Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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GORGEOUS WEEKEND--What a difference a week makes, as last weekend had lots of sunshine. It was great! I hope you were able to enjoy some of this nice weather as it's been so spotty that we have to take advantage of it whenever it shows up! THIS IS IT....DUAL EVENTS--Let's hope we get the same kind of weather for this weekend, as this is the 30th anniversary celebration of Skamokawa Vista Park, complete with a Vendor Market from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. That's 30 vendors including food and live music at times. You can buy tickets for a cord of wood, a...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: July 18--9:36 a.m. A caller said he left his wedding ring on a shelf at a Cathlamet park and it was stolen; a deputy made contact. 11:12 a.m. A caller said two men with a Toyota pickup were taking rock off the dike along South Welcome Slough Road. 11:26 a.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to transport a person from Cathlamet to a hospital. 2:44 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to aid a person possibly...
One of Gods finest spirits was released back into the world on July 10, 2011. Robert Allen Creech was born September 15, 1945 to William L. and Esther I. (Lindwall) Creech in Cathlamet. He spent his youth growing up in Cathlamet. Bob loved the outdoors, working in the woods as a logger, commercial fishing with his uncle “Bud” hunting and fishing with his brother Bill and his parents, being at the river, and spending time with his daughters, canoeing and camping. He especially enjoyed time with his friends and his mother Esther, whom he consider...
Puget Island resident, James “Jim” Bockius, Jr., 78, passed away July 24, 2011. He was born March 19, 1933 in Pasco to James and Nyda (Larson) Bockius. He graduated from High School in Bend, Ore. and North Western University. Jim served in the U.S. Air Force, stationed in Korea. He was a lifetime member of the Elks, and a member of VFW in Desert Hot Springs, Calif. As a young man he was a disc jockey in San Francisco, Phoenix and Eureka, he enjoyed working in radio and television. He later became a denturist and owned Bockius & Madonna Den...
Cathlamet resident, Alfred “Jack” Logston, 77, passed away July 25, 2011 at his Elochoman Valley home. He was born December 7, 1933 in Hiwasse, Ark. to Charles and Ruth (Green) Logston. Jack graduated from high school in Rupert, ID in 1950. He married Sharon Bourne on December 31, 1955; she survives him at home. Jack served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. In 1957 he started his telephone company work with Bell Telephone in Moses Lake, WA. Jack and Sharon moved to Cathlamet in 1992 from Kent, WA and started Jacks Telephone Service in...
The Wahkiakum Public Utility District board of commissioners adopted a code of conduct for board members at its meeting July 19. While the resolution does not contain penalties, board members are required to conduct themselves ethically and lawfully, and with proper decorum. The board also passed a resolution reducing required reserves of the Western Wahkiakum Water system to $20,000 from $40,000 for the next three years. The water system required an updated comprehensive plan expected to cost $21,500 and requires expensive work to fix a leak...
The Wahkiakum County Board of Equalization this week is presenting a plan for handling property assessments from Puget Island. Board Chair Nick Nikkala, Deep River, and Clerk Colleen Haley, Grays River, reviewed progress on Puget Island appeals at the Tuesday meeting of the board of county commissioners. Nikkala reported that Haley had put in hundreds of hours and about 200 hours or work still remain. Nikkala said the board had established classifications for parcels on Puget Island, verified sales data from 2006-2010, and made a trending...
Wahkiakum County Commissioners Dan Cothren, Blair Brady and Lisa Marsyla, who participated by phone from her vacation in California, discussed Indian Jack Slough habitat restoration, a deteriorating culvert on the Elochoman River, and handled other business during their meeting Tuesday. Dan Friesz leads Columbia Land Trust’s habitat restoration project for the 185 acre property at SR 4 opposite the Julia Butler Hansen Refuge, called the Indian Jack Slough property. The Columbia Land Trust’s plan will result in the filling of nearly 3,500 fee...
Skamokawa Vista Park, one of Wahkiakum County’s treasures, is the result of three local Grangers’ efforts to cash in on federal government development funds. Years after Wahkiakum Port District 2 was formed, the port bought the site that would become Skamokawa Vista Park. The 75-acre park that now features camping, yurts, RV sites, day use and picnic areas and baseball and tennis courts, along with beaches, a boat ramp and stunning views downriver, began when Carlton Appelo of Rosburg, Robert Larson of Grays River and Ture Oman of Puget Isl...
The Wahkiakum County Board of Equalization announced Wednesday evening a plan to update property values for Puget Island land parcels. The board annually hears appeals of property assessments, and, when Islanders received their assessments in 2010, the board had 170 appeals. Normally, the board has around 20 appeals, said Chair Nick Nikkila, and so the board decided to look at the assessments. They found a hodgepodge of value classes set by an appraiser who retired in early 2010, Nikkila said, and neither the new appraisor nor board members...
