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The Naselle Comet volleyball team is headed to the 1B state tournament at the Yakima Valley SunDome on November 10-11 after taking second in the district tournament on Saturday. The team started the district tournament on Thursday with a three set win against Columbia Adventist. On Saturday, they beat Taholah in three sets and advanced to the district championship game against Mossyrock, which they would lose later that day in four sets. Naselle begins play in Yakima on November 10 at 1:30 p.m....
During the last half hour of the October Wahkiakum School District Board of Directors meeting, the directors discussed the district’s lawsuit against the State of Washington and strategized strengthening support for it, including financially, at a coming Washington State School Director’s Association conference in November. Wahkiakum’s lawsuit against the State of Washington claims that the state is failing to meet the standard set by the constitution when it excludes facilities from Artic...
At the Wahkiakum County PUD Board of Commissioners meeting on Tuesday, a budget hearing opened and closed without public comment, and the board heard about long range planning, matters affecting PUDs throughout the state, and work here in the county. General Manager Dan Kay said that PUD employees sat down together recently to identify projects appropriate for a five year capital plan. “We’re trying a collaborative approach instead of top down,” he said. Auditor Erin Wilson said it was a good...
A couple months ago, I caught up with Robert Jungers to hear how supply chain issues were affecting his business, Elochoman Millwork, from lumber and glass, to parts, to personnel. “People talk about these issues we’re faced with right now as if they are stand alone issues. Supply chain difficulties, labor difficulties, inflation. In a lot of people’s minds they are separate issues, I think,” Jungers said, “they are all interrelated and for the most part, they all have negative outcomes...
The Naselle Comette volleyball team begins postseason play on Thursday, November 3, at 6 p.m. at home when they take on the winner of Wednesday’s match between Three River Christian and Columbia Adventist. If Naselle wins, they will play Taholah at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, November 5 at Montesano. If they lose, they will play in a loser out game at 6:30 p.m. the same day in Montesano. Four teams from the district will go to state. If Naselle wins their first two games, they are guaranteed a ber...
The Wahkiakum Mules volleyball team advanced in the double elimination district tournament on Saturday when they followed an opening round loss to Toutle Lake with a win against Morton/White Pass. The Lady Mules lost to Toutle Lake in four sets, and beat MWP in four sets. Wahkiakum faced Rainier in a loser out match yesterday (Wednesday) at Ocosta HS at 4 p.m. The season ended for the loser, but the winner played a second match that evening against the winner of the Ilwaco/Forks game at 7 p.m....
The Wahkiakum School District Board of Directors met Oct. 18 to talk about the phone system, a security update, testing and interventions after the last two years of the pandemic, safety trainings, and the lawsuit. Superintendent Brent Freeman reported that switching the school phone system provider to Wahkiakum West has ended previous continual problems and poor service. “Ken Johnson has been wonderful to work with, the price point couldn’t have been better for the district. There is not a sin...
After years without, Cathlamet finally has a laundromat again, thanks to Stephanie Vossen and Curtis Bean. Vossen, who owns The Spar, purchased the old River Rat Tap building with her fiancé Bean, and they have been renovating it into a meeting room, laundromat, and private residence. "We wanted to give back to the community," Bean said. "We asked around about what the town needed, because we have The Spar up there, and laundromat was top of the list when we bought the building here." Smart lock...
The number of reported covid-19 cases rose by one this week for a cumulative total of 612 in Wahkiakum County, according to the Washington Department of Health. The number of hospitalizations stands at 45, and nine deaths in the county have been attributed to the virus. Disclaimer: With the easy accessibility of at home tests, the actual number of active covid-19 cases and actual cumulative numbers in the county, are hard to know. While 69.8 percent of the total population of the state of...
It all started with a red purse. When Jasmine and Chris Riley were still dating, she was managing a little boutique in Eugene, and he was working for the state of Washington. She also was an instructor in health care, with a background in management. Enamored with a red purse in the shop, Jasmine talked about it frequently. What she didn't know was that Chris, who had never done any kind of leather work, had become quietly inspired. "He set out to make that red purse," Jasmine said. "He...
District games begin on Saturday for the Wahkiakum Mules volleyball team, which split games this week with a win on the road and a loss at home. Last Thursday, the Lady Mules traveled to Winlock and lost to the Cardinals in four sets, 25-22, 22-25, 25-22 and 25-14. "Our focus tonight was on playing together and holding steady energy as a team," Coach Kayli Hurley said. "We made strides in this area." Reigha Niemeyer had13 kills, six aces, and 10 digs. Miya Kerstetter added seven kills and seven...
The Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce will host several events through the rest of the month. Business After Hours On Friday, there will be a Business After Hours event at the Spar in Cathlamet from 6 to 7:30 p.m. “This is our first one in two or three years,” Chamber Director Monica Budd said. “It’s been a long time and is for anyone looking to make connections, or is curious about businesses in the area. This is a time to bring your business card and mix and mingle, and get to know each other.” Ad...
Wahkiakum County Port 1 Board of Commissioners met last Thursday for budget and rate hearings, to approve a loan from the county and a bid to replace C Dock, and to hear about projects around the Elochoman Slough Marina. Paige Lake was on hand to talk about the fourth annual Wahkiakum Lighted Christmas Parade which will include vendors and the parade which begins and ends in the port parking lot, with a visit to Main Street in between. “We started this event to promote the port and some of i...
