Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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On September 26, an art project started by Wahkiakum High School students in Sue Garn's art class in the spring was completed with an installation at the highway entrance to the school. The whole project was an act of collaboration, not only between students learning and implementing different skills in different classes, but a collaboration between students and two generous businesses from Longview. The idea started small. One day while watching her students work on an assignment last spring,...
Wahkiakum County commissioners recognized the start of Domestic Violence Awareness Month and handled other business when they met Tuesday. Susan Schillios, director of the Charlotte House Domestic Violence Shelter, asked the board to approve a proclamation to observe the month. The Charlotte House has had a busy year, she said. The program has housed 13 women and 11 children for 343 adult bed nights and 363 children's bed nights. Thirty-three other Wahkiakum County women, and five men, received basic services, and the shelter was involved in 33...
After a report from General Manager Dave Tramblie, the preliminary budget for 2018 became the primary focus at the Wahkiakum County PUD Board of Commissioner’s meeting on Tuesday. Two rate hikes were proposed with the new budget, but only one was met with enthusiasm. Auditor Erin Wilson said that she and Tramblie were proposing a $5 raise to the base fee for electric customers. “I really rationalize that on the perspective that even if you don’t use any water, or you don’t use any electri...
Last week, miscommunication among the staff led to some pictures being identified incorrectly. In a picture in the Vista Park Kite Festival story, a person who should have been identified as Sue Zabel was incorrectly identified as Jessica Schiek. In a story about Mule volleyball, a picture of Grayci Thomas was misidentified as Nai'a Freeman....
Unusually warm ocean conditions off the Pacific Northwest in the last few years led anchovies, sardines and hake to begin spawning in Northwest waters much earlier in the year and, for anchovy, longer than biologists have ever recorded before, new research has found. The rapid northerly shifts in spawning may offer a preview of future conditions if ocean warming continues, according to the new study published in Global Change Biology by scientists from the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, Oregon State University and NOAA Fisheries'...
To the Eagle: Not sure where to start but why not with this. 59 dead, over 500 wounded from the horrific slaughter in Las Vegas yet we're told by Ms. Huckabee-Sanders that, "This isn't the time to talk about gun control." This cognizant gem comes a day or so after our illustrious Attorney General is seen in Seattle whining about marijuana. Please, would someone tell me I'm just in a weird dream rather than the America I proudly served as a United States Marine? A side note: Freedom Market is now open in our highly advanced rural community...
Story and photos by Jessica Vik Wahkiakum 4-H Robotics Club went into the schools last week educating the kids on recycling. An assembly was held in the middle school for grades 6-8 with a skit on what and how to recycle and then they demonstrated some robots. In the elementary school they went into each classroom, 2-5 grades. The Robotics Club encourages the community to recycle using the color-coded bins at the Puget Island Fire Hall, Skamokawa Fire Hall, and Wahkiakum High School. The safety...
NOT TOO BAD--We had a couple of very warm days last week, as it was up in the mid-80s, which isn't too shabby for the end of September, but as of last weekend, it looked like we were back into a little more fall-like weather, with sun one minute and rain the next. We started this work week with lots of fog and temperatures in the 40's, so things are definitely cooling down. This week's forecast isn't looking too bad, so here's to a decent weekend so that all the people holding big events, and those attending them, can enjoy their events...
THURSDAY Community Center, Cathlamet, 9 a.m.-Noon. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Community Center, Cathlamet, 6-9 p.m. Girl Scouts, Community Center, Cathlamet, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Congregational Church, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Area Agency on Aging & Disabilities, Community Center, Cathlamet, 2-4 p.m. Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. District No. 4 Fire Department, 7 p.m. Grays River Fire Department, work night 7:30 p.m. Skamokawa Fire Department, 7 p.m. Puget Island Fire Department, drill...
News from Naselle: Sports calendar for the coming week: Today (Thursday), high school football at Washington School for the Deaf at 3:30 p.m., middle school football at Jewell at 4 p.m., middle school volleyball in Naselle with Ocosta at 5:45 p.m.; Saturday, cross country Grizzly Invite at Hoquiam at 10 a.m.; Monday, middle school volleyball in Naselle with Raymond at 5:45 p.m., JV football in Naselle with Ilwaco at 6 p.m.; Tuesday, cross country at Ilwaco at 4 p.m., high school volleyball in Naselle with Three Rivers Christian at 4:30 p.m.;...
Naselle Students of the Month showing Pride. Winners were Brielle Anderson - Kindergarten, Lili Ford - Kindergarten, Tristen Laney - 1st, Jaxon Allen - 1st, Layne Whipple - 1st, Kaitlyn Steenerson - 2nd, Avrey Ford - 2nd, Garett Boggs - 3rd, Delaney Gray - 3rd, Lily Holt - 3rd, Trajen Ford - 4th, J.J. Moreno - 4th, Mallory Helvey - 4th, Jacob Lindstrom - 5th and Evelyn Normand - 5th. Courtesy photo....
The first razor clam dig of the fall season will get underway Oct. 6-7 at four ocean beaches. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has approved the dig on evening tides at Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Copalis and Mocrocks after marine toxin tests showed that clams on those beaches are safe to eat. No digging will be allowed on any beach before noon. The upcoming dig is approved on the following beaches, dates and evening low tides: Oct. 6, Friday, 7:49 p.m.; -0.4 feet; Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Copalis, Mocrocks. Oct. 7,...
