Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Even if you’ve been naughty this year you won’t want to miss our Christmas Carnival & Bazaar, happening this Saturday. Fun for the whole family, Santa and his elves will be on hand to answer any Christmas requests. There will be games and treats as well as a great selection of locally produced holiday items. Don’t miss out, from 3 - 6 p.m., at the fairgrounds in Skamokawa. The Grange Hall will also be hosting a spaghetti feed from 6 -8 p.m. on Saturday. Everyone is welcome and the food is free, as always donations are welcomed. Come down to se...
The Wahkiakum Mule boys basketball team lost their season opener 68-50 at South Bend on Saturday. The hosts jumped to a 15-2 first quarter lead and pushed that to 38-16 at halftime. "We're young," Mule Coach Bill Olsen said. "We've got to do some building." Cody Olsen led the Mule scoring with 17 points; Ty Bain added 10. The Mules are at Adna on Saturday. They host Pe Ell on Tuesday and go to Toutle Lake next Friday....
The annual 4-H sponsored “Jamboree” held December 6 was attended by 16 4-H members and family members. This is the second year for this event held the first Saturday in December and coordinated by 4-H leader Deb Gribskov. Youth are invited to come and learn how to make jam and properly process it in canning jars. They make enough jam to take some home and leave one with Gribskov for entry in the county Fair in August. Participants also made chocolate chip cookies and took home a bag of treats for the holidays. This year 4-Hers donated a jar...
The nationwide crisis in the housing and construction markets is leading to curtailments in the local timber industry. DeBriae Logging will shut down logging operations for two or more months. The firm employs approximately 130 people. "I don't know how long we'll shut down," owner Jerry DeBriae said Tuesday. "There's just no market." DeBriae emphasized that the shutdown is temporary. The company will resume operations some time in 2009. "We have a lot of wood under contract," he said. "We'll do a little bit here and there."...
Each year, the Cathlamet Woman's Club nominates a person in the community who has been outstanding in some way as its citizen of the year. The 2008 Citizen of the Year is Paul Aldinger. The club's announcement said that when Paul left Vancouver behind and moved to Puget Island, he jumped wholeheartedly, right into Cathlamet community activities. He was part of the group organized by the Woman's Club that cleaned up the broken glass in the Pioneer Church when the restoration work began. He also researched Women in History for one of the club's...
The schedules for boys and girls basketball games between the Wahkiakum Mules and Mossyrock Vikings are being revised, Mule Athletic Director Bob Garrett announced Tuesday. Mossyrock administrators asked for changes to accommodate community demands, he said. "We have come up with the following," Garrett said. December 15 – C-squad boys and JV girls at Wahkiakum High School, beginning at 5:45 p.m. with the C boys. January 6 – Varsity girls and boys at WHS, girls play first at 5:45 p.m. January 7 – C boys, JV girls and JV boys...
The Wahkiakum Lady Mule basketball team started the 2008-09 season with three wins this past week. The Mules opened with a 65-47 win over the Comettes at Naselle on December 3. The Mules led 15-11 after one quarter, 33-22 at halftime, and 43-35 after three quarters. Shelby Deaton led the Mules with 21 points and 21 rebounds. Halie Boyce scored 12 points, Kari Schillios 10, Jordyn Wirkkala eight, Ashley Helms seven, Evelyn Clark four, Brianna Olsen three, and Shelby Felton two. Helms had nine rebounds, and Wirkkala and Schillios each had seven....
This past weekend the Wahkiakum Mule Wrestlers competed in their first event of the season, the 3 Rivers Tournament at Mark Morris High School. The Mules finished fifth overall, and brought home six medals. Medal winners were sophomore Ben Miles (125 lbs) who was 4th place, senior Joel Fudge (171 lbs) was 4th place, freshman Kyle Bergquist (140 lbs) was 3rd place, junior Jeff Vik (152 lbs) was 3rd place, senior Brady Johns (189 lbs) was 3rd place, and sophomore James Goldsmith (160 lbs) was 2nd place. “The team was real aggressive to start t...
A public meeting sponsored by Wahkiakum Friends of the River was held December 3 to inform the public of potential natural gas explorations by Colorado based Venoco. The company wants to drill in the Skamokawa area to find natural gas deposits. Columbia Riverkeeper representative Dan Serres addressed the crowd of nearly 40 people with a presentation alleging there to be more to the relationship between Venoco and NorthernStar than a lease option on a Pacific Ocean oil platform. “When we found out there was a business relationship between the t...
Wahkiakum Superior Court Judge Michael Sullivan on Monday granted motions to dismiss suits against Wahkiakum County officials, Columbia Land Trust, and Ducks Unlimited. The judge ruled in favor of defendants' motions to dismiss because the actions failed to follow established procedures, called Civil Rules, for such actions. He did, however, dismiss the actions "without prejudice," meaning they could be refiled later in appropriate form. The judge signed orders dismissing the actions against the county officials and asked the Columbia Land...
The Helping Hand Food Bank in Cathlamet received a surprise visit from a delegation representing the office of Governor Chris Gregoire on December 3. The purpose of the visit was to review the work of the Helping Hand and its resources and services. During the month of November alone, the Helping Hand served 147 households in Wahkiakum County, providing over 6,000 pounds of food to the 466 individuals in these families. The Helping Hand was started by Rick and Mary Dasher in 1994, and was originally housed in their home, from which they would...
Wahkiakum County commissioners adopted their 2009 budgets last week and voted 2-1 not to increase property taxes. The action came last Thursday when their board reconvened their December 2 meeting to finish work on the 2009 budgets. Commissioner Blair Brady had proposed a 1 percent increase in the county levies as preparation for seeking special appropriations from the state legislature to help the county cover its revenue shortfalls. The 1 percent would average out between $2 and $3 per person per year, he said. However, Commissioners Dan...
Member churches of the Wahkiakum Interfaith Network are offering a free turkey dinner on Christmas Day to anyone. Dinner will be served in hour-long sittings from 12 noon to 3 p.m. at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, Puget Island. A freewill offering will be collected and donated to community foodbanks. Dinner will include roast ham and turkey with dressing and the rest of a traditional turkey dinner. The dinner is offered to all persons, whether or not they are church members. Diners are asked to call 849-4412, the number for Our Saviour's, and...
“The clinic is staying here in business and going to be operating!” said Sandi Benbrook-Rieder, Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce President. Recruiting for a new clinic operations manager has finished. Crystal Stanley will be trained and will likely start before the end of the year. “Her abilities are practically legendary,” Benbrook-Rieder said. Stanley previously owned Columbia View Care Center nursing home and made positive changes there. Incoming chamber President Jennifer Hanigan reported the Christmas tree lighting went well. Santa Claus m...
The American Red Cross will hold a blood drawing December 16, 1-7 p.m. in the Naselle school commons. Donors are asked to call Robert Romaine or Chris Houston at the Naselle School District at 360-484-7121 to reserve an appointment. Drop-in donors are welcome. To be eligible to donate blood, a person must be at least 16 years of age (with parental consent), weigh at least 110 pounds, be in general good health, and not have donated blood in the last 56 days. Donors age 18 or over are eligible for a vacation trip sponsored by American Red Cross...
The Appelo Archive Center in Naselle is hosting the Pacific County Economic Development Council (PCEDC) December 18 from 2-4 p.m. This is an opportunity for residents and businesses in the Naselle area to get acquainted with the resources of the PCEDC. "We are out and about in the area stopping in businesses but it is difficult to reach everyone. The Center is providing a great community service by opening their doors for the PCEDC to be available to businesses for a period of time,” said PCEDC Director Cathy Russ. She and Business Liaison K...
