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Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Following the resignation of former Councilmember Kermit Chamberlin on April 21, the Town held the door open for several weeks to applicants wishing to fill the No. 2 position for the remainder of Chamberlin's term. Between the May 5 and June 2 sessions of Town Council, the applicants went from two to four: Tyson Clark, Randall Vogt, Crystal Baker, and Isha Snow. The four applicants filled out questionnaires, which were shared in the June 2 meeting's packet. When asked on the questionnaire what...
Clatskanie High School's track and field sent 12 athletes to last weekend's state meet at the University of Oregon's Hayward Field. When all was said and done, five of the 12 made the podium. On the boys' side, Aidan Bailey took seventh in the Men's 400M with a time of 53.95. Though not making the podium, the team of Bailey, Ryder Gorley, Ayden Blackshire, and Daylon Gutierrez took ninth in the Men's 4X400 Relay with a time of 3:37.45. Competing for the boys in the field were Braydon Top in the...
Despite a perfect 12-0 league record and an impressive 22-5 record overall in the regular season, the Clatskanie High girls softball team’s postseason run came to an end last Friday, May 30, against North Douglas of Drain. Prior to Friday’s 7-6 loss, the Tigers opened the playoffs last Tuesday, May 27, with an 11-0 mercy-rule victory at home versus Powers. Scoring once in the first and third innings and adding another nine runs in the fourth, the girls were able to hang on for the shutout. The Tigers were led at the plate by sophomore Oli...
According to Wahkiakum track and field Coach Tina Merz, last weekend's state competition at Eisenhower High School was "amazing," as eight athletes competed, five more than last year's showing. With one of those athletes being Sam Dela Cruz, the sophomore nearly made the podium last year with a triple-jump distance of 32 feet, 5 inches, good enough for ninth place. Freshman Mayleonna Casey, who competed as an eighth grader last year, ran in the 2B Women's 1600M and took 10th with a time of...
Last Thursday, Hood River non-profit Columbia Riverkeeper, Portland-based Northwest Environmental Defense Center (NEDC), and two Oregon residents sued the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) for issuing a water quality permit for the proposed NXTClean Fuels refinery located adjacent to the Columbia River Estuary. According to a May 22 press release from Columbia Riverkeeper Communications and Marketing Director Liz Terhaar, the refinery “would fill over 100 acres of wetlands and discharge harmful pollutants during construction and...
Local company WWest Communications is described as "a telecommunications provider offering broadband, internet, telephone, and streaming TV services." Among these services are fiber-optic plans, which generally offer "higher speeds and reliability compared to traditional broadband connections." According to CEO Ken Johnson, WWest is currently "bouncing between the Cathlamet area and the peninsula on different projects," which has had some local residents wondering when their area will be fiber-optic ready. "For some bigger projects, we're as mu...
According to Clatskanie track and field Coach Tim Van Voorst, the wildcard entries have been posted for the Oregon State track meet and Clatskanie track and field has 12 athletes competing at the state meet in 13 different events this Thursday and Friday, at Eugene's Hayward Field. For the girls, Lacey Willis will be participating in the High Jump and will also compete with her team in both the Women's 4X100 and 4X400 relays. Natalie Baker will be competing in both the Women's 200M and 400M, as...
The Clatskanie High School’s varsity softball team wasn’t the only sporting representative at the school taking home season honors this year. The first-place-finishing Tigers varsity baseball team, led by Coach Ryan Tompkins, had plenty of representatives on the 2A/1A-SD1 first- and second-team all-league roster. Senior Ben Blackwood, and juniors Luke Andreasen, Zach Mollenhour, and Cash Doney all took home first-team, all-league honors for Clatskanie. Senior Brendan Shroll and juniors Finn McDonnell and Bode Shulda received second-team, all...
Finishing its regular season with a 21-4 record, including a perfect 12-0 record in league play, the Clatskanie High School girls softball team has a roster chock full of all-league honorees this year. Coach Teauna Hughes was among the top award recipients, earning 2A/1A Special District 1 Coach of the Year honors. Junior Joey Sizemore, who has batted .616 and has 67 RBI on the season, is only seven shy of tying Abby Doerr’s (Marist Catholic) mark of 74 set in 2019. Sizemore was not only awarded first-team all-league honors, but the junior w...
