Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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July 26, 2007 Marching Group: 1. "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"--Amee Elliott; 2. (tie) Wahkiakum Hi-School Mini Cheer Camp with Lisa Hannah, 2 (tie) Strutters Batons; 3. "Second Annual Keep the Music Alive"--Nichole Most. Floats: 1. Daughters of the American Revolution--Dixie Swart; 2. (tie) Children of the American Revolution--Dixie Swart, 2 (tie) Norse Hall Vikings; 3. (tie) St. James Family Center--Falon Mackey, 3 (tie) Julia Butler Hansen Swimming Pool--Lynette Ledgerwood. Decorated Vehicle: Grand Prize. Longview Yacht Club--Robert and Laur...
July 26, 2007 Tapani Underground, Inc., is expected to start Cathlamet's next major street improvement project on Monday. Broadway, which extends from the corners of River and Main Streets to the town’s dock on the Columbia River, will be completely overhauled with new sidewalks, curbs, paving, lighting and underground utility lines. The project is set for 45 working days or through September 28. Cathlamet Mayor Dick Swart said businesses and residences on Broadway and Commercial Street will be accessible to foot traffic during the Monday t...
July 26, 2007 A decrease in projected enrollment should not cause too much trouble for the 2007-08 Wahkiakum School District budget, Superintendent Bob Garrett told the district board of directors July 18. State apportionment is based on enrollment, and normally a decline means a reduction in revenues. However, Garrett said, the legislature increased apportionment per pupil and funded raises for certain employees, thereby leaving the district in good shape. “The legislature did a better job of trying to fund education,” Garrett said. “We had o...
July 26, 2007 The 4th Annual Grays River Covered Bridge Celebration will open on August 4 at 9 a.m. with the Mark Linquist Memorial Walk/Run starting at the Covered Bridge just off State Route 4 in Grays River. The highlight of the day long festival will be the dedication of the new Ahlberg Park at 11 a.m. at the site where the annual celebration is held each year. The Wahkiakum Community Foundation, sponsors of the event and the Covered Bridge Fund that gives local grants with income from the event, has received funding from the State of...
July 26, 2007 Willapa Anglers Club and Pacific County Anglers are co-hosting an auction in Naselle to raise funds to feed 100,000 late-run coho salmon smolts which will be released this spring in the Naselle River. The silent auction will begin at 5 p.m. followed by the oral auction at 6:30 p.m. Dewey Adair of South Bend is the oral auctioneer and Ron Nanney of Naselle will be Master of Ceremonies. Auction items will include a new Abel fly reel, guided trips on Willapa Bay, the Columbia and the ocean, fishing books, DVD, local history books...
July 26, 2007 The Wahkiakum Community Foundation's Board of Trustees has chosen the investment firm of Anderson & Anderson in Longview to invest and manage endowment funds at the Foundation. "Max and John Anderson presented themselves very well at a recent Foundation Board meeting," Bonnie Linquist, Board President, reported. "After investigating several firms, the board made a unanimous decision to place our endowment assets with them to manage and invest." Recently, the Wahkiakum County Board of Commissioners requested that the Community...
July 26, 2007 This summer, a group of 12 students are involved in the Columbia Estuary Environmental Education Program (CEEEP). Our main goal throughout our five week time period is to eliminate all of the Japanese Knotweed along Birnie Creek. We are also assessing this creek and determining the water quality and ability of the stream to support fish. Japanese Knotweed is an invasive species of weed and comes from Eastern Asia. This plant forms in dense clumps along river/stream banks, and anywhere that is disturbed. It can grow in any kind of...
July 26, 2007 Wahkiakum County officials received word this week that efforts to replace the damaged roof on the historic Grays River Covered Bridge have been rewarded with a Federal Highway Administration Grant. The bridge, which celebrated its 100th year in 2005, is the last covered bridge in Washington that is still in use. A request to repair the bridge was included in a nationwide grant program for covered bridges through the Federal Highway Administration’s National Historic Covered Bridge Preservation Program. The County was awarded $112...
July 26, 2007 Wahkiakum County commissioners on Tuesday voted to guarantee $325,000 funding for the Wahkiakum Family Practice Clinic through 2008. The move came at the request of members of an advisory task force the board appointed last month to make recommendations about staffing and operation at the clinic. Task force spokesperson Sandi Benbrook-Rieder told the board that the guaranteewas needed to restore morale among clinic staff and confidence among the public that the county would be able to get the clinic on solid footing. Task force...
July 26, 2007 In the second week of August, a broad array of organizers, climate change activists, and locals will join together to talk about fossil fuels, the Columbia River, and the growing climate crisis. The inaugural West Coast Climate Convergence will be held at the Wahkiakum County Fairgrounds from August 8-14 in Skamokawa. The event is free and open to the public, and will feature an array of workshops, lectures, and activities that will address strategies for living more sustainable lives and opposing the fossil fuel industry....
