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Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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News from Naselle: Naselle Comet teams sports calendar for the coming week includes: Thursday, high school volleyball with Taholah in Naselle at 5:45 p.m. and middle school football with Raymond in Naselle at 6 p.m.; Saturday, high school football with Mary M. Knight in Matlock at 1 p.m.; Monday, middle school volleyball with Ocosta in Naselle at 5:45 p.m.; Tuesday, high school volleyball at Lake Quinault at 7 p.m.; Wednesday, middle school volleyball at South Bend at 5:45 p.m. Go Comets! The Naselle Booster Club will hold their monthly...
Inexperience made the difference as the Morton/White Pass Timberwolves beat the Wahkiakum Mules 40-6 in a Central League football game last Friday. The young Mules held their own, but when they missed a tackle or got out of position, the Timberwolves feasted on the mistakes. After a scoreless first quarter, the visitors got on the scoreboard first with a 47-yard touchdown play. The conversion run made the score 8-0 with 3:48 left in the first half. With 1:11 left in the half, the Timberwolves...
In a special meeting last Friday afternoon, members of the Cathlamet town council approved their updated comprehensive water plan. The plan is required by state regulations administered by the Department of Health (DOH). The council also approved a resolution establishing goals for water production and conservation. Besides being a normal part of the plan, the water plant improvements and conservation goals are needed to keep the DOH from imposing restrictions on the number of new connections for both the Cathlamet and Puget Island water...
News from Naselle: Sports calendar this week for the Naselle Comet teams: Today (Thursday), high school volleyball at Oakville at 5:45 p.m., middle school football at South Bend at 6 p.m.; Friday, high school football with Taholah in Naselle at 7 p.m.; Saturday, high school volleyball at South Bend JV Tourney; Monday, middle school volleyball with Raymond in Naselle at 5:45 p.m.; Tuesday, high school volleyball with Wishkah in Naselle at 7 p.m.; Wednesday, middle school volleyball with Willapa Valley at Menlo at 5:45 p.m. Go Comets! This time...
Commissioners of Port District 2 looked at their 2016 budget and filled a vacancy on their board when they met Tuesday. Commissioners Lori Scott and Brian O'Connor appointed Lee Tischer to fill the vacancy created by Kayrene Gilbertsen's resignation. Gilbertsen had announced earlier this year that she wouldn't seek re-election, and Tischer filed as a candidate for election to the position. After taking his oath of office from attorney Tim Hanigan, Tischer took a seat at the table with Scott, O'Connor, Hanigan and Port Manager Janet Bryan. All...
The Town of Cathlamet is drawing closer to making upgrades to its water plant intake. The action comes as the council prepares to hold a special meeting tomorrow (Friday), 3 p.m., to go over and probably adopt its updated water system comprehensive plan. According to a summary presented at the council meeting, the raw water intake capacity is a major system deficiency. And according to the formulas of the Department of Health, which oversees water systems, demand could exceed intake capacity in 2016. "The raw water intake is the key limiting...
If there's going to be sand placed on eroding Puget Island beaches, Wahkiakum County officials need to get to work. That's the message Commissioner Dan Cothren gave to Islanders hoping to get dredged sand to protect their property from the Columbia River. About 16 people gathered in the commissioners meeting room Tuesday to discuss dredging issues with the board of commissioners and Karla Ellis, dredging project manager for the US Army Corps of Engineers, which manages dredging of the shipping channel. Cothern addressed the audience before...
News from Naselle: Sports calendar for the coming week: Thursday, the 24th-middle school football with Twin Valley in Naselle at 6 p.m.; Saturday, the 26th-high school football at Oakville at 3 p.m.; Monday, the 28th-middle school volleyball with South Bend in Naselle at 5:45 p.m.; Tuesday, the 29th-high school volleyball at MMK at 7 p.m.; Wednesday, the 30th-middle school volleyball with North Beach in Naselle at 5:45 p.m. Go Comets! Westend news: Please join the volunteers at the West End Food Bank, located in the Grays River Valley Center...
For the second week in a row, the Wahkiakum Mule football team fell hard to a top-ranked Class 2B football team. Last Friday, the Adna Pirates beat the Mules 39-0. The young Mules, with a majority of the starters being underclassmen, struggled against the upperclassmen of the Pirates, and injuries took a toll. Zach Brown, the Mules' starting quarterback, sustained an injury to his throwing hand early in the first quarter. Mule coaches moved him to running back and shifted running back Hank Ferguson to quarterback. Soon, 125 lb. freshman James A...
Pete Ringen, Wahkiakum County's public works director and county engineer, came to the office Tuesday for his last day there in that position. During his time with the county, he has overseen projects ranging from bridge construction and road washout repair to overseeing recycling programs and the construction and installation of a new county ferry. Ringen's staff hosted a party for him Tuesday, and his bosses had kind words to say about him. Commissioner Dan Cothren was on the board when...
Mechanics were finishing the latest repairs on Wahkiakum County's new ferry, the Oscar B, on Tuesday morning when the retirement party began for retiring Public Works Director Pete Ringen. The ferry went into service in March and since then has had a series of problems that interrupt service and bring technicians from the builder and subcontractors to Puget Island to make repairs. "It may be helpful to remind the public the new ferry continues to be under warranty for one year following delivery," Ringen told The Eagle on Monday. Ringen said...
Long Beach resident Tiffany Turner has announced she will be a candidate to fill Rep. Dean Takko's position if he is appointed to fill a vacancy in the state Senate. Senator Brian Hatfield resigned at the beginning of this month to take a job in the office of Governor Jay Inslee, and Takko is interested in taking Hatfield's position. If Takko is appointed to the Senate, his seat in the House of Representatives will become vacant, and persons interested in that seat have been announcing their candidacies. Democrat party precinct committee...
