The Wahkiakum County Eagle - Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891

WHERE IS IT?--As our work week began, so did Summer, but considering it was mostly cloudy and wet, it wasn't the start to Summer that most of us had envisioned. We are promised some nice days at mid-week, and as I'm writing this, we do have some...

Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: June 14--1:06 a.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to aid a Cathlamet woman who was very ill. June 15--6:49...

Fumiko “Susie” Jaspers, 86, passed away June 21, 2010 at Lorenzo Adult Family Home on Puget Island where she received loving care for over two years. She was born December 21, 1923 in Yokohama, Japan to Hiroshi Kitai and Hide Ando`. In 1953 she gra...

Was Monday really the first day of summer? It felt more like June-uary. Tuesday has turned out to be a gorgeous day, but how long will that last? All day maybe? I’m wondering if the farmers will be able to get any hay in this year, as wet as it h...

The Lower Columbia Economic Development Council’s (LCEDC) plan for a new incubator business park in Wahkiakum County is on hold. During his report to county commissioners last Tuesday LCEDC Director David Goodroe said Port District No. 1 had informed...

The first show of the “Silver Buckle Series” was held last Saturday, it was a fun and successful event. Stewart Moonen sounded like a professional announcer as he called the classes into the arena to compete and later announced the winners. For set...

On Tuesday State Republican Representative Jamie Herrera notified The Eagle by email she had received the endorsement of the Wahkiakum County Republican party. Herrera is running to replace retiring Congressman Brian Baird in Southwest...

Wahkiakum is filled with amazing and innovative people. Local reaction to the winter snow on Christmas day 2008 proves it. It only took Mother Nature a few minutes and tons of snow to turn the Wahkiakum Fairgrounds Arena into a twisted heap of steel...

Cathlamet Public Library’s Summer Reading Program starts July 7 and will be held every Wednesday for six-weeks, through August 11. Sessions include: pre-school story time at 11 a.m., elementary school age program and the middle school program at 4 p...

The boards are waxed for the triumphant return of Vaudeville Della and her entertainers at the Skamokawa Grange Little Theatre Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. The Third Annual Skamokawa Follies includes music, comedy and...

The volunteers for the Finnish-American Folk Festival in Naselle are moving into high gear as it fast approaches on July 23-25. It will once again be held at the Naselle School at the junctions of highways 4 and 401 and is a celebration of the cultur...

It was hard to tell if it was sun or the ceremony making everyone smile during the Naselle High School graduation. The graduating Class of 2010 had a total of 31 students. Alan Erickson was valedictorian and Karli Nelson salutatorian. Erickson,...

The Wahkiakum County Board of Commissioners started Tuesday’s meeting by approving their minutes and invoices. The board accepted the resignation of Wahkiakum Fair Board Manager Bill Coons and moved on to new business. The board recertified the l...

The Cathlamet Town Council continued with steps to impose a six-month building permit moratorium for Columbia Ridge Estates subdivision and handled other business items at its monthly meeting Monday evening. The council had adopted Resolution...

After going over an analysis of their 2010 Current Expense Fund budget on Tuesday, Wahkiakum County Commissioners authorized two department heads to add employees to their staffs. The positions, in the assessor's office and Health and Human Services...

To The Eagle: Our mayor's bleak characterization of the Wahkiakum Welfare State in last week's Eagle seems a bit skewed, particularly when he chooses to kick around those old straw dogs "political axes" and "ideological blinders." The "shrill...

To The Eagle: When I last checked, there were 565 souls living in Cathlamet, so these are my questions about the Queen Sally park design, (The Eagle, 6/10/10). Will the amphitheater reliably drain this existing aquifer sideways, or will water pool...

To The Eagle: In reference to the Honorable Mayor’s dissertation (The Eagle 6/17/10), from a “transplant of retirement age” citizen of Wahkiakum County, please indulge my feeble defense. Mr. Wehrfritz should be apprised of the knowledge that the ...

To The Eagle: It is quite clear that, prior to the removal of the two floodgates on the lower Kandoll Road, and their replacement with two 13 foot diameter culverts, the Seal Slough Dikes were quite stable, and had been so for decades. It doesn't...

Wahkiakum County Notice of Determination of Nonsignificance Wahkiakum County issued a determination of nonsignificance (DNS) under the State Environmental Policy Act Rules (Chapter 197-11 WAC) for the following project: Nelson Creek Restoration Phase...

File No.: 7021.26333 Grantors: Northwest Trustee Services, Inc. BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP FKA Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP Grantee: Kurt E. Burmeister and Michelle C. Burmeister, husband and wife Tax Parcel ID No.: 282744-030-0 Abbreviated...

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR SHORELINE MANAGEMENT, SUBSTANTIAL DEVELOPMENT, CONDITIONAL USE, OR VARIANCE PERMIT Notice is hereby given that The Campbell Group, Who is authorized agent of the below described property has filed an application for a...

NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETINGS AND RATE HEARINGS PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT NO. ONE OF WAHKIAKUM COUNTY WASHINGTON NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That the Board of Public Utility District No. One of Wahkiakum County, Washington, will hold special meetings on...

File No.: 7763.26266 Grantors: Northwest Trustee Services, Inc. JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association Grantee: Duane Todd and Rebecca Todd, Husband and wife, presumptively as community property Tax Parcel ID No.: 180804-120005 Abbreviated Legal:...

I like soccer enough that every four years I try to watch the World Cup games on TV. This international tournament is going on right now. I probably should have entered the lottery they hold for tickets, won, of course, and headed off to South Africa...