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Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Wahkiakum High School science teacher Jeff Rooklidge and a group of his students visited the 7th Annual Coastal Marine Resource Committee Summit, which was being held in Cathlamet last week. Rooklidge, with a little help from some of his students, gave an overview of some of the educational opportunities he has been able to offer in the last five years. He realized that the kids were more engaged when they got out in the field, so he began trying to find partnerships, and new ways to make that...
The election for mayor of Cathlamet took a turn in the second round of tallying votes last Thursday. Incumbent Mayor Dale Jacobson claimed a narrow lead in the election, 69-65, over write-in candidate Laurel Waller. When votes were first counted Nov. 7, Waller led 58-53. Waller had filed as a candidate for Council Position 5, and she leads write-in candidate Jean Burnham, who was appointed to the council earlier this year, 96-42. Waller has said she would take the office of mayor and forfeit the council position if she were to defeat Jacobson....
Wahkiakum County commissioners wrapped up preliminary budget work Monday by agreeing to raises in wages for sheriff's department personnel. Commissioners Blair Brady, Dan Cothren and Mike Backman had recessed their meetings with department heads to Monday to get more details from Sheriff Mark Howie about his requests. The sheriff's major requests included creating a sergeant position for corrections officers and boosting wages by two steps of the salary schedule. Commissioners had discussed the requests at a meeting last week, and they...
Port 1 dredging officially began on Monday. The crew will initially work 8-12 hours a day to improve water depths in the Elochoman Slough channel next to the marina until the end of December. In January and February, they will focus their efforts in the marina. Photos by Diana Zimmerman....
This is the fourth part of my disaster preparedness series, and this week I am going to discuss how you can "GET INVOLVED." In the face of emergencies and disaster, Americans come together with courage, compassion and unity and ask, "How can I help?" There are many ways to get involved, especially before a disaster occurs. Each resident can participate in activities to make their families, homes and communities safer and more prepared. The formula for ensuring a safer and more resilient community consists of volunteers that are trained and...
To The Eagle: One year ago this week thirty states of our union of states elected our president, Donald Trump. Let us, all of us, join together and celebrate this momentous occurrence. The change he is bringing will be beneficial and lasting to our dear country. We, the people, would love to experience a good economy again and a stronger more centered nation. Positively. Mike Swift Cathlamet...
The Wahkiakum PUD Board of Commissioners gave the general manager approval to investigate the possibility of acquiring a water system in Skamokawa, and listened to reports, including one from a Bonneville Power Administration representative, on Tuesday. “Westside Water shareholders had a meeting and they approached the PUD,” General Manager Dave Tramblie told the commissioners. “We had a meeting where they indicated they were interested in the PUD running the system for them. There is going...
The Freedom Market, a recreational and medicinal marijuana dispensary, opened its doors in Cathlamet on October 1. The shop already has locations in Longview, Kelso, and Ilwaco, and owners jumped at the opportunity when a license in Wahkiakum County became available. "We were interested in expanding close to home, but far enough away that there was still a demand for it," Manager Rachel Bratton said. According to Bratton, Freedom Market carries a lot of local product including marijuana grown...
Wahkiakum County commissioners addressed a variety of business at their meeting on Tuesday. --Commissioners accepted the resignation of Sharon Lilja from the county planning commission. There are three vacancies on the board, one from each county commission district. --Board Chair Blair Brady asked Public Works Director Chuck Beyer to prepare a new ferry rate schedule with a 20 percent increase, meaning the $5 fare would increase to $6. Public Works Director Chuck Beyer said the last increase had been in 2010. Brady commented that the county's...
The Department of Ecology is seeking public comment on the Town of Cathlamet’s proposed update to its Shoreline Master Program, which applies to about 3 miles of Columbia River waterfront along the Elochoman Slough and Cathlamet Channel. The deadline for comment is Nov. 30. The Shoreline Master Program hasn’t been modernized in more than 40 years and includes updated goals, policies, regulations, environment designations, and administrative provisions that are locally tailored to reflect current conditions and community vision for future sho...
First Interstate Bank in Cathlamet celebrated its grand opening with a party and a ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday afternoon. Photo by Diana Zimmerman...
CHILLY OUT--Last week ended quite wet and a bit chilly, and for some areas to the north of us, as well as in the mountains, the "white stuff" was falling! Classmate, Greg Lloyd, said it was snowing pretty good up there in Everett and others said it was getting quite white out, to which I responded with a "Keep it up there please" request! I hope you used that extra hour of sleep on Sunday morning to snuggle down under the covers and stay warm! SPECIAL DAYS--Those celebrating birthdays from Nov. 9-15 are Jordyn Kattari, Jonnie Knowles, Pat...
THURSDAY Community Center, Cathlamet, 9 a.m.-Noon. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Community Center, Cathlamet, 6-9 p.m. Girl Scouts, Community Center, Cathlamet, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Congregational Church, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. Puget Island Fire Department, drill night, 7 p.m. Port District No. 1, 500 2nd St., 5 p.m. District No. 4 Fire Department, 7 p.m. Grays River Fire District No. 3 Commissioners, 7:30 p.m. Grays River Fire Department, fire training, 7 p.m....
