Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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THURSDAY Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Congregational Church, Noon. Skamokawa Fire Department, 7 p.m. Grays River Fire Department, work night, 7:30 p.m. Puget Island Fire Department, drill night, 7 p.m. District No. 4 Fire Department, 7 p.m. Westside Play & Learn Group, Valley Bible Church, 9:30-11 a.m. Cathlamet Public Library Board of Trustees, 2:45 p.m. Community Library & Computer Center, GRVC at Johnson Park, 1-5 p.m. West End Food Pantry, GRVC at Johnson Park, 1-5...
Last Wednesday, the Little Island Creamery celebrated its grand opening with a ribbon cutting, tours, hors d'oeuvres and more. The creamery is the brainchild of Puget Island residents, business partners and friends, Dick McDonald and Kyleen Austin. McDonald hails from the northwest. He went to college and graduate school in Washington before heading east to work first in Washington D.C. as an economist for the government and then to Chicago, where he was an economist for a futures exchange....
The Washington Department of Transportation is looking for local input on a coming project to paint and repair the Julia Butler Hansen Bridge between Cathlamet and Puget Island. WSDOT plans to complete the project during the summer months of 2017 and 2018. One year they will replace the wooden deck, which is rotten in places, and repave the surface. The next year they will repaint the steel structure in order to protect it from rust and corrosion. There will be periods of time when the bridge wi...
Remarkable strides in recovery have been made for the Columbian white-tailed deer in our area. Evidence of this is the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s reclassification of the Columbia River distinct population segment of Columbian white-tailed deer from endangered to threatened. The deer population of the lower Columbian floodplain has experienced significant recovery, increasing from about 400 deer in the early 1970s to almost 1,000 individuals in 2015. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and its state and tribal partners have successfully u...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: October 18 — 8:34 a.m. The Cathlamet ambulance aided an Elochoman Valley resident with severe head and neck pain. 9:19 a.m. The Cathlamet ambulance aided a Skamokawa resident with chest pain. 12:26 p.m. A Grays River resident reported that someone had driven over his political signs. 5:23 p.m. An individual with a warrant was taken into custody in the Elochoman Valley. 10:51 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance a...
NOT TOO BAD--Last weekend wasn't too bad, as while we had some rain, we also had some dry times, along with some sunshine, so it was certainly better than the weekend before! We even saw the "field lakes" going down at last, so that's always a welcome sight. However, by the time you read this, we are supposedly going back to a rainy streak, so I hope you enjoyed whatever dry time we had, as it looks like the Fall weather, which means, "falling rain," is here! SPECIAL DAYS--Those celebrating birthdays from Oct. 27-Nov. 2 are Maury Mooers, Hoby...
THURSDAY Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Congregational Church, Noon. District No. 4 Fire Department, drill night, 7 p.m. Grays River Fire Department, fire/ambulance, 7 p.m. Skamokawa Fire Department, 7 p.m. Wahkiakum Fire District 2 Commissioners, Skamokawa Fire Hall, 7 p.m. Wahkiakum Planning Commission, Courthouse, 3rd floor, 6 p.m. Eastside Play & Learn Group, St. James Family Center, 1:30-3 p.m. Westside Play & Learn Group, Valley Bible Church, 9:30-11 a.m. Community...
A Veterans’ Day Assembly will be held in the gymnasium at Naselle-Grays River Valley School at 12:30 p.m on November 10. The assembly is an opportunity for students and staff to honor all veterans and present military personnel. It also represents an opportunity for students to learn about the sacrifices made by veterans and present day military personnel and how those sacrifices have helped to keep freedom alive for Americans and others. All military personnel and veterans are invited to attend the assembly. Community members wishing to j...
Puget Island resident Carol Kriesel dropped off unused medications on Saturday in Cathlamet. Ginger Hake of the Wahkiakum Community Network and Ernie Schnabler of the Wahkiakum County Sheriff's Office were on hand from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., to collect unused and expired medications. The medications will be sent to the Drug Enforcement Administration for incineration. There will eventually be a permanent collection box, according to Hake. Photos by Diana Zimmerman....
On Saturday, October 29, at River Mile 38 Brewing Company, Christine Darby will perform from 5-8 p.m., on the Crow’s Nest Stage, 285 Third St., Cathlamet. For more information call 360-366-4662....
Tsuga Gallery has announced that due to medical issues, their exhibit, entitled “Generations,” has been canceled. An artists’ reception was scheduled for Oct. 29 from 5-7 p.m. The gallery is located at 70 Main St., Cathlamet and is open Thursday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Their contact information is 360-795-0725 or www.tsugagallery.org....
Nearly 30 volunteers showed up to help with the first Tidy the Town event, sponsored by the Pioneer Community Association. Several of the people who gave up their Saturday morning in service were new to the area. The volunteers cleaned up the trail near the Elochoman Marina and Strong Park, they weeded sidewalks in downtown Cathlamet and up Columbia Street. "I was pleased with the turnout," Event Organizer Suzanne Holmes said, echoing comments by PCA President Kay Cochran and Treasurer Jennifer...
The Wahkiakum Mules volleyball team split games this week losing in Kalama and beating Pe Ell at home. Last Thursday, the team lost to the Chinooks in Kalama, 13-25, 16-25, and 20-25. "Coming into this week against two really tough teams we knew it was going to take a lot of hard work and discipline to be successful," Coach Kayli Hurley said. "We didn't play terribly, and in fact, did some really good things. It just wasn't quite enough." "RayAnna Carlon had a great game with seven kills,"...
