Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Sorted by date Results 1 - 24 of 24
The Morton/White Pass Timberwolves cruised to a 36-13 win over the visiting Wahkiakum Mules last Friday in Morton. The Timberwolves dominated the game with a punishing running attack that paved the way for 70 offensive plays. Meanwhile, the Mules managed just 38. "I was amazed we were in the game at halftime," said Mule Coach Eric Hansen. "We couldn't stop their running game." The Mules scored on a one-yard run by Cameron Elliott in the second quarter and on a 90-yard kickoff return by Wyatt Parker in the fourth quarter. Quarterback Lars Blix...
News from Naselle: Another win for the Naselle Comet football team over Warrenton last Friday evening with a score of 26 to 12. Keep it up boys. Sports coming up this week: today (Thursday) – volleyball with South Bend in Naselle at 5:45 p.m.; Friday – football at Raymond at 7 p.m.; Saturday– cross country at Jewell and volleyball tournament at North Beach; Tuesday– cross country at home at 4 p.m., volleyball at Willapa Valley at 5:45 p.m. The regular school board meeting will be held on Tuesday at 7 p.m. These are...
The Wahkiakum Mule volleyball team opened its season Tuesday with a 3-0 match win at Winlock. The Mules won 25-19, 28-26, 25-17. The Mules are at Adna today (Thursday). They entertain Mossyrock next Tuesday....
The Wahkiakum Mule and Warrior cross country teams started their 2010 seasons last Wednesday at the Naselle Jamboree. In the two-mile high school race, Mule sophomore Connar Riley placed fifth, 12:56, and freshman Koby Cothren ninth, 15:02. Naselle's Nathan Reitz won the event; Cramer Smith was third and Austin Smith seventh;. In the women's race, Katie Green placed second. No times were reported. Warrior seventh grader Rory Heywood, in her first competition, placed first in the one-mile middle school race in 7:35. The teams compete at White...
WET ONE--As I begin this column this Tuesday morning, it is mighty wet here in West Valley. This took me by surprise after such a beautiful Monday evening which seemed to hold promise of another nice day. The brown yard out front is probably enjoying a drink about now and I won't feel compelled to wash my car or do any yardwork, a win, win for me! I hear we are supposed to experience some clearing later in the day, so for all you folks who need to finish up those outside chores, there's still some hope on the horizon. SPECIAL DAYS--Those...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: September 7--7:12 a.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to aid a Cathlamet man with an arrow in his pelvis. 8:08 a.m. An officer arrested a driver after making a vehicle stop on Columbia Street. 3:27 p.m. An East Valley resident reported a man was trespassing; a deputy was advised. 11:12 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to aid a Rosedale woman who had fallen and couldn't get up. September 8--2:30 a.m....
As I walked around the fairgrounds this year I noticed there were people I didn’t know at our Fair. We also gave out many new exhibitor numbers. These two observations made me suspect that we had more people attending our Fair this year. Patty Dursteler, the Fair Board Treasurer, had the attendance count at the last Fair Board meeting. We had a huge increase in attendance! The search is on, we are looking for fun and interesting entertainment for our 2011 Fair. Fair Entertainment Committee Chairman Jerry Ledtke and I traveled to the Sandy, O...
On September 21, Wahkiakum School District students plan to take part in an international art and literacy project, Pinwheels for Peace by planting pinwheels with messages of peace around the school grounds. Pinwheels for Peace is an art installation project started in 2005 by two art teachers, Ann Ayers and Ellen McMillan of Coconut Creek, Fla. as a way for students to express their feelings. In the first year, groups in over 1,325 locations throughout the world took part. In 2008, the event was held in over 3,000 locations all over the...
Cathlamet officials learned this week that their grant application to the state Recreation and Conservation Office received a low ranking and likely won't be funded. The grant would have gone for work on the proposed Queen Sally Park project. "We ranked 49th on the funding list," said Mayor George Wehrfritz. "The lowest down that list the RCO has ever gone is 42. I had hoped to rank in the low 30s, which would have put us in the running. "Nevertheless, there are other grants out there, one which we've already identified. The low ranking is a...
The Longview based band Diamond Rio is planning a tribute for the late Hadley Caliman this Sunday at The Carousel Restaurant in Longview. Band member Willis Moss said the tribute will be part of a 5:30 p.m. dinner show at the restaurant. The band will have a blues show on Sunday. Caliman played with the band when he first moved to the Cathlamet area in the early 1980's. "We wanted to do something for Hadley," Moss said. "I knew him for 28 years."...
After spending three hours discussing the latest draft of an update to the Cathlamet zoning ordinance, members of the town council and planning commission agreed Tuesday that a new start is needed. Meeting in a special meeting for a workshop, planners and councilors agreed that the latest version, known as Cathlamet Municipal Code Chapter 18A had too many problems to fix easily. Instead, planners suggested the council should reject 18A when it meets Monday. Planners said they could revive a previous draft that seems more in line with council...
Not so fast, Wahkiakum County officials are telling Columbia Land Trust. Reacting to a warning from Diking District 4 Commissioner Maurice Mooers, county commission Chair Blair Brady asked the land trust to hold up on ditch and culvert work the group is conducting along Nelson Creek. Mooers said he had learned of the project only by reading about it in the September 2 edition of The Eagle. As a diking district commissioner, he has concerns that the project, if completed as he understood, would channel water into ditches and sloughs along SR 4,...
Wahkiakum County commissioners delayed action of a proposed ordinance to regulate application of biosolids in the county and took a variety of input at their meeting Tuesday. Commissioners said last week after a public hearing on the proposed biosolids ordinance that they wanted to approve the ordinance this week, but they changed their minds Tuesday. Biosolids, treated human sewage, are regulated by the state Department of Ecology. A Seaview sanitation company has applied for a DOE permit to dispose of septage on Grays River farmland. The...
