Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Sorted by date Results 26 - 45 of 45
Lower Columbia College’s 81st annual Commencement will take place on Friday, June 16 at 6:30 p.m. at Kelso High School’s Schroeder Field. This year’s Commencement speaker is Bill Stoller, Founder and CEO of Xenium. Stoller is also the founder and vice chairman of Express Employment Professionals. As president and founder of The Stoller Group, he owns 24 Express offices in Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado and California. Stoller attended LCC in 1970 and 1971 and was inducted into the LCC Athletics Hall of Fame in 2017. Stoll...
The hounds are running again this weekend at Misty Rivers Plantation, 117 Cross Dike Road on Puget Island. The Willamette Valley Basenji Club is sponsoring two AKC Sight Hound lure coursing events on Saturday and Sunday June 10-11. Only AKC registered sight hounds may enter, but all dogs are invited to attend as spectators if accompanied by a well-leashed, well behaved owner. The hounds will chase an artificial bunny around a thousand yard course, competing two and three at a time for Best in Breed. At the end of the day the best of each breed...
Irene Martin, award winning author, fisher, retired Episcopal priest and active supporter of community historic preservation efforts will be the featured speaker at the Stella Historical Society's June 12 meeting at the Stella Chapel. She will give a presentation titled "Ship Jumpers and Mail Order Brides." Martin was born in England, raised in Canada, and has been a 40 year resident of the United States. She and her husband, a fourth generation Columbia River gillnetter, have fished together...
Don’t forget about our Free Book Exchange from June 12th through June 17th. The hours will be 9:00-1:00 Monday through Friday and 1:00-4:00 on Saturday. This is a great chance to get a new book or two for the Summer. Feel free to bring in any of your old books. We will have a wide selection of fiction, non-fiction, how-to etc., to choose from. We could use some more children’s titles. This is also a fantastic opportunity to stop in and meet some new friends over refreshments. Please contact Jonnie Knowles-360-795-3946 or Kelly Patterson- 360...
FFA members attended the FFA State Competition. L-r: Kyle Hurley (FFA instructor), Joseph Savolio, Robert Will, Aubrey Montgomery, Nai'a Freeman (competitor in creed speaking and extemporaneous speaking). Courtesy photo....
After last year's scorcher, the weather in Skamokawa was much kinder for the crowd on Saturday at the 2017 Rods & Reels Rod Run. While the sky was mostly overcast and the temperature comfortable, one couple with a car in the show joked about building a small fire to keep warm. The only really disagreeable thing about the weather was the early morning rain in Longview and Long Beach that kept some of the usual participants away. "After all the work I do to get my car ready for an event," said...
The Wahkiakum 4-H Robotics Club competed in its last competition of the school year on June 1. The competitions were held at Hayes freedom high School in Camas. The team was represented in all four events: line followers, dragsters, sumo bots and a new event: dance party, which is synchronized robots to music. Line follower robots have a sensor in the front that is programmed to follow a black line in the shape of an oval. Two robots start opposite each other and the first one to catch up to...
For the second time in two weeks, the estimated size of the Columbia River’s spring chinook run has been changed. Just three weeks ago, the runs size forecast was downgraded by the U.S. v Oregon Technical Advisory Committee from its initial forecast of 160,800 fish to just 83,000. On May 30, the forecast was back up to 118,000 fish, according to an announcement by the U.S. v Oregon Technical Management Committee. The 83,000 estimate was one of the 15 lowest returns on record, but most of those runs had been in the 1970's through the 1990's, a...
There will be several changes in health and county personnel in coming months. At Tuesday's meeting of the board of county commissioners, Sue Cameron, director of county Health and Human Services, announced she is advertising for a new deputy director to replace Brent Freeman, who is leaving soon to take an administrative position in the Wahkiakum School District. Further, Cameron said she wants to retire. "I'm having second thoughts about my retirement date," she said. "I don't have a good feeling about leaving the department in an unstable...
The Wahkiakum County Auditor's Office will hold a special filing period June 14-16 for 2017 elections which drew no candidates in the regular May filing period. The positions include: Fire District 2, Commissioner 2, Oliver Van Den Berghe, incumbent; six-year term, $10 filing fee. Fire District 3, Commissioner 1, Linda Strong, incumbent; six-year term; no filing fee. Cemetery District 1, Commissioner 2, Crystal Stanley, incumbent; six-year term; no filing fee. Cemetery District 1, Commissioner 2, Theresa Kuljis, incumbent; six-year term; no...
