Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Submitted by Coach Matt Stacey On Saturday, the Mule Wrestlers began their season at the Mark Morris Three Rivers Classic Invite. First tournaments and first matches are destined to be filled with the jitters and are a great opportunity to establish a team's starting base line. The Three Rivers Classic proved to be a solid and challenging platform from which to start. With perennial powerhouse teams such as Castle Rock, Mark Morris, RA Long, Kalama and La Center there the Mules had a long hill to climb coming in as the only 2B school. Without...
The Wahkiakum Mules opened the 2012/13 basketball season with a narrow 63-58 victory Tuesday night over the perennial bottom-dwelling Winlock Cardinals, coming from behind in the fourth quarter to nip the home team. After leading by as many as 18 and dominating much of the first half of the game, foul trouble sent two Mule regulars to the bench and the Cardinals managed to fight back from a 30-12 deficit to within three points at the break, trailing 32-29. Wahkiakum extended their lead to five after three quarters, but not long into the final...
Visiting South Bend took an early lead and never looked back enroute to a 63-47 win over the Wahkiakum Lady Mules last Friday. South Bend led 17-5 at the end of the first quarter on a combination of hot shooting and domination under the boards. The Mules outscored the visitors 11-9 in the second quarter to narrow the margin to 26-16 at halftime. They narrowed the South Bend's lead to nine in the third quarter, but South Bend went on a run and closed out the third quarter with a 46-27 lead. Sophomore Sam Boyce led the Mule scoring with 20...
The Naselle Comets rallied to defeat the Ilwaco Fishermen 49-45 Tuesday evening. Ilwaco led 35-30 after three quarters. Sam Scrabeck scored nine points, Chandler Chapman nine, David Blaylock and Tony Lopez each had eight....
WET AND WILD--The last few days have been nothing but wet and at times, more like a monsoon weather rather than just plain old Skamokawa rain. It’s been horrific at times! New rivers have carved themselves into my driveway. My field is once again a lake, which only the ducks and geese seem to enjoy. With a rainy week forecast, I hope we stay afloat. Holiday crunch time is upon us, and we don't need any flooding! As I finish this up, it's blowing and nasty out. I hope we all keep our power as I'm pretty sure the ladies are in cookie making...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: November 26--10:09 a.m. A caller reported that his wife had violated a no contact order. A deputy investigated. 12:11 p.m. A caller requested a deputy investigate a possible theft at the high school. 2:57 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to aid a woman with a diabetic problem. 3:44 p.m. A caller reported a trespasser and asked that the person be removed from the premises. November...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: November 26--10:09 a.m. A caller reported that his wife had violated a no contact order. A deputy investigated. 12:11 p.m. A caller requested a deputy investigate a possible theft at the high school. 2:57 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to aid a woman with a diabetic problem. 3:44 p.m. A caller reported a trespasser and asked that the person be removed from the premises. November...
William “Bill” Swift, 66, lifelong Cathlamet resident died December 3 at home. A visitation will be held at Dowling Funeral Home, 45 Broadway St., Cathlamet, on Friday, December 7, from 4 to 6 p.m. A Celebration of Life service will be held at a later date....
D. Nadine Aldinger 84, formerly of Cathlamet, passed away on Dec.1 at Hospice Care Center in Longview. Nadine was born on Nov. 5, 1928 in Winona, Missouri. Her family moved to Oregon where she graduated from Warrenton High School in 1946 and attended the University of Oregon. She married Paul Aldinger on June 10, 1972 in Vancouver,WA. She was employed at Bemis Co. in Vancouver for several years before working for Senator Patty Murray as staff assistant until she retired in 1995. After 25 years of living in Vancouver and upon retirement,...
Morris Deaton died on November 30, 2012 at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, Washington. He was born in Isola, Mississippi on November 19, 1939. His family moved to Cathlamet in 1949. He graduated from Wahkiakum High School in 1958. He served in the Army as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division. He had lived in the Tri-Cities, WA, area for 45 years. He was a retired carpenter, Local 59 Carpenters Union. Morris is survived by his son, Sterling (Merrilee) Deaton, and daughter, Yevonne Deaton, three grandchildren; Lyndsay...
Frances E. Thompson Still was born June 24, 1915 to Floyd and Eva Smith in Seattle. She died peacefully November 12, 2012 at Judson Park Retirement Home, Des Moines, WA, where she lived for 24 years. She lived in Cathlamet with her husband Robert Thompson from 1968-1971 while he was branch manager at Seattle First National Bank. After Bob’s death in 1971, Frances moved to Auburn where she met and married Clayton Still. They moved to Judson Park Retirement Home in 1988 where Clayton later died. Frances was also preceded in death b...
The Festival of Trees is now in full swing, so make sure you stop in at The Hotel Cathlamet Lobby to cast your vote for the best tree, wreath, centerpiece and gingerbread house. New designers are entering everyday so the competition is fierce. If you want to take one of these beautiful creations home make sure you place your silent bid by December 14. All proceeds from the auction go towards adding decorations to the courthouse for next year. So grab the family and head on down to vote for your favorite today. The secret to a successful...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing an emergency translocation of Columbian white-tailed deer from Julia Butler Hansen (JBH) Refuge for the Columbian White-tailed Deer near Cathlamet to the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) near Ridgefield. Steamboat Slough dike, a dike owned and maintained by Diking District 4 along the Columbia River boundary of the JBH Refuge, is eroding and, according to geotechnical engineers, could fail at any time. A December 3 news release said the Fish and Wildlife service believes a dike breach...
