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Southwest Washington's regional manager of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife came to Cathlamet Monday to discuss the start of a salmon net pen rearing project, and commercial fishermen used the opportunity to express their displeasure with changes to the Columbia River gillnet fishery. Following an initiative from Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber, Washington's Fish and Wildlife Commission has decreed that gillnets will be moved out of the main channel of the Columbia. Officials say the goal is to reduce the by-catch of salmon from...
Members of the Cathlamet Town Council handled a variety of business when they met Monday, including hearing that one of their members would resign effective May 1. Council Member Dick Swart said he would resign his position effective 12:01 a.m. May 1. He is planning to do some traveling this year. At their meeting last month, council members authorized him to take a leave of absence and return to the position in the fall, but Swart said Monday he had decided against that. "I thought it would be the best for the town if we didn't delay in gettin...
(Corrected April 29, 2014) Filing runs May 12-16 for positions that will be on the summer and fall election ballots, and many county government positions will be open. County Auditor Diane Tischer said she and county Commissioner Blair Brady and Assessor Bill Coons have already declared with the state Public Disclosure Commission that they will be candidates for re-election. Cathlamet Town Council Member Richard (Dick) Swart announced Monday that he is resigning his position effective 12:01 a.m. May 1. The unexpired portion of his term in...
Members of the Wahkiakum County board of commissioners handled a variety of light business when they met Tuesday. The commission approved a proposal from the Tsuga Artists Association to repaint an outdoor mural at the Main Street entrance to the courthouse parking lot. The paint on the mural, which depicts sights to see in the county, is flaking off the mural surface. Association member David Goodroe said the group originally had two proposals in mind--for $1,500 members would repaint the mural close to the fashion in which it was created,...
Looks like another wet week ahead, but they say that “April showers bring May flowers.” I actually think they would probably bloom anyway in our damp climate, but who knows. News from Naselle: Sports calendar for the Naselle Comet teams this week: Thursday, the 24th-track at South Bend at 3:30 p.m. and baseball at Northwest Christian at 4 p.m.; Monday, the 28th-fast pitch and baseball with North Beach in Naselle at 4 p.m.; Wednesday, the 30th-middle school track in Naselle at 3:30 p.m. Go Comets!! The Naselle Lutheran Church (located at 308...
Staff of Port District No. 2 continue to address two major projects for 2014. Commissioners on Tuesday approved consultant Karen Bertroch's plans to pursue grant support for their effort to create a display space for an historic Columbia River gillnet boat. Bertroch estimates the project will cost close to $40,000. She said she has two like funders that could yield $13,000. From there, she'll contact other potential donors to continue the fundraising effort. The port plans to create a display in which viewers may see down into the boat. Port...
Wahkiakum County Health and Human Services will revise their Friday office hours starting this week. County commissioners on Tuesday approved a recommendation from Administrator Sue Cameron, who proposed closing the department's office in the Courthouse Annex on Fridays. No services would be lost, and there would be no cost savings, she said, but there would be efficiencies "gained by concentrating staff on one campus and eliminating the need to have staff travel back and forth between offices to work with the public or manage projects." Two...
Wahkiakum County dispatchers apparently didn't miss any calls for emergency assistance when CentruyLink's emergency dispatching services went down statewide last week. Joannie Bjorge, chief civil deputy in the Wahkiakum County Sheriff's Office, and regional dispatch center administrators will get together to discuss the outage. "There's a lot of discontent in the 9-1-1 world about CenturyLink," Bjorge told the Wahkiakum County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday. CenturyLink didn't notify the county that the system was down, Bjorge said;...
Spring is definitely in the air with the smell of cherry blossoms, fresh mown grass, and many of the wildflowers beginning to bloom. The dogs are shedding their winter coats, and if you brush them outside and leave the fur, the birds are in a mad rush to pick it up and carry it off. A few butterflies are even appearing, and the hummingbird feeder needs to be refilled frequently. Nature sure has a beautiful way of beginning new life in the spring. News from Naselle Sports calendar for the Naselle Comet teams: Thursday (today), track at North...
Wahkiakum County's Health Department may someday share quarters with the Cowlitz Family Health Center Clinic. Wahkiakum County commissioners on Tuesday affirmed their interest in seeing the Health and Human Services Department (H&HS) explore the concept, called co-locating. H&HS has a split campus, with administrators and the health department located in the courthouse annex and mental health, chemical dependency and similar services offered at the campus on Elochoman Valley Road. H&HS staff area already considering how the Elochoman Campus...
Wahkiakum County commissioners handled a variety of business when they met Tuesday. The board held a public hearing to collect comment on an upgraded watershed management plan for Wahkiakum and Cowlitz counties. The Lower Columbia Fish Recovery Board is leading the update of the plan, which is required by Washington's Watershed Management Act, and which has a goal of enhancing water conditions for salmon populations. Executive Director Jeff Breckel said the upgrade would have little impact on stream basins in Wahkiakum County. There are...
News from Naselle Sports calendar for the Naselle Comet teams for the coming week: Monday-fast pitch and baseball at Taholah at 4 p.m.; Wednesday-middle school track at Ocosta at 3:30 p.m.; Thursday-track at North Beach at 3:30 p.m. Go Comets!! There will be a meeting for those interested in the Running Start Program on Tuesday, 6 p.m. This meeting will provide information about the program. Here’s a reminder for parents and guardians of toddlers through 3rd grade kiddos to bring them to the Naselle High School football field on April 19 at 1...
