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Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Pastures after a flood need some special TLC. First and foremost, remove any debris, especially along fence lines and in corners. Livestock could be injured by barbed wire or sharp metal, glass and garbage. Removed any fallen wild cherry, laurel, plum or peach tree limbs from pastures to prevent poisoning. Do not feed livestock any silage that has been flooded. Horses, sheep, poultry, swine and cattle are effected most severely in that order from damaged feed. Lack of adequate forage could force livestock to eat poisonous plants that they...
Playing on the seventh grade team were Rachel Patching, Haylee Budd, Hailey Quigley, Courtney Zurick, Kennedy Jacobs, Eva Marie Vik, Kati Cothren, Marissa Washington and Arial Snodgrass. Mary Moonen was coach. Playing on the eighth grade team were Blaine Land, Brieanna Olsen, Brianne Helms, Ellee Crouse, Abby Buennagel, Megan Oman, Ashley Silva, Rachael LaBerge, Sadie Mace and Alyssa Braman. Coach was Shelley Olsen. Because of mixing of players between the two teams, points scored may not equal team score. November 5 Toledo Seventh...
Wahkiakum County Emergency Services Director Dolly Tawater is urging all county residents who sustained flood or wind damage in the storms of December 2-4 to report the loss to her. The county hasn't been included in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) disaster declarations that will provide funds to private property owners, she said. "This is not a mistake," Tawater said. "Until Wahkiakum has reported enough damage to impact the county we will not be declared. "But the good news is we still have time to report damage. Once again I...
Bail Forfeitures November 14 - December 6, 2007 Russell R. Zinda, speeding, $144, Wasington State Patrol. Niconor Garcia, no seatbelt, $124, WSP. Harold M. Story, speeding, $113, WSP. Christopher A. Dean, speeding. $113, WSP. James J. Hauck, speeding, #113, WSP. Gary D. Jackson, speeding, $113, WSP. Rebecca A. Rastall, speeding, $113, WSP. Kimberly A. Hurst, speeding, $175, WSP. Karjon P. Kleger, speeding, $113, WSP Karjon P. Kleger, speeding, $144, WSP. Peter T. Sheridan, speeding, $144, Wahkiakum CountySheriffs Office. Wesley A. Branstetter,...
On Tuesday, Wahkiakum County Commissioners George Trott, Dan Cothren and Blair Brady signed a letter asking the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to order an independent evaluation of risk and other factors to the county from the proposed Bradwood Landing LNG plant. The letter, written at the request of Brady, asks FERC to require plant sponsor NorthernStar Natural Gas to fund the assessment. The assessment would evaluate safety and security needs and impacts to the county and its residents. The assessment would be the basis of a community...
This past weekend the Mule Wrestling Team hosted the 13th annual Down River Challenge. This year the tournament consisted of 16 schools and over 180 wrestlers. Kalama High School finished the tournament in first place and took home the championship trophy by edging out Kelso’s JV squad by three points. Darrington finished third behind Kelso by only 2 points. Other local schools were Clatskanie who finished fourth, Warrenton was fifth, Mark Morris sixth, Knappa was eleventh, Wahkiakum twelfth, and Ilwaco was fifteenth. Three Mule wrestlers p...
Longtime Skamokawa resident and musician Sunrise Fletcher has just released his seventh CD entitled "Sunrise Unplugged." Primarily jazz standards from 1928 to 1944, the CD also includes four of Fletcher's original songs. He plays acoustic rhythm guitar and acoustic lead guitar and is accompanied by Dave Speranza of Portland on acoustic bass. Speranza is the son of Don and Kitty Speranza of Skamokawa. The album has been well received and is available at the Made in Wahkiakum store, Redmen Hall gift shop and the Inn at Lucky M...
Damage from the December 48-hour storm has totalled nearly $1.23 million for Wahkiakum County. Public Works Director Pete Ringen estimates it will take $800,000 to repair the AG Hanson Bridge over the Elcohoman River at Beaver Creek Road. The bridge has five reinforced concrete girders which span the stream, and a concrete deck sits on top of them. Floods have battered the upstream girder and eroded around a bridge footing. The road department closed the bridge last week to excavate around the eroded footing and reinforce it with large rock...
Storm recovery and newly elected positions were topics of discussion at Tuesday’s PUD meeting. Manager Dave Tramblie reported that the leaks on the Westend and Puget Island have been repaired. He said that reports were filed in a very timely fashion and every leak was documented. Auditor Erin Wilson told the board that the PUD has been in touch with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and a preliminary damage estimate of $40,851 has been submitted. Wilson said that Pacific County has been charged $8,300 for the service of six crew m...