To The Eagle: Last week's Eagle contained an obituary for Ken Terhaar which listed his extensive community involvement in the Longview area, but what was not included was the role he played in Wahkiakum County. I would like to make sure that local residents realize this and how important it was. For a number of years, Ken served on the board of the United Way of Cowlitz and Wahkiakum counties. In that capacity he was appointed to serve as the liaison between that organization and St. James Family Center, which has long been supported by it....
To The Eagle: For years LNG energy speculators promised us, “If we import foreign LNG it will diversify the supply and stabilize natural gas prices.” Now they claim, “If we export our generous supplies of domestic natural gas in the form of LNG it will stabilize prices.” Thanks to Ted Sickenger (Oregonian, July 17) for exposing this ultimate bait and switch scheme. If we allow these energy speculators to export away America’s energy future, you can kiss any form of economic recovery goodbye. In addition LNG terminals will destroy critical...
To The Eagle: It looks like EGT Development’s Larry Clark made a very clever move in his quest to hire non-union workers at the Port of Longview. This battle closely resembles a chess game, Larry’s latest move to hire a different union to man the work at the Port is an effort to pit one union against another. Now, instead of focusing the ILWU’s efforts on EGT ‘s earnings, $2.5 million yearly, they created a distraction. Meanwhile, a CEO from a very large international based corporation has decided to change the way we operate here in Cowlitz...
WAHKIAKUM COUNTY REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS TITLE: WAHKIAKUM COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS COST ACCOUNTING AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ISSUED BY: WAHKIAKUM COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS OPENS: July 28, 2011 CLOSES: August 18, 2011 PROPOSALS MUST BE SUBMITTED NO LATER THAN 4:00 P.M. TO: Wahkiakum County Public Works P.O. Box 97 64 Main Street Cathlamet, WA 98612 360-795-3301 Project Expectations Wahkiakum County Public Works seeks to acquire and implement a comprehensive, automated software product to provide efficient data entry, reliable internal processing and...
STATE OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO APPROPRIATE PUBLIC WATERS TAKE NOTICE: That Public Utility District No. 1 of Pend Oreille County of Newport, WA on March 4, 2011, under Application No. S3-30635 filed for permit to appropriate public waters, subject to existing rights, from Sullivan Lake, tributary to Outlet Creek/Sullivan Creek in the amount of 225 cubic feet per second, each year, for Hydropower, Instream Flow, Mitigation for out of stream beneficial uses, and Mitigation of new reservoir operations, including...
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON FOR WAHKIAKUM COUNTY In the Matter of the Estate of ) ) No. 11-4-00009-1 MERLE W. DAVIES, ) ) PROBATE NOTICE Deceased. ) TO CREDITORS ) 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...
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE THIS COMMUNICATION IS FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. I. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned Successor Trustee will, on the 5th day of August, 2011, at the hour of 10:00 a.m., at the front steps of the main entrance of the Wahkiakum County Courthouse, located at 64 Main Street, Cathlamet, Washington, sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable at the time of sale, the following described real property, situate...
File No.: 7037.05486 Grantors: Northwest Trustee Services, Inc. JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, successor by merger to Chase Home Finance LLC Grantee: Renee M. Robert, a single woman, as her sole and separate property Ref to DOT Auditor File No.: 2002793 Tax Parcel ID No.: 150806-420005 Abbreviated Legal: Lot 3, Puget Island Acres, Book "C" of Plats, Page 17 Notice of Trustee's Sale Pursuant to the Revised Code of Washington 61.24, et seq. I. On August 5, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. Outside the main lobby of the Wahkiakum County Courthouse,...
Knife River Company brought the last load of concrete on Friday that was needed to finish the two horse barn walkways! This second pour was just as big as the previous pour, but we were experienced concrete workers now, so it seemed to go a little faster. Bill Chamberlain drove his backhoe to the cement truck, the bucket was filled with concrete, he drove into the barn, dumped the concrete, then the crew pushed it into place. Thanks to our cement project crew: Ed Stevens, Mark Cothren, Jerry and Valle Ledtke, Mike Antijunti, Cody Vik, Dave and...
Once again, I have to congratulate my staff for getting The Eagle out while I was on an unscheduled vacation last week. Betsy, Geri and Caroline did a whale of a job picking up the loose ends. Ruby was on vacation, too, a planned vacation, and she's picked up a big load since she came back. It's nice to know that the paper is in good hands. Not only does the publisher not have to worry, but our subscribers also have the best quality product coming to them that we can produce. I use the term vacation loosely. I developed an infection in my leg,...
My apologies to everyone for the delayed reopening of the now combined Community Computer Center and the Grays River Valley Library. We had a few issues with the ethernet cables and computer hookups. We will be setting new, expanded hours for the computer center and library, and hopefully will be open next Thursday at 1 p.m. We hope you will check out the changes and continue to enjoy your Grays River Valley Center at Johnson Park. If you have questions, please call me at 465-2960. Only one more week until the 14th Annual Potluck, Pig roast...
