Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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The Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce sponsored two events last week, a grand opening ribbon cutting for the new chiropractic clinic and a Business After Hours gathering at The Venue, an event center on Little Island. Right: Dr. Dyana Mulvihill, center, cut the ribbon last week to celebrate the opening of her new Cathlamet practice, Care 31 Chiropractic. Holding the ribbon were her parents, Jim and Teresa Mulvihill. Photo courtesy of the Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce. Bottom, left: Owner Dick...
More great summer opportunities are available for families throughout Wahkiakum County. The Outdoor Café program will provide free games, activities, craft projects and a healthy lunch for kids up to age 18. Meals and activities are offered at two sites, and volunteers will also deliver meals via the Wahkiakum On the Move bus service (see adjacent article). In Cathlamet, Outdoor Café 2019 kicks off July 8 in the J.A. Wendt Elementary Multi-purpose Room and runs July 8 – August 8, Monday-Thursday, 12 noon to 2 p.m. In Rosburg, Outdoor Café West...
The Outdoor Café - Summer Fun 2019 will be held at JA Wendt Elementary School, July 8 - August 8, Mon – Thur, Noon-2 p.m., with games, crafts, activities and lunch., all free. For those not able to get into Cathlamet, lunches can be prepared and delivered to the locations at the times below. Call Ginger Hake at 360-795-8630 Ext. 236 to order lunch to be delivered. You will be asked to provide a name, contact phone number, number of lunches and ages of kids, and which stop you will meet the bus at. The bus operates on a Fixed Schedule, so ti...
The Wahkiakum Blooms have completed their summer planting season and would like to thank all who made it a success. Dan Silverman of Skamokawa Gardens supplied the flowers for the blue pots, the Wahkiakum Chamber provided financial support, and businesses and individuals are sponsoring and watering flowers. Anyone interested in sponsoring a pot or who wish to be part of the Blooms watering team may pick up a Blooms brochure at Daisy Chain Floral, 65 Main St., in Cathlamet. New to their...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: June 24 – 10:22 a.m. Deputies and the Cathlamet ambulance responded to a Cathlamet home after a medical pendant was activated. Lifeflight was en route. 2:07 p.m. A caller reported seeing smoke in the Beaver Creek area. The District 4 Fire Department responded. The Department of Natural Resources was notified and responded as well. 2:13 p.m. The Town of Cathlamet notified the sheriff’s office that they wou...
In the biggest "virtual get-together" of their year thousands of amateur radio clubs from across the country communicated last weekend via radio during a simulated major disaster. Our local club, N7WAH, pretended as if there were no cell service, no phone service, no fuel for generators or vehicles, and no mains electricity. We used batteries and solar power only. We gathered on one of the ballfields at Wahkiakum HS, setting up Friday evening before the "emergency" then operated for 24 hours...
Wahkiakum County commissioners authorized emergency repairs and a weight restriction load limit for Wirkkala Road north of Deep River when they met Tuesday. Last week, area resident Nick Nikkila reported the culvert was failing and had only a very small opening for drainage. This week, County Engineer Paul Lacy said the culvert had almost collapsed and recommended the county impose a 10,000 lb. weight restriction on the road. The road crew has already placed steel plates over the 4-foot diameter culvert for basic vehicle safety, he said....
Claire Ward, the marketing and communications manager for Noanet returned to Cathlamet on Monday to share results from the broadband survey recently completed in the county. There were two major takeaways from the survey for Ward. One, there is a demand for internet and two, Wahkiakum residents are nice. Noanet needed 400 completed surveys. Twelve hours after the survey became available, there were already 75 responses. In 24 hours, Ward had 100, and in two days, she’d heard from 10 percent o...
To The Eagle: I was extremely disappointed in Richard Erickson's recent letter to the editor. Instead of chatting with the leaders of Clatskanie and Rainier about Dollar General he should have been using Google to find out about real communities who have lost their businesses to Dollar General. And if he had used Google, he would've found out that Cathlamet is nowhere near the populations of both of these towns in Oregon and therefore cannot be compared. One town even has a Safeway store. These larger communities can somewhat absorb a business...
The Eagle incorrectly reported last week that the Cathlamet Town Council had appropriated $5,000 to the Wahkiakum County Historical Society to finance roof repairs. Instead, the money will be used for changing the fluorescent lighting to LED lighting....
COOLED OFF--This past Saturday morning we woke up to wet roads and wet grass and lots of clouds, so this was definitely a cool down from what many thought was going to be a "sunny and hot" weekend. However, it seems the forecast changed and the temperatures dropped enough in the evening hours so that some were even kicking on the heat, or putting that extra blanket back on the bed! SPECIAL DAYS-- Those celebrating birthdays from June 27-July 3 are Don Speranza, Cliff Garrison, Austin Luthi,...
THURSDAY Community Center, Cathlamet, 9 a.m.-Noon. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Community Center, Cathlamet, 6-7-15 p.m. Sandra Sews, 10:30-Noon. S.A.I.L., Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, 12:45-1:45 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, The Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. District No. 4 Fire Department, drill night, 7 p.m. Skamokawa Fire Department, 7 p.m. Grays River Fire Department, fire/ambulance, 7 p.m. Food Addicts Meeting, The Hope Center, 3rd &...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: June 17 – 11:36 a.m. A deputy responded to an Elochoman Valley home after a resident reported that a suspicious man had tried to open the front door. 12 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance transported a clinic patient with breathing issues to the hospital. 12:11 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance provided a lift assist to a Puget Island resident who had fallen and was unable to get up on his own. 1:40 p.m. A deputy a...
