Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Attention water customers of the Town of Cathlamet and the Puget Island Water System: You are being asked to voluntarily conserve water due to limited water production capacity, increased warm weather consumption, and system leaks. For the next five days please refrain from any unnecessary water use such as car washing, power washing, or irrigation. Please contact the Town of Cathlamet or Wahkiakum PUD to report any potential leaks. Your cooperation is appreciated. Town of Cathlamet 360-795-3203 Wahkiakum PUD: 360-795-3266...
Children have already started swimming lessons at the pool, which opened quietly last week, just in time for the summer heat. Because of the high temperatures expected this weekend, Pool Manager Duncan Cruickshank has decided to open the Julia Butler Hansen Municipal Swimming Pool this Sunday. Lessons, lap swim and water aerobics are available five days a week. The pool will be available for open swim from 11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from 7:30-9:30 p.m. Monday through...
Wahkiakum County commissioners acted on varied business, honored employees for years of service, and prepared a letter to Governor Jay Inslee seeking help in restoring the county authority over application of biosolids. The Department of Health and Human Services is searching for a new environmental health specialist. Department Director Sue Cameron announced that recent specialist Leonard Taylor had resigned. Taylor has a sideline septic system design business in Pacific County and wanted to spend more time on it, Cameron said. An...
Board members and staff said goodbye to Director Michelle Budd LoBue at her final Wahkiakum School District Board of Directors meeting on Tuesday June 23. LoBue, who married recently, is relocating to Louisiana. “It’s been awesome and we always hate to lose quality school board members so we’re going to miss you a bunch,” Superintendent Bob Garrett said. “We love you, thank you very much for your service.” Before she left, Michelle approved several items along with the other board members. Th...
After 27 years, Lee Tischer is retiring from the County Road Department. For some, retirement means tee times or travel, television or gardening, and certainly too much time on their hands. Not Tischer. His last physical day on the job is today, Thursday, June 25. His last official day is July 6. He's already attending training to be a bus driver for the Wahkiakum School District and he's running for office. That's just for starters, as they say. Tischer graduated from Wahkiakum High School in...
by Rick Nelson In my youth, newspaper persons used to tell of the publisher of a major weekly newspaper in Skamania County. They said he had been a press agent for Marilyn Monroe and that he was accustomed to shooting from the hip. So when a man was arrested for murder, the publisher printed a story about the arrest with a headline saying something like this, "Hang the SOB!" Prosecuting attorneys and other officers of the court frown on newspapers printing such material that might prejudice a jury, so they confronted the publisher, who repented...
To The Eagle: On May 21 an article appeared on the front page of The Eagle reporting a water outage to a couple of residences on the Elochoman Valley Road. The residences were served by a meter across the road. A town policy states that the customer is responsible for all repairs beyond the meter. The town officials, (public works director, town council and mayor) had this handy little policy to hide behind and absolve them of any further responsiblity to provide good water to these families. What they passed over was the fact that it was the...
To The Eagle: Historically Wahkiakum County has had problems finding a Professional Engineer to fill our public works and county engineer position. I know that in the past it has been difficult to find a P.E. to reside in our beautiful county. We spend a lot of money on consultant engineers to stamp and sign the plans the county needs. So ideally a P.E. that already resides in county with a civil engineering degree who has management and design experience is what we need. If that engineer could design, draw up plans, and sign off on them as...
Wahkiakum County and the Washington Department of Natural Resources on Monday announced bans on outdoor burning on areas in their jurisdictions. Effective Monday, the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) expanded last week’s burn ban from DNR-protected lands in eastern Washington to include those west of the Cascades. The statewide burn ban will run from June 22 through September 30, 2015. The agency cited dry weather conditions and mounting fire danger. “Westside forests are drying out and the outlook is for continued war...
STILL NICE--In spite of a few spinkles late last Friday and early Saturday morning, the dampness did not last long and by afternoon on Saturday, there seemed to be no trace of the earlier showers. With dry weather causing some serious hazards, like fire danger and fish kills and no snow pack left, it's really imperative to be careful out there if you're dealing with fire in any way, and you may want to curtail some of your watering habits, etc. It looks to be a trying time ahead for those of us who are used to having an abundance of water...
THURSDAY Lecture Series, Cathlamet Community Center, 101 Main St., 10 a.m. - Noon. Preschool Story & Craft Time, Cathlamet Library, 4 p.m. Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Congregational Church, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. District No. 4 Fire Department, drill night, 7 p.m. Grays River Fire Department, fire/ambulance, 7 p.m. Skamokawa Fire Department, 7 p.m. Wahkiakum Fire District 2 Commissioners, Skamokawa Fire Hall, 7 p.m. Community Library & Computer Center, GRVC at Johnson Park, 1-5 p.m....
News from Naselle: With all the nice warm and dry weather we have been having, comes the risks as well. If you take your kids swimming, please remember to put life jackets on them, and when you are in an area where it is applicable be wary of drop offs, rip tides, etc. Better to be safe than sorry. Many of us know about the devastation fire can cause, so please follow the rules when a burn ban is on. Everything is tinder dry and it doesn’t take much to start a fire, so please be careful. The burn ban in Wahkiakum County will start on July 1...
Greetings from the fair office. Hope everyone's summer has started off well. We are still looking for this year’s fair royalty. The royalty will be going to the Cowlitz County Fair to the Gloriana concert. Last year’s royalty saw "Love N Theft" and fun was had by all. Any one interested in running for royalty should contact the fair office at (360)795-3480. This year’s fair raffle has a main prize of "2 night stay for two in a standard room at the Chinook Winds Resort Hotel, 1 show for two to a performance at the Showroom by the Sea and 1 Sil...
