Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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STILL NICE--Summer weather is still here and so all those hay makers in our area have had plenty of time to get their hay in, which isn't always the case. I know firsthand how frustrating it can be to get all that work done, as so often we're getting chased by the rain, and it's a great feeling to have it finished up under sunny conditions. Forecasters are saying we'll have a great weekend as well. FRIDAY NIGHT--If you want to start the weekend out right, head to the Duck Inn July 19 to enjoy live classic rock beginning at 8 p.m. It's going to...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: July 8—11:54 a.m. A caller reported that a ladder had been stolen from her residence after someone had threatened to remove it. 12:03 p.m. A caller reported that cash had been taken from a wallet and a fraudulent charge had been made on a credit card. 4:09 p.m. A water outage was reported. The city water department was notified. 5:32 p.m. A caller reported colored water was coming from their tap. The...
Renee Lynn Brostad died at home in Oak Harbor on July 10, 2013. She was born as Patrick Shane DeHart on June 13, 1977 in Fresno, Calif., to Alex and Linda DeHart. Patrick graduated from Wahkiakum High School in 1996. He then served eight years in the U.S. Navy. Renee enjoyed drawing, making things from Legos and building and flying remote control airplanes. She is survived by her mother, Linda DeHart in Skamokawa, her sister, Angelina Batchor of Longview; and longtime spouse Eric Brostad and son Ty Brostad of Oak Harbor. A celebration of life...
George F. Hanigan was born February 11, 1938 at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Portland, Oregon to George Henry (Hank) Hanigan and Elizabeth D. (Betty Driscoll) Hanigan. He died July 11, 2013. George was a fourth generation Wahkiakum resident and a third generation local attorney. His great grandparents homesteaded in 1870 in the Elochoman Valley. His grandfather George F. Hanigan and his father Hank Hanigan were also attorneys. All served as County Prosecutor-Coroner. George graduated from Wahkiakum High School in 1956 where he played football, b...
St. James Family Center's Youth Adventure Program has space available in just a few classes; early registration is urged. • Intro to Guitar with the fabulous Mr. Fred Carter, $5. • Field Trip to OMSI "Mummies of the World," $20. • Race Cars & Airplanes, $3. • Field Trip to Clackamas Aquatic Center, $20. • Kids & Cops, free. Kids and Cops is a chance for kids to meet and spend time with officers from the Wahkiakum Sheriff's Dept., tour the jail, check out the police vehicles and meet the K-9 unit. So often children's...
Walking down Main Street in Cathlamet you’ll notice there’s been a big change. The new Thyme Square Bistro, operated by Bradley House owner Audi Belcher, opened its doors on Monday. The bistro includes a wide range of drinks and espresso, breakfast and lunch items with 95 percent of the menu consisting of whole foods. No items are fried, and all dairy products are free from growth hormones and antibiotics. For Audi, the bistro is the last chapter of her career as she plans to retire in the next few years. As a former owner of three suc...
Wahkiakum seniors will have the opportunity to receive Senior Farmer’s Market Vouchers this year at a final distribution at the Senior Community Lunch held at the Cathlamet Congregational Church located at 3rd and Maple on July 25. Vouchers will be available for pick-up between 11am and 1pm on a first come, first served basis. Eligible seniors are individuals age 60 and older, or age 55 and older if Native American or Alaska Native Elder with a monthly income of $1,771 or less if single, and $2,391 or less in a two person household, and a r...
Melvin and Carol (Magnuson) Ross are celebrating 65 years of marriage. The couple were wed July 23, 1948. Howard and Joyce Magnuson served as witnesses, and Ellis Koven was the officiating clergyman. The couple first lived in Salmon Creek, then in Naselle for 57 years. In addition to their four children, Kenny Ross of Chinook, who is deceased, Sharon Nagle and Marilyn Norris of Kelso, and Genita Ross of Naselle, the couple have six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren....
Local student Bryanna Peek recently displayed her artwork at Redmen Hall along with several other local students, in the Rock ‘n Roll Congress Art Show. The show ended this past weekend. Bryanna, the daughter of Denise and Doug Peek, will be a sophomore at Wahkiakum High School this year. She enjoys biking, swimming and listening to music, but mostly she likes art. She had the winning design for this year's Great White-tail Run, and she also designed a T-shirt for a softball team, the S...
At the PUD Board meeting Tuesday morning, commissioner Gene Healy presented the first draft of what will continue to be an evolving strategic plan for the PUD. “I took a look at a lot of strategic plans from other PUDs and other businesses,” said Healy, “and thought I would offer this to you as a launching point. This is very simple and straightforward, to not tell in detail what we are going to do, but what we stand for." It begins by stating the mission of the Wahkiakum PUD: to provide the m...
The J.A. Wendt Parent Teacher Organization will be selling school supply kits again this year. There will be two different kits available; a K-2 and 3-5 kit. The kits will have different school supplies in them depending on the needs of those grade levels. There will also be a Mini Mules College Bound T-shirt included. The kits will be available on Back to School Night, to be held August 29. The PTO reports that further details will be forthcoming....
Cowlitz County is trying to divest itself of county parks that don't produce revenue, and officials there have talked of shedding County Line Park. Commissioners of Port District 2 of Wahkiakum County, who operate Skamokawa Vista and Svensen parks, met Tuesday and said they are interested in the possibility of taking over County Line. However, there are a lot of hoops to jump through. County Line Park is located in Wahkiakum County on land claimed by the state Department of Natural Resources. Cowlitz operates the park through a memorandum of...
