Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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"Wait Till Next Year" might be the theme of the Wahkiakum Mule volleyball team after their trip to the Class 2B state tournament last weekend in Yakima. The Mules put a team without any seniors on the court and were out after losing their first two matches. However, they say it was a great experience that will help them in the future. "Participating in the state playoffs was fun and a great experience," said Mule Coach Jeff Rooklidge. "There is a lot of talent in this group and they have an opportunity to achieve good things in the future if...
Thomas Middle School wrestlers are competing this year with middle schools in the Longview/Kelso area and are 13-6 after two matches. Here are result so far as reported by Coach Paul Johns. --Brandon Budd has won his first three bouts with falls (pins). --Luke Stacey has won his first two bouts with falls. --Alex Johnson has a 3-0 record, with two wins by falls. --Trystan Mendez is 2-1, with two wins by falls. --Kody Vik is 2-1, with two falls and a 4-2 loss. --Sonvir Mann is 1-1, with a win by fall. Kaleb Stensland is working hard and...
NOT NICE--As this work week begins, it is cold and wet and nasty looking out there, so a good day to stay in and sit by the fire or, in my case, start typing! November is definitely zipping by and you know what that means: the holidays will soon be upon us! Let's hope we can all keep a grip on what we have to be thankful for this Thanksgiving and to spread Christmas cheer each and every day, and not just during the Christmas season, and keep the celebration of New Year's in our hearts all year long, so we can appreciate each new day! SPECIAL...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: November 8--2:03 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to aid a man who fell out of a bucket truck at a construction site in the Elochoman Valley and possibly broke a leg; a Life Flight helicopter was summoned to aid in transport. 2:23 p.m. A caller reported seeing an unoccupied vehicle down an embankment on the Bradley Mountain Mainline; the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) was notified. 3:34 p.m. A...
Rosburg, Washington resident Wallace L. “Wally” Smalley, 71, a life long resident of Wahkiakum county, died in Longview on November 3, 2010. The son of pioneer Wahkiakum county residents Daniel and Signe (Buhakka) Smalley, he was born in Cathlamet, Washington on October 26, 1939. Wally was a 1957 graduate of Naselle High School and attended Lower Columbia College in Longview for two years. He was a 40 year employee of the Wahkiakum county road department. Wally loved woodworking, commercial fishing and farming at his residence in the Eden Val...
Naselle and Astoria will play host to author Michael Maryk of Bellingham for readings, discussions, and book signings of his new book “Sunpath.” It is a fictionalized version of 10- year old Aimo, his six-year old sister Anna, and eight-year old cousin Pehr’s hasty evacuation from Finland to Sweden during World War II. In preparation for writing this novel, Maryk spent two years in Sweden interviewing survivors from the “Finska Krigsbarn” (Finnish War Children). During that tempestuous time 75,000+ Finnish children were transported to safety...
Former Cathlamet resident, Gabriel “Gabe” Robert, 52, passed away November 5, 2010 at Riverside Nursing & Rehab Center in Centralia. He was born February 25, 1958 in Namoluk, Micronesia and in 1974 he moved to the United States. Gabe worked at Kelso Red Lion as a dishwasher at the time of his accident. He is survived by his son, Justin Robert (Alyssa) of Kelso. No service will be held at his request. Dowling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements....
“Turkey Bingo” November 19, J. A. Wendt Elementary School multi-purpose room, 6 p.m., see you there! This Wahkiakum County Fair Board fund raiser is organized by Martha and Cheryl Backman. If you have the winning bingo card you will receive a turkey or a ham for your prize. Martha’s special raffle prize for this event is a Nintendo Wii game system. Sound like something you would like to win? Tickets are $1, purchase a pocketful and maybe you will win this great prize! We had many awesome raffle prizes donated to this fund raising event for o...
Customers of Wahkiakum PUD will soon have the ability to pay their bills via credit or debit cards, PUD Auditor Erin Wilson announced at Tuesday’s PUD commission meeting. The last step towards accepting customer payments via credit card payments is to create a PUD website, Wilson said. The PUD owns the domain name www.wahkiakumPUD.org but had never developed it. The commissioners approved entering into an agreement with Clear Site Design to set up the website. The site will link to a payment page that will be used to process cards. Wilson e...
Commissioners of Wahkiakum Port District No. 1 heard reports on marina operations and took public comment on their proposed 2011 budget before adopting it on November 11. Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce board members Richard Erickson and Sandi Benbrook-Rieder attended the budget hearing portion of the meeting to advocate for the port to establish a funding contract with the chamber in place of the relationship it had formerly held with the Lower Columbia Economic Development Council (EDC). In 2010, the port contributed $2,500 to the EDC. As of...
The arrival of a nurse practitioner should complete the staffing of the Cowlitz Family Practice Clinic office in Cathlamet, clinic staff said this week. Kathryn Harshman, NP, has joined the clinic to work with Dr. Del Gardner as the lead practioners of the clinic. A native of Florida, Harshman moved to Washington when she was 17. She graduated from high school and studied to be a nurse. After six years as a nurse, she decided to advance her skills and became a nurse practitioner. She has worked two years in that role. She said she enjoys...
Norman Anderson has stepped down from his stewardship of the Grays River Grange Cemetery. Norman, along with Merlin Durrah, have done an incredible job for over twenty four years in maintaining the grounds and keeping accurate cemetery records. With Norman stepping down, the Grange will reorganize the Cemetery Committee and appoint a Granger to assist Merlin in his cemetery sexton duties. Merlin has accumulated a lot of records. During his term he’s kept every obituary from the newspaper regarding individuals buried in Grays River. In the l...
