Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Above: A family of geese cruise along Birnie slough. Right: A goldfinch perches in a Puget Island tree. Photos by Ian Brandon...
As the environment of the lower Columbia River region evolves, Wahkiakum County's Noxious Weed Control Program is trying to keep up. Originally created years ago to control poisonous and similar weeds on agricultural land, the program is now having to focus more and more on aquatic weeds. On Tuesday, members of the weed board of supervisors and the county board of commissioners heard pleas from Puget Island residents to expand this year's planned herbicide application in Birnie Slough to include Jackson Inlet and small sloughs at the head of th...
It likely will take an act of Congress to get the US Army Corps of Engineers to dredge sediment in Gray's Bay. Residents of the Grays River and Deep River valleys have been pressing the Corps for years to clear sediment from the rivers' channels across the bay. They contend that Corps activities to manage the Columbia River shipping channel have plugged the tributary channels' outlets, and this has resulted in increasingly adverse flooding in the valleys. In discussion Tuesday sponsored by the county board of commissioners, Corps officials...
An outbreak of avian flu has been affecting poultry in North America since sometime last fall or early winter, but it wasn’t until the first week of May that it began to show up a little closer to home, in backyard flocks in Pacific County, in Linn County, Ore., and now in Spokane County. H5N1 is a highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, Bryan Richards, the Emerging Disease Coordinator for the United States Geological Survey (USGS) National Wildlife Health Center said, explaining that highly p...
Last Tuesday, the VFW Post 5297 raised a new flag at the Cathlamet Fire Hall after presenting it to the Cathlamet Fire Chief Vernon Barton. The flag previously hung on the catwalk of a C-17 that evacuated a Marine to Germany after he was injured by an IED (improvised explosive device) in Iraq. The local post's quartermaster, Justin Tawater, was a staff sergeant in the Air Force at the time and the flying crew chief responsible for all the maintenance of that C-17. Tawater is now a reserve in...
To The Eagle: How sad for the women of our once freedom loving country. Four men, of which two clearly lied during their confirmation hearings and one woman straight out of The Handmaid's Tale who very clearly lied during hers, are set to overturn 50 years of case law. All to support a position repugnant to 70% +/- of the American public. Heaven help us if as a country we let this travesty occur. Of course, the 30% +/- are just tickled silly considering it has no effect on them personally. These sanctimonious do gooders just don't care about a...
To The Eagle: The outpouring of support for our Wahkiakum 4-H and High School Mecha Mules robotics team has been heartwarming. We have 20 sponsors so far. We especially want to thank the Sons of Norway, Helgeland Lodge #30 for their overwhelmingly generous contribution. And the Wahkiakum Amateur Radio Club for their dedication to leading-edge tech. We have nearly reached our goal to fund our June trip to DC to participate in the International SeaPerch underwater robotics competition. Our next activity is a carwash in the parking lot of the...
To The Eagle: A letter last week summed up the greatest threat to our great Democracy with the writer more than suggesting that if he disagrees with you then it follows that he should dislike you. There was a time when we Americans welcomed differing opinions as it helped to find a consensus on issues, thoughts that shaped our lives, our future and our mutual respect for one another. I firmly believe every issue such as abortion, energy policy, the border, inflation, school curriculum and so much more is waiting to be solved if we would work...
To The Eagle: I can empathize with the fellow who recently mourned the casual slaughter he witnessed of wildfowl crossing the road. I would classify such barbaric rural behavior as the rule rather than the exception. You can be sure many a family pet has met a similar fate. Keep your children fenced in. We too were once at the front of a line of vehicles, stopped to wait for a brood of chicks and their feathered parents to cross the road. The peeping gaggle hadn’t quite crossed over the opposite oncoming lane when a rusty pickup came s...
By Diana ZimmermanWith no new official cases of covid-19 reported in the last week, the cumulative number in Wahkiakum County remains at 313 according to Wahkiakum Health and Human Services, with three cases still active from last week. Disclaimer: With the easy availability of at home tests, it's impossible to know exactly how many cases of covid-19 are actually currently active in the county. There have been 31 hospitalizations reported and seven deaths attributed to the virus in Wahkiakum...
Wahkiakum High School FFA and Career and Technical Education (CTE) students recently went to the Deep River net pens (above) and helped by releasing salmonids. The students learned how to measure FPP (fish per pound). Right: The CTE class learned about hatchery operations from Darren at the Beaver Creek Hatchery. In other news, trap shooting team members competed in the state meet. Hank Bassi placed fourth in the game of Miss and Out; Brayden Avalon and Greydon Luce made it into the finals in...
Part of my family's lore is that a young Ronald Reagan, during his days on the radio, would come in to my maternal grandfather's restaurant in Des Moines, Iowa, where surely he must have enjoyed slices of my Grandma Clarissa's pie with his cuppa Joe. Like many women of that era, my grandmother was a talented gardener, canner, cook, and baker. She'd made her children's clothes, played the piano, and was well read. She was the first person to suggest I should write. I had the opportunity to cook...
FAIRLY WET--As I begin this column, the sun is actually shining but there have definitely been some wet moments to the day, and from the looks of it, we’ve got more of that kind of weather headed our way. So, while we may see some dry days now and then, there just doesn’t look to be a string of nice dry days coming our way, which we’d hope to see by now. But as we all know, these Spring forecasts can change at the drop of a hat, so I’m hoping those days that are showing “50 percent chance of rain” wind up being 20 or 30 and that those rain...
