Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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The weekend of October 2nd and 3rd will mark the 8th annual Columbia River Country Days. This event was initiated by local volunteers to celebrate Wahkiakum County and to raise money and awareness for WSU Extension and 4-H. The event kicks off Friday with a Pie Social at 3 pm, and live music by Kyleen Austin and Andrew Emlen at the Puget Island Farmers Market. Pies are homemade by 4-H families and volunteers. Saturday is a full day and starts with milking at 7 am at the Skamokawa Farmstead Creamery at 1681 SR-4. The creamery will be open until...
Lorenzo Dow (LD) Mahoney, 84, of Cathlamet, WA passed away at Baylor Medical Center in Irving, TX, with family by his side, on Friday, 28th of August, 2015 from West Nile Virus. He was in Irving doing what he loved, being a caregiver to his only living brother out of eight siblings. He was born on the 19th of December, 1930 in Tuskahoma, OK to Frederick A. Mahoney and Sarah (Drummond) Mahoney. He was the youngest of four brothers and three sisters. The family moved to their homestead in...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: August 31 — 1:17 p.m. Deputies spent time patrolling the detour in the Elochoman Valley after several reports of reckless driving. Several vehicles were stopped for speeding. 2:12 p.m. A Cathlamet resident heard screaming at a neighbor’s home. Three deputies went to the home and knocked several times but there was no response. While there, they heard screaming and entered the home. One adult and one juvenile w...
A busy week at the Elochoman Slough Marina was capped off on Saturday with the 2015 Wooden Boat Show. Without the coinciding Chili Cookoff, the event seemed a little quieter this year, but everyone who attended the classes, checked out the boats or heard the Skamokawa Swamp Opera seemed to be having a good time. Organizers focused on smaller boats this year and several were set up along the road. There were a few more tied up along B dock. "We've got a lot of smaller boats, a lot of static...
Last Wednesday was warm and gorgeous, perfect for an evening tour aboard the Lady Washington on the Columbia River. I don't know how the weather could have been any better. Really, I only had one complaint. The theme to Gilligan's Island had been stuck in my head for days, with only a minor modification. It had become a two hour tour. I joined 42 other passengers and the crew for a little trip on the river in the replica of the tall ship that sank off the coast of The Philippines in 1797. We wer...
Two votes were enough to pass the preliminary 2016 budget reflecting a 5 percent rate increase for all systems at Tuesday’s Wahkiakum County PUD Board of Commissioner’s meeting. Commissioners Gene Healy and Bob Jungers voted to approve the budget while Commissioner Dennis Reid voted against it. “In four years time, we have a 20 percent increase on our water systems," Reid said. "It’s really hurting people. I’m just not in favor of raising water and electric at the same time because people ar...
There's good news and bad news for the Cowlitz Family Health Center Clinic in Cathlamet. Making a quarterly report to the Wahkiakum County board of commissioners on Tuesday, health center Executive Director Dian Cooper acknowledged the clinic's staff turnover is a problem for patients. However, the health center is doing well financially, she said, and center managers are expanding services by opening more clinics in Cowlitz County and by connecting with TriWest Health Alliance for services for veterans. Connecting with TriWest will allow the...
Kyleen Austin's second album, If You Were, came out quietly on August 18. She's been too distracted and busy with the abundance that comes from a productive, happy life. "I haven't had time to do any promoting," she said. She's making a little time now. Austin, who lives on Puget Island, is a kayak guide for Columbia River Kayaking, a consultant for a local dairy, and a singer/songwriter. She's working hard, building a home out of a shipping container. "I don't do anything that I don't want to...
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, 12:45 p.m. Community Library & Computer Center, GRVC at Johnson Park, 1-5 p.m. Sewing Room, GRVC at Johnson Park, 1-4 p.m....
A two day class will be held to prepare people to take the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Amateur Radio License test to receive their Technician License and operating tips. The class will be held on Saturday, September 19 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Saturday, September 26 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Church of Jesus Christ, Latter Day Saints, 35 Messinger Hill Drive in Cathlamet. The test fee is $15. Participants will need the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) Ham Radio License Manual. The Cathlamet Library has some manuals on hand and...
St. James Family Center will host an Open House and Reception to celebrate their 30 years of serving children and families of Wahkiakum County. The center started as a day care in the Parish House of St. James Church and has grown to have 11 programs in two locations. The event will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, October 3 in the gym of the Family Center, 1134 Columbia St., Cathlamet, and the public is invited to come and learn about their programs. St. James Family Center is the only non profit serving families in Wahkiakum...
On Friday, September 4, Christine Darby will perform on the Up-Beet Stage at the Puget Island Farmers Market, 59 W. Birnie Slough Rd., from 3-6 p.m. For more information call 360-560-3785. On Saturday, September 5 The Downhillbillies, Alex and John Arness, will perform from 5-8 p.m. at River Mile 38 Brewing Co. on the Crow's Nest Stage during Live at Five. 285 Third St., Cathlamet. For more information call 360-355-4662....
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: August 25 — 7:53 a.m. An alarm was activated at a Main Street address. Front and back doors were found open. 11:02 a.m. The Department of Corrections requested assistance in locating a subject. An individual was taken into custody. 12:29 p.m. A caller on Puget Island reported that he had been kicked in the throat. An individual was taken into custody. 12:39 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance transported a clinic pat...
