Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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To The Eagle: In the past year, the Daily News has had numerous letters referring to the disregard local PUDs have for the payers. The management style seems to be in the image of ENRON. The most telling was at a meeting of Public Utility District #1 of Wahkiakum County this past year when it was announced that there would be no public comment. After a query to the legal counsel of said PUD, I was informed that PUDs are not required to take public input. Question: why are they called Public Utility Districts? P.J. Fleury Cat...
COUNTY OF WAHKIAKUM NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON FRANCHISE APPLICATION FILED BY WESTERN WAHKIAKUM TELEPHONE COMPANY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Western Wahkiakum Telephone Company has filed with the Board of County Commissioners for Wahkiakum County, Washington, a Franchise Application for Western Wahkiakum Telephone Company to construct, maintain and operate telephone and data transmission lines in, under, along and over the public roads and highways in Wahkiakum County, Washington, as more particularly described in the Franchise Application no...
Well, back to the lake in our field and driving through inches of water to get out to the highway. It’s not all bad though. We have seen swans for the first time in years, and the usual flocks of duck and geese, as well as blue herons wading in the water. It looks like more is on the way, so guess I’d better do a little stocking up. My husband and I watched our dogs run down the hill from the house on Sunday and followed to see what they were after. Lo and behold, stuck in an icy pond close to the Grays River, was a sea gull. What a sight! He...
The Washington State Department of Agriculture grant papers for our new bleachers have been signed by all the appropriate people and Mr. Chuck Beyer told me I can order the bleachers! After an email to the company representative I think I may wait a few months before I place that order. The order will take only four weeks to be completed and this time of year it is still too wet to get the area prepared where these bleachers will be set up. Once in place, they will be there permanently because they weigh a lot even though they are aluminum. My...
File No.: 7081.21763 Grantors: Northwest Trustee Services, Inc. Flagstar Bank, FSB Grantee: Mark A Slape and Terri A Slape, husband and wife, presumptively as community property Ref to DOT Auditor File No.: 2011090 Original NTS Auditor File No. 2017495 Tax Parcel ID No.: 150806-310008 Abbreviated Legal: Ptn. SW 1/4 Tract 4, Vol. 5 of Svys, Pg 48 Sec. 15, T8N, R6WWM Amended Notice of Trustee's Sale Pursuant to the Revised Code of Washington 61.24, et seq. I. On February 3, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. Outside the main lobby of the Wahkiakum County...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: January 9--12:43 p.m. Deputies and the Cathlamet ambulance responded to aid an East Valley Road resident who had taken an overdose. 4:50 p.m. A Middle Valley Road resident reported a violation of a no contact order. 10:05 p.m. Deputies responded to an Una Avenue residence to a domestic violence incident. One person was taken into custody. January 10--8:45 a.m. and 11:21 a.m. Deputies returned to the Una...
Marvin John Holland, 89, lifelong resident of Cathlamet passed away January 17, 2012 at Community Home Health Hospice. He was born November 30, 1922 at the Holland family home on Puget Island to parents, John and Elise (Jensen) Holland. He attended school in Puget Island. He served in the United States Navy during WWII in the South Pacific. He married Ruth Smith on June 28, 1947; she preceded him in death in 2006. He was a commercial fisherman fishing in Bristol Bay, Cooks Inlet and Kodiak, Alaska until 1985. He fished the Columbia River for...
(Editor's note: Our original headline had the incorrect date for a PUD meeting planned in Rosburg to consider a time for meetings in the Westend. The correct date is Feb. 21) The Wahkiakum County Public Utility District board met Tuesday to conduct routine business. General Manager Dave Tramblie received a letter from the union which opens contract negotiation. An initial meeting may be held in mid-February, he said. The board made plans to hold their next regular meeting at the Rosburg Hall on Feb. 21 at 6 p.m. and to decide after that what...
By a 2-1 vote, Wahkiakum County commissioners approved payment of a $7,720 bill for a contractor's assistance to the county assessor's office. The payment went to Hagen and Son, LLC, for services dating back to July, 2011. Assessor Bill Coons used the firm to provide assistance in getting valuations done by deadline. Commissioners paid the bill unhappily. They and Coons had gone back and forth last year over funding for extra help, and when the commission refused to give Coons the funding he wanted, he said he would engage a contractor....
NOTICE OF ELECTION Announcement of Vacancy: The Wahkiakum Conservation District is pleased to announce an opportunity to contribute to conservation and your community by serving on the Board of Supervisors. Supervisors are public officials who direct the activities of the conservation district. Although they serve without compensation, they are eligible to be reimbursed for appropriate expenses. For more information, please contact the Wahkiakum Conservation District or visit the Washington State Conservation Commission website at...
COUNTY OF WAHKIAKUM NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON FRANCHISE APPLICATION FILED BY WAHKIAKUM COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT NO. 3 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Wahkiakum County Fire District No. 3 has filed with the Board of County Commissioners for Wahkiakum County, Washington, a Franchise Application for a Western Wahkiakum Water System Expansion Project, as more particularly described in the Franchise Application now on file with Wahkiakum County Department of Public Works, for construction of a sewage pipe line within the right-of-way of East Hull...
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED SALE OF COUNTY PROPERTY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to provisions of Section 2.45.070 of the Wahkiakum County Code, the Board of County Commissioners of Wahkiakum County, Washington, will conduct a public hearing commencing at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 24, 2012, in the Commissioners' Public Meeting Room, 3rd Floor, Wahkiakum County Courthouse, 64 Main Street, Cathlamet, Washington. The purpose of said hearing is to determine whether it is in the best interests of Wahkiakum County to...
