Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Volunteers working on the drainage project between the horse barn and arena, in spite of the weather, are making some good progress. One ditch was dug, four catch basins set in place and 100 feet of four inch pipe laid out. The pipes and basins are connected, most of the ditch is filled back in and the pipe that is in place is helping to drain the inches of rain we keep receiving each day. It’s not fun to work in the type of weather that you have to wear rain gear all the time, but if you want to complete any projects this time of year, y...
DECENT--It was nice to see some dry weather last weekend after the downpours we experienced previously. It seems our county had its share of flooding, rock slides and miserable conditions last week to deal with, so a spurt of sunshine and fair weather was a welcome relief. On Monday morning our temperatures in West Valley were down in the 20s and things were frosty white. It looks like winter is coming, so we can't be too fooled by the sunshine of the day. Of course, that's not supposed to last long with things warming up and rains returning....
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: November 19—10:54 a.m. A caller reported a non-injury traffic accident along SR4 at Bjornsgard Road. One car was in the ditch. A deputy responded. 1:52 p.m. District #4 firefighters responded to a Flandersville Road address to aid a resident whose house was flooding due to a landslide. 3:02 p.m. Altoona-Pillar Rock Road was closed due to flooding. 3:57 p.m. A caller reported softball-sized rocks...
High water may have prevented Wahkiakum PUD commissioners from meeting in Rosburg on November 20, but it did not prevent them from discussing possible expansion of the Western Wahkiakum Water System. Meeting at the PUD’s Cathlamet headquarters, Manager Dave Tramblie reported to the commissioners on information he’d gathered to assess the potential of expanding the water system. He estimated $50,000 in out-of-pocket costs for materials. For the section of the expansion between Salmon Creek Road and Salme Road, a distance of almost a mile, the...
Wahkiakum County commissioners handled a variety of business at their Tuesday meeting. Emergency Management Director Beau Renfro reported he plans to evaluate possible new sites for the county's Emergency Operations Center (EOC). The center is activated in times of natural disasters or public health emergencies. Currently, the center is in the basement of the River Street Building. However, its quarters are temporarily filled with the Cathlamet municipal library while the old town hall building is remodeled. Renfro has designated the Cathlamet...
Scottish rite scholarship available: The Scottish Rite Lodge of the Valley of Kelso and the Scottish Rite Foundation of Washington announce the availability of college/university undergraduate scholarships for the academic year 2013-2014. A recipient must be a US citizen, a resident of the state of Washington, and attending (or intendig to attend) an accredited Bachelor Degree awarding college or university in Washington full time for the academic year 2013-2014. The recipient must also be a third, fourth or fifth year undergraduate (Junior or...
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED 2013 BUDGET AND SUPPLEMENTED 2012 BUDGET FOR FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 4 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Wahkiakum Fire Protection District No. 4 will hold a Public Hearing during its regular meeting on Tuesday, December 11, 2012, at 7:30 P.M. in the Boege Road Fire Station, located at 13 Boege Road, Cathlamet, Washington, for the purpose of finalizing and adopting the 2013 Budget and for making amendments to the 2012 Budget. The public is invited to attend. By order of the Wahkiakum County Fire Protection...
PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF HEARING FOR 2013 ANNUAL CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the board of County Commissioners, Wahkiakum County, State of Washington, has prepared a preliminary Annual Construction Program as required by law. That Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at 10:30 a.m., in the office of the County Commissioners, in the Public Meeting Room, 3rd floor, County Courthouse, Cathlamet, Washington, has been fixed as the time and place for the hearing, at which time any person may appear and be heard regarding the preliminary 2013...
PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF HEARING FOR SIX (6) YEAR TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the board of County Commissioners, Wahkiakum County, State of Washington, has prepared a preliminary Six (6) Year Transportation Program as required by law. That Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at 10:35 a.m. in the office of the County Commissioners, in the Public Meeting Room, 3rd floor, County Courthouse, Cathlamet, Washington, has been fixed as the time and place for the hearing, at which time any person may appear and be heard regarding the...
PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF HEARING FOR 14 YEAR FERRY PROGRAM, 2013-2026 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the board of County Commissioners, Wahkiakum County, State of Washington, has prepared a preliminary 14 Year Ferry Program for 2013 through 2026, as required by law. That Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at the hour of 10:40 a.m. in the office of the County Commissioners, in the Public Meeting Room, 3rd floor, County Courthouse, Cathlamet, Washington, has been fixed as the time and place for the hearing, at which time any person may appear and be heard,...
Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving Dinner! I was very thankful that the high tides, big gusts of wind and inches of rain predicted did not cause severe flooding at the Fairgrounds. Earlier in the week I had asked some local volunteers, Bill Chamberlain, Ed Stevens and Jerry Ledtke, to help me watch for any approaching flood water problems as this storm moved through our County. By Monday afternoon the winds were increasing and the rain was pouring down and blowing sideways because of the high winds. We decided it was time to move...
WET & BREEZY--The weather forecasters said we might get some nasty weather and by golly, it did get quite blustery wet, so it was a good weekend to sit by the fire for sure. I'm not sure if you had the thunder at your house, but in the wee hours of Sunday morning, it absolutely roared, crashed and banged out here in West Valley. It looks to be a soggy Thanksgiving holiday as well, so I hope all of you that are traveling the roadways are turning those lights on, slowing down in the rain and arriving at your destination all safe and sound! As a...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: November 5--3:08 p.m. An Altoona-Pillar Rock Road resident reported the theft of 20 feet of chain from a gate. A deputy was advised. 9:27 p.m. A Welcome Slough Road resident reported possible inappropriate contact between her boyfriend and her daughter. A deputy investigated and one person was taken into custody. November 6--A South Welcome Slough Road resident reported that a neighbor had been burning...
Grant Lowell Jensen, 80, of Cathlamet passed away November17, 2012 at his home where he was taken care of by his son, Lance and daughter-in-law Desiree. He was born April 20, 1932 in Salt Lake City, Utah, and had lived in Nevada, Oregon and Washington. He was in the Navy and the Navy Air Force. He was one of 11 children. He leaves behind his three sons, Grant Jensen of Medford, Oregon; Lance Jensen of Cathlamet, Washington; and Scott Jensen of Medford, Oregon., nine grandchildren and two sisters, Margaret Boynton of Utah and Joyce Ennis of...
A winter storm that packed hurricane force winds and dumped five inches or more of rain hit the lower Columbia River region Sunday and Monday. The heavy rains brought flooding to the Grays River Valley on Monday and led to landslides that closed SR 4 in several places Monday afternoon between Cathlamet and Longview. The National Weather Service reported a gust of wind of 104 miles per hour was recorded on Naselle Ridge. Wind gusts tipped a semi trailer on the Astoria-Megler Bridge Monday morning, and the bridge was closed most of the day....
There are children in our community going hungry, according to Lisa Sauer Ridout, Wa-Ki-Hi Class of ’86 and first grade teacher at Julius A. Wendt Elementary. Fifty-five percent of the students in the elementary school district qualify for assistance in the breakfast and lunch program. Ridout witnessed children of all ages showing up on Monday morning, hungrier than any other day of the school week. Motivated by compassion and her studies in poverty at Portland State University, she started a n...
Members of the Helping Hand Food Bank have asked the Town of Cathlamet to consider leasing a parcel of land to become the site of a new food bank. Helping Hand representatives discussed the matter with members of the Cathlamet town council at the council's monthly meeting Tuesday. Craig Brown, architectural advisor for the group, said the site offers numerous advantages over the food bank's present site at the foot of Broadway Street. Among the advantages, he said, the new site would offer better access for the public and for deliveries of food...