The Wahkiakum County PUD Board of Commissioners got an update of recent activity at the utility at their meeting on Tuesday. A couple small changes were made to the 2023 budget prior to next month's budget hearing including $25,000 for a possible Clean Energy Transformation Act study, and money for meter reading equipment. The PUD was hoping to get the meter reading equipment this year, but the purchase is being delayed until next year, Auditor Erin Wilson said. As for the CETA study, General...
By Diana Zimmerman Blair Brady, who is challenging incumbent Gene Strong as a write in candidate for Wahkiakum County Commissioner, District 3, provided answers to a list of questions asked by the League of Women Voters of Washington, and The Eagle asked Strong to respond to the same questions. Here are their answers. What is your record of public service? Strong: I have over 40 plus years, having served 20 years as aheriff of Wahkiakum County. In that 40 years I was in law enforcement, a...
The Wahkiakum Mules volleyball team lost two games at home this week, bringing their record to 2-4 in league and 5-8 overall. Last Thursday, the Lady Mules lost to Toutle Lake at home in three sets, 26-28, 18-25, and 16-25. "We started out with tons of energy that slowly petered off as the match progressed," Coach Kayli Hurley said. Reigha Niemeyer had a great all around game, Hurley said, with 13 kills, 100 percent serving, and nine digs. Hurley praised Helen Lewis for great positive energy....
Thanks to the efforts of Carrie Backman, the director for the Wahkiakum Washington State University Extension Office and volunteer Ron Wright, students at Wahkiakum and Naselle/Grays River Valley School Districts will receive the benefits of a $201,951 grant from Career Connect Washington. Career Connect is a statewide organization, Backman explained, that helps create opportunities for people in underserved or underrepresented populations. The two applied for funding for career exploration,...
Saturday, October 22, promises to be a busy day in Cathlamet with an Autism Walk in the morning, and a Halloween Carnival at St. James Family Center in the afternoon, but with all that fun, chores must get done as well. Instead of staying home to tackle that yard work, or mop those floors, consider inviting your friends, family, and neighbors to team up on various projects around the community with this fall’s Tidy Up the Town. “It’s a good idea for us to do little projects around the commu...
A new exhibit, Rivertown, Through a Lens, highlighting photos taken by Wahkiakum County residents will open at Redmen Hall on Saturday. The interpretive center contacted Puget Island resident Rene Westbrook a couple months ago and asked the administrator of the Wahkiakum County Photography Facebook page if she would be interested in putting on an exhibition. “This Facebook page has people from all over the county that go out and look for the beauty,” Westbrook said. "Before they didn’t realize w...
The cumulative number of covid-19 cases in Wahkiakum County grew by one last week to 609 according to the Washington Department of Health. They also report one more hospitalization, bringing the total to 44, and nine deaths attributed to the virus. Disclaimer: With the easy accessibility of at home tests, the actual number of active covid-19 cases and actual cumulative numbers in the county, are hard to know. “Covid-19 case levels are lower in many parts of the state, but still at concerning r...
The Wahkiakum Mules lost two games and won one this week to bring their record to 2-2 in league and 5-7 overall. The Lady Mules picked up a non-league game against Hudson Bay in Vancouver last Wednesday and lost in four sets, 25-23, 17-25, 27-29, 25-27. Despite the loss, the Lady Mules fought hard and as Coach Kayli Hurley pointed out, all the games, except for one, “were all down to the wire.” “Both teams worked themselves into and out of deficits all night long,” Hurley said. Miya Kerstet...
Jeff Rooklidge, a science teacher at Wahkiakum High School, was named the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Educator of the Year for Region 5, which was "delighted to recognize [Rooklidge] for his work mentoring students to become the natural resource stewards of the future." "To win an award like that is because you are blessed by people that support and help you so much, that is certainly true of me," Rooklidge said. According to the WDFW piece on Rooklidge, he is "well known in...
The Wahkiakum County PUD Board of Commissioners heard from Mike Johnson, an engineer from Gray and Osborne, who gave an update on efforts to locate a secondary water source on Puget Island. Samples were taken from a well on Little Island, and according to the results, Johnson said, treatment would be necessary at that location, including chlorination and filtration using a manganese oxide filter media. The PUD could choose to move forward and try to find property for a well in that area or they...
“This may shock you but we have been getting a lot of calls about value,” Wahkiakum County Assessor Bill Coons said. I asked him why property values were going up so much. Anyone watching the real estate market knows that the price of homes has been going up in Wahkiakum County. Like everywhere else. It turns out it all depends on one very specific moment in time. “The mandate for our office is to value property at noon on January 1 of each year at 100 percent of market value,” Coons said. ...
East Valley Road was washed out in a few spots near its terminus during last winter's wet weather and preliminary repairs have it looking a little primitive, frustrating at least one resident who lives nearby. According to Chuck Beyer, Wahkiakum County Public Works issued a request for proposals for design of three culvert failures within Wahkiakum County and chose Otak Engineering to start design work for repairs on East Valley Road. "Once a design for the repair and all permits have been...
