Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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To The Eagle: There are many new age snake oil salesmen telling anyone who will listen about the many wonderful benfits marijuana has in store for you. Get real, the only thing that belongs in your lungs is air. I know you can ingest it in food, too, just to get that high you think you need or worse, maybe even have become addicted to. I know a lot of you won’t gather round to hear my pitch, but here it goes anyway. If you need to feel good, you know, get that high, why not visit a lonely person, maybe mentor a child, buy a kid in need some s...
The Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce will host a Fall Run Salmon Derby “Get Hooked” on August 26 and 27. This will be the first year for this derby. The event will take place at Elochoman Slough Marina in Cathlamet. The “Get Hooked” Fall Run Salmon Derby is a scholarship fundraising event for the Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce. Funds raised at this event will provide a high school senior with a scholarship to attend a college, university, or trade school after graduation. Last May they presented a graduating senior with a $1,000 scholar...
Live Music at Puget Island Farmers Market, 59 W. Birnie Slough Rd. On Friday, August 19, Don Wages and Friends will perform from 3-6 p.m., on the Up-Beet Stage. For more information call 360-560-3785. On Saturday, August 20 at River Mile 38 Brewing, 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....
THURSDAY 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. 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 Sensibly) GRVC at Johnson Park activity room, 2 p.m. Westside Play & Learn Group, Valley Bible Church,...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: August 8 — 7:58 a.m. A Grays River resident complained that his neighbor’s cows were loose and that it happened frequently. The owner was contacted and advised about fencing requirements. 1:34 p.m. A Puget Island resident was concerned about a suspicious device that she found attached to her house. She thought it was a monitoring device but it turned out to be a weather station sensor. 3:56 p.m. An Elo...
Photo and story by Program Coordinator Nick Vavoudis Skyline Golf Course ended their summer golf camp on August 17 as the kids get ready for fall sports sponsored by the local schools. We had a great turnout this summer. Skyline Golf Camp lasted 23 days and taught 135 lessons to some 20 different kids. The season culminated with the Mint Valley Junior City Championship where six kids from Cathlamet competed. The event lasted four days with a flighted match play bracket event the final two days....
The Stella Historical Society will hold their annual Remnants of the Past program on September 10 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Visitors will find a small post office--now a museum--which served the farmers and loggers living in the area. Inside are items pioneers used before electricity was available. A blacksmith shop is next, housing logging equipment and one of the last working forges in Washington state. Jo Schnotala and Rochelle Hams of Grays River will be demonstrating their skills as blacksmiths that day. A third building houses farm equipm...
On Friday, August 16, from 10-5, the Wahkiakum County Department of Emergency Management will be conducting a training for a mass casualty incident in Cathlamet. Local law enforcement, emergency medical services, fire departments, mental health professionals and school district emergency response staff will benefit from the training. They are looking for 125 role players, 18 years and older, to aid in the training. Volunteers will be made up with mock injuries using the art of moulage before the event begins. There will be several moulage...
It's all about the bling, people. On Saturday, the four young women vying for the honor of 2016 Wahkiakum County Fair Queen and some of their friends and family were on hand for a car wash and bake sale at the Bank of the Pacific in Cathlamet. The girls weren't wearing their tiaras that day, but they were laughing and having a good time after four hours of washing vehicles, with two more hours to go. Kyrah Scuito is the daughter of John and Wendy Scuito of Skamokawa. She's 17 and about to start...
Dredged sand may be coming to eroding beaches on Puget Island and at Cape Horn east of Cathlamet. Wahkiakum County commissioners on Tuesday authorized execution of documents to set up a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the US Army Corps of Engineers to set up a 10-year program that would allow placement of dredge sand at four locations that are subject to erosion. The Corps's district manager will have to sign the agreement, which has been under development for over a year. County officials had a surprise when they picked up the agreement...
To The Eagle: I read with interest James Roberts’ letter of July 28 regarding the legal sale of cannabis products in Wahkiakum County. With equal interest, I anticipated a reply on August 4 from Commissioner Dan Cothren. Reading the Commissioner’s reply to Mr. Roberts, it became immediately apparent that he had not paid sufficient attention to Mr. Roberts’ letter to The Eagle. James Roberts did not say that the county received the 10 percent of revenue given to all counties that approved legal sales of these products. On the contrary he asked...
To The Eagle: Ok, I get it. This is how politics works. I had a letter printed in this paper on 7/28 clearly stating that I had questioned the politicos in attendance at the ‘Meet the Candidates' gathering at the Skamokawa grange why Wahkiakum county wasn't receiving the 10 percent from the sale of legal and voter approved recreational marijuana. Representative Brian Blake stated that Wahkiakum County had refused to allow the sale or cultivation of this legal crop. I questioned him and Mr. Rossetti as to what we, the citizens of our cash s...
To The Eagle: Since July 5, Mondays through Thursdays from 12:00 p.m.-12:30 p.m., we have offered free summer lunches to anyone 18 years and younger at J.A. Wendt Elementary in the multipurpose room. We have had a wonderful time over the last few weeks serving lunches to the kids in our community. As we are getting ready to finish up next week, we wanted to say thank you. For all the local businesses that helped make treat Tuesday special: Gragg's General Store, Waterway Espresso, Sharon's Pizza Mill, Chevron on Highway 4, and the Cathlamet...
