Articles from the January 15, 2014 edition
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Mule wrestlers compete at Hoquiam
Mule Wrestlers made the trip to Hoquiam this Saturday to participate in the Grizzlies tournament. It was a large 15 team tournament with 2B through 3A schools attending. Once again all four Mules that wrestled placed in the top three. Luke Stacey at...
Mules hit slide, drop three straight
The Mules have hit a bump in the road this season after coming up short in all three of their games this past week. The team’s troubles began last Thursday night against the Mossyrock Vikings. After taking a 17-point lead into the half, 39-22, the M...
Date has been changed for Vendors' Market
WILD ONE--Last weekend was a pretty crazy one, with thunder, heavy downpours, strong winds and even a sun break or two on Saturday but pretty much a foggy, rain fest on Sunday with tree limbs coming down and horrible visibility on the roads; a good...
Sheriff's Report, January 16, 2014
January 6--7:57 a.m. A caller reported a teenage son was attacking family members with a baseball bat; a deputy responded. 8:31 a.m. A Deep River resident reported someone had tried to break into the caller's house; a deputy responded 2:18 p.m....
Switch to seines discussed
Guy Norman, southwest regional director for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, met with commissioners from counties along the lower Columbia and local fishermen last Thursday at a Lower...
Sealund leaves a legacy at community network
Lia Sealund is looking forward to a little down time. After 11 years with the Wahkiakum Community Network (WCN), she is stepping down as Executive Director to take some time for herself and let newcom...
School special election ballots to be mailed January 24
Ballots for the Wahkiakum School District’s replacement maintenance and operation levy will be mailed to voters within the school district boundary on January 24. The district board of directors has asked voters to replace an expiring levy in o...
Commissioners fund County Line improvements
Wahkiakum County commissioners agreed to fund restroom improvements at County Line Park when they met Tuesday. The county has leased the park to Port District 2 after Cowlitz County, which operated the park since its opening, wanted to shed...
Chamber plans office move
Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce is moving house. After several years of working out of the Julia Butler Hansen House at the intersection of Butler Street and Main Street, the chamber is moving its offices to the other end of Main Street and back into...
Island resident weighs in on politics
To The Eagle: I’ve been a registered Democrat since Harry Truman. I thought Jimmy Carter was bad for the country, but he had high moral standards. But one thing Carter did: he did not lie or cheat the country. Now we’ve got a president who lies, che...
Former islander weighs in on deer
To The Eagle: It is my opinion that only those who have lived here for about 40 or 50 years, can really understand why we have so little faith in the "experts" that we are told to let handle things, like our white-tailed deer. Years ago, you would...
Juvenile crow has penchant for blueberries
This week’s sports calendar for the Naselle Comet teams is as follows: Thursday, January 16-girls basketball with Ocosta in Naselle at 7 p.m.; Friday, January 17-JV boys basketball, girls basketball and varsity boys basketball all at Valley b...
Valentine diamond dinner is set for February
The Annual Valentine Diamond Dinner, sponsored by the Wahkiakum County Fair Board, will be held February 8 at the Skamokawa Grange Hall from 6 to 9 p.m. Tickets are $25/person and are available at Bank of the Pacific in Cathlamet and the Rosburg...
St. James Family Center welcomes Buck and Elizabeth
On Saturday, January 25, Buck and Elizabeth’s Wild and Wacky West Show will be held at St. James Family Center, 1134 Columbia Street, in Cathlamet. The show will begin at 3 p.m. in the gym. This family-friendly show includes music, ventriloquism, c...
Pyle announces forthcoming full length poetry volume
Grays River author Robert Michael Pyle’s first full-length book of poems, Evolution of the Genus Iris, will be released on March 1. The book is published by Lost Horse Press, and is dedicated to Pyle’s wife Thea, who died in November after liv...
Naselle knowledge bowl team competed
On Thursday, January 9, six Naselle High School Knowledge Bowl teams participated in an ESD 113 Knowledge Bowl meet at Westwood Baptist Church in Olympia. Forty two different teams from 10 different schools participated in the meet. There were 14...
Loggers gather to honor Wirkkala and Nygaard
Loggers, truck drivers and operators will gather on Saturday, January 25 at the Appelo Archives Center to celebrate the Center’s 4th Annual Old Time Loggers Reunion. Held annually, the Reunion is intended to bring together timber industry workers o...
Homeless connection event January 23 at Johnson House
Wahkiakum County Health and Human Services has set aside a day for homeless people to make connections and have a warm, dry place to spend some time. Trained staff will be on hand to answer questions and provide information about services available...
Herrera Beutler announces mobile office schedule
Staff of Congresswoman Jamie Herrera Beutler will host mobile office hours on the second Wednesday of each month, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Cowlitz County Administration Building in Kelso. The schedule runs February 12 through June 11. During these...
Documentary to be shown January 18
Letters from Karelia is a documentary produced by the National Film Board of Canada in 2004. It will be shown at the Appelo Archives Center, 1056 SR 4, Naselle, at 11 a.m.. on Saturday, January 18. This film tells the story of Aate Pitkanen, an...
Birding opportunities announced
The Willapa Hills Audubon Society will conduct a bird watching trip on Saturday, January 18. This trip includes stops at Willow Grove, Longview sewage ponds, and Trojan Park and Prescott Road in Rainier, and will last from 8 a.m. until noon....
Area artists asked to participate in show
Area artists are invited to participate in the Columbian Artists 38th Annual Juried Spring Art Show to be held March 22 through April 13 at the Three Rivers Mall, 3513 Three Rivers Drive, Kelso. The space is in the mall near Macys. The Show is open...
