Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: July 11--3:17 p.m. Dispatch received notice of a fatal 2 vehicle accident on SR 4. Both the Cowlitz County Sheriff's Department and Washington State Patrol were notified and the road was closed for several hours. 5:10 p.m. A caller reported a disabled log truck on Beaver Creek Road. An officer responded. July 12--8:30 a.m. A caller reported being threatened while fishing. The Department of Fish and Wildlife...
Deon Brown of Cathlamet went home to be with the Lord on July 11, 2011, as a result of a fatal auto accident. Deon was born in Long Beach, Calif. in 1937. She was raised on a farm in the Yakima Valley, and attended Granger schools. She earned her way through college and graduated with a degree in missions from Northwest College and a teaching degree from Northwest Nazarene College. In 1964 she married Jim Brown in Coos Bay, Ore. where she was a teacher. They moved to Vancouver in 1965 where they raised three children. In 1968, she opened Vancou...
The Town of Cathlamet has been awarded federal funding for a new wastewater treatment plant. The project, supported jointly by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Department of Commerce, is projected to cost $8.4 million and be completed in 2013. The planned facility will be located outside town and away from the Columbia River; it will replace a failing sewage plant built in the 1960s. “We’re removing an eyesore and a public health risk from our historic waterfront,” said Mayor George Wehrfritz. “The project will be transfo...
To The Eagle: In 2007 President George Bush signed the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA). This bipartisan bill simply requires that new light bulbs use 25 to 30 percent less energy than traditional incandescent light bulbs. No light bulbs are banned. No one will be forced to use one type of light bulb over another type. Michelle Schaefer of Consumers Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports states: "Rather, they set benchmarks that are technology-neutral, and manufacturers have already developed more efficient incandescent...
Kellie (Brennan) Masters, who grew up in Cathlamet and returned after obtaining a degree in Recreation Management from Central Washington University, is replacing Richard Erickson as executive director of the Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce. In early June, the Wahkiakum County board of commissioners named the Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce the county's associate development organization. The board signed a contract with the state Department of Commerce that will make the Chamber eligible for a variety of state economic development programs to be c...
Longtime Cathlamet resident Deon Brown died in a vehicular collision Monday afternoon on SR 4. A memorial service is tentatively scheduled for this Friday. Brown, 74, was the driver of a 2007 Ford Taurus that was headed westbound on SR 4 8-9 miles east of Cathlamet at 3:15 p.m. Near the top of the hill east of County Line Park, her car crossed the centerline and collided with a loaded 2003 Kenworth log truck driven eastbound by Daniel J. Urmanski, 37, Woodland. Brown was pronounced dead at the scene; Urmanski wasn't injured. Both were wearing...
To The Eagle: Consider this list of words that accurately describe our nation's bank operated money-created -as-debt system--fraud, hoax, swindle, deception, theft, legalized ongoing criminal enterprise, unstable, racket, scam, robbery and looting. These adjectives, shameful, corrupt, unethical, and immoral are also accurate. Are we supposed to be happy with a system like this? This system is forever unworkable. The longer we use this system, the worse things will get because it always creates an ever increasing unpayable debt. It is...
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON FOR WAHKIAKUM COUNTY In the Matter of the Estate of ) ) No. 11-4-00009-1 MERLE W. DAVIES, ) ) PROBATE NOTICE Deceased. ) TO CREDITORS ) RCW 11.40.030 The personal representative named below has been appointed as personal representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal...
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the Wahkiakum County Planning Commission will hold a public meeting on Thursday, July 28th, 2011, 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/Con- ditional Use Permit No. 2011-2-15, Richard Morris Private Dock. Tammy Peterson, Secretary Wahkiakum County Planning Commission Publish July 14 and 21, 2011...
Volleyball camp set for next week Wahkiakum High School will sponsor a volleyball camp for players entering grades 6-12 on July 20-21. The camp will be led by former collegiate player and Cathlamet resident Kayli Anderson. Anderson, the current Assistant Volleyball Coach at Lower Columbia College, played at Lower Columbia during the 2004 and 2005 seasons earning MVP honors for the NWACC Western Division both years. After graduating from LCC she continued her volleyball career at Warner Pacific College in Portland where she was named conference...
THE END--Here we are at the end of yet another month and this day marks the half way point in the year. Holy smokes, where did the first half of 2011 go? I have yet to start on all those New Year resolutions I made! Before you know it, I'll be making them again, as it seems time is marching at a lightning pace and I'm getting further and further behind. I wonder what that means? ANOTHER ENDING--This weekend marked the end of the fourth annual Smoky Water Follies put on by the Skamokawa Grange. If you missed the show, you missed some great talen...
Sheriff Jon Dearmore has honored a father and son for spotting and responding to the fire that burned two houses on Cape Horn on June 11. Lorenzo Mendez and his son, Tristan, age 14, were on their way to County Line Park around 5 a.m. when they headed up SR 4 by Cape Horn. They had intended to fish on Sunny Sands but decided at the last minute to go to County Line, so it was by chance they were in the area. Tristan said he spotted a big orange glow and realized a house was on fire. He yelled, and Lorenzo pulled his vehicle onto the highway...
Cathlamet's skyline changed last week with the installation of a new pole for law enforcement and emergency management radio and microwave communications. The stainless steel pole stands 82 feet above the ground at Julius A. Wendt Elementary School. It replaces two wooden poles that supported a variety of antennas. "When they said ‘pole,' I thought it would be like a wooden pole," said Sheriff Jon Deamore. "Instead it's this huge stainless steel pole." The steel is approximately 3/8 of an inch thick. Another 20 feet of the pole is buried in t...
