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Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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CALL FOR BIDS Rural Road Safety Project WAHKIAKUM COUNTY, WASHINGTON NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received by the Board of County Commissioners of Wahkiakum County, Washington at the Public Works Department, 3rd Floor, Wahkiakum County Courthouse, P.O. Box 97, Cathlamet, Washington 98612, until 11:00 A.M. local time on July 3, 2012, and will then and there be opened and publicly read for the Rural Road Safety Project. Project Description: This work includes four principal components, a) upgrade signing to the new retro-...
I hope the Cathlamet Town Council won't rush into a decision to locate a food bank building in Erickson Park. There is no doubt food banks are needed. With the decline on governmental spending on social services, volunteer organizations have a steadily growing demand for food. They need good, secure facilities to store and distribute food, and the Helping Hands Food Bank doesn't have that. While I like the idea that municipal government, or county or school district, might have land for food a bank, I'm not sure the park is the best idea. I've...
News from Naselle: Even though school is out for the summer break, it doesn’t mean that plans aren’t being made for classes and events for next year. The Naselle School Board members will meet on June 19 at 6:30 p.m. These meetings are public and community members are encouraged to attend. The Friends of the Naselle Library are holding their second Annual Silent Auction from June 14 through June 26. Auction items will be on display at the Naselle Timberland Library in Naselle during regular library hours. The auction will end with a community p...
Antique sale at Redmen Hall The Friends of Skamokawa will hold an antique sale at Redmen Hall. The sales will run from noon to 4 p.m. on June 21-24 and June 28-July 1. Redmen Hall is located at 1394 SR 4 in Skamokawa. Comprehensive Plan meeting set The steering committee for the Cowlitz County Comprehensive Plan Update will meet on June 21 from 4-6 p.m. in the general meeting room of the Cowlitz County Administration Building 207 4th Avenue N. in Kelso. The public is encouraged to attend. For more information, contact senior planner Barb...
The Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce is looking for volunteers with great energy and positive personalities to help welcome thousands of visitors to Cathlamet during the 2012 Bald Eagle Days Festival and Wooden Boat Show. The chamber is holding a planning meeting Thursday, June 14, 5:30 p.m. in the chamber office/visitor center in Cathlamet. People who are interested in helping or who have ideas to share and would like the opportunity to volunteer are invited to participate. For further information, contact Lynda Gerlach at wchamber@cni.net or...
To The Eagle: I'm writing this letter because I'm completely baffled by the choice the high school has made on who was hired as the new principal. Someone should explain how they could pass up John Hannah who has worked with this age group for years, and has the credentials, the demeanor and knowledge to diffuse situations that can arise with high school age kids. How can you bring in someone who has never worked with that age group over the experience that Hannah has? I currently have a child in the high school and have two others who have...
To The Eagle: The link included at the end of this letter will take you to an interesting short article by a national authority on parks and recreation's views on the importance - even necessity - of re-inventing our parks to meet the changing needs of our people. Jim Reed's 5-23-2012 nine-page commentary addressed to Mayor Wehrfritz, and The Eagle challenges the notion of placing a food bank in a municipal park. He mentions Bay Area parks with more acreage than the entire Town of Cathlamet as models of greenspace. He dismisses "assertions"...
To The Eagle: James Reed’s letter to The Wahkiakum Eagle of last week (5/31) projects some misleading notions about what is being proposed for a facility at Erickson Park. As architectural advisor to the Helping Hand Food Bank, I was asked to initiate a discussion about increasing use of an under-used Erickson Park with a semi-permanent location for a facility to house both of our local food banks and incorporate a demonstration kitchen sponsored by the Washington State University Extension office in Wahkiakum County. We did not propose “a 2,0...
To The Eagle: The Public Utility District No. 1 of Wahkiakum County are able to have evening meetings in Grays River but refuse to have evening meetings in Cathlamet. What are they hiding from? P.J. Fleury Puget Island...
PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE SIX-YEAR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That the Town of Cathlamet will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, June 18, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. in the River Street meeting room. The Town Council will receive public comments on the Six-Year Transportation Improvement Program. The plan can be reviewed at Town Hall, 102 Main Street, Suite 203, Cathlamet, WA. Any taxpayer may appear at said public hearing and be heard for or against any part of the plan. By order of the Council...
NOTICE OF TOWN OF CATHLAMET WORKSHOP NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council for the Town of Cathlamet will hold a second workshop and fact-finding meeting to consider the possible hosting of a Food Bank in Erickson Park. This meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 12, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. in the Cathlamet Fire Department Meeting Room located at 255 2nd St., Cathlamet, WA 98612. The public is encouraged to attend. By order of the Council for the Town of Cathlamet. Tina Schubert Clerk/Treasurer Town of Cathlamet Publish June 7, 2...
CALL FOR BIDS Rural Road Safety Project WAHKIAKUM COUNTY, WASHINGTON NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received by the Board of County Commissioners of Wahkiakum County, Washington at the Public Works Department, 3rd Floor, Wahkiakum County Courthouse, P.O. Box 97, Cathlamet, Washington 98612, until 11:00 A.M. local time on July 3, 2012, and will then and there be opened and publicly read for the Rural Road Safety Project. Project Description: This work includes four principal components, a) upgrade signing to the new retro-...
File No.: 7037.77854 Grantors: Northwest Trustee Services, Inc. JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association Grantee: Paul Downs, a married man, as his separate estate Ref to DOT Auditor File No.: 2012073 Tax Parcel ID No.: 110806110018/ 1614 Abbreviated Legal: PTN JAMES BIRNIE DLC N1/2 NE1/4 SEC. 11, T8N, R6WWM Notice of Trustee's Sale Pursuant to the Revised Code of Washington 61.24, et seq. I. On July 6, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. Outside the main lobby of the Wahkiakum County Courthouse, 64 Main Street in the City of Cathlamet, State of Washington,...
