Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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To the Eagle: Let’s put Jesus back in Christmas. It is his birthday! He is the Son of God and greatest gift of love who came to earth in human form because He and Father God loves us so much. He came to save the world and will come again soon for those who love Him. Since our christian government cannot acknowledge Him let’s celebrate His birthday and decorate our lawns, homes, and church yards with His nativity. After all it is Christ-mas! For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him sho...
To the Eagle: How easy it is to criticize when things don’t go well, and how easy it is to take things for granted that do. I have been delighted each morning to go to the front door and find my newspaper placed neatly by the screen. I used to have to hunt through the bushes or look around the yard and often to find it rain soaked somewhere, anywhere but the front door. Thank you Mr. Hess for being such a thoughtful, careful delivery person. I hope you continue your job because I, for one, will sure miss you when you leave. Dixie Swart C...
To the Eagle: Last week my neighbor called me and said he wanted to put a manger scene in front of the courthouse and was told no! What? This is Wahkiakum County. Fast forward: The county commissioners told us no. “We don’t want to open the door for others to put displays on county land.” But this is Christmas. If we can’t be proud of the birth of the saviour of the human race, what then? Rewind: You remember good will toward men, go tell it on the mountain, saviour of the nations come. How about, to us a child of hope is born, to us a son is...
To The Eagle: Just a quick reminder that the JA Wendt PTO is still offering raffle tickets for our Movie Night gift basket. Tickets are $1 and everything you’ll need for a fun-filled evening of family fun is in there: Movie of your choice from Cathlamet Video, pop and candy, and lots of popcorn! Winner’s name will be announced at the end of the movie on December 19. Need not be present to win, we will get it to you. We will host “Movie in Your Jammerz” Friday, December 19, at the elementary school at 6 p.m. in the multi-purpose room. Donatio...
Members of the Cathlamet Town Council had a quick and easy meeting Monday. Three of four different presenters in the new business section of the agenda were unable to come to the meeting. Councilmembers discussed the pending move of town offices from the Scarborough Building on Main Street to a building on the town's old sewer lagoon property. The Cathlamet Fire Department has used the building for storage, and it will need some remodeling, including addition of a restroom, to accommodate the town offices. Councilmember David Goodroe suggested...
CALMER--After last week ended with such windy, wild weather, we can only hope that this week is a bit quieter and calmer, as falling trees and power outages are not something we want to endure again. Many of us were lucky and kept our power on in spite of several power "bumps" but others on Puget Island or in the Cathlamet or west of here, endured some outages. The road to Longview was littered with limbs and one can see the extensive damage to the guardrails as large trees came down and blocked the road and got the guardrails on both sides of...
December 18 - December 25, 2014 THURSDAY Financial Management, Community Senior Center, 100 Main St., 10 a.m. - 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. Rosburg Community Club, 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 River Methodist Church, social...
Tracy Jerome Schoeffler, 59 Tracy was born on August 30, 1955, to Franklin and Dolores Schoeffler in Moscow, Idaho. He lost his battle with bladder cancer on December 3, 2014. Tracy joined the United States Air Force in 1974, after graduating from Moscow High School that same year. He married his high school sweetheart, Barbara Burns, on April 18, 1975, two days after completing basic training. They traveled to his military assignment with the 6511th Test Squadron in El Centro, Calif., where Tra...
Violet Jane “Vi” Centers of Cathlamet passed away at home on November 27, 2014. She was born on September 1, 1932 in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, to Walter and Jane Anderson and was one of six children. She moved to Washington in 1974. She is survived by daughters Terry Goble and Paula Griffith, sons Al Essen, Bob Kinler, Jim Kinler, and Kenny Essen, brothers Howard Anderson, Don Anderson, John Anderson, and Thomas Anderson. She had many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was preceeded in death by son Ray Essen, daughter Sheila McCoy, and...
Roland Ray "Rolly" Armstrong, 74, passed away on November 29, 2014 at SW Medical Center in Vancouver, WA. He was preceded in death on August 8, 2013 by Ginny, his beloved wife of 48 years. Also preceding him were his parents, James and Ruth Armstrong and brothers, Fred and Jim. He is survived by sons Steven Armstrong and Mark (Amy) Armstrong, daughters Beth Corcoran and Kirsten (Marty Dick) Gunderson, grandchildren Kaitlin (Elias) Scarborough, Michael (Rachel) Corcoran, Dean Corcoran, Kenzie...
Dean Russell Elliott died December 8, 2014 at home in Longview. He is survived by his daughter Vanessa Leigh (Tony), a grandson and granddaughter of Virginia; brothers Ken Elliott (Mahala) of Grays River, Jay Elliott (Janet) of Ketttle Falls; sisters Kathleen Elliott of Skamokawa, Carol Blyth (Ralph) of Roschester, and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his father Ralph, mother Margaret and brother Ralph Elliott. Dean grew up in the Altoona Pillar Rock area of Wahkiakum County. He was an outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting and...
Louise “Tillie” Kehrli, 87, of Cathlamet died on December 16, 2014 in Longview. A graveside service will be held Saturday December 20, 1 p.m., at Greenwood Cemetery in Cathlamet and a luncheon will follow at Our Saviour‘s Lutheran Church on Puget Island. Dowling Funeral home is in charge of arrangements. Full obituary will be published next week....