Kyleen Austin has sung the blues in San Francisco, toured the Midwest, and played for 5000 people in New Orleans at a Ray Charles concert. Now, her journey has paused for a time in Wahkiakum County where she is finding inspiration in a quieter way of life and looking back on the road that brought her here. Kyleen heard her musical calling at a young age, when she taught herself to play the piano and sing the popular songs on the radio. She performed in musicals as a teenager, and eventually earned a Bachelor’s degree in English and music at N...
The local effort to find new owners and tenants of the closed Columbia View Care Center found a new hurdle to overcome last week. The real estate investment firm that owns the building, Aviv REIT Inc., of Chicago, offered to sell the building to the Town of Cathlamet earlier this fall. Mayor George Wehrfritz formed two advisory groups to look into possible uses and operational costs of the building. When the groups met last Thursday, however, they learned that Aviv has put the building up for sale in an online auction to be held January 23....
“Students will leave Wahkiakum High School with the tools and skills necessary to persevere in their pursuit for college or career success.” --a Wahkiakum School District goal Exciting things are happening in Wahkiakum’s school district. “After attending a superintendent conference a couple years ago,” said Wahkiakum High School’s new principal, Stephanie Leitz, “Bob Garrett brought back a book by Damen Lopez, called No Excuses.” During an administrative internship at the grade school Leitz an...
Two new laws that reflect a change in values on the part of Washington voters take effect today (Thursday). First, same gender couples will be able to obtain a marriage license, with the first weddings coming Sunday after a mandatory three-day waiting period. Second, possession of small quantities of marijuana will be legal under state law. This change in law, officials say, leaves a lot of questions to answer. Adults 21 years of age and older will be able to possess an ounce of marijuana in plant form, 16 ounces infused, and 72 ounces cooked...
Wahkiakum County commissioners adopted their 2013 budgets and acted on other business at their Tuesday meeting. Commissioners held a public hearing on the budgets on Monday; new Treasurer Tammy Peterson was the only person to comment. Peterson asked that the board increase a part-time position from 88 to 89.5 hours per month, the standard for county part time positions. She also asked that a staff position paid partially out of the Current Expense Fund and partially out of the Treasurer's O&M Fund be paid completely by Current Expense. The O&M...
Oneida Road residents have a beaver to thank for a November 29 power outage, PUD Line Crew Foreman Shane Pfenniger reported to the PUD’s commissioners at a brief December 4 meeting. When the line crew isolated the outage to its point of origin, they discovered a beaver den dug out underneath the road. The power line ran through the four-foot-high den, and the beaver had partially gnawed through the cable, Pfenniger explained. Beavers have also chewed through utility poles in the area, necessitating the use of wire mesh around the poles’ bas...
Wahkiakum County commissioners plan to hold a meeting next week in Rosburg to gather public input on the potential effects of Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber's plan to move gillnetting out of the main channels of the Columbia River. Kitzhaber's plan would move gilletting into side channels called select areas where hatchery fish are conditioned to return. The plan would give priority on allocations of salmon to recreational fishers, and it would allow commercial fishing with new methods such as beach and purse seines that provide better release...
To The Eagle: As a Wahkiakum high school student, I am concerned about the Julia Butler Hansen White Tail Deer Refuge. I have noticed that it could flood, and I don’t see very many people other than myself are concerned about it. I am an animal lover and I find this matter very important. With the land flooded in many places, animals who seek refuge and protection have to search for food in the mountains without the protection of the wildlife refuge. The animal wildlife refuge is the only true safe place for the Columbian White-Tailed Deer b...
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION RESOLUTION FOR THE 2012 BUDGET OF WAHKIAKUM COUNTY, WASHINGTON NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of County Commissioners of Wahkiakum County, Washington, will conduct a public hearing commencing at 11:00 A.M., on Wednesday, the 26th day of December, 2012 at the Commissioners' Public Meeting Room, 3rd Floor, Wahkiakum County Courthouse, 64 Main Street, Cathlamet, Washington, for the purpose of considering adoption of a Resolution making a supplemental appropriation to the...
NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING The Southwest Washington Agency on Aging and Disabilities will hold their Quarterly Meeting of the Council of Governments on Friday, December 14, 2012 at 1:00 p.m., at 201 NE 73rd Street, Vancouver, WA 98665, Suite 201. The public is invited to attend all meetings of the agency. Publish December 6, 2012...
NOTICE OF CHANGE OF MEETING TIME OF PORT DISTRICT NO. ONE OF WAHKIAKUM COUNTY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Commissioners of Port District No. One of Wahkiakum County, Washington, have rescheduled their regular meetings to begin at 5:00 p.m. on the second Thursday of each month, at the Office of the District at 500 2nd Street, Cathlamet, Washington. The public is encouraged and invited to attend all meetings of the District. PORT DISTRICT NO. ONE OF WAHKIAKUM COUNTY, WASHINGTON, By: ________________________________ Larry Bonds,...
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Pursuant to the Revised Code of Washington 61.24, et seq. TS No.: WA-11-458836-SH APN No.: 250806210010 Title Order No.: 5683761 Grantor(s): DEBBIE BELDEN Grantee(s): MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ("MERS"), AS NOMINEE FOR FIRST HORIZON HOME LOAN CORPORATION Deed of Trust Instrument/Reference No.: 2012277 I. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Quality Loan Service Corp. of Washington, the undersigned Trustee, will on 1/4/2013, at 1:00 PM At the front entrance to the County Courthouse, 64 Main Street,...