The Julia Butler Hansen Heritage Center, 35 Butler St., Cathlamet, will be open for tours on Wednesday, August 17 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Julia Butler Hansen House is the oldest house in Cathlamet and is owned by the Wahkiakum Community Foundation who restored it in 2005. Tours will be given by David Hansen, son of former owner, Congresswoman Julia Butler Hansen. The house was occupied by the same family for over 100 years and contains Julia’s political mementos, family photos and original furnishings as well as the collection of h...
Friends of Skamokawa at Redmen Hall will hold their annual fundraising celebration ‘A Cornucopia Wine Tasting and Auction Benefit' at the Skamokawa Grange at the Fairgrounds on Saturday, September 10 from 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. This event will feature special wines and beer/ales to taste and compare, (non alcoholic beverages will also be available), small plates to enjoy prepared by Ginger and Jake caterers, a live auction of fine items - B&B nights, kayak lessons, paintings, blown glass, ceramics, gift baskets and more. There will also be some m...
The Wahkiakum Public Utility District #1 (PUD) and the Town of Cathlamet invite the interested members of the public to attend a public meeting to hear a presentation on the feasibility of consolidating the PUD’s and the Town’s separate water systems. The meeting will be held at the PUD Meeting Room from 8:30 – 9:30 a.m., on Tuesday, August 16, at 45 River Street in Cathlamet. The meeting is a requirement of the grant from the Washington Department of Health that funded a feasibility study by the PUD’s and the Town’s consulting water engineer,...
THURSDAY Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Congregational Church, Noon. Puget Island Fire Department, drill night, 7 p.m. Port District No. 1, 500 2nd St., 5 p.m. District No. 4 Fire Department, 7 p.m. Grays River Fire District, No. 3 Commissioners, 7:30 p.m. Grays River Fire Department, fire training, 7 p.m. Skamokawa Fire Department, 7 p.m. Wahkiakum County Real Property Rights Advisory Board, Courthouse, 6 p.m. Community Library & Computer Center, GRVC at Johnson Park,...
DRIPPY START--As this week began, we had some light rain, and while my lawn and bushes were thankful, I'm guessing all those that were camping weren't so happy. Those with hay down, were definitely not happy! On the bright side, this moisture keeps our fire danger level on the low side in comparison to half the western states which are burning up, so while it seems like summer isn't acting like summer right now, maybe we just need to count our blessings. While it might not be perfect, it beats fire and flooding and severe drought by a long...
Wahkiakum County Emergency Management is seeking victims (role players) to take part in an upcoming full scale exercise for our local emergency responders. The exercise will take place on Friday, August 26 from 10 a.m. to about 6 p.m., at 500 S Third St., Cathlamet. All role players must be at least 18 years old. Prior to this event you will be moulaged. This is the craft of making you look realistically injured. We have several talented moulage artists that will make you look as if you have any or all of the following: Broken bones, burns and...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: August August 2 — 5:43 a.m. Deputies, the Grays River Fire Department and the Grays River ambulance responded to a two vehicle accident in Grays River. Injuries were reported. 12:02 p.m. A caller reported that two eastbound vehicles were speeding and weaving in and out of traffic on SR 4. 12:40 p.m. A caller requested a welfare check on some juveniles at a Puget Island home. 5:49 p.m. A portion of Salmon C...
SUNNY BEGINNING--The temperatures here haven't been super hot during this last week of July, which is fine by me, but for those beach and heat lovers, well, it's been sort of disappointing, as we had hotter days in the spring time! As this work week begins, we not only saw a little less sun and cooler temperatures, but we also saw a new month show up! You know what that means don't you? Well, it means everyone with kids will be frantically getting those vacation days figured in their schedule before the kids have to go back to school and fall...
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. Cathlamet Public Library Board of Trustees, 12:45 p.m. Community Library & Computer Center, GRVC at Johnson Park, 1-5 p.m. West End Food Pantry, GRVC at Johnson Park, 1-5 p.m. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) GRVC at Johnson Park...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: July 18 — 10:31 a.m. A caller reported finding a small dog in Cathlamet. 11:00 a.m. A Rosedale resident reported that an unknown dog was in his pool. 12:29 p.m. A security guard reported that the owner of a vehicle and bags of trash blocking a Weyerhauser gate in the Skamokawa area would not respond despite several attempts to make contact. 1:16 p.m. A caller reported a suspicious man possibly stealing mail i...
Marjorie Dale Wilkins, born October 8, 1925 in Creston, Iowa, died August 1, 2016 in Longview. A service will be held at The Bridge (AKA) Cathlamet Christian fellowship, 503 SR 409 on Sunday August 14 at 2 p.m. A full obituary will follow at a later date....
Planning is underway for the 2016 Cathlamet Wooden Boat Festival to be held September 3 and 4 at the Elochoman Slough Marina. Organizers have chosen to expand the festival to two days this year. To entice exhibitors with their boats, invitations are being forwarded to a substantial and growing potential exhibitors list. Organizers say they are going to extend a hardy welcome and present each exhibitor with an attractive participation collector's plaque as well as their own event T-shirt. Each year, viewers are invited to vote for their...
