Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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The ferry Oscar B. should be back in service sometime late next week. Inspectors and engineers have settled on a design for modifications to the cooling water intake, and the county commissioners on Tuesday authorized Public Works Director Chuck Beyer to select one of two shipyards to begin the work as soon as possible. Beyer said January 7 that the work should be done in 7-10 days....
Plans for repair of the ferry Oscar B. are in process, but it will be some time before the ferry is back in service. The ferry sucked up sticks and floating debris during high water December 11 and has been tied up since. Wahkiakum County Public Works Director Chuck Beyer said Tuesday that Elliott Bay Design Group, who designed the vessel, was wrapping up repair plans and would pass them this week to the US Coast Guard for their inspection. Basically, the proposed plan involves improving the...
Wahkiakum County commissioners set county levies for 2016 and acted on other business when they met Tuesday. Commissioners approved a 1 percent increase in levies, the maximum allowed by state law without a public vote and the county's first increase in years. The General Fund Levy will total $969,888.63. It includes four parts--Current Expense, $515,787.26; levy shift from County Road, $471,000, Mental Health, $8,000, and Veteran's Relief, $4,000. There is a $28,898.63 reduction to compensate for "amount over levied." The Emergency Medical Ser...
Former Puget Island resident Gunnar Blix, a senior at RA Long High School in Longview and the son of Wendy and Lamar Blix, is getting a little bling this spring. Of course, little is a subjective word. It's a big ring and it's a big deal. Gunnar was selected earlier this year to represent the West in a Blue Grey High School All American Bowl. They played nearly two weeks ago on Sunday, December 20, and his team beat the East 21-14 at AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys. According to Lamar,...
Stephanie Olsen, a member of Cemetery District 1, is looking for people with ideas and energy to help preserve a bit of Wahkiakum history, the Pioneer Cemetery. Once upon a time, trees separated the Pioneer Cemetery in Cathlamet from the rest of the nearby grounds at the grade school. It was a quiet, mysterious grove to wander and wonder about the lives that once belonged to the names on each memorial. Chief Wahkiakum was buried there, members of the Birnie family, the Orths, the Wests. Some of...
Correction: A story in the Dec. 17 edition incorrectly stated that Jon Peterson was a member of the board of directors of Skamokawa Sewer and Water District. In fact, he is president of West Side Water Works, which supplies water to much of Skamokawa. Clarification: The author of a personal notice and poem in memory of her daughter, Brandi, published in the Dec. 24 edition had intended to include her name in the notice. She is Jonnie Knowles....
I hope everyone had a safe and peaceful holiday. I am always grateful when I don’t get that call in the middle of the night on Christmas Eve about a major emergency or incident! As far as I can tell our county fared well through the holiday season. While winter settles in, I want to warn residents about scammers that take advantage during the cold weather season. This is a time when door knockers soliciting for work take advantage of those who would easily pay them to do jobs that they don’t finish or don’t even start. There are ways to preve...
Andrea (Ann) Miller, 76, passed away on December 24, 2015 in Longview, Washington. Born in West Virginia to Harry and Kathrine Bennett, they moved to Washington State in 1943, where Harry worked as an electrician at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation and Kathrine as a nurse at Richland's Cadillac Hospital. In high school, Ann excelled in ballet and turned down an opportunity to dance with the Robert Joffery Ballet Company in New York to attend Washington State University, where she earned a B.Sc. d...
Cristobal Peña Mendez, 65, of Cathlamet, died on December 21, 2015 at home on Puget Island. Cris was born on September 4, 1950 in Mexico. He worked as a carpenter and later on farms on Puget Island. He was a handy and creative man and his family remembers that there was never a job he couldn’t do. He was a loving, hard working and compassionate family man. He is survived by his wife Angela at home, three sons, Lorenzo, Frankie and Christopher Mendez; two daughters, Esther Cothren and Cristina Mendez; 19 grandchildren and a large extended fa...
Robert Allen Bacon, 93, of Cathlamet, passed away at the Hospice Care Center on Dec. 22, 2015. He was born Sept. 23, 1922, in Portland, Ore., to Oliver S. and Esther Bacon. His family moved to Cathlamet in 1937, where he graduated from Wahkiakum High School in 1940. Bob married Virginia Strait in 1940. They were married 74 years when she preceded him in death Jan. 10, 2015. Also preceding him in death were his parents, a daughter Cathy Seaberg, and his brother Oliver. He joined the Army Air Corps during WWII and made several lifelong friends,...