Last Thursday, the Wahkiakum track and field team competed at Tacoma’s Franklin Pierce High School with the top-eight from each event advancing to state. Unfortunately for Noah Sandhu, he was disqualified in the Men’s 1600M for running inside the cones. Sandhu’s time of 4:57 would have been good enough for eighth place in the event, which would have qualified him for state this weekend. Still the team will send four of its boys to state this weekend thanks to the quartet of Joe Merz, Dom Diaz, Robby Chandler and Jayden Stoddard, who took eight...
During their meeting on Monday, May 5, Cathlamet Town Council passed a motion to "approve the Town of Cathlamet and Public Utility District No. 1 of Wahkiakum County Water and Wastewater System Asset Transfer and Improvement Agreement" effective that day. According to meeting's minutes, per the agreement, "PUD will assume operations of the water and wastewater treatment systems on August 1, 2025, to allow the Town the opportunity to inform the union of this transition with regards to the PUD consolidation." Prior to giving her staff report...
Following a three-game sweep of Gaston last week, the Clatskanie High School softball team has now won 16 straight games and has an unblemished 12-0 record in 2A/1A-SDI Special District 1 league play. Outscoring Gaston 51-10 over the three games, the hit barrage began last Tuesday, May 13, with a 16-0 mercy-rule shutout. The girls were led by junior Joey Sizemore, who had three RBI on three hits and scored two runs. Junior Kennedy Johnson co-led the team with three runs scored to go along with an RBI and her team-leading three hits, and...
Following the team’s 11-0 win on the road at Gaston last Tuesday, May 13, the Tigers returned home Friday, May 16, for a double header against the same squad of Greyhounds. The first game started with Clatskanie jumping out to a 3-0 lead. The Tigers would add another run in the third and three more in the fourth to gain a comfortable enough lead to hold onto the rest of the way for the win. Clatskanie was led at the plate by junior Finn McDonnell, who had a team-high two RBI. Junior Cash Doney and freshman Will Van Voorst added a combined t...
The Clatskanie High School track and field team had two meets last week and plenty of top-five finishes. Beginning at a 2A SD1 League Meet at Aloha's Life Christian High School last Tuesday, May 13, the boys lit up the track. Ayden Blackshire and Mickey Simpson took second and third place respectively in the Men's 100M with times of 12.29 and 12.54. Quin May took first in the 200M with a time of 25.67, and Zach Swinford took fourth in the 400M with a time of 1:01.40. Aidan Bailey took fourth in...
The Wahkiakum High School track and field team traveled to South Bend last Wednesday, May 14, and came away with a slew of top-four finishes. As the competition was a state qualifier, the top eight, according to Coach Tina Merz, go on to state. For the boys on the track, Jayden Stoddard took second in the Men’s 100M with a time of 11.95 but managed a first-place finish in the 200M with a personal-record time of 24.66. Noah Sandhu took second in both the Men’s 800M and 1600M with times of 2:22.65 and 5:18.02, and Cody Vicars took third in the...
Prior to Districts, the team hosted the 2A SD1 League Meet at Dick Manick Field on Thursday, May 8, and had plenty of top-five finishes. For the boys on the track, Aidan Bailey took second place in the Men's 400M with a time of 53.79, and Jason Miller took fifth in the 3000M with a time of 12:35.96. Quin May had a first-place finish in the Men's 110M Hurdles with a time of 18.42. In team competition for the boys, the quartet of Mickey Simpson, Braydon Top, Daylon Gutierrez and May took fifth in...
The Clatskanie Tigers baseball team faced Knappa three times last week. The first of the three meetings took place on the road Tuesday, May 6, where the Tigers outmatched the Loggers 7-1. Clatskanie was led at the plate by junior Luke Andreasen, who had two hits and two RBI. Junior Finn McDonnell had a hit, a run scored, and an RBI, and senior Victor Frank came away with a hit and an RBI. Seniors Ben Blackwood, Carter White, and Brendan Shroll combined for three hits and two runs scored, and juniors Cash Doney and Zach Mollenhour combined for...