CALL FOR BIDS NOTICE OF SURPLUS PROPERTY WAHKIAKUM COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT #4 CATHLAMET, WASHINGTON NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received by Wahkiakum County Fire District #4 Board of Commissioners of Wahkiakum County Fire District #4 at P.O. Box 766, Cathlamet, WA 98612 until Tuesday, June 11, 2012 and will be opened and publicly read at their regular meeting June 12, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. at 13 Boege Road. Wahkiakum County Fire District plans to sell its surplus 1997 Jeep Cherokee vehicle. This vehicle is sold "AS IS - WHERE IS."...
What a great week-end for the Dollars for Scholars events! With rain showers all week and a pretty wet day on Friday we were all very happy when the sun came out and continued to shine all Saturday afternoon. Spectators enjoyed a beautiful assortment of cars and trucks at the Rods and Reels Rod Run Show. Many bright colored flashy cars, a few high performance fast cars, plus a large group of antique cars and trucks were lined up in the fairgrounds park. Many big sturgeon were brought in to be measured for the Sturgeon Derby. There were numerous...
SO-SO--The big Memorial weekend has come to an end and while it wasn't a total bust for weather, it could have been better. While some were enjoying sunshine on Saturday, most of us here in Skamokawa were stuck in sea fog and windy conditions, which meant it was a bit nippy, especially for those on the beach. On Sunday things were a little warmer but still mostly cloudy, while Monday morning saw us with wet roads at first, but then it dried out enough to mow the lawn. Last week we had an unusual day with quite a bit of thunder, and it really...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: May 22--9:12 a.m. An Elochoman Valley Road resident reported a dead elk in his field. The Department of Fish and Wildlife was notified. 11:42 a.m. An Ostervold Road resident reported a dead sea lion on the beach. The NOAA's National Marine Fishery Service was notified. 5:57 p.m. A caller reported a broken window on an unoccupied house on 2nd Street. May 23--11:55 a.m. A caller reported the theft of gas cans,...
James C. Durrah, 87, of Cathlamet, died May 27, 2012 at Community Hospice in Longview with his loving wife Adeline by his side. Jimmy was born to Elmer and Nellie (Larson) Durrah on January 2, 1925 in Astoria. He lived his entire life in Wahkiakum County, graduating from Naselle High School in 1943. Jimmy owned logging companies for most of his adult life, the first one being Durrah-McCormick Logging and later Durrah-Martin Logging . Both were owned with his brother George Durrah who preceded him in death in 2006. He retired in the mid 1990s an...
Residents of small communities are often willing to make sacrifices for the solace and greenery that rural life has to offer. While we, in Wahkiakum County, do not have immediate access to big-box giants or department stores when it comes to mortgage rates, it seems that we can do just as well locally as those in the urban centers of the state. The average rate for the 30-year fixed mortgage recently fell to a record low for a fourth straight week. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said last Thursday that the rate on the 30-year loan dipped to 3.78...
To The Eagle: Students are not allowed to purchase a soda pop or any other beverage during class hours, yet they are allowed to have the beverages during class. So if a student is trying to buy a beverage during class hours, he/she will get their beverage taken away until the end of the day or until lunch whichever is closer. This has caused an attitude problem for students. The reason this would be considered a problem is because the students that are used to having a cold soda during a class now can not. So the attitude will change because...
To The Eagle: If you're an athlete at most schools, including mine, you have to pay $60 per sport you want to participate in. If you're a three sport athlete, then that means you will be paying $180 a year. Times that by four and that means you will have to pay $720 for your whole high school career. I believe that athletes should not have to pay to play, because you're not guaranteed as much playing time as the others. For example, this year our varsity boys basketball team playing in around 20 games and the junior varsity players who paid...
To The Eagle: High school students having to pay to play, which in some cases pay to participate, is not fair to all students. Students who want to play a sport have to come up with $60. If you want to play three sports that year, you would have to pay $180 and are still not always guaranteed the chance to actually play. How is it fair to make students that will be unable to play still pay the same amount as the students who get to? Not only is just being able to participate an issue, but what about the students that are unable to pay that much...
To The Eagle: I attended an interesting meeting Tuesday, May 22 where various food bank people supported by Cathlamet officials, described their desire to build a 2,000 square foot Food Bank in Erickson Park, perhaps between the tennis courts and the parking lot. Most of the meeting dealt with the need for a food bank in the community on which there was little dissent. There did arise some disagreement over whether Erickson Park was a proper site for a food bank. Some disagreement arose over whether parks were primarily green spaces with...
To The Eagle: Every Memorial Day we expect to find our cemetery freshly mowed and trimmed, clean and tidy for us to decorate the graves of loved ones. It has been so for a long time and I can remember without disappointment. My mom remembered much different Memorial Days. After morning farm chores, they loaded scythes, rakes, shovels etc., kids, lunch and flowers into a neighbor’s fish boat and set off for town. (There was no bridge to Puget Island before 1939.) They walked up from the town float and along the dirt road to the cemetery. Once t...
BIG CHANGE--Just as we were getting used to those sunny, dry days, the rains came back and have really put a damper on all those outdoor projects. By the time we get back to the dry weather, the flower beds will need weeding again. On the bright side, if you had an aching back from all that yard work, the rain gave you a break and saved you from having to water all those plants and bushes you just planted! Don't forget to check out Skamokawa Gardens Nursery on Steamboat Slough Road for all your new plants! ALMOST HERE--We hope the weather...
