Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Wahkiakum County officials addressed construction projects at their meeting Tuesday. The board of commissioners opened two bids to replace and upgrade the Puget Island ferry landing. Public Works Director Pete Ringen will study them and make a recommendation to the board of commissioners next week for the bid award. Bergerson Construction, Inc., of Astoria was the low bidder at $1.87 million. Hickey Marine Enterprises was the other at $2.3 million. Ringen said the design engineer's estimate was $1.6 million. Commissioners expressed concerns tha...
The partially rebuilt Wahkiakum High school bleachers are almost finished and should be ready for the first Junior Varsity game this fall. “We had insurance so it covered all the damage to the bleachers,” said School Superintendent, Bob Garrett. “We called for bids early in June and accepted a bid submitted by Five Rivers Construction from Longview.” Garrett said the cost to repair the bleachers will run about $106,000 and there will probably be one change order to correct a architectural design flaw that had to do with how the press box tha...
There is an angel among us, she has faced some of life’s toughest challenges and yet continues to think of others and how she can lend a hand in support. Within my time as fair manager, she and her family have proven time and time again that they are a pillar of our great community. I am once again speaking of the great Donna Moody and her lovely family who have just donated a new fryer for the Grange kitchen! Earlier this year Donna and other Grays River Grange members purchased and donated an ice machine, improving the Grange Food booth b...
The Wahkiakum PUD board of commissioners worked its way through a list of housecleaning measures this week and finished their regular session and moved to an executive session. PUD Manager David Tramblie told commissioners the district is looking at about a 1 percent to 2 percent increase in the cost of its power from the Bonneville Power Administration, “It would be my recommendation to increase the rates to cover those (BPA) costs, as well as our own inflationary costs,” he said. BPA is passing on its rising costs to local utilities. “I...
The Wahkiakum County Fair is gearing up with new vendors, promenade, and, if all goes as planned, a new arena. Construction on the new $500,000 replacement arena is underway. “They tell me it will be ready by fair day,” Fair Manager Sarah Lawrence said this week. Right now the fair grounds are a mixture of sound and fury. Dust mingles with the emergency warning beeps from heavy equipment. Other construction sounds emanating from near the horse barn, coupled with the high pitched whine of a table saw in the cow barn add to the hectic atm...
Kindergarten--Mrs. Davis: 3 boxes of 16 crayons; 6 jumbo washable school glue sticks (.77 oz); 2 large boxes tissues; 4 unopened boxes of crackers (saltines or graham crackers only); 1 box plain band-aids (no cartoon characters); 2 large pink erasers; 2 boxes of #2 pencils. First Grade--Mrs. Ridout: 1 backpack; 2 boxes of 48 crayons; 2 boxes of colored, washable, large markers (not fine tipped); at least 48 #2 yellow, pre-sharpened pencils; 3 spiral, wide rule notebooks; 1 or 2 large pink gum erasers; 6 glue sticks; 1 pair blunt-point...
The Columbian Estuary Study Taskforce (CREST) has about a week of construction left on a 1500-foot section of habitat restoration on a Grays River tributary that runs through the Gorley farm just off Fossil Creek road. CREST habitat restoration specialist, Amy Ammer said the organization has spent nearly $800,000 on this phase of their project. And crews worked most of the summer, testing, cleaning and shaping the streambed. CREST workers added gravel in and along the upper portion of the tributary. “The heavy equipment will be here probably a...
Beaver Creek Road residents may have found an opening in the planned three month closure of the A.G. Hanson Bridge over the Elochoman River. Wahkiakum County officials met Tuesday evening with owners of property along a private road connecting Beaver Creek Road with a privately owned bridge over the Elochoman above the Hanson bridge to see if they would reach an agreement for limited public use of the route. Wednesday morning, Commission Chair Dan Cothren said all landowners were cooperating for the detour, including the state Department of...