Commissioners of Port District 2 on Tuesday approved a $301,000 loan with the Bank of the Pacific to construct Svensen Park and repay a loan from Wahkiakum County. Manager Steve McClain said the loan would be used as the local match to state funds for park construction. The port will make payments of $2,400 per month at 5.0325 percent interest. The term is 15 years. The port had borrowed funds from Wahkiakum County several years ago for a variety of projects but will now pay back the balance owed. In other business, retiring Commissioner Kyle...
The Wahkiakum Mule girls basketball team overwhelmed visiting South Bend 44-12 for a sad win Monday, the team's first of the season. The Mules led 9-3 after one quarter and outscored the visitors 15-4 in the second to take complete control of the game. Jordyn Wirkkala led the scoring with 13 points. Courtney Helms and Halie Boyce each had eight, Ashley Moore and Shelby Deaton four each, Evy Clark three, and Kari Schillios and Tasha Ford two. Clark had 11 rebounds, and Deaton had nine. Courtney Helms and Ashley Helms each had four steals;...
The Wahkiakum Mule boys basketball team overcame a 14-point halftime deficit to beat the Napavine Tigers 62-57 last Thursday at Napavine. The Tigers pulled away for a 23-8 first quarter lead and led 34-20 at halftime. The Mules expanded their pressing defense in the second half, and that disrupted the Tiger offense. The Mules outscored them 20-12 in the third quarter and 22-11 in the fourth. Josh Rongey led the Mule scoring with 22 points; he also had seven assists. Cody Olsen and Bobby Helms each had 14, Tyler Benson six, Kyle Benson four and...
The Wahkiakum Mules will head to Chehalis tonight (Thursday) to play the Adna Pirates. The venue is a change from Wahkiakum High School. The game was originally scheduled at Adna but after the flooding earlier this month, the game was rescheduled for WHS with the January date to be at Adna. Now, Adna school officials have learned they won't be able to use their gym at all this season. "So they are now scrambling to find gym space for their home games," said WHS athletic director Bob Garrett. "Originally our boys’ basketball game scheduled f...
Friendly competition is alive and well at Wahkiakum High School. For four months out of the school year, students practice, study and prepare for Knowledge Bowl (KB) competitions that are held once a month. Sam Kresge, former high school counselor now at the middle and elementary schools, has been coaching KB for the past three seasons. “When I started,” he said, “we had only about seven to eight kids involved and now we are right around 20 active members.” Varsity member and team captain Richie Kresge has been involved with KB since he was...
Noreen Holten is retiring after 28 years as the town's librarian. An open house to celebrate her tenure is planned for January 9. Librarian Noreen Holten has submitted her letter of resignation to the Town of Cathlamet after a 28 year stint at the Blanche Bradley Memorial Library. Holten started as librarian in 1979 when the then librarian resigned to take a position at the school. For 10 years she ran the library when it was located at the current Bradley House site. In the late 1980s, the Bradley House was sold and the library relocated to a...
In the past year, many changes have been made at The Eagle. For instance, because of rising postal costs, inserts are now only being accepted for papers delivered within the county and Naselle area. Another change taking effect immediately: Subscribers to The Eagle will no longer have the option of repeatedly giving a gift subscription to the same person. Gift subscriptions will still be available with a paid subscription as long as the gift recipient has never received a free subscription to The Eagle. "The rising cost of doing business is...
The Cathlamet Town Council passed budgets for 2008, updated the library board and acted on other business when it met Monday. Budget action took over an hour as Assistant Fire Chiefs Fred Johnson and Bill Faubion, also city attorney, reviewed department accounts. Two years ago, the Cathlamet Fire Department managed its own accounts, but they have now been merged with town accounts at the request of the Washington State Auditor. This year, the town adopted a new accounting system, complicating the process. At Johnson's request, the council...
The Clatsop County Board of Commissioners on December 13 voted 4-1 to give initial approval to Bradwood Landing LLC's application for a liquified natural gas terminal and related facilities on the Columbia River across from Puget Island. The board will consider its findings for final approval of the permits at another date. The commissioners' vote decided in principle that Bradwood Landing met or would meet the applicable criteria for each of its 27 applications for zone changes and land-use permits. Two commissioners questioned whether or not...
