Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Skateboarders from the Pacific Northwest and different points in the US, a European and a South American traveled to Cathlamet to compete and socialize at the sixth annual Downhill Corral during one of the hotter weekends in memory. Rising temperatures, a touch of humidity and an unforgiving sun made the hours on the asphalt a trial, unless you were riding. There were rumors of Germans and Australians as well. Tibault Parise came all the way from France. "I'm from Nice, which is nice," he said....
“Man Meets Squirrel” and other funny stories will be featured on the Squirrelfest Main Stage by the Longview Public Library this Saturday from 2 to 3 p.m. Early Words Toastmasters are inviting children and the general public to step forward to share their funny squirrel and other furry animal stories as part of their Tall Tales program. People can register in advance to have a speaking spot or just take their chances and show up at the stage. Wear a costume. Bring your pet (squirrel) and tell your story! For 44 years, Early Words Toa...
Two said no, one said yes, and one said one way or another when asked this week if they would be write in candidates for county offices this fall. Four Wahkiakum County incumbent office holders entered the August 5 primary election with no apparent opposition and emerged with write-in opponents. Saying yes: Westend resident Sam Valdez said he would enter the race for county assessor. Incumbent Bill Coons has filed for re-election. Saying no: Deputy Sheriff Mike Balch said Tuesday he wouldn't campaign for sheriff against incumbent Mark Howie....
As the light shifted and cast shade on the verdant and lush acreage at Erickson Park in Cathlamet, Master Gardeners and volunteers met late Monday afternoon in the Community Garden to begin harvest. The temperature had dropped nearly 20 degrees that afternoon, but it was still humid. Marian Green was picking beans, and Joyce Orr was looking for containers to carry the squash she would soon begin to tackle. Craig Brown was tracking down the hay used for the Downhill Corral last weekend. It would...
Wahkiakum County and the US Fish and Wildlife Service will work together to address erosion issues threatening Peterson Road in Middle Valley. Skamokawa Creek is meandering in the area and is undermining the road near the Peterson Road Bridge. County Engineer Pete Ringen has designed a project to protect the road, and in seeking possible funding parnters, submitted applications to funding programs of the Fish and Wildlife Service and the state Department of Fish and Wildlife. The Fish and Wildlife Service responded positively, and Ringen began...
Columbia Street will be closed next Monday and Tuesday at its intersection with SR 4, across from Boege Road, so that Bonneville Power Administration can do some maintenance work. Boyd Long, Bonneville's project manager, said the utility needs to replace a bad pole, and the affected high voltage electrical lines are too close to the road for safety and convenience....
A fallen tree snapped power lines along East Valley Road last Wednesday evening and caused a fire. On August 6 at 4:38 p.m. Wahkiakum Fire District 4 was dispatched to the 100 block of East Valley Road in Skamokawa for a brush fire that had gotten into the trees. Chief Jim Wilson reported that crews from the district's main station in Rosedale on Ocean Beach Highway and from the Elochoman Valley Road Station responded with two brush trucks and two water tenders. A tree had fallen onto another tree and in turn fell across the power lines...
With federal funds, the US Fish and Wildlife Service is one of several agencies able to hire high school students to work through the Youth Conservation Corps each summer. Students from South Bend, Naselle and Ilwaco have traditionally been offered positions at Willapa Wildlife Refuge, according to Wahkiakum High School teacher Jeff Rooklidge, but four years ago, the service opened up a branch at Julia Butler Hansen Refuge. "There have probably been 25-30 applications each year for four...
OLYMPIA – With dangerously hot and dry weather driving fire danger to a new high, the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is expanding the current statewide burn ban to cover all outdoor burning on all DNR-protected lands, with no exceptions, the agency announced today. “All indicators are that we’ll continue to have high heat, low humidity, and storm systems with winds and lightning. That means huge potential for wildfires,” said Commissioner of Public Lands Peter Goldmark. “We need to do everything we can to minimize...
Aug. 1 marked the opening of the long-awaited fall fishing season on the mainstem Columbia River, which this year is expected to see a record number of fall chinook salmon, a run of coho spawners forecast to be 156 percent of the 2004-2013 average and a summer steelhead return similar to the 10-year average. And both sport and commercial fishers are off and running, even though only the very beginnings of the 2014 fall chinook and coho runs have returned from the Pacific Ocean. Through August 6, 2,492 adult fall chinook had swum 146 miles up...
Menacing “El Nino” signs have eased though not disappeared. But another potential salmon nemesis – an apparent warm phase Pacific Decadal Oscillation – has made an appearance with warmer than average sea surface water conditions from the Gulf of Alaska and the eastern Bering Sea down to the so-called California Current off the coast of Oregon and Washington. “It should be noted that those Columbia/Snake River spring chinook and steelhead stocks that entered the ocean this spring and traveled to the Gulf of Alaska to feed may experienc...
Rayonier (NYSE: RYN) has launched a range of new hunting permits for its land in Western Washington, including nearly 375,000 acres in Clallam, Jefferson, Grays Harbor, Pacific and Wahkiakum Counties. A variety of permit levels are available, including low-cost general access hunting permits on 175,000 acres. Hunting permits are available from August 1 to December 31, 2014, while some recreational areas are available year round. Permit sale dates and availability of license areas are available on rayonierhunting.com. Permits include: The...