Three issues quickly rose to the forefront last Thursday at the July meeting of the board of commissioners of Port District 1. Because of budget issues, Cowlitz County has been trying to shed four parks from their list of responsibilities. Kayrene Gilbertsen, a Port District 2 commissioner, presented a case to Port 1 for allowing Port 2 to consider taking on one of those properties, County Line Park. “Campgrounds are what we do,” said Gilbertsen. She recognizes that County Line Park is pro...
The JA Wendt PTO is organizing a playground clean-up project for Saturday, August 3. Organizers ask that volunteers meet at the elementary school playground at 9 a.m. to help re-paint equipment, rake bark dust and get the area ready for school this fall. If possible, volunteers should bring rakes, paintbrushes and any other appropriate tools. All volunteers will be provided with a light lunch between noon and 1 p.m....
People can now nominate their favorite community-centric corporation for Washington’s highest civics award. Secretary of State Kim Wyman has announced that her office is accepting nominations for a 2013 Corporations for Communities Award. The nomination deadline is August 31. The Corporations for Communities program began in 2009 as a way to recognize exceptional Washington businesses that demonstrate a commitment to giving in order to improve local or regional social and environmental conditions. The program is run by the Secretary of S...
Three young ladies are campaigning as Wahkiakum County Fair princesses to raise funds for the county fair. They are Cheyenne Barton, Mya Kirzy and Aaliyah Montgomery. Cheyenne is the daughter of Natalie and Charles Barton of Puget Island. She will be a freshman at Wahkiakum High School this fall. "I've never really been involved in the fair," she said, "and I want to be involved in the fair and the community." Mya also will be a freshman at WHS this fall. She is the daughter of Amy Lomax and Dan Kirzy of Cathlamet. "I'm looking to try new...
The Washington State Liquor Control Board will hold four public hearings across Washington regarding the proposed rules for Initiative 502 implementation. The hearings are a required part of the rulemaking process and provide an opportunity for stakeholders to offer public testimony on the proposed rules for I-502. “Everything we’ve done regarding I-502 has drawn a crowd and we want to accommodate everyone. Having four hearings across the state allows us to do that,” said Board Chair Sharon Foster. “This is a chance for those who are impacted b...
Competition was tight Saturday in the Kiwanis Club of Cathlamet's annual scholarship fund raising golf tournament. The team of Wayne Cochran, Marsha Cleveland, Randy Coleman and Brysen Coleman claimed the championship, shooting a 57 in the scramble tournament. Placing second was the team of Robin Herren, Kim Herren, Randy Rodahl and Shannon Moore; they scored 58. In third place with a 62 were Fred Carter, Don Conway, Nick Vavoudis and John Collier, and placing fourth with 65 were Steve McNally, David McNally, John Thomas and Dan Doumit. In...
Former Cathlamet residents and J. A. Wendt Elementary students, Chelsea Chaput and Kyleigh Koehler, will represent their track club, Barron Park Striders, at the Junior Olympics National Championships in Greensboro, NC, July 22 through 28, 2013. Chaput qualified in the discus in the 11-12 age division, and Koehler qualified in the shot put and turbo javelin in the 8 & Under division. Chaput won the gold in the Region 13 Championships (Washington, Oregon, Alaska, and Northern Idaho) with a discus throw of 76’10”. She also set the Barron Par...
The Wahkiakum County Department of Emergency Management (DEM) has prepared a survey to collect information that will help to ensure the community’s special needs for times of emergencies are understood. During the week of July 22, the Wahkiakum County Departement of Emergency Management (DEM) will mail out a survey to mailing addresses to collect vital information such as: --How can DEM best contact each residence during an emergency, --What emergencies carry the most concern, and --What are people's level of preparedness, resource a...
Lori Dearmore of Rosburg has been selected from a pool of more than 500 applicants to participate in the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Summer Teacher Institute for the week of July 22-26, 2013. Dearmore is a teacher from the Naselle-Grays River Valley School District. During the five-day program, participants work with Library education specialists and subject-matter experts to learn effective practices for using primary sources in the classroom, while exploring some of the millions of digitized historical artifacts and...
A King County Superior Court judge ruled July 11 that the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) must produce full environmental impact statements (EIS) before starting thinning logging near marbled murrelet habitat. The agency had hoped to undertake the thinning logging on approximately 12,120 acres, including 3,000 in Wahkiakum County, and had issued a declaration of non-significance for the work after consulting with the US Fish and Wildlife Service and reviewing provisions of a habitat conservation plan (HCP) established to protect...
The Cathlamet Town Council acted on fireworks complaints, sewer rates, and a variety of other issues when it met Monday for its monthly meeting. Mayor George Wehrfritz reported he had received an unusually high number of complaints from Cathlamet residents about July 4 fireworks that were unusually loud and lasted very late at night. People said there was an abundance of illegal fireworks with many launched over houses. People reported having terrified animals, he said. "I hadn't received this kind of feedback before," he said. Council members...
Wahkiakum County commissioners handled a variety of business when they met Tuesday, including several requests from department heads for budget amendments. Commissioners said they would hold a workshop next week to discuss the requests and how they could be funded and act on the requests at their August 6 meeting. Sheriff Mark Howie asked the board to authorize him to replace a pickup used as a patrol vehicle with another pickup. The vehicle in question came to the county through a seizure, and it hasn't been in use long enough to build up...
Cathlamet’s Bald Eagle Days are here. Now in its 32nd year, the three-day festival starts Friday afternoon and runs through Sunday afternoon. Highlights include the traditional parade, street fair, fireworks show and wooden boat festival. Action starts Friday afternoon with a sidewalk art contest from 2:30-5:30 p.m. and live music, first at the Two Islands Farm Market on Puget Island and later at the Tsuga Art Gallery on Main Street. Tsuga will celebrate its second anniversary Friday afternoon with a reception that will include live music by t...
