Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Last Saturday, the Wahkiakum Mule wrestling team traveled to their last regular season tournament of the year, the Rubber Chicken at Kalama. The Chicken had doubled in size this year to a 16 man tournament with such power house schools as Kelso JV, Union, LaCenter and Wahkiakum in attendance. As the day progressed the level of competition became obvious. As Mule Assistant Coach Keith Burns said, “This is the level of competition that prepares wrestlers for state.” Dylan Hansen, wrestling at heavyweight, made the finals with a pin over a Cas...
Yannik Kruetter finished off Tuesday night’s decisive fourth quarter with an emphatic dunk, and Wyatt Parker erupted for a season-high 35 points as the Mules rolled to a 72-56 victory over the visiting Mossyrock Vikings. The Mules played at a fast, energetic pace that had been lacking the past few games but led by just two points going into the final frame. However, the fourth quarter turned into one of the Mules’ best of the year as they wrapped up the game on a 25-11 run. Chris Bilgic went a perfect 6 for 6 from the field for 14 points whi...
The Wahkiakum Lady Mule basketball team won one game and lost another in tight Central League basketball this past week. The Mules turned on the defensive pressure in the second half and overcame a four-point deficit to defeat the Winlock Cardinals 50-46 last Saturday in a game postponed from earlier in the week because of snow. Winlock led 34-30 at halftime and 40-38 after three quarters. The Mules used a full-court press to slow the Cardinal offense, outscoring the visitors 20-12 in the second half. Brieanna Olsen led the Mule scoring with 16...
DOMINATING WEATHER--Once again the weather has been the dominant source of conversation as the snow began to melt, the lowland areas began to flood and the wind began to howl, which meant trees were coming down, slides were happening here and there and power outages also happened. By the time our neighbors to the south got hammered with most of the rain, and our neighbors to the north were dealing with a batch of snow and freezing rain, we were actually sitting in a pretty good spot by comparison. I have to admit, I'm ready for winter to be...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: January 16--9:17 a.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to aid a Jacobson Road resident who was very ill. 11:08 a.m. An East Valley Road resident reported a power outage; the PUD was advised. 11:30 .m. Deputies and the Cathlamet ambulance and fire departments responded to a single car roll over accident on SR 4. 12:25 p.m. A power outage was reported in the Greenwood Road area. The PUD was notified. 1:20 p.m....
Thomas J. West passed away January 8, 2012 in Bend, Ore. due to complications from pneumonia. He was 71 years old. He was born in Portland, Ore. on June 7, 1940 to C.T. and Helen (Kreifels) West. His family moved from Tigard, Ore. to Skamokawa when Tom was seven years old. He attended Skamokawa Grade School and Wahkiakum High School where he graduated in 1958. Tom served in the army from 1965 to 1967. He worked for Weyerhaeuser in Longview and in 1967, he and his family moved to Bend where he worked for Brooks-Scanlon for 11 years. As a young...
Lila Irene Garrison, 88, of Tigard, Ore. passed away on January 24, 2012, at home. She was born to Elmo and Erma (Lee) Dow on August 18,1923 in Nehalem, Ore. Her family moved to Puget Island when she was very young. She attended school in Cathlamet and graduated from Wahkiakum High School in 1941. Lila married Kenneth Garrison on November12, 1942 in Vancouver. He preceded her in 2010. She worked as a telephone operator on Puget Island and in Vancouver before becoming a military wife and a devoted mother. One of her last statements on Monday...
The Wahkiakum School Board reviewed a policy prepared by athletic staff regarding dual sport participation, learned of an incident of drug abuse at school, and conducted routine business at its meeting Monday. The board learned that five high school students had been involved in inhaling or huffing “canned air.” Products used to clean computer keyboards contain two ingredients, tetrafluoroethane and difluoroethane, which can be fatal when mixed and inhaled. High school Principal Dan Casler said it took quite a bit of investigative work to lea...
Wahkiakum County government should expect to see about $1 million per year for the next three years in revenue off state managed county trust timber land. The revenue from the timber sales is a major part of the revenue for the county's Current Expense Fund, which funds most courthouse offices. Steve Ogden, regional manager for the state Department of Natural Resources, reported to the board of county commissioners on Tuesday that the agency has plans to offer timber sales that should generate that level of revenue. The county received $1.3...
On Thursday, January 12, the Washington House Health and Human Services Appropriations Committee held a hearing to examine Gov. Chris Gregoire’s proposal to cut 4,000 families off of the Working Connections Child Care program for a savings of $50 million. The hearing focused on the Governor’s proposed reductions to TANF as well as the Working Connections Child Care program. The state’s Working Connections Child Care program provides a small subsidy to working families to help pay for child care. Currently, there are almost 30,000 famil...
Wahkiakum County commissioners learned Tuesday that proceeds from a Puget Island farm seized from a marijuana grower are carefully governed. The county acquired the six acre property on East Birnie Slough Road last fall after its owner became the focus of investigations in Clark County, where he was convicted of growing marijuana. Law enforcement officers executed a search warrant on the property and found that buildings had been used to grow marijuana. Commissioners had heard several proposals for use of the property, including as a site for...
