Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Last week, Puget Island resident Olaf Thomason donated a boat commissioned in 1902 by the first permanent settler on Puget Island to the Columbia River Maritime Museum in Astoria. "We're very pleased to have the Duke," Jeff Smith, the museum's curator said. "We've had our eye on it for many years. We will preserve and protect it in accordance with Thomason's desires." The museum recently purchased two buildings across the street from their current location. One of the buildings will be used for...
The Wahkiakum Mules edged the visiting Winlock Cardinals 18-13 in the Mules' homecoming football game on Friday. Winlock took the lead at 11:49 of the second quarter when Dawson Hall shot a gap in the Mule line, snatched the ball from Mule quarterback Zach Brown and raced 60 yards for a touchdown. The conversion kick put the Cards up 7-0. The Mules scored with 1:21 left in the first half on a 15-yard pass play from Gunnar Blix to Joey Moore. The conversion kick failed, leaving the Mules...
A few candidates running in the upcoming election spoke before a small crowd at the Grays River Grange on Tuesday night. Bob Dingethal, a Democrat candidate for US Representative District 3 and opponent of incumbent Jaime Herrera Beutler spoke first. "A lot of times rural counties don't get the attention they need, particularly from their representatives," Dingethal said. "You solve problems in any area by being out amongst the people. The only way to solve a problem is by knowing about it. My...
Wahkiakum County may cease providing a health insurance program for Port District 1. At their meeting Tuesday, Commissioners Dan Cothren, Blair Brady and Mike Backman agreed to wait a month before shedding Port 1 from the county's health insurance program. In other business Tuesday, the board agreed to withdraw an Ingalls Road construction project from a state funding program and handled other business. The county has incorporated Port 1's employees into the county insurance program since 1990, auditor's payroll clerk Kim Tracy told the board....
Commissioners of Port District 1 approved three resolutions: the 2015 budget in the amount of $1,022,906, new rate increases and a 1 percent increase on the Port District’s tax levy, which will allow them to collect $63,827.95 divided amongst the tax payers in the district. They also heard port business last Thursday at October’s meeting. Ashley Turner, the director for the Chamber of Commerce, attended the meeting to request the renewal of their contract with the port. “You’re one of our con...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: October 6 — 11:32 a.m. A Puget Island resident reported that an unknown, suspicious car had left the neighborhood after driving past the house several times. 12:45 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance transported a patient with low blood pressure from the clinic to the hospital. 3:03 p.m. A Deep River resident reported intimidation. 4:18 p.m. A Rosedale resident r...
A Puget Island man's dog was killed while he was taking it for a walk last Friday. Roy Simpson had stopped to talk to a neighbor while walking his dog along West Sunny Sands Road near Svensen Park. While they were visiting, Simpson said, the neighbor's dog suddenly came out of the garage and attacked his Yorkshire Terrier, which was on a leash. "Within five seconds my dog was dead," Simpson said. "He never heard it coming." Simpson believes the neighbor's dog, which appears to be a Husky/wolf mix, has accosted people and is a dangerous dog. He...
Submitted by Beau Renfro County Emergency Management Director The Wahkiakum County Sheriff’s Office Department of Emergancy Management (DEM) is happy to announce that October is Washington State Disaster Preparedness Month. There are three primary components to being ready for an emergency or disaster: Be informed, Create a Plan, and Build a Kit. This week I would like to talk about the first component which is “Being Informed” and an upcoming National Weather Service (NWS) Weather spotter class. Our county has five primary ways of getti...
Submitted by Beau Renfro County Emergency Management Director Dubbed the Great Washington ShakeOut, an exciting statewide earthquake drill is scheduled for 10:16 a.m. today (Thursday). The effort is designed to emphasize the importance of emergency preparedness at home, school, and the workplace. More than 830,000 Washington residents have signed up for the event. State officials hope the exercise involves more than 1 million participants in Washington. Washington residents can register for the drill at http://www.shakeout.org/washington. I...
