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by Rick Nelson There were few surprises in Wahkiakum County's general election voting on Tuesday. The county auditor's elections officers counted 1,492 votes and have another 200 that will be counted 9:30 this morning (Thursday). That count may well decide the Wahkiakum School District's request for a special levy to raise money for security and technology upgrades. In Tuesday's tallies, there were 582 votes in favor of the measure, 50.65 percent, and 567 against. The measure needs a simple majority to pass. Incumbent Prosecuting Attorney Dan...
by Rick Nelson Health officials and service providers are preparing for the possiblity that the Ebola virus may arrive in the region. Speaking Tuesday before the Wahkiakum County board of commissioners, county health officer Dr. Sarah Present said health officials feel very confident that the threat of Ebola's arrival is very low. State health departments in both Washington and Oregon have had response teams on low level alerts for three weeks, she said. "Here in Wahkiakum County, we are at very low risk," she said. "In Washington, there have...
Gail Wahlstrom and Jill Merrill are showing their art in the Luminari Arts Gallery opening this Saturday as part of Astoria's Art Walk. They'll be on hand 5-8 p.m. in the gallery. "Gathering" presents the joint efforts of the two Naselle/Grays River artists, who work with an environmental consciousness, using natural and repurposed materials, and capture the spirit of the northwest with their creations. Wahlstrom has been drawing and creating since childhood, and delights in painting on organic surfaces such as birch bark, pressed leaves and...
The Wahkiakum Mule 2014 football season came to a close in a 46-21 loss to the Toledo Indians last Thursday. The Mules had a bright start; they dumped the Toledo ball carrier for a four-yard loss on the game's first play from scrimmage. However, on the second play, the Toledo runner took off for a 63-yard touchdown. A conversion kick gave the hosts a 7-0 lead at 11:15 of the first quarter. The Indian defense kept the Mules on their heels most of the game. Toledo scored three more times in the first quarter for a 27-0 lead after 12 minutes. The...
News from Naselle: Sports calendar for the Naselle Comet teams this week includes: Saturday, the 8th-Naselle will travel to Oak Harbor High School to play Lopez at 1 p.m. This is a Quad-District playoff-loser out and winner to play #1 in District 1. Naselle has been picked as the #1 seed for the SWW, District 1B volleyball tournament and they will host the #4 team from the Columbia 1B league on Tuesday, the 4th at 7 p.m. Tuesday, the 11th-middle school girls basketball at Valley at 5:45 p.m. Go Comets! The Comet Booster Club will meet on...
Wahkiakum County and the US Army Corps of Engineers plan to team up with Puget Island residents to sponsor and finance placement of dredged sand on eroding shoreline. The erosion is a recurring problem, and over the years county government has taken the lead in sponsoring projects with the Corps to replace the eroded sand. The county can't continue to keep sponsoring the project on its own, commission Chair Dan Cothren told a group of Island residents invited to meet Tuesday with Corps and...
There were few surprises in Wahkiakum County's general election voting on Tuesday. The county auditor's elections officers counted 1,492 votes and have another 200 that will be counted 9:30 this morning (Thursday). That count may well decide the Wahkiakum School District's request for a special levy to raise money for security and technology upgrades. In Tuesday's tallies, there were 582 votes in favor of the measure, 50.65 percent, and 567 against. The measure needs a simple majority to pass. Incumbent Prosecuting Attorney Dan Bigelow had a na...
Wahkiakum County commissioners heard a report from the Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce and handled other items of business Tuesday. Chamber Executive Director Ashley Turner said Chamber events and activities in the past year have shown success. Membership has grown and now stands at 129 members, 115 from Wahkiakum County. The Chamber crab feed in March was a successful fundraiser. About 65 percent of the customers were from outside the county. The Chamber will have a seating for people under age 21 next year, she said, and that should draw local...
News from Naselle: Sports calendar for the Naselle Comet teams this week include: Thursday (today), volleyball with Wishkah in Naselle at 7 p.m. and it is Senior Night as well; Friday, football with Taholah in Naselle at 7 p.m. also Senior Night; Saturday, XC District in Rainier at 11 a.m.; Tuesday, volleyball District (please call the school for time and place). Go Comets! Mochas & More coffee stand at the corner of SR 4 and 401 in Naselle is still accepting donations, in an effort to send all...
