Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Sorted by date Results 1 - 15 of 15
This year brings the 100th year of the County Fair in Wahkiakum County, and with it a long tradition of volunteerism and county-wide collaboration. WSU Wahkiakum County Extension shares that tradition, and the work of our 4-H youth and volunteers, Master Gardeners, and Food and Farm volunteers will be on display this week throughout the Fair. The Fair is the culmination of a year of practice and training for our 4-H youth, with this year’s projects in horses, beef, poultry and other animals; as well as photography, visual arts, baking, g...
Preparations for the 2008-09 school year are underway. The first day of school for the Wahkiakum and Naselle/Grays River Valley Districts is September 1. Teachers report for duty on August 26 in both districts. Both districts are in the process of hiring new staff. For WHS, four candidates are being discussed for the half time math teacher position, while NHS has two open positions. The contracts of individuals will be discussed at each districts' school board meetings this week. Julius A. Wendt Elementary School will have a Back to School Nigh...
Commissioners of Port District No. 2 of Wahkiakum County hope to fill a vacancy on their board of commissioners and start construction of a boat ramp project on Puget Island in the next few weeks. Commissioners Kayrene Gilbertsen and Carlton Appelo have been the only commission members since Kyle Gribskov retired and didn't run for re-election. At the board's July meeting, Gilbertsen and Appelo said they had an agreement from Skamokawa resident Greg Parke to fill the spot and they passed a motion to appoint him. However Parke didn't attend the...
The Wahkiakum PUD met Tuesday to discuss topics ranging from a planned power outage to energy conservation. The power will be turned off from KM Mountain to the Wahkiakum/Cowlitz county line from midnight on Saturday until 7 a.m. Sunday morning. Bonneville Power Administration requested the outage for routine maintenance. “This is not a scheduled program. We are doing our work in concurrence so it wouldn’t require a second outage to do our work,” said Commissioner Larry Reese. “There was going to be an outage up there that we have no control...
Kindergarten 1 box of tissues, 4 glue sticks, 1 set of crayola twistables crayons, 1 big pink eraser, 2 spiral notebooks – wide lined, 1 plastic school box (approximately 8 ½” x 5”), backpack (non rolling), gym shoes with non-marking soles to be kept at school-velcro for children who cannot tie shoelaces. Do not label washable markers, 2 boxes pencils, round tip scissors, small elmers glue, 24 pack crayons, one box of crackers/snack item, package of paper plates. First grade Scissors (with metal edge), pencil box, 4 packages of...
Lower Columbia Community Action Program (CAP ), which sponsors the Statewide Health Insurance Benefits Advisors (SHIBA) HelpLine in Cowlitz and Wahkiakum counties, will offer two free Medicare presentations: Looking at Medicare Part D and Getting Ready for Medicare on August 21 at the Wahkiakum County Fair in Skamokawa. The SHIBA HelpLine is a free counseling service of the Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC). Volunteers are trained by OIC to answer questions, make referrals, help evaluate and compare policies, and...
A Wahkiakum celebration to coincide with WSU Statewide Harvest Days is to happen on October 4. As a county wide historic view spotlighting rural America, the "Columbia River Country Days" event promises a broad range of interests centering on Cathlamet, Puget Island, Skamokawa, Grays River and beyond. Wahkiakum organizers are working to start a celebration that will "Let Wahkiakum Shine" planning entertainments to include food and farm tours, harvest dinners and dances. Cathlamet and Puget Island will be the scene of a tractor parade and...
On September 1, The Grange will host a Farmers Market at Meserve Park in Grays River. It starts at 11 a.m. and ends at 3 p.m. All transactions will be between the seller and the buyer - the market is only hosted by the Grays River Grange, stewards of Meserve park. There is no seller's fee to participate. "Our last market was so successful, we're doing another one. The location is excellent. SR 4 traffic slows for Grays River and we anticipate a lot of people returning from the beach after the three day weekend." said Krist Novoselic, Master of...
*Editor's note: This story has a correction from the print edition for candidate Wally Wright's total. Wahkiakum County voters approved their 6-year emergency services special levy and began the process of nailing down District 1 county commission candidates in Tuesday's voting. Voting officials counted 1,117 ballots that had been returned by Tuesday. Another 438 ballots were counted late Wednesday morning. After Wednesday's count, the EMS levy was passing with 75 percent support, 1,080 yes, 353 no. Democrat Lisa Marsyla led the race for the...
The Wahkiakum Dollars for Scholars Non-Traditional Scholarship committee has announced the recipients of their 2008 scholarships. Thanks to a generous donation from the John C. Thomas Memorial Scholarship Fund and an anonymous donor, the group was able to fund six scholarships. Scholarships of $1,000 were awarded to Erynn Grasseth, Rachael Gerlach and Sean Reichert; a $500 scholarship was awarded to Phillip Most. Erik Schillios and Brenden McClain were awarded $250 each. The Non-Traditional scholarships are available to past graduates of...
The 100th Annual Wahkiakum County fair opens today. Despite last minute cancellations and changes, things are going well, said Fair Manager Sarah Lawrence. Due to the hiring freeze by the county commissioners, she said, staff has had to rely solely on volunteers to pull the fair together. Last year, there were eight full time employees, this year there are two but the county commissioners on Tuesday approved hiring of up to 10 part-time employees during the fair. Even with the last minute drop outs, Lawrence says there are still many fun...
The Lower Columbia Economic Development Council has contracted with the WSU Extension Office and the Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce to conduct an asset mapping and needs assessment of the business activity in the county. The Chamber of Commerce and the Extension Office will both have booths out at the Wahkiakum County Fair this week where all local businesses, hobbyists, and entrepreneurs are encouraged to drop by and fill out the short survey form. The Lower Columbia EDC wants to identify the small businesses in Wahkiakum County and get them...
In a 2-1 vote, the Cathlamet Town Council voted to appoint former Mayor and Councilmember Bob Rendler to fill a vacant seat on the council. Councilmembers David Goodroe and William Talbott voted for Rendler; Councilmember Wally Wright voted for the other applicant for the position, Ruth Doumit. Councilmember John Hannah didn't attend the Monday meeting. The council had interviewed the two candidates in a special meeting August 13. In other business at the 2.5 hour meeting Monday: --Councilmember Goodroe reported finding a firm interested in par...
Wahkiakum County commissioners are continuing to lobby Governor Chris Gregoire to take a more active interest in natural resource issues affecting Wahkiakum and other rural counties. Commissioners George Trott, Dan Cothren and Blair Brady on Tuesday signed a letter to the governor giving background on two fishery issues and inviting her to visit the county and meet with commercial fishing families. Earlier this year, commissioners contacted Gregoire to express displeasure over the short opening for commercial and recreation spring salmon...
Classes aim to help those living with diabetes Wahkiakum County Health & Human Services and WSU Extension are offering a free program targeted to people living with diabetes. The program is part of a research project conducted by Joslin Diabetes Center which is affiliated with Harvard Medical School and the world’s largest diabetes research center and provider of diabetes education. Washington State University is also part of the research project. The Wahkiakum County program will include: • Two of the important tests that tell how well d...