The National Weather Service (NWS) will hold a weather spotter training class October 22, 7 p.m., in the Cathlamet Fire Hall, 255 2nd Street. NWS welcomes volunteers with an interest in severe weather spotting. The SKYWARN™ program is a voluntary civic service. Reports made by spotters provide visual confirmation of potentially severe weather and aid forecasters in issuing warnings....
by Diana Zimmerman Beginning this year, the Washington state legislature will require all assessor’s offices to revalue every property in their county every year. On October 8, Wahkiakum County Assessor Bill Coons gave a presentation to more than a dozen interested citizens on how the changes affect local taxpayers and his work. “Our job in the assessor’s office is to spread the tax burden out, fairly and equitably across all the properties in the county,” Coons said. In order to assess every p...
Medicare’s open enrollment period for prescription drug plans (Part D) and Medicare Advantage plans started yesterday (Oct. 15) and runs through Dec. 7. The Washington state Insurance Commissioner’s Statewide Health Insurance Benefits Advisors (SHIBA) are available to provide citizens with help in their local communities. ”Many Medicare plans are changing again this year,” said Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler in a news release. “Open enrollment is the time to shop for the best plan that meets your needs. Our highly trained SHIBA volunteer...
Free legal clinic to be held The Charlotte House, a program of St. James Family Center, will host a free legal clinic on October 24 from noon to 3 p.m. Jeffrey Keddie, an Attorney with Northwest Justice Project, will present information on their services as well as helping individuals with specific family law questions, such as how to get a divorce, determining primary custody and visitation and/or establishing child support. Those interested in learning more about this clinic or to sign up must call The Charlotte House at 360-795-6401 or toll...
James Lynch James (Jim) Niels Lynch, of Cathlamet, died October 9 at hospice. He was born November 25, 1922 in Manila, Philippine Island. He was the son of Army Captain Harry and Ellen Marie (Futtrup) Lynch. He served in the Army Signal Corps during World War II. When he was 18 he took his motorized dugout canoe from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean and back to the Pacific Ocean. He bragged that he took the smallest motor ship through the Panama Canal. After graduating from Oregon State College he married Audry Louise Odegaard in...
Senior center announces schedule The Community Senior Center, located at 100 Main Street in Cathlamet will be open from 10 a.m. to noon, Monday through Friday. Mondays will feature chair exercising and basic computer classes. Computers will be available or people may bring their own laptops. Tuesdays there will be board games to enjoy and knitters and crocheters will bring their own projects to work on. On Wednesdays bingo will be played and people are welcome to bring a white elephant gift to be used as prizes. Thursdays people may bring...
News from Naselle: Sports events for the coming week for the Naselle Comet teams include: Thursday, volleyball with Oakville at Naselle at 5:45 p.m., middle school football with Ocosta at Naselle at 6 p.m.; Friday, homecoming football game with Twin Valley at Naselle at 7 p.m.; Monday, middle school volleyball at Ocosta at 5:45 p.m., varsity volleyball at Ocosta at 5:45 p.m.; Tuesday, volleyball with Lake Quinault at Naselle at 5:45 p.m.; Wednesday, middle school volleyball with North Beach at Naselle at 5:45 p.m. Go Comets! The Naselle-Grays...
N/GRV School Menus BREAKFAST Breakfast comes with fresh fruit, milk and juice. Monday--Fruity Flat Bread or Cold Cereal. Tuesday--Pancakes or Cold Cereal. Wednesday--Oatmeal or Cream of Wheat. Thursday--Yogurt Parfait or Cold Cereal. Friday--Fruit Smoothie or Cold Cereal, Baked Muffin Square. LUNCH All lunch entrees include side item, vegetables, fruit, milk and the 5 Star Salad Bar. Oct. 20--Cheese filled Breadsticks or Ham Sandwich, Cucumber Slices. Oct. 21--Soft Shell Beef Taco or Ham Sandwich, Baked Beans. Oct. 22--Lasagna w/Whole Grain...
The 5-1 Naselle/Grays River Valley High School's Comets will host Twin Valley this Friday, 7 p.m., in the annual Homecoming Football Game. The Homecoming Royalty will be announced at halftime. Members of the Homecoming Court are, seniors, princesses Madison Green, Abigayle Eaton, and Emily Gjovik and princes Franco Smith, Tony Lopez and Cole Bergeson; juniors Taylor Eato and Hayden Gudmundsen, sophomores Morgan Ridgeway and Brian Smith, and freshmen Tatum Littau and Carson Be...
