Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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The Wahkiakum Lions honored two outstanding senior students at their regular meeting on Monday. Each student is chosen with their scholastic effort, community activity participation and attitude in mind. Morgan Elliott, top photo, was honored as the October Student of The Month. Morgan is the daughter of Mark and Amie Elliott of Cathlamet. They are pictured with Lions Club President, Susan Kuhn as she presents Morgan with a check and a certificate for her achievement. The November Student of...
Violet Jane Centers of Cathlamet died November 27, 2014 at home at the age of 82. A Celebration of Life service is pending. Her full obituary will appear in next week’s edition....
M.E. “Mike” Prever, of Cathlamet, died November 23, in Longview, at the age of 82. He was born December 23, 1931, in Floris, Iowa, to Charles and Myrtle (Harris) Prever. Mike graduated from Fowler High School in Colorado in 1949 and Colorado State University in 1960 as an electrical engineer. He worked for several utility districts, Boeing, and on control systems for missile launch systems in several locations. He attended Fathers House in Longview. Mike loved gardening with spread sheets, tracking his best plants for future gardens. He was...
Samantha Wright, a Bank of the Pacific employee, will give a presentation on the perils of telephone and online scams at the Community Senior Center, 100 Main St., Cathlamet, on December 11 at 10 a.m. Wright will catalog the numerous methods that criminals use to try and separate people from their money with the technology available to them, including the telephone, the computer, ATMs and gas pumps, and US mail. She will also educate attendees on how to protect themselves from this kind of...
Members of the Cathlamet Town Council on Monday reconvened their recessed November 17 session to act on a resolution raising property taxes. The council voted 4-0 (Council Member Wally Wright was absent) to raise the tax rate 1 percent, the maximum allowed by law without a vote by the public. The increase will be $725.98 for a total levy of $73,324.13. The proposed 2015 budget totals $3.4 million. Among the funds totalling over $100,000 are the Water Operations and Maintenance fund, $784,700;...
Officials from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife held a meeting Thursday, November 20 in Cathlamet to inform residents of an opportunity to join a workgroup that will give input towards the development of a management plan for steelhead in the Lower Columbia region. This workgroup will be focusing on the steelhead management plan for the Grays and Chinook Rivers, the Elochoman River and Skamokawa Creek and the Mill, Abernathy and Germany Creeks. “These plans are designed to help g...
Individuals and families looking for health insurance this fall have 15 insurers and 230 health plans to choose from starting Saturday, Nov. 15. According to a news release from the Washington State Office Insurance Commissioner's Office, the average approved rate change was 1.5 percent. Originally, the insurers requested an average 8.3 percent increase, but it was lowered after a review by the commissioner's office. “The number of choices consumers have this year is evidence that Washington state’s individual market is thriving under hea...
WILD ONE--We certainly had some excitement last Sunday morning as we had a tornado alert for our area! I was certainly happy to hear that the alert was canceled, but with the lightning flashing in front of us and the thunder shaking my windows, and the pouring rain making my driveway look like the Grand Canyon, well, that was plenty exciting enough for me! I was quite happy when it was calm once again. I figured I might as well watch the Seahawks football game and lo and behold, not only did they win, but I saw that it was sunny up there. My...
THURSDAY Happy Thanksgiving! FRIDAY Book Club, Community Senior Center, Main St., 10 a.m.-Noon. NA Meeting, River of Life Church, 45 Main St., 5 p.m. Celebrate Recovery, Cathlamet Christian Fellowship Church, 6 p.m. Westside Parent Support Group, Valley Bible Church, 9 a.m. Free Movie Night, GRVC at Johnson Park, cafeteria, 7 p.m. SUNDAY AA Meeting, Cathlamet Congregational Church, 6 p.m. MONDAY Basic computer, Community Senior Center, 100 Main St., 10 a.m. - Noon. Lions Club, Puget Island Fire Hall, 7 p.m. St. Catherine Altar Society, 7:30...
The new On the Rock Music Studio occupies an inviting room facing Una Street in Cathlamet. The piano and a large drum set dwarf a few guitars hanging from the walls, including an electric one for smaller hands. The owners, Donna and Jade Lewis were lured to the area when they made a quick stop at Vista Park in Skamokawa to let their dogs run several years ago on their way to the coast. "It was so beautiful," Donna said, "we wanted to know more." They explored. Somewhere along the way, the two...
Sarah Ellen Pfeifer, 91, of Henderson, NV formerly of Cathlamet, WA. died on Nov 22, 2014 at her home in Nevada. A graveside service will be held on Monday, Dec 1, 2014 at 10 a.m. at Greenwood Cemetery in Cathlamet. Dowling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements....
