Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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There will be an informational meeting for those interested in youth club volleyball November 14 at 6 p.m. in the high school cafeteria. Coordinator Patty Anderson said the club will be running two teams this year. There will be a 12 and under team for 4th, 5th and 6th graders and a 14 and under team for 7th and 8th graders. Costs and registration information will be given at the meeting. The teams will practice on Wednesdays and Sundays. Anyone interested should attend the meeting or call 795-0063...
A new study confirms that youth involved in 4-H are leaders, contribute to their communities and are civically engaged, which strengthens communities. The 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development (PYD) is finding that youth involved in high-quality, structured programs during out-of-school time, such as those offered by Wahkiakum County 4-H are more likely to experience PYD. Findings of the 4-H Study of PYD--a first of it's kind, longitudinal study measuring the impact personal and social factors have on youth as they develop--reveal that all...
Wahkiakum High School graduate Wayne K. Reid has graduated from basic military training as an Air Force Airman 1st Class. During the six weeks of training at Lackland Air Force Base, in San Antonio, Tex., the airman studied the Air Force mission, organization, and military customs and courtesies; performed drill and ceremony marches, and received physical training, rifle marksmanship, field training exercises, and special training in human relations. Airmen who complete basic training earn credits toward an associate degree through the...
Wahkiakum Mule senior Walker Riley finished ninth overall at the Washington Class B Cross Country Meet last Saturday in Pasco. Riley finished the 5k course in 17:49. Matt Cronrath of Odessa won the meet in 16:40. Riley competed in the state meet as a sophomore and junior. Last year he finished in sixth place. Saint George’s of Spokane won the team competition with 31 points. NW Christian of Lacey finished second with 73, followed by 3. Seattle Lutheran 83, 4. Reardan 91, 5. White Pass 123; 6. St. John-Endicott 127, 7. Bear Creek 162 and 8. T...
The Town of Cathlamet has implemented an updated computerized billing system. Customers of the town’s water and sewer system should have noticed a change in their recent bills, Mayor Dick Swart said this week. Larger blue statement postcards have replaced the smaller white cards as part of the town’s updating of its computerized utility billing system and software. The change was deemed necessary by the council because of the original system provider’s inability to continue servicing or supporting the software, Swart said. “We were very cl...
Compiled by the Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce 10Rosburg Holiday Bazaar Day , sponsored by Rosburg Community Club, Location: Rosburg Community Hall, 28 Rosburg Community Hall Road , Rosburg. Contact: Barbara Rose at 360-465-2234, Time: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. 10Greg Parke is going to be playing at the Rat at 8 p.m. 11Annual meeting of the Friends of Skamokawa Foundation, 3 p.m. at Redmen Hall. Election of board members, speaker, annual report, refresh-ments. Contact 849-4181 for additional info. 13Chamber Membership Meeting, noon at the...
Editor's note: The Eagle recently surveyed real estate firms in eastern Wahkiakum County about trends in housing sales. Here is a report from firms working in the Westend and Naselle areas The sale of real estate in Wahkiakum County’s Westend follows its own trend, and that trend has slowed recently. Western Real Estate Services broker Lori Fanoni said things were busier two years ago but are now in a normal stage for Naselle. “We certainly haven’t died off like other parts of the country,” she said. A major reason that there isn’t a lot of hou...
The Wahkiakum Lady Mules volleyball team earned a berth to state by winning three of four games at the district playoffs at Montesano on Saturday. The Mules started off by defeating Northwest Christian 23-25, 25-17, 25-16, 25-20. The Mules then faced South Bend, the number one seed from the Pacific League in a winner to state match. South Bend's middle attack was too strong as the Mules dropped the match 21-25, 20-25, and 16-25. Next, the Mules faced Morton in a loser out, winner to state battle and defeated the Huskies 25-21, 25-13, 22-25,...