Carl Cothren, 81, of Cathlamet, passed away on June 13th, 2019 at home. Carl was born to Thirl and Ethel (Dillehay) Cothren on May 22, 1938 in Hayesville, North Carolina. He grew up and attended school in Hayesville, when he left North Carolina in 1956 he went to Drain, Oregon and logged for a few months for Louisiana Pacfic, then traveled to Cathlamet in 1957 and went to work for Crown Zellerbach. He worked in the woods for 38 years until they shut down in 1985, then went to Southeast Alaska and worked for Ketchikan Pulp Company until he...
Planning was a major concern for members of the Cathlamet town council during two meetings Monday. In a special meeting held Monday afternoon, councilors met with John Morgan to plan the process for developing a strategic plan to guide the council's decision making process. Later, in their regular evening meeting, the council approved a contract to update the town's comprehensive plan by the end of the year, and they met with Department of Ecology Regional Planner Michelle McConnell to go over the final steps to finish the first update of the t...
NICE--Last weekend wasn't too bad, as Saturday started out with some cloudiness but by noon, the breeze blew those clouds away and the sun came out, which made for a decent day. Anytime temps are in the 70s, I'm a happy camper, as once they reach the 80s, I'm ready to hide in the house! Father's Day was the same way, and even with the clouds moving in later, we got to see the "Strawberry Moon" just over the dark cloud bank in the evening so that was pretty neat. I hear some dampness is forecast for sometime this week, so while most will not be...
THURSDAY Community Center, Cathlamet, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Community Center, Cathlamet, 6-7:15 p.m. Learn to knit, crochet and mend, Sandra Sews, Community Center, Cathlamet, 10:30 a.m.-Noon. Walking Group, Community Center, Cathlamet, 9 a.m. S.A.I.L., Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, 12:45-1:45 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, The Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Fire Protection District No. 1 Commissioners, Fire Hall, 5:30 p.m. Fire District No. 4, 7 p.m....
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: June 10 – 1:22 a.m. A caller was concerned about a friend who was not answering his phone and had not shown up to take him to work two days earlier, even though he was expected. A deputy was able to make contact with the individual, who was fine. 11:48 a.m. A deputy advised an individual who wanted to retrieve personal items from a Puget Island home. 12:18 p.m. A driver was cited for speed. 1:45 p.m. The G...
Carl "Cobb" Cothren, 81, of Cathlamet, died on June 13th, 2019 at home in Cathlamet. Carl was born to Thirl and Ethel (Dillehay) Cothren on May 22, 1938 in Hayesville, North Carolina. He grew up and attended school in North Carolina, moving to Cathlamet in 1956 to begin work as a logger. He worked in the logging industry for Crown Zellerbach in Cathlamet until they closed and spent several years logging in Ketchikan, Alaska. Upon his retirement in 1996, he had spent 40 years logging. Carl spent...
Readers of all ages will explore all things space this summer as Cathlamet Public Library presents “A Universe of Stories” during their summer library program. Activities may include space-related crafts, art projects, science and engineering experiments, group games, and more. The 2019 Summer Reading Program is open to young people, Grades K through Middle School, with programs, prize drawings, story times, reading incentives, and more. Families are invited to join the Read-to-Me portion of the program. Programs will be held Wednesdays startin...
The Julia Butler Hansen House, built in 1867-68 will be open for tours on Sunday, June 23 from 10 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. The house is located at the corner of Main and Butler Streets in Cathlamet. The JBH House is the oldest house in Cathlamet and Wahkiakum County and was the home of the late Congresswoman Julia Butler Hansen. Four generations of the Kimball, Butler and Hansen families have resided in the house. The house contains the awards Julia Butler Hansen received during her 43 years in public office. Also on exhibit are watercolors of early...
The Wahkiakum County PUD Board of Commissioners met Tuesday morning to listen to reports and award a bid for the Grays River substation project. Commissioner Dennis Reid had a question about the rates for the Skamokawa water system after being approached by customers. “One of the concerns is why their rate is set the same as Western Wahkiakum System, whose rate is high because of a heavy debt, and this is a system with no debt whatsoever,” Reid said, “That is hard to understand and to expla...
Wahkiakum County officials may take another look at their ordinance governing junk vehicles following complaints from citizens during the past few weeks. Skamokawa resident Ursula Petralia raised the issue at Tuesday's meeting of the county board of commissioners, saying recent visitors had expressed disgust at seeing a property between Cathlamet and Skamokawa covered with junk vehicles. A fence screens the property from a county road, but the vehicles are visible from SR 4. She also expressed concern that the disabled vehicles could be...
Rosedale resident Genie Cary captured this photo of a rainbow on the outskirts of Cathlamet June 6. At one point, it displayed a brilliant double arc....
To The Eagle: I would like to point out why Dollar General should not be allowed to come into our community. Namely Factor #3 of the SEPA checklist that was overlooked by the Bureau of Planning, which is stimulate public health and welfare. #1 Dollar General threatens the viability of the existing community and threatens locally owned business, property values, and the ability of Cathlamet to attract new residents and small businesses. #2 They have a poor concern for workers by paying far below prevailing wages and taxpayers are forced to...