Wahkiakum County commissioners decided Tuesday to search of an interim director for the county's Department of Health and Human Services. Former Director Judy Bright resigned effective the beginning of January, and commissioners have been seeking advice on how to fill the position. On Tuesday, they spent an hour discussing the situation with Marie Flake, a regional official with the state Department of Health. Flake described the variety of health departments across the state and talked about the fiscal and political issues facing heath...
To The Eagle: A few of Howard Brawn's national management suggestions might be difficult to achieve. However, his comments “Rocks thrown at wrong target” (The Eagle 9/29/11) were on target and deserve some suggestions to address a solution. The apparent misappropriation and or non-accountability of over “100K” in Emergency Medical Service and Fire Department funds are still not accounted for, and the existence of “four undeclared checking/saving accounts under the town’s tax ID number” in the names of and managed by the district court judge a...
To The Eagle: The readers of The Eagle were treated to a pithy reply with wonderful humor, to my rebuttal of a previous letter. I found humor even in the not meant to be humorous, hence this letter. I did by the way send Mr. Brawn a thank you card which I hope he gets, as he does not list his full address in the book, mine is in case he would like to send one back. First, thanks for noting our six year fight, with Columbia Land Trust, which now seems to be moving forward. I can only guess Mr. Brawn gets his news before we in the Westend do....
To The Eagle: In the past year, the Daily News has had numerous letters referring to the disregard local PUDs have for the payers. The management style seems to be in the image of ENRON. The most telling was at a meeting of Public Utility District #1 of Wahkiakum County this past year when it was announced that there would be no public comment. After a query to the legal counsel of said PUD, I was informed that PUDs are not required to take public input. Question: why are they called Public Utility Districts? P.J. Fleury Cat...
To The Eagle: I would like to encourage parents, teachers and community members to attend the Principal's Round Table tonight (Thursday) at 6 p.m. in room 101 of the John C. Thomas Middle School. We will be discussing online safety, cyberbullying and sexting. With 20 percent of youth having sent or posted nude or semi-nude photos of themselves, we are definitely in need of some education on the consequences of this epidemic. The emotional and legal consequences both come with huge impact on one's life. With the increase in technology, we are fi...
To The Eagle: It seems past time to admit that our economic system does not work. Sufficient assets can carry some of us over cyclic economic depressions but for many of us, these cycles have tragic consequences. We have lost jobs while needing to support and educate families and many have fallen into undeserved poverty. The wealthy don't get their wealth out of thin air. They get it from us. It seems mindless to continue to extract profit from working people who have no opportunity to replenish their resources. It reminds us of the analogy of...
COUNTY OF WAHKIAKUM NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON FRANCHISE APPLICATION FILED BY WESTERN WAHKIAKUM TELEPHONE COMPANY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Western Wahkiakum Telephone Company has filed with the Board of County Commissioners for Wahkiakum County, Washington, a Franchise Application for Western Wahkiakum Telephone Company to construct, maintain and operate telephone and data transmission lines in, under, along and over the public roads and highways in Wahkiakum County, Washington, as more particularly described in the Franchise Application no...
NOTICE OF EXISTENCE OF SMALL WORKS ROSTER AND SOLICITATION FOR CONTRACTORS FOR INCLUSION ON SUCH ROSTER PORT DISTRICT NO. 2 OF WAHKIAKUM COUNTY, WASHINGTON NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Commissioners of Port District No. 2 of Wahkiakum County, Washington, (the "District"), are accepting applications for its Small Works Contractor and Vendor Roster for the year 2012. Applicants, where required by law, must be properly licensed and bonded to perform work in the State of Washington. Contractors whose names appear on the Roster may be...
STATE OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY YAKIMA, WASHINGTON NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO ENTER GROUNDWATER RIGHT G4-23992(A)C INTO THE WASHINGTON STATE TRUST WATER PROGRAM TAKE NOTICE: Pursuant to RCW 90.03.380 and RCW 90.42.040(5)(a) be advised that on December 7, 2011, Martin Pitney of Pinecreek Orchards LLC. made application to the State of Washington Department of Ecology to transfer the entire quantity of water allocated under Ground Water Certificate G4-23992(A)C to Ecology’s Trust Water Program. The proposed change of use is for g...
Well, back to the lake in our field and driving through inches of water to get out to the highway. It’s not all bad though. We have seen swans for the first time in years, and the usual flocks of duck and geese, as well as blue herons wading in the water. It looks like more is on the way, so guess I’d better do a little stocking up. My husband and I watched our dogs run down the hill from the house on Sunday and followed to see what they were after. Lo and behold, stuck in an icy pond close to the Grays River, was a sea gull. What a sight! He...
The Washington State Department of Agriculture grant papers for our new bleachers have been signed by all the appropriate people and Mr. Chuck Beyer told me I can order the bleachers! After an email to the company representative I think I may wait a few months before I place that order. The order will take only four weeks to be completed and this time of year it is still too wet to get the area prepared where these bleachers will be set up. Once in place, they will be there permanently because they weigh a lot even though they are aluminum. My...
The Washington state legislature is poised to pass a law recognizing marriages of same gender couples. Governor Chris Gregoire got the ball rolling before the state of the current legislative session when she said she would sponsor the legislation. She said she had considered the issue and concluded it would be the right thing to do. Here are her comments, as reported by The Associated Press. “It’s time, it’s the right thing to do, and I will introduce a bill to do it,” Gregoire said. “I say that as a wife, a mother, a student of the law, and...
