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Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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The long dry season is officially behind us. Wild December weather brought rain and wind and all their attendant woes. It felled trees, saturated fields and hills, and propelled water from its usual course onto roads and parking lots and other low lying places. According to the National Weather Service, the area might be in for a second round starting today (Thursday). On December 9, Grays River peaked and there was significant flooding in the Westend. More than a dozen roads were closed due to...
Wahkiakum School District students performed holiday music for a good sized crowd at Monday night's Winter Concert. The sixth grade band started the evening with five tunes including Jingle Bells and Good King Wenceslas. They were followed by the sixth grade choir, who looked a little nervous but were soon smiling. According to the music teacher, Darla Mead, the choir had struggled in practice with one selection so much they finally let her know it just wasn't working and they wanted to do...
Last week's storms left Wahkiakum County dealing with several problems. Unstable slopes caused slides that have closed Shannon and Covered Bridge roads in the Grays River Valley, and debris clogged cooling system intakes on the ferry "Oscar B." and closed service for repairs. The ferry could be out of service for 3-4 weeks, Wahkiakum County Public Works Director Chuck Beyer said. While making a run early Friday morning, sticks and branches floating in the Columbia plugged the water intake to the engines' cooling system. The crew was able to...
Commissioners from three lightly populated, timber dependent counties are preparing to lobby for legislation that would increase their revenue from timber harvest. Wahkiakum, Pacific and Skamania counties all have portions of their state managed trust timberland tied up in habitat conservation areas for endangered species. The counties have been seeking compensation for the lost revenue and have had limited success. Now, they have a new plan and some unexpected allies among environmental preservation organizations. Columbia Land Trust, who has...
To The Eagle: Thank you for the excellent story about Mary Ann Nelson being honored by the Cathlamet Womans Club as citizen of the year in recognition of her volunteer work in the community. As a regular reader of The Eagle and a periodic visitor to Cathlamet and Wahkiakum County, I am heartened to see the community moving in the positive direction of caring, sharing and tolerance. Those who may feel this is the wrong direction are welcome to go back to where they came from or to hasten to the eternal happiness they profess to look forward to....
The public is invited to comment on a new plan designed to align state fisheries and hatchery operations to support the recovery of wild salmon and steelhead populations in the lower Columbia River Basin. The Lower Columbia Conservation and Sustainable Fisheries Plan, jointly produced by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Lower Columbia Fish Recovery Board, is available for review at www.lcfrb.gen.wa.us. Comments on the plan will be accepted through Jan. 22 via email at info@lcfrb.gen.wa.us or postal mail: LCFRB, 2127 8th...
The Town of Cathlamet and Port District 1 have tentatively agreed to use the town's old sewer lagoons as a site for disposing of dredge spoils from the Elochoman Marina and Elochoman Slough. The town has switched its sewer disposal system to its new plant, and the sediment has been cleaned out of the three lagoons. Jim Maul and Josh Elliott, consulting engineers working with Port 1 to plan the dredging program, estimate there's enough material to completely fill one of the lagoons and much of...
Port District1 commissioners honored Larry Bonds, who retired from the board earlier this year, at Thursday's meeting. "I want to thank you and congratulate you for the years that you spent trying to keep our costs down and for representing the citizens of Cathlamet," Commissioner Bob Kizziar said. "It was a pleasure. I enjoyed it," Bonds said. "You always seemed to ask the tough questions that none of us would," Commissioner Gary Quigley said. In other business, Kizziar asked the other...
Shane Pfenniger, the line crew foreman at Wahkiakum PUD, spent a few minutes with the board of commissioners at their meeting Tuesday morning to share a lucky find. Using the infrared camera, purchased by the PUD in 2014, to investigate a pole that had been getting unusually warm, his crew found a hairline crack on a fuse holder. “This would have been really hard to find,” Pfenniger said. “It was 7200 volts going down that pole. If one of the linemen or an apprentice would have climbed the p...
High school students crafted Day of the Dead masks in art class which are now on display in the WHS entrance, across from the office....
Commissioners of Port District 2 boosted property taxes and went over issues regarding coming projects when they met Tuesday. Commissioners were split in their views over raising property taxes 1 percent, the maximum allowed by law without a vote of the public. Commission Chair Lori Scott opposed an increase, noting the district financial position is in the black. Commissioners Brian O'Connor and Lee Tischer, however, supported the increase. Both said the district will have unexpected expenses, and both didn't want the district to lose taxing...
THURSDAY Rosburg Community Club 7 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Congregational Church, Noon. Cathlamet First Aid Division, Fire Hall, 7 p.m. Skamokawa Fire Department, First Aid Division, 7 p.m. Grays River Fire Department, ambulance training, 7 p.m. Wahkiakum Fire District No. 4, 7 p.m. Westside Play & Learn Group, Valley Bible Church, 9:30-11 a.m. Community Library & Computer Center, GRVC at Johnson Park, 1-5 p.m. West End Food Pantry, GRVC at Johnson Park, 1-5 p.m. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly)...