The debate about if or how Wahkiakum County should permit the siting of facilities that would legally produce or process marijuana returned to the county board of commissioners on Tuesday. Commissioners held a public hearing on a proposed ordinance establishing a renewable six-month moratorium on the permitting of the businesses. In the interim, commissioners will appoint a committee, to be chaired by Commissioner Blair Brady, which will examine the issue and recommend steps the county can take to address the issue. Most of the comments in the...
News from Naselle: Students will be enjoying a week away from classes, beginning this weekend, on their annual Spring Break, and will return to school on April 14. Sports calendar for the rest of this week includes: Thursday, the 3rd- track at Ocosta at 3:30 p.m. Go Comets!! Poet, author and musician Eric Ode will visit the Naselle School on Friday to present two assemblies for students during the school day with an added performance in the evening at 5:30 p.m. for families and friends in the Middle School Commons. Join in the fun and...
Wahkiakum County commissioners on Tuesday authorized the closure of Steamboat Slough Road for continued construction of the new setback dike on the Julia Butler Hansen National Wildlife Refuge. Poor weather last September stopped construction of the new dike before it was completed. The Columbia is eroding the existing dike under Steamboat Slough Road, and the US Army Corps of Engineers is directing the construction of the new dike set back from the shoreline. When the new dike is completed, the contractor will breach the old dike in two...
I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I had found my first trillium. Well, on my walk with the dogs yesterday, I hit the jackpot. There must have been 300 trilliums in one little area of our woods. They were just beautiful, and I had never seen so many, so I picked my first bouquet to enjoy in the house. The hummingbirds are back in full force and they sure are hungry little devils. They are so much fun to watch, and their colors so brilliant. Country life is the only way to go, and welcome to Spring. News from Naselle: Sports calendar for...
Members of the Cathlamet Town Council received a big check and handled a variety of business at the monthly meeting last Monday. Kathy Murphy and Maureen Zacher Bockius of the Blanche Bradley Library Foundation presented a check for $50,000 as a contribution to improvements to the municipal library. The money had come from an anonymous donation and was dispersed now that the library has been refurbished. In other business, council members authorized completion of two fire suppression sprinkler systems in two town buildings. The first, for an...
Wahkiakum County commissioners on Tuesday agreed to proceed with development of ordinances that would place moratoriums on marijuana production and breaching of dikes in the county. According to Prosecuting Attorney Dan Bigelow, a moratorium is a period of time in which county officials should develop a plan to address the issues. The board will hold a public hearing on the proposed ordinances on April 1, and it may adopt the ordinances at that time. Marijuana production opposed Changes in state law now permit growing, processing and sales of...
Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson celebrated the end of the 2014 legislative session by coming to the Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce crab and oyster feed last Saturday. Ferguson said the legislature sent three of the six bills his office had requested to the governor for signature. The legislature left undone the task of clarifying the mix of rules regulating the developing commercial production and sale of marijuana. Across the state there are cities and counties which would like to prohibit the cultivation and/or sale of...
Wahkiakum School District transportation supervisor Calvin Grasseth came to our office late last week with a letter to the editor. The letter speaks to the issue of drivers passing school buses which are showing the red no-passing lights while students get on or leave the bus, an act which endangers the lives of the children. In the past few months, a half dozen drivers have gone around Wahkiakum school buses which were displaying the red lights and stop paddle, Grasseth said, and he is alarmed at the trend. I've printed his letter below as a...
News from Naselle: Sports calendar for the Naselle Comet teams this week include: Thursday, the 20th-high school track at home at 3:30 p.m.; Friday, the 21st-boys baseball with Northwest Christian in Naselle at 4 p.m.; Saturday, the 22nd-fast pitch and baseball at North Beach at 4 p.m.; Monday and Tuesday, the 24th and 25th, there will be a tournament in Seaside; Wednesday, the 26th-middle school track at South Bend at 3:30 p.m. Go Comets! If you thought you missed the annual Naselle School variety show, I have good news for you. It was...
Completion of a wetland habitat improvement project will impact traffic on S4 this summer. A contractor will replace two culverts under the highway in the vicinity of Milepost 34. Construction will start in July and finish in August, according to Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) engineer Paul Harrison. The contractor will close the highway to one lane traffic which will be controlled by flaggers during working hours and by traffic signals in off hours. The highway department will team with Columbia Land Trust and the state...
I hope everyone kept their feet dry last weekend after the amount of rain and wind we ended up with. Our son and his girlfriend were here for the weekend but made an early exit on Saturday night in order to get out before we were flooded in. It didn’t last very long but was sure fast coming in. Looks like more silt building up in the pastures, and more pot holes to fill. News from Naselle: Sports calendar for the Naselle Comet teams this week include: Tuesday, the 18th-fast pitch and baseball at Ocosta at 4 p.m., Thursday, the 20th-fast p...
Local officials plan to meet next month with federal officials to go over expectations arising from the construction of a new setback dike along Steam Boat Slough Road. Wahkiakum County commissioners and Diking District Commissioner Maurice Mooers want the US Army Corps of Engineers to sign legal documents giving them ownership of the new dike and a guarantee for the repair of any damage to SteamBoat Slough Road. The Columbia River is eating into the existing dike and threatening to breach and flood the US Fish and Wildlife Service's Julia...
Residents of the Pancake Point area on Puget Island's East Sunny Sands are starting to see an old nemesis: Their beach is eroding at a fast rate that could someday threaten homes. Resident Mike Beutler approached the Wahkiakum County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday to ask if county officials had followed up on conversations last fall with the US Army Corps of Engineers and Port of Portland about starting the design and permitting process to use dredge spoils to replenish the beach, as happened in 2006. "Most of the sand deposited eight years...