OLYMPIA – Local governments in Western Washington will see changes to what’s required for managing polluted stormwater runoff, the top threat to the water quality of urban-area lakes, rivers and Puget Sound. Stormwater is typically rain that runs off rooftops, paved streets, highways and parking lots. Along the way, it can pick up pollution from oil, fertilizers, pesticides, soil, trash and animal waste. Then the water might flow untreated directly into a local stream, bay, lake or waterway. The Department of Ecology proposes modifications to...
OLYMPIA – Washington State Parks announced Tuesday that campfires in all state parks will be prohibited until further notice to help prevent human-caused wildfires during the hot, dry season on both sides of the Cascade Mountains. The prohibition on campfires in state parks complies with the announcement Monday by Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR), which notified the public of a ban on all outdoor burning on lands protected by DNR, through Sept. 30. That agency has fire protection responsibility for all but a few state p...
County Line Park, now managed by Wahkiakum Port District Two, on a sunny day at the end of July. The Park is busy with fishermen, RV’s and campers in the tent sites. Bathrooms have been updated and visitors are commenting on how clean it is. “We have great new park hosts welcoming visitors and the Park is doing very well,” commented Port Manager Janet Bryan. “It’s exciting to see so many folks coming to the area and using all the Port’s parks....
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: August 4 – 8:48 a.m. The Cathlamet ambulance transferred a man with chest pain from the clinic to Lifeflight. 3:46 p.m. A landlord requested a welfare check on a resident in Cathlamet but cancelled the request when the resident was located. 3:49 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to a Cathlamet residence for an unknown reason; transport was refused. 5:01 p.m. The owner of a fifth wheel trailer reported the...
August 14 - August 21, 2014 THURSDAY District No. 4 Fire Department, 7 p.m. Grays River Fire District, No. 3 Commissioners, 7:30 p.m. Grays River Fire Department, fire training, 7 p.m. Skamokawa Fire Department, 7 p.m. Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. Puget Island Fire Department, drill night, 7 p.m. Port District No. 1, District Office, 500 2nd St., 5 p.m. Wahkiakum County Real Property Rights Advisory Board, Courthouse, Commissioners Meeting Room, 6 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Congregational Church, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg H...
WAS TOASTY--As the work week began, we were feeling mighty warm, as temperatures were still up in the 80's Sunday evening and were up in the mid-90's on Monday so it was pretty miserable I thought. In West Valley, we were still very hot Monday evening with no relief from any wind, while down at the fairgrounds, the wind was blowing and it must have been 15 to 20 degrees cooler, so a big discrepancy in just a couple of miles. And then there was Tuesday morning, wow, what a thunder and lightning storm that was! I was very glad to see it end, as...
Did you enjoy the noisy light show on Tuesday morning? The rain was nice as well. Hopefully it dampened the area enough to alleviate some of our fire danger. Unfortunately our four large (100 pounds each) dogs weren’t too happy with the thunder and lightning and all wanted to be in someone’s lap to be petted and hugged. Not fun when there are only two laps available. Sometimes they are worse babies than real kids. News from Naselle: Are you interested in serving on the facilities committee of the Naselle-Grays River Valley School District? I un...
After a six year courtship that began at a church youth group meeting while seniors in high school, Carol and Terry Kriesel were married August 16, 1964, in Portland. In celebration of their 50th anniversary, they recently went on a cruise to Alaska with their daughters and extended family. The couple splits the year living in Cathlamet and Green Valley, Arizona. They still hold hands and have sparkles in their eyes for each other....
The Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring the Eleventh Annual Labor Day “Buzzards Breath” Chili Cook Off in Cathlamet, on Saturday, August 30. Grab your favorite recipe, your cooker, a pot, and head to the Elochoman Slough Marina for a day of food, friends and fantastic chili. Call the Chamber office at (360)795-9996 or stop by 102 Main Street to get a copy of the rules and an application, or visit www.wahkiakumchamber.com. There is no cost to enter and the winner will receive a trophy. There will also be a flat bread throwing con...
Madeline Grace Rooklidge of Cathlamet recently graduated from Seattle Pacific University. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology....
Jeanette K. Klinger, of Rosburg, graduated from the University of Washington with a bachelor of science in nursing....
Wahkiakum Youth Football will hold a mini camp practice on Monday, August 18 at 3:30 p.m., at the field near the elementary school. A meeting for parents will be held at 5 p.m., following practice. At this meeting there will be discussion about registration, fees and physicals. For more information contact Brad Moon at 360-795-0076....
To the Eagle: While honored to have been written in by a number of Wahkiakum voters, I am not seeking the office of Wahkiakum County Prosecuting Attorney at this time. I loved working as Wahkiakum’s Deputy Prosecuting Attorney in the 1990s, and left that position due to family obligations. Those family obligations continue with my daughters still in high school. My commitment to my family, together with current service and professional obligations, prevent me from serving as Prosecutor even if I were to be elected this year. The Prosecuting A...
