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Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Volunteers for the annual Christmas Bird Count rambled the Wahkiakum area by foot, car and kayak during daylight hours on December 30 to take a tally of bird species in a designated circle with a 15 mile diameter. The area includes Brownsmead, Ore, the Julia Butler Hansen refuge and the Lewis and Clark National Wildlife refuge as well as Cathlamet and Skamokawa and all the areas in between. The first Christmas Bird Count was organized in 1900 in response to a popular Christmas event, the side...
The Wahkiakum Mule boys basketball team couldn't warm up after the long Christmas break and lost to Onalaska at home on Tuesday, 30-38. The Mules held the lead for the first half, 16-11, while Onalaska spent much of that time with only six points on the board. The Loggers returned after the halftime break to take the lead and never gave it up, despite several attempts by the Mule team to close the gap, even getting within as much as two points. Joey Moore scrapped for his 11 points, one...
In September of this year, Our Saviour's Lutheran Church received a makeover when four windows were replaced by 12 stained glass panels designed and hand crafted by member and Skamokawa resident Theresa Videan. Videan has been working with stained glass for eight years. She picked up a couple books after she retired, bought some old glass and tried her hand at cutting. She never had any formal training, but when her learning stalled, visits with a glass artist in Astoria and another in...
In November, Puget Island resident Paula Quigley won the 2014 American Paint Horse Association World Championships in the amateur category with her two-year-old mare, JWR Shez Got Bling. The event is held each year in Fort Worth, Texas at the Will Rogers Memorial Center. Quigley got hooked on horses when she was young, learning to ride as a three year old on the back of her sister's horse. In high school, she started showing competitively. "It escalated over the years," Quigley said, grinning....
The Wahkiakum Mule girls basketball team joined seven other teams for a two tournament event in Napavine last weekend. On Friday the Mules faced a 2A team, the Olympic Trojans, and won, 54-43. The Mules returned to Napavine on Saturday to beat the 1A Zillah Leopards in overtime, 58-51, and won their tournament. Against Olympic High School out of Bremerton, Baylee Olsen scored 16 points, had two rebounds, five assists, two steals and four blocks. Sam Boyce had 14 points, 10 rebounds, four...
Apparently the artists of Tsuga Gallery were not the first nor the only creative people to inhabit their building, situated between Wahkiakum County’s courthouse and Cathlamet Pharmacy. Someone was thinking outside the box when he used a fender from a 1926 Model T Ford truck to hold up a floor joist. Just who and when remain a mystery. Local car enthusiast Ray Badger came in with an old Ford catalogue to identify the fender. He took it home, cleaned it and painted it black, the only color it had...
For the first time in Wahkiakum High School’s history, enough girls have turned out to make up their own wrestling team. Wrestling, traditionally thought to be a sport which allows a man to measure his physical strength against another’s, is so much more. It requires a competitor to stand alone, completely present and completely honest about one’s strengths and weaknesses. It requires concentration, determination, physical and mental flexibility, toughness, and a strategic mindset. This begs...
The Wahkiakum Mule girls basketball team won two more games last week and brought their overall record to 6-0. They currently lead their league in wins, followed closely by Toutle Lake with a 5-0 record. The team traveled to Morton White Pass last Wednesday and beat the Timberwolves 57-45. Baylee Olsen led the team with 19 points, six rebounds, four assists and one steal. Sam Boyce added 13 points, four rebounds, six assists and two steals. Tori Wegdahl and Peyton Souvenir scored seven points...
Junior Ryan Quigley stepped up in Wahkiakum’s 52-77 loss to Napavine last Thursday, and proved he could contribute to Mule offense by adding 15 points, all in the first half. Despite nearly matching the Tigers score for score in the second, third and fourth quarters, the Mules were unable to overcome Napavine’s early surge marked by a score of 8-27 at the end of the first quarter. Brandon Budd and Quigley led scorers with 15 points apiece. Zach Brown added 11 more. Hank Ferguson had five poi...
The last Wahkiakum County PUD Board of Commissioners meeting of 2014 was a busy one. Ryan Hart, District Director for Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler attended the meeting “to touch base” and Mike Johnson of Gray and Osborne stopped by to go over the PUD’s comprehensive plan and their water use efficiency plan during a public hearing. General Manager Dave Tramblie gave a report of the PUD’s response to the recent storm and the board reorganized for the next year. “The Department of Health re...
With the recent passing of the security and technology capital project levy to be paid out over a period of four years, Superintendent Bob Garrett approached Wahkiakum County to ask for a loan at the request of the Wahkiakum School District Board of Directors. According to Garrett, the county agreed and on Tuesday night, four members of the school board voted to accept the loan at their monthly meeting. Board Member Tim Hanigan was not in attendance. “The benefit would be,” Board Member Tin...
At December’s Port District 1 meeting last Thursday, Commissioner Bob Kizziar asked his colleagues to support his efforts to begin advertising for the Wooden Boat Show next summer. “I think the boat show fits into our mission statement,” Kizziar said. “It would be nice to grow the boat show. Last time the chamber paid for almost all of the advertising, it would be good if some of the advertising came from us.” The commissioners agreed and set aside $500 for advertising. Plans to relocate...
Poul Toftemark and other board members of the Grays River Habitat Enhancement District are quick to point out that they are getting older and struggle to find the energy to keep doing what they are doing to improve and maintain the area along the Grays River. “We need fresh blood in here,” Toftemark said. “People tell us we’re going a good job, but it would be great if they could come to meetings and give some content.” The district recently experienced an invigorating victory after a long foug...