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Pursuant to the Revised Code of Washington 61.24, et seq. TS No.: WA-12-512681-SH APN No.: 120806-210008 Title Order No.: 120182066-WA-GNO Grantor(s): ROBERT OUELLETTE, DAVID ROY AMELL, TANIA CARTER Grantee(s): MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR QUICKEN LOANS INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Deed of Trust Instrument/Reference No.: 2010035 I. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Quality Loan Service Corp. of Washington, the undersigned Trustee, will on 12/14/2012, at 1:00 PM At the front entrance to...
WAHKIAKUM COUNTY NOTICE OF HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of County Commissioners of Wahkiakum County, Washington, will conduct a public hearing commencing at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, the 3rd day of December, 2012, at the Commissioners' Public Meeting Room, 3rd Floor, Wahkiakum County Courthouse, 64 Main Street, Cathlamet, Washington, for the purpose of conducting a budget hearing and establishing other dates relating to the budget process. Interested persons may appear and be heard at said public hearing, or submit...
SOAKED--Well, I hope you enjoyed the first half of this past weekends' weather, as it sure was nice compared to what showed up on Sunday. It just poured and blew and by Monday morning, Chamberlain Lake has arrived yet once again. I understand that we have a dry day coming our way and I'm sure we'd all like to be taking advantage of that when it shows up, as with Thanksgiving and Christmas coming up on us, we've got lots to do. BINGO TOMORROW NIGHT--Tomorrow night, (Friday) is Turkey Bingo time once again, as the Wahkiakum Fair Board hosts this...
Wahkiakum High School observed Veterans Day last Friday by listening to speakers, enjoying music by the band, reading poems and essays, and thanking veterans for their sacrifices. Two veterans addressed the crowd, which included middle and high school students, staff and faculty, and veterans and their families. Lt. Commander Brent Freeman, a Cathlamet resident about to be deployed to the western Pacific, told the crowd that veterans "are special people who we hold dear to our hearts." "I ask you students to make a donation that won't cost you...
Seeking a more peaceful place to live, Mark and Deb Howie purchased property in Cathlamet in 2006. At that time, Mark Howie was a sergeant in the Tukwila Police Department, serving the small city of 19,100 people on the south side of Seattle, and Deb drove school buses. Early on, Howie met Jon Dearmore, undersheriff in the Wahkiakum County Sheriff's Department. The two struck up a friendship and found they had many common interests. The Howies had purchased a house on Columbia Street and a building on Cathlamet's Main Street. They opened an...
Cathlamet’s Main Street merchants are working together to brighten up downtown for this year’s Chamber of Commerce Christmas Tree Lighting and Festival of Trees, taking place on Saturday, November 24, in downtown Cathlamet. At Tsuga Gallery, Santa, Mrs. Claus, Rudolph and the crew all got a facelift, courtesy of Nell Coulson, Genie Cary, and other artists in residence. For the last several years, Santa and his crew have been residents of the Stockhouse Farm on Puget Island. When Cary heard that the figures were in need of sprucing up so tha...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: October 29--5:34 a.m. A woman reported her neighbor had been trespassing on her property, unlocking latches on her horse gates, tipping over watering tubs and passing around petitions. Another neighbor accused the same man of putting up harrassing signs when her husband was out but taking them down before he got home. A deputy was advised. 10:03 a.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to aid a 80-year-old man...
Virginia Myrl Holm Estoos, 96, of Brownsmead, Ore. died Friday, November 2, 2012 in Brownsmead. Virginia Myrl Holm Estoos’ mother came by boat to Astoria from Naselle for her birth on July 28, 1916. Her parents were Captain Ivan Holm and his wife Dora Haslam Holm. She spent a happy childhood in Naselle, graduating at 16 with the Class of 1933. She was the granddaughter of Cathlamet residents Eliakum and Nellie Haslam and the great niece of Lettie Warren. The Great Depression was on so her advanced education was postponed until her mother o...