The Grays River Valley Center at Johnson Park, 30 Rosburg School Rd., will hold their Annual Winter Harvest dinner on October 21 from 5-7 p.m. The meal will consist of prime rib, baked potato, salad, vegetables and dessert. Price is $15 for adults and $10 for 12 snd under....
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: September 25 — 10:32 a.m. A caller reported that his wife was being harassed at Vista Park. An individual was taken into custody. 11:20 a.m. An Alger Creek resident reported that his bank account had been hacked. 11:34 a.m. The Cathlamet ambulance aided a person in Cathlamet who had fallen. 1:31 p.m. A caller reported vehicles speeding on a Puget Island road. 3:51 p.m. A Skamokawa resident reported that s...
The Lions Club Dist. Gov. Bill Karcher, made his annual visit to the Wahkiakum Lions Club meeting on Monday evening and had the honor of installing a new member into the club. Pictured are DG Bill Karcher, member and sponsor David Blalock, new member Tom Blalock and Past Zone Chair Doug Harvey, as Tom is being installed in the club. Courtesy photo....
On Friday, October 6 at the Puget Island Farmers Market, 59 W. Birnie Slough Rd., Jeffrey Reynolds and Friends from 3-6 p.m., on the Up-Beet Stage. Call Rob Stockhouse for further information, 360-560-3785....
The hounds will indeed be running this weekend at Misty Rivers Plantation, 117 Cross Dike Road on Puget Island. The possibility of a cancellation was mentioned in last week's article, but problems were solved and all systems are go for sight hound lure coursing Saturday and Sunday, October 7 and 8. The event is AKC sanctioned and sponsored by the Willamette Valley Basenji Club, and will be coursing for registered sight hounds only, chasing an artificial bunny around a 1500 yard course. The...
The Liberty Theatre Presents: BLOODYVOX with BodyVox, Friday October 13, 7 p.m., at 1203 Commercial St., Astoria. Spend a spooky Friday the 13th in one of Astoria's most famously haunted places. Start with a group of beautiful and talented dancers, add a hint of Hitchcock, a touch of Vampire, top it off with a healthy dose of ghosts and zombies and you get BLOODYVOX, a dance theater experience that mines cinema, folklore and our collective nightmares to bring the season of spirits and All Hallows Eve to life. Funny, bloody, and full of great...
William H (Bill) Wiester, 91, of Chehalis, WA., passed away at Centralia Providence Hospital September 21, 2017. He was born January 9, 1926 living in Morton. He was born a Boren, but was adopted at age 2 1/2 by Howard and Elma Wiester from Skamokawa. He was raised on the Wiester Sunrise Dairy Farm with his biological brother Bob. He was a Boy Scout. He graduated from Cathlamet in 1944. He was a four year letterman for the "Mules." Bill loved baseball and even wrote a letter to the Cleveland...
Marilyn Jeanne (Hays) Irving, (known by most as "Terry" after renaming herself at the age of 10) passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, September 19, 2017, at the age of 86. Terry was born to Cletus T. and Hazel V. (Conlee) Hays in Council Bluffs, Iowa on May 8, 1931. She spent the first half of her childhood in Red Oak, IA where her father was the town dentist and her mother owned a knitting store. For a part of this time she lived with her family on the turkey farm her father ran. When Terry...
The Wahkiakum Mules volleyball team split games this week and raised their record to 3-1 in league and 7-2 overall. Last Thursday, the Mules suffered their second loss of the season in a league match against Toutle Lake, 22-25, 8-25, 25-22, and 25-27 "It was a hard fought match," Coach Kayli Hurley said. "We showed a lot of growth over the evening and persevered through some self inflicted adversity. Toutle has a scrappy program and doesn't let much hit the floor, so we had to work hard to earn...
The visiting Wahkiakum Mules used a balanced offense to defeat the Mossyrock Vikings 20-7 last Friday. The Mules gained 175 yards on the ground and 103 in the air while holding the Vikings to 82 rushing yards and 57 passing yards. The Mules scored twice in the second quarter to lead 14-0 at halftime. First, quarterback Lucas Brown completed a drive with a one-yard plunge for a 6-0 lead; he kicked the conversion to boost the score to 7-0 at 3:49. The Mules got the ball back quickly, and James Anderson scored on a 23-yard run. Brown kicked the...
The cross country season started for the Wahkiakum Mules in September. On September 7 at La Center, freshman Ellie Hiatt led the girl’s team in the 1.5 mile run, taking 19th place with a time of 11:46.6. She was followed by junior Chloe Wu, who had a time of 15:17.6, and took 51st place. Ayesha Ahmed, a senior, placed 61st with a time of 19:23.9. Leif Carroll, a junior, is the sole runner for the boy’s team. He took 76th place with a time of 11:30.9 in boy’s competition. On September 12, the t...
The Naselle Comets came alive in the second quarter and went on to defeat the Taholah Chitwins 60-14 last Friday. The win over their Coastal 1B League rival pushed the Comets' season record to 4-1, 3-0 in the league. The Comets play today (Thursday), 3:30 p.m., in Vancouver against the 2-1 Washington School for the Deaf ....
The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association last week included Naselle Comette Holly Disch in its Athlete of the Week awards for Week 4 (September 17-September 23). Disch played well that week for the Comette volleyball team, racking up 62 kills, 23 aces, 19 digs, and 16 blocks in 12 sets of play. Each week throughout the school year, the WIAA recognizes varsity athletes who exhibited an outstanding performance for the previous week (based off of nominations). All varsity level students in good academic standing at their schools are...
