Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Audrey Petterson took a personal milestone to a whole new level last Wednesday when she decided to celebrate her 50th birthday with a 26.2 mile run. Spurred on by the need for more funds to support a coming visit to the high school by the Seattle Shakespeare Company and longing to provide students with even more opportunities, a marathon wasn't enough for the warm, energetic and joyful English teacher at Wahkiakum High School. Petterson decided to do a little fundraising for this, her 18th marat...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: March 2 — 9:07 a.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to aid a Skamokawa resident who was having chest pain. 10:30 a.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to aid a Skamokawa resident who had fallen. 12:21 p.m. A caller reported a vehicle without appropriate tags parked in a disabled spot in Cathlamet. 2:26 p.m. Suspicious activity was reported at the marina in Cathlamet. 5:18 p.m. An Elochoman Valley r...
The Helping Hand Food Bank is looking for a new home. For several years, the food bank has been housed in the River Rat Tap building, built in 1890, but the old tavern is beginning to look like it has soaked up too much of what had been its biggest product. It has begun to lean and sag and the floor has a very definite slope. After a recent windstorm, the front door will no longer open all the way. A crack is beginning to spread along a beautifully painted mural and the 90 degree angles...
GORGEOUS--Wow, has this past week been great or what? The days were full of sunshine and the temperatures were up in the mid-60's and even got to 70 one day, so it has been wonderful, except for the fact that it made us start our spring chores a little sooner than I was hoping. No time to relax when there's things to do, like yard work! By the time you read this we are supposed to be back to some rainy days, so maybe I'll get to kick back and read that book I'd planned on reading during the "dreary winter days," which we just haven't had many...
THURSDAY Lecture Series, Cathlamet Community Center, 101 Main St., 10 a.m.-Noon. Preschool Story and Craft Time, Cathlamet Library, 4 p.m. TRSN Governing Board, TRSN office, Cathlamet, 1 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. Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. Puget Island Fire Department, drill night, 7 p.m. Port District No. 1, District Office, 500 2nd St., 5 p.m. Wahkiakum County Real Property...
It’s official, in my mind: Spring is here. I just found my first trillium blooming next to our driveway. Now it’s time to head into the woods and see if I can find the hundreds of trilliums that I was lucky enough to see last year. This year I will have my camera handy, so I can share. News from Naselle: Sports calendar for the Naselle Comet teams this week include: Tuesday, fast pitch and baseball at Cathlamet at 3:30 p.m.; Thursday, track at South Bend at 2:30 p.m. Go Comets! The Naselle-Grays River School Board will hold its regular mon...
James Wallace "Curly" Cochran, 92, passed peacefully on March 8, 2015 at Canterbury Gardens in Longview. He was born on May 25, 1922 in Marvel, Alabama to Wallace and Mildred (Johnsey) Cochran. He came to Cathlamet in 1939 and in 1941 he married Delores Quigley. She survives him at home after 73 years of marriage. For 15 years he was employed at Crown Zellerbach before becoming the IWA Union Business Agent. He worked for the Union for 21 years before retiring in 1978. Delores and Curly enjoyed...
The American Red Cross will hold a blood drawing March 23, 1-6 p.m. in Cathlamet. By donating blood, eligible donors can help save the lives of patients in need. Those who are unable to give blood can support blood donations by organizing a blood drive, volunteering to assist with Red Cross activities, or creating a SleevesUp virtual blood drive online at redcrossblood.org/SleevesUp and asking others to make a lifesaving donation. To make an appointment to give blood, download the Red Cross Blood Donor App, visit redcrossblood.org or call...
To The Eagle: We want to thank the Wahkiakum County Planning Commission for standing with the community in their February 26 vote to reject the Port of Longview's proposal to dispose dredge material inside the dike of East Sunny Sands Road. The proposal was vague in long term management while wanting to begin in September. But the most important failure in the proposal is that it would by-pass the necessary replenishment of sands onto the beaches of Puget Island. This was the community's vital...
Long active with concerts, lectures, weddings and more, the Pioneer Church in Cathlamet now sits quiet. It was closed last year when the local fire marshal learned that its fire suppression system was not up to code. Since that time, the Pioneer Community Association has been scrambling to fund the purchase and installation of a system, estimated to cost $35,000, in order to re-open its doors. The Pioneer Church, now known as the Pioneer Center, is a 120 year old historical building owned by...
The American Red Cross will hold a blood drawing March 23, 1-6 p.m. in Cathlamet. By donating blood, eligible donors can help save the lives of patients in need. Those who are unable to give blood can support blood donations by organizing a blood drive, volunteering to assist with Red Cross activities, or creating a SleevesUp virtual blood drive online at redcrossblood.org/SleevesUp and asking others to make a lifesaving donation. To make an appointment to give blood, download the Red Cross Blood Donor App, visit redcrossblood.org or call...
NICE START--As this third month of the new year started, it was pretty doggone nice last Sunday, after a nice day on Saturday to end February as well, so we had a nice weekend after a pretty drippy day on Friday. However, as the skies cleared and the stars came out Saturday night, the temperature gauge dropped below freezing once again, so it was a nippy evening. They say we may have a pretty decent week so we hope that's true as there's a lot of folks out there with the itch to take on some yard projects, etc., so we hope you've got your lawn...