LESS INTENSE--As this work week begins, the weather is a little calmer than it has been, but then, it wouldn't take much considering last week was just totally wild! With flooded roads, a tornado in Battle Ground, local roads and highways closed from water or slides, plus major highways, like I-5 in Woodland closed due to a huge slide, and Hwy 12 closed indefinitely, plus many accidents that were water related, well, it was just a ridiculous, wild and crazy weather week. There were even sand bags used on Puget Island at some homes, so the...
It looks like this last storm has inconvenienced quite a few in our neck of the woods. I see that Covered Bridge Road has a pretty serious slide, with one lane collapsed and the other lane questionable near the Barr Road intersection and is closed. Also Shannon Road is closed due to a section of the road collapsing. Lots of other areas were seriously affected by the flooding and mud debris. We have about three inches of silt on our driveway after the 3 1/2 feet of water receded. Let’s hope this is about it, and we can have a calmer winter f...
Submitted by Superintendent Lisa Nelson The Naselle-Grays River Valley School District Board of Directors met for its monthly meeting on December 15. The meeting was held at the Grays River Fire Hall as part of a series of three meetings that will occur in Wahkiakum County throughout the school year. In personnel business, the board acknowledged the resignation of Kim Eaton, head volleyball coach. The board and superintendent offered their congratulations on past successful volleyball seasons by Coach Eaton and the volleyball team. Board...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: December 7 — 6:53 a.m. The Cathlamet Fire Department responded to a power outage in the Elochoman Valley. 7:47 a.m. A road report came in: several roads were closed due to high water in the Westend. 8:31 a.m. The Cathlamet ambulance aided a Skamokawa resident who was in a lot of pain. 9:21 a.m. A deputy responded when a Puget Island resident complained that a couple with a truck and trailer were trespassing o...
Steve Olson, 50, passed away December 4, 2015, at his home in Grays River, WA. He was born December 22, 1964, in Ilwaco, WA., to Keith and Anita Olson. He graduated from Naselle-Grays River Valley School. Steve loved logging and was a logger all of his adult life. He enjoyed fishing, clam digging, yard work, gardening, putting crawdad traps out, listening to country music and talking on the phone with his many friends. Steve is survived by his wife, Deborah Olson of Grays River, WA. Daughters Katie Lee Olson of Astoria, OR., and Briannan Olson...
Beloved family man and mentor Paul Stewart. 72, of Topock, Ariz., died Dec. 9, 2015, in Bullhead City, Ariz. He was born Dec. 13, 1942, in Shawnee, Okla., and lived in Southwest Washington most of his life, 23 years in Skamokawa. Paul earned an associate arts degree from Clark College in industrial psychology and worked for Reynolds Metal Corp., for 33 years, retiring as a general supervisor. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Golden Shores, Ariz., and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foun...
In response to the recent weather events, Fibre Federal Credit Union is offering emergency loans for those affected by the flooding. The rate being offered is well below Fibre Federal’s normal loan rates and is for qualifying expenses involving home or property damage repair, insurance deductibles, recovery of personal property, medical or emergency equipment, and tree removal. “We wanted to somehow help our friends and neighbors in the affected communities,” said Fibre Federal’s CEO, Larry Hoff. “Times like these can be very stressful...
Live Music at River Mile 38 Brewing Company: Don Wages and Friends will perform from 5 to 8 p.m., Saturday, December 19, on the Crow's Nest Stage during Live at Five. 285 Third St., Cathlamet. For more information call 360-366-4662....
On December 3, community members and businesses drank their favorite coffee or latte purchased from participating locations of “Wake Up for United Way,” a fundraising event put on by United Way of Cowlitz & Wahkiakum Counties. The goal of this event was to partner with community coffee shops to enhance awareness and contributions of the 2016 United Way campaign which directly supports its 22 partner agencies. Businesses who contributed a portion of their sales from opening time until noon were: ZoJo Coffee (two Longview locations), Red Lea...
A Christmas Story of How Santa Came to Be: Joulutarina, a 2007 Finnish film spoken in Swedish but with English subtitles, will be shown at the Appelo Archives Center on Saturday, December 19, at 11 a.m. Directed by Juha Wuolijoki, it is the story of how an orphan, Nikolas became Santa Claus. This film is rated PG and runs 77 minutes. Hundreds of years ago in Lapland, Nikolas loses his family in an accident. The village heads of the families meet to decide his future. Since life in the Arctic is so difficult, it is decided that no one family...
The Washington State Parks 2016 wall calendar is now available for purchase. The 2016 State Parks calendar features brilliant color photos representing some of the park system’s premier and unique features. Many photographs capture spectacular park views. Photographs are by Vince Streano of Steano/Havens Photography and Megan Kennedy of Rogue Heart Media. The calendar sells for $18.99 plus tax and is available for purchase online. To purchase, visit myprint.wa.gov and enter “calendar” in the search area. A link to the calendar order also is av...
