Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Jason Raney volunteered several hours at the Wahkiakum County Fairgrounds in Skamokawa to create a haunted house. Here are a few scenes that were awaiting visitors last Thursday and Friday. It was a successful event, and Raney is already thinking of better ways to scare people next year. Photos by Diana Zimmerman....
Bob Larson of Grays River answered an ad expressing interest in being part of the Honor Flight Network, which flies World War II veterans to Washington, D.C. in honor and appreciation for their service. He was sure there was a catch, and when he received a call from one of the program's representatives, he waited and waited to hear it. There wasn't one, unless you counted buying your own souvenirs. "You don't ever see anything without a cost to it," a surprised Larson remarked. Before he knew...
Kaiyuan "Kent" Cheng has only been here a couple months, but it's long enough to know he's sold on the weather, and not so much on the food. You can call him Kent, but at home you would greet him with his last name first. Cheng Kaiyuan is said quickly and sounds a bit like "Chung-KI-you-ahn. The thermometers present high numbers most months of the year in Cheng's home of Nanjing, a few hours outside of Shanghai, China. "It's not very hot here," he said. "I love the cool weather." Still, he's...
Frustration with poor internet service in the county spurred a group of local residents with the interest and know how to start up their own service, Smoky Waters Communications. They are on the verge of delivering that service to Cathlamet and Puget Island with plans to extend the service to East, Middle and West Valleys, Skamokawa and the Elochoman as soon as possible. “We’re going to be providing internet service that is there all day long at the speed we said it was going to go at and it...
The Wahkiakum Mule volleyball team won two more matches this week, making them 6-2 in league and 11-2 overall. The Lady Mules beat the Lady Loggers in Onalaska in three sets on Monday, 25-19, 25-18, and 25-23. Coach Kayli Hurley praised Savannah Burdick for her consistent serve receive. Burdick also had six digs. Coach Hurley also praised Makenzie Anderson who had seven kills and Morgan Elliott who had 15 assists. Last Thursday, they traveled to Morton/White Pass and beat the Timberwolves in...
The Wahkiakum School District Board of Directors approved several action items on the agenda at Tuesday's meeting. The district agreed to an interlocal agreement that will allow Wahkiakum County PUD to replace a failing light pole that illuminates the field at the high school as soon as football season ends. The board then heard about a one year interlocal agreement with ESD 112 to host the STEPS (Student Transition Educational Program Services) program which, according to Superintendent Bob Gar...
Auditor Erin Wilson outlined the proposed 2015 budgets for the electric system and the Puget Island and Western Wahkiakum Water Systems during a budget hearing, and General Manager Dave Tramblie apprised commissioners of completed projects and coming plans at Tuesday’s Wahkiakum County PUD board meeting. A resolution to approve the 2015 budget was tabled after clarification and discussion of some line items, but Commissioner Bob Jungers declared the undertaking “ fairly bloodless.” The commi...
Dr. Boone Mora spoke to a roomful of hunters concerned about the health of the local elk population, whose numbers are being reduced by hoof rot disease. Mora, who had a career in public health and studied infections and communicable diseases for the Center for Disease Control believes the hoof rot is being caused by leptospirosis. Leptospirosis is transmitted by the urine of an infected animal. According to Mora, elk will choose to lie down in urine soaked areas and wallow in puddles filled wit...
Sheriff Mark Howie, who is running unopposed on the November ballot, has been working for 25 years in law enforcement. He came to Wahkiakum County as undersheriff for Jon Dearmore and has been the Wahkiakum County Sheriff for two years this October. His focus and goals are fixed on the health and wellbeing of his deputies and his community and he has a few ideas about how to address those issues. "I have real basic humanitarian thoughts on the community," Howie said. "I want the deputies to cont...
Blair Brady isn't bored yet. He is, however, surprised to find himself running unopposed for his third term as a County Commissioner for the Westend, District 3. Brady grew up in New Jersey, a poor kid in a wealthy town, seven miles out of Newark. He was educated in what he described as a kind of public private school, with professors as teachers and with such a great education he never felt compelled to go on to college. Brady only has two regrets from his youth. He passed on an opportunity to...
Earlier this year, the Friends of Skamokawa sold hand painted birdhouses and raised enough money to install a donated bell in the tower of Redmen Hall. They are doing it again with a new series of birdhouses. Jody Fox, the office manager at Redmen Hall, found inspiration when she noticed the birdhouses at a craft store in Longview and realized that they looked a lot like the old hall. She brought several of them home, eventually painting 20 of them to look like Redmen Hall. She placed a bell on...
The Wahkiakum Mule volleyball team added a couple matches to their win column this week, beating Pe Ell on Tuesday and a tough Mossyrock team last Thursday. The Mules are 4-2 in league and 9-2 overall. The team traveled to Pe Ell on Tuesday and beat the Trojans in three sets, 25-22, 25-21 and 25-11. "Unforced errors plagued us in the first two sets but we became much more efficient in the third set to close it out," Coach Kayli Hurley said. Libero Savannah Burdick was 100 percent from the servic...
Last week, Puget Island resident Olaf Thomason donated a boat commissioned in 1902 by the first permanent settler on Puget Island to the Columbia River Maritime Museum in Astoria. "We're very pleased to have the Duke," Jeff Smith, the museum's curator said. "We've had our eye on it for many years. We will preserve and protect it in accordance with Thomason's desires." The museum recently purchased two buildings across the street from their current location. One of the buildings will be used for...
