Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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It was a beautiful day in Skamokawa for a car show. The fairgrounds were packed with people and cars on Saturday for the 13th and final Rods and Reels Rod Run. There were 361 cars registered by 11 a.m., but the number was closer to 400 by the end of the day, according to organizer Lee Tischer. Volunteers served salmon and burgers to 800 people. This year's winners include: The 2018 Club participation award went to Clatskanie Cruisers with 21 cars; the 2018 John Luthi Memorial trophy went to a...
On Tuesday, the Wahkiakum County PUD Board of Commissioners listened to reports, a thank you from a community member, and a proposal from the general manager to have the water main on the Puget Island bridge sandblasted and painted by the contractor doing work on the bridge for the Washington State Department of Transportation. The estimate for the project was approximately $150,000 after taxes. General Manager Dave Tramblie also proposed that because the contractor currently had a catwalk set...
A group charged with finding solutions to dealing with marbled murrelet habitat conservation issues held its inaugural meeting last week at the Skamokawa Resort. The state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is charged with developing a long term conservation strategy for marbled murrelets on state lands, which includes conserving some state managed forest land as habitat for the endangered species. The DNR acknowledges the conservation of forest land will impact timber industry jobs and state trust beneficiaries who receive revenue from...
Naselle High School will hold its graduation ceremony this Saturday, 4 p.m. Samanta "Mayrel" Franco Monroy is the valedictorian for Naselle's Class of 2018. It's a praiseworthy achievement. What makes it even more remarkable is that three and a half years ago, she didn't speak English. "It was so hard for me to understand anything," Monroy said. "I took extra time to study. For the most part, I read books and watched TV." Music and movies with subtitles were a great help too. Now she speaks...
To The Eagle: Plans are underway to offer free sack lunches to youth in our community this summer. Lunch on Us is a grass roots effort designed to help our local kids have a healthier summer. According to Feeding America, 1 in 7 people in the U.S. face hunger every year. The rates of hunger in children are even higher, with about 1 in 5 lacking proper access to food at some point during the year. The realities of food insecurity often mean that kids especially lack food access in summer months — a time when families can't rely on free or r...
To The Eagle: I’d like to respond to our elected County Assessor Bill Coons’s recent ad placed in The Eagle. I quote, “There’s no need to learn to hate a new Wahkiakum County Assessor.” I am sure this ad was directed toward me and others who posted letters to The Eagle. Speaking only for myself, “Bill, there is no need for anyone to hate an honest elected official, especially the county assessor!” I would like our new assessor to abide by our county and state laws. Like, if he or she builds a new home they apply and obtain the proper septic...
To The Eagle: I came to this area in 2003. I learned a lot in my first years as a newcomer, so I thought I’d share a few things with any new folks who have moved here recently. First, it’s important to realize you’ve come into a Scandinavian culture with Finnish folks in Naselle, Swedish and Finnish in Grays River, and Norwegian on Puget Island. There are other heritages as well, of course, but the Scandinavian heritage is very strong here. These are hardworking, honest, kind and intelligent folk who may not appear overly friendly at first...
To The Eagle: Well I read the letter to the editor last week where your typical liberal takes his time to try and explain what a conservative is, of course he was way off the mark and the explanation was the funniest thing I ever heard, no wait, this old Army Sergeant has to say a Marine that knits, now that's funnier. The next topic was about the gut wrenching decision a woman has to make to abort a baby, a less gut wrenching decision would be that if you don't want a baby (rape and a mother’s life being exceptions) how about a much less gut w...
To The Eagle: Volunteers truly do make a difference at The Charlotte House, a program of St. James Family Center. Have you ever had someone stick up for you? Not someone who came over and bossed you around – but someone who was there at just the right moment when you needed help and offered a listening ear. Putting it simply, that’s what we do as advocates at The Charlotte House. Making a difference in the lives of victims, survivors and their families is the best reason to give your time to our program. Our trained advocates are available 24/...
In our coverage of the May 28 Memorial Day program at Greenwood Cemetery. We incorrectly identified two Veterans of Foreign Wars officers. VFW District Commander is Danny Eaton; VFW Post Commander is Bill Tawater....
Student musicians at Thomas Middle School and Wahkiakum High School performed their spring concert Monday. Above, The sixth and seventh grade band ended their five song set with the Eagle Summit March. Right, Grant Leavitt, Novella Hokkanen, and another member of the 8-12th grade band played a jazzy tune. Photos by Diana Zimmerman....
HALF TERRIFIC--This past weekend we got one perfect day, and one "so-so" day. With some of our states experiencing wildfires already, I have to say, the raindrops that started on Sunday afternoon, were really a blessing I thought, as were the ones that fell on Monday, as we've had an extremely dry May, which is pretty rare for us, and so things are already quite dry. WRAPPING IT UP.--The "perfect day" was this last Saturday, which was the day of the last Wahkiakum Dollars For Scholars Rods and Reels Rod Run (car show) so for that, we were...
THURSDAY Community Center, Cathlamet, 9 a.m.-Noon. TOPS, Community Center, Cathlamet, 6-9 p.m. Girl Scouts, Community Center, Cathlamet, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Cathlamet Fire Dept., 7 p.m. Skamokawa Fire Department, 7 p.m. Grays River Fire Department, work night, 7:30 p.m. Puget Island Fire Department, drill night, 7 p.m. District No. 4 Fire Department, 7 p.m. Wahkiakum Fire District 2 Commissioners, Skamokawa Fire Hall, 7 p.m. Port District No. 1, 500 2nd St., 5 p.m. Helping Hand Food Bank, Seventh-day Adventist Church, 3 Fern Hill Rd., 10 a.m.-3...
