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Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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submitted by Lia Sealund Executive Director, Wahkiakum Community Network This Saturday September 30th from 10:00 – 2:00 PM is Wahkiakum County’s 1st Annual Prescription Drug Take Back Day! Here is an update on the event sponsored by Wahkiakum Community Network this Saturday in partnership with Wahkiakum County Sheriff’s Office to host our first annual Prescription Drug Tack Back Program! It has shaped up to be a great opportunity for the community! There will be two booths – one at Cathlamet Pharmacy and one at Rosburg School/Johnso...
Friday and Saturday of last week volunteers at the Cathlamet Blanche Bradley Public Library helped pack up and categorize books to move the entire library to its temporary home on the bottom floor of the River Street Building. Everything from the books, to the computers, to the bookcases went. The Cathlamet Blanche Bradley Public Library is getting a makeover inside and out. Moving day was Friday for a library that has roots back as far as the 1930’s. When the planned renovations to the building on Main Street are completed this will be a 2...
The Columbia River Country Days celebration gets underway on October 5 and 6. The beginning event on Friday is a Slow Moving Parade leaving the Elochoman Slough Marina at 2:30 p.m. and winding down Main Street in Cathlamet, across the bridge to the Two Islands Farm Market on Puget Island. A special treat at the market on Friday will be barbecued corn and hamburgers made from Puget Island beef. There will also be a pie social, with homemade pies sold to benefit 4-H, Punkin' Chunkin' with prizes, concentrating on accuracy and distance, and music...
To The Eagle: The Washington State Department of Transportation wants to remove the only well used crosswalk in the town of Cathlamet on Main Street. This seems to be a case of bureaucrat incompetence or arrogance! P.J. Fleury Cathlamet...
To The Eagle: Dear 795-3333, I wish you would have invited all the candidates to your meet and greet or made it clear that you didn't. Some of us have worked hard to meet the people and get our platform out. Mike Backman Cathlamet...
NOTICE OF CHANGE OF MEETING DATE, NOTICE OF HEARING ON THE 2013 BUDGET AND NOTICE OF HEARING ON RATE CHANGES OF PORT DISTRICT NO. ONE OF WAHKIAKUM COUNTY Notice is hereby given that due to scheduling conflicts, the scheduled meeting of Thursday, October 11, 2012, of the Board of Commissioners of Port District No. One of Wahkiakum County, Washington, will be held instead on Thursday, October 4, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. in the Office of the District, 500 2nd Street, Cathlamet, Washington, 98612. NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that the preliminary budget of the...
NOTICE OF VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINES FOR 2012 GENERAL ELECTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to RCW 29A.08.140, that the voters' registration files for all precincts within the boundaries of Wahkiakum County, Washington in which the election hereinafter identified shall be held will be closed for transfer of voters' registrations from one precinct to another precinct within Wahkiakum County and for transfer of voters' registrations from one county to another county within Washington State, after the 8th day of October, 2012, said day being...
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON 2013 BUDGETS OF PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 OF WAHKIAKUM COUNTY, WASHINGTON Notice is hereby given that the preliminary budgets of Public Utility District No. One of Wahkiakum County, Washington, for the Electric System, the Puget Island Water System and the Western Wahkiakum Water System, for the fiscal year 2013, were prepared and filed in the records of the District at its Office at 45 River Street, Cathlamet, Washington prior to the first Monday in September and copies of said preliminary budgets then...
Blessing of the Animals this Sunday St. James Episcopal Church will hold a Blessing of the Animals service on Sunday at 10 a.m. in the church garden at 1134 Columbia St. to honor the life of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals and the environment. Community members are invited to bring well-behaved dogs on leashes and cats in carriers, and other pets. Photographs can be substituted for animals uncomfortable in church or who have died. A morning prayer service will be conducted, focused on thanksgiving and blessing God’s gift o...
The Wahkiakum Mule volleyball team won two matches and a tournament in the past week. On Tuesday, the Mules traveled to Randle and defeated the Morton/White Pass Timberwolves 3-1; scores were 21-25, 25-22, 25-22 and 25-20. "We won in four after a slow start the first game," Coach Kayli Hurley reported. Standouts were Baylee Olsen with 12 kills, Amy Gawith with six kills and solid net play, and HaileyQuigley with 17 service points, many of those at key points in the ends of games three and four. On Saturday, the Mules claimed the championship...
TIME'S FLYING--Well, as you can see by the date, time is flying by super fast and we're already heading into our fourth week of the month. Where has the time gone and won't it please slow down? I think that ever since I was sick, I've been behind and cannot seem to get caught up on all the things I know that need doing before our rains come and don't leave. To top it all off, Autumn officially starts this Saturday, so say farewell to Summer. Let's hope for an Indian Summer and I'd say from the little heat wave of last weekend, we're headed in...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: September 10--4:52 p.m. A caller reported a theft of hunting and camping equipment at the Grays River Grange. 5:03 p.m. A Columbia Street resident reported a verbal disturbance between two parties. 6:23 p.m. An East Valley Road resident reported a squatter. A deputy made contact and found the man claimed to be a relative to the property owner and was camping. 8:31 p.m. An Altoona-Pillar Rock Road resident...
Elk displaying symptoms of hoof disease are becoming more common in southwest Washington, and wildlife managers are seeking information from the public in order to understand why. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) held a public meeting on Monday night in Longview to present known information about the condition. Approximately 60 people were in attendance. WDFW received sporadic reports about elk with lameness and/or overgrown/missing hooves beginning over a decade ago, but the number of reports has increased dramatically in...
