Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Members of the Wahkiakum High School drama club performed the one-act play Love at First Thought last weekend. L-r are Kendall Westcott, Shelby Bond, Tyson Hjaltalin and Ryan McKay-Beach. Katie Thomason was stage manager, and advisor Shawn Deal wrote the play. Photo by Rick Nelson....
Six classmates from the Wahkiakum High School Class of 1949 gathered May 7 to celebrate 70 years of friendship. Three of the ladies started first grade together. L-r are Elwood Enge, Ora Loraine (Coates) Bauer, Merrie (Goodfellow) Emmons, Patsy (Martin) Calvin, Mary Lou (Jacobson) Olsen, and David Backman. Unable to attend were Roger Davis, Bill Spencer, Paul Gisselberg, Dick (Sonny) Bauer, and Jackie (Moen) Kahlani. Courtesy photo. [Editor's note: We omitted one class member's name last week,...
The hounds will be running this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, May 25 and 26, at Misty Rivers Plantation, 117 Cross Dike Road on Puget Island. And it will be more than just hounds. The AKC event, sponsored by the Willamette Valley Basenji Club, will consist of Coursing Aptitude Trials (CATs) open to all breeds and mixed breeds. In regular CATs, the dogs chase an artificial bunny on a random course of around 1000 yards. There will also be FAST CATs, which is a timed 100 yard dash. Entry details...
The public is invited to a Memorial Day Ceremony on May 27 at 9 a.m. at the Greenwood Cemetery. The event, hosted by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #5297, will pay tribute to those men and women that made the ultimate sacrifice for the nation. At the end of the ceremony, refreshments will be served....
Former Puget Island resident, John L. Wolford, died May 16, 2019. Survivors include his wife, Rachael Wolford. A funeral service will be held today (Thursday) May 23, 1 p.m. at St. James Episcopal Church, 1134 Columbia St., Cathlamet....
Charles (Chuck) Nadgwich, 76, of Cathlamet, died May 14, 2019. A full obituary will appear next week....
Proof, David Auburn's Pulitzer Prize winning play, will be presented at Lower Columbia College Center Stage Theater. This play explores the intersection between mental illness and genius as Catherine (Savannah Zimmerman) struggles to care for her father (guest artist, James Eikrem) under the threat of inheriting both his mathematical genius and his mental illness. Cody Swires plays Hal and Andrea Hulegaard plays Claire. Performances will be held at 7:30 p.m. on May 24, 25, 30, 31 and June 1; May 31 at 11:00 a.m.; June 2 at 2:00 p.m. LCC Center...
The 35th annual Great White Tail Run held on Saturday, May 18, brought 58 participants to the course along the Julia Butler Hansen National Wildlife Refuge in Skamakowa. Results: 2 Mile: Female, Top-Heidi Heywood, 18:03; 12 & under: 1. Skler Will, 32:20, 2. Emmaline Vik, 32:30, 3. Madison Leigh, 36:36; 20-29: 1. Tyra Elliott, 21:06; 30-39: 1. Jessica Vik, 36:09, 2. Crystal Fleming, 76:54; 40-49: 1. Sharla Will, 36:08; 50-59: 1. Charlotte Cooper Robertson, 76:54; 70 & over: 1. Lore Tweit, 37:56....
In recognition of Memorial Day, both lanes of the SR 409 Puget Island Bridge will re-open to traffic beginning at noon May 24 through May 27, the Washington State Department of Transportation announced Wednesday. Beginning May 28, crews will resume the around-the-clock, single lane closure of the bridge for bridge painting work. At this time, there are no full closures of the bridge scheduled, the announcement said. Later this year, crews may need to schedule overnight, full closures of the bridge for deck paving work. People can get updated...
The Silver Buckle gaming series first show went well. Hopefully you all read the results and saw how well our local riders did. Here is some great news about the arena that will be welcome information for horse gamers and those horse people that have a gate, so that you can practice for horse shows, gaming shows, or just ride out of the rain: We will be getting 30 yards of screened, fill dirt in the arena today (Thursday). Mike Doan, our arena man from Long Beach, is planning on getting in there on Friday or Saturday, to start working on the...
Kyleen Austin is going to have a grand adventure this summer while kayaking from Ketchikan, Alaska back to her home on Puget Island. She will paddle solo through the Inside Passage, south along Vancouver Island and to the San Juans, then through the Strait of Juan de Fuca to Cape Flattery and the Pacific Ocean, where she will travel out past the surf zone and down the coast to cross the Columbia Bar. "Since I was little I fantasized about going out into the wilderness for a length of time, of ta...
Day 1 The Wahkiakum Mule golf team’s top two golfers from the district championship survived the first day cut at state tournament Tuesday among the top 20 players plus ties and have positioned themselves to capture a team trophy on day two Wednesday. Junior Tyler St. Onge shot a sensational 76 and tied for fourth, just three strokes off the lead held by the two time state champion, junior Blake Kukula of Ilwaco. Sophomore Logan LaBerge carded an 83, a personal best 18 hole score at Tumwater Valley Golf Course. Senior Zach Johnston missed t...
The Wahkiakum Mules baseball team ended their season in the first round of the State 2B tournament after losing 5-3 to Friday Harbor in Yelm on Saturday. “We had to fight a lot of adversity this year with injuries,” Coach Marc Niemeyer said. “Making it to state was a hard fought journey. "I had the honor and privilege to coach seniors Luke (Brown) and James (Anderson) for the past five seasons. They made it to state four years in a row and were huge contributors to putting Mule baseball back on...
The season ended for the Naselle Comets baseball team on Saturday in the opening round of the State 1B tournament with an 11-2 loss to Odessa. That same day, the Naselle Comet softball team won the District 4 1B title with an 18-2 win against Quilcene. The softball team will travel to Yakima this week, May 24-25 to compete in the State 1B softball tournament. They begin the double elimination tournament with a game against Inchelium at 1 p.m. on Friday....
Three Wahkiakum athletes and 18 students from Naselle High School are headed to the 1B, 2B, 1A State Track and Field Championships at Eastern Washington University in Cheney this week. The event begins today and ends on Saturday. At the 2B District 4 Championship at W.F. West High School in Chehalis last Friday, three Mules qualified for state competition. Boys had to finish in the top six places and girls had to place in the top seven. The Mules took 19th place in team competition with one...