Wow, what a car show! If you didn't make it out last Saturday you missed an awesome car show. The fair is still looking for Fair Royalty. Anyone interested should call the fair office (360)795-3480. The Royalty will go to the concert at the Cowlitz County Fair on July 25 and have pizza. This Saturday is the Flea Market at the Fairgrounds starting at 9 a.m. Tables are $10. If you would like one call the office and leave a message. On June 16 is the second leg of the Silver Buckle Series. Sign ups start at 9 a.m., and the show starts at 10 a.m....
News from Naselle: Don’t forget that tonight (Thursday), the Naselle Schools Evening of Excellence for K-12 students will take place in the Commons at 7 p.m. This is always a wonderful gathering of students and families celebrating the results of lots of hard work on the part of each award recipient. Join the fun and let the students know how proud we are of them. Coming up on Saturday, 4 p.m., the Class of 2018 will switch their tassels as high school graduates and begin a whole new chapter in their lives. Some may go on to college, to vocatio...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: May 28 — 6:47 a.m. A caller was concerned that a man walking along the white-line of SR 4 near Nassa Point might get hit. 12:46 p.m. A driver was cited for speed. 2:07 p.m. District 4 Fire Department sent a tender to a structure fire in Cowlitz County. 2:24 p.m. The sheriff’s office was asked to respond to County Line Park when a state patrol officer handling stolen plates did not answer. A few minutes lat...
Wahkiakum Community Center, 100 Main Street, Cathlamet 360.795.7870. Women’s Peer Led Support Group every Wednesday starting this Wed, June 6th 4-6 p.m., contact info: Andrea (360) 849-9106. Sandra Sews Thursdays 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. TOPS (taking off pounds sensibly) Thursdays at 6 p.m. Wahkiakum Outdoors: organized by WCC’s flex-host & volunteer, Mike Passmore. • Gardening with Kids June 9th 10-11 a.m., with Robin Westphal at the Elementary School Garden. • Pikeminnow Reward Program June 20th 6:30-8 p.m. The River Street Meeting Room. WDFW...
Sept. 5, 1951 - June 1, 2018 Teresa Lee Brusco passed away in her husband's arms, surrounded by friends and family on June 1, 2018, at the age of 66. She was born Sept. 5, 1951, in Hood River, Ore., to Chester and Florence "Billie" Wellenbrock. Her early years were spent at the foot of Mt. Adams at logging Camp Draper in Glenwood, Wash. Her father, Chester was tragically killed in a logging accident when Terri was 12 years old. Terri moved with her family to Cathlamet, where she started the...
James R. Miller, AKA Jim JR and Jimmy depending on the relationship with him, died May 25, 2018 as a result of congestive heart failure. He was 86 years old. He is survived by his wife of 36 years, Linda, his daughters Lisa Fisher (Randy), Shelley Seidenverg (Mark) and sons Michael (Cheryl) and Stephen (Cindy) along with several grand- and great-grandchildren. Jim graduated from Clover Park High School only to be drafted into the Korean War by the U.S. Marine Corps that summer. Fortunately he was posted to the Marine band after boot camp....
Wahkiakum students have been working on an exciting new exhibit entitled "Welcome Home: A Sunnier Historical Perspective of Wahkiakum County!" opened at the River Life Interpretive Center at Redmen Hall in Skamokawa last weekend. Wahkiakum High School art teacher Sue Garn, Darla Mead, who teaches music to middle school and high school students, and Paul Lawrence, the middle school architecture teacher were the driving force behind this immense creative project. The exhibit "reflects the joy of...
The hounds scheduled to run at Misty Rivers Plantation on Puget Island this weekend have already chased the bunny and gone home. Due to a last-minute schedule change, the meet was held this past weekend. After some hasty preparation, a relatively small group of mostly basenjis and whippets ran the lure course on Saturday and Sunday, so there will be no meet this coming weekend as previously announced. The next lure coursing events are scheduled for late September and the beginning of October. Firm dates and running schedules will be announced...
The Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce invites the public to a tourism summit to be held Friday, June 8, 3 p.m., at the River Street Meeting Room in Cathlamet. This is an opportunity to discuss the following issues: · Why should our community invest in tourism? · Isn’t it just low paying jobs? · What do we have to offer? · How can this help our community? The chamber is seeking input and ideas from the public. Tourism Director of Tillamook County, Nan Devlin will speak about the issues....
Patricia Bogart and Steve Rabelos, both of Skamokawa, will be married Friday, June 8, 2018....
By Diana Zimmerman Photos by Rick Nelson On May 23, five candidates for US Representative for District 3 answered questions in a bipartisan forum in front of a full house at the Pioneer Community Center. Jaime Herrera Beutler was invited but did not attend. Carolyn Long was invited as well, but had a prior engagement. A representative spoke briefly in her stead. Wahkiakum High School Principal Stephanie Leitz introduced the candidates with a brief bio and then each person was allowed a couple...
Wahkiakum County Commissioners Dan Cothren and Mike Backman handled a variety of business Tuesday and focused on issues such as dredging, potable water and management of mental health services. Commissioner Cothren reported that officials from the county and the US Army Corps of Engineers will hold a conference meeting Thursday to go over the county's permit applications to establish a beach nourishment program for eroding beaches. "Everything is turned in," Cothren said. The meeting will check the submittals to see if there's any last minute...
