. The history behind it was really awesome. “It was what we were looking for,” Nara continued. “We...
Wahkiakum County commissioners on Tuesday authorized Assessor Bill Coons to hire an experienced appraiser to fill a vacancy on his staff. Appraiser Michelle Lobue is moving from the area, and Coons wanted to fill the position with a candidate with over 20 years appraising experience. Commissioners approved Coons's recommendation to hire the new person at a salary level that reflected that experience rather than requiring the person to start at the bottom of the salary schedule. The salary is covered by the budget, Coons said. Commissioners appr...
Nicole Burkhalter and Rachel Katyryniuk are bringing coffee to Skamokawa. Their business, Ship Channel Coffee, is located in a new food cart at Vista Park and the two are just about ready for their opening day this Friday. Sisters, they belie the 13 years difference in ages with a close family bond, a value instilled in them by their parents Terry and Kim Tarabochia. Though they, along with a brother, grew up in the Grays River area and attended school in Naselle, there has always been a great...
To The Eagle: Suppose you tasked a group of bankers to devise a money system for a nation, a system in which the bankers would have complete control. This leaves it to them to come up with a system that would be very good for bankers but not so good for everyone else or a system that would be beneficial for everyone. Will they pick a system that is good for bankers instead of one that benefits everyone? History shows that they will do so one hundred percent of the time. Surprised? The world has swallowed the lie that what is good for the...
To The Eagle: Am I surprised? No, but very disappointed. So much talk of a smaller government, het the ‘machine’ keeps growing, adding to the cost of “protecting” us from ourselves. The biosolid decision is an example of government telling us what we can’t do, showing their power, while collecting wages paid by us. Why in the world they had the farce of a hearing is beyond my understanding. There was approximately 90 percent (or more) opposition to it. The following commissioners meetings were well attended with same percent against. Examples...
Candidates for positions on fall election ballots started filing for office on Monday. As of Tuesday noon, filings included: --Lee Tischer, Port District No. 2 board of commissioners; --Tom Blalock, Cemetery District No. 2 board of commissioners; --Brett Deaton, Port District 1 board of commissioners; --Paula Culbertson, Position 2, Wahkiakum School District board of directors, and --Susan M. O'Connor, Position 3, Wahkiakum School District board of directors. Other positions on the ballot include: Fire District # 1 Commissioner Position # 3,...
Sarah Parson wielded the scissors for the Chamber of Commerce sponsored ribbon cutting to celebrate the opening of her yoga studio, Rain River Yoga, Tuesday in Cathlamet. Holding the ribbon are Parson's husband, Nathan, and son Quinn, and friend Lacey Woodside Vik....
GREAT DAYS--We had a great batch of sunny, dry days for Mother's Day weekend and from all the pictures I saw and things I read, it looked like everyone was enjoying them fully. Who would have guessed that we would be sitting in 80 degree weather in early May? This week we're seeing some raindrops but if all goes well, we'll be seeing a decent weekend. Around here, the forecast can change in a heartbeat, so who knows? Considering the tornadoes, snow, flash flooding and earthquakes in other areas, we have no reason to be complaining. Our thoughts...
THURSDAY Lecture Series, Cathlamet Community Center, 101 Main St., 10 a.m. - Noon. Preschool Story & Craft Time, Cathlamet Library, 4 p.m. Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Congregational Church, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Puget Island Fire Department, drill night, 7 p.m. Port District No. 1, 500 2nd St., 5 p.m. District No. 4 Fire Department, 7 p.m. Grays River Fire District, No. 3 Commissioners, 7:30 p.m. Grays River Fire Department, fire training, 7 p.m. Skamokawa Fire Department, 7 p.m....
News from Naselle: Sports calendar for the Naselle Comet teams this week includes: Today (Thursday), fastpitch at Ocosta at 3 p.m., middle school track at North Beach League Champs. Go Comets! The Comet Booster Club will meet on Sunday at 5:30 p.m. On Tuesday the Naselle-Grays River Valley School Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. for their regular monthly meeting. Do you have a child ready to enter kindergarten? This year’s Kindergarten Round-up will take place on Wednesday on the school campus. Students will be released early at 12:30 p.m. on W...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: May 3 — 12:11 a.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to a medical alarm at a Puget Island residence. It had been activated accidentally. 4:20 a.m. A caller was concerned about a Cathlamet resident. The resident was contacted and doing fine. 9:53 a.m. The Cathlamet ambulance aided a Rosedale resident who was dizzy, had numbness in his arm and heart burn. LifeFlight was activated. 8:38 p.m. Skamania County r...