Business concerning construction of Cathlamet's new waste water treatment plant kept members of the Cathlamet Town Council busy on Monday. The council started off its meeting with a tour of the plant site. Engineer Ken Alexander of Gray and Osborne, Inc. explained the process the new plant will use to treat sewage. The plant is scheduled to come on line in December 2013 at a cost estimated around $7.4 million. The plant will be controlled from an onsite office; operations will be highly automated. Alexander presented a proposed contract for...
Photographer returns for Redmen Hall show Redmen Hall will be featuring local photographer Nick Deal, who has won many awards in photography in Washington and Oregon, for their next exhibit. Deal exhibited at Redmen Hall last year and is returning for a one man exhibit. His work takes a unique view of the environment, concentrating on the architecture of negative and positive space. The exhibit, entitled "As I See It," will open October 6 with a reception for the photographer at 1 p.m. The exhibit will run through the weekend of November 17-18...
Danny Eaton served in the Navy for three and a half years, spending most of his time overseas aboard an aircraft carrier out of Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam. Now he and his wife, Terry, are serving fellow Wahkiakum County veterans in Cathlamet’s Veteran’s Assistance Center on Thursdays, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. behind the WSU Extension office in the River Street building. Danny, Terry, and Mike Gregory came together two years ago with the idea of opening an office where local veterans could get help finding forms, locating services, and accessing res...
As we wrap up summer, I will review some of the events our Grange was part of. In addition, I will recognize key people who made these events a success. Grays River Grange hosted this year’s salmon dinner at the Finnish American Folk Festival in Naselle. Nearly 200 dinners were purchased. Thanks to all who participated in this fund raiser for the Grange. We have been invited back to prepare the dinner for the 2014 Finn Festival. There were many comments on what an excellent dinner the Grange prepared. The salmon was superb, Scandinavian p...
To The Eagle: A couple of years ago, in honor of St. James Family Center's 25th anniversary, I ran the Portland Marathon in tribute to them and invited people to donate to SJFC in celebration of their quarter-century of service.The generosity of the community overwhelmed me: More than $800 was donated to this essential, local institution. I was thrilled at this response, but I shouldn't have been surprised: SJFC is extraordinary.For 27 years, now, SJFC has been providing a safe place for children to learn, stay, and grow.My own children, now...
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON 2013 BUDGETS OF PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 OF WAHKIAKUM COUNTY, WASHINGTON Notice is hereby given that the preliminary budgets of Public Utility District No. One of Wahkiakum County, Washington, for the Electric System, the Puget Island Water System and the Western Wahkiakum Water System, for the fiscal year 2013, were prepared and filed in the records of the District at its Office at 45 River Street, Cathlamet, Washington prior to the first Monday in September and copies of said preliminary budgets then...
NOTICE OF EXISTENCE OF SMALL WORKS ROSTER AND SOLICITATION FOR CONTRACTORS FOR INCLUSION ON SUCH ROSTER PORT DISTRICT NO. 1 OF WAHKIAKUM COUNTY, WASHINGTON Notice is hereby given that the Commissioners of Port District No. 1 of Wahkiakum County, Washington, (the "District"), are accepting applications for its Small Works Contractor and Vendor Roster. Applicants, where required by law, must be properly licensed and bonded to perform work in the State of Washington. Contractors whose names appear on the Roster may be contacted from time to time...
PUBLIC NOTICE SPECIAL MEETING BOARD OF WAHKIAKUM COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Notice is hereby given that a Special Meeting of the Wahkiakum County Board of Commissioners will be held commencing at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, September 27, 2012. Said special meeting shall take place in the 3rd floor meeting room in the Wahkiakum County Courthouse, 64 Main Street, Cathlamet, Washington. The Agenda for said Special Meeting is as follows: 1. Work Session with Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife regarding the Elochoman Basin. DATED this 20th day of...
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the Wahkiakum County Planning Commission will hold a public meeting on Thursday, September 27, 2012, at 6:00 p.m. in the Public Meeting Room on the 3rd floor of the Wahkiakum County Courthouse, 64 Main Street, Cathlamet, WA 98612. Agenda items are: · Shoreline Substantial Development/Conditional Use Permit #2012-2-15, Port of Longview - Rice Island and Browns Island dredge material disposal sites. Secretary Wahkiakum County Planning Commission Publish September 13, 2012 and September...
TRANSITION WEEKEND--Well, last week was pretty toasty around here as temperatures were up in the 90s last Friday. However, on the coast it was much cooler that day and we got some of their cloud cover the first half of Saturday. Then the wind picked up and we cleared off quite a bit by afternoon and saw the sunshine and it was nice again. However, by late afternoon it was another story, as that wind came back up and nothing but dark clouds covered us by early evening. Needless to say, the rain that I saw on Sunday morning was no surprise and...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: September 3--12:28 p.m. A South Welcome Slough Road resident reported that her son had stolen $100 from her room. 8:04 p.m. A caller reported that a box of antiques had been taken from a vacant 2nd Street house belonging to her mother. 9:36 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to a Cedar Lane address to aid a 68-year-old male who had gotten stuck between a bed and a chair. September 4--3:09 p.m. The...
Carol G. Quigley, 91, of Cathlamet passed away at Hospice Care Center in Longview on September 7, 2012. Carol was born on November17,1920 to Robert and Agnes (Peterson) Burch in Astoria, Ore. She was a lifelong Wahkiakum resident. Carol graduated from Wahkiakum High School in 1938 and married Frank Quigley that summer. She worked alongside Frank on the farm and driving logging trucks for their logging business. Along with raising their sons, she enjoyed travelling, needlework, gardening and taking care of her family. They enjoyed many...