THURSDAY Walking Group, Community Center, Cathlamet, 9 a.m. Food Addicts, Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, 6-7 p.m. Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Puget Island Fire Department, drill night, 7 p.m. Port District No. 1, 500 2nd St., 5 p.m. District No. 4 Fire Department, 7 p.m. Grays River Fire District No. 3 Commissioners, 7:30 p.m. Grays River Fire Department, fire training, 7 p.m. Skamokawa Fire Department, 7 p.m. Westside Play & Learn Group, Valley Bible Church, 9-11:30 a.m. Eastside Play &...
Greetings from the fair office! Hope everyone had a great Mother's Day weekend. This Saturday is the Flea Market from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tables are still available for only $10. Call the office to reserve yours (360)795-3480. Otherwise just come on down to the fairgrounds and grab a few treasures. Also on Saturday we will have a clean up day from 10 a.m. to ? Lunch will be served at noon. If you have a pressure washer or tools to weed with please bring them. Thanks for helping us get the fairgrounds ready for all the summer events. We are looking...
Carlton Appelo’s 100th birthday is today: When we talk about Carlton, there is no question he made his mark on Wahkiakum County in so many ways. His father was the founder of Wahkiakum West Telephone Company. Carlton took it over after his early years in World War II and his education at University of Washington and his master’s from the University of Sweden. When he came home, he took over the telephone company and built it up for many years. His nephew, Steve Appelo, is now Board President there. Carlton grew up in Deep River along with his...
By Bonnie LaDoe, Portland, Oregon Although I purchased all of Carlton's phone books with the historic supplements, I did not get to know him until the late 1990's while visiting with Glenrose Hedlund in Deep River. My mom, Irene Upton, who grew up in the Grays River area, knew the Appelo family and when visiting the area over the years, we had stopped at Deep River to visit with Carlton Sr. and at the Grays River store to visit with Agnes. My Smalley, Upton and Kessell roots go deep into the...
By Kayrene Gilbertsen Carlton Appelo had a passion for his community and its history: past, present and future. He loved telling stories, sharing ideas and working to make the county more user friendly. I first worked with Carlton as a Port 2 commissioner, a port district which he and several others worked to establish when a large portion of the county was outside the boundary of Port 1. He went on to become the longest serving port commissioner in Washington State. Knowing the entire history of the Port was a great asset for the board. Vista...
The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) is beginning its annual hunt for pests that threaten the state’s environment and agricultural industry. Trappers will set thousands of traps statewide to monitor for the introduction or spread of over 130 invasive pests and diseases, including spongy moth (formerly known as gypsy moth), Asian giant hornet, apple maggot and Japanese beetle. Trappers have already started setting the first traps for Japanese beetle in the Grandview area where more than 24,000 beetles were trapped last year. T...
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is seeking public input on its draft periodic status review for snowy plover. The Department is recommending maintaining the species' classification as Endangered in the state of Washington. The draft periodic status review for the Western snowy plover is available for review at WDFW’s Species Status Review webpage. The public can provide comments on the drafts through Aug. 5. The public can submit written comments on the review and recommendation via email or by mail to Taylor Cotten, W...
Darin L. Dow, 57, of Naselle, died September 27, 2021. He was born in Longview February 24, 1965 to Betty Lou and Daryl Dow. He joined the Air Force after high school in 1984 and spent two years there. He returned to Cathlamet in 1986 and moved to Naselle soon after. He met his wife Charlene Bernard in Naselle and they were married March 13, 1990 in Reno, Nevada. Darin worked at Naselle Rock and Asphalt as a heavy equipment operator for 15 years before his move to Knife River where he worked until his death. Darin liked long walks on the...
Vanessa (Elliott) Leigh graduated from WSU Vancouver with Suma Cum Laude honors with an Ecology and Environmental Science Bachelors Degree on May 7, 2022. She is shown here with her grandmother, Lore Twiet of Cathlamet. She starts her career with an internship in the Forestry Division of Weyerhaeuser Company. Vanessa is the daughter of Kelly Hammond of Longview....
Community members are invited to Lower Columbia College (LCC) on May 18 for an interactive celebration of our local volcano. The event, which is free and open to the public, is part of LCC’s annual Earth Science’s annual celebration of the May 18, 1980 eruption of the Mt. St. Helens volcano, known as Lawetlat’la to the local Cowlitz tribe. This year’s event will be an in-person, interactive presentation where participants can color the geology of Lawetlat’la volcano on their own personal geologic map while listening to a live discussio...
The Friends of Skamokawa has announced the following events: Their “Shred Day” fundraiser will be located at the Bank of Pacific parking lot in Cathlamet on May 21 from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. There is a limit of two banker boxes per car. No clips, rubber bands, or plastic are allowed. A $5 donation is requested. The “Grand Ol’ Flag” patriotic exhibit will be on display at Redmen Hall June 11 through August 28. The hall is open Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 12-4 p.m. The exhibit will reflect the history of flags and their meanings and inclu...
Master Gardener Joyce Orr and another volunteer, Denise Doughty, were enjoying a little sunshine last Wednesday as they prepared the Community Garden for planting. Orr was sowing lettuce in the section of the garden that provides fresh produce for local food banks every year. Photo by Diana Zimmerman....
