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On Tuesday, September 29 from noon-12:30, WSU Master Gardener Phyllis Hull will demonstrate steps to take care of your roses to give them a great start next year. A free 20-minute demonstration will be followed by the opportunity to ask questions about the topic. Register by contacting Gary Fredricks at garyf@wsu.edu or 360-577-3014 Ext. 3 for connection information. The program can be accessed on-line by Zoom or by calling in by phone. The workshop is sponsored by Washington State University Extension Master Gardeners....
The hounds will be running this weekend at Misty Rivers Plantation, 117 Cross Dike Road on Puget Island. The event will feature two types of Coursing Aptitude Trials: regular CATS in which the dogs chase the lure around a random course on the 10-acre field, and Fast CATS, which is a timed 100-yard dash in which each dog receives a MPH score. The event is sponsored by the Willamette Valley Basenji Club, sanctioned by the AKC, and open to all dogs, registered or mixed breed. Due to COVID restrictions, all entries must be made on the club’s web s...
Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler is hosting a virtual Climate Summit on Oct. 7 to highlight the latest science, best practices being deployed in the private sector, and regulatory approaches to combating climate change. Climate Summit 2020 (https://www.insurance.wa.gov/climate-summit-2020) is a half-day event and is free and open to the public. The keynote speaker is Fawn R. Sharp, president of the Quinault Indian Nation, the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians and the National Congress of American Indians. President Sharp is also a...
Do you want to know more about the spiders that live in our area? On September 30 from 6-7 p.m., WSU Master Gardeners Anne Wolff and Alice Slusher will talk about the spiders here in the Pacific Northwest, dispel many long-held myths, and explain how to make your home less welcoming to them. A free 45-minute presentation will be followed by the opportunity to ask questions about the topic. Register by contacting Gary Fredricks at garyf@wsu.edu or 360-577-3014 Ext. 3 for connection information. The program can be accessed on-line by Zoom or by...
The Wahkiakum County Republican and Democratic Virtual Debates Subcommittee has scheduled five virtual debates for candidates for District 19 state Senate and House of Representatives, two state wide offices and Wahkiakum County board of commissioners. The public has the opportunity to submit questions for the candidates. The schedule is: Sept. 30, 7 - 7:55 p.m. Secretary of State candidates Kim Wyman (R) and Gael Tarleton (D). Oct. 6, 7 - 7:55 p.m. LD19 Senate candidates Dean Takko (D) and Jeff Wilson (R). Oct. 13, 7-7:55 p.m. Superintendent...
Editor's Note: Over the years,The Eagle has tried to keep coverage of candidates for election as even as possible. Part of that effort is to contact candidates and ask them to fill out an interview form covering their background, experience and goals; we follow up by printing what they submit. We also take advantage of community forums in which competing candidates respond to the same set of questions, and other stories come from these forums. In the case of county commission candidates Dan...
The doors recently opened at The Spar, a new bar/restaurant on Main Street in Cathlamet for the over 21 crowd. For owner Stephanie Vossen, it's a first venture in the hospitality industry, but manager Jodie Kleinhans is no stranger to the trade, having opened nine bars and one night club in her career. Vossen, who worked for an attorney for 20 years before opening her own bookkeeping business, started down this path when she began buying rental properties. She and her father decided to open a...
A crowd celebrated The Spar's opening with owner Stephanie Vossen and manager Jodie Kleinhans, as they performed a ribbon cutting sponsored by the Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce on Friday afternoon at their new restaurant on Main Street in Cathlamet. Photo by Diana Zimmerman....
Commissioners of Port District No. 2 relinquished ownership of Coffee Pot Island and took a look at a proposed budget for 2021 when they met Sept. 14. Coffee Pot Island lies in the Columbia between the Port's Svensen Park in Puget Island and the Georgia Pacific paper mill in Oregon. In 2016, Coffeepot Island Holdings, LLC (CPI), a limited liability corporation involving Puget Island residents Doug and Jill Martin, gifted the island to the port district for use as a recreational area. Both the port district and CPI intended that CPI would...
