Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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August 23, 2007 The Cathlamet Town Council monitored progress on a variety of projects when members held their monthly meeting last Monday. Council members approved a request to loan a fire engine to the Skamokawa Fire Department. Skamokawa Chief Duncan Cruikshank explained that Skamokawa’s engine is having mechanical problems and the department needs a reliable engine. Fred Johnson and Bill Faubion, assistant chiefs in the Cathlamet Fire Department, said that Cathlamet could spare an engine while Skamokawa’s is repaired or replaced, and the...
August 23, 2007 Windermere Real Estate in Cathlamet is having a school supply drive. Any of the following items may be dropped off at the Windermere office at 102 Main Street or given to Diane Garrett or Bill Wilkins. The list of items needed includes backpacks, binders, notebooks, paper, folders, pencils, school glue, watercolors, colored pencils, crayons, erasers, glue sticks, snack items, cotton balls tissues, paper plates, antibacterial hand sanitizer, washable markers, scissors, pencil sharpeners, PE shoes, zip lock bags, baby wipes,...
August 23, 2007 So what's a little rain? The "Skamokawa sunshine" didn't dampen the spirits of any of the fans who turned out for the Battle of the Bands on Saturday night. The three days of the Fair welcomed consistent attendance. Karen Triplett of Flying Hat Ranch appreciated bringing her ponies to "the cool side of the mountains"..."it gives the ponies a break, we really enjoy coming to this little fair". Many of the food and merchandise vendors have already secured their next year's spaces. In contests, the winners thus far reported are:...
August 23, 2007 Murdock Trust, a private foundation serving five states in the Pacific Northwest, has informed the Wahkiakum Community Foundation that WCF is receiving a three year grant of $112,000 to add additional staff at the Foundation. This grant will support a new position at WCF with an outright grant the first year and grants to be matched over the second and third years. "We are really proud to receive this stamp of encouragement and approval with this grant," Bonnie Linquist, WCF Board President said. "This is the best kind of...
August 23, 2007 Sydney Stevens will be at Redmen Hall for a book signing on Saturday. Stevens, author of Dear Medora, is from Oysterville on the Long Beach peninsula. The reading and signing after will be 1-3 p.m. with refreshments provided by the Friends of Skamokawa. Medora Espy, Stevens' aunt and oldest sister of the late writer Willard Espy, was a child in Oysterville during its "forgotten years," the time between its boom town flourishing and much later modest revival. Yet she spent many of those years separated from her family, especially...
August 23, 2007 The American Cancer Society raised $201,614 during their recent 22nd Annual Relay For Life event. Festivities began at the Cowlitz County Expo Center on August 11 at 10 a.m. with cancer survivors walking the first lap of the Relay. Wearing purple T-shirts and medallions to signify hope, more than 100 survivors of various ages carried balloons while circling the track. After the opening ceremony, one member from each of the 90 teams in attendance began walking or running relay style for the 24 hour period. A variety of stage...
August 23, 2007 The Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) and Longview Fibre Paper and Packaging Inc., and the Association of Western Pulp & Paper Workers Union, Local 153, have agreed to settle a three-year appeal of workplace-safety violations issued after the death of 38-year-old Mark Greenland in January 2004. The settlement agreement focuses on significant changes at the company, and a substantial commitment from the new owner and the union to work cooperatively to keep the workplace safe. “This was a devastating event for the w...
August 23, 2007 In July, Cathlamet nurse Julie McKinley accompanied Imani Project Director Marlene Anderson and four other women to the remote villages in coastal Kenya to volunteer her skills to help fight the spread of HIV/AIDS. Anderson would like to acknowledge McKinley's work, and the generous contributions made to the nurse by the Cathlamet community. She writes: " Thank you Julie McKinley for your work with the Imani Project. Your energy, enthusiasm, and perseverance made this summer's trip more successful than ever before. Your nursing...
August 23, 2007 A US Army Corps of Engineers dredging contractor is scheduled to start work in the Columbia River off erosion-prone Pancake Point, Wahkiakum County officials announced this week. Part of the contractor’s work will be to dump sand in deep scour holes created by a Corps channel maintenance jetty. Consulting engineers working for the county have determined that the deep holes are causing erosion of the shoreline along East Sunny Sands, putting several houses at risk. A second part of the program calls for the dredging crew to p...