Local real estate agents from Kelso-Longview and Cathlamet put their own spin on Windermere Real Estate’s annual Community Service Day by volunteering at Lower Columbia School Gardens on Friday. Each year, Windermere Real Estate brokers, managers, owners and staff from 300 offices across the western United States gather together to devote their workday to making positive changes in the neighborhoods they serve. This year, Windermere Kelso/Longview and Windermere Cathlamet agents spent Community Service Day providing a spring cleanup at Lower C...
June 9 Wahkiakum High School Graduation 10 Flea Market 9-3 p.m. Skamokawa: Wahkiakum Fairgrounds Patty Dursteler – 360 795-3480 17 Father’s Day Rod Run To The Roadkill Roadkill Saloon; April - 360 606-0179 24 Silver Buckle Series 8am Skamokawa Wahkiakum Fairgrounds Patty Dursteler - 360 795-3480 23-24 Pulled Pork Sandwiches & Garage Sale Puget Island: Norse Hall Jan Silvestri – 360 795-8759 23-25 Puget Island Garage & Yard Sales Puget Island; Sandra York – 360 430-0951 27+ Lions Club Firework Sale Cathlamet: SR 4; Carol Mcclain – 360 795-333...
After the Wahkiakum Mules took third place in 2B State baseball, Hank Ferguson returned to Wheeler Field in Centralia on June 1 to play in the 40th annual Senior All Star Baseball game. Ferguson was one of 40 players selected in the state of Washington to play in the game. Players represented every classification from 1B to 4A. Ferguson played four innings at first base and four in his usual spot as catcher. "Hank had several nice digs behind the dish and a couple at first base as well," Coach...
Knitters are invited to join World Wide Knit in Public Day this Friday at the Puget Island Farmers Market, 59 W. Birnie Slough Road, from 3-6 p.m. "Bring a chair and your knitting," said local knitter Mary Ann Nelson. "WWKIP was started in 2005 as a way for knitters to come together. It is the largest knitter run event in the world with events occurring in America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and New Zealand. In 2016 there were 1015 events in 57 countries."...
Bald Eagle Days planning committee is getting ready for next month's festival. People interested in helping organize and put on the event are invited to attend the meetings, which are scheduled for the following Wednesdays at 4:30 p.m.: June 14, June 21, and June 28. Meetings are held in the Scarborough Meeting Room, 102 Main Street, Cathlamet. This year’s theme is “Rolling on the River....
Grace Zimmerman of Grays River was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. Zimmerman was initiated at Pacific Lutheran University. Zimmerman is among approximately 30,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi each year. Membership is by invitation only and requires nomination and approval by a chapter. Only the top 10 percent of seniors and 7.5 percent of juniors are eligible for membership. Graduate...
The Silver Lake Grange invites the public to their 6th annual “Arts of the Mountain,” Arts and Music festival from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, June 24-25. This is a free event. Over 30 SW Washington artisans will present their wares at three venues along SR 504, Spirit Lake Highway, including the Silver Lake Grange at Milepost 5, the Toutle VFW at Milepost 10 and the Twosome Art Studio at Milepost 15. Live acoustic music will be provided at the Silver Lake Grange. For more information contact Kevlyn Hoisington at 360-431-9802 or...
While major hunting seasons are closed in summer, hunter education courses continue to run year-round throughout the state. Now is the time to enroll in hunter education to avoid the autumn rush, said David Whipple, hunter education division manager for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW). "As fall hunting seasons draw near, seats in these courses fill quickly," Whipple said. "Hunters who complete the course this summer will be ready to take to the field in the fall." All hunters born after Jan. 1, 1972, must complete a...
The start of a three-day opening for a sport sturgeon fishery resulted in traffic chaos on Oneida Road, area residents told the county board of commissioners Tuesday. Anglers flocked to the state Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) boat launch Monday morning and overwhelmed the site, said Oneida Road resident Corbett McMasters. McMasters said vehicles and trailers were parked along the narrow road, partially blocking the lane of travel and making it difficult if not impossible for residents or emergency vehicles to pass through. "The boat la...
Each year, thousands of Washingtonians go fishing – legally – without a license on "Free Fishing Weekend," scheduled for June 10-11. During those two days, no license will be required to fish or gather shellfish in any waters open to fishing in Washington state. Anglers will also not need a Columbia River Salmon and Steelhead Endorsement, otherwise required to fish for salmon and steelhead in the Columbia River and its tributaries. Nor will they need a Two Pole Endorsement to fish with two poles in selected waters where two-pole fishing is perm...
