Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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No. 14-59 Wahkiakum County Notice of Determination of Nonsignificance Wahkiakum County issued a determination of nonsignificance (DNS) under the State Environmental Policy Act Rules (Chapter 197-11 WAC) for the following project: Project Summary: Install a below-ground retaining wall above the Birnie Slough ordinary high water mark (OHWM) along the full length (approximately 120 feet) of the north-facing property boundary. Location: 110 W BIRNIE SLOUGH RD, CATHLAMET, WA 98612 Legal Description: NW 1/4 of section 14, T8N, R6W W.M. Proposed by:...
The introduction to the Cathlamet Downhill Corral (DHC) Festival is a bit calm to describe the three days of action which the festival provides. Over 100 skateboarders from around the world will converge for the sixth edition of the festival which continues to grow in scope and popularity. Male and female racers of all ages will show their style, their ability to sail through the air, their skill in controlling their boards through slaloms, and finally their courage to scream down Cathlamet's hills in the hotly contested downhill race. The...
Ralph Rodahl died June 1, 1997. Planners had so underestimated the man and his impact on the community that they held the service in a crowded space at Dowling Funeral Home. Outside in the warm sun that day, many waited to honor him and express their condolences to his family, wife Juanita, and children Randy and Kim. Rodahl was a generous and kind man and it was his vision that gave this small town a golf course. He graduated from Wahkiakum High School in 1939, and two of his track and field...
May May 31 - Rods & Reels Car Show at Wahkiakum Fairgrounds in Skamokawa, WA. Contact 360-430-4377, Dollars for Scholars Fundraising Event. June June 27-29 - Puget Island Garage & Yard Sale on Puget Island in Cathlamet, WA. Contact 360-849-4253. A shoppers paradise a you make your way around the entire island finding treasures. June 28 - Vista Vendor Market- This event will be held at Skamokawa Grange. July July 12 - Kiwanis Golf Tournament- This event will bee held at the Skyline Golf Course. For questions please call Carol Danker at...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: May 19 – 1:02 a.m. An emergency operations center in Klickitat County requested assistance in a search and rescue effort for a man lost in the Klickitat River. 8:51 a.m. A Puget Island resident reported being harassed by a former employee. 9:33 a.m. A caller complained about noise coming from an Elochoman Valley business. 11:33 a.m. A Puget Island resident called about an unstable individual who was...
Lower Columbia Community Action Program (CAP) is looking for nine families to build their homes in Cathlamet through its Self-Help Housing Program. There will be an informational meeting this evening (Thursday) at the River Street Meeting room (in back of building), 25 River Street in Cathlamet, at 6 p.m., to explain the program and to answer people’s questions. “This will be the first time we are building homes in Wahkiakum County,” said Gregg Bournival, Self-Help Housing Program Manager, in a news release. “We’re very excited about that.” Bou...
Jim Roberts and his wife, Sally, haven’t lived in Wahkiakum County all that long, but they love the place and particularly the local music so much that Jim promotes it on the radio. Roberts is almost 71 and a self-professed independent cuss. He grew up in Clark County, graduated from high school and joined the Marine Corps that same year, but was out before Vietnam. “I just rattled around for a while,” Roberts said. “I kind of dropped out. I had a lot of odd jobs and some were odder than others....
No. 14-57 Request for Proposals for IT Services The Town of Cathlamet is soliciting proposals for IT Services at Town owned/leased facilities specified in the Scope of Services. Proposal Packets may be requested by contacting Town Hall at (360) 795-3203. Sealed Proposals are due at Cathlamet Town Hall located at 102 Main Street, Suite 203, Cathlamet, Washington 98612 by 10:00 a.m. on June 4, 2014. The Town Council reserves the right to reject any and all bids or to waive any minor defects or omissions from bids. Faxed and e-mailed bids are not...
GETTING BETTER--Our weekend saw us getting pretty soaked from time to time but during the afternoon hours, we had some pretty decent dry spells, so it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. The same goes for the work week as we had off and on showers as it began, but we also had some dry spells, so it's our usual Spring time weather, in which we find the shower/sun combo making our lawns grow like crazy so the person in charge of mowing your lawn is definitely keeping busy. By the time you read this, we're supposed to be a little...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: May 5 – 11:30 a.m. The sheriff’s office was notified that a motor vehicle accident would be simulated in Skamokawa as part of a wilderness survival course. 2:10 p.m. The Grays River ambulance responded to aid a Rosburg resident with respiratory issues. 3:11 p.m. Deputies, the Skamokawa Fire Department, and the Cathlamet ambulance responded to aid a motorcyclist who had a possible broken leg after r...
Larry O’Neal, of Cathlamet, WA died May 10, 2014 in Olympia, WA from lung cancer. Larry was born in Ashland, Kentucky on March 27, 1928. His family moved to the Northwest when he was a child and eventually settled in the Seattle area. He graduated from Highline High School in 1946. He entered the Marine Corps that year and was honorably discharged at the end of WWII. He attended Olympic Junior College and Central Washington University. He graduated from CWU with a degree in botany and a teaching certificate. Larry married Joyce McClellan on J...
Dorothy Elaine Tawater, 87, of Longview, died May 18 at the Canterbury Gardens. She was born to Lloyd and Clara Gilbertson on April 21, 1927 in Otranto, Iowa. She was one of three children. Her sister Shirley and brother Don preceded her in death. After she graduated from Burlington High School in Burlington, Iowa in 1945, she married William B. Tawater and they made their home in Redwood City, CA for over 50 years. Bill preceded her in death in 1983. In 2001 Dorothy moved to Cathlamet to be with her son and his family. She enjoyed life as a wi...
