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Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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I have many nice Fair time memories that I will never forget; crowning Ashley Hedges our 2012 Wahkiakum County Fair Queen and handing her a bouquet of beautiful flowers that were grown here on the fairgrounds is one. Each night flowers were selected by my staff and we arranged a new bouquet for Queen Ashley. Congratulations, Ashley, enjoy your year as Wahkiakum County Fair Queen! I hope you had a chance to look at and take a ride in the beautifully restored Model Ts in the Fairgrounds Park. Ray Badger brought to our Fair a wonderful group of...
After nearly a month without rain, we drove in from Oregon on Sunday evening and looking to the west, sure enough, the rain was back. Not much though, just enough to irritate the farmers who are still making hay. News from Naselle: Before school begins for the 2012/13 year, many will be enjoying a last long weekend and finishing up their school shopping. Then back to the books. Here’s to a fantastic new school year. The first day of school will be on Tuesday. Check with the school office if you have questions about classes or bus schedules. S...
Traffic on SR 4, both directions at Cathlamet (milepost 35.9) will pass through a construction zone at times August 27-31. Contractors are finishing work on installing conveyance lines for the new waste water treatment plant across the highway. The lines are in, but the section of highway will be repaved....
Wahkiakum County commissioners on Tuesday handled a light agenda in quick fashion. The commission approved an updated contract with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. The agency will provide $34,871 for the county Marine Resources Committee. Committee chair Carrie Backman said the committee has earmarked a number of uses for the money in 2012-13. These include $20,000 for the director, $500 for advisory council representation, $1,050 for a Cathlamet Waterfront Visioning Conference, $1,828 for the Columbia River Citizen Science...
An Evening at the Farm to raise funds for library The Blanche Bradley Memorial Library Foundation will host the fourth annual fund raiser on August 25 at the Stockhouse Farm on Puget Island. An Evening at the Farm will include a selection of wines, appetizers and music by acoustical guitarist Fred Carter. The foundation contributes funding assistance to library services such as the Summer Reading Program. The event will run from 6 to 8 p.m. The Stockhouse Farm is located at 59 West Birnie Slough Road on Puget Island. Tickets are available at...
To The Eagle: Although I did not interview for or know that an article was going to run about the August 12 fund raiser event for Brandi Thomas, I wanted to clear the record because many things that were said in the article were taken out of context. Some of the information came from an email that I sent to Ms. Lindquist who wrote the article. I know her on a personal level and know that she is one of the sweetest people I’ve met. I have taught in the same building as she did her student teaching and quite a bit of substitute teaching during t...
To The Eagle: Governor Kitzhaber has called for an end to commercial gillnet fishing. Hmm. I don't understand all the hullabaloo! I'm glad and thankful we have commercial gillnetters. I love to eat fish but I do not like to fish for it. For many years, I commuted to work from Cathlamet to Longview. From Nassa Point to county line I would see less than 10 gillnetters (I know there are more going toward Astoria). They are not out there every day or every night; they are out there only when allowed. Now, the sport fishermen, that's a different...
To The Eagle: Speaking of our community’s wonderful spirit of volunteerism, (August 16 ‘Opinion’) I would like to acknowledge the exceptional work done by volunteers on behalf of Cathlamet Public Library. Not only do they provide fine customer service checking-out nearly 12,000 books and movies every year, they also perform a wide variety of other tasks that keep the library running smoothly. Thanks to volunteer generosity, the library is now open Tuesday through Saturday, five afternoons a week. In addition, the library is governed by a board...
TOWN OF CATHLAMET ORDINANCE #554-12 AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF CATHLAMET, WASHINGTON, AMENDING CATHLAMET MUNICIPAL CODE (CMC) CHAPTER 12.25 - TOWN DOCK, PROVIDING FOR NO SWIMMING OR DIVING FROM THE TOWN DOCK WHEREAS, The Town of Cathlamet (Town) owns a dock which is generally accessible to the public, and WHEREAS, the Town has established laws pertaining to the use of the town dock; and WHEREAS, the Town has been advised that from time to time members of the public dive from and swim adjacent to the town dock; and WHEREAS, the Town Council...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: August 6--10:45 a.m. A caller reported the theft of political signs from Elochoman Valley Road. A deputy made contact. 2:02 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to a Greenwood Road address to aid a woman who was vomiting. 6:21 p.m. A caller reported a vehicle abandoned at the end of Steamboat Slough Road. The occupants were located.10:30 p.m. A deputy made a vehicle stop on SR 4 near Elochoman Valley Road;...
Cooks needed for chili cook-off Cooks are needed for the Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce's Ninth Annual Labor Day “Buzzards Breath” Chili Cook Off in Cathlamet. The event, which this year is a Tolbert Sanctioned event, will be held at the Elochoman Slough Marina on September 1. There is no cost to enter. Cooking starts at 10 a.m. and the public will start tasting at 1 p.m. with judging at 3 p.m. There will also be a tortilla throwing contest, live music, beer garden, rubber duck race raffle, and wooden boat raffle. Call 795-9996, visit the Chambe...
While she sat, propped by pillows, in a hospital bed Sunday evening, her friends and family were throwing Brandi (Knowles) Thomas, 35, a bash that she won’t soon forget. “She just had her third radical surgery last week,” explained Lisa Ridout, Brandi’s friend and event organizer. “She is very sore and hurting. They took skin from her thigh to graft it back to her chest area. She not only had her breast removed, but lymph nodes, some muscle and much of the tissue surrounding ribs, arm pit, side, etc. She will start chemo again (third time) as...