It’s cold and snowing, yet wintertime projects at the fairgrounds continue to be planned and completed. One of our continuing projects has been to try to make all of our buildings wheelchair accessible. Last summer we built a goat, sheep and pig barn complete with animal pens, built out of the materials we had available. We built the barn on a concrete slab that was designed for a former building. The concrete slab had some dirt areas where we needed to have an aisle, these dirt areas made maneuvering through the barn difficult. T...
Canceled concert to go ahead Jan 28 The Pioneer Community Association's recently canceled Encore Concert is now set to take place at the Pioneer Church in Cathlamet on January 28 at 7:30 p.m. It will feature Andrew Emlen on cello, Jeffrey Reynolds on violin and Ronald Thompson on piano.Tickets are $10 per person and will be sold at the Bank of the Pacific or may be purchased at the door. Crab Feed tickets now available The 28th annual Crab and Oyster Feed, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce will take place March 10 at the Norse Hall on Puget...
The Wahkiakum Lady Mules basketball had a rough week, losing two Central League games. On Tuesday, the Mules traveled to Pe Ell and lost 63-35. The Trojans jumped to a 21-4 first quarter lead, and the Mules couldn't get back in the game. Baylee Olsen led the Mule scoring with 11 points. Haylee Budd and Brieanna Olsen each scored eight, and Blaine Land and Maya Stanley each had four. Budd had nine rebounds, Brieanna Olsen six, Sam Boyce five, Stanley four and Land and Baylee Olsen three each. Brieanna Olsen made four assists, and Land, back in...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: January 2--9:06 a.m. A motorist reported a vehicle was disabled near County Line Park; the state patrol was advised. 10:56 a.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to aid a woman having problems with her pregnancy. 1:26 p.m. A North Welcome Slough Road resident reported theft of engine and vehicle parts. January 3--1:52 a.m. A motorist reported a disabled vehicle along SR 4 near Nassa Point; the state patrol was...
Larry Marlin Badger, 75, a lifelong Wahkiakum resident passed away December 31, 2011 at Columbia View Care Center in Cathlamet. He was born December 27, 1936 in Grays River to parents Harold and Hazel (Erickson) Badger. He and Ellen Davis were married March 16, 1957. He worked as a loader operator for Weyerhaeuser Co., DeBriae logging and Johnson Forestry, retiring in 1999. Larry enjoyed spending time with his family, fishing, working on cars and he never knew a stranger. He was a member of the On The Road Again Car Club. He was preceded in...
Emergency supplies to protect property from flooding are available at fire stations through the county, Wahkiakum’s Department of Emergency Management Coordinator Beau Renfro said. Renfro has both sand and sand bags available, but residents must bring their own shovels. “Those have disappeared too quickly in the past,” Renfro said. “The use of sand bags is a centuries old tried and true method of flood fighting,” according to the US Corps of Engineers Northwestern Division brochure available at the sites. The brochure contains strategie...
Wahkiakum County commissioners voted Tuesday to hold a public hearing on the sale of a Puget Island farm property seized from a Vancouver man convicted of drug charges. The board also held a broad discussion with citizens urging commissioners to cut other county services before cutting the sheriff's department any more. Officers seized the property on East Birnie Slough Road earlier this year. The owner was charged with manufacturing marijuana in Clark County; he pled guilty to diverting electricity around a meter in Wahkiakum County. The...
COUNTY OF WAHKIAKUM NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON FRANCHISE APPLICATION FILED BY WAHKIAKUM COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT NO. 3 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Wahkiakum County Fire District No. 3 has filed with the Board of County Commissioners for Wahkiakum County, Washington, a Franchise Application for a Western Wahkiakum Water System Expansion Project, as more particularly described in the Franchise Application now on file with Wahkiakum County Department of Public Works, for construction of a sewage pipe line within the right-of-way of East Hull...
FIRST COLUMN OF NEW YEAR--Well, here we go into another year and we have started out this new year very nicely; warmer temps and sunshine even! As we had a nice weekend, it was the perfect time to take down the outside lights while they were dry, and by Monday afternoon, they were definitely soaking wet, if they hadn't blown away. That was some strong squall that popped up in the late afternoon/early evening hours; thankfully it didn't last too long. They say we may have some rain by the end of the week, we may even get another break. The last...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: December 26--1:59 p.m. An officer arrested a driver after making a traffic stop near County Line Park. 10:56 p.m. An Eagle Pointe resident reported being harassed. December 27--12:08 a.m. A man came to the sheriff's office and reported having been assaulted by two men; a deputy was notified. 6:02 a.m. An Eden Valley resident reported a power outage; Wahkiakum PUD was notified. 9:47 a.m. A caller reported a...
Larry M. Badger, 75, of Cathlamet died December 31, 2011 at a local nursing home. Dowling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements....
During a short meeting Tuesday, Wahkiakum Public Utility District commissioners reviewed the district’s plan to maintain and replace its infrastructure. Gene Healy accepted his new role as president and began by thanking Commissioner Dennis Reid for his term. Manager Dave Tramblie reviewed a System Improvements Summary that the engineering firm Brown and Kysar had prepared, which outlined a systematic plan in four year blocks from 2009 through 2023. “The utility basically rebuilds its system every 30 to 50 years,” he said. According to the p...
People who use the beginning of the year to consider lifestyle improvements may benefit from local support. While county residents are not statistically different from state residents on many health measures, there is room for improvement according to a Washington Department of Health (DOH) survey for 2011. One in nine adults in the county has asthma, and one in 12 adults has had a heart attack, coronary heart disease, angina, or stroke. One out of seven adults reported they currently smoked cigarettes. “Secondhand smoke, especially in cars, i...