A few candidates running in the upcoming election spoke before a small crowd at the Grays River Grange on Tuesday night. Bob Dingethal, a Democrat candidate for US Representative District 3 and opponent of incumbent Jaime Herrera Beutler spoke first. "A lot of times rural counties don't get the attention they need, particularly from their representatives," Dingethal said. "You solve problems in any area by being out amongst the people. The only way to solve a problem is by knowing about it. My...
Commissioners of Port District 1 approved three resolutions: the 2015 budget in the amount of $1,022,906, new rate increases and a 1 percent increase on the Port District’s tax levy, which will allow them to collect $63,827.95 divided amongst the tax payers in the district. They also heard port business last Thursday at October’s meeting. Ashley Turner, the director for the Chamber of Commerce, attended the meeting to request the renewal of their contract with the port. “You’re one of our con...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: October 6 — 11:32 a.m. A Puget Island resident reported that an unknown, suspicious car had left the neighborhood after driving past the house several times. 12:45 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance transported a patient with low blood pressure from the clinic to the hospital. 3:03 p.m. A Deep River resident reported intimidation. 4:18 p.m. A Rosedale resident r...
by Diana Zimmerman Beginning this year, the Washington state legislature will require all assessor’s offices to revalue every property in their county every year. On October 8, Wahkiakum County Assessor Bill Coons gave a presentation to more than a dozen interested citizens on how the changes affect local taxpayers and his work. “Our job in the assessor’s office is to spread the tax burden out, fairly and equitably across all the properties in the county,” Coons said. In order to assess every p...
The Mule Volleyball team won their last two league games, making them 2-2 in league and 7-2 overall. Last Thursday, following two disappointing losses, the Mules beat Toledo at home in three sets, 25-15, 25-14 and 25-13. “We were much more efficient on both sides of the ball than we’ve shown in league play thus far,” Coach Kayli Hurley said. “Toledo has some good weapons and we were able to make adjustments to minimize the impact.” Baylee Olsen had a hitting efficiency of .900, with 10 attemp...
The Wahkiakum High Mule and Thomas Middle School Warrior cross country teams traveled to Lacey on Tuesday to compete in the Bill Kehoe Invitational and to Ridgefield last Wednesday, October 8 to compete in the Trico 1A hosted by LaCenter. At St. Martin University in Lacey, seventh grader Ted Stacey competed against 65 other middle school boys in a 1.25 mile race. He placed 13th with a time of 7:47, only 33 seconds behind the leader. There were 172 high school boys competing in the 5,000 meter....
Photos and story by Diana Zimmerman It's Spirit Week at Wahkiakum High School and it shows. Students have been having a good time dressing up to represent each day's theme. At assemblies at the end of each day, the classes compete in good natured competition. The students are trying to earn points by dressing up and winning competitions, because the class with the most points and therefore the most spirit, gets a pizza party. On 'Merica Monday, the students celebrated things that were uniquely...
The US Army Corps of Engineers is nearing the end of their project on Steamboat Slough after breaching the dike in two places less than a month ago. A contractor has been bringing in topsoil to cover the north side of the new setback levee and will seed it soon. Gravel will be added to the top of the levee to create a one lane, twelve foot wide road that will be closed to regular traffic and gated at both ends. Willows will be planted later in the year. And according to Ed Saldana who works as...
A recent phone scam frightened a few local businesses and residents when the caller threatened to turn off power if their electric bill was not paid within a very short period of time. The Wahkiakum PUD board of commissioners want county residents to know these calls are not coming from their local utility. “That is not how we do business,” General Manager Dave Tramblie said at Tuesday morning’s PUD Board of Commissioner’s meeting. The scam has been reported to the sheriff’s office. During th...
It was a somewhat quiet affair as a group of 4-H Leaders and a few of the current participants had an open house for the program on Saturday at the fairgrounds in Skamokawa. Other 4-H'ers were in Grays River, busily setting up for the annual Covered Bridge Dinner that would take place later that night. Lore Twiet, who had retired from the WSU Extension office, is still active with 4-H. "I've got green blood, Twiet said. "I'm a lifetime 4-H'er." According to Twiet, the program goes on all year,...
There was a steady turnout for the Senior Center open house last Thursday morning. Several people took advantage of the opening to fill out a survey, greet old friends and make new ones. Treats were provided by the organizers and puzzles and games were set out on tables. Representative Dean Takko, County Commissioner Mike Backman and Cathlamet Mayor Dale Jacobson were also on hand for the event. "We think it's something that Cathlamet really needs," said Evie Pistone. Her husband Bob agreed. Man...
The Wahkiakum Mule volleyball team lost two league matches this week. The Toutle Lake Ducks brought their game and pink uniforms to Tuesday's Pink Out match in honor of Brandi Knowles Thomas and Breast Cancer Awareness. They beat the Mules in four sets, 25-14, 22-25, 25-18 and 25-18. "It was a tough loss tonight," Coach Kayli Hurley said. "Too many unforced errors on our side of the court. We need to find a way to be more efficient." Hurley praised Tori Wegdahl for strong serve receive and 11...