The Clatskanie Tigers girls softball team faced Knappa three times last week, outscoring them 38-11. The closest contest between the two was during the doubleheader last Tuesday, May 6, when Clatskanie edged Knappa 4-3. The Tigers were led by junior Joey Sizemore, who had two hits, scored two runs, and knocked in two runs as well. Senior Karielle Carlson also had two RBI for the Tigers to go along with a hit, and sophomores Emma Parmley and Olivia George each had a hit and a run scored. Sophomore Adalyn Wemmer added two hits and junior Kyrielle...
Columbia County residents have until 8 p.m. on Tuesday, May 20 to vote on Measure 5-304 regarding the renewal of the Columbia County Jail levy. Lobbying for a “yes” vote on the measure, Columbia County Sheriff Brian Pixley said, “What it comes down to - the nuts and bolts - is my budget is $9.5 million for the jail. Out of that, we get $1 million from the County General Funds. This year, we’re slated to get about $3.9 through the US Marshals, and then we get about $3.9 million from the levy. Without the levy renewal, I’m going to have a $3...
During last Thursday’s meet at South Bend, the Wahkiakum track and field team saw plenty of top-five finishes from both its boys and girls. For the boys, Noah Sandhu took first in both the Men’s 800M and 1600M with personal-record times of 2:19.70 and 5:09.33. Josiah Garrett took third in the Men’s 3200M with a time of 14:28.69,, while Jayden Stoddard took third in the Men’s 100M with a time of 11.78. Cody Vicars had a fifth-place finish in the Men’s 3200M with a time of 5:49.31. In team competition for the boys, the quartet of Robby Chandler,...
Following former Councilmember Kermit Chamberlin's resignation on April 21, the Town of Cathlamet put out an ad to fill the vacancy for Position No. 2. Going into Monday evening's session, only two applicants had filed. With the meeting's agenda calling for an executive session to review the applicants and, eventually, the appointment of one of those applicants, Councilmember Jeanne Hendrickson voiced her concern over coming to a decision so quickly. "I just feel that with the weight of what the town is dealing with right now, as a...
The Clatskanie track and field team attended two meets last week, beginning with the 2A SD1 League Meet in Knappa on Tuesday, April 29. For the boys, Ayden Blackshire took fourth in both the Men's 100M and 200M with times of 12.75 and 25.64. Daylon Gutierrez took first in the 200M with a time of 24.73, while Aidan Bailey took fifth in the same event with a time of 25.68. Bailey also took first in the Men's 400M with a time of 55.43. Clatskanie had three top-five finishers in the Men's 800M with...
Following its 16-0 victory last Friday in Vernonia, the Clatskanie High School boys baseball team has now won nine straight games. Putting up seven runs in both the first and second innings, other Tigers jumped out to an early 14-0 lead. Adding another run in the fourth and a final run in the fifth inning, Clatskanie was able to complete the mercy-rule win. The Tigers were led by juniors Luke Andreasen and Finn McDonnell, who had three RBI each scored a collective four runs. Junior Zach Mollenhour led the team with three runs scored while colle...
Last Friday, the Clatskanie girls softball completed a combined doubleheader shutout at the hand of Vernonia. Led by junior Joey Sizemore’s six RBI and four runs scored, the Tigers put up 19 runs en route to the shutout victory. Sizemore came up a triple shy of the cycle, hitting both a double and a home run. Senior Karielle Carlson contributed four RBI on three hits, and sophomores Emma Parmley and Olivia George each had two RBI and a combined four hits and four runs. Sophomore McKinsey Doyle added an RBI, a run, and a hit, while sophomore A...
Puget Island resident George Trott has been going to Bristol Bay, Alaska since he was 3 years old and has been fishing there during the summer since the fourth grade. At the age of 22, he had a boat built for him and "has fished it ever since." With the boat getting up in age and having to weather the Alaskan waters year after year, Trott had a new boat, engineered, designed, cut, bent, marked and then had its parts shipped to him on a semi truck. Ever since, the Puget Island native has been...
