Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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John Jackson “Jack” Burdick was born to Donald and Claire (Jackson) Burdick in Longview on April 17, 1946. He died on January 4, 2016 at his home in Cathlamet. He grew up in Cathlamet, graduating from Wahkiakum High School in 1964. He began work immediately for Crown Zellerbach doing various logging jobs until he entered the Army. He was stationed in Viet Nam and when he came home from the military resumed logging. He was well known in the small community as a timber faller which he did until Crown Z closed the Cathlamet operation in 1989. In...
Bettie Jane Venable, 69, died January 9, 2016 at her Cathlamet home. She was born March 16, 1946 in Houston, Ark., to George and Lucelle (Porter) Venable. She was a loving and caring homemaker who enjoyed baking, spending time with her grandchildren and her dogs, and fishing. She was preceded in death by her parents, four sisters, a son and a daughter. Survivors include Sons Tim Madewell (Darla) of Cathlamet and Guy Davis (Mendy) of Newberg, Ore.; daughter Pam Bailey of San Antonio, Tex.; brothers Bud Venable (Ellie) of Dundee, Ore., Richard...
State fish managers will hold a public meeting Jan. 21 in Cathlamet to discuss two options for establishing a wild steelhead gene bank in rivers and streams near the mouth of the Columbia River. Both options under consideration by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) are designed to support the preservation of wild steelhead populations by prohibiting future releases of hatchery-raised steelhead into specific waters of the lower Columbia River Basin. One option would eliminate production of hatchery winter steelhead on the...
Ever played Mario on Play-Doh or Piano on Bananas? You can do those things with Makey Makey, which is advertised as letting you “Alligator clip the Internet to Your World.“ “Thanks to Washington’s State Library, the Cathlamet Public Library has borrowed a Makey Makey lab for people to come in and experiment,” said Librarian Carol Blix. “Imagine constructing a playable cardboard guitar, a paper bongo set, or a human sound effects machine.” Makey Makey is an open-ended invention kit people can use to create their own interactive keyboards. Chrome...
Live Music at River Mile 38 Brewing Company: Christine Darby will perform from 5 to 8 p.m., Saturday, January 16, on the Crow's Nest Stage during Live at Five. 285 Third St., Cathlamet. For more information call 360-366-4662....
General Manager Dave Tramblie gave a report, and a representative from Northwest Public Power Association (NWPPA) gave a presentation at Wahkiakum County PUD Board of Commissioners meeting on Tuesday. “The east side of the county was the only area really affected during the December 21 windstorm,” Tramblie said. “Since then it has been fairly quiet over the holidays.” According to Tramblie, the cold weather has had an affect on the systems in the county. Water consumption numbers on Puget I...
A book club will meet at the Cathlamet Community Center on the second Friday of each month from 11 a.m. to noon. The first meeting will be tomorrow, January 8. This will take place in conjunction with the Brown Bag Lunch offered each Friday. Participants do not have to be a member of the book club to take part in the lunch, which is open to the public. The center is located at 101 Main Street. For more information contact Joyce Orr at 360-430-3968 or joyceorr@wwestsky.net....
The Castle Rock Men’s Ensemble will make a return visit to St. James Church, 1134 Columbia St., at 2 p.m. on Sunday, February 7. This group of musicians are well known throughout Southwest Washington where they have been playing together for many years. They are widely recognized for the quality and variety of their performances. The concert is free but there will be a goodwill offering for the St. James Family Center. A dessert buffet will follow....
Carson Theodore Wilson was born Nov 9, 2015 at 1:28 p.m. He weighed 9-lbs., 13-oz and was 21¼ inches long. He joins his parents, RaeAnne and Joe Wilson and 2½ year old sister Ava. Maternal grandparents are Lori Kensinger of Cathlamet and Jeff Magnuson of Kalama. Paternal grandparents are Brad and Jane Wilson of Chinook....
Live Music at River Mile 38 Brewing Company: Cara and Nathan Haney will perform from 5 to 8 p.m., Saturday, January 9, on the Crow's Nest Stage during Live at Five. 285 Third St., Cathlamet. For more information call 360-366-4662....
WHITE--We had a white Christmas in West Valley this past year, but that was only because it was foggy! Not just a little foggy, but it was super thick, white fog that greeted us that day and so that made it white. Then New Year's was white too, only this time it was due to a very heavy, thick frost that blanketed the area. Now as we enjoy the beginning of this week and the first Sunday of this new year 2016, we are seeing white once again, but this time, it's actually snow that is falling all around us and the roads, trees and grass are all...
THURSDAY Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Congregational Church, noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, 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, 9-11:30 a.m. Cathlamet Public Library Board of Trustees, 12:45 p.m. Sewing Room, GRVC at Johnson Park, 1-4 p.m. West End Food Pantry, GRVC at Johnson Park, 1-5 p.m. TOPS, (Take Off...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: December 28 — 1:10 p.m. A Skamokawa resident reported that a neighbor’s dog had attacked her dog. 2:20 p.m. Sheep had wandered onto a Skamokawa resident’s property. The owner was contacted. 6:43 p.m. Deputies attempting to serve a warrant in the Elochoman Valley were unable to locate the subject. December 29 — 3:46 a.m. The Grays River ambulance aided a Rosburg resident who had fallen. 11:49 a.m. A caller...
I hope everyone stayed safe with this last burst of cold weather. I know the roads were pretty slick and a few trees made travel a little treacherous. Here’s hoping for a little reprieve with some sunshine. Welcome home to my Uncle David Hammonds. He spent the holidays in Juneau, Alaska with his daughter and son-in-law, as well as spending time with some of his old friends and with his new great grandson. News from Naselle: Sports calendar for Naselle Comet teams this week: Saturday, girls and boys basketball with Mary M. Knight in Naselle a...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
To The Eagle: As I went to get my Christmas lights to string across my house, I discovered they were part of many items that were stolen from my home Sept 6, 2014. I was so aggravated, I wrote this letter. If nothing else, it felt good to vent. After over 100 finger prints were pulled and a year later waiting on them to be examined in Olympia, I was told none were clear prints and could not be used to identify anyone — a total loss and no personal property insurance! I am very grateful, though, that the thief did not "trash" my house. Sue G...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: December 14 — 12:58 p.m. An alarm was activated at a Rosedale home. A deputy checked the home and found nothing. 1:28 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance aided a Cathlamet resident who had fallen. 2:49 p.m. A caller who had been running on Puget Island said that two dogs had become aggressive when she passed their home. 5:28 p.m. There was a report of a dead deer on SR 4 near the school access road. WSDOT was n...
WHITE OR NOT?--As this week began, we were enjoying a break from the miserable weather we'd been having, so we were all happy to see all the standing water begin to recede by Sunday evening. However, along came Monday and that enjoyment we had felt quickly subsided as a strong wind and rain event pounded many parts of our county and others. Trees were falling all over the place, from one county to the other, and that meant there were power outages and telephone outages as well. On Puget Island, one huge loss was the P.I. fire station which...
THURSDAY Christmas Eve: The following events may or may not take place. Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Congregational Church, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, 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. 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...
