Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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It was busy on Saturday at the Elochoman Slough Marina. Around noon, the Coast Guard put on a performance for spectators, including the owners of a boat that ran aground on a sand bar. They were fine, someone later said of the boat owners. They'd taken advantage of the incident to clean the bottom of their boat. Leanne Jacob, second-in-command at the marina, had been on her feet for several hours by the time lunch time rolled around. The parking lot was packed at 1 p.m., but not has badly as it...
Commissioners approved the preliminary budget for 2017 for all three of their systems at the Wahkiakum County PUD Board of Commissioner’s meeting on Tuesday morning. Expected revenues and expenses for the proposed budget of the electric system are $4,142,815; $413,115 for the Puget Island water system; and $320,730 for the western Wahkiakum water system. Auditor Erin Wilson and General Manager David Tramblie talked about painting projects, security issues and future vehicle needs with the c...
Wahkiakum County commissioners had a quiet meeting Tuesday with a light agenda. With Commissioner Dan Cothren absent and attending a meeting of the state Board of Natural Resources, Commissioners Blair Brady and Mike Backman approved a request from Clerk Kay Holland to purchase a portable storage container. The container will come equipped with shelving, lighting and electricity connection, and will cost $6,907.92. The county will spend approximately $1,100 to set up the container near the courthouse. In her written request, Holland said her...
To The Eagle: The brouhaha over legalized pot that has churned through several recent editions of the Eagle has been entertaining and informative -- I have 'em neatly filed as "The Pakalolo Papers." The protagonists, coming at it from several directions, seem well informed, accurate and up to date. The anti's (comprised mostly of Commissioner Cothren and staunch defender Schreiber) are pounding the drum to make points all of us agreed with before the argument started -- drugs ruin lives, and kids shouldn't have 'em. No kiddin'! But the whole de...
To The Eagle: We are submitting this letter to encourage our fellow residents of Wahkiakum County to vote for Greg Prestegard for County Commissioner, Dist. 1. We got to know Greg when we hired him to do a building project for us. He runs a solid, financially sound business, and the quality of his work, from framework to finish work, is first class. Besides managing his successful business for over 25 years, Greg has volunteered his time to the community in a wide variety of ways. Greg expresses himself easily and clearly and will represent...
The US Coast Guard demonstrated in water rescue on Saturday at the Cathlament Wooden Boat Festival. A helicopter crew dropped a dummy in the Columbia off the Elochoman Slough Marina (above) and then lowered a crewman into the water to connect "the victim" to a rescue line (right and below). Photos courtesy of Genie Cary....
CHANGED--We had some good weather and some wet weather Labor Day weekend and it sure depended on where you were as to just what you got. While we had some downpours here in West Valley and put on our rain jackets and sweatshirts to head to Cathlamet, when we got there, it was sunny and warm and people were walking around in t-shirts, short pants and tank tops, so a big difference in just a few miles! Some who traveled to the coast saw some brief cloudiness and then nothing but sunshine later on, while other areas were cold and socked in all...
THURSDAY Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Congregational Church, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Puget Island Fire Department, drill night, 7 p.m. Port District No. 1, 500 2nd St., 5 p.m. District No. 4 Fire Department, 7 p.m. Grays River Fire District, No. 3 Commissioners, 7:30 p.m. Grays River Fire Department, fire training, 7 p.m. Skamokawa Fire Department, 7 p.m. Wahkiakum County Real Property Rights Advisory Board, Courthouse, 6 p.m. Eastside Play & Learn Group, St. James Family Center, 1:30-3...
Hooray for the rain. We really need it as everything has turned brown. Hopefully it will also help with some of the fire danger as well. It looks like some of the farmers are also feeding hay to their cattle, as the grazing is pretty much non- existent. News from Naselle: Sports calendar for the Naselle Comet teams this week: Thursday, crosscountry at Toutle Lake at 4 p.m., high school volleyball at Ocosta at 5 p.m.; Friday, high school football at Rainier Christian at 7 p.m.; Tuesday, high school volleyball at Pe Ell at 5:45 p.m. Go Comets!...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: August 30 — 7:21 a.m. A Puget Island resident reported that his wife had threatened to kill him. A professional from the mental health department was notified. 10:48 a.m. A caller reported that a man had been loitering outside a Skamokawa business for the last four hours. A deputy was unable to locate the subject. 11:37 a.m. A caller reported speeding vehicles on a Deep River road. 6:39 p.m. A caller r...
Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, Fort Clatsop has announced the free autumn 2016 speaker series, In Their Footsteps. The first program in this monthly series is The Kanaka Connection: Hawaii and the Western Fur Trade presented by Junius Rochester on Sunday, September 18, at 1:00 p.m. Junius Rochester is the author of 10 books and numerous articles. He gives talks about regional history aboard riverboats, cruise ships and elsewhere. For seven years he was the Regional Historian at KUOW-FM, National Public Radio. In 1995, he was awarded...
It’s time for all fourth graders and their families to claim their free Every Kid in a Park pass which allows free entry into all federal parks, forests, and recreation areas for a full year. Starting September 1st, fourth graders can print out a paper voucher for free entry into all federal lands by visiting the Every Kid in a Park website at www.everykidinapark.gov. Students and their families can also redeem their paper voucher for a plastic pass at any Forest Service office. The voucher and passes are valid for the entire school year, S...
Earl C. Brisbin Jr., 73, died in Portland on August 24, 2016. The son of Earl Sr. and Jean (Hurlbut) Brisbin, he was born in Portland on October 9, 1942. He grew up in Beaverton where he worked as a youth on his parents nursery and graduated from Beaverton High School. Earl was a 25 year resident of Naselle. He was a self-employed commercial fisherman, worked in the woods, and mowed county roads. He met Doris Alumbaugh while she was employed for Green Valley Meats in Auburn and they married in...
