Articles from the February 12, 2014 edition
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Toutle Lake dumps Lady Mules 65-29
The Lady Mules took a hit from a sharp looking Toutle Lake team on Monday night. At half time, the Ducks were still within reach with an eight point lead, but the Mules were outscored 9-37 in the seco...
Mule wrestlers win four district titles
The five man Mule wrestling team braved the weather on Saturday to compete at the District 4 Sub-Regional tournament at Ocosta. Mules ripped through their weight classes and walked away with four district champions and one 2nd place. All five will...
Mule boys bag Ducks, lose to Vikes
The Wahkiakum Mule boys basketball team capped their snow-shortened regular season Monday night with a convincing 54-39 win over the Toutle Lake Ducks on Senior Night in Cathlamet. The Mules and Ducks traded buckets back and forth in the opening few...
Several events have been rescheduled
IT'S SNOW TIME!--This past week brought us a whole lot of extremely cold weather and "white" around our area as well. The snow amounts were not nearly as bad as places in Oregon, but there was enough that it certainly did mess up a lot of plans, so a...
Sheriff's Report, February13, 2014
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: February 3 – 12:32 p.m. A vehicle broke down in the roadway on SR 4 near the view point above the marina....
Joseph C. Minutella
Joseph C. Minutella, 67, of Cathlamet died on February 8, 2014 at Hospice Care Center in Longview. Dowling Funeral Home....
Gean E. Deege
Gean E. Deege, 71, passed away, February 9, 2014, peacefully surrounded by family at home. Gean was born in McCoole, Maryland, August 10, 1942. In her teens she moved to California where she met her husband, of 49 years, Walter Deege. They lived in...
Carl E. Johnson
Carl Johnson passed away February 4, 2014 in Olympia, WA. after a long illness with diabetes and dementia. He was born September 17, 1938 in Portland, Oregon, to Henry and Katherine Johnson. The Johnson family moved to the Elochoman valley in 1947....
Voters approve levy, new director districts
Wahkiakum School District voters passed two measures on a special election ballot. Voters gave 69.6 percent approval to a four-year special levy. Vote tallies were 609 yes, 266 no. In the other measure on the ballot, voters 67.14 percent approval to...
Pioneer Church given a new name
After a lot of deliberating, the Pioneer Community Association has decided to change the name of the Pioneer Church to the Pioneer Center. Its architecture and history give the old building a proper...
Marijuana farm application draws reaction
The first application for a state licensed marijuana producer in Wahkiakum County generated lively discussion at the Tuesday meeting of the board of county commissioners. Commissioners are used to seeing applications for liquor licenses for taverns,...
Grant sought for Skamokawa dike
Commissioners of Diking District No. 5 got some support Tuesday for a grant application that would improve the old dike protecting Skamokawa. Diking Commissioners Tim Schmitz, Mike Linn and Tom Bosch are submitting an application for a Department of...
Forecast: Huge coho run headed to Columbia
Coho salmon returns to the Columbia River are expected to rebound in a big way this year, according to forecasts produced by federal, state and tribal fishery officials. Ocean abundance (before any fisheries) of Columbia River early and late run...
Exchange student finds new experiences
Hsuan Wei (pronounced Shen Way) Huang is one of three remaining exchange students at Wahkiakum High School this year. He is a 17-year-old senior from the second biggest city on the Chinese island of...
Conservation program nets funds for preservation
The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) was awarded $2.2 million in grant funding by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to support three critical coastal wetland projects in Washington state, including Ellsworth Creek and the Naselle River....
Thanks to Commissioner Cothren for elk support
To The Eagle: With snow in the Grays River Valley this morning, it’s a lovely sight to wake up to 50 or so elk bedded down just across the road from my house. I watched them while drinking my coffee and marveled at the good life they have in this v...
No conservation benefit is involved in transfer
To the Eagle: The recent front page article, “Net pens planned for aid gillnetters,” republished from the Columbia Basin Bulletin, contends that moving non-tribal commercial gillnets off the mainstem will “reduce the impact of commercial fishi...
February is Teen Dating Violence Prevention and Awareness Month
To The Eagle: February is National Teen Dating Violence Prevention and Awareness Month and it is critical that we all take this time to remember that domestic violence is not just a problem for adults. One in three adolescents in the U.S. will be a...
Crab dinner tickets are limited to 200
Since I didn’t have to go anywhere during the snowy days we have had, I took the opportunity to enjoy what little accumulation we had. It was a beautiful sight with the snow causing the tree branches to hang almost to the ground, heavy with the w...
Valentine celebration Friday
Tsuga Gallery, 70 Main St., Cathlamet will hold a Valentine’s Day Celebration on Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. with music, refreshments and new exhibits. For more information call 795-0725....
UnWined event rescheduled
Due to weather concerns, the UnWined event and Crab, Seafood and Wine Festival wine competition scheduled for last Saturday, February 8, has been postponed. The new event date is Friday, March 7. For more details or to purchase a ticket to UnWined,...
Students may attend conference free
Due to a generous contribution from the Washington State Association for Justice, all high school and post-secondary students wishing to attend the Washington Coalition for Open Government's Open Government Conference on March 8 at the Mercer Island...
Pie social has been rescheduled
The Cathlamet Woman’s Club had scheduled their annual pie social for Friday, February 7, but had to cancel because of weather conditions. The event will be held instead on February 21 from 1 to 4 p.m. at Tsuga Gallery, 70 Main St., Cathlamet. For m...
KMUN to broadcast live from Fisher Poets Gathering
Coast Community Radio has announced its schedule for broadcasts live from the 17th annual Fisher Poets Gathering. For two nights, Friday and Saturday, February 21 & 22, guest hosts from KMUN 91.9 Astoria will go on the air live from the Astoria...
