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What a week! I hope all the readers had a wonderful Christmas. We certainly did, as well as the few days prior to the holiday. I spent last Thursday afternoon at the birthing center in Astoria, and at 7:05 p.m., we welcomed our 11th grandchild, 8 pound 8 ounce Wyatt Lee Cruz to the world. He was 22 inches long. Wyatt is the second son for Shane and Delena, and he was eagerly hugged by big brother, Emmett, about an hour after he was born. Life is certainly a miracle. We headed to Oregon on Friday for the holiday and spent most of our time eating...
Conservation District meeting rescheduled The Wahkiakum Conservation District Board meeting has been rescheduled to January 3, 2012 due to the holidays. Christmas Eve services feature stories and song The United Church of Christ (Congregational) will hold a Christmas Eve service this Saturday. Join the congregation for stories, songs and candle lighting at 4 p.m. for the Naselle UCC and 7 p.m. for the Cathlamet UCC. Food bank donations are welcome. Naselle Library releases new events calendar Timberland Regional Libraries have released their...
Only a few more days until the big day when the jolly fellow in his red suit shows up with presents for all the good boys and girls. Are you ready? News from Naselle: Even though the kids aren’t in school, the sports teams are still busy with their games. Sports schedule for the coming week: Thursday (today)-high school girls basketball in Naselle with Wahkiakum at 3 p.m. followed by high school boys basketball with Wahkiakum at 5:45 p.m.; Tuesday-high school girls basketball at Ilwaco with Winlock at 3 p.m. followed by high school boys b...
***Advertisement*** WAHKIAKUM WEST TELEPHONE has been the local telephone company serving the Grays River and Naselle areas since approximately 1927. During the intervening years, we have worked hard to build a telephone system that would provide high quality telecommunications services to the communities we serve. We have done this notwithstanding the higher costs of serving rural areas in the State of Washington and when few, if any, other telephone companies were interested in serving our communities. We have served and intend to continue...
News from Naselle: Sports calendar for the coming week: Thursday-high school boys basketball in Naselle with North Christian at 5:45 p.m.; Friday-high school girls basketball with Ocosta at home at 3 p.m. and high school boys basketball with Ocosta at 5:45 p.m.; Monday-high school girls basketball at Raymond at 5:45 p.m.; Tuesday-high school boys basketball in Naselle with Raymond at 5:45 p.m. Go Comets. There will be no school beginning on Monday, the 19th for the Christmas holiday. Classes will resume on January 3, 2012. The 13th issue of...
The Wahkiakum Mules opened up their 2011-2012 basketball season Saturday night with a 33-point win over their KM Mountain rivals, the Naselle Comets. The Mules dominated the entire game both offensively and defensively enroute to a 66-33 win over the visiting Comets. Leading the way for the Mules were seniors John Chambers and Wyatt Parker, with 20 and 17 points respectively. Sophomore Chris Bilgic added eight points and four steals to lead an aggressive half court trapping defense that had the Comets turning the ball over and tossing up...
The Wahkiakum Mule girls basketball team made free throws down the stretch to claim a 51-50 win over the Kalama Chinooks in their season opening basketball game Tuesday. Kalama led 38-24 after three quarters, and the Mules outscored the Chinooks 27-12 in the fourth quarter to win. Maya Stanley led Mule scoring with 16 points. Samantha Boyce added 13 points and nine rebounds; Blaine Land had 13 rebounds and made five assists, and Haylee Budd grabbed 11 rebounds. Brieanna Olsen netted nine points; Baylee Olsen seven, Haylee Budd five and Land...
Cold nights, gorgeous days with plenty of sunshine. We could get use to this kind of weather. News from Naselle: Congratulations to Dustin Eaton on being named MVP for this region in football. Also a big high five to the entire team for an awesome season. The sports schedule for the coming week is as follows: Thursday-high school girls basketball at Wahkiakum at 5:45 p.m.; Friday-high school boys basketball at South Bend at 5:45 p.m.; Saturday-high school girls basketball with South Bend in Naselle at 5:45 p.m.; Monday-middle school girls...