To The Eagle: At last we have a sequel to the fascinating, cliff-hanger Saga of the Sewer to Nowhere. The gravity-defying engineering project slated to be our greatest future tourist attraction, the Cathlamet Uphill Sewer System (CUSS), has hit a challenging snag. Attempting to burrow under SR4 on its journey up the mountainside, it ran into a large boulder, a totally unexpected phenomenon in this sandy, loamy valley. The powerful Bureau of Transport and Alchemy was able help initially by levitating bedrock up and down, but attempts to bypass...
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR SHORELINE MANAGEMENT, SUBSTANTIAL DEVELOPMENT, CONDITIONAL USE, OR VARIANCE PERMIT Notice is hereby given that Port of Longview, Who is applicant of the below described property has filed an application for a Shoreline Substantial Development/Conditional Use Permit for the development of Columbia River Channel maintenance dredging upland disposal at Rice Island and Browns Island. Located at Rice Island - Columbia River Mile 21; Sec. 20, T9N R8W, W.M. Browns Island - Columbia River Mile 46.3; Section 29, T8N, R5W, W.M.,...
First, we are reminded once again of all the wonderful volunteers we have in our region. This week, we'll enjoy the county fair, largely run by volunteers. Last Sunday, volunteers put together a fabulous fund raiser for a cancer victim. The weekend before, we had volunteers putting on festivals in Skamokawa and Naselle, and the weekend before that, Cathlamet's Bald Eagle Festival and a new festival at the Grays River Valley Center. Volunteers put on a couple forums for political candidates in July. The Grays River Grange held one of their...
Have you had a chance to watch any of the meteor showers this week? With the clear skies most evenings, we have been enjoying a few sightings while sitting in the hot tub. What a relaxing way to spend the evening. I hope you have also taken advantage of the beautiful, warm weather this past week, but it looks like another weather alert for today with extremely warm temps. Remember to make sure your animals have lots of opportunity to get out of the heat and have access to fresh water. News from Naselle: I had an opportunity to try out the new...
Henry “Hank” Marine, 78, of Cathlamet died on August 2, 2012 at Oregon Health Science University in Portland, Ore. He was born on December 11, 1933 in Astoria, Ore. He is survived by his wife Trudie at home. A Memorial service pending at Kelso/Longview Elks on October 21, full obituary and details to follow. Dowling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements....
Wahkiakum PUD customers have responded to the call for donations to help eligible low-income customers keep the power on in their homes, Wahkiakum PUD commissioners heard Tuesday. A recent wave of donations to the Residential Energy Assistance Program has raised the program’s fund balance to $170, PUD Auditor Erin Wilson told the commissioners. In mid-July, the fund balance stood at $90. Customers have the option to include a donation with their bill payments. Commissioner Dennis Reid suggested changes to financial reports Wilson provided to t...
Wahkiakum County Assessor Bill Coons has good news and bad news for property owners. The good news is that property valuations are going down to reflect trends in the real estate market. The bad news is that property tax rates may go up to meet the amounts already set for collection in tax levies. "Given our system of taxation, just because values go down doesn't mean taxes will go down commensurately," Coons said Tuesday. On Tuesday, Coons informed the board of county commissioners that after the valuation of property in eastern Wahkiakum...
By a 3-1 vote, Cathlamet Town Council members approved a $97,000 change order for the town's wastewater treatment plant construction project. The payment will cover the cost of a new design for running the lines under SR 4. The original design called for boring a tunnel under the highway, but the boring contractor encountered rock that put a stop to that plan. Engineers and the contractors discussed other methods of crossing the highway and settled on digging a trench for the conveyance lines. Construction will start as soon as possible, said...
SO-SO--Well, as this work week began, we've had some clouds and a bit of mist here and there, along with a few lighter clouds which gave us the warm and muggy feeling as well, but is just depended on where you were as to whether you were cloudy and cool, or cloudy and warm. Over the weekend we were just happy to have dry weather and it was pretty warm in spite of some clouds off and on. THIS IS IT--Yes indeed, the time has come for the first ever Mule Train All-School Reunion this Saturday. Now the event was advertised as noon to 5 p.m. but...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: July 24--4:03 p.m. A caller reported that a pickup truck had passed them and chipped their windshield. A deputy investigated. 4:49 p.m. A Longview caller reported that he had been kicked out of his grandmother's house in a possible violation of a parenting plan from a Wahkiakum County order. A deputy was advised. July 25--7:41 p.m. A caller reported a transient from Tacoma was in the Cathlamet area looking...
Judith Ann Zimmerman, 78, of Cathlamet, died July 29 at a Longview care center. Judy was born February 8, 1934 in Des Moines, Iowa, to Lester and Clarissa (Vail) Thomas. She graduated from high school in Detroit, Mich. and received her nursing degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. She joined the Navy in 1958 spending nine years as a Navy Nurse. While in the Navy she met the love of her life, Dave Zimmerman. After moving to Cathlamet in 1981, Judy worked as an RN at Columbia View Care Center for 10 years and for Community Hospice Home...
They have a free ride through the primary election to the general election, but candidates for Position 1 on the Wahkiakum PUD board of commissioners took their campaigns across the county last week by speaking in candidate forums in Cathlamet and Grays River. Incumbent Gene Healy and challenger Lisa Marsyla are running for Position 1, which represents Puget Island and South Cathlamet precincts. Incumbent Robert Jungers is unopposed in his bid for reelection and didn't participate in the forums. An accountant, Marsyla served as PUD auditor...
A white van sits in the corner of the parking lot, overlooking the still waters of the Elochoman Slough Marina. A banner drapes over the vehicle’s rear-end announcing in red lettering, “Sport-Reward Fishery Registration Station." In a camp chair, at a fold-out table, Tyson (last name unavailable) signs up Wahkiakum County fishermen who are joining efforts to save salmon and getting paid to go fishing. This is all part of a program funded by the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) called the Pikeminnow Sport Reward Fishery Program. Ess...
