Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Photo and story by Sunny Manary He doesn’t speak. He doesn’t make eye contact. But his painting caught the eye of his caregivers. Christopher Taylor, son of Cathlamet resident Dian Eakin, is autistic. For the past 20 years, he has lived in a Spokane group home. The painting was selected as the representation of what autistic children can do, Dian said. His painting won the 5th Annual Mayor’s Proclamation sponsored by the NW Autism Center and Autism Society of Washington (ASW), Spokane Chapter. During the month of April, which is “Auti...
Each summer, the Community Foundation celebrates a year of service to the Lower Columbia area with a summer Garden Party at the Julia Butler Hansen Heritage Center in Cathlamet. Bob Crissman from Gallery of Diamonds in Longview has donated a diamond pendant for a drawing during the event. Food is provided and music by Greg Parke as well. Updates on Foundation projects are given and information on the invested funds at Anderson & Anderson is also reported. Featured speaker this year is Marc Alexander from SEI Investment Co. Another featured...
Cathlamet Library’s Summer Reading Program, “Catch the Reading Bug,” got off to a grand start on Wednesday morning, July 9. Some of the children who attended the first session are pictured here with new books the Library recently received through a grant from The Libri Foundation. Participants and parents were greeted in the parking lot by a giant bug, nearly six-feet tall, carrying a placard simply stating “Read,” Traci Hering, volunteer and mother, read “Hey Little Ant” and helped the kids make clay ants. Brianna Parsons, youth volunteer, pro...
The Wahkiakum High School Board of Directors met July 23 to discuss and act on budget and maintenance projects for the coming school year. Superintendent Bob Garrett told the board that a budget extension was necessary for two funds in the 2007-08 budget. For the general fund, he recommended an increase from $4.8 million to $5.06 million because of unanticipated high inflation. In addition to the inflation costs, other costs such as unexpected machinery and maintenance projects completed in the past year exceeded estimates. Regarding the 2007-2...
The Wahkiakum County Sheriff’s Office will sponsor a Prepare Fair to celebrate the National Night Out (NNO) on August 5 from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. at the Wahkiakum County Fairgrounds in Skamokawa. The purpose of NNO is to educate individuals about emergency preparedness and crime prevention in their homes and neighborhoods. “It’s simply an educational night out for families,” said Chief Civil Deputy Joannie Bjorge. "It’s a night for people to get out and get to know one another." There will be booths for visitors to learn how to properly use a fi...
Mike Johnson, a Hancock Forest Management forester, explained the process of preparing a culvert installation to students from Naselle and Wahkiakum high schools involved in the summer Columbia Estuary Environmental Education Program. Photo by Sunny Manary High school students in Wahkiakum County and Naselle can participate in a summer program called the Columbia Estuary Environmental Education Program or CEEEP. “The purpose of CEEEP is to try to get students to have an interest in Environmental Science where they grew up so they will come back...
The annual Grays River Covered Bridge celebration will be held this Saturday in Grays River. The Bridge Celebration will be held at Ahlberg Park on the south end of the Bridge beginning with a walk/run at 9 a.m. with registration starting at 7 a.m. The awards ceremony will be at 10:30 a.m. Music and dancing begin at noon. Vendors and food will be available starting at 10 am. The Kite Museum from Long Beach will help kids make their own kites to fly at the park as well. The five acre Ahlberg Park at the Bridge is owned and operated by the...
Summer time is Fair time and the Cowlitz County Fair will be open to the public on July 30 through August 2. I visited the Fairgrounds yesterday while assisting with setting up the Wahkiakum County Grange Display Booth. Many people were busy bringing in items for judging which started Tuesday. The theme this year is "Celebrate 2008." The Wahkiakum County Fair's theme this year is "Locally Grown for 100 Years" and will begin setting up the week of August 18 with the Fair open to the public on August 21, 22 and 23. Once again the Grange Food...
Republican candidate for governor Dino Rossi listened as well as spoke when he made a campaign stop Monday afternoon in Cathlamet. Rossi described his vision for Washington and touted his leadership to a crowd of about 20 persons. Then he invited local residents to share their concerns. Chief among those concerns were comments from commercial fishermen urging the potential governor to protect what they see is the public's interest in a share of the Columbia River's salmon runs. Irene and Kent Martin, Skamokawa, reviewed the past winter and...
Wahkiakum County residents are invited to attend a public forum for the candidates running for the office of county commissioner on August 6 at 7 p.m. in the River Street Building. The candidates will have an opportunity to speak briefly about themselves and why they feel they are the best candidate for their position. This will be followed by questions from a moderator. Ample time will be allowed for questions from the public. County Auditor Diane Tischer will also be available to explain and answer questions regarding the new top two...
Wahkiakum County commissioners on Tuesday ordered department heads to make budget reductions totaling $104,000. The cuts are the first round in county government's efforts to cover a $1 million revenue shortfall for 2008. The cuts include $5,160 in reducing the board's administrative assistant to a four-day work week; $60,000 in the sheriff's office, $10,000 in Superior Court, $3,333 for the prosecuting attorney's office, $10,000 in the health department, and $16,000 in the solid waste program. Another $6,667 would come as a loan from the...
Candidates for Wahkiakum County commissioner are making final plans for their efforts leading to this year's primary election. Because the primary has been advanced from the third Tuesday in September to the third Tuesday in August, August 19 this year, the county's ballots for the vote by mail election will go to voters in Commissioner District 1 this weekend. Also, the state has changed to a top-two primary in which the two candidates with the highest vote tallies in the primary advance to the general election. That affects the race in...
Effective 12:01 a.m, tomorrow, (August 1), the Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR), in cooperation with officials from Wahkiakum County, is enacting a ban on all outdoor burning. All land clearing, residential and silvicultural burning will be banned until further notice. Silvicultural burning is usually associated with timber operations or other forest practices on unimproved or forested land. This ban will coincide with a Wahkiakum County burn ban that will go into effect on improved properties in Wahkiakum County. This burn ban...
