Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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It seems Cathlamet is becoming a destination for sailing clubs. “We got some good news on another regatta through the Willamette Sailing Club,” Wahkiakum County Port 1 Manager Todd Souvenir told the Port 1 Board of Commissioners last Thursday. If it works out, there could be three regattas this summer, with one in July, one in August, and another one, potentially in early May. Organizers are expected to visit in January to consider logistics. Mackenzie Jones, the administrative assistant for...
Elk enjoying a rest near Skamokawa. Photo by Ian Brandon....
Eagle photographer Ian Brandon hit the road during this weekend’s high water event. Clockwise from bottom left: drenched eagles along Altoona Pillar Rock Rd; Grays River highwater and fall colors at Rosburg Hall; the historic Grays River covered bridge was under flood watch conditions; a misty view of Pillar rock along the Columbia River....
The results are coming in. Officials counted 1,337 votes on Tuesday night. The next count was scheduled for Wednesday at 5 p.m., after the Eagle went to press. At that time, there were 150 more ballots left to count, and more were likely to arrive in the mail. With 3,490 registered voters in Wahkiakum County, the turnout stood at 38.31 percent on Tuesday. In contested races, incumbent Patty Anderson leads challenger Kandice Merz 783-334 in a bid to hold onto her seat with the Wahkiakum School...
The acquisition, the state's largest in more than a decade, would bring more than 9,000 acres in Wahkiakum County into public ownership The Washington State Board of Natural Resources approved the $55 million purchase of more than 9,000 acres of forestland in Wahkiakum County during its meeting Tuesday at the Natural Resources Building. Each of the four properties is adjacent to lands already sustainably managed by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources to generate revenue for...
The Town of Cathlamet coffers could receive a big boost by year’s end. Following an executive session at the end of their meeting on Monday, the town council gave a green light to the lease of the town’s cell tower site in Rosedale to a telecommunications company for a period of 50 years, for no less than $500,000, to be paid in full prior to December 31, 2023. Parameters have been approved for the lease, but documents are not yet finalized. “It is my hope that this will help with the many...
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has filed a proposed rule to create a program that permits qualified individuals to relocate beavers involved in human-wildlife conflict as an alternative to lethal removal. The public is invited to submit comments about the proposed rule though Dec. 18. If adopted, the proposal would revise a state code in order to create a beaver relocation permit program that identifies beavers to be relocated, specifies the requirements for permittees, release sites, and conditions during temporary...
On August 24, The Eagle reported that Wahkiakum School Board candidate Kandice Merz received a donation from the Family Policy Institute of Washington. Last week we ran a letter to the editor that repeated this claim. After an online reader pointed out that Merz had not in fact received a donation from the FPIW, but rather a personal donation from a member of the FPIW, we reached out to candidate Merz for clarification. She stated that she had received a personal donation from a member of FPIW. A representative from the FPIW confirmed this....
The Wahkiakum County PUD Board of Commissioners will save some money in coming years with a decision they made on Tuesday to switch their Puget Island Water System plan to something General Manager Dan Kay calls a “swamp.” As he points out, he didn’t come up with the name, which is actually SWSMP, an acronym for Small Water Systems Management Program. Plans are required for water systems like the ones run by Wahkiakum PUD. They identify what the utility needs to maintain or improve their syste...
“I spoke too soon,” said Mayor David Olson in an email to business and political officials last week. The mayor, who has been a passionate advocate for installing an electric vehicle (EV) charging station at the intersection of Main & Butler, shared that “although the light is on” the charger is still in need a few finishing touches before it is ready for use. These include small technical adjustments and updates to the card system. Cathlamet Clerk-Treasurer Sarah Clark anticipates the updates will be completed in the next week or so. “All plan...
THURSDAY Westside Play & Learn Group, Valley Bible Church, 9:30-11 a.m. Eastside play and learn group, St James family center 1:30-3 p.m. Johnson Park Board 10 a.m. Johnson Park Community Center Library & Computer Center noon—5 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Hope Center, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. Skamokawa Fire Department, 7 p.m. Grays River Fire Department, fire/ambulance, 7:30 p.m. Puget Island Fire Department, drill night, 7 p.m. District No. 4 Fire Department, 7 p.m. Food Addicts M...
A Skamokawa man was arrested in connection to an alleged theft from an Ace of Spades gambling pool hosted by the Duck Inn and operated by the Peninsula Moose Lodge, according to official court documents on file at Wahkiakum Superior Court. Ryan D. Helms, 30, was charged with Theft in the First Degree. His attorney, Ted DeBray, entered a plea of not guilty on his behalf on October 12, and Helms was released on his own recognizance. A court date has been set for January....
Interviewing three Naselle Grays River Valley seniors was a reminder of what can happen when students find their niche and run with it. Derek Suomela, Lewis Hoff and Alia Lebovitz are exceptional young people, all of whom are well-equipped to become scientists in robotics automation. These students not only know what field they love to work in, but they also know who they are as individuals. They are enrolled in the Running Start program while in their senior year. This puts them a year ahead...
