Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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L-r, Alberto Guerrero, Marissa Washington, and Christopher Salazar performed a skit in which Guerrero pretended he was Washington with $100 burning a hole in her pocket in Friday’s “Mad About Money” performance by The National Theatre for Children. Photo by Sunny Manary. Two professional actors with The National Theatre for Children made a presentation for students at John C. Thomas Middle School on June 6. Their program used humorous skits to teach kids that while spending money is okay, it is important to think about future events in which...
Wahkiakum High School will hold a commencement ceremony for the Class of 2008 this Friday, 7:30 p.m., in the high school gym. Valedictorian is Valle Ledtke. She is the daughter of Jerry and Becky Ledtke of Skamokawa. With a 3.82 grade point average, her activities include National Honor Society, class officer, Key Club, and Pep Club, and she has lettered in track, basketball, cross country, volleyball and cheerleading. She plans to attend Western Washington University. Salutatorian is Michael Weiler. He is the son of Kate Hanigan and Chris...
The Wahkiakum County Fair Board in collaboration with the Skamokawa Grange will be celebrating the County Fair’s 100th birthday with a 1908 vaudeville show at 7:30 p.m. on June 20 and 21, and a matinee at 2 p.m. on June 22. Additionally, the Fair Board will offer a New York steak dinner on the fairgrounds with wine included before the show on June 21, at 5:30 p.m. The Wahkiakum County Fair began in Grays River in 1908 and moved to its present location in 1912. The fair continues to this day to showcase Wahkiakum’s talents and skills to vis...
One hundred Washington state students who have multiple sclerosis or whose parents have the disease, including a 2008 Wahkiakum High School graduate, have been awarded scholarships from the National MS Society, the Greater Washington Chapter has announced. The scholarships, totaling $300,000, were made possible by contributions from a number of sources, including The O'Donnell Family Foundation, Schoenfeld Gardner Foundation, Lockwood Foundation, The Norcliffe Foundation and Alfred and Tillie Shemanski Testamentary Trust. The annual program...
The Washington Small Business Development Center (SBDC), currently located at Lower Columbia College in Longview, is opening a satellite office in Cathlamet, beginning June 17, with help from the Lower Columbia EDC and donated space provided by the Wahkiakum Community Foundation. The SBDC will be open the third Tuesday of every month from 9 a.m. til noon, beginning June 17 at 102 Main Street. Hours will be expanded as needed. Susan Hoosier, a Certified Business Advisor with the Washington SBDC Network will be providing consulting services to...
Naselle High School held graduation ceremonies for its 21 seniors last Saturday. Valedictorian was Sylvia Herrold. Awards which she received included Washington State Honors, Principal's Leadership, Wendy's National High School Heisman, and US Army Reserve National Scholar/Athlete. Salutatorian was Kevin Schei. Graduating with Gold Honors for a grade point average of 3.5 or higher were Herrold, Schei, Stephanie Wise, who also received a Washington State Honors Award, Ashley Ahlstrom and Logan Hazen. Graduating with Silver Honors, 3.2-3.49, was...
Last week, Horizons group members Wayne and Sarah Flohr and Bill Coons returned from a three day conference in Bloomington, Minn., concentrating on the economic situations of residents of small rural towns. Horizons is a group that is a part of the Northwest Area Foundation (NAF). The NAF encompasses the states that were served by the great northern railroad: Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, North and South Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa. In order to be eligible to attend, Coons and the Flohrs applied online using their local zip code. They...
Should Wahkiakum County accept state funding to make a part-time employee full-time? That's the question county officials have been debating the past two weeks. Prosecuting Attorney Dan Bigelow reported that the state is offering fulltime salary and benefits for the position of the crime victim advocate in his office. The state has been funding the position part time, and Bigelow last week asked the board of commissioners to accept the new funding and make the position full time. The board could act on the proposal at its meeting next Tuesday....
The anticipated SR 4 project at the Cowlitz County line is scheduled to begin in late June. The Washington State Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded the contract and will have a pre-construction meeting next week, Devin Reck, Chief Inspector and Design Team Leader, said Tuesday. The contractor must start work by June 30, but closures may not start until after July 4 weekend. Hi-Tech Rockfall Construction has been selected as the company to perform the work. The improvements will take place east of County Line Park to stabilize rocks...
At the June meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, Jerry Pedersen of the Kiwanis club told the board about the upcoming golf tournament July 12 at the Skyline Golf Course in Cathlamet. He said it is their biggest fundraiser of the year. “All proceeds go to the scholarship fund for seniors at Wahkiakum High School,” he said. “Just about everyone who enters the tournament walks away with some kind of a prize,” he said. Those who don’t have the ability to be a sponsor perhaps can donate a door prize. “It’s quite an event. It draws people from o...
With three candidates filing for District 1 Wahkiakum County Commissioner, voters in that district will have a primary election. Candidates for public offices on this fall's election ballots filed for office last week. District 1 incumbent George Trott had announced he wouldn't seek re-election. Filing for the position were Bill Coons, Lisa Marsyla and Wally Wright. Coons and Marsyla filed as Democrats and Wright as a Republican. Under Washington's new Top Two Primary, the two with the highest tallies in the primary will advance to the general...
Cathlamet’s annual festival, Bald Eagle Days is fast approaching. Festival organizers say with gas prices at an all time high, there will be festivities to keep folks engaged all day Saturday. Tanja Winebrenner, executive director of the Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce, event sponsor, has developed a partial program of events for the day, and she added that the Chamber is accepting parade and vendor applications for the festival until July 12. This year's festival theme is "Art from the Heart." The weekend kicks off on Friday afternoon with an ar...