Joey Moore caught a 5-yard pass from Gunnar Blix as time expired to give the Wahkiakum Mules an 18-13 win over the visiting Mossyrock Vikings. The Mules battled adversity all game as steady rain made ball handling treacherous. Mossyrock scored at 5:33 of the first quarter after getting a Mule fumble at the Mules' 20-yard line. The conversion kick gave the Vikings a 7-0 lead. In the second quarter, the scene repeated as the Mules fumbled away at their own 20 and the Vikings scored at 4:44. The...
Wahkiakum County commissioners heard a variety of reports and requests at their meeting Tuesday: --Cathlamet resident Ora Prestegard asked what the county could do to help establish a clean and sober house for people recovering from substance abuse; --After discussion with US Army Corps of Engineers Project Manager Gail Saldana, the board agreed to extend the closure of Steamboat Slough Road to allow a contractor to complete work on the Julia Butler Hansen National Wildlife Refuge setback dike; --Commissioners rejected a request from District...
Joey Moore caught a 5-yard pass from Gunnar Blix as time expired to give the Wahkiakum Mules an 18-13 win over the visiting Mossyrock Vikings. The Mules battled adversity all game as steady rain made ball handling treacherous. Mossyrock scored at 5:23 of the first quarter after getting a Mule fumble at the Mules' 20-yard line. The conversion kick gave the Vikings a 7-0 lead. In the second quarter, the scene repeated as the Mules fumbled away at their own 20 and the Vikings scored at 4:44. The...
Members of the Cathlamet Town Council acted on a variety of business when they met Monday. The council will hold a town hall meeting November 10, 6 p.m., in the River Street Meeting Room, to discuss hookup fees for sewer and water systems. A Rosedale business man has suggested the county and town discuss and update utility line connection fees in the Rosedale area served by the Boege Road line. The town and county, which funded the extension, charge different fees. The town's is lower to encourage connections, of which there have been few, if...
It’s time to start gearing up for the wintery weather. Looks like we are in for some wet and windy days ahead. Though we had a beautiful summer and a rather warm early fall, now the leaves are changing and the mornings are much cooler, not to mention the daylight hours are dwindling. I do love fall, and the changing colors. Naselle news Sports calendar for the Naselle Comet teams for this week include: Thursday (today), cross country at Ocosta at 3:30 p.m., JV volleyball with South Bend at 5:45 p.m., varsity volleyball with MM Knight in N...
The Wahkiakum Mules edged the visiting Winlock Cardinals 18-13 in the Mules' homecoming football game on Friday. Winlock took the lead at 11:49 of the second quarter when Dawson Hall shot a gap in the Mule line, snatched the ball from Mule quarterback Zach Brown and raced 60 yards for a touchdown. The conversion kick put the Cards up 7-0. The Mules scored with 1:21 left in the first half on a 15-yard pass play from Gunnar Blix to Joey Moore. The conversion kick failed, leaving the Mules...
The Wahkiakum Mules edged the visiting Winlock Cardinals 18-13 in the Mules' homecoming football game on Friday. Winlock took the lead at 11:49 of the second quarter when Dawson Hall shot a gap in the Mule line, snatched the ball from Mule quarterback Zach Brown and raced 60 yards for a touchdown. The conversion kick put the Cards up 7-0. The Mules scored with 1:21 left in the first half on a 15-yard pass play from Gunnar Blix to Joey Moore. The conversion kick failed, leaving the Mules...
Wahkiakum County may cease providing a health insurance program for Port District 1. At their meeting Tuesday, Commissioners Dan Cothren, Blair Brady and Mike Backman agreed to wait a month before shedding Port 1 from the county's health insurance program. In other business Tuesday, the board agreed to withdraw an Ingalls Road construction project from a state funding program and handled other business. The county has incorporated Port 1's employees into the county insurance program since 1990, auditor's payroll clerk Kim Tracy told the board....
