Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Abbie Eaton of Naselle was crowned Queen at the 2014 Wahkiakum County Fair. The six princesses who competed for the crown raised more than $8,000 this year, much to Fair Manager, Patty Dursteler's delight. Several local musicians took the stage and entertained locals and other visitors at the three-day event. There was salmon and ice cream and elephant ears. Teens chatted and tried to look cool while the younger kids raced around, playing in the inflatable castles, or walking on water in...
A failing culvert has led Wahkiakum County officials to implement an emergency closure of one lane of Elochoman Valley Road. The single lane closure went into effect yesterday (Wednesday). The culvert carries Clear Creek under the road at approximately Milepost 6.53. Public Works Director Pete Ringen reported this week that the galvanized steel pipe is starting to buckle under the northbound lane. "I'm deeply concerned," Ringen told the board of county commissioners Tuesday. "It is heavily corroded and has buckled. It could collapse. It's...
The Wahkiakum School District Board of Directors made quick work of the agenda at their August meeting on Tuesday. School Board Director Tina Schubert was not present, and Michelle Budd had to step out for a football meeting next door. With board members Tim Hanigan and Shawn Merz on hand and Sue O’Connor on the phone, the school board approved several items, beginning with an increase in the adult school lunch price from $3.50 to $4. A class on wildlife and a class on forestry will be combined...
Wahkiakum PUD Customer Service Representative Lia Sealund updated the board of commissioners on the rebate program for energy efficiency and made suggestions for future projects at Tuesday’s PUD meeting. “The intention of the rebate funding is to reduce electrical consumption for our district,” Sealund said. “I thought it would be helpful to highlight the return on the investment. Where are we capturing the biggest savings? For every dollar that we’ve invested in rebate funds for the ductless...
The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission wants the public to know that Monday, Aug. 25 is a state parks ‘free day.’ Day-use visitors will not need a Discover Pass to visit state parks. The ‘free day’ is in honor of the birthday of the National Park Service, which was established on Aug. 25, 1916. State Parks ‘free days’ are in keeping with legislation that created the Discover Pass, a $30 annual or $10 one-day permit required on lands managed by Washington State Parks, the Washington departments of Natural Resources (DNR) and F...
Commissioners of Port District 1 discussed the concession stand, plans for the RV sewer dump and other issues at their August meeting last Thursday. Commissioner Bob Kizziar’s grant writing efforts were rewarded with a grant from the Wahkiakum County Marine Resources Committee in the amount of $7,000. The money will go toward safety ladders and fire extinguishers at the Elochoman Slough Marina. With input from the local fire department, the Cathlamet Yacht Club has offered to install the new e...
Commissioners of Port District 2 discussed issues with County Line Park patrons when they met Tuesday. Commissioners also authorized Manager Janet Bryan to find a contractor to remove the district's navigation buoys from Grays Bay. Five patrons of County Line Park attended the port commission meeting in the port's Skamokawa Vista Park office to object to port plans to install a gate and close the park at night. One man said he is on call for his job and can be called out in the night. Another commented that a locked gate could prevent patrons...
Wahkiakum County will have a new ferry next year, but local officials are starting to wonder if it will be able to go into service. County Public Works Director Pete Ringen said Tuesday that the US Army Corps of Engineers is delaying action on permits needed to modify the Puget Island landing to accommodate the new ferry. The new ferry will have a deeper draft than the current vessel, the Wahkiakum, and some dredging is needed to provide adequate depth. The new ferry will also be larger than the Wahkiakum, and Ringen said mooring piling need...
Members of the Cathlamet Town Council addressed a variety of business when they met last Monday. The council approved a $6,071.10 change order for the new waste water treatment plant that is nearly complete. Consulting engineer Ken Alexander said $5,439 of that amount was required by federal auditors. They noted that the contract award was made more than 90 days after bid opening, and federal law requires that the most current federal wage rates be used at the time of the award. The rates had changed the day the contract was awarded, and no...
August 21 - August 28, 2014 THURSDAY 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. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Congregational Church, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) GRVC at Johnson Park, activity room, 2 p.m. AA Meeting, Cathlamet Congregational Church, 7:15 p.m. Community Computer Center, GRVC at Johnson Park, 1-5 p.m. Grays River Valley Library,...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: August 11 – 9:12 a.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to aid a woman with a broken leg in Skamokawa. 9:23 a.m. An Elochoman Valley resident reported computer fraud by people posing as Microsoft employees. 9:34 a.m. A man visiting a Puget Island beach reported that he caught juveniles going through his things. 10 a.m. A Cathlamet resident complained about neighbors being noisy at night. 10:06 a.m. A C...
Prosecuting Attorney Dan Bigelow stopped in our office Monday morning to ask that we print something prominent that stated he is a candidate for office. In last week's edition, we accidentally omitted the name off a letter to the editor from Heidi Heywood, who stated that although she had received enough votes in the primary election to qualify as write-in candidate, she wouldn't be a candidate for the office. Bigelow told us that since the print edition appeared, several people had asked him why he wasn’t running. He wants everyone to know t...
The views at Skamokawa Vista Park and the charm of the Wahkiakum County Fair have fixed Bob and Jane Hays' travel plans for the past 15 years. Bob, 83, a retired electrical engineer and his wife Jane, 82, came to the northwest to visit one of their three children. Their middle boy lives in Woodinville and works for Microsoft as an electrical engineer. Towing a fifth wheel gave them the freedom to travel without any particular plan and on a fateful day about 15 years ago they found themselves on...
Fizz, Boom, Read!, the Summer Children’s Library program for 2014, has come to a close. It is time for participants to bring in their reading records to be checked to see if reading goals were met, so prizes can be awarded! Librarian Carol Blix has only received a few reading records so far. If you have lost your reading record form, your name and titles of books you have read can be neatly written on another piece of paper and submitted. You’ll be asked to tell details about some of the books you have read, and we’ll look at the reading goal...
JUST RIGHT--Once we got over a wild couple of days last week with thunder and lightning and pouring down rain, it wasn't too bad, albeit a bit muggy now and then. This week started out with some rain threats but forecasters can't quite make up their minds about that, so who knows what we'll really see coming by the end of the week. Please don't be fooled by the rain we had, as there is still a burn ban in effect and fines have been doled out for illegal camp fires or trash fires recently, so when in doubt, call authorities. FAIR IS DONE--Once...
Looks like we are back to the warm trend again. Personally I prefer the cooler but this makes it nice for picking berries and getting them frozen or made into jam or pies without fear of mildew. If I could keep my dogs from helping me by eating them off the vines, I would have lots more. The gardens are producing in abundance again this year, and our neighbor, Nancy George, as usual is providing us with delicious veggies grown with her tender loving care. Thank you Nan. Our yellow transparent apple tree had lots of apples and we have found a...
The Naselle High School Class of 1964 gathered July 25th at the Grays River Valley Center at Johnson Park in Rosburg for their 50 year class reunion. Back row, l-r, are Ed Blain, Jon Pakenen, Allan Niemi, Lawrence Elliott, Bert Juhala (former grade school classmate), Jerome Elliott, and Dave Sotka. Middle row, l-r, are Barbara Cox Page, Shirley Olson Niemi, Kay Koski McAnulty, Phyllis Johnson Mercer, Gail Strange Lewis, Kathy Wirkkala Baker, Jeannine Larson Johnson, Mary Jo Nicholson Smith,...
High school football teams started practice yesterday (Wednesday), and the Wahkiakum Mules hit the field shortly after midnight. Coach Eric Hansen, talked to his 23 players as they went through their stretching routine. First games are scheduled for September 5....