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR SHORELINE MANAGEMENT, SUBSTANTIAL DEVELOPMENT, CONDITIONAL USE, OR VARIANCE PERMIT Notice is hereby given that Richard E. Morris, Who is applicant/owner of the below described property has filed an application for a Shoreline Substantial Development Conditional Use Permit for the development of: a parking area and private recreational dock. Located at 423 West Birnie Slough Road in Cathlamet, Wahkiakum County, Washington. Said development is proposed to be within Columbia River and/or the associated wetlands. Any...
4-2012 FINAL BUDGET HEARING Notice is hereby given that the final budget hearing for the 2011-2012 school year of Wahkiakum School District No. 200, Wahkiakum County, Cathlamet, WA, will be held in the Wahkiakum High School library on July 19, 2011, between 7:00-7:15 P.M. (or later if necessary.) This hearing will be incorporated into the initial part of the regular July school board meeting. Everyone is welcome to appear at said hearing and be heard for or against any part of such budget. The Board of Directors will meet following the...
WAHKIAKUM COUNTY, WASHINGTON NOTICE OF EXISTENCE OF SMALL WORKS ROSTER AND SOLICITATION OF CONTRACTORS FOR INCLUSION ON SUCH ROSTER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the County of Wahkiakum maintains a General Small Works Roster pursuant to the provisions of Section 39.04.155 of the Revised Code of Washington. The General Small Works Roster may be used to secure price quotations and to award contracts for the construction of public works projects less than $100,000.00 in value. Contractors who desire to have their names placed or...
Conservation District moves meeting The July 2011 Wahkiakum Conservation District Board meeting has been rescheduled, and will now be meeting on July 6 at 3 p.m. due to the July 4 holiday. Patriotic flag goes on show at Redmen Hall An exhibit showcasing a rare Improved Order of Redmen WWII service flag and other vintage flags from the Friends of Skamokawa archives will open today (Thursday) in the lobby of the Redmen Hall and be on show until July 17. The service flag has not been shown to the public before, owing to its delicate condition and...
Kayla Pugh, pictured, is the new manager of the Julia Butler Hansen Municipal Swimming Pool in Cathlamet. The first session of swimming lessons starts next week; meanwhile, Pugh says, there is a closet full of water toys for swimmers to use. Photo by Ruby Murray....
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: June 13--11:01 a.m. An officer was asked to come to a Main Street location where a vehicle had backed into another vehicle while parking. 6:13 p.m. The Grays River ambulance responded to aid a man with a possible diabetic problem. June 14--1:03 p.m. A caller reported a burglary at a Grays River address. 1:47 p.m. A caller reported someone had forged a check. 2:09 p.m. A caller reported hypodermic needles were...
When Toni Robinson, local a real estate broker, saw the butcher block table sitting in the basement of John Ackerman’s farm, she knew she wanted it. “Butcher block is something I’ve always been attracted to,” she said, in her Puget Island kitchen, proudly displaying the newly refurbished butcher block table. “My father hunted. That’s what we ate. He took deer and elk to be cut and wrapped by Mel Coates at his meat cutting plant and cold storage on Broadway in Cathlamet. This is the table that was used to butcher that meat,” she said. The tab...
JoAnn Prestegard is putting away her hair cutting scissors after 50 years as a hair stylist. “First we were beauticians, then we were hair stylists or cosmetologists; the words change,” but Prestegard said she’s always loved her customers. A month ago Prestegard sold her business, The Cutting Edge to Sarah Jackman, who returned to Cathlamet after living in Montana. The business is now located near the Shell Station on State Route 4. Jackman expects to keep the hours, Tuesday through Saturday from 8 to 5 p.m. Prestegard is telling her custo...
WET AND MUGGY--As this week began, we were back to raindrops off and on but some sun breaks made things steamy at times and it was pretty muggy on Monday really. Of course, anybody who has been fighting to get their lawn mowed between showers, knows that this is just the kind of weather that makes the ole grass grow before your eyes. They say we're going to get some summer like weather, and with summer officially starting next Tuesday, I'm sure we're all hoping that's true! It's almost impossible to get much done with only a day and a half of...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: June 6--7:49 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to aid a person at a Skamokawa residence; a mental health professional was also dispatched to speak with the patient who refused treatment. 10:14 p.m. A Rosedale resident reported a strange car had pulled into a cul-de-sac, and the occupants were just sitting there with the lights out. June 7--3:27 p.m. A Westend resident reported a man was parking old...
Wahkiakum High School seniors wrapped up their careers Friday in a lively graduation ceremony. Faculty and class speakers commented on the graduates' achievements and camaraderie. "We are a class of individuals, and you cannot put us in any kind of category," said Shelby Felton in the welcoming speech. Faculty Choice Speaker Jori McEntire noted that the class is small in number, with 28 graduates, and that allowed the members to form strong bonds even as paths started to separate in high school. "I'm telling you that now is the chance to be...
Filing for positions on the 2011 election ballots closed Friday with only one contested position on the ballot. Lori Scott is challenging incumbent Carlton Appelo for the seat on the Port District 2 board of commissioners that he's held since the district was formed. For the four positions that didn't have candidates, a special filing period will be held June 15-17 in the Wahkiakum County Auditor's office. Positions that didn't draw candidates included: --Wahkiakum School District board of directors, Position 1, Tony Boyce incumbent....
