Articles from the June 8, 2017 edition
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LCC Commencement is set for June 16
Lower Columbia College’s 81st annual Commencement will take place on Friday, June 16 at 6:30 p.m. at Kelso High School’s Schroeder Field. This year’s Commencement speaker is Bill Stoller, Founder and CEO of Xenium. Stoller is also the founder and v...
Lure coursing events this weekend
The hounds are running again this weekend at Misty Rivers Plantation, 117 Cross Dike Road on Puget Island. The Willamette Valley Basenji Club is sponsoring two AKC Sight Hound lure coursing events on Saturday and Sunday June 10-11. Only AKC...
Irene Martin to speak at Stella
Irene Martin, award winning author, fisher, retired Episcopal priest and active supporter of community historic preservation efforts will be the featured speaker at the Stella Historical Society's...
By Coming Events
Don’t forget about our Free Book Exchange from June 12th through June 17th. The hours will be 9:00-1:00 Monday through Friday and 1:00-4:00 on Saturday. This is a great chance to get a new book or two for the Summer. Feel free to bring in any of y...
Wahkiakum FFA at state
FFA members attended the FFA State Competition. L-r: Kyle Hurley (FFA instructor), Joseph Savolio, Robert Will, Aubrey Montgomery, Nai'a Freeman (competitor in creed speaking and extemporaneous...
Rods and Reels draws hot rods to Skamokawa
After last year's scorcher, the weather in Skamokawa was much kinder for the crowd on Saturday at the 2017 Rods & Reels Rod Run. While the sky was mostly overcast and the temperature comfortable, one...
Robotics Club success at last competition of season
The Wahkiakum 4-H Robotics Club competed in its last competition of the school year on June 1. The competitions were held at Hayes freedom high School in Camas. The team was represented in all four...
Spring chinook run estimate is downsized once again
For the second time in two weeks, the estimated size of the Columbia River’s spring chinook run has been changed. Just three weeks ago, the runs size forecast was downgraded by the U.S. v Oregon Technical Advisory Committee from its initial f...
Several staff changes in store for county, clinic
There will be several changes in health and county personnel in coming months. At Tuesday's meeting of the board of county commissioners, Sue Cameron, director of county Health and Human Services, announced she is advertising for a new deputy...
Special filing period starts next Wednesday
The Wahkiakum County Auditor's Office will hold a special filing period June 14-16 for 2017 elections which drew no candidates in the regular May filing period. The positions include: Fire District 2, Commissioner 2, Oliver Van Den Berghe,...
Agents volunteered at garden
Local real estate agents from Kelso-Longview and Cathlamet put their own spin on Windermere Real Estate’s annual Community Service Day by volunteering at Lower Columbia School Gardens on Friday. Each year, Windermere Real Estate brokers, managers, o...
Wahkiakum Events
June 9 Wahkiakum High School Graduation 10 Flea Market 9-3 p.m. Skamokawa: Wahkiakum Fairgrounds Patty Dursteler – 360 795-3480 17 Father’s Day Rod Run To The Roadkill Roadkill Saloon; April - 360 606-0179 24 Silver Buckle Series 8am Skamokawa Wah...
Hank Ferguson plays in all-state baseball game
After the Wahkiakum Mules took third place in 2B State baseball, Hank Ferguson returned to Wheeler Field in Centralia on June 1 to play in the 40th annual Senior All Star Baseball game. Ferguson was...
Knit in public this Friday
Knitters are invited to join World Wide Knit in Public Day this Friday at the Puget Island Farmers Market, 59 W. Birnie Slough Road, from 3-6 p.m. "Bring a chair and your knitting," said local knitter Mary Ann Nelson. "WWKIP was started in 2005 as a...
Join in Bald Eagle Days planning
Bald Eagle Days planning committee is getting ready for next month's festival. People interested in helping organize and put on the event are invited to attend the meetings, which are scheduled for the following Wednesdays at 4:30 p.m.: June 14,...
Student receives honor
Grace Zimmerman of Grays River was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. Zimmerman was initiated at Pacific Lutheran University. Zimmerman is among...
Silver Lake Grange to host arts and music festival
The Silver Lake Grange invites the public to their 6th annual “Arts of the Mountain,” Arts and Music festival from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, June 24-25. This is a free event. Over 30 SW Washington artisans will present their wares at...
WDFW encourages hunter education to prepare for fall hunting, National Hunting and Fishing Day
While major hunting seasons are closed in summer, hunter education courses continue to run year-round throughout the state. Now is the time to enroll in hunter education to avoid the autumn rush, said David Whipple, hunter education division manager...
Sturgeon anglers flood Oneida Road boat launch
The start of a three-day opening for a sport sturgeon fishery resulted in traffic chaos on Oneida Road, area residents told the county board of commissioners Tuesday. Anglers flocked to the state Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) boat launch Mon...
Anglers can fish for free June 10-11
Each year, thousands of Washingtonians go fishing – legally – without a license on "Free Fishing Weekend," scheduled for June 10-11. During those two days, no license will be required to fish or gather shellfish in any waters open to fishing in Washi...