News from Naselle: Naselle Comets are doing well in the early football and volleyball season. You make us proud. Sports calendar for the coming week: Thursday (today), high school volleyball at Ocosta at 5:45 p.m.; Friday, high school football with Sunnyside Christian in Lyle at 7 p.m.; Saturday, high school volleyball at 9 a.m. for North Beach Tourney; Monday, middle school volleyball with Willapa Valley in Naselle at 5:45 p.m.; Tuesday, high school volleyball with Ilwaco in Naselle at 5:45 p.m.; Wednesday, middle school volleyball with Ocosta...
It might have been compared to a battle between David and Goliath, but this time, Goliath won. In other words, the Napavine Tigers rolled over the Wahkiaum Mules 49-7 in a Central League football game last Friday. With a small squad this year, the Mules suited up only 15 players, a majority of them freshmen and sophomores. Napavine, on the other hand, suited up more than 30 players, including plenty of juniors and seniors with playoff experience. The Tigers got going with a 57-yard touchdown...
The Napavine Tigers overwhelmed the short-handed Wahkiakum Mules 49-7 in the Mules' home football opener Friday. The Mules suited up only 14 players. Hank Ferguson scored on a 4-yard run as time wound down, and Zach Brown kicked the conversion for the Mules....
Our community is coming off a series of well-planned, entertaining and rewarding community events. Just last week, volunteers and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post put on a fishing derby for veterans, widows of veterans, and children of veterans. Local anglers took them out on the river, and about half caught a salmon. The positive energy of the event was amazing, one skipper told me. Another said, "It might be bigger next year, but it won't be better." I don't know all the people who were involved, but when people like Bud Mickelsen, John...
News from Naselle: School is in and the sports program is in full swing. It’s football season and fall weather is beginning to herald the onset of cooler temperatures and snuggling into warmer clothes. Last week’s game for the Naselle Comets was a shut out with a score of 40-0 against Chief Leschi. Way to go boys. Sports calendar for this week includes: Friday, high school football vs. Lyle-Wishram at Lyle at 7 p.m.; Thursday, girl’s volleyball at Ilwaco at 5:45 p.m. Go Comets! Westend news: This Saturday evening the community has the oppor...
There's good news and bad news for the Cowlitz Family Health Center Clinic in Cathlamet. Making a quarterly report to the Wahkiakum County board of commissioners on Tuesday, health center Executive Director Dian Cooper acknowledged the clinic's staff turnover is a problem for patients. However, the health center is doing well financially, she said, and center managers are expanding services by opening more clinics in Cowlitz County and by connecting with TriWest Health Alliance for services for veterans. Connecting with TriWest will allow the...
What a nice change from the heat and dry weather. We show more than 2 inches in our rain gauge. I love it when it rains anyway, and I’m sure the firefighters appreciate it as well. News from Naselle: The new school year has begun, time to think about fall sports, cooler temperatures, and the usual routine of homework, bus schedules and other school activities. Let’s be a little more cautious around the school grounds and pay close attention when driving on bus routes. There will be no school on Monday in celebration of Labor Day. Students will...
Wahkiakum County health officials aren't impressed with the state of Washington's draft plan for the distribution of marijuna funds. The state has collected millions in taxes from the sale of legalized marijuna in the past year, and $7.25 million of those funds are destined to programs that will educate youth about hazards of marijuana use by young people. County Health Officer Dr. Sarah Present on Tuesday told Wahkiakum County commissioners that the state plans a hotline, $35,000, prevention effforts, $2.25 million, and media based education,...
Wahkiakum County Commissioners handled a variety of business when they met Tuesday. Commissioners heard a suggestion for working with a consultant to plan placement of dredge spoils on eroding Puget Island beaches. Public Works Director Pete Ringen said Coast and Harbor Engineering, who handled the county's previous dredge spoils planning, is available to handle the currently planned projects. Ringen suggested the county could ask the firm to include an analysis of the effects of deposits on the Puget Island ferry channel. Ringen said this is...
The ferry "Oscar B." resumed service Wednesday morning instead of being closed all week. That's the good news. The bad news is that the contractor will have to return once design and fabrication issues are settled. On Monday, an inspector noted that the ramp extension which the contractor had planned to weld on site needed to be fabricated in a shop for highest quality welding. Workers from Legacy Contracting, Inc., also noted that, because of the design, only a small portion of the extension, which is supposed to distribute weight and improve...
News from Naselle: The first day of the new 2015/2016 school year will commence on Monday, the 31st. The Naselle-Grays River Valley School District is looking for citizens to fill two positions on the Superintendent’s Advisory Committee and three positions on the Facilities Committee. If you are interested, please contact Superintendent Lisa Nelson at lnelson@naselleschools.org or call the District office at 360-484-7121 ext. 3. Both committees meet once a month for about an hour and a half. Are you interested in lending a hand, making s...
First the good news: The Town of Cathlamet's water plant is keeping reservoirs filled during this dry summer. Now the bad news: State water officials may be ready to limit the town and Puget Island Water systems to a maximum of 35 new connections. The issue touched off an explosive discussion at Monday's monthly council meeting, and after much discussion, the council authorized Public Works Director Duncan Cruickshank to draft a request for proposals for engineering services to construct a new intake for the water plant on the Elochoman River....
With Mayor Dale Jacobson providing the deciding vote, the Cathlamet Town Council adopted an ordinance to vacate a portion of Beal Street to Port District 1. Port officials requested the vacation of the undeveloped street last winter, saying they would use the property for economic development purposes. The vacation involves half of the street right-of-way between 2nd and 3rd streets, specifically, the half next to the River Mile 38 Brewery. In consideration, the port will allow the town to use a lot across from town hall on 2nd Street unless...
