Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Wahkiakum alumni from 1945 on up to the early 80s gathered in the Wahkiakum High School gym on Saturday for an All School Reunion. It was also a celebration of 100 years of Wahkiakum and Cathlamet High schools. Alumni from 1981 to present day were scarce. It's been 71 years since Vern Olson, Bernice Tover Ellison and Delores Danielson Hanes graduated from high school in Cathlamet, but they never attended the school that stands today. Ellison, 90, was pleased to be there. She lives in Seattle...
Mike Johnson, a consultant from Gray and Osborne, presented his findings on a possible consolidation of the PUD and Town of Cathlamet water systems at the Wahkiakum County PUD Board of Commissioners meeting on Tuesday morning. Several officials from the town attended the meeting. “Based on the board’s position that the residents would be better served under one utility provider I was tasked with finding a way to pursue this endeavor,” General Manager David Tramblie said before Johnson spoke...
Local officials and citizens met with community planners from the National Park Service to discuss the results of the Waterfront Park Project survey at a Cathlamet Park Planning meeting on Tuesday. The survey questions were used to ascertain how people would like to use the site of the former sewer lagoons near the Elochoman Slough Marina before planners brought in landscape architects to design. 184 people responded to the survey. Most of the survey responders were between the ages of 36-55....
Special memories shared of Kim Hedges To The Eagle: I have meant to write this for some time but neglected to do so. Many of your memories of Kim, told at her memorial, were different than mine. My special memories are when she was a young girl and attended church with us. She was also a member of the missionette group, like Girl Scouts, only through the church. After we put our pool in, she was the first to be baptized in it. As she lay in a coma, I prayed that somehow God would allow her to remember those good times we had together. I...
Water intake plant improvements to begin To The Eagle: As readers will no doubt have already read elsewhere in The Eagle, the Town of Cathlamet’s Contractor will be beginning work on improving the water intake to our drinking water plant. This is exciting news! The reason for this work is to allow the plant to pull more water out of the river and to get closer to the volume of water that the plant itself can treat. Assuming all goes well, we should be allowed by regulators to provide water to as many customers as want our water. All this g...
To The Eagle: There are many new age snake oil salesmen telling anyone who will listen about the many wonderful benfits marijuana has in store for you. Get real, the only thing that belongs in your lungs is air. I know you can ingest it in food, too, just to get that high you think you need or worse, maybe even have become addicted to. I know a lot of you won’t gather round to hear my pitch, but here it goes anyway. If you need to feel good, you know, get that high, why not visit a lonely person, maybe mentor a child, buy a kid in need some s...
To The Eagle: Mary Ann Nelson has worked as a teacher at St. James Family Center since 1985 when SJFC first began providing early childhood education as St. James Preschool. Many things have changed since that time, but what has never changed is Mary Ann’s love of children, families and teaching. On Monday August 22nd from 4-6 we will host an open house in the SJFC gym to celebrate Mary Ann and all that she has given to our community. We would like to invite community members, alumni and anyone whose life has been touched by Mary Ann. We c...
To The Eagle: Citizens of Washington, are you aware that the Democratic Party under Governor Inslee wants to tax your hard earned paycheck and retirement check? You have worked too hard for your money to give more of it to state tax collectors to spend on their desires. Vote for Bill Bryant and the Republican Party in November. Protect your hard-earned income, say no to a Democrat Party sponsored income tax. Your friend and neighbor, Len Lindsley Puget Island...
The Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce will host a Fall Run Salmon Derby “Get Hooked” on August 26 and 27. This will be the first year for this derby. The event will take place at Elochoman Slough Marina in Cathlamet. The “Get Hooked” Fall Run Salmon Derby is a scholarship fundraising event for the Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce. Funds raised at this event will provide a high school senior with a scholarship to attend a college, university, or trade school after graduation. Last May they presented a graduating senior with a $1,000 scholar...
On September 14 at 6 p.m., Cowlitz County Master Gardener Phyllis Collins will teach you how to make Hypertufa garden pots and planters. Hypertufa is the art of making lightweight cement pots. In this class you’ll mix the ingredients, cast a planter, get ideas, learn techniques, and gain the knowledge to make more forms at home. You’ll take home your projects. The class cost is $20 per person. You must pre-register and pay by September 10. Class size is limited to 12. The class will be held in the Floral Building located on the Cowlitz Cou...
"It's the last minute busy bustle," Fair Manager Patty Dursteler said on Monday. "Everything is going smooth so far, knock on wood." Volunteers were preparing spaces for exhibitors in different buildings around the fairgrounds, or doing some last minute cleaning and set up. Participants walked into the fair office in a steady stream to sign up for exhibitor numbers. "It's pretty much the same old fair," Dursteler said. "It's not commercialized, it's our own little country fair." She's proud of t...
Good thing is, it was a nice day yesterday (Monday). I grabbed a hat, a chair, water and my camera and watched the young osprey until dusk, breaking only for dinner with my husband. So here's the scoop; the juvenile osprey I should call Sissi because it cried all day and didn't like the shakes on our roof. She kept sliding, and when she was able to hold on, acted as though she had splinters in her feet. Mom did a couple fly overs with a fish but couldn't get close enough to feed again. Somehow...
Live Music at Puget Island Farmers Market, 59 W. Birnie Slough Rd. On Friday, August 19, Don Wages and Friends will perform from 3-6 p.m., on the Up-Beet Stage. For more information call 360-560-3785. On Saturday, August 20 at River Mile 38 Brewing, Christine Darby will perform from 5-8 p.m. on the Crow’s Nest Stage, 285 Third St., Cathlamet. For more information call 360-366-4662....
