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Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Grays River Valley landowners returned incumbents to the Grays River Enhancement District board of commissioners in an election Tuesday. The boards three incumbents each defeated challengers. Vote talleys were: Postion 1: Delvin Fredrickson 380, Kurt Steinke 186. Position 2: Poul Toftemark 386, Teri Satterlund 204. Position 3: William Karwoski 417, Karen Bertroch 147. Wahkiakum County Auditor Diane Tischer said there were 630 cast out of a possible total of 942 votes. Voting was restricted to property owners who reside within the district....
The Department of Ecology will host a meeting Monday, 6 p.m., at the Rosburg Hall to gather public input on an application for a permit to spread processed human sewage on a Grays River farm. Evergreen Septic of Seaview has applied for the permit to dump treated biosolids on parts of the Philip and Sulema Zerr farm on Loop Road. Biosolids are primarily organic material produced during wastewater treatment which may be put to beneficial use. Evergreen Septic owners Claude and Connie Noyes are proposing to dispose of biosolids they will collect...
It is and it isn't. That might be the best way to summarize comments in an hour-long discussion before the Wahkiakum County board of commissioners about a proposal to include Wahkiakum County in a proposed national heritage area. Those supporting the proposal say it's designed to benefit the region's economy through promotion of tourism. Those opposing it say it will allow unchecked interests to impose strict land use controls on private property owners. Commissioners Blair Brady and Dan Cothren listened to the debate--Commissioner Lisa...
Wahkiakum School District's board of directors last week authorized Superintendent Bob Garrett to plan layoffs necessary to accommodate reduced funding from the State of Washington. Garrett told the directors April 21 that he anticipates a $48,000 reduction in state funding and an additional $35,000 loss because of declining enrollment. Last year, teachers and coaches gave up pay for certain activities as a way to help the district deal with the 2009 revenue reduction, but they may want that pay restored, Garrett said. This and increasing...
Wahkiakum County commissioners approved extra help for the treasure and travel and training expense vouchers for District Court when they met Tuesday. Treasurer Paula Holloway requested an additional $2,000 for her extra help budget line. Commissioners had approved a $1,000 appropriation several weeks ago, but that has been used for tax collection work, she said. She still needs extra help to finish tax work and converting to a new computer program, she said. Commissioners Dan Cothren and Blair Brady--Lisa Marsyla was absent--approved the...
Wahkiakum County commissioners and District Court Judge Bill Faubion cleared up issues regarding unpaid vouchers Tuesday but are still far from getting them approved. Last week, Commissioners Blair Brady, Dan Cothren and Lisa Marsyla rejected vouchers totalling approximately $1,700 for training and travel expenses for two courtroom security officers. Marsyla said she had several issues with the vouchers. For example, she said, Judge Faubion had once told her that he and Judge Mike Sullivan wanted to maximize the guards hours, which are paid by...
The Cathlamet Town Council voted Tuesday to apply for a federal grant to begin construction of a new waste water treatment plant. In other business, the council voted 4-1 to authorize Mayor George Wehrfritz to lead an effort for a grant application for upgrading a trail to Angle Street, and the council approved a long term lease of the Pioneer Church from the Pioneer Community Association. A variety of factors led the council to apply for funds to begin waste water plant construction. Two years ago, the plant was estimated to cost $12 million,...
If constituents have their way, Wahkiakum County commissioners will draft a letter opposing the formation of a national heritage area around the mouth of the Columbia River. The commissioners and about 30 persons spent over 30 minutes discussing a proposed national heritage area, with constituents saying the proposal is a thinly veiled effort for proponents of the proposal to take control of land use in the region. Commissioners said they shared concerns of the constituents. They said they would study the proposal, which is currently the...
Charges of animal cruelty or neglect are pending against a Puget Island man. Last Wednesday, officers from the Wahkiakum County Sheriff's Department, Cowlitz Humane Society, and the Washington Department of Agriculture executed a search warrant on land owned or leased by Terry Vik, an East Sunny Sands resident. Wahkiakum County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Bigelow said Tuesday his office is still awaiting a report from the DOA veterinarian. Once all reports are submitted, prosecutors will decide exactly what charges to press, Bigelow said. In March...
News from Naselle: Naselle Comets will be busy this week: today (Thursday) – high school track at Ocosta, start time 3:30 p.m. and baseball/softball vs. North Beach in Naselle at 4 p.m.; Monday – baseball/softball vs. Northwest Christian in Naselle at 4 p.m.; Wednesday – middle school track at Naselle at 3:30 p.m. Go Comets! Naselle School held their first Annual Art Show on April 15. It was truly a community event with students from kindergarten through 12th grade participating. Judges were selected from community members, teachers and Para...
Sponsors of a feasibility study on a proposal to form a regional national heritage area received full spectrum of opinion at a public hearing Tuesday evening in Cathlamet. Some speakers said they felt the proposal would benefit the area's economy; others claimed it was an unconstitutional land grab. The impetus to form a national heritage area came out of the region's efforts to observe the 200th anniversary of the Lewis and Clark Journey of Discovery. Proponents felt the national heritage program would make the region known for its particular...
An upswing in the timber market could mean an increase in revenue from state managed county trust timber land, county officials learned Tuesday. In other business, commissioners filled two planning commission vacancies and rejected a District Court voucher for security guard training. Marcus Johns, regional manager of the Department of Natural Resources, which manages the harvest of timber of county trust lands, said timber markets have improved and county timber sales will produce more revenue than forecast a few months ago. Revenue from...