Liza Jo Neer died August 24, 2016 at the home of her mother in Cathlamet. She was born July 23, 1961 in Boston, Mass. She attended school in Mass. and Maine and graduated high school in 1979. She worked as a day care provider for several years and then spent 27 years working for International Paper. She received a transfer to Beaverton, Ore., three months ago. Liza made jewelry, knitted and crocheted and sewed, but her greatest passion was nature photography and she never left home without a camera. She is survived by her son Zackery in...
Seattle residents Brandon Simmons, left, and Jacob Nelson, right, journeyed to St. Paul, Minn., to be married on Sept. 3. Brandon is the son of Helen Martin and Butch Simmons of St. Paul, and is an actor, writer, director, and producer in Seattle theater. Jacob is the son of Rick and Mary Ann Nelson of Cathlamet and is employed in the Microsoft. Corp. research department....
Two team members from the local Robotics club attended the State Fair in Puyallup September 3 and 4. Julianne McKay-Beach and Michael Garstki qualified to attend by presenting at the Wahkiakum County Fair last month. Four other team members qualified but had prior commitments and could not attend: Alli Bennett, Cooper Prescott, Dalton Bruntmeyer and Sam Bouts. Chris Garstki, 4-H volunteer, chaperoned the team all day Saturday and Sunday. For Julianne the best part was meeting new people who...
County wide food drive set for September 17 The community is invited to participate in the 3rd Annual Food for Friends food drive. The food collected during the drive will be evenly distributed among the food banks of Wahkiakum County which are the Helping Hand, St. Catherine/St. Vincent de Paul, GAP and the Wahkiakum Food Bank. The donations collected west of KM Mountain to Naselle will go to the West End Food Pantry located at the Grays River Valley Center at Johnson Park, 30 Rosburg Road. The drive will be held Saturday, September 17 with a...
The Julia Butler Hansen Heritage Center will be open for tours Thursday, September 15, from 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. The Center is located on Main St., and is the oldest house in Cathlamet and Wahkiakum County having been built in the late 1860's. It was the home of former Congresswoman, Julia Butler Hansen's family for over 100 years. It contains original furnishings and the paintings of the late Maude Kimball Butler, Julia's mother. Mrs. Butler was a noted artist. The lock and key from James Birnie's 1846 trading post and a 1946 newspaper...
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 museum, blacksmith shop housing logging equipment and working forge, a display of horse drawn and other old farm equipment, and an old school bell that called children to a one-room school house so many years ago. Up Germany Creek Road at Stella Lutheran Chapel, visitors will find a farmers market and a display of historical pictures. Refreshments will be on sale. The Stella Chapel Bell Choir Ensemble...
WordFest’s fall season begins with a strong line-up of authors on Tuesday, September 13, 6-8 p.m., at Cassava Coffee shop in Longview. Kate Ristau is a Portland folklorist and author of young adult and middle grade fiction. She taught at the University of Oregon and Western Oregon University, and with colleague Maren Bradley Anderson edited an anthology of poems, essays, and short stories called Coarse Grounds: A Coffee Anthology. She is currently the Portland Chapter Chair of Willamette Writers. Poet Joe Green will read a personal essay on q...
Volunteer registration is now open for anyone who wants to help count the number of people who walk or ride bicycles to their destinations during a three-day survey starting Tuesday, Sept. 27. Volunteer support is vital to the success of this project, and about 400 people are needed for the count. In 2015, volunteers tallied more than 74,000 bicyclists and pedestrians in communities across Washington. For this ninth annual survey, the Washington State Department of Transportation and Cascade Bicycle Club are partnering with FeetFirst,...
A gospel concert by His Praise Men’s Chorus will be held Saturday, September 17, 3 p.m., at the Long Beach Seventh-day Adventist Church located at 2707 Pacific Ave., N. His Praise is a group of about 25 men drawn from the Portland and Vancouver area, directed by Charlie Drury. A reception will follow the concert and attendees may meet with the singers....
Lower Columbia College (LCC) has announced that Tom Hansen is the 2016 Alumni of the Year. Hansen began his community college education at LCC in 1955, and attended for two years before transferring to the University of Washington (UW) to pursue a degree in journalism. Over the course of a career spanning more than four decades, Hansen left a mark on the world of collegiate athletics. He served as Pac-10 (now Pac-12) commissioner for 26 years until his retirement in 2009. Hansen is perhaps best known for overseeing an era of growth for college...
A Snohomish County angler has set a new state record for the biggest largemouth bass caught in state waters, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) confirmed August 12. Bill Evans of Bothell caught the monster bass Aug. 8 in Lake Bosworth in Snohomish County while fishing with a Strike King 5-inch Shim-E-Stick, wacky-rigged on a 1/0 hook. It weighed 12.53 pounds and measured 23.0 inches long with a girth of 22.5 inches. The previous record was set by Carl Pruitt in 1977 at Banks Lake with a fish weighing 11.57 pounds, nearly one...
On October 8 at 10 a.m., Billie Bevers, Washington State University Master Gardener, will present a workshop on how to harvest mason bees cocoons. During the spring and summer other bees, diseases and parasites can invade mason bee nests. This two hour session is a “hands on” class to help identify what’s in your mason bee tubes and blocks. If you don’t want to harvest your own bees, but would like the experience and the knowledge, bee tubes and blocks are available. A discussion will follow about overwintering bees and creating contain...