TOASTY TIMES--Last Friday was a super hot day around here with temperatures still plenty warm after dark, which doesn't happen too often, so I was very happy to be inside enjoying some air conditioning. Temperatures cooled down a bit as this week began but according to the weather folks, it's supposed to get good and hot again by fair time. If this does indeed happen, please take extra care to keep yourself and your pets cool and hydrated. SPECIAL DAYS--Those celebrating birthdays from Aug. 18-24 are Jessica Schiek, Becky Ledtke, Riley Emlen-Pe...
THURSDAY Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Congregational Church, Noon. Cathlamet First Aid Division, Fire Hall, 7 p.m. Skamokawa Fire Department, First Aid Division, 7 p.m. Grays River Fire Department, ambulance training, 7 p.m. Wahkiakum Fire District No. 4, 7 p.m. Community Library & Computer Center, GRVC at Johnson Park, 1-5 p.m. West End Food Pantry, GRVC at Johnson Park, 1-5 p.m. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) GRVC at Johnson Park activity room, 2 p.m. Westside Play & Learn Group, Valley Bible Church,...
News from Naselle: Parents, students and staff of the Naselle Schools are invited to attend the Open House-Back to School BBQ on Wednesday, August 24 at 5 p.m. Meet the teachers and check out the students' classrooms. Hamburgers and hotdogs will be provided and parents are welcome to bring a side dish, dessert, soft drinks or chips. Here’s a great opportunity to build on a relationship with the teachers and visit with friends and families prior to the beginning of school. Football practice began on the 17th, and volleyball and cross country p...
The Naselle-Grays River Valley School District Board of Directors met for its monthly meeting on August 16 at the Grays River Fire Hall. In personnel matters, Hanna Higginbotham was hired as JV Volleyball coach and the Board acknowledged the resignation of Istvan Matej, bus driver and groundskeeper. A contract for school nursing services was approved with Pacific County as well as supplemental contracts with staff for the 2016-17 school year. The Board and Superintendent’s goals were adopted for the 2016-17 school year as well. Vacation a...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: August 8 — 7:58 a.m. A Grays River resident complained that his neighbor’s cows were loose and that it happened frequently. The owner was contacted and advised about fencing requirements. 1:34 p.m. A Puget Island resident was concerned about a suspicious device that she found attached to her house. She thought it was a monitoring device but it turned out to be a weather station sensor. 3:56 p.m. An Elo...
The first Wahkiakum middle school volleyball practice is set for August 22 from 3:20 to 5:20 p.m., in the gym, with a parent meeting to follow in the multi-purpose room at 5:30 p.m. Student athletes must have their physical exam completed before the first practice. For further information contact Tina Merz at 360-957-5368....
Canning season is here as an abundance of food is being harvested. As you prepare for canning, do you know if your canner will seal the lids to the jars? You can have your canner lid tested to be sure that your food is correctly canned. Lids can be tested, Tuesdays 10:00 – 11:30 a.m., through September 20, for $4.00 at the WSU Extension office located at 1946 Third Avenue, Longview. For questions, contact Lisa Huckleberry at 577-3014 Ext 0 or huckleberryl@co.cowlitz.wa.us....
Photo and story by Program Coordinator Nick Vavoudis Skyline Golf Course ended their summer golf camp on August 17 as the kids get ready for fall sports sponsored by the local schools. We had a great turnout this summer. Skyline Golf Camp lasted 23 days and taught 135 lessons to some 20 different kids. The season culminated with the Mint Valley Junior City Championship where six kids from Cathlamet competed. The event lasted four days with a flighted match play bracket event the final two days....
A Vancouver man died Sunday afternoon in a one-car accident west of Skamokawa on SR 4. According to a report from the Washington State Patrol, Sergey Saranchuk 53, was eastbound at a high rate of speed when he ran off the highway at Milepost 25.5. His 2012 Toyota Prius left the road off the eastbound shoulder, struck a telephone pole and several trees and came to rest down a 40-foot embankment. Saranchuk died at the scene. He was not wearing a seatbelt. The cause of the accident is under investigation....
The Eagle had an incorrect name last week in the captions for photos about the Puget Island oat harvest. Photographer Paul Vik provided this correction for us. "Just to clarify, it's Jared Vik's machinery and crop and he's on the tractor. John Vik was there helping." In the August 4 edition, The Eagle lacked the name of one of the people pictured at a National Night Out gathering In the Elochoman Valley. The unidentified person at the far left of the row was Beverly Higgins. Incorrect information was supplied to The Eagle about the ticket...
The Stella Historical Society will hold their annual Remnants of the Past program on September 10 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Visitors will find a small post office--now a museum--which served the farmers and loggers living in the area. Inside are items pioneers used before electricity was available. A blacksmith shop is next, housing logging equipment and one of the last working forges in Washington state. Jo Schnotala and Rochelle Hams of Grays River will be demonstrating their skills as blacksmiths that day. A third building houses farm equipm...
On Friday, August 16, from 10-5, the Wahkiakum County Department of Emergency Management will be conducting a training for a mass casualty incident in Cathlamet. Local law enforcement, emergency medical services, fire departments, mental health professionals and school district emergency response staff will benefit from the training. They are looking for 125 role players, 18 years and older, to aid in the training. Volunteers will be made up with mock injuries using the art of moulage before the event begins. There will be several moulage...