Ray Prestegard is a busy man. He’s devoted most of his life to music, and he’s found more than one way to interact with it. Along with performing, he decided to give radio broadcasting a try at KMUN, Coast Community Radio out of Astoria. “I’m an entertainer and a musician, so I’ve always broadcasted,” Prestegard said. “I listened to that old radio station for 20 to 30 years and I just decided to bite the bullet. I wanted to do it for decades.” The Elochoman Valley resident found himself doing a...
Members of the Cathlamet Town Council discussed biosolids, salmon rearing issues, and awarded a Propane supply bid and acted on other issues at their monthly meeting on Monday. The council voted 5-0 to file a friend of the court brief in the Department of Ecology's suit with Wahkiakum County over regulation of the application of biosolids. Biosolids are the product created from treating human sewage. Two years ago, the county passed an ordinance banning the application of all but Class A biosolids, and the state sued, saying it has the...
The regular filing period for this year's elections ended Friday with no contested local races. However races for US House of Representatives, the state legislature, and state courts all have contested elections. Here's the lineup: 3RD CONGRESS DISTRICT Clark, Cowlitz, Klickitat, Lewis, Pacific, Skamania, Thurston, Wahkiakum counties U.S. Representative 2-year term: Bob Dingethal (prefers Democratic Party), Vancouver; JaimeHerrera Beutler (prefers Republican Party), Ridgefield; Michael Delavar (prefers Republican Party), Washougal. 19TH...
Last week, on Friday I believe, there was a top story on KATU news about a boy who was hit by a drunk driver after saving his friend. Kameron Howell-Meeker was walking down River Rd. in Milwaukie, Ore., when he heard some screeching and saw that a pick-up truck was swerving and heading directly for him and the girl (Ellie) he was walking with. He pushed Ellie out of the way, then was hit, thrown high in the air, did about three cart wheels and landed in a bloody mess on his face. He was rushed to OHSU Trauma Center, and that’s when I, his grand...
GORGEOUS--If you've been wanting to do yardwork and garden work and you've been stopped by the pouring rains we had last week, you certainly have had no excuses this week, as it's been beautiful out there. A little light breeze was blowing on Monday morning and along with that wonderful sunshine, I thought the temperatures were just right. With tornadoes in the midwest, snowstorms in Colorado and fires raging in the drought-stricken state of Texas, I almost feel guilty for enjoying this wonderful weather that we are currently experiencing....
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: May 5 – 5:59 a.m. A caller requested a check on someone who had driven into the Rosedale area and had begun to scatter newspapers around his parked vehicle. 10:17 a.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to aid a Rosedale resident with back pain. 2:47 p.m. Deputies investigated after an alarm was activated at a home on the east end of the county. 3:50 p.m. Deputies responded to the report of a domestic...
The Cathlamet VFW Post had contemplated the idea of installing a memorial at Greenwood Cemetery for years but never had the funds to turn the dream into reality. It was the recent loss of a fellow veteran, Gary Huber that spurred members into action this year. “Gary had been talking about the memorial again,” VFW Commander Danny Eaton said, “so we formed a committee.” The memorial is dedicated to all the local men and women who have served in the Armed Forces. The large black basalt stone was do...
Officials from Wahkiakum County and the Town of Cathlamet on Tuesday started a two-year task of upgrading their shoreline management plans. Stemming from a 1971 voter approved initiative, the plans are intended to guide human activity on shorelines while preserving the environment and maintaining public access to shorelines. The town and county passed their first shoreline plans in 1975 and last updated them in 1992. The state Department of Ecology has awarded the town and county a $250,000 grant to cover the cost of the upgrade. The grant expi...
Commissioners of Port 1 talked dredging, beavers, moorage and off season rates at last Thursday’s meeting. Josh Adams, who had requested permanent moorage space for the F/V Harmony at an earlier meeting, wondered if he could stay or look elsewhere. “What it comes down to is the waiting list,” Commissioner Bob Kizziar said. “You’d have to get your name on the waiting list and when your name came up we’d put you in.” A $25 dollar fee is required to stay on the waiting list for a permanent sli...
Incumbent local political office holders came out Monday to file for election to the offices that they hold. The regular filing period runs through Friday of this week for positions that will be on the summer and fall election ballots. Early filers included: Partisan positions County Commissioner District 3 (4-year term), Blair H. Brady incumbent; precincts--Skamokawa, Deep River, Grays River and Rosburg/Altoona. Assessor (4-year term), Bill Coons incumbent. Auditor (4-year term), Diane L. Tischer incumbent. Clerk (4-year term), Kay Holland...
OFF AND ON--As this work week begins, it's been an off and on day for rain and sunshine, as it depends on where you were and at what time of the day you were there as to whether or not you were steaming in your car or pulling the hood up on your coat to keep from getting wet. This past weekend saw torrential downpours which made travelling quite dangerous and made staying home a real big relief. We may be drying out a bit they say and I'm sure we'd all enjoy that as this rain/sunshine mix has made the grass grow so fast that it's hard to keep...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: April 28 – 9:13 a.m. An Elochoman Valley resident reported a domestic disturbance. 10:57 a.m. An Elochoman Valley resident reported a domestic disturbance. 12:41 p.m. A resident on the east end of the county reported that someone had been prowling around outside his house in the middle of the night. 5 p.m. A caller requested assistance for a motorized wheelchair that had broken down near the school....
On May 13, students from 12 southwest Washington school bands will fill Wahkiakum High School’s gym with a wall of sound in competition and performance in a Mass Band event. This is the first time the event has come to Cathlamet in music teacher Darla Mead’s memory. “We are expecting 260-280 students for the event,” Mead said. With two judges presiding, each band will perform a piece of their own choosing along with another selection that has been chosen from the set list of songs to be perform...
