Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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WSU Wahkiakum County Extension: A 21st century approach to rural economic development From WSU's president Elson Floyd: "Every county in the state has an Extension office, and we're going to use that the best way we can. The land-grant university has a responsibility to do everything possible to improve the quality of life for Washingtonians." WSU Extension is committed to improving the quality of life in Wahkiakum County. Watch us grow! We're growing leaders, we're growing thinkers and we're growing the county economy. The Comprehensive Plan...
Wahkiakum Community Foundation is inviting proposals for grants available from both the Covered Bridge Fund and the Bradwood Landing Fund. Deadline for applications for both funds is December 31. The Covered Bridge Fund makes grants to nonprofits in Western Wahkiakum County and the Naselle Grays River School District area. Requests will be accepted for grants of up to $1,000. The Bradwood Landing Fund makes grants to nonprofits in all of Wahkiakum County and the Naselle Grays River School District area. Proposals for grants up to $5,000 will...
The Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce is holding its third Annual Festival of Trees and is looking for designers to design trees to donate. For the last two years, local tree designers have donated trees with themes like "Gold Rush", "Mule Tree", and "Fishing by the Fire." The donated trees will be on display in downtown Cathlamet from November 24 until December 16. Throughout this time, visitors and locals will have the opportunity to view the trees and vote for their favorite as well as bid for the trees in an ongoing silent auction. All...
Santa Claus is coming to St. James Annual Holiday Bazaar. Parents may bring their children to have their photos taken with him between 5 and 7 p.m. on Friday and between 10-11 a.m. and 2-4 p.m. on Saturday. The Children's Christmas Store will be open as well from 4-7 p.m. on Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday. There will be many booths featuring a wide variety of gift and decorative items from lingonberries to candles, glassware, antiques, heavy stone jewelry and more. There will also be a bake sale, a quilt raffle and a book signing by...
Maude K. Butler, mother of well known Congresswoman Julia Butler Hansen, was an accomplished watercolor artist in her own right who painted her memories of life on the Lower Columbia in sketches and watercolor paintings. The fourth annual Maude Butler Art Show will open on Thanksgiving weekend featuring paintings of seascapes and beaches at the Julia Butler Hansen Heritage Center at 60 Main Street in Cathlamet. Paintings by Butler given to Redmen Hall in Skamokawa by her grandson David will also be on display. Not seen by the public for many ye...
Wahkiakum PUD will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of the Western Wahkiakum Water Systems expansion project in the Salmon Creek Road area. The ceremony will take place at 2 p.m. on November 20 at the PUD's office at 45 River Street in Cathlamet. The project included the installation of approximately 42,000 feet of water pipe, an 80,000 gallon concrete reservoir, a booster pump station and a pressure reducing vault. Forty three customers were connected in the initial project, and four have connected since completion...
Wahkiakum PUD Board of Commissioners discussed water rights and future projects when they met November 6. Manager Dave Tramblie reported on the completion of the Puget Island Water System Sanitary Survey. He discussed with an engineering firm about finding an alternate water source for Puget Island. He said they told him that attaining water rights on a well field would take less time than procuring it from a ground source. It would take a minimum of 10 years to attain from a ground source because of all the bureaucracy and red tape involved....
The Columbia River Estuary Study Taskforce (CREST) has announced it has been given a Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) grant to begin the design and implementation of a salmon habitat restoration project in the Grays River Gorley Springs area. The area was deemed a priority in the County’s Comprehensive Flood Hazard Management Plan. For the last three years CREST has been working with Wahkiakum County to implement the plan with the goal of reducing risk to public infrastructure and private property. The project will coordinate closely w...
With the Christmas season just around the corner, Wahkiakum County Health and Human Services is coordinating holiday assistance programs for the county's needy families. They are accepting referrals of families needing extra assistance during the holiday season due to job loss or other difficult circumstances. Children ages 17 and under are eligible for the Stars Program. All names will be confidential. Those wishing to help can participate in the "Pick a Star" program. Special trees with stars will be placed at the Bank of America, Bank of...
Margins in Wahkiakum County’s two contested elections remain unchanged as the election officers counted a second batch of ballots last Thursday. In the closest race, between incumbent Cathlamet council member David Goodroe and write-in candidate Ruth Doumit, Goodroe maintained a narrow lead, 93-88. He led 92-85 when ballots were counted on election day. Challenger Blair Brady solidified his lead into apparent victory over incumbent Tom Doumit in the race for county commissioner. Brady, a Democrat, led 942-778 after Thursday; he led 891-718 o...
A chemical engineering professor last week commented that the draft environmental impact statement for a proposed liquefied natural gas receiving terminal has inaccurate calculations for how far a vapor cloud could travel. NorthernStar Natural Gas is planning to build a terminal at Bradwood, Ore., to receive shiploads of LNG. The plant would regassify the LNG and send it into pipelines. Critics have said an accident in the operation could create clouds of flammable gas that could endanger people as far away as Cathlamet. In public meetings...
New programs at the Cathlamet Library can assist students with their homework or the general public in their thirst for knowledge, library staff announced this week. ProQuest allows the searcher to find information in magazines or newspapers. The program makes it easy to search for subject or an author or a specific story without having to add every little detail. Information can be found with no online magazine subscription needed. CultureGrams is a program that allows the searcher to find any information in three editions. World Edition allow...
The Cathlamet Town Council will hold a special meeting to discuss the future of the vacant fire hall, Mayor Dick Swart said Monday. The meeting will be November 27 at 6:30 p.m. at the new fire hall. The council asked Swart if he would conduct a meeting at which the public is invited to attend and voice their opinions on what should be done with the Main Street station. A focus group meeting last summer led to many ideas including a public restroom, Swart said. Many of the businesses on Main Street have restrooms that aren’t for public use, and...
Classical chamber music group Con Amici will return to Cathlamet to play a holiday concert at the town’s Pioneer Church on December 8. Selections for the concert will include Beethoven's Opus 16 and Brahms' Sonata #1. Vocalist Jennifer Johnson will sing Schubert’s Ave Maria and the group will play a variety of holiday music and some traditional carols. Local artist Andrew Emlen will play cello with the group and will present "Allegro non Troppo," from Brahms' Sonata #1, written specially for cello and piano. Con Amici consists of Kristina Bir...
Fans of the Naselle Comet football team wanting to take in this Saturday's game without driving to Bellevue may find seats on a rooter bus, Superintendent Alan Bennett announced Tuesday. "Well, we are off to Mount Tahoma Athletic Stadium this Saturday to play Life Christian in the State Class B football championship playoffs," he said. "We have taken one of our buses that is off the depreciation schedule and made it available for the trip. "This allows the district to make the bus available for half the normal cost. The cost is $5 per person....
The Clatsop County Board of Commissioners has extended its public hearing on the proposed Bradwood Landing liquefied natural gas ( LNG) project to November 19 to provide more opportunity for those who signed up to testify. The hearing will resume at 9 a.m. in the Judge Guy Boyington Building, 857 Commercial St., Astoria. On Oct. 22, the board listened to 10 hours of testimony after opening the hearing in the Liberty Theatre. A total of 108 speakers testified during the hearing Monday. Individuals who had signed up October 22 but didn’t get a c...
