Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Bob A. Hendrickson, 88, of Vancouver (formerly Cathlamet), died on July 30, 2018 in a Vancouver care center. A full obituary will follow. Service is pending at a later date....
The second annual Cathlamet Art Festival, presented by Tsuga Art Gallery, brings in a full range of live entertainment. Beginning on Friday, August 3, Tsuga Gallery will host an opening reception for both the Art Festival and Wooden Boat Festival at the Gallery (located at 70 Main St., Cathlamet) from 4:30 – 6 p.m. Following the reception there will be a live fund-raising auction at the Gallery, featuring donated art from Gallery members and local businesses. After the auction there will be poetry reading and music at the Cathlamet Pioneer C...
Summer is in full swing, and so is Grays River Valley Center. The board would like to welcome our new board member CeCe Raglin from Cathlamet. CeCe is already jumping in and making the board complete. CeCe is Secretary and Co-Treasurer along with Denise Blanchard. We are looking forward to good things happening. Our Super Sale is this coming weekend August 3, 4, and 5, from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Friday and 12-4 p.m., on Saturday. Lunch will be available on Friday and Saturday. The board meeting has been changed from August 1 to August 8. Everyone...
The US Department of Agriculture Rural Development program will take input on what infrastructure projects people in Wahkiakum County would like to see developed. The session will occur August 9, 9 a.m. to 12 noon, in the River Street Meeting Room, 25 River Street, Cathlamet. The agency offers loans, grants and loan guarantees to help create jobs and support economic development and essential services such as housing, health care, first responder services and equipment, and water, electric and communications infrastructure. The agency also...
By The Wahkiakum Chamber Of Commerce August Fridays--Farmers Market 3-6pm Every Friday Thru Sept. 30, Elochoman Slough Marina ~ Mackenzie Jones ~ 360.795.3501 *** Libraries Rock! Children’s Summer Reading Program 2:30-3:45pm (Wednesdays Thru Aug) ~ Cathlamet Library 360.795.3254 Tbd Open Mic Music Night Skamokawa Grange #425 ~ Jerry Ledtke ~ 360.795.3434 3-5 Art Festival Cathlamet ~ Nell Coulson ~ 360.849.4116 4 Kiwanis Club Breakfast 7-10am Elochoman Slough Marina ~ Linda Barth ~ 4-5 Wooden Boat Festival Elochoman Slough Marina ~ Julius D...
Live Music Saturday, August 4 at River Mile 38 Brewing Company, Downhill Billies (Alex and Jon Arness), 5-8 p.m., Crow’s Nest Stage, 285 Third St., Cathlamet. For more information call 360-366-4662....
Bald Eagle Days is over, and now Chamber of Commerce Director Meg Morris and Assistant Director Megan Kuhl can sleep again. "I feel like I gave birth to my second baby this week," Morris said with a laugh. The two were still high from the event on Tuesday and were making a list, talking about what went right, what they learned and what they want to do differently next year. "All of this is going to feel like it flows a lot more smoother for the second time you put it on," Kuhl said. What the two...
Well, the vote by mail ballots for the 2018 primary election are out, and some are already headed to the auditor's office to be ready for counting August 7, the official election day. With Washington's top two primary system, we have just a few races that will be decided in the primary. One of the more interesting races is that for US House of Representatives. Incumbent Republican Jaime Herrera Beutler faces challenges from four Democrats and two Republicans. Herrera Beutler is bound to advance to the general election, so who will advance with...
To The Eagle: As I circle ever closer to my 75th birthday it is becoming more clear by the day that the war involving the civilized world against fascism seems to have been forgotten by many. Like some of you older folks, I had relatives that served honorably fighting in Europe, Africa and the South Pacific. What is troubling to those paying attention to what is happening is the apparent recurrence of a very similar set of circumstances that gave my generation the honorific title of War Babies. I would hate to think that your children or...
To The Eagle: The Free Summer Lunch Program is up and running! Our first week we served more than 90 meals. In addition to providing healthy food, the program has WSU Extension & 4-H leading Cooking Matters Food Demonstrations on Mondays. Those attending this week learned about Drinking Smart and left with their own personal water bottle and encouragement to refill and reuse for a cleaner environment. On Thursdays every kid can pick out a free book. We are encouraging youth to take their lunch to The Hope Center and join our local Senior Citize...
PERFECT--The weather for Bald Eagle Day just couldn't have been more perfect. As this week begins, we've got some heat arriving but at least Sunday morning began with some heavy, moist cloud cover to help dampen things a bit before it got sunny and warm. With a dry, very hot week ahead, here's to keeping hydrated and limiting our time in the sun so nobody is having to be carted away due to heat stroke. BURN BAN--Don't forget, our county is now under a burn ban, which actually started July 15, so nobody should be lighting any fires anywhere, for...
THURSDAY Community Center, Cathlamet, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. TOPS, Community Center, Cathlamet, 6-9 p.m. Girl Scouts, Community Center, Cathlamet, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Cathlamet Fire Dept., 7 p.m. Skamokawa Fire Department, 7 p.m. Grays River Fire Department, Fire/Ambulance, 7:30 p.m. District No. 4 Fire Department, drill night, 7 p.m. Senior Citizen luncheon, Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, noon. Senior Citizen luncheon, Rosburg Hall, noon Food Addicts Meeting, The Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, 5:30-7 p.m. West End Food Pantry, GRVC at Johnson...