The Wahkiakum Lady Mules basketball team defeated three Central League opponents in action this week. On December 10, tough defense and a full court press rattled the Pe Ell Trojans and yielded a win for the Wahkiakum Mule girls basketball team, 65-34. "They're hustling," Coach Rob Garrett said of Wednesday's game, "but they're not disciplined. I'd like them to be more efficient offensively. They'll get there." Samantha Boyce led the Mules with 14 points, five rebounds, four assists and five...
The Wahkiakum Mule boys basketball team lost two of three basketball games this week. Brandon Budd scored 37 points last Thursday night to lead the Wahkiakum `boys basketball team to an easy victory over Winlock, 71-35. "I think we came out with some intensity and played with passion," Coach Todd Souvenir said. "We played good defense in the first half. Overall we did some good things and got more comfortable with our new offense. Brandon obviously played really well and he's going to need to...
Families, friends and members of the Grays River Grange gathered for their annual Christmas Party on Tuesday. While revelers lined up for the potluck dinner and made their way to tables to eat and enjoy conversation, Tiffani Casper tried to keep up with her grandson, Thomas. "We just joined," she said. "We were looking for "grass roots", something with history and we've found that here." The Grays River Grange is in its 112 year, and how long they've been doing the Christmas Party is anyone's...
Brandon Budd scored 37 points Thursday night to lead the Wahkiakum Mules boys basketball team to an easy victory over Winlock, 71-35. "I think we came out with some intensity and played with passion," Coach Todd Souvenir said. "We played good defense in the first half. Overall we did some good things and got more comfortable with our new offense. Brandon obviously played really well and he's going to need to do that this year. Zach Brown, a freshman, played really well, and had some good inside...
The Wahkiakum Mules boys basketball team lost to Adna Thursday night at home, 53-30. The teams were tied at half-time, 24-24, but Adna took advantage of poor shooting by the Mules in the third quarter and pulled ahead 40-29, never looking back. "I thought it went really well," Coach Todd Souvenir said. "I was really proud of them. We ran out of gas in the third quarter, but they worked really hard on defense. I think the score looks a little worse than how it actually was." Senior Brandon Budd l...
The Wahkiakum Mule girls basketball team traveled to Adna last Friday and beat the Pirates 50-39. Baylee Olsen led scoring with 13 points. Peyton Souvenir and Tori Wegdahl had eight points apiece and Sam Boyce and Kaylee Bryant had seven each. Maddie Mace added five points and Morgan Elliott had two. “Offensively we weren’t as efficient as I expect us to be,” Coach Rob Garrett said, “but for a first game it was okay. Our team defense was really good for most of the game.” “Anytime you can sta...
Sheriff Mark Howie labored over the budget this year in order to free up funds to create another deputy position. His hard work has paid off. With support from the Wahkiakum Board of Commissioners, he has announced that the sheriff's office will be hiring a sixth deputy in 2015. Howie said the office has had difficulty covering the night and early morning hours since 2009 when two of seven positions were cut due to “budget constraints.” Because of Howie’s work on the budget, there will be no ex...
Five German language students at Wahkiakum High School are busy dreaming and making plans to go to Germany for spring break this year. Don Cox, who has been teaching history and German for many of his 11 years at the school district, will be a chaperone and guide. This is his eighth year teaching German and his fourth year making a trek with students to Germany. “We’ve been planning this since the beginning of the year,” Connor Emlen-Petterson, a second year German student said. “I’m excited. It...
Hou Yifei, who has adopted the name of "Andrew" for this visit to the US, seems to be enjoying his time in Cathlamet. The junior exchange student at Wahkiakum High School hails from Guangzhou, a large city in southern China. It's a big change, but he likes the tranquility that he has found here. "I lived in the city too long," Andrew said. "I needed a quiet place. "It's very hot and humid there in the summer," Andrew said. Even this time of year, it's much warmer than it is in Cathlamet. "We nev...
On July 6, 2003, nine hours after first displaying symptoms, Harmony Caliman, age 19, daughter, sister, and mother of one, died of meningococcal disease. Young and full of hope, Harmony had been working in a nursing home and preparing to enter a nursing program. "She woke up that morning in good spirits," Harmony's mom Jan Caliman said. "She went to work at 6 a.m. Halfway through her shift she had a headache and a fever. Within the hour, her supervisor sent her to the emergency department....
The Wahkiakum Mules boys basketball team lost to Adna Thursday night at home, 53-30. The teams were tied at half-time, 24-24, but Adna took advantage of poor shooting by the Mule team in the third quarter and pulled ahead, 40-29, never looking back. "I thought it went really well," Coach Todd Souvenir said. "I was really proud of them. We ran out of gas in the third quarter but they worked really hard on defense. I think the score looks a little worse than how it actually was." Brandon Budd led...
Sometimes duty has no jurisdiction. On Friday, November 14, Sheriff Mark Howie was traveling home with his wife Debb from a Washington Sheriff and Police Chief Conference in Chelan, when he helped apprehend a disturbed and violent man. It was a rainy morning, and the Howies were headed westbound on Highway 2 in Sultan when traffic slowed to 5 mph. Soon enough, Howie would discover what was causing the disruption. A man in his mid to late 20s, looking disheveled and bloodied, was going from car...