Greetings from the fair office. Soon the fairgrounds will be busy getting ready for the annual Dollars for Scholars. I will be having a clean up day on May 23 from 10 a.m. till noon. At noon we will have a BBQ. I will have a list of projects to be done and any one wishing to volunteer time should come on down to the fairgrounds. There are several things scheduled to take place at the fairgrounds this summer. In June we will have a flea market on the 6th, and on the 27th will be the first of a three part Silver Buckle Series. In July we will hav...
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Ledtke are proud to announce that their daughter, Valle Mae, received a Master of Science Degree in Athletic Training from Florida International University at the Commencement Ceremony held on May 2, 2015. Valle also received the Academic Excellence Award for 2015. She was awarded this honor for having the highest grade-point average (3.98) in her graduating class. Her name will be inscribed on a plaque that will be permanently displayed in the Department of Athletic Training at Florida International University. While...
Due to funeral and memorial services being held in Naselle, the Seal River Cemetery Association meeting time has been changed to 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 16 at the Grays River Fire Hall. Anyone who has family members buried at the cemetery is welcome to attend the meeting. Everyone is welcome to do clean-up which will start at about 11 a.m....
The Knappton Cove Heritage Center will be open May 23 for a program, "How Cholera Impacted the Need for a Columbia River Quarantine Station." There will also be displays, and refreshments will be served. The center will be open 1-4 p.m. It is located three miles upriver from the Washington side of Astoria/Megler Bridge....
The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) filed a response in the recall case against Auditor Troy Kelley May 6 in Pierce County Superior Court. The AGO is representing Kelley on one of the three allegations against him in the recall: that he did not properly investigate Sound Transit and failed to report to work. The AGO does not represent Auditor Kelley on two other matters raised in the recall petition that do not arise from Kelley’s official acts: that he allegedly pressured his office to hire a business associate, and that he must live in Oly...
Students in Naselle schools grades 6-12 performed "Murder by Indecision" last week. A spoof on Agatha Christie mysteries, the play had an aging Agatha Crispy struggling to keep the magic going and characters springing to life to ponder their fate....
Cathlamet resident Dixie Swart, 72, died May 11, 2015 at the Community Hospice Center after a short battle with gallbladder cancer. A native of Tacoma, Dixie returned to Washington after retiring from a career as an economist in charge of managing California State Treasurer’s financial programs. She is survived by husband Richard Swart and son Byron Swart at home, and by daughter Stacey Bruchman in Sacramento, Calif. Other survivors include brothers John (Bobbie) Housiaux in California and Everett (Kristi) Glackin of Oklahoma and sisters M...
Former resident Donald Walter Shanahan, 88, of Longview died May 10, 2015. Services are pending. Dowling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements....
The most recent water supply reports for the Columbia River Basin showed a continuing trend of deteriorating conditions due to warmer-than-average temperatures, below-average precipitation through much of the basin and a rapid, early runoff from mountain snowpack across the region. “Things have definitely slipped downward since Jan. 1,” said Taylor Dixon of the Northwest River Forecast Center in Portland during a May 7 teleconference. Dixon said the “big story” of the current water year are temperatures in Washington and Oregon that have de...
Nature Survival and Nature Adventure Camps still have openings and scholarship assistance for July 15-19 and July 22-26 camps. There’s still time to get outdoors and have fun this summer with park camps. Explore the area’s trails, water and animals at one of two weeklong camps held in July. Nature Survival Camp, July 15-19, takes campers on the water and to the woods, deep into the park and other sites, as they explore and practice skills to survive and thrive in nature, including a two-night camping trip at the beach. This camp is open to stu...
Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, Fort Clatsop has announced the next In Their Footsteps free speaker series event. This program is Lewis and Clark and Cataclysms on the Columbia presented by Jim O’Connor on Sunday, May 17, at 1 p.m. in the Netul River Room of the Fort Clatsop visitor center. Jim O'Connor is a Pacific Northwest native with a long interest in the processes and events shaping the remarkable and diverse landscapes of the region. He pursued these interests with a B.S. in Geological Sciences at the University of W...