Attendance was down a little this year at the Wahkiakum County Fair, though Fair Manager Patricia Dursteler did not know the exact numbers on Tuesday. Despite that, the people who did attend had a good time. "It was a blast," Dursteler said. "We had so much fun." Fear that the Downhill Corral in Cathlamet would keep people away seemed unfounded as local turnout for the skateboarding event seemed to be low as well. Dursteler wasn't sure if it was the detour or the annual kite festival in Long Bea...
Children at Cathlamet Public Library have enjoyed finding out about assorted heroes this summer, at the Every Hero Has a Story-themed collaborative summer library program. Hero types included: historic, children, tall tale, mythological, community (fire, police and military veteran), animal, and superheroes with their sidekicks. Activities at the programs included stories, crafts, games, and a “superhero training camp” where children made costumes, lifted a huge “weight,” “flew” and crawled through a “laser field.” The programs concluded with...
To The Eagle: Cathlamet’s latest land giveaway was a predictable mistake. It followed a pattern of one-way gifting that in recent years has included a parking lot for Port District 1’s cabins, a big sewer rate discount for the marina, free plans for streetlight placement (paid for by the Town’s 2010 grant to re-illuminate Main Street) and now free land gained by vacating Beal Street to be used for unspecified “economic development” on the waterfront – most likely a parking lot for the brewery. The main architect of these transfers: David Goodr...
MIXED BAG--This past week has brought us a mixture of weather, with the least favorite being the smoke that descended upon us on Saturday. It almost seemed hard to believe that the smoke we were getting was from so far away, as it smelled like "fresh" smoke. Needless to say, I was happy that it wasn't close by, but I also realized if we were experiencing headaches, clogged noses and burning eyes clear over here, what were those poor folks going through over there where the fires originated? Thankfully, the winds picked up on Sunday evening and...
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. Community Library & Computer Center, GRVC at Johnson Park, 1-5 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 Pounds Sensibly)...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: August 18 — 2:26 p.m. A caller reported that speeding drivers on the SR 4 detour had nearly run other vehicles off the road. 4:25 p.m. A domestic disturbance was reported at a Grays River home. Weapons were said to be involved. One person was taken into custody. 6:21 p.m. A prank caller was repeatedly calling a Cathlamet office. August 19 — 7:43 a.m. An erratic driver was reported to be heading westbound on...
Youth Mental Health First Aid Training will be offered on Saturday, September 12 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Rosburg Community Hall and on Saturday, September 26 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Cathlamet Community Center. This free 8-hour training course includes lunch and a manual. This course offers skills training for parents, youth leaders, coaches, school staff, first responders or anyone who has contact with youth, to help identify youth in crisis and how to help. To register for the training or for more information call...
The Community Garden in Cathlamet's Erickson Park has grown robust thanks to hard work, long hours and the expertise of several local master gardeners, volunteers and even the occasional hand from local inmates on work release. It's so lush this year, it was added to the Cathlamet Woman's Club Tour of Homes and Gardens on August 8. The master gardeners have been trying to improve the soil since the garden was established in 2010 and it is finally starting to pay off. Towering sunflowers grow...
Nova Ilene McNally, 80, a lifelong Cathlamet resident, passed away on August 20, 2015 at The Hospice Care Center in Longview. She was born to Amandus and Inga (Johnsen) Olsen on Puget Island. Nova attended Wahkiakum Schools and the Lutheran Church on Welcome Slough. On June 10, 1951 she married Kenneth R. McNally on Puget Island and he preceded her in 1988. They raised their four children in Skamokawa and Cathlamet and owned KR McNally Construction. Nova enjoyed golf, bowling, dancing, travel, family and friends. Nova was a member of Skamokawa...
Delores Mary Quigley Cochran was born November 1st, 1925. She met her husband James Cochran in Cathlamet Washington in 1939, and the two were married in 1941. Throughout their 73 years together they were blessed with four natural children, James W., Jr.., Wayne, Mildred and Ed. They became parents to Theresa and Steven later. Delores became mom to all her children's spouses. This beautiful mother and grandmother joined her husband in heaven on August 23, 2015. In addition to her children she is survived by 12 grandchildren, and numerous great g...
Elsie Fay (Buskala) Koontz was born to Alfred Nikolai and Gertrude Salena (Smalley) Buskala on December 29, 1934 in Astoria, Oregon. She passed away August 23, 2015 in Aberdeen. She was raised in Eden Valley, WA on the family dairy farm where she gained her love of gardening. She attended school in Rosburg and graduated from Naselle High School in 1953. She later attended LCC, Portland State and UW. She eloped with Paul Koontz to Lewiston, Idaho and married June 15, 1953. They lived in the Valley and she worked in Western Wahkiakum County as...
While the Wahkiakum Fair has wrapped up; one local teen finds herself preparing for the “Big Show,” the Washington State Fair. Sophie Forsberg-Crotty, a Cathlamet 4-H member with the Puget Island Equestrians, has qualified at the State level in every event she entered. Forsberg-Crotty took home a total of 12 Champion titles during the two days of horse competition. She is the 2015 Intermediate Champion of Equine Showmanship, Western and Bareback Equitation, English and Western Discipline Rail, Trail Course, and all gaming events to include Tex...