Ted Miller passed away peacefully on October 27, 2011 following a long battle with cancer. He was born in Centralia to Myrtle and Manson Miller, who was killed in a hunting accident leaving her with four young sons. She later married Norman Anderson who became a wonderful father to Ted and his brothers Bob and Jerry, who reside in Naselle, and Don Miller with whom Ted moved to Forks in the early 1970s to continue their logging jobs with Clete Helvey Logging Co. He graduated from Naselle High School in 1957 and enlisted in the Air Force,...
It didn’t look good for our trip to Oregon last week when we got up on Wednesday morning. Lake Fred (our hay field) had raised its ugly head and the driveway was flooded. Thank goodness for our van, which we ended up driving as the Volvo couldn’t make it through the water. My wonderful sister, Diane, even had to miss a day of work as she couldn’t get her car out. Now it looks like a little rain on the way and then some dry days. News from Naselle: The Naselle sports teams will be pretty busy with games in this week’s schedule: today (Thursd...
Author to sign books at Advent Soup Supper Naselle Evangelical Lutheran Church will host its annual Advent Soup Supper on December 4, from 4 until 6 p.m. The event, featuring homemade soups and breads, follows the FinnAm Christmas Tour of Homes. Freewill donations for the supper are used to maintain the Deep River Pioneer Church sanctuary. The soup supper will feature a book signing by local author John Indermark, who will be signing copies of his two latest books: The Greatest of These and Way Words. The Greatest of These explores Biblical...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: November 15--3:50 p.m. A caller reported a wounded deer with a possible broken leg. The Department of Fish and Wildlife was notified. 11.20 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to aid a person with a severe nosebleed. November16--7:51 a.m. A two car accident was reported at milepost 41. State patrol was notified. 11:24 a.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to aid an elderly lady who needed to be...
Holiday begins this weekend in Cathlamet The annual Festival of Trees, Lights, Santa and more will take place this Saturday. From 3-7 p.m. the Festival of Trees will be on display to begin voting and bidding at the Bank of the Pacific. Shoppers can also pick up a “Christmas Lane Card” to be stamped by participating businesses. The Walk Down Christmas Lane with shopping at local merchants, begins at 3 p.m. The Christmas Tree lighting and arrival of Santa will take place at Courthouse Square with music and caroling at 5 p.m. Howie’s Coffeehouse w...
Well, the temperatures have shown us that winter is just about here, along with the high winds last week and snow over the weekend. Our walnut tree still had all of its leaves on Saturday, but after the freeze Saturday night and the wind, it was completely bare of leaves by Sunday afternoon. It almost looked like it was raining leaves. I’m sure everyone is getting ready for a big holiday weekend with family and friends, so let’s remember to be safe in our travels. News from Naselle: No school for the Naselle-Grays River Valley School Dis...
The Adna Pirates beat the Naselle Comets 41-8 last Friday in the state Class 2B football playoffs. The loss was the Comets first of the season and left them with a 10-1 record. Adna, 10-1, advances to face Morton/White Pass in the quarterfinals; the Timberwolves handed the Pirates their only loss of the season. The Pirates opened the scoring in the second quarter. The Comets scored on a safety when Adna muffed a Comet punt and the receiver was tackled in endzone. The Pirates kicked to the Comets after the safety, and two plays later, Bubba...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: November 7--5:40 a.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to aid a Rosedale resident with asthma. 8:53 a.m. A Rosedale resident reported a sex offender from out of the area was living in a Cathlamet apartment; an officer made contact. 1 p.m. An officer investigated a report of vandalism at Wahkiakum High School. November 8--7:44 a.m. A Westend resident reported hunters were trespassing; the Department and Fish...
State meet at Pasco Two Naselle Comet cross country runners competed in the state meet last Saturday at Pasco. Sophomore Katie Green placed 24th in the girls race, running the 5,000 meters in 21:40. Senior Cramer Smith was 56th in the boys race, running the course in 18:37. Mules at district Editor's note: Mule Coach Marie Riley filed this report too late for publication last week. The district meet took place October 29, at Lewisville Park in Battle Ground. It was a beautiful day with the sun out and a cloudless sky. Lewisville Park is a...
