Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Families, friends and members of the Grays River Grange gathered for their annual Christmas Party on Tuesday. While revelers lined up for the potluck dinner and made their way to tables to eat and enjoy conversation, Tiffani Casper tried to keep up with her grandson, Thomas. "We just joined," she said. "We were looking for "grass roots", something with history and we've found that here." The Grays River Grange is in its 112 year, and how long they've been doing the Christmas Party is anyone's...
The Wahkiakum Mules Wrestling team opened up their season at Mark Morris High School at the Three Rivers Classic last weekend. In addition to several seasoned wrestlers there were a few new faces attending their first tournament ever. This is a big tournament for Wahkiakum because it brings in a lot of larger schools with stiff competition. The Mules have a small squad this year, with five wrestlers on Saturday, three boys and two girls. The new wrestlers, Rayanna Carlon and Eli Velki, both...
Brandon Budd scored 37 points Thursday night to lead the Wahkiakum Mules boys basketball team to an easy victory over Winlock, 71-35. "I think we came out with some intensity and played with passion," Coach Todd Souvenir said. "We played good defense in the first half. Overall we did some good things and got more comfortable with our new offense. Brandon obviously played really well and he's going to need to do that this year. Zach Brown, a freshman, played really well, and had some good inside...
There won't be a religious manger scene this year on the Wahkiakum County courthouse lawn. The Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce has, for years, decorated the lawn and plantings with holiday lights and figures, including a Santa Claus. On Tuesday, five men asked the board of commissioners for permission to add a religious manger scene to the decorations. "All we're asking is to put up a small scene out there which wouldn't interfere with anything else out there," said Len Lindsey. "We just feel we have a right to put this out there, and we would...
Wahkiakum County commissioners will lobby this winter for better representation of the commercial industry among high level state officials. Gillnetter Kent Martin of Skamokawa presented Tuesday an economic analysis of the industry's value to the county and suggested how it would fade under current fishery management practices, which, he said, increasingly put recreational fishers' interests over those of commercial fishers. "It's an attempt to castrate the economy of the county and turn it into a service industry," he said, adding that coastal...
To The Eagle: The Wahkiakum Food Bank served 130 families with turkey baskets. Believe me, there is more to it than just handing out baskets. We had many outsiders come in and help our regular workers and volunteers. Ritchy and his crew cleaned out and made ready the big area to keep the food in. Also helping were the girls in #3 and the girls in the office. I know I no doubt left some out, please forgive me, but know that we thank you, too. To those that received a basket, just know that many were involved with time, food and money. Maybe...
Report recommends the company implement safeguards to prevent future outages State regulatory staff released an investigation report December 2 on the six-hour 911 outage that occurred earlier this year, recommending CenturyLink be penalized up to $2.9 million and make improvements to ensure network reliability. The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) began the investigation after a statewide 911 outage severely disrupted emergency services for six hours beginning around midnight on April 9 and into the morning of A...
The Wahkiakum Mules boys basketball team lost to Adna Thursday night at home, 53-30. The teams were tied at half-time, 24-24, but Adna took advantage of poor shooting by the Mules in the third quarter and pulled ahead 40-29, never looking back. "I thought it went really well," Coach Todd Souvenir said. "I was really proud of them. We ran out of gas in the third quarter, but they worked really hard on defense. I think the score looks a little worse than how it actually was." Senior Brandon Budd l...
The Wahkiakum Mule girls basketball team traveled to Adna last Friday and beat the Pirates 50-39. Baylee Olsen led scoring with 13 points. Peyton Souvenir and Tori Wegdahl had eight points apiece and Sam Boyce and Kaylee Bryant had seven each. Maddie Mace added five points and Morgan Elliott had two. “Offensively we weren’t as efficient as I expect us to be,” Coach Rob Garrett said, “but for a first game it was okay. Our team defense was really good for most of the game.” “Anytime you can sta...
CHANGES--We've gone from freezing temperatures to warmer ones, but with that comes the rain. As we begin this week, it wasn't too bad but they say in the next few days we're going to get quite a bit of it, so by the time you read this, you'll be sure to have the umbrellas out and the boots on. The tides have been very high so I hope that doesn't mean we'll be dealing with some flooding issues in our area, but with heavy rains due, it wouldn't hurt to be vigilant if you're in a low-lying area. SPECIAL DAYS--Those having birthdays from Dec. 11-17...
THURSDAY Financial Management, Community Senior Center, 100 Main St., 10 a.m.-Noon. 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. Skamokawa Fire Department, 7 p.m. Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. Puget Island Fire Department, drill night, 7 p.m. Port District No. 1, District Office, 500 2nd St., 5 p.m. Wahkiakum County Real Property Rights Advisory Board, Courthouse, Commissioners Meeting Room, 6 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Congregational...
News from Naselle: Sports calendar for the coming week for the Naselle Comet teams: Friday, the 12th- boys basketball with Valley in Naselle at 4:30 p.m. followed by girls basketball at 5:45; Monday, the 15th-middle school girls basketball with North Beach in Naselle at a 5:45 p.m.; Tuesday, the 16th-boys basketball with Three Rivers in Naselle at 5:45 p.m. followed by girls basketball; Wednesday, the 17th-boys basketball at South Bend at 5:45 p.m. Go Comets! The Naselle-Grays River Valley School Board meets on Tuesday, the 16th at 6:30 p.m....