A Puget Island man's dog was killed while he was taking it for a walk last Friday. Roy Simpson had stopped to talk to a neighbor while walking his dog along West Sunny Sands Road near Svensen Park. While they were visiting, Simpson said, the neighbor's dog suddenly came out of the garage and attacked his Yorkshire Terrier, which was on a leash. "Within five seconds my dog was dead," Simpson said. "He never heard it coming." Simpson believes the neighbor's dog, which appears to be a Husky/wolf mix, has accosted people and is a dangerous dog. He...
News from Naselle: Sports events for the coming week for the Naselle Comet teams include: Thursday, volleyball with Oakville at Naselle at 5:45 p.m., middle school football with Ocosta at Naselle at 6 p.m.; Friday, homecoming football game with Twin Valley at Naselle at 7 p.m.; Monday, middle school volleyball at Ocosta at 5:45 p.m., varsity volleyball at Ocosta at 5:45 p.m.; Tuesday, volleyball with Lake Quinault at Naselle at 5:45 p.m.; Wednesday, middle school volleyball with North Beach at Naselle at 5:45 p.m. Go Comets! The Naselle-Grays...
by Rick Nelson The Onalaska Loggers overpowered the Wahkiakum Mules for a 56-20 Central League football win last Friday. Once again, the Mules fielded a small squad--16 suited up for the game--with underclassmen having to do battle. "Our starting center got sick Friday and went home at noon," said Mule Coach Eric Hansen. "Two two-way starters are ineligible because of grades, and we had to suspend a kid last week because of a training code violation." The Loggers scored twice in the first quarter on runs of 22 and four yards. They boosted that...
And so we have an election upon us with measures of utmost importance. Well, maybe. Two initiatives, I-594 and I-591, deal with gun control. I-594 would tighten rules on gun sale background checks in a state effort to keep guns out of the hands of people with felony convictions or who have a history of mental illness, sex offenses or domestic violence. People now may take advantage of a loophole in state law that doesn't require the same level of checks at gun shows or over the internet. If the initiative passes, all sales would have the same...
Local elk hunting activists are hosting a meeting next Wednesday to present information on elk hoof rot disease. Dan Cothren, a Wahkiakum County commissioner, has been lobbying the state Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) to act on the issue for several years. The disease causes a hoof to become deformed, and the animal subsequently goes lame and dies of starvation or predation. It is widely affecting elk in Cowlitz, Wahkiakum and Pacific counties and is found in other areas. WDFW biologists have tried to determine the cause of the disease...
The short agenda of Wahkiakum County board of commissioners meeting Tuesday covered items ranging from utility connection fees to reorganizing the Public Works and County Road departments. Rosedale businessman Bob Jungers raised the utility issue with an email suggesting the board "reconsider the agreement you have with the Town of Cathlamet regarding the $3,000 fee for new (sewer) hook-ups" in the lower Boege Road area. "You are into that project, I believe, for $312,000 for eight years with a return of zero, and a benefit to constituents and...
News from Naselle: Sports calendar for the Naselle Comet teams this week include: Thursday, middle school football at Raymond at 6 p.m.; Friday, football with MM Knight at 7 p.m.; Monday, middle school volleyball at South Bend at 5:45 p.m.; Wednesday, middle school volleyball with Raymond in Naselle at 5:45 p.m.; Thursday, volleyball with Oakville in Naselle at 5:45 p.m., middle school football with Ocosta in Naselle at p.m. Go Comets!! The Naselle Booster Club meets on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. Mochas & More Espresso shop in Naselle is nearing it...
by Rick Nelson The young Wahkiakum Mule football team took another blow in the chin with a 47-6 loss last Friday at Morton/White Pass. The Mules received the opening kickoff and marched deep into MWP territory, but a blitzing defender stole a handoff. MWP took advantage of the shift in momentum and went up 6-0 at 3:49 of the first quarter. MWP boosted the lead to 12-0 at 9:18 of the second quarter. The Timberwolves scored again at 6:47 and tacked on a two-point conversion for a 20-0 lead. The Mules responded with a scoring drive. Gunnar Blix,...