On June 27, a candidate forum was held before a full house at the Skamokawa Grange. Each candidate was given an opportunity to introduce themselves before answering questions from the audience. The third group to take the stage were candidates for prosecuting attorney and sheriff. The two candidates for sheriff were incumbent Mark Howie (I) and challenger, Graham Phalen (R). Here is what they had to say: Phalen: Howdy neighbors. My name is Graham Phalen. I’m a resident of the island for the p...
On Monday, the Broadband Committee gathered for their second meeting. Janea Delk, a representative of CERB, Washington State Department of Commerce’s Community Economic Revitalization Board, spoke to the group about how the agency provides financial support to rural communities that are planning broadband construction. “Currently we have $10 million to get us through this biennium,” Delk said, “which is June 2019.” The committee is comprised of representatives from Wahkiakum County, Port 1, P...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: July 16 — 9:52 p.m. A generous Puget Island resident told an acquaintance he could keep his trailer on her property until he could make other arrangements after he notified her that he had left it there. He is now living in it and refuses to leave. A deputy tried to make contact with the man but he was not there. 2:41 p.m. A caller reported that an individual was on her Puget Island property even though she ha...
By The Wahkiakum Chamber Of Commerce July Fridays--Farmers Market 3-6pm Every Friday Thru Sept. 30, Elochoman Slough Marina ~ Mackenzie Jones ~ 360.795.3501 *** Libraries Rock! Children’s Summer Reading Program 2:30-3:45pm (Wednesdays Thru Aug) ~ Cathlamet Library ~ 360.795.3254 27, 28, 29 Finnish American Folk Festival, Naselle High School, Naselle August Fridays--Farmers Market 3-6pm Every Friday Thru Sept. 30, Elochoman Slough Marina ~ Mackenzie Jones ~ 360.795.3501 *** Libraries Rock! Children’s Summer Reading Program 2:30-3:45pm (Wedn...
Walter Ray Berkshire, 83, passed away in Longview on July 18, 2018. He was a resident of Grays River the past 58 years. Walt was born in Eugene, Oregon on August 13, 1934, the son of George and Frances (Price) Berkshire. In 1961 he married Clara Magnuson in Eugene and they moved to Grays River where he resided since. Walt was employed by Weyerhaeuser Timber of 20 years in various capacities. He enjoyed NASCAR racing and working in his shop. A US Army veteran, he was very proud of his 25 years se...
Plans are set for the Cathlamet Wooden & Classic Boat Show to be held August 4 and 5 at the Elochoman Slough Marina in Cathlamet. Organizers are welcoming all classic craft including those of various construction materials. All sizes are encouraged, they said; the only limit being the ability to tie off at the marina dock. Also wanted are boats of all modes of propulsion and function, be it boats used for work, pleasure or recreation. Food and craft vendors will be on site. Entertainment...
A Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) asphalt grinding crew is scheduled to start work Monday to create left turn lanes on SR 4 in Cathlamet. WSDOT communications officer Tamara Greenwell said Wednesday that the crew will remove the rumble strips and pave them over at the intersections to receive the turn lanes. The highway will be partially closed, with traffic escorted by a pilot car. The work is part of a project to add left turn lanes on the highway in the Cathlamet area and slow the speed limit to 45 mph. Elsewhere, a...
Live Music Saturday, July 28 at River Mile 38 Brewing Company, Paul Mauer and The Silence, 5-8 p.m., Crow’s Nest Stage, 285 Third St., Cathlamet. For more information call 360-366-4662....
It has happened for many years: Nevada resident Willow Bill paddled a dugout canoe past Cathlamet last Friday. Bill provides education programs for youth and was part of the group that paddled dugouts to replicate the 200th anniversary of the Lewis and Clark expedition a dozen years ago. The canoe, named the Flying Eagle, was used in the replication, and Bill has been making the trip almost annually since. This year, a young woman from Italy joined him for the lower Columbia passage. The Flying...
The battle over the Town of Cathlamet's purchase of a vacant lot on Main Street isn't over yet. The town council voted 3-2 to buy the lot in quick action after an executive session at the June meeting. Following that meeting, a group of citizens angered by the vote collected over 100 signatures on a petition asking the council to rescind the decision. The citizens planned to present the petition at the council's monthly meeting on Monday, but they learned earlier that day that the sale had close...
Meg Morris and Megan Kuhl were working out the finer details of Bald Eagle Days on Tuesday afternoon. Their push to bring vendors to the event this year must be working because so far the two have 65 vendors signed up. “We think we’re going to put our food vendors by the courthouse,” Kuhl said. “There are nine so far including salmon chowder, snow cones, and Hawaiian.” The big event starts on Friday, July 20, with the annual Rolly and Ginny Armstrong Sidewalk Chalk Art Contest on Friday fr...
Washington's election season advances another step this Friday as election officials will mail primary election ballots to registered voters. Voters in every county will be able to return their ballots via the U.S. Postal Service without having to pay for a stamp. The official primary election day is August 7. The candidates with the top two vote tallies will advance to the general election no matter their party preference. Voters in the Wahkiakum County primary election will have contested races only at the state and legislative district...
To The Eagle: With the election of county officials only a month away, there isn’t much time left for the incumbent assessor to make good on his suggestion to hold a workshop (March 29, 2018, Letters to the Editor) to explain his property evaluation procedures. Property owners had complained in several issues of “The Eagle” about the difficulty in accessing the necessary information to file property value appeals. Bill Coons answered those concerns by volunteering to hold a workshop, but nothing has transpired since last March. In the meant...
