Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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STILL HOT--Well, as this week begins and the weekend ends, it's still plenty toasty out there and I hope you are all being extremely careful about how much heat and sun you're taking in. Of course, it goes without saying that nobody should be left inside a car during these heat waves, as even with the windows down, there is no way a person or an animal can survive, so if you see someone's pet inside a vehicle or worse yet, a person, notify authorities immediately. If you have outdoor animals, make sure they have access to water and some shade...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: August 6--10:45 a.m. A caller reported the theft of political signs from Elochoman Valley Road. A deputy made contact. 2:02 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to a Greenwood Road address to aid a woman who was vomiting. 6:21 p.m. A caller reported a vehicle abandoned at the end of Steamboat Slough Road. The occupants were located.10:30 p.m. A deputy made a vehicle stop on SR 4 near Elochoman Valley Road;...
On August 7, the Wahkiakum County Sheriff’s Office, in conjunction with National Night Out, sponsored an event at Johnson Park. National Night Out is designed to engage neighbors in local crime and drug abuse prevention activities. The event was planned and presented my Volunteers In Police Services (VIPS). A variety of food was served while people were able to meet their neighbors, get resource information, and meet the men and women of our county emergency services. District 4 Fire, Search and Rescue, Grays River Fire/EMS, DEM, and the W...
Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber's proposal last week to address salmon allocation and related issues created some surprise and dismay on the Washington side of the Columbia River. Briefly, Kitzhaber proposed moving gillnetting into the select fishing areas such as Deep River and Young's Bay, giving recreational anglers a majority of run harvest allocations, and allowing the developing alternative gear fisheries on the mainstem of the river (see adjacent story for more detail). Local fishers fear the plan, if implemented, would have an adverse...
Cooks needed for chili cook-off Cooks are needed for the Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce's Ninth Annual Labor Day “Buzzards Breath” Chili Cook Off in Cathlamet. The event, which this year is a Tolbert Sanctioned event, will be held at the Elochoman Slough Marina on September 1. There is no cost to enter. Cooking starts at 10 a.m. and the public will start tasting at 1 p.m. with judging at 3 p.m. There will also be a tortilla throwing contest, live music, beer garden, rubber duck race raffle, and wooden boat raffle. Call 795-9996, visit the Chambe...
Pictured right: Darbury Novoselic, Krist Novoselic and Robert Pyle prepare for Tuesday's meeting. Photo by Melissa Linquist. Grays River Grange #124 rests just feet from the highway. It is lined with single piece wainscoting that stretches from floor to ceiling. Shoes shuffle across old growth solid fir floors, pale scuff marks suggest many years of passage from the front doors to the kitchen area. Inside, volunteers from western Wahkiakum gather over a banquet. Neighbors share freshly baked bread, homemade quiche and a fluffy angel food cake...
While she sat, propped by pillows, in a hospital bed Sunday evening, her friends and family were throwing Brandi (Knowles) Thomas, 35, a bash that she won’t soon forget. “She just had her third radical surgery last week,” explained Lisa Ridout, Brandi’s friend and event organizer. “She is very sore and hurting. They took skin from her thigh to graft it back to her chest area. She not only had her breast removed, but lymph nodes, some muscle and much of the tissue surrounding ribs, arm pit, side, etc. She will start chemo again (third time) as...
The board voted to notify its liability and property insurer, the Washington Rural Counties Insurance Pool, on its intent to withdraw from the pool on August 31, 2013. The notice is required by the county's membership in the pool. The move allows the board to contact other carriers, such as the Washington Association of Counties (WASC), to compare rates and coverage. If the board finds no benefit to switching carriers, it can rescind the notice and maintain membership in the rural counties' pool. Commissioner Blair Brady supported the move and...
To The Eagle: At last we have a sequel to the fascinating, cliff-hanger Saga of the Sewer to Nowhere. The gravity-defying engineering project slated to be our greatest future tourist attraction, the Cathlamet Uphill Sewer System (CUSS), has hit a challenging snag. Attempting to burrow under SR4 on its journey up the mountainside, it ran into a large boulder, a totally unexpected phenomenon in this sandy, loamy valley. The powerful Bureau of Transport and Alchemy was able help initially by levitating bedrock up and down, but attempts to bypass...
To The Eagle: I would like to thank all Wahkiakum county residents for the opportunity to run for office in our wonderful little corner of the world. I also want to personally thank all who took the time to vote and to those who voted for me; it was an honor. I also want to thank the other three candidates who were in this campaign for county commissioner. In a world of nothing but negative campaigning, this county rose above it. I believe that's why we live here. Lastly, I would like to express my support for Greg Prestegard. I believe he...
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR SHORELINE MANAGEMENT, SUBSTANTIAL DEVELOPMENT, CONDITIONAL USE, OR VARIANCE PERMIT Notice is hereby given that Port of Longview, Who is applicant of the below described property has filed an application for a Shoreline Substantial Development/Conditional Use Permit for the development of Columbia River Channel maintenance dredging upland disposal at Rice Island and Browns Island. Located at Rice Island - Columbia River Mile 21; Sec. 20, T9N R8W, W.M. Browns Island - Columbia River Mile 46.3; Section 29, T8N, R5W, W.M.,...
NOTICE OF CHANGE TO MEETING LOCATION AND TIME PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT NO. ONE OF WAHKIAKUM COUNTY WASHINGTON Notice is hereby given that the regularly scheduled meeting of Tuesday, August 21, 2012, at 8:30 a.m., of the Board of Commissioners of Public Utility District No. One of Wahkiakum County, Washington, will be held instead at the Rosburg Hall at 28 Rosburg Hall Road, Rosburg, Washington, on August 21, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. The public and all customers of the District are invited and encouraged to attend. PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT NO. ONE OF...
At 9 a.m., this morning, the gates were opened and our 2012 Wahkiakum County Fair festivities and livestock shows began! The Fairgrounds is filled with still life exhibits, 4-Hers showing their animals, food vendors, game vendors, business vendors and vendors selling fun good quality products. If you want to talk to a candidate running for a position for one of our local offices, you will have a chance during the fair, as many have rented a booth. I hope you saved the flyer that I sent out with The Eagle newspaper last week, it will help you...
First, we are reminded once again of all the wonderful volunteers we have in our region. This week, we'll enjoy the county fair, largely run by volunteers. Last Sunday, volunteers put together a fabulous fund raiser for a cancer victim. The weekend before, we had volunteers putting on festivals in Skamokawa and Naselle, and the weekend before that, Cathlamet's Bald Eagle Festival and a new festival at the Grays River Valley Center. Volunteers put on a couple forums for political candidates in July. The Grays River Grange held one of their...
Have you had a chance to watch any of the meteor showers this week? With the clear skies most evenings, we have been enjoying a few sightings while sitting in the hot tub. What a relaxing way to spend the evening. I hope you have also taken advantage of the beautiful, warm weather this past week, but it looks like another weather alert for today with extremely warm temps. Remember to make sure your animals have lots of opportunity to get out of the heat and have access to fresh water. News from Naselle: I had an opportunity to try out the new...