The Naselle-Grays River Valley School District Board of Directors met for its monthly meeting on June 16. Several personnel matters were addressed at the beginning of the meeting. The resignations of Board Members Steve Gacke and Josh Holt were acknowledged, as well as teachers Lori Dearmore and Sean McNulty, who have accepted teaching positions in other districts. Russ Hickman resigned as athletic director, and Brian Macy was hired for the position. Rose Nisbet resigned as middle school girls basketball coach and was subsequently named girls v...
Holiday fireworks go on sale June 28, the Office of the State Marshal urges people to use them safely. Last year, there were 432 fireworks related injuries and/or fires reported by fire departments and hospital emergency rooms. The state fire marshal urges people to always remember to use the three B’s of fireworks safety: 1. Be Prepared—Have water nearby and put pets indoors; 2. Be Safe—Only adults should light fireworks, and 3. Be Responsible—Clean up fireworks debris. The fire marshal also advises: Don’t take any chances, be sure the firew...
The Naselle-Grays River Valley School District is looking for patrons to serve in the capacity as school board members. The vacancies are Director Districts 2 and 5. Interested persons may submit a letter of interest to the district office at 793 State Route 4, Naselle, WA 98638. "Ideally the board will interview and accept board members to fill the open positions at the July 21st board meeting," said Superintendent Lisa Nelson. Pacific County will run a special filing window July 20-22 for citizens who wish to formally file to fill out the...
Attended to by family, Bernard 'Bernie' Cossette, 89, passed away peacefully in his Longview home on June 7, 2015. One of eight children, he was born August 20, 1925 in Wild Rice, N.D. to parents Delia and Louis Cossette. He entered the U.S. army in 1946 and served as part of a peace keeping force in Italy where he met and married his wife Mafalda in 1947. After his honorable discharge from the army they moved to Washington state where he joined the Washington State Department of Fisheries. In...
Staff at the Julia Butler Hansen Refuge for the Columbian White-tailed Deer are inviting people to join them in cleaning up debris dumped around the refuge. A cleaning day is scheduled July 9, 2015 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m ., or for however long people want to stay. Efforts will focus on cleaning up the Steamboat Slough and Brooks Slough roads as well as the White-tail Trail and the wildlife viewing site on SR 4. Every year in Washington State, over 12 million pounds of "stuff" are tossed and blown onto interstate, state, and county roads....
The Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce has announced that registration is now open for the 2015 Bald Eagle Days Run/Walk Challenge. This event consists of a 10k run, a 5k run, and a 2 mile walk or run. Meet in front of Cathlamet Pharmacy on Saturday, July 18 at 8:30 a.m. to register and check-in. The runs and walk begin promptly at 9:00 a.m., and all three of the routes will end back at the starting point. The entry fee for the Run/Walk Challenge is $12 and all proceeds benefit the Wahkiakum High School Track and Cross Country programs. Entry forms...
The Honor Roll as announced by Wahkiakum High School this week includes full time students grades 9-12 with GPA (3.25) or above for semester two. The following students earned 4:00: Makenzie Anderson, Hannah Arn, Tawny Felton, Sydney Hansen, Elliot Haney, Shona Heywood, Rory Heywood, Katie Johnson, Kennedi LaBerge, Shelby Robinson and Casey Wilson. 9th grade: Morgan Bashore, Mica Kincade, Aly Kirzy, McKenzie Menard and Grayci Thomas. 10th grade: Cheyenne Barton, Savannah Burdick, Rayanna Carlon, Nachelle Clucas, Hank Ferguson, Hayley...
On Friday, June 26 at the Puget Island Farmers Market, 59 W. Birnie Slough Rd., Tugboat Ally, Donna and Jade Lewis will perform on the Up-Beet Stage, 4-6 p.m. For more information call 360-560-3785. On Saturday, June 27 at River Mile 38 Brewing Co., 285 Third St, Cathlamet, Christine Darby and Rob Stockhouse will perform from 5 to 8 p.m., on the Crow's Nest Stage during Live at Five. For more information call 360-366-4662....
According to information supplied by Mary Moonen, water aerobics will be offered at the Julia Butler Hansen Memorial Pool mornings and evenings. She will assist in teaching classes from 7:30-8:30 a.m. and 6:30-7:30 p.m., Monday-Friday. Open swim will be held Monday-Friday at 11 a.m., 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Swimming lessons and private lessons are also available and it is possible to reserve the pool for private parties. For more information call the pool at 795-6515. Full schedules and rates may be viewed on the town’s website, w...
Every year on the last weekend of June, amateur radio operators take to the field to set up portable radio stations in order to test their emergency communication skills. The event is called field day. Local operators will set up in the space next to the Cathlamet Hotel on Main Street. The public is invited to stop by on Saturday, June 27 and Sunday, June 28 to see what amateur radio is all about. For further information contact Gordon Spalding, 503-307-8401....
A polyphemus moth, also known as a giant silkworm moth, rested on a masonry wall on Main Street on Tuesday. The moth was nearly the same size as a sparrow, said photographer Pam Hanson....
The 2015 Bald Eagle Days festival will begin on Friday, July 17, with the eighth annual sidewalk chalk art contest on Main Street near the Bank of the Pacific. Members of the Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce decided to rename the event this year in honor of the couple who created it, Ginny and Rolly Armstrong. Ginny passed away in 2013 and Rolly, who missed his beloved wife, passed away the next year. “From what I understand,” Chamber of Commerce Director Shannon Gildea said, “Ginny came up with...