Portland resident Jim Aalberg has published a history of Westport, Ore. The book is called Westport, Oregon: Home of the Big Sticks and Gold Medal Salmon. In the early 20th century, Westport boomed with a saw mill and dock where ships came to load lumber. Its history is tied with the history of Puget Island. Besides milling lumber, Westport's founder, John West, began salting salmon in barrels and shipping them to markets as far away as England and Australia. In 1869, he opened a cannery near...
Wahkiakum Youth Wrestling will sign up boys and girls for the coming season on January 4, 6-7 p.m. in the Multi-purpose Room of Julius A. Wendt Elementary School....
The following activities will take place at the Cathlamet Community Center in the month of January: Jan. 12 Basic Computers 9 a.m.-noon Word 12:30-3:30 p.m. Jan. 14 American Red Cross Disaster Preparedness 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Jan. 16 Red Cross Pillow Case project Disaster Preparedness for children from 3rd-6th grade. Registration encouraged Jan. 21 Free Hearing Screening 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Jan. 28 Diabetic Foot Care 10 a.m. -2 p.m. The center is located at 101 Main St., and is open Monday-Thursday 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. On Fridays they...
The Charlotte House, a program of St. James Family Center, will host a Free Legal Clinic on January 8 from 1-3 p.m. Jeffrey Keddie, an Attorney with Northwest Justice Project, will present information on their services as well as helping individuals with specific family law questions, such as how to get a divorce, determining primary custody and visitation and/or establishing child support. Those interested in learning more about this clinic or who wish to sign up must call The Charlotte House at 360-795-6401 or toll free at 1-866-795-9381....
THIS IS IT--Here we are, at the end of another year, and we will be saying goodbye to 2015 tonight! As I begin writing this column I can hardly believe this year is just about over! For those of you going out to celebrate the end of 2015 and welcome in 2016, we hope you have a fun time at your New Year's Eve celebration as well as a safe one! Forecasters, at this point in time, are predicting several nights of freezing temperatures so just in case they're right, be extra vigilant on these damp roadways, lest they be icy and super slick! Afteral...
THURSDAY New Year’s Eve: The following events may or may not take place. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Congregational Church, noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, noon. Grays River Fire Department, open meeting, 7 p.m. Eastside Play & Learn Group, St. James Family Center, 1:30-3 p.m. Westside Play & Learn Group, Valley Bible Church, 9-11:30 a.m. West End Food Pantry, GRVC at Johnson Park, 1-5 p.m. TOPS, (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) GRVC at Johnson Park, activity room, 2 p.m. Community Library & Computer Center, GRVC at Johnson Park, 1-5 p...
My apologies to the readers for not entering a column last week. My husband spent five days in the hospital for what we had originally thought was pneumonia and it turned out to be more complicated than that. He is on the mend now and we are a little better educated on what some symptoms can indicate. A word of advice to those of you with health issues: Keep a journal of everyday actions and always take it with you to a doctor visit. It makes answering questions much more simple and accurate. Sometimes the simplest entries can indicate a...
On February 9 at 6 p.m., WSU Master Gardener Ted Cunningham will demonstrate the technique used when pruning fruit trees. Pruning trees will control the size of the tree and improve fruit quality. Fruit trees should be pruned every year. Proper pruning techniques reduce disease and promote greater fruit production. The class will be held in the Cowlitz County Training Center, 1942 First Avenue in Longview, located on the dike just south of the Hall of Justice for $10 per family. The workshop is sponsored by Washington State University...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: December 21 — 12:10 p.m. Power was out at a home near County Line Park. 12:23 p.m. An Elochoman Valley resident reported that a woman had called and threatened to kill an employee and burn down their house after they rejected her application to adopt a dog. 12:47 p.m. There was evidence of an attempted break in at storage units in the Cathlamet area. 12:59 p.m. A deputy, the District 4 Fire Department, and t...
On February 6, Billie Bevers, Washington State University Master Gardener, will discuss the skills needed for raising Mason Bees. Orchard Mason Bees are highly effective pollinators that are very non-aggressive. They become active in early spring when apple and pear trees begin flowering. The class will be offered at 9 a.m., and repeated at 1 p.m. The 2-hour class covers equipment, seasonal management, bee biology and management of pests. Cost for the course is $30 per person. Participants will receive a Mason Bee house and cocoons of...
