Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Lainie Marie Ferguson, of Cathlamet, has been named to the Dean’s List at the University of Washington for Winter 2015 Quarter. To qualify for the Dean’s List a student must have completed at least 12 graded credits and have a grade point average of at least 3.50 Julian Phillip Doumit received a 4.0 GPA this quarter at Central Washington University. He is in the Business School and is majoring in Economics. He also was recently nominated by Central Washington University and accepted into The National Society of Collegiate Scholars for com...
Cooking Matters courses are for moms, dads, grandparents, and caregivers who want to make healthy meals on a budget. They will learn to shop smarter, use nutrition information to make healthier choices, and cook delicious, affordable meals. The series is designed for beginning to advanced cooks and participants may join one class or all of them. Summer is sometimes tough on the family food budget. Children are home for breakfast and lunch during the week and families are extra busy in the summer. Research shows people who frequently cook meals...
The Mule Cheerleaders will host a Mini Cheer Camp for students entering K-8th grade July 14-16 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. at the High School Gymnasium. This will be performed in the Bald Eagle Day Parade on July 18. Line-up for the parade is at 11 a.m., at the high school. Registration is $30 due by July 10, and includes a t-shirt. Mail to Wahkiakum School District, Attn: Cheer Advisor, PO Box 398, Cathlamet, WA 98612 or drop off at the High School Office. Make checks payable to Wahkiakum Cheerleading. Any questions should be directed to Kate Brenner...
To the Eagle: This is in response to a letter which appeared in last week’s Eagle. The writer of that letter wasn’t aware of all of the facts, and I would like to explain. The mayor and Cathlamet council members are not the heartless, uncaring people he describes. Background: A resident and his family on Elochoman Valley Road suddenly found themselves without water because of a ruptured pipeline. Their house is on one side of the road; their meter is on the other side, and their water pipe runs under the asphalt street. It’s not just town...
To the Eagle: Back in '92 when we retired, we bought a derelict cedar cabin 4500 feet up the south slope of Mauna Loa on the "Big Island" of Hawaii. The water system source was a rain barrel, but a huge one, nine feet tall, 16 feet in diameter, built with 150 redwood staves. We rehabbed the system with some trepidation, since you could see daylight between the dried out staves, and the property was in the middle of the Ka'u Desert, so rainfall was sparse. But rain did come, and with 1600 square feet of tin roof, every inch of rain put nearly...
To The Eagle: Recently, an effort was made to trap a large number of feral and stray cats in a neighborhood on Columbia Street in Cathlamet. These cats are the result of irresponsible neighbors who would not spay and neuter their pets and then moved out and left several cats behind. These cats have continued to breed. Because of this, my aunt has ended up feeding many homeless and feral cats over the last four years or so. This has cost her many hundreds, if not thousands of dollars in cat food as well as a huge amount of worry and stress over...
July 2 - July 9, 2015 THURSDAY Preschool Story & Craft Time, Cathlamet Library, 4 p.m. 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 Parent Support Group, Rosburg School, 9:30-11 a.m. Eastside Parent Support Group, Skamokawa United Methodist Church, 12-1:30 p.m. Cathlamet Public...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: June 22 — 3:59 p.m. A caller reported a man sleeping in his car in the parking lot of an Elochoman Valley business. 7:23 p.m. A caller reported that cows were loose in the Skamokawa area. 7:37 p.m. A driver was taken into custody after a vehicle stop in the Elochoman Valley. 8:25 p.m. A dog was found on SR 4 near County Line Park. 11:29 p.m. A Skamokawa resident reported that a calf had been stolen and that so...
Attention water customers of the Town of Cathlamet and the Puget Island Water System: You are being asked to voluntarily conserve water due to limited water production capacity, increased warm weather consumption, and system leaks. For the next five days please refrain from any unnecessary water use such as car washing, power washing, or irrigation. Please contact the Town of Cathlamet or Wahkiakum PUD to report any potential leaks. Your cooperation is appreciated. Town of Cathlamet 360-795-3203 Wahkiakum PUD: 360-795-3266...
Children have already started swimming lessons at the pool, which opened quietly last week, just in time for the summer heat. Because of the high temperatures expected this weekend, Pool Manager Duncan Cruickshank has decided to open the Julia Butler Hansen Municipal Swimming Pool this Sunday. Lessons, lap swim and water aerobics are available five days a week. The pool will be available for open swim from 11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from 7:30-9:30 p.m. Monday through...
by Rick Nelson In my youth, newspaper persons used to tell of the publisher of a major weekly newspaper in Skamania County. They said he had been a press agent for Marilyn Monroe and that he was accustomed to shooting from the hip. So when a man was arrested for murder, the publisher printed a story about the arrest with a headline saying something like this, "Hang the SOB!" Prosecuting attorneys and other officers of the court frown on newspapers printing such material that might prejudice a jury, so they confronted the publisher, who repented...
To The Eagle: On May 21 an article appeared on the front page of The Eagle reporting a water outage to a couple of residences on the Elochoman Valley Road. The residences were served by a meter across the road. A town policy states that the customer is responsible for all repairs beyond the meter. The town officials, (public works director, town council and mayor) had this handy little policy to hide behind and absolve them of any further responsiblity to provide good water to these families. What they passed over was the fact that it was the...
