Articles from the January 31, 2013 edition

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Mules fall to Loggers

For the second time this season the Mules came up three points short against eighth-ranked Onalaska, falling 45-42 to the Loggers. Slow starts have plagued the Mules throughout the season, and it continued again last Wednesday, as the Mules fell...

 

Lady Mules edge Mossyrock

Fans reported that good defense and 100 percent free throw shooting in the fourth quarter helped Wahkiakum Lady Mules defeat the Mossyrock Vikings 46-44 Tuesday night. Baylee Olsen led the Mule scoring with 20 points. Hailey Quigley had seven;...

 

Enjoy Super Bowl festivities on Sunday

WET AND GLOOMY--Here we are at the end of the first month of the new year, and as this week begins, it's wet and breezy but at least it's not freezing and blowing and we're not buried in snow, so I'm thankful for that. Cousin Erik Pedersen had taken...

 

Sheriff's Report - January 31, 2013

Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: January 21— 10:19 a.m. A caller reported the theft of a cell phone. The phone was later recovered and the...

 

Nils T. Newbom

 On December 13th, 2012, Nils Theodore Newbom finished his great hunt. Born in 1941, he was the son of Ted and Helen Newbom (Cruikshank). He grew up in Redmond, Washington and attended Redmond High School.  Nils lived with his wife Carol...

 

WWU students graduate, excel

Local students at Western Washington University in Bellingham were named to the honor roll, and another graduated at the end of winter quarter. Kevin Michael Schei of Cathlamet earned a bachelor of arts degree in sociology. Two students were named...

 

WSU Extension News

Submitted by Carrie Backman, County Director WSU Wahkiakum County Extension will be hosting several classes in the coming months. On Tuesday, February 12, volunteer chef Charlene Jeffers will be teaching how to make Skillet Meals. Skillet Meals are...

 

WHS students learn grant writing skills, obtain computers

Patrick Carrico is a paraeducator and the sophomore class advisor at Wahkiakum High School. He helps a bit with algebra, but can frequently be found working on other creative projects with students....

 
 By Betsy Nelson    News    January 31, 2013

Wahkiakum school district directors say no to pot on campus

Wahkiakum school board members don't want pot at school. State law prohibits tobacco possession on school district buildings and grounds, including use by spectators at sporting events. However, that law was put in place long before Washington voters...

 

USFWS completes EIS for deer move

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Monday that it has completed the final Environmental Assessment for an emergency translocation of endangered Columbian white-tailed deer and is making the document, together with an accompanying Finding...

 

Students recognized for achievements

The Wahkiakum Lions have given recognition to two outstanding Wahkiakum students. They were recognized at a basketball game last week. Peter Weiler was honored as their November Student of The Month. Weiler’s parents are Chris Weiler and Kate...

 

Quality review firm started

Cathlamet resident Rolly Armstrong has announced the start of Quality Review Team, LLC. The group will gather statistical information through interviews and surveys focused on the performances and delivery of local mental health vendor services. The...

 

Johnson Park has a busy schedule

News from Naselle:  Sports calendar for the coming week with the Naselle Comet teams: Friday, home varsity boys basketball against Northwest Christian at 4 p.m. followed by varsity girls basketball at 5:45 p.m.; Monday, middle school boys...

 

Pacific Financial Corporation to acquire three coastal branches from Sterling Savings Bank

Pacific Financial Corporation announced on January 29 that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Bank of the Pacific, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Aberdeen, Washington; Astoria, Oregon; and Seaside, Oregon branches of Sterling...

 

N/GRV district voting on building bond

Residents of the Naselle/Grays River Valley School District are voting on a proposed $8.1 million building bond to upgrade the building housing the district’s band room, vocational shops, weight...

 

Naselle drama department students to perform

Students from the Naselle High School Drama Department will join the Coaster Theatre Education Department to present “Shakespearience,” a collection of Shakespeare’s monologues, sonnets and Elizabethan manners. The performance will be held...

 

Kiwanis-firefighters boot drive to benefit Doernbecher

The Kiwanis Club of Cathlamet will sponsor its Second Annual Firefighters Boot Drive this Saturday and Sunday to raise money to help the Doernbecher Children’s Hospital in Portland treat and cure cancer in children. Cathlamet Fire Department firefi...

 

Key Club seeking donations

Members of the Wahkiakum High School Key Club will solicit donations for Portland's Doernbecher Children's Hospital this Saturday at the Mules' home games with the visiting Adna Pirates. Key Club is the high-school age club sponsored by Kiwanis...

 

Annual meeting scheduled

Timberlands Regional Support Network’s (TRSN) governing and advisory boards will hold their combined annual meeting February 8 from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at TRSN’s office, 102 Main Street, Suite 25 in Cathlamet. Visitors planning to attend the...

 
 By Rick Nelson    News    January 31, 2013

Agreement near on eroding refuge dike

Wahkiakum County and Diking District 4 are one step closer to approving a plan to address the possible breach of Steamboat Slough Dike. The Columbia River is eroding the dike; a breach would allow flooding of the 2,000 acres of the Julia Butler...

 

Writer asks again, ‘What if?’

To The Eagle: There is a solution to the mess this country and the world is in. Is it going to be easy to do? Does it provide instant gratification? No! I will say it again. What if people started to take full responsibility for their lives, their...

 

Steamboat Slough dike: You broke it, you fix it

To The Eagle: I have been trying to follow the current wrangle over the responsibility for dealing with the Steamboat Slough dike failure. It seems to me that the problem has a fairly straightforward solution. It starts with insisting that both the...

 

School district votes, now and then

To The Eagle: In a 1942 Grays River Builder newspaper, a short article focused on the latest school district election. It read, "The voters tried out the new method of elections on Saturday when the elections were held in each of the component parts...

 

Let the refuge dike fail, writer says

To The Eagle: As I travel Puget Island to the ferry tonight, I saw more white-tail deer than I’ve ever seen in all my trips to the refuge. So the government thinks it needs to save the deer. They buy a lot of working farms, tear down the houses...

 

Corps plan is a waste, writer says

To The Eagle: We have miles of beautiful dikes in the Steamboat Slough area with the exception of two hundred yards. The area in question gets heavy wakes from ever- and ever-bigger ships. This area is a long, sweeping turn and if you watch outgoing...

 

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