Geraldine Quigley of Cathlamet, died December 17, 2014 in Longview at age 86. Service arrangements are to be announced. Dowling Funeral home is in charge of arrangements....
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: December 8 — 11:31 a.m. An alarm was activated at a Rosburg home; the owner was contacted, and the residence was secure. 3:18 p.m. A juvenile allegedly pulled a gun on an individual and threatened to kill him in a Cathlamet Park, according to a caller; an officer investigated. 4:01 The juvenile mentioned in an earlier report was seen “fiddling” with something under the little bridge on the island. 4:15 p.m. A...
THURSDAY Financial Management, Community Senior Center, 100 Main St., 10 a.m.-Noon. 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 Rights Advisory Board, Courthouse, Commissioners Meeting Room, 6 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Congregational...
David “Roy” Campsall, 91, a former Cathlamet resident, died in Duncan, British Columbia on Vancouver Island on November 23, 2014. Roy was born in Edmonton, Alberta on September 22, 1923. As a child his family moved to Vancouver, B.C. He met Delice in Vancouver and they married in 1953. He moved his young family to Cathlamet in 1964 where he worked for Crown Zellerbach until 1977 when he was transferred to the Seaside operation. In 1972 Delice preceded him in death. In 1994 he returned to Canada to be near his family. Roy was a veteran of the...
Violet (Vi) Jane Centers, of Cathlamet, died November 27, 2014, at home, at the age of 82. She was born one of 13 children on September 1, 1932 in Grand Rapids, Mich., to Walter and Jane (Fox) Anderson and moved to Washington in 1974. Vi worked as a CNA at a care center and loved to make pies, crochet and bowl. She enjoyed watching football and was a member of the Fair Board. She was preceded in death by two children. She is survived by sons Al Essen, Kenny Essen, Bob Kinler and Jim Kinler; daughters Paula Griffith and Terry Goble; brothers...
Longtime Cathlamet resident Inez A. Danielsen died on December 1, 2014. She was born on January 23, 1919 to George and Esther Ohrberg in Hoboken, New Jersey. The family moved west in the thirties and Inez graduated from Wahkiakum High School in 1937. She married Arnet Danielsen in 1938. She was preceded in death by her husband in 2009 and by her brothers Walter, Carl and George Ohrberg. She is survived by daughter, Virginia Ostling and son, Ray Danielsen, as well as her brother, Robert Ohrberg, all of Cathlamet. She had four grandchildren,...
Hou Yifei, who has adopted the name of "Andrew" for this visit to the US, seems to be enjoying his time in Cathlamet. The junior exchange student at Wahkiakum High School hails from Guangzhou, a large city in southern China. It's a big change, but he likes the tranquility that he has found here. "I lived in the city too long," Andrew said. "I needed a quiet place. "It's very hot and humid there in the summer," Andrew said. Even this time of year, it's much warmer than it is in Cathlamet. "We nev...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: December 1 — 2:46 p.m. An inmate at the Wahkiakum County jail allegedly threatened his girlfriend. 4:54 p.m. An intrusion alarm was activated at an address on Puget Island; the alarm company canceled the call. 6:00 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to aid a Rosedale resident who had abdominal pain. December 2 — 12:46 a.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to aid a Puget Island resident with chest pai...
On July 6, 2003, nine hours after first displaying symptoms, Harmony Caliman, age 19, daughter, sister, and mother of one, died of meningococcal disease. Young and full of hope, Harmony had been working in a nursing home and preparing to enter a nursing program. "She woke up that morning in good spirits," Harmony's mom Jan Caliman said. "She went to work at 6 a.m. Halfway through her shift she had a headache and a fever. Within the hour, her supervisor sent her to the emergency department....
Wahkiakum County commissioners approved budgets for 2015, approved road and ferry improvement programs and acted on other business when they met Tuesday. The board had met on Monday for the statutory public hearing on the proposed budgets, and the only real discussion concerned salaries in the public works department. Public Works Director Pete Ringen plans to retire, and the board has planned to fill the position in-house with a staff member who won't have his engineering license until 2017. He would become public works director, and until he...
Children of all ages enjoyed the annual Cathlamet Lighting Festival last Saturday. As usual, youngsters got to visit with Santa Claus....
To The Eagle: When I first saw Cathlamet, it was just as my husband had described to me. A beautiful home town community full of many wonderful people, and the most beautiful place I had ever seen. He had lived here prior to joining the United States Navy in 1987, and planned on retiring here after his 20 years of military service were over, so that's what we did in 2007. He wanted to come back here and put his exceptional work ethics and extensive knowledge and work skills to work for this community. We had heard such wonderful stories how...
To The Eagle: We would like to give a great big thank you to all of the people that volunteered and helped us with the Scholastic book fair, and another big thank you to those of you that helped us reach our $3000 goal. We made it! With this we will be able to purchase some new books for our school library and a few extras for the classrooms. We are so excited about this. We will be painting the library during the Christmas vacation session and new books will just be a great touch to this. We are looking for a few volunteers to do this. If you...