(Editor's Note: At The Eagle's invitation, Roger Caliman submitted this article in place of an obituary about his father, jazz saxophone player Hadley Caliman.) Former Cathlamet resident and Jazz Legend Hadley Caliman died September 8 after a two-year battle with liver cancer; he was 78. He was preceded in death by his daughter Harmony Caliman and is survived by his wife Linda Caliman, former wife Jan Caliman, children Lia Caliman and Roger Caliman, nephew Pride Cannaday, and father-in-law...
Wahkiakum 4-H Leaders’ Council and Friends of Extension present their third Annual Columbia River Country Days on October 1 and 2. This one-of-a-kind event raises money for Wahkiakum 4-H youth programs. The event kicks off at 3 p.m. Friday with a Slow Moving Parade with tractors, trucks and all things “slow-moving” progressing from downtown Cathlamet, over the Puget Island Bridge, and ending at the Two Islands Farm Market on East Birnie Slough. The Two Islands Farm Market will feature an old-time Pie Social, Friday, 3 to 6 p.m, along with...
To The Eagle: As a Puget Island property owner I now have a (once every four years) "Notice of Value" for our property on Welcome Slough (Assessment Year 2010/Tax Year 2011). The notice on the lower left reads: "If you believe that the new value is substantially incorrect compared to your estimate of market value, please call the Assessors Office for information...." That notice sounds simple enough, but what is behind the "new value" for each of our properties? State statutes, regulations and guidelines define the "playing field" for...
To The Eagle: A month from now, I will be running my second Portland Marathon on 10 October 2010 (10/10/10! The date alone was a huge incentive!). I am excited to participate; it’s such a rush to plod through my natal city for hours with thousands of other runners and walkers. However, I think that running a marathon is a pretty selfish endeavor. Training takes many miles and hours, mostly dedicated to oneself. In all those miles and hours, I’ve been thinking of a way to make my run a little less selfish, and maybe a little more fun. “Hi...
To The Eagle: Current Undersheriff Jon Dearmore's qualifications include graduation from Washington's Basic Law Enforcement Academy. Could Troy Norris tell us if he has ever attended this academy and what the outcome was? Current Prosecuting Attorney Dan Bigelow's qualifications include being, in fact, an attorney. Could Dennis Gordon please tell us if he has graduated from law school and if he has passed the Washington State Bar Exam? It is my understanding that the state law does not disqualify unqualified candidates until they actually win....
RESOLUTION NO. 1-2010 A RESOLUTION DECLARING AN ORDER OF WORK DUE TO FLOODING AND DIKE EROSION WHEREAS, the discussions and promises of the Columbia Land Trust and Ducks Unlimited, with their Kandoll Farm project have failed to resolve the problems of flooding, dike erosion, dike failure, floodwaters overtopping dikes along Seal Slough or floodwater retention due to winter storms and high tidal flows across private lands within the boundaries of the Grays River Habitat Enhancement District. WHEREAS, the aforementioned project demand...
SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR WAHKIAKUM COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF Case No. 10-4-00013-1 THE ESTATE OF JACK A. KNOPSKI, PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Deceased. RCW 11.40.030 The Personal Representative named below has been appointed as Personal Representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the Personal Representative or...
State of Washington Department of Revenue Unclaimed Property Section NOTICE TO OWNERS OF UNCLAIMED PROPERTY. Did you know the state of Washington is holding over $760 million dollars in unclaimed property? Some of it may be yours or relatives. The following are options to check for unclaimed property: 1. Search for your name by visiting our web site at http://claimyourcash.org 2. Call 1-800-435-2429 (in WA) or (360) 705-6706 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. OR 3. Write to our office at...
NOTICE OF CHANGE OF MEETING DATE FOR THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF WAHKIAKUM COUNTY COMMISSIONERS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Tuesday, September 28, 2010, Regular Meeting of the Board of County Commissioners for Wahkiakum County shall be changed to Monday, September 27, 2010, and shall commence at the hour of 9:30 a.m. Regular Meetings of the Board of County Commissioners are held in the Board's Public Meeting Room, 3rd Floor, Wahkiakum County Courthouse, 64 Main Street, Cathlamet, Washington. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY...
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON FOR WAHKIAKUM COUNTY MARCELLA KRAFT NO. 10-2-00029-1 Plaintiff, SUMMONS v. UNKNOWN HEIRS OF OTTO SALME AND HELGA SALME, UNKNOWN HEIRS OF ESA POUTTU AND SOPHIA POUTTU, JACOB MEHTONEN AND JANE DOE MEHTONEN, ISAAC WAGLAND AND MARY WAGLAND, ELMER BERRY AND JANE DOE BERRY, ULRIKA YRJALA AND JOHN DOE YRJALA, DAVID WILSON AND LILJA WILSON, AMALIA WILSON AND JOHN DOE WILSON, UNKNOWN HEIRS OF ERIC NICHOLSON AND IRENE NICHOLSON, ED LEMPKE AND THEODORA LEMPKE aka THEODORA A. HANSEN, THEODORA A. HANSEN...
There's nothing like property assessments to pique people's interest in local government. The Wahkiakum County Assessor's office recently mailed property owners their revaluation notices. One person from western Wahkiakum County commented his property value went down. However, the value of our property on Puget Island went up. As Island property owners, we weren't alone. Several have told of increases of 8.5 percent, 11.8 percent and 22.5 percent. Meanwhile, local real estate agents have wondered how property values have gone up. One pointed...