The Naselle Comets pounded out a 49-18 win over the Wahkiakum Mules in the opening of the state football playoffs last Saturday in Naselle. The win also gave the Comets continued possession of the KM Trophy. The Mules, fifth place in the Central League, gave the Comets, Pacific League champion and ranked second last week in the Associated Press football poll, all they could handle in the first half. In the second half, the Comets' size advantage began to tell, and the mistake prone Mules weren't able to keep up with their hosts. The Comets...
Naselle resident Annette “Sis” Gilbert-Smith, 51, died in Ilwaco, October 31, 2001 following a short battle with cancer. The daughter of Robert and Mabyn (Klint) Smith, she was born in Longview, Washington on April 17, 1960. She grew-up in Rosburg where she attended grade school and was a graduate of Naselle High School, class of 1979. Sis was a wife, mother and homemaker. She also was employed by the Washington Department of Fisheries at hatcheries in Naselle, Nemah and Grays River. She enjoyed time with her many friends, card games, dice and...
The Wahkiakum County Marine Resources Committee (MRC) is working through its second funding cycle and discussing more projects that could improve the local Columbia River fishery long-term. The committee includes Port District 2 commissioner Kayrene Gilbertsen, Naselle teacher Jim Moten, Port District 1 assistant manager Abe York, Town of Cathlamet Mayor George Wehrfritz, fishers and community members Kent Martin, Mike Clark, David Wahlstrom and Carol Ervest among others. The committee met October 24 to consider implementation of current...
The Eagle has hired Sarah Lawrence as advertising account manager, a new position on our staff. Lawrence will be working with businesses, non-profits and other clients to help them market their endeavors through the media services which The Eagle offers. Lawrence should be well known to Wahkiakum and Naselle area residents. She has been manager of the Wahkiakum County Fair, and she served as executive director of the Wahkiakum Community Foundation. She has experience in marketing during the time she lived in England. She and her husband, Paul,...
Lori Scott, Dick Swart and Steven McNicholas were leaders in the initial count of votes in Tuesday's general election. In voting for a seat on the board of commissioners for Port District No. 2, Scott unseated Carlton Appelo, who has held the position since the port district was formed in 1966. Scott led 322-268 in the initial tally. In voting for seats on the Cathlamet Town Council, incumbent McNicholas led write-in candidate Dale Jacobson by a vote of 97-61. Swart, a write-in candidate for Position 3 on the council, leads the race with Angi...
District at Lewisville Park, Battle Ground BOYS 1B/2B: 1. NW Christian-Lacey 23; 2. Mossyrock 68; 3. Seton Catholic 76; 4. Morton/White Pass 100; 5. Ocosta 101; 6. Adna 144. GIRLS 1B/2B: 1. NW Christian 22; 2. Morton/White Pass 76; 3. Adna 96; 4. Willapa Valley 97; 5. Naselle 107; 6. Mossyrock 134; 7. North Beach 149. Wahkiakum results: Boys--36. Collan Riley 20:20.31; 40. Connar Riley 20:44.97; 45. Adam Vasion 21:35.96; 60. JR Ramirez 23:59.56. Naselle results: Men--10. Cramer Smith 17:46.78; 50. Austin Smith 22:00.14; 59. Keith Reitz...
The 9-0 Naselle Comets, ranked third in the Associated Press Class 2B football poll, host the 4-3 Wahkiakum Mules Saturday, 7 p.m., in the opening game of post-season playoff action. The Comets wrapped up an unblemished regular season with a 48-12 win over Ocosta last Thursday. The Mules had a bye. The Comets base their game on having a big line that has controlled both sides of the line of scrimmage. Quarterback Dustin Eaton can throw the ball, and running back Robert Eaton, 5-11 and 190 lbs., has been a handful for opposing defenders. The...
Naselle resident Annette Marie Gilbert-Smith, 51, died in Ilwaco on October 31, 2011 following a battle with cancer. No formal service will be held at her request. A complete obituary will be published later and her guestbook is available at www.penttilaschapel.com....
