Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Oct. 1 at White Pass The Wahkiakum Mule boys cross country team had one of its best outings ever but still finished third in team standings in a tight meet last Thursday at White Pass. "All the boys ran really well," said Mule Coach Mike Riley. "It has been a long time since we have had five guys run under 20 minutes in a 3.1 mile race. Most of the boys set personal best times at the meet. "Tayler Nicks got first in the boy middle school race. He is a talented runner and is a lot of fun to watch." The Mules compete at Millersylvania State Park...
Rob Stockhouse, a Puget Island farmer, doubled as auctioneer Saturday during the dinner on the Grays River Covered Bridge. Friends of Wahkiakum Extension put on the event to raise funds for Extension and 4-H. Photo by Rick Nelson. The Wahkiakum Mule volleyball team won two of three Central League matches this past week. On Tuesday, the Mules swept visiting Napavine 25-22, 25-21, 26-24. The Mules had an early lead in the final match, but Napavine tied the score at 23-23. Freshman Amy Gawith served the winning points, with Rebecka Patching...
This week, October 4-10 is National 4-H Week, a week-long celebration of 4-H across the country. Today’s 4-H is a community of more than six million young people who participate in projects that enhance their leadership, citizenship and life skills, 540,000 volunteers and 3,500 professionals. 4-H is the youth education program of Washington State University Extension. It’s for boys and girls who are ages eight to 18 by September 1 of the current year. 4-H even offers the Primary program for youth ages five to seven. 4-H is for kids in the cou...
With the county auditor's office getting ready to mail election ballots to voters next week, two people have announced write-in candidacies. In the Naselle/Grays River Valley School District, Mike Queener filed last May for election of the board of directors. This past week, Michelle Condon has announced she wants to be a write-in candidate for the postion. In Cathlamet, former Council Member John Hannah has filed for the office of mayor. Late last week, new resident George Wehrfritz announced he will be a write-in candidate for the position....
Last year Paul and I held two fund raisers during October, the Haunted House and Oktoberfest. This year to help keep us sane we’ve decided to combine them and host a Harvest Celebration! Scheduled for October 31, bring your family and come on down to enjoy an afternoon of fun. We have lots of great events planned including the first ever lawn mower race as well as a Mules vs. Comets Dodge Ball game. Great food, lots of games and the return of the pumpkin shot put contest; you’d be a fool to miss out. One of the most important things about liv...
Two long-time Cathlamet businesses have moved in together to share expenses and support each other. Kari Claussen has vacated her former quarters in the Hotel Cathlamet building to move across the street into Holly Longtain's Golden Ladder building. A newly added wall separates the two businesses. Claussen's floral business has the front quarters, and Longtain's flooring and home decorating business is in the back rooms. "It's exciting for Holly and me to be back together," Claussen said this week. "Holly invited me to move over four months ago...
Redmen Hall on SR-4 in Skamokawa will be presenting an exhibit of Skamokawa artists titled 'Smoke on the Waters' - Artists of Skamokawa. The exhibit will run from October 17 to November 22, with some of the exhibitors continuing until December 20 for the Redmen Hall Holiday Bazaar. The Skamokawa Artists' exhibit will be an introduction for several people who will be displaying their work for the first time. It will also include several people who are well known artists in the community. The exhibitors include Jolan Durrah showing peacock...
The last to rise and the last to decline: That’s how Wahkiakum’s realtors describe the county’s property values. In 2003 the phenomenon now known as the “real estate bubble” was first used to describe the inflated property values in places like King County. Unfortunately for everyone else, the bubble expanded to encompass almost every square inch of land in Washington, and seemingly overnight, home values doubled while homeowners slept. In 2007, the bubble began to pop and the vacuum it created exposed how mortgage brokers, banks, and the g...
In 2007, I started writing a monthly column in an attempt to keep you, our citizens, in touch with various avenues of information relating to the sheriff’s office. It was pretty well received, but within the last several years, the budget for our office was cut. Sheriff Bardsley has green-lighted me to write the “On Scene” column again, perhaps quarterly. Just before the 2009 Wahkiakum County Fair, Stevan Morgain wrote a story for The Wahkiakum County Eagle about a program I was starting up using the Fatal Vision® goggles in conju...
The Wahkiakum Mules made the trip to Pe Ell last Friday and came home with a satisfying 28-14 win over the Trojans to go 3-0 in Central League football. Pe Ell's Lorenzo Avalos opened the game with a 94-yard touchdown run on the first play of the game, but from there on, the Mules running game took control. The Mules ran 18 plays in the first quarter, 17 on the ground, and took a 7-6 lead Zack Schneider's five-yard run at 9:52. Lars Blix kicked the first of his four conversion kicks of the night for the lead. The Mules scored twice in the secon...
Washougal resident Jon Russell visited Cathlamet September 30 to announce his candidacy for the US House of Representatives. Russell, a Republican, is seeking the seat held by Democrat Brian Baird. Russell has been a member of the Washougal City Council since 2006. He works as business manager in a medical clinic operated by his wife. "I want to be your congressman in part to restore trust in government," he told a crowd of close to 20 persons gathered in the commissioners meeting room of the county courthouse. Russell offered ideas on a...
The acquisition of the county-owned Wahkiakum Family Practice by the Cowlitz Family Health Clinic is continuing despite a recent call to reconsider the transition. County Commissioners Dan Cothren, Blair Brady and Lisa Marsyla confirmed their intention to transfer the clinic to the health center on Tuesday. Wally Wright, a member of the Cathlamet Fire Department, asked the board Tuesday to reconsider the transfer. The health center mode of operation won't allow as much sharing of personnel and resources with the county's emergency medical...
Wahkiakum County commissioners acted on a variety of issues ranging from courtroom security to maintaining ferry service when they met Tuesday. Commissioners Dan Cothren, Blair Brady and Lisa Marsyla agreed to keep the Puget Island ferry landing open during a coming construction project despite a possible cost savings of $250,000. The project will extend and expand the ferry landing, making it more accessible to large trucks, and also improve the ramp. Cothren and Brady expressed interest in the potential savings. They discussed the...
The Cathlamet town council took action in a special meeting Monday to discuss and act on a variety of issues. Council members Bill Talbott, David Goodroe, Wally Wright and Steve McNicholas--Bob Rendler was excused--agreed after long discussion that the remodeling of City Hall should include a complete cement floor on the lower level in the project and bid specifications being developed. The work would be part of an overall project to strengthen the structure's walls, floors and foundation. Critics of the proposal said that without a set plan...
The fate of the historic Skamokawa Town Center is still in limbo. The auction to sell the town center and all its assets was scheduled for last Friday at 10 a.m. but the auction took an unexpected twist after its current owner, Richard G. Hofmann or Miraculous Properties, LLC, used a legal maneuver to postpone the sale. Unbeknownst to the parties who had arrived on the front steps of the Wahkiakum Court House to bid on the center, Hoffman had filed for bankruptcy the day before the auction. His filing set in motion a legal situation that must...