THURSDAY Lecture Series, Cathlamet Community Center, 101 Main St., 10 a.m. - Noon. Preschool Story and Craft Time, Cathlamet Library, 4 p.m. Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. 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. Rosburg Community Club, 7 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Congregational Church, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Yoga Classes,...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: February 23 — 11:12 a.m. A welfare check was requested for a Rosedale resident. 2 p.m. A caller reported an aggressive dog in the Deep River area. 5:39 p.m. An individual with a warrant was taken into custody. 9:13 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to aid a Skamokawa resident who had severe abdominal pain. February 24 — 7:42 a.m. A caller reported debris on a Puget Island road. 8:51 a.m. A caller rep...
The Wahkiakum Food and Farm Network will meet in the River Street Meeting Room in Cathlamet at 25 River Street on Monday, March 9 at 7 p.m. The group is meeting again after a hiatus, and encouraging all Wahkiakum-area farms to participate. The goals of the Wahkiakum Food and Farm Network are to encourage awareness and purchase of Wahkiakum-grown farm products and to develop relationships among Wahkiakum County farms, value-added producers and the local community. For more information, contact the Extension office at 795-3278...
The Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce will host its annual Crab & Oyster Feed on Saturday March 14. This will be the 30th year for this event. The event will be held at the Norse Hall on Puget Island, just across the bridge from downtown Cathlamet. The Crab & Oyster feed is a fundraising event for the Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce. Funds raised at this event help to support Bald Eagle Days and the fireworks show that coincides in Cathlamet mid-July. Due to the large amount of attendees, there will be three seating times for the Crab & Oyster Feed...
The Castle Rock Men’s Ensemble will perform a concert at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 15, at St. James Episcopal Church, 1134 Columbia Street, Cathlamet. A reception will follow. This group of 10 includes pastors, teachers, a judge and a plumber. They have been singing together for 12 years under Director Clarence Knutsen. Although they usually sing in the Cowlitz County area, they were invited last year to visit Germany, where 12 of them spent a week singing in several historical churches as well as doing some touring. This concert will include a f...
Lainie Ferguson, of Cathlamet, was named to the Dean’s List at the University of Washington for Autumn Quarter. Ferguson is a junior. To qualify for the Dean’s List students must complete at least 12 graded credits and have a grade point average of at least 3.50....
Elizabeth Austen has spent a portion of her two year term as the Poet Laureate for Washington state visiting every county. Last Friday, she stopped in Cathlamet to meet with students in Audrey Petterson's English class at Wahkiakum High School and spend an hour with local residents at the Cathlamet Library. Austen received a degree in theatre and worked for more than a decade as an actress speaking the words of classic writers before realizing her love for language reached even deeper. She had...
Leroy E. “Roy” Beard 85, of Cathlamet died on February 26, 2015 at home. He was born in Sandy, Ore., on June 24, 1929. He grew up in the Elochoman Valley where he came to live as a child. He joined the Navy during WWII and when he returned he married Lena “Sunnie” Miller in 1949. They lived in Cathlamet and Gold Beac,h Ore., before coming back to Cathlamet to stay. Roy worked in sawmills prior to owning his own shake mill in the Elochoman Valley. In 2001 he retired and he and Sunnie enjoyed traveling and selling the beautiful Indian Artwork...
The first public meetings on the update of Wahkiakum County's Shoreline Program started this week with a small group of citizens giving input Tuesday in Cathlamet. Called visioning workshops, the meetings' agenda includes presentations from planners about the process and its goals and finishes with discussions of what citizens would like to see happen on county shorelines. Another meeting was held last night (Wednesday) in Skamokawa after The Eagle went to press. Two more meetings are scheduled...
WASN'T BAD--While the middle of last week got a bit cloudy and a little damp, it wasn't too bad and the weekend wound up turning out quite nice, so there were lawn mowers going and people showing pictures of flowers blooming and walking on the beach, etc., and I even managed to do a little weeding, so we were still enjoying much nicer weather than a lot of the rest of the country. As this work week began, the sun was still shining but that was after we thawed out, as temps were down in the 20's out this way so it was a frosty white world for...
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. 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. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Congregational Church, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Yoga Classes, Grays River Methodist Church, 5-6:30 p.m. Art Group, Grays...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: February 16 — 3:50 p.m. Deputies responded to the report of an erratic driver near Flandersville. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to give the driver a blood sugar test. 3:55 p.m. A caller reported that two vehicles had struck a deer on SR 4 in the Elochoman Valley area. 3:55 p.m. A Puget Island resident reported a missing dog. 5:06 p.m. A Skamokawa resident reported that a group of juveniles were riding ATVs...
Douglas T. Silver, of Cathlamet, died February 16, 2015 in Grayland, Wash. He is survived by his wife, Carolyn, at home. Mr. Silver served in the Vietnam War and was stationed at Ft. Lewis. A celebration of life service will be announced at a later date. Cremation has taken place under the direction of Fern Hill Funeral Home in Aberdeen....