The Appelo Archives Center will host a day of events on December 13. This day is celebrated in Scandinavian countries as Saint Lucia Day. Children dress in white and carry candles and bright stars to bring the light back to the dark north winter. The oldest daughter in the family wears a wreath of candles and carries a tray of saffron buns to the parents for breakfast in bed as they sing Christmas carols. This tradition comes from a second century Sicilian saint who died a martyr's death. Lucia devoted her life to those who were being...
Plan to attend Holiday Traditions, the North Coast Chorale annual holiday concert at the Clatsop Community College Performing Arts Center (PAC) set for Saturday, December 13 at 7 p.m., and Sunday, December 14 at 2 p.m., at the corner of Franklin and 16th in Astoria. This year the chorale director, Dr. Denise Reed has chosen the theme of Holiday Traditions from around the world. They will perform music from Kwanzaa, Epiphany, Chanukah Winter Solstice, Santa Lucia, and the Eastern Orthodox tradition. The chorale will be joined for some of the...
Backyard and other birdwatchers in the Pacific Northwest can now enter their bird observations into eBird Northwest ( www.ebird.org/nw ), a newly launched regional system of information sharing about birds. Participant entries help Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) and other wildlife biologists better understand bird species locations, population densities, seasonal movement patterns, and conservation needs. Participant entries and those of fellow local birdwatchers also help each other learn where birds are, and are not, in...
Northwest Farmers Union and President Kent Wright hosted an informational discussion on the proposed new beef checkoff program that USDA Secretary of Agriculture Vilsack is promoting throughout the U.S. The meeting was attended by a strong contingent from the Cow Producers of Washington group as well as additional cattle producers from around Washington state. “Getting to have so many cattle producers from my native Washington in one room was great,” said Wright. “We wanted to get a feeling for what folks who are actually affected by this...
Sheriff Mark Howie labored over the budget this year in order to free up funds to create another deputy position. His hard work has paid off. With support from the Wahkiakum Board of Commissioners, he has announced that the sheriff's office will be hiring a sixth deputy in 2015. Howie said the office has had difficulty covering the night and early morning hours since 2009 when two of seven positions were cut due to “budget constraints.” Because of Howie’s work on the budget, there will be no ex...
David “Roy” Campsall, 91, a former Cathlamet resident, died in Duncan, British Columbia on Vancouver Island on November 23, 2014. Roy was born in Edmonton, Alberta on September 22, 1923. As a child his family moved to Vancouver, B.C. He met Delice in Vancouver and they married in 1953. He moved his young family to Cathlamet in 1964 where he worked for Crown Zellerbach until 1977 when he was transferred to the Seaside operation. In 1972 Delice preceded him in death. In 1994 he returned to Canada to be near his family. Roy was a veteran of the...
Violet (Vi) Jane Centers, of Cathlamet, died November 27, 2014, at home, at the age of 82. She was born one of 13 children on September 1, 1932 in Grand Rapids, Mich., to Walter and Jane (Fox) Anderson and moved to Washington in 1974. Vi worked as a CNA at a care center and loved to make pies, crochet and bowl. She enjoyed watching football and was a member of the Fair Board. She was preceded in death by two children. She is survived by sons Al Essen, Kenny Essen, Bob Kinler and Jim Kinler; daughters Paula Griffith and Terry Goble; brothers...
Longtime Cathlamet resident Inez A. Danielsen died on December 1, 2014. She was born on January 23, 1919 to George and Esther Ohrberg in Hoboken, New Jersey. The family moved west in the thirties and Inez graduated from Wahkiakum High School in 1937. She married Arnet Danielsen in 1938. She was preceded in death by her husband in 2009 and by her brothers Walter, Carl and George Ohrberg. She is survived by daughter, Virginia Ostling and son, Ray Danielsen, as well as her brother, Robert Ohrberg, all of Cathlamet. She had four grandchildren,...
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is seeking nominations through Dec. 19 for membership on its advisory group for salmon management in Grays Harbor. The advisory group consists of up to 12 members. The group advises WDFW on policy issues associated with conservation and management of salmon stocks in the Grays Harbor watershed. While the advisory group will primarily discuss salmon management, it will also advise the department on issues associated with steelhead and sturgeon management in the watershed, said Steve...
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is accepting grant applications through Feb. 28, 2015 for volunteer projects that benefit fish and wildlife. WDFW currently expects from $1.1 to $1.36 million to be available for these grants, funded through the state’s Aquatic Land Enhancement Account (ALEA), beginning July 1, 2015. Interested persons can apply at http://alea.fluidreview.com. Five major types of projects are funded through the program, although others may be considered. These project types include habitat restoration, s...
Tedd Huhta of Longview was the winner of the Wahkiakum County Historical Society Board raffle this year. On Saturday, Tedd, his dad Tom Huhta, and his sisters received his winnings from Ralph Keyser, president of WCHS. The boat was donated by Michael Baccellieri for the benefit of St. James Family Center and the Wahkiakum County Historical Society. Raffle tickets were sold throughout the summer with the drawing during the St. James Holiday Bazaar on November 22. The winning ticket was sold by...
Five German language students at Wahkiakum High School are busy dreaming and making plans to go to Germany for spring break this year. Don Cox, who has been teaching history and German for many of his 11 years at the school district, will be a chaperone and guide. This is his eighth year teaching German and his fourth year making a trek with students to Germany. “We’ve been planning this since the beginning of the year,” Connor Emlen-Petterson, a second year German student said. “I’m excited. It...