The Wahkiakum Mule football season came to end last Saturday as the Mossyrock Vikings won a three-way tiebreaker for the Central League's third and final playoff berth. The Mules ended the regular season with a 34-8 loss to the Toutle Lake Ducks on November 1. The two teams entered the game tied for second; the win put the Ducks in second place and left the Mules tied with Mossyrock and the Napavine Tigers for third. The teams met Saturday in Toutle to use a Kansas CIty Tiebreaker format. The first two teams to lose two matchups were...
Two Wahkiakum High School graduates have become leaders on the defensive team of the Eastern Oregon University Mountaineer football team. Sophomores Jeff McNally, Rosedale, and Terrence Pharr, Puget Island, won starting positions on the defense last year as freshmen and have become two of the team's defensive leaders. Both are 2006 Wahkiakum High School graduates. The pair were record setting tacklers in the Mountaineers' 28-7 loss to the highly ranked Carroll College Fighting Saints on October 20 in LaGrande, Ore. McNally, a free safety, set...
Wahkiakum County Health and Human Services is again coordinating Thanksgiving baskets for Wahkiakum County's needy families. Anyone knowing of a family who needs some extra assistance this year is asked to get in touch with Health and Human Services. Donations of food items, turkeys or financial contributions may be dropped off at one of the county's two food banks or at Health and Human Services for it to be forwarded to the food banks. Thanksgiving baskets will be limited to one per household. The food banks are open every Tuesday; Helping...
Second time is apparently a charm for Blair Brady, Democrat candidate for county commissioner representing District 3, Skamokawa and the Westend. Brady led appointed incumbent Tom Doumit, an independent, 891-718, after initial counting Tuesday’s General Election. In the other contested local race, incumbent David Goodroe led write-in challenger Ruth Doumit 92-85. County Auditor Diane Tischer said 61 ballots arrived Tuesday but weren’t counted. Election officials will count those and other ballots arriving in the mail at 10 a.m. today (Th...
The Friends of Skamokawa Foundation will hold its annual meeting on November 11 at 3 p.m. in the Riverlife Interpretive Center at Redmen Hall in Skamokawa. Kari Kandoll, curator of the Wahkiakum Historical Society will be guest speaker and will share some of the new programs being planned at the museum. The Friends will hold a very brief business meeting to elect four board members. Nominations will be taken from the floor. Refreshments will be served. The public is welcome....
St. James Family Center Executive Director Beth Hansen wants the community to know that while funding from Wahkiakum County has been cut, programs have not. Funding two years ago was $35,000 and last year was cut in half to $17,500. This year, county commissioners have told Hansen the funding has been cut to nothing. Hansen said Tuesday that the cuts hurt because the money is used for programs when other funding sources can’t be found, such as for the after-school programs, Kindercare, child care programs and the preschool programs. Hansen said...
The advisory committee working with the Wahkiakum Family Practice Clinic continues to work at the drawing board. The committee had hoped to hire two new nurse practioners, one this fall and one in early 2008. The committee had extended a job offer to one candidate, but the candidate took a job closer to her home so she wouldn’t have to move. The second candidate withdrew her application to relocate with family in Portland. The committee is preparing a survey to be mailed to Wahkiakum County residents, said spokesperson Sandi Benbrook-Rieder. T...
Three dozen Wahkiakum County residents or friends of Washington State University Cooperative Extension filled the county commissioners’ meeting room Tuesday to ask the board to reconsider axing Wahkiakum Extension from the 2008 budget. The program is too valuable to cut, supporters said. The bottom line is that the county doesn’t have enough money, commissioners responded. The board did, however, agree to give Extension personnel the opportunity to explore other funding sources and make a proposal before the board’s December 3 budget heari...
Staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) heard comments on the draft environmental impact statement for a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal Tuesday in Cathlamet. Bradwood Landing, a branch of NorthernStar Natural Gas, is proposing to build the terminal at Bradwood, Ore., across the Columbia River from Puget Island. The proposal calls for building the receiving terminal, re-gassification facility and two or three large storage tanks at Bradwood. A pipeline would be built from Bradwood to Port Westward, where it would...