TIME FLYING--Can you believe it? We're half way through October already and by next week, we'll be thinking very seriously about Thanksgiving dinner and drooling over that turkey dinner celebration. Of course, once we do that, then "wham" it's all things Christmas. It just doesn't seem possible! For now, we'll enjoy the Fall and all that it includes, like football! SPECIAL DAYS--Those celebrating birthdays from Oct. 16-22 are Heidi Heywood, Michelle Collupy, Brianne Helms, Justin Garrison, Dixie Anderson, Randy Kuhn, Keith McNally, Mike...
WOW! It is the middle of October already; if you haven't cashed your fair premium check please do so as soon as possible, as they are void after 45 days. Soon the fairgrounds will be very spooky. Jason Rainey and his crew are putting the haunted house together. Soon the flyers will be up and around town. The cost of the haunted house is $3 per person or if you would like to bring three non perishable food items you can enter for $1. All food donated will go to the local food banks. Haunted House will be open on Thursday, October 30 from 5 p.m....
October 16 - October 23, 2014 THURSDAY Cathlamet First Aid Division, Fire Hall, 7 p.m. Skamokawa Fire Department, First Aid Division, 7 p.m. Grays River Fire Department, ambulance training, 7 p.m. Wahkiakum Fire District No. 4, 7 p.m. Rosburg Community Club, 7 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Congregational Church, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Yoga Classes, Grays River Methodist Church, 5-6:30 p.m. Art Group, Grays River Methodist Church, social hall, 3-5 p.m. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) GRVC at Johnson Park, activity...
The Mule Volleyball team won their last two league games, making them 2-2 in league and 7-2 overall. Last Thursday, following two disappointing losses, the Mules beat Toledo at home in three sets, 25-15, 25-14 and 25-13. “We were much more efficient on both sides of the ball than we’ve shown in league play thus far,” Coach Kayli Hurley said. “Toledo has some good weapons and we were able to make adjustments to minimize the impact.” Baylee Olsen had a hitting efficiency of .900, with 10 attemp...
The Wahkiakum High Mule and Thomas Middle School Warrior cross country teams traveled to Lacey on Tuesday to compete in the Bill Kehoe Invitational and to Ridgefield last Wednesday, October 8 to compete in the Trico 1A hosted by LaCenter. At St. Martin University in Lacey, seventh grader Ted Stacey competed against 65 other middle school boys in a 1.25 mile race. He placed 13th with a time of 7:47, only 33 seconds behind the leader. There were 172 high school boys competing in the 5,000 meter....
by Rick Nelson The Onalaska Loggers overpowered the Wahkiakum Mules for a 56-20 Central League football win last Friday. Once again, the Mules fielded a small squad--16 suited up for the game--with underclassmen having to do battle. "Our starting center got sick Friday and went home at noon," said Mule Coach Eric Hansen. "Two two-way starters are ineligible because of grades, and we had to suspend a kid last week because of a training code violation." The Loggers scored twice in the first quarter on runs of 22 and four yards. They boosted that...
Central League League Season W L W L Napavine 6 0 6 0 Toledo 5 1 5 1 Mort./Wh. Pass 5 1 5 1 Valley/Pe Ell 4 2 4 2 Adna 4 2 4 2 Mossyrock 3 3 3 3 Wahkiakum 1 5 1 5 Onalaska 1 5 1 5 Toutle Lake 1 5 1 5 Winlock 0 6 0 6 Last week Onalaska 56, Wahkiakum 21 Mort./W. Pass 14, Mossyrock 6 Adna 41, Winlock 6 Napavine 36, Toledo 6 PeEll/W.Valley 34, Toutle Lake 0 This week Winlock at Wahkiakum Homecoming Toutle Lake at Napavine PEWV at Onalaska Toledo at Mossyrock Adna at MWP Napavine at Adna Independents Season W L Naselle 5 1 Last week Naselle 62,...
