Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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As many of you know, I spend a great deal of my time in the outdoors. In fact, I’ve made my living via the outdoors in some way for the past 30 years. While parts of it have been a challenge, I’ve enjoyed each and every moment of it. I was fortunate to grow up in a small, relatively rural town in northeastern Ohio with a father who lived to hunt and fish, and a Mom who supported what we did one hundred percent. I had places to explore. I had people to teach me the proverbial ropes inc...
Local author, hillary lauren, will hold a book signing event at The Cottage Bread & Breakfast on Friday September 27 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. 366 Menus of Celebrations anthology is a chooseyour-own-adventure full of memories, joyful celebrations, and bright spots from those who earn their living while playing with food. (Note that hillary prefers her name with lowercase letters.) hillary lauren is a fifth generation chef with a passion for seasonality, sustainability, and raising awarene...
On September 9, two distinguished gentlemen from Finland toured the Finnish Pioneer Church in Deep River. Mr. Hannu Penttilä, the retired Deputy Mayor of both Helsinki and Vantaa (the fourth biggest city in Finland) and Mr. Matti Lahdenranta, the retired Managing Director of Helsinki Mass Transit were in the Northwest to visit city planning and mass transit officials in Seattle and in Portland. In an introductory letter to Eva Malerich, Mr. Lahdenranta wrote, "I am kindly asking you if it...
Janice Joy Cothren passed away peacefully at her home on August 14, 2024 at the age of 84 surrounded by her loving family. Janice was born to Francis and Laura Edmonson in Prosser, Washington on February 11, 1940. Eventually the family moved to Cathlamet following the booming logging industry in the area. Janice married Carl Cothren in April of 1958 and then graduated from Cathlamet High School that summer. In 1959 they welcomed their daughter Bettie Jane. Carl and Janice were married for...
Adam Michael Phelps, devoted father, cherished son and beloved brother, uncle, grandson, nephew, and friend passed on August 20, 2024. He was born March 9, 1984 in Longview and raised in Cathlamet, where he graduated from Wahkiakum High School. A talented and dedicated welder, he worked for several renowned regional companies, including Foss Maritime, where his grandfather Harley Larson, had once served as tugboat captain. Adam’s career also included roles at Vigor Marine, Randco Tanks, L...
When the Pioneer Community Association (PCA) held their annual meeting in March, the top items on the agenda were fundraising and expanding the utilization of the historic Cathlamet Pioneer Center. All acknowledged that the PCA had pulled off a minor miracle when they received substantial funding from a grant with the Washington State Department of Commerce to restore the 125- year-old building. But that was yesterday’s news, we now needed move forward and work to fulfill our mission to not just preserve and maintain the Cathlamet Pioneer C...
The public is invited to a POW/MIA Recognition Day Ceremony on Friday, September 20, at 9:00 a.m. at the Wahkiakum County Court House flagpole. The event, hosted by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Wahkiakum Post #5297, will pay tribute to those men and women who served and sacrificed to keep America free and to recognize the families of those still missing in action....
The Clatskanie Arts Commission’s 35th annual performing arts series kicks off next weekend at the beautiful Birkenfeld theatre in Clatskanie. The first concert of the season will be with cellist Gideon Freudmann’s soundtrack for "Buster Keaton's Sherlock, Jr." This slice of cinematic history accompanied by a contemporary composer’s soundtrack lasts just under an hour. While silent film may seem a bygone phenomenon, Buster Keaton’s physical comedy and Freudmann’s unique approach to cello will...
The John C. Thomas Middle School Associated Student Body leaders are looking forward to a great year as they embark on developing their personal leadership skills while serving their student body. The ASB officers are required to take the Leadership class, taught by Carrie Badger. In this class they learn how to become leaders and serve other people by recognizing their own strengths and weaknesses, while enhancing the school experience for their peers. “It’s so exciting to watch the kids enter Leadership as a 7th grader questioning the...
How can you have a garden column in Washington state and not share the significance of apples? Washington river valleys make the perfect setting for growing this tasty fruit with just the right amount of winter to chill fruit stock and encourage fruit to set in the spring. Annually, Washington grows 175,000 acres of apples, providing 10 billion apples for consumers. According to the Washington Department of Agriculture, “If you put all the Washington State apples picked in a year side-by-side, they would circle the earth 29 times.” The var...
Students at Julius A .Wendt Elementary School kicked off the school year with their first assembly promoting kindness as a focus for character development in the month of September. The fifth-grade class shared a skit on how sacrifice and sharing demonstrate kindness based on the children’s book, “The Rainbow Fish.” Their finished artwork is displayed in the hall multipurpose room corridor and showing ways we can make sacrifices of ourselves to be kind to others. Students are invited to pa...
CLOUDY. Well, we've had some cooler weather this past weekend as it was dry in some places and misty in some places. We had some light rain fall in some places and really dumped a few times too so it really depended on where you were and the time you were there as to what it was doing. We were pretty thankful for the rain though as it helps with fire danger and keeps those with springs flowing better. It makes one less chore to complete as we don't have to water our lawns. It appears that we have a mixed bag of weather coming to us this week,...
August 9 5:00 p.m. A Cathlamet caller reported a person walking on a local street yelling. Deputies responded but found no criminal activity. August 10 9:38 a.m. A Puget Island caller reported seeing smoke from an unknown source. 9:50 a.m. An east county resident called in to report propane smell in the area. Deputies were unable to find the source of the smell. The district 4 fire department was notified. 9:51 a.m. A welfare check was requested of an elderly Cathlamet resident. 1:20 p.m. An abandoned vehicle was reported in the Skamokawa...
The Cathlamet Town Council met on Monday, September 16. After the Agenda was approved, the meeting was open for public comments. Public Comments: 1. Strong Park Clean Up will continue Tuesday, September 17, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. Volunteers should bring gloves, clippers and be ready for some ivy cutting. 2. People may have seen that the "Cathlamet Area News" Facebook page is full of expressions of frustration on the lack of communication of changes to the Swimming Pool schedule. A Zoom participant expressed that same frustration and hopes...
The first article in this series provided an overview and progress update on the Wahkiakum County Emergency Responder Radio System (WCERRS) project. This article covers two categories of the hardware: repeater backbone and user radios. The hardware backbone of our new system has five repeater towers (see map in the first article), with five pairs of repeater antennas on each tower, small buildings at the base of each tower containing the repeaters' hardware, and a three-station dispatch...
