Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Central League FB League Overall W L W L Adna 3 0 4 1 Toutle Lake 3 0 4 1 Wahkiakum 3 1 4 1 Napavine 3 1 3 2 Pe Ell 2 2 3 2 Mossyrock 1 2 3 2 Morton 1 3 1 4 White Pass 0 3 1 4 Van. Christian 0 4 0 5 Last Friday's results Napavine 32, Wahkiakum 20 Toutle Lake 33, Adna 25 Pe Ell 27, Vancouver Christian 6 Mossyrock 41, White Pass 14 Ocosta 10, Morton 6 (NL) This Friday's games Port. Christian at Wahkiakum (NL) White Pass at Morton Adna at Mossyrock Toutle Lake at Pe Ell Napavine at Vancouver Christian Pacific League FB League Overall W L W L...
There are only two days left until the 1st Annual Wahkiakum County Oktoberfest. Starting from 1 p.m. this Saturday, there will be live music, fantastic food and a well stocked beer garden. At 3 p.m. the Pumpkin Shot-Put competition will begin, promising to separate the men from the boys. Sausages, cider, cheesecake and more, with no entry charge, how can you afford to miss it? The fair premium checks are out this week so get ready to splash out. We had a fantastic turnout this year and were delighted to issue the awards to our exhibitors....
The Napavine Tigers claimed a 32-20 win over the Wahkiakum Mules in a key Central League contest last Friday. The win left the Tigers in a position to challenge Toutle Lake for the league championship, and the loss left the Mules in a must-win-out position to be able to compete for the third place playoff berth from the league. The momentum of the game swayed back and forth as each team’s offenses and defenses took turns at dominance. Twice the Tiger defense stopped the Mules in goal line situations. The Mules came up short at the Tiger 5...
A workshop on “What to do when your child gets sick” will be offered from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on November 8 at St. James Family Center. The workshop focuses on health care for young children, ages 0-5; however all Wahkiakum and Naselle families are welcome to enroll. Families must sign up in advance and can do so by calling the Family Center , 795-8612. SJFC’s Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program received a grant earlier this year, along with 14 other programs in Washington State , from UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Manag...
Candidates for two positions on the Wahkiakum County board of commissioners took questions from the public at a forum at the Skamokawa Grange on Monday night. Citizens focused many of their remarks on the county’s budgetary problems, the proposed Bradwood Landing liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal and maintaining county funded services. Citizens also expressed strong support for the WSU Cooperative Extension Program, which, commissioners have said in reacting to their revenue shortfall, isn’t a state-mandated program and won’t be fu...
The Wahkiakum Lady Mule volleyball team kept its perfect record alive with two wins in league play this week. On Tuesday, the Mules traveled to Vancouver and swept the Columbia Adventist Kodiaks 25-13, 25-18, 26-24. Sarah Doumit led the attack with 11 kills. Ashley Helms had five kills, and Blaine Land had three blocks and four kills. Last Thursday, the Mules swept White Pass 25-15, 25-12, 25-9. Shelby Deaton made 12 kills; Paige Kehrli had seven kills, 19 service points and 17 assists. Jordyn Wirkkala made 13 service points. The Mules are 7-2...
By next summer, Wahkiakum County will form a group to assist the community in case of a large scale emergency. The Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) is comprised of retired doctors and nurses and other health professionals that could help the county in case of pandemic. Health and Human Services Director Judy Bright said the MRC was founded in 2002 in the wake of the September 11 attacks. In his State of the Union Address that year, President George W. Bush asked all Americans to volunteer support to their country. The MRC is in partnership with Citi...
A Longview man convicted of poaching and animal cruelty was sentenced in Wahkiakum County Superior Court this week. Mickey Ray Gordon, 36, was accused of criminal trespass, malicious mischief, hunting bear, cougar, bobcat and lynx with the aid of a dog and animal cruelty dating back to January 2007. According to court records, Gordon stomped and kicked a hunting dog while using two shock collars, one around the animal’s neck and the other around the animal’s genital area. Judge Michael J. Sullivan told Gordon he is an aberration. “This indiv...
Wahkiakum County commissioners on Tuesday hosted Jeff Koenings, head of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, and state Representative Brian Blake and Senator Brian Hatfield in a discussion of fishery issues. Commissioners had requested the meeting in response to two major issues that occurred this year--the reduction to 12 days of the spring salmon recreational fishery on the Columbia below Vancouver and the decision announced this summer to install fish trapping weirs to eradicate hatchery chinook salmon in the Elochoman and Grays r...
Cathlamet resident Jennifer Johnson Hanigan was one of 688 candidates who passed the 2008 Washington State Bar Association (WSBA) examination, the association announced Monday. Of the 962 candidates who took the exam, 71.5 percent passed. Administered in two parts over a three-day period in July in Bellevue, the bar exam includes a substantive law exam and an exam on the Rules of Professional Conduct. Candidates must successfully pass both parts in order to qualify for admission to the WSBA. If a candidate passes one part of the exam and fails...
A dredge doing ship channel maintenance should start beach nourishment on Puget Island’s Sunny Sands this week. Wahkiakum County Public Works Director Pete Ringen presented a completed US Army Corps of Engineers permit for the project to the county board of commissioners on Tuesday. With the board’s approval, Ringen signed the permit on behalf of the county. The project will allow dredgers to place sand in eroding areas near Pancake Point. The crews will first fill a scour hole below a navigation channel jetty and then place sand on the bea...
October 9 at RA Long Varsity Men 5000m 1. Dylan Croeni Washougal 17:59; 3. Bradlee Pugh Wahkiakum 18:12; 10. Collan Riley Wah 18:52; 13. Connar Riley Wah 19:13; 16. Kevin O’Connor Wah 19:39; 31. Ben Miles Wah 21:43; 32. Stuart Bosch Wah 21:44; 38. Shay Bingham Wah 24:43; 40. Jake Gribskov Wah 25:32. Varsity Women 5000m 1. Allison Schneider RA Long; 13. Jori McEntire Wah 25:19; 17. Amanda Collier Wah 27:26; 18. Jessica Asmus Wah 28:07; 20. Azery Gribskov Wah 31:48....
The Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce bids farewell to its director, Tanja Winebrenner, this week. The U.S. Rural Development capacity building grant that funded the Chamber position has ended. Even though the Chamber has grown significantly during the three years of the the grant, there still is not enough funding to support a full-time director. "With the uncertainty in our economy, we believe it is time to carefully marshal our resources and work with volunteers during the inter months," said Sandi Rieder, Chamber president. The Chamber and the...
Photo and story by Sunny Manary A local group of cancer survivors have created a calendar with all proceeds benefiting Relay for Life, an organization dedicated to finding a cure for cancer. The Hot Flashing Lumpy Ladies are a support group of breast cancer survivors posing in boudoir style photographs. Cathlamet resident Ruth “Ruthie” Doumit is the calendar’s Ms. November. The photography was all donated by Mr. C’s photography studio in Longview, and most pictures were taken in the studio, but Ruthie’s was done in a private home. She joked...