Coordinators of the 2010 US Census have a response for Wahkiakum County residents who haven't yet received a questionnaire: We'll get back to you. Census workers have mailed forms to residences, but forms addressed to post office boxes were never delivered. Postal officials emailed workers in post offices to say that the letters should be returned because census workers want to make sure that one questionnaire went to one residence, and that control was impossible to maintain through use of post office boxes. Postal workers weren't allowed to...
Vote-by-mail ballots have been sent to landowners in the valley for election of members of the Grays River Habitat Enhancement District Board of Directors. The district, which is essentially a flood or erosion control district, has a three-person board of commissioners, and all positions are up for election. Candidates are, Position 1, incumbent Delvin Fredricksen and challenger Kurt Steinke; Postion 2, incumbent Poul Toftemark and challenger Terr Satterlund, and Position 3, incumbent William Karwoski and challenger Karen Bertroch. The...
Eagle readers don't miss much, and I like that. It will be easy to notice that we have an article by reporter Stevan Morgain. His stories and photos have been missing since January. It seems that last fall, his doctors told him he had a tumor on a kidney, and he needed surgery to remove the tumor. The good news was that the tumor wasn't malignant; the bad news was it would be a long, rough road to recovery. We're pleased that he's getting there. For the past two weeks, we've been publicizing a photo contest, "A Day in the Life of Wahkiakum and...
News from Naselle: The Naselle-Grays River School District is looking for a new school board member from the Grays River area. If you are interested or know someone who is, make sure to contact the district office and get the full information. The board would like to interview and appoint a new member at their April 20 meeting so time is of the essence. A busy week coming up in sports at Naselle: Thursday – high school track meet at home with the following teams competing: North Beach, Northwest Christian, Ocosta, MMK, Tahola, Oakville, N...
Jeff McNally, a 2006 Wahkiakum High School graduate, is playing professional football with the Wyoming Calvary of the American Indoor Football Association. McNally is finishing his senior year at Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, taking classes on line to earn a bachelor degree in business management. An all-American defensive back and four-year starter at Eastern Oregon, he and a couple teammates participated in a professional football training camp earlier this year in Arizona and demonstrated their talents for professional scouts at...
For Skamokawa's Darren Droullard, the 9-11 terrorist attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center were a call to action. He was 35 years old, with a wife and teenage daughter. "I felt I should go," he said. "It just seemed like I should serve." Droullard tried to enlist in the regular US Army, but recruiters told him that he was too old. He tried the Washington National Guard; their age limit was 36 years; he enlisted with three months to spare. That started a career that has taken him on...
A small election has drawn lots of interest in the Grays River Valley. Vote-by-mail ballots will be mailed Friday to landowners in the valley for election of members of the Grays River Habitat Enhancement District Board of Directors. The district, which is essentially a flood or erosion control district, has a three-person board of commissioners, and all positions are up for election. The term has ended for the Position 1, held by Delvin Fredricksen, and the unfinished terms of two candidates who resigned from office are also up for election. P...
Wahkiakum County commissioners interviewed candidates for a vacancy on the county planning commission and acted on other business items Tuesday. The planning commission has had two vacancies representing District 1, Puget Island and part of Cathlamet, for years. Recent advertisements, however, drew four candidates. Three were Puget Island residents. Eugene Healy gave commissioners a resume describing his career in business. Loren Jennings, an engineer, and William (Bud) Condrey, a surveyor, described their work with planning and land use...
Wahkiakum officials this week agreed to reinforce the county health department's environmental health specialist position. County commissioners reduced the position to one day a week in late 2008 as part of budget cuts to meet a revenue shortfall. On Tuesday, they agreed it's probably time to add more time to the position. Health and Human Services Director Judy Bright told Commissioners Blair Brady, Dan Cothren and Lisa Marsyla it's time to consider raising food permit fees and increase the health officer's hours. The fee for a small...
Spring? What’s going on here? Studded tires are supposed to come off on April 1 so we wake up to snow the next few days. Something’s wrong with this picture. This wasn’t the only place with bad weather for the Easter weekend, as we headed south to spend time with our family in California. It started snowing just out of Ashland, Ore. and got pretty scary in the Siskiyous. We made it through the snow, slush, wind and downright nasty stuff, just ahead of a 20-car pileup near Weed, Calif. We had a wonderful time with the family and headed home on M...
When it comes to knocking clay pigeons out of the sky, Fred Hoven and John Didricksen are starting to get the hang of it. The two Cathlamet men took up trap shooting eight and 10 years ago under the tutelege of the late Johnnie Ray Anderson. After his death, they began working with the Cathlamet FFA trap shooting team, one of Anderson's pet projects. Besides working with the high school shooters, they travel the West to compete with novices and masters. "That's one of the great things about the sport," Didricksen said Tuesday. "You can be...
It appears the turmoil surrounding the adoption of President Obama's health insurance reform bill is starting to die down. Supporters are hailing the bill as landmark legislation which will provide health care coverage to those who need it and rein in escalating health care costs that are becoming a bigger and bigger drain on our nation's economy. Critics lambast the bill as government intrusion into the lives of citizens and claim it won't do what it says it will do. They've begun targeting congressmen who voted for it, hoping to be able to...
I realize this is April Fool’s Day, but let’s hope Mother Nature will be kind to us for a nice holiday weekend. Wishing all the little Easter egg hunters lots of luck. News from Naselle: At the February 16 school board meeting, Steve Sultemeier submitted his resignation after six years of service on the Naselle-Grays River Valley School District Board of Directors, leaving an open seat on the Board. Citizens are invited to nominate candidates for the position provided the nominees are registered voters who reside in the director district in...