As Wahkiakum County officials prepare for the final phase of their budget preparation for 2011, they realize all could change next spring. The state legislature will have to deal with another significant revenue shortfall, and that could significantly change the county's revenue outlook. "We're up in the air till we see what the legislature does," said Commissioner Blair Brady, who spent the past week at the meeting of the Washington Association of Counties and had budget discussions with state officials. "We're in a holding pattern until we...
The boards of directors for the Lower Columbia Economic Development Council and the Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce voted on November 9 to merge the two organizations. According to a news release from the Chamber, officers of the two organizations hope to eliminate overlapping functions and to reduce operating costs in the economic downturn. While there are many details to address, the release said, the group designated to coordinate the merger will be working to have the new organization up and running by January 1, 2011. “We believe that we w...
Supporters of the Cathlamet Fire Department jammed the River Street Meeting Room Monday to tell Mayor George Wehrfritz to back off from efforts to change financial oversight of department accounts. Wehrfritz and department officers began butting heads in September with the release of the town's proposed 2011 budget. In it, Wehrfritz proposed cost-cutting measures such as having department trucks and ambulance use Wahkiakum County's fuel dock instead of commercial gas stations and also having the First Aid Division pay a share of administrative...
submitted by Karen Bertroch On November 27, the Appelo Archives Center will bring back an old tradition at the "Appelo Shopping Center" when Santa Claus will be available upstairs from noon to 4 p.m. Children are encouraged to bring their parents and grandparents so a multi-generation photo can be taken with Santa. Photos will be sent out right away so families have a keepsake. For many years, parents brought their children to the Appelo Shopping Center and followed the pink shoe prints painted on the stairs to find Santa. The Center is...
To The Eagle: The Cathlamet Fire Department has existed for 70 years and this totally volunteer group has served the county well over the years. The people who serve in it are dedicated, hard working and provide a quality of service which is better than some paid departments. Two former area firefighters, one from this outstanding organization, the other from Fire District 4, were instrumental in establishing the Volunteer Firefighters Pension System in Washington State. For the mayor to chastise the Fire Department over the single incident of...
To The Eagle: In reference to the article in The Daily News on November 9, George Wehrfritz wants to force Jerry DeBriae out as chief of the Cathlamet Fire Department. Who does he think he is? Jerry and Linda have done nothing but support the department for many years. Does the Mayor even know that if it was not for the DeBriaes, there would not be a beautiful new Cathlamet Fire Department complex? Doesn't he realize that all of the fire departments and first aid divisions are volunteer and everyone gives of their time to keep our county safe?...
To The Eagle: As you may or may not know, we have in Wahkiakum County some of the best emergency services and a Sheriff's Office which is very much a part of this community, as shown by the recent election. Our fire and ambulance services, which are volunteer, are far better than many private or full time salaried emergency services. Our people are experienced, fast to respond, efficient and very caring. Their response time compares to paid responders and in many cases, is quicker. Any mistake made has been corrected and they are moving...
To The Eagle: Unfortunately we have a serious disconnect between the Cathlamet volunteer Fire/EMS and the town/state/budget/? This needs to be resolved, now, by reasonable people sitting down and coming to reasonable conclusions. It is worth bringing in an experienced peacemaker to broker the peace and get this situation fixed, now. Cindy made a very moving statement regarding volunteers toward the end of the meeting which left me wondering what life in our town/county would be like without the many volunteers who work huge periods of time lead...
APPLICATION FOR COVERAGE UNDER THE GENERAL PERMIT FOR BIOSOLIDS MANAGEMENT Notice is hereby given that Evergreen Septic has submitted an application to the Department of Ecology to obtain coverage under the General Permit for Biosolids Management. A copy of the general permit can be found at http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/swfa/biosolids/pdf/BiosolidsManagement.pdf. The Department of Ecology has reviewed documentation previously submitted in accordance with the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) and has determined that for...
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON FOR WAHKIAKUM COUNTY Joy E. Maloff-Jara SHERIFF’S PUBLIC NOTICE Plaintiff OF SALE OF REAL PROPERTY Vs Javier J. Jara aka Jay Jara, Cause No. 10-2-00021-5 & and Debra Lee Malcolm 09-2-00105-6 Defendant TO: Javier J. Jara aka Jay Jara, and Debra Lee Malcolm The Superior Court of Wahkiakum County has directed the undersigned Sheriff of Wahkiakum County to sell the property described below to satisfy a judgment in the above-entitled action. The property location is: A PARCEL OF LAND IN THE NORTH H...
WAHKIAKUM COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NUMBER TWO NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR 2011 BUDGET NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Commissioners of the Wahkiakum County Fire Protection District Number Two of Wahkiakum County, Washington will meet on November 18th at their regular time of 7 p.m. in the Skamokawa Fire Hall. This is a one time change of date from their regular meeting day on the fourth Thursday. The agenda will include the regular business of the Fire Protection District Number Two as well as the adoption of the 2011...
PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF HEARING FOR SIX (6) YEAR ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the board of County Commissioners, Wahkiakum County, State of Washington, has prepared a preliminary Six (6) Year Road Construction Program as required by law. That Tuesday, November 23, 2010 at 10:35 a.m., in the office of the County Commissioners, in the Public Meeting Room, 3rd floor, County Courthouse, Cathlamet, Washington, as been fixed as the time and place for the hearing, at which time any person may appear and be heard regarding the...
PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF HEARING FOR 2011 ANNUAL CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the board of County Commissioners, Wahkiakum County, State of Washington, has prepared a preliminary Annual Construction Program as required by law. That Tuesday, November 23, 2010 at 10:30 a.m., in the office of the County Commissioners, in the Public Meeting Room, 3rd floor, County Courthouse, Cathlamet, Washington, as been fixed as the time and place for the hearing, at which time any person may appear and be heard regarding the preliminary 2011...
