Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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It was a bright sunny day for Wahkiakum County’s first annual Oktoberfest. The pumpkin shot-put was a real crowd pleaser, providing entertainment for all ages. Thank you to all who came to help us raise funds for the fair; I hope you enjoyed yourself and look forward to seeing you again next year. Looking for something scary this Halloween? Look no further, as the fairgrounds are hosting the creepiest, scariest and most bone-tingling Haunted House you’ve ever seen. Witches, ghosts, ghouls and more, the Haunted House will send shivers down you...
The Wahkiakum Mules rallied from a two touchdown deficit only to fall short on extra points in a non-league 27-25 to the Portland Christian Royals last Friday. The Mules led 13-7 at halftime, but the visitors dominated play in the third quarter, scoring two touchdowns and their last on the first play of the fourth quarter to lead 27-14 with 11:53 to go in the game. The Mules came to life on an exchange of turnovers. The Royals intercepted a Joel Fudge pass at midfield and drove to the Mule 21-yard line where they fumbled the ball away. After...
Brown and Kysar Engineers Erik Kysar and Ryan McMaster presented the Wahkiakum PUD with a system planning study for the years 2009-2023 in the PUD commission’s general meeting Tuesday. The study was assembled by the firm as a planning tool for the utility. The local PUD is doing well when compared to other PUD’s of the same size. “Out of probably 50 utilities in the Pacific Northwest, I’d say you guys are in the top five percentile of financial health, seriously,” Kyser said. In other business, in 2013, the Federal Communications Commissio...
Commissioners of Port District No. 1 of Wahkiakum County accpeted a preliminary budget totalling $1 million, when they met October 9. The commission will take final action on the budget at their November meeting. The port is planning a dock extension project that would total $308,925. State park and recreation funds will pay a share of the work; the port is matching $100,000. Commissioners also held a public hearing on proposed rate increases, and after discussing the issue with citizens, voted to adopt the new rates. Long-time marina patron...
“Fight, Mules, Fight! We’re here to win tonight!,” yell the Wahkiakum Cheerleaders during a recent practice. The group of ten girls jump, scream and perform stunts to keep the crowd motivated during football and basketball seasons. The girls usually practice two days a week for around 90 minutes, but that will depend on the weather. On nicer, sunnier days, they may be out longer. “We try not to have too many practices because it interferes with school work, and everybody wants to go home sometime,” said Assistant Coach Raedyn Grasseth, who has...
The Lady Mules celebrated a point late in their 3-0 win over Pe Ell last Tuesday in Central League volleyball. Photo by Rick Nelson. The Wahkiakum Mule Lady Mule volleyball team split results in Central League action this past week. On Tuesday, the Mules swept the Pe Ell Trojans by scores of 25-20, 25-16 and 25-20. In the last game, they outscored the visitors 13-2 down the stretch to win. Ashley Helms had four kills; Paige Kehrli made 17 assists, and Samantha Cress played well in the back row. Last Thursday, the Mules lost 25-19, 25-20, 25-22...
The Columbia River Compact on Tuesday set several openings for commercial fisherman. The openings in Zone 1-3, upstrea.m. to the Longview Bridge, are: --7 a.m. - 7 p.m. Oct. 29 The openings in Zone 4-5, upstream. of Longview, are: --7 p.m. Oct. 23 through 7 a.m. Oct. 24 --7 p.m. Oct. 26 through 7 a.m. Oct. 27 --7 p.m. Oct. 28 7 a.m. Wednesday Oct. 29, and --7 p.m. Oct. 30 through 7 a.m. Oct. 31 Allowable sales are salmon and white sturgeon....
They may not get everything they want, but Wahkaikum County officials and Puget Island residents on Tuesday expressed pleasure that the a dredge will beging dumping sand along eroding shorelines this week. Commissioners, citizens and representatives of the US Army Corps discussed the project on Tuesday. Officials reported that because on East Sunny Sands hasn’t signed a right-of-entry permit, only two-thirds of the project will be done, but they felt that the work would address the severest erosion in the Pancake Point area. Public Works D...
Members and Friends of Extension met together Monday evening to review the Columbia River Country Days event held on October 3-4. The festivities raised approximately $5,800 to benefit the Wahkiakum Extension Service and the 4-H program for children and youth. The purpose of the Friends of Extension discussion was to decide the best way to use the funds earned, and to address the problem of the extension service being eliminated from the county budget by the cuts made by Wahkiakum County commissioners. The hope of the Friends group is that...
at Rainier October 16 Girls Varsity (3.1 miles)--33 Jori McEntire 25:08; 43 Amanda Collier 26:57; 55 Azery Gribskov 28:56. “All four girls, including Jessica Asmus who was unable to make the Rainier meet, have really made good progress the last couple of weeks,” commented Coach Mike Riley. Boys Varsity (3.1 miles)--13. Bradlee Pugh 18:09; 25. Connar Riley 18:45; 26. Kevin O’Connor 18:47; 33. Collan Riley 19:12; 70. Stuart Bosch 21:00 and no place, Ben Miles 22:32; Frank Bosch 22:38; Shay Bingham 23:17. “The Mules finished sixth as a team ou...
The Cathlamet Town Council reviewed the preliminary budget for 2009, voted to seek arbitration in a water rate disupte with Wahkiakum PUD and handle other business in its monthly meeting on Monday. Mayor Dick Swarr reported that he was requesting a budget with no growth, new projects and, other than state mandated minimum wages, no employee raises for 2009. The General Fund and the Water-Sewer FUnd will need some reductions, he said, or rates may have to be increased. Deferral or elimination of main replacements and other work could balance...