Thank you to all the volunteers who made the Halloween Carnival a success and to everyone who made cakes. It was a great time had by everyone. The costume contest winners were as follows: Age 0-4 Ashleigh Montgomery, Age 5-9 Samual Nolan and Age 10-14 Kaage. Thank you to all the participants; we had a lot of great costumes. The next carnival will be on March 17 for St. Paddy's Day. You will have to come see if you can find the Pot of Gold. Also thanks to Jason Rainey and his crew for a great Haunted House; it was pretty awesome. This Saturday...
News from Naselle: Sports calendar for the Naselle Comet teams this week: Thursday, middle school girls basketball at Raymond at 5:45 p.m.; Tuesday, middle school girls basketball in Naselle with North Beach at 5:45 p.m. Go Comets! There will be a Veteran’s Day Assembly today at 12:30 p.m. in the Naselle gym, honoring our local veterans. Many, if not all vets in our community have received a personal invitation to attend this assembly in their honor. The Naselle Lutheran Church will hold their annual Bazaar on Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Here’s...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: October 31 — 8:37 a.m. A caller reported a deceased deer on SR 4 on the east side of KM. 11:47 a.m. A caller reported that someone had broken into a vehicle in the Rosedale area. 5:33 p.m. A Deep River resident called, at the request of a parent, to report that there were too many people at their house. 6:37 p.m. A caller reported that the driver of a red car was spotlighting kids at the park in Cathlamet. 7...
Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, Fort Clatsop has announced the next In Their Footsteps free speaker series event. A Town Called Seaside will be shared by Gloria Stiger Linkey on Sunday, November 19, at 1:00 p.m. Gloria Linkey will share from her research for her 2017 book, A Town Called Seaside, a decade-by-decade story of Seaside, Oregon - from a summer resort town in the 1940s to the thriving tourist attraction and community it is today. Linkey remembers pre-World War II days, when people walked the “Prom” in fine attire or wat...
The Tacoma Opera will perform selections from the Georges Bizet masterpiece, Carmen on November 17, 7 p.m., at the Liberty Theater, 1203 Commercial St., Astoria. Tickets are $25 general admission. Tacoma Opera was founded in 1968 as the Tacoma Opera Society and presented its first production, Die Fledermaus at the Eastvold Auditorium on the Pacific Lutheran University campus. In 1981, with the help of Dr. Hans Wolf, then director of community outreach for Seattle Opera, the company turned professional and changed its name to the Tacoma Opera...
On Saturday, November 4th, the chess tournament held at the John Thomas Middle School was titled the First Cathlamet Open. I was recently informed by Rick Nelson, the publisher of The Wahkiakum County Eagle, that he had played in a tournament in Cathlamet back in the late 1960's. So Saturday's was not the first tournament, yet it did not make a difference to the entrants. Chess is the game of kings and the king of games. The game of chess goes back nearly fifteen centuries originating in...
The Wahkiakum 4-H Robotics club FIRST Technical Challenge robotics team competed this past week end in Vancouver against Clark County teams. After the parts finished whirring we stand in third place in our League, only two points behind the leader. There is a second League tournament on December 2 in Camas then we go to our regional championships on December 16 in Tacoma. This will determine the top eight teams (out of 38 in our region) who advance to the state championships on February 4 in Kent. Afterwards, we all felt as Chuck Barton, our...
Greetings from the Community Center! This Friday’s movie will be an animation for both youths and adults called “My Life As A Zucchini.” After losing his mother, a young boy is sent to a foster home with other orphans his age where he begins to learn the meaning of trust and true love. The movie starts at 7:00 p.m., and popcorn is free. You are also welcome to bring your own snacks. Don’t forget about the 5th Annual Living Well Event that will be held at the Grays River Valley Center (Johnson Park) in Rosburg today from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. I...
Lower Columbia College has announced that Michael Schmeltzer will be featured at the November 29 Northwest Voices event in Longview. First, the author will conduct a writing workshop from 3:30-5:00 p.m. in Main 145 on the Lower Columbia College campus. From 7:00-8:00 p.m., he will hold a reading at the Longview Public Library. Both events are free and open to the public. Michael Schmeltzer was born in Japan and eventually moved to the US. He is the co-author of A Single Throat Opens, an epistolary memoir which explores addiction, childhood,...
Alex James “Jim” Allenback, 82, of Cathlamet, died October 19, 2017 at the Longview Hospice. Jim was born December 12, 1934 in Montpelier, Idaho to Alex W. and Flora (Jakeman) Allenback. He is survived by his wife Gladys at home, a daughter Vicki Allenback of Skamokawa, a son Alex Allenback, Jr. of Willow Creek, Calif., and a sister, Penny Andrada of Los Angeles, Calif., many nieces and nephews and extended family. Jim was a veteran of the U.S. Army and Marine Corps. He spent 33 years working as a construction superintendent, building bri...
Charles “Wayne” Olsen, 68, lifelong Cathlamet resident, died November 2, 2017 at SWWA Medical Center in Vancouver. He was born January 18, 1949 in Longview to Mervin and Myrtle (Bennett) Olsen. After graduating from Wahkiakum High School in 1967, he joined the Army and was a Vietnam Veteran. He worked at Crown Zellerback after returning from the military and spent many years fishing on the Columbia River for several local fishermen. He also enjoyed many years fishing for halibut and salmon at Cooks Inlet in Alaska. He had a big heart and was a...
River Mile 38 Brewing Co.: Saturday, November 11, Downhill Billies (Alex & Jon Arness) and Ian Brandon, 5-8 p.m., on the Crow's Nest Stage, 285 Third St., Cathlamet, call 360-366-4662....