STILL NICE--In spite of a few spinkles late last Friday and early Saturday morning, the dampness did not last long and by afternoon on Saturday, there seemed to be no trace of the earlier showers. With dry weather causing some serious hazards, like fire danger and fish kills and no snow pack left, it's really imperative to be careful out there if you're dealing with fire in any way, and you may want to curtail some of your watering habits, etc. It looks to be a trying time ahead for those of us who are used to having an abundance of water...
THURSDAY Lecture Series, Cathlamet Community Center, 101 Main St., 10 a.m. - Noon. Preschool Story & Craft Time, Cathlamet Library, 4 p.m. 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. Community Library & Computer Center, GRVC at Johnson Park, 1-5 p.m....
Greetings from the fair office. Hope everyone's summer has started off well. We are still looking for this year’s fair royalty. The royalty will be going to the Cowlitz County Fair to the Gloriana concert. Last year’s royalty saw "Love N Theft" and fun was had by all. Any one interested in running for royalty should contact the fair office at (360)795-3480. This year’s fair raffle has a main prize of "2 night stay for two in a standard room at the Chinook Winds Resort Hotel, 1 show for two to a performance at the Showroom by the Sea and 1 Sil...
Attended to by family, Bernard 'Bernie' Cossette, 89, passed away peacefully in his Longview home on June 7, 2015. One of eight children, he was born August 20, 1925 in Wild Rice, N.D. to parents Delia and Louis Cossette. He entered the U.S. army in 1946 and served as part of a peace keeping force in Italy where he met and married his wife Mafalda in 1947. After his honorable discharge from the army they moved to Washington state where he joined the Washington State Department of Fisheries. In...
The Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce has announced that registration is now open for the 2015 Bald Eagle Days Run/Walk Challenge. This event consists of a 10k run, a 5k run, and a 2 mile walk or run. Meet in front of Cathlamet Pharmacy on Saturday, July 18 at 8:30 a.m. to register and check-in. The runs and walk begin promptly at 9:00 a.m., and all three of the routes will end back at the starting point. The entry fee for the Run/Walk Challenge is $12 and all proceeds benefit the Wahkiakum High School Track and Cross Country programs. Entry forms...
On Friday, June 26 at the Puget Island Farmers Market, 59 W. Birnie Slough Rd., Tugboat Ally, Donna and Jade Lewis will perform on the Up-Beet Stage, 4-6 p.m. For more information call 360-560-3785. On Saturday, June 27 at River Mile 38 Brewing Co., 285 Third St, Cathlamet, Christine Darby and Rob Stockhouse will perform from 5 to 8 p.m., on the Crow's Nest Stage during Live at Five. For more information call 360-366-4662....
Every year on the last weekend of June, amateur radio operators take to the field to set up portable radio stations in order to test their emergency communication skills. The event is called field day. Local operators will set up in the space next to the Cathlamet Hotel on Main Street. The public is invited to stop by on Saturday, June 27 and Sunday, June 28 to see what amateur radio is all about. For further information contact Gordon Spalding, 503-307-8401....
The 2015 Bald Eagle Days festival will begin on Friday, July 17, with the eighth annual sidewalk chalk art contest on Main Street near the Bank of the Pacific. Members of the Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce decided to rename the event this year in honor of the couple who created it, Ginny and Rolly Armstrong. Ginny passed away in 2013 and Rolly, who missed his beloved wife, passed away the next year. “From what I understand,” Chamber of Commerce Director Shannon Gildea said, “Ginny came up with...
The tall ships Lady Washington, the official tall ship of Washington State, and Hawaiian Chieftain, which accompanies Lady Washington on her voyages, are on schedule for a July 5 departure from Aberdeen on a nearly eight-week tour of Columbia River ports this summer. The two vessels have scheduled educational programs, public sailing excursions, and public walk-on tours at most locations including Ilwaco and Cathlamet. Here's the list of 2015 stops with public availability: July 7: Ilwaco; · July 10-12: Kalama; · July 16-20: Stevenson; · J...
The Cathlamet Town Council will hold a special meeting at 3 p.m. on Monday in the Cathlamet Fire Hall Meeting room at 255 Second Street. The purpose of this meeting is to consider imposing and/or extending a deadline for water/sewer customers to activate water/sewer connections which have been paid for but not yet established with regular monthly service....
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: June 16 — 3:57 a.m. A Puget Island resident reported suspicious activity after his dogs started barking and he saw two vehicles leave his driveway and speed away. A deputy arrived a half hour later and looked around. The deputy returned the next day to help set up surveillance equipment. 4:22 a.m. A caller reported a tree down on a Puget Island road. Investigation revealed that a neutral power line was down a...
Former Cathlamet resident Jacob Nelson received his Doctorate in Philosophy, Computer Science and Engineering, degree June 12 at the University of Washington in Seattle. He is the son of Rick and Mary Ann Nelson of Cathlamet. He graduated from Wahkiakum High School in 1996 and earned a Bachelor of Science degree at Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma. He earned a masters degree at the UW, where he is doing post doctorate research....
Members of the Cathlamet Town Council approved a $492,500 change order to haul away biosolids and delayed decisions on other issues when they met Monday. Approval of the change order will allow a contractor to haul bags of biosolids taken from the town's old sewage lagoons and haul them to a farm near Woodland where they will be spread on farmland as fertilizer. The decision came after a long presentation from Jamie Olivarez, regional biosolids coordinator for the state Department of Ecology, about biosolids law and treatment. With ecology prev...