Health insurance enrollment assistance is available through February 15 in Cowlitz, Wahkiakum and Pacific counties. The Family Health Center provides health insurance enrollment assistance for individuals and families. To request additional information or schedule a presentation, contact Amber Rosewood at 360-636-3892 ext 2067 or by email at arosewood@cfamhc.org. Call any of the Family Health Center clinics below to make an appointment for free enrollment assistance. Longview, 1057 12th Ave., 360-636-3892; Kelso, 300 Oak St., Ste B,...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: November 17 — 2:56 p.m. A possible DUI was reported on SR 4 in the Rosedale area. 3:36 p.m. A Puget Island resident received a fraudulent phone call; the caller stated that a granddaughter was in trouble and needed money. November 18 — 1:32 p.m. A Skamokawa resident reported malicious mischief and theft. 4:53 p.m. A Skamokawa resident reported that three cows had gotten out of their pasture and were on the...
The Cathlamet Town Council gave initial approval to the town's 2015 budget when it met Monday. After going into executive session, the council also authorized Mayor Dale Jacobson to seek legal counsel regarding potential litigation against Skillings Connolly, the firm that has been designing the street light improvement project, and the council approved a $23,197.70 payment to the lighting contractor for recent work. The budget has little change from current levels, officials said Monday. The committee that drafted the budget focused on...
To The Eagle: As winter's cold blast starts across the nation, this is a great time for everyone to make sure that their outside hoses are disconnected and that outdoor faucets are winterized. Any exposed water pipes should be protected from freezing. During the cold weather a great thing to do is to visit Cathlamet's library to get warm and check out a book or two. The library remodel is complete and readers will find the building much improved. Library users may enjoy the following email exchange between myself and librarian Carol Blix, the b...
Cathlamet photographer Genie Cary spotted a pair of muscovy ducks during the recent cold weather....
The Wahkiakum PUD Board of Commissioners adopted proposed budgets for 2015 at Tuesday’s meeting, discussed how to handle a potential large load, and expressed gratitude for community support of their Residential Energy Assistance Program. The final budget allows for expenditures in the amount of $4,156,641 for the electrical system, $362,755 for the Puget Island water system and $309,276 for the Western Wahkiakum water system. A state safety group is requiring the PUD to complete an arc flash s...
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 hall, 3-5 p.m. TOPS (Take Off...
by Di Commissioners of Port District 1 met on November 13 at the Elochoman Slough Marina office to go over Port 1 business. Port Manager Jackie Lea reported that they were trying to find a contractor to complete the RV dump station project and despite sending out several letters, only one picked up a bid package. The port had also received two bids for their dredging project, one for $78,300 and the other for $100,000. Both bids came up short in addressing the needs of the project. “We asked s...
Cathlamet resident Michael (Mike) Lee Howell, 51, lost his life riding as a passenger involved in a tragic automobile accident on WA State Route 4 west of Longview, WA on September 23, 2014. Mike was born to Michael and Elaine (Schuller) Howell on February 16, 1963 in Lancaster, California. As a young boy, his family moved to Washington State eventually settling in the Maple Valley/Kent area. Mike married his high school sweetheart, Stephanie Pope on December 22, 1984. Together they had four children. They divorced on December 23, 1999. Mike...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: November 10 — 8:12 a.m. A power outage was reported in the Rosburg area; the PUD was notified. 3:32 p.m. A Puget Island resident received a fraudulent phone call from someone claiming to be from the Windows tech department. 4:01 p.m. A Greenwood resident reported hearing a drone operating at night for the last two weeks; deputies spoke with a resident known to have five drones. 4:32 p.m. The Cathlamet Fire D...
The Washington Court of Appeals on November 4 ruled against the Wahkiakum County ordinance banning the application of biosolids. In 2011, Wahkiakum County adopted an ordinance banning the application of Class B biosolids, septage or sewage sludge to any land within the county. The ordinance allows application of Class A biosolids, which have a higher standard of treatment than Class B biosolids or septage. According to a Department of Ecology news release, the decision, that state law cannot be overridden by a local ordinance, was upheld by...
To The Eagle: November is National Family Caregivers Month and each year more of us are caring for a loved one with a chronic condition, disability or simply the frailties of old age. Over 850,000 Washington citizens are unpaid family caregivers, providing 80% of the services that allow family members to remain at home as long as possible. Recent state agency data reports this uncompensated caregiving is estimated to be valued at $10.6 billion. Washington State has a Family Caregiver Support Program (FCSP) but it currently serves less than 1%...
READY?--By the time you read this, we may be in the grips of a real cold spell and hopefully you've all planned ahead for it, as it looks like it could be a doozy! Of course, we can hope the worst of it misses us and we manage to suffer a few minor inconviences. With possible high winds, freezing temperatures and maybe even snow, I'm hoping for the "missed us" part. We'll all be watching the weather forecasts closely I'm sure. We hope all our family and friends in the "cold zone" will come through this unscathed! However, It was hard to think o...
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, 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 Church, Noon....
