Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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September 3, 2008...
The Wahkiakum Mule team is trying to fill some big shoes. Graduation last June took the leading hitters and an all-league setter. Retirement took a coach with college experience and success at Wahkiakum, Patty Anderson. Long-time assistant Coach Jeff Rooklidge has stepped into the head coach role. "No one applied for the head coaching job when we posted it," he said. "I wanted to stay as JV coach, but I decided to move up. I won't be able to fill Patty's shoes. It's a daunting task, but she taught me a lot. Former head Coach Joyce Wilson also c...
The Wahkiakum Mule football team travels to Naselle Friday for the KM Football Trophy Game and the start of the 2009 high school season. Game time is 7 p.m. The Comets, a state playoff semifinalist, host the Mules in a non-league game. "It should be a good one," Mule Coach Eric Hansen commented this week. "They've got a lot of size, speed and skill." Austin Burkhalter returns for his fourth year as Comet quarterback. Running the ball will be Alan Erickson, Logan Scrabeck and Nate Carlson. Target for Burkhalter passes include tight ends Leonel...
The Wahkiakum Mule football team travels to Naselle Friday for the KM Football Trophy Game and the start of the 2009 high school season. Game time is 7 p.m. The Comets, a state playoff semifinalist, host the Mules in a non-league game. "It should be a good one," Mule Coach Eric Hansen commented this week. "They've got a lot of size, speed and skill." Austin Burkhalter returns for his fourth year as Comet quarterback. Running the ball will be Alan Erickson, Logan Scrabeck and Nate Carlson. Target for Burkhalter passes include tight ends Leonel...
After 12 months of planning and preparation I must admit that I’m relieved but also sad that our 101st fair celebration has ended. It’s been a challenging year but we’ve worked hard and are proud to show off the new fairgrounds arena. Yes, having power and doors would have made things easier but life would be boring if everything always went to plan. Mother Nature’s been keeping us on our toes the last few years but we’ve managed to make the best out of every situation. Now is the time to look towards the future and how we can work together...
The Naselle School Board of Directors appointed Dr. Rick Pass of Astoria to a one year contract as superintendent at their meeting on August 26. Pass assumed his position August 31, three days before students return to school on September 3. The interim contract expires June 30, 2010. In an emailed statement, Pass said “It is an honor to be selected as the Naselle-Grays River Valley School District interim superintendent. Having grown up in the lower Columbia River area, I have enjoyed the opportunity to compete against Naselle High School a...
Some guys have all the luck. At least that’s Bruce Oliver’s take on the fact that during the months of June and July of this year he caught four tagged northern pikeminnows near the Cathlamet Marina and Elochoman River. The fish were worth $500 each. “I got $2000 for the four of them,” said Oliver. “That’s a pretty fair chunk of change for a guy just having fun.” Oliver lives in Arizona but spent many years in Longview. That's how he learned of the Cathlamet marina. He currently keeps a little motorhome at the marina and fishes the Columbia. “I...
Gil Kerlikowske, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), announced Tuesday the awarding of $21 million in new Drug Free Communities (DFC) grants to 161 communities across the country. Wahkiakum Community Network from Cathlamet was one of the grant recipients and will receive $125,000 in DFC grant funds to involve and engage the local community to prevent and reduce alcohol and other drug abuse among youth. “Efforts to keep our youth drug free are critical to healthy communities here in Wahkiakum County,” said Lia Sea...
See videos of the longboarders here Leather ripped apart and rubber-soled shoes screeched across the pavement in downtown Cathlamet Saturday and Sunday when internationally sanctioned longboard racers took over the town and slid, crawled and dodged their way down the town's steep streets. The two-day professional longboard competition began calmly enough on Saturday at the Stockhouse Farm on Puget Island. The sedate, long and lonely distance skaters didn’t really prepare the few spectators that hung out at the finish line for what was in s...
The Helping Hand food bank will apparently close at the end of September, coordinator Rick Dasher announced this week. The Helping Hand food bank is run by a private, non-profit corporation. It has been housed in the Cathlamet Seventh Day Adventist Church for 15 years but is not operated by the church. However, the church can no longer house Helping Hand, church attorney Herold Follet, general counsel for the Seventh Day Adventist Church, said Tuesday. "The Cathlamet Seventh-day Adventist Church has made the decision to discontinue its...
Local officials and administrators of the Cowlitz Family Health Center will begin talks leading to a transition of ownership of the Wahkiakum Family Practice Clinic from the county to the health center. Commissioner Lisa Marsyla reported on the scope of coming discussions to colleagues Dan Cothren and Blair Brady on Tuesday. Marsyla said the group will have meetings soon and hope to resolve three issues by the end of September--1. clinic/emergency medical response relationships, 2. staffing, and 3. building, grounds and equipment. That report...
Wahkiakum County commissioners and the county's two judges are at odds over funding for a bailiff position. Superior Court Judge Michael Sullivan and District Court Judge Bill Faubion have been awarded state funds for a bailiff and some court security equipment. The judges asked, in writing, that the commissioers sign a contract on Tuesday that would have employed retired Deputy Sheriff Hans York as the bailiff. Commissioners, however, declined to sign the contract. "I just about flipped out when I read the hold harmless paragraph," said board...
The Wahkiakum School District has refinanced its school building bonds, Superintendent Bob Garrett reported this week. The board of directors refinanced the bonds in order to take advantage of lower interest rates. "The recent refinancing will save the district's taxpayers a total of over $79,000 during the next eight years," he said. The board of directors, at its August 19 meeting, approved issuing new bonds in the amount of $1.165 million. The interest will be 2.7 percent, Garrett said; interest on the old bonds was 5.5 percent. "This is a...