As Finland saw traffic fatalities plummet last year, Washington tallied a record number of deaths on its roads. Next month, state lawmakers and transportation officials will travel to the Nordic nation to learn how it's succeeded in making traveling safer on its roadways. Sen. Marko Liias, D-Edmonds, chair of the Senate Transportation Committee, will be part of the contingent making the trip in December. The plan is to visit Helsinki where he said there's been no traffic-related deaths this...
Volunteers from the Wahkiakum Autism Fund have been busy lately. After brainstorming with local teachers and therapists for children with special needs, the local charity, which works to raise awareness and funds to support children with autism and special needs in Wahkiakum County, purchased and installed a new indoor specialized therapy swing. The new swing is available to all Wahkiakum students and is located in the special needs classroom in J.A. Wendt Elementary. Called a bolster swing, it...
On Saturday, the Pioneer Community Association threw a belated 125th birthday party for the Pioneer Church, which is now known as the Pioneer Center. After a ribbon cutting, PCA President Suzanne Holmes revisited the years of fundraising and renovations, sharing dozens of pictures of the structure, the problems and the solutions, and some of the people who helped along the way. That included Craig Bjorge, whose name joined six others on a plaque recognizing them for "their support and effort...
Cows grazing in a field on Little Island. Temperatures in Wahkiakum County have dropped significantly in recent days, with lows in the 30s, creating foggy mornings and clear cold blue skies in the afternoon. This week, temperatures should rise again, with rains returning. Photo by Ian Brandon....
A court in Hong Kong on Oct. 30 dismissed illegal gun possession charges against state Sen. Jeff Wilson of Longview, according to press accounts and Wilson’s office. Wilson, 63, did not have to enter a plea after the judge in the West Kowloon Magistrates Court issued what is called a blind-over order. A blind-over order is an agreement between the court and the defendant to maintain good behavior for a specified period — two years in Wilson’s case. A blind-over order is neither a punishment nor a conviction, according to the Hong Kong Free...
Moving past their disappointment at the Washington State Supreme Court’s dismissal of their lawsuit, Wahkiakum School District is turning their focus to other avenues of funding. “We are grossly disappointed with the narrow interpretation that the supreme court chose to read our claim with,” Superintendent Brent Freeman recently said at a meeting of the Washington State Parent Teacher Association. “They dismissed our case because they wanted to interpret it as we were asking for sole funding...
Washington fish and wildlife officials have declined a request from conservation groups to tighten restrictions around when wolves that attack livestock can be killed. A petition the groups filed in September with the state Fish and Wildlife Commission described Washington's system for dealing with wolf-livestock conflicts as "ineffective." It asked the panel to reopen rulemaking in order to put in place stricter protocols for when the state or ranchers are allowed to kill wolves. The commission on Saturday voted 6-3 against that request....
Last week, the Eagle published a story by Karen Bertroch (“Change is coming to the school board”) that should have been marked as an opinion piece, with a disclaimer that the opinions were the author’s, not the publisher’s. As a small newspaper, we sometimes rely on our writers to offer a variety of stories. Though Karen Bertroch mainly reports on community events in Naselle and the Westend, from time to time she offers commentary on local politics, as she did last week. The publishers regret any confusion arising from our mistake...
Jennifer Goodenberger was begging for piano lessons before her feet reached the floor. Six years old, and born to a music-loving family, Jennifer knew she had to play. "My parents both loved music, so it was always around," she said. Her family had a rule: everyone took piano lessons for two years, beginning at age nine, and then, if they wanted, they could switch to a different instrument. Not only did Jennifer come to piano three years earlier than the family tradition dictated, but she stuck...
THURSDAY Westside Play & Learn Group, Valley Bible Church, 9:30-11 a.m. Eastside play and learn group, St James family center 1:30-3 p.m. West End Food Pantry, Johnson Park, 1- 5 p.m. Johnson Park Community Center Library & Computer Center 12-5 p.m. Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. Skamokawa Fire Department, 7 p.m. Grays River Fire Department, 7:30 p.m. Puget Island Fire Department, 7 p.m. District No. 4 Fire Department, 7 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Hope Center, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Food Addicts Meeting, Hope...
A photo taken out of focus is forever destined to remain out of focus. It may tell a story, but is more likely to end up filed under trash than in the newspaper. Fortunately, that doesn't have to hold true for the subject. Our understanding of people comes in sharper and clearer when they feel safe enough or brave enough to share the hidden details of their lives. How lucky we are when that happens. In 2019, Macie Elliott, a Wahkiakum High School senior, forced a Fisherman turnover during the...
Patty Cakes Cafe & Roasting has new owners but the product and menu created by the original proprietor Patty Vezaldanos will remain unchanged, Kwan and Ross Lofstrom said. "It's a famous brand in the community and people love it," Ross said. "We want to keep the food the same, the coffee, the business." "We're going to add more flavor in the future," Kwan said. More flavor indeed! Plans are in the works to stay open later, incorporating entrees from Kwan's native Thailand for dinner three or...