Trinity Klecker, 15, started racing stand up jet skis in April. Now she is ranked sixth in the world in women's competition. At that same event, the IJSBA World Finals at Lake Havasu, she also took 10th place in the world competing against grown men on a stock jet ski. She is frequently competing against people with faster jet skis. And beating them. Trinity was initially considered a junior, which is the class for 13-15 year olds, but she was good enough that officials agreed to move her up to...
The Cathlamet town council on Monday took initial steps to raise water and sewer rates for customers of its utilities. The council is reacting to reports from an accountant and town staff who have stated that current rates aren't high enough to keep the two systems solvent. Rates are set in ordinances, and the council voted to approve for first reading an ordinance temporarily increasing water rates 10 percent and sewer rates 20 percent. The ordinance must be approved at two council meetings; the second approval should come at the council's...
People will be able to dispose of unused or expired medications this Saturday in Cathlamet. Members of the Wahkiakum County Sheriff’s Office and Wahkiakum Community Network will collect the medications from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. this Saturday in the Cathlamet Pharmacy parking lot. The collection is for prescription and over the counter drugs and medications. The main goal of the collection is to keep the chemicals out of the groundwater and environment, said Undersheriff Gary Howell. People shouldn’t throw them into the garbage or flush them int...
In the past two months, we've printed a lot of election coverage in The Eagle. Last week, it was candidates for state representative and senate; the week before, it was county commission. We've printed Associated Press (AP) stories on state races and most initiatives. We've attended candidate forums in Skamokawa and Cowlitz County. We missed the forum in Grays River because our Cathlamet crew was busy at meetings there and the Grays River crew was flooded in. We've even had a bit of coverage of the presidential debates. One issue we haven't...
To The Eagle: Enough is enough. No less than three times, Commissioner Cothren has ranted in a public forum about how the town has done nothing regarding our challenges with sewer concerns. He also stated he met with me regarding this a year ago. That is simply not true. He also stated the town hampered extending sewer service. Also untrue! The town offered to lower hook up fees but the county refused to do the same. Of course the town would like a cooperative effort with the county, but I can't possibly think why Commissioner Cothren wishes...
To The Eagle: Regarding Mr. Cothren’s letter last week, I wholeheartedly agree with the heading: “Please vote for integrity.” In that spirit, I write to clarify the inaccuracies that Mr. Cothren attributed to me. First, I never presented at any county commissioner meetings in 2015. All of the meeting minutes are online, so it is easy to see that his statement is false. I did present on October 7, 2014 and November 12, 2014. The first time was to request that the commissioners meet with the Town to re-negotiate their interlocal agreement regar...
Scott Wilson, a senior account executive from Bonneville Power Administration, attended Tuesday morning’s Wahkiakum County PUD Board of Commissioners meeting. He spoke at length about the PUD’s contract with BPA and the current rate case and answered commissioners’ questions. General Manager Dave Tramblie gave a report about the PUD’s work over the stormy weekend. The weather was not nearly as bad as had been expected, but crews were still busy. “We had a little bit of wind Friday and Saturday,...
Members of the Pioneer Community Association invite the public to join them this Saturday to clean up Cathlamet. As part of National Make a Difference Day, volunteers will bring gloves, hoes, clippers and other tools to clean up side walks and brush around the town. They'll meet at the Pioneer Community Center at 9 a.m. and work till noon. The event is part of the national Make A Difference Day program, which has awarded the PCA a $100 grant to aid the clean up effort. The Make a Difference Day program is one of the largest annual single-days...
PLENTY NASTY--While some folks were complaining about the fact that the "big one" didn't hit us this past Saturday, there were plenty of folks, like me, that felt like our prayers had been answered when another low formed to the west of the "big eye" and drew enough power from it, that those of us in our area and most up north, did not experience too much damage. There were exceptions of course, like down on the Oregon coast where a tornado hit a couple of towns, and were truly devastated, so that was pretty horrific. For all those folks along...
THURSDAY Rosburg Community Club, 7 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Congregational Church, Noon. Cathlamet First Aid Division, Fire Hall, 7 p.m. Skamokawa Fire Department, First Aid Division, 7 p.m. Grays River Fire Department, ambulance training, 7 p.m. Wahkiakum Fire District No. 4, 7 p.m. Westside Play & Learn Group, Valley Bible Church, 9:30-11 a.m. Community Library & Computer Center, GRVC at Johnson Park, 1-5 p.m. West End Food Pantry, GRVC at Johnson Park, 1-5 p.m. TOPS (Take Off Pounds...
Edna Bettyjo Blain, age 87, died October 14, 2016. She was born February 24, 1929 to Alonzo Urban Clay and Gertrude Mildred Gragg Clay in Delano, Calif. The family later moved to Portland, Ore., where she met and married Franklyn L. Blain. They moved to Los Angeles, Calif. In 1949 the couple moved to Rosburg, Wash. They lived their lives together there until Franklyn’s death in 1999. Later Edna moved to Mint Valley Apartments in Longview until her final move to the Canterbury Inn in Longview. Edna’s occuupations included a waitress at the Gra...
Rosie D. Jameson, 95, formerly of Cathlamet, died on October 15, 2016 in Vader at her daughter's home. She was born on July 14, 1921 in Heartville, MO., to William and Gertrude (Olds) Doris. She and John were married on Dec.24, 1941 in Idaho and moved to Cathlamet in 1956 where they lived until John's death in 2002. Rosie was a member of Assembly of God Church (now River of Life) teaching Sunday School and was a member of the Women's Missions. In addition to her family she loved to quilt, sew, garden and cook, making all three of her daughters...
