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Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Wahkiakum County commissioners handled a wide variety of issues ranging from a possible biosolids ordinance to salmon fishery politics when they met Tuesday. Commissioners agreed to hold a workshop next Tuesday, 1 p.m., to work on an ordinance to regulate application of biosolids in the county. The state Department of Ecology claims jurisdiction over the disposal of the fertilizer derived from human waste and has issued a permit to a Long Beach firm to spread septage, the least treated form of biosolid, on a Grays River ranch, once the rainy...
To The Eagle: During the last week of March 2010, I purchased a mattress from a store in Kelso for the sum of about $500. This mattress was purchased with the thought that it would be beneficial to my wife as she suffers from an arthritic spine. For a few months all went well. In early autumn my wife started to complain about the mattress being uncomfortable. Finally in December, we inspected the mattress. There was an almost two inch sag in the mattress. We then contacted the store about this problem. We were told that we had to have...
To The Eagle: I want to thank Mr. Kimmel for his letter (The Eagle December 16, 2010) entitled “Vendetta” and addressed to me. My thanks and that of many people in Wahkiakum County go to Mr. Kimmel for reminding all of us that the management of Cathlamet’s Fire Department and Emergency Medical Service (EMS) needs to be addressed. The managers of our FD and EMS still have not answered my questions (The Eagle December 9, 2010) or inquiries of the mayor or city council, thus avoiding transparency. A small but relevant oversight by the FD/EM...
NOTICE OF INTENT TO SEEK COVERAGE Northwest Open Access Network (NoaNet), 5802 Overlook Ave NE, Tacoma, WA 98422, is seeking coverage under the Washington State Department of Ecology’s Construction Stormwater NPDES and State Waste Discharge General Permit. The proposed project, Washington Rural Access Project (WRAP) – is located in the Cities of Rosburg, Grays River, and Cathlamet, in Wahkiakum County. The project involves installing approximately 38 miles of fiber optic cable within public right-of-way along Highway 4 from the Pacific C...
Call For Bids NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids for body repair and painting of (1) AM General 6x6 Chassis, as more particularly described in the District's detailed specifications, will be received by the Board of Commissioners of Wahkiakum County Fire Protection District No. 4, at their office, 13 Boege Road, PO Box 766, Cathlamet, Washington 98612, until the hour of 5 P.M., local time, on Thursday, February 24th, 2011, and thereafter shall be opened and read. Late bids will not be considered and will be returned to the...
WILD ONE--Last Saturday was a wild one fr awhile, as the wind came up and was just wreaking havoc in several places. Some cars in the Costco parking lot were not overly impressed with the windy weather when a culvert from a neighboring construction site took flight and landed on their vehicles. Wow, that would have ruined your day wouldn't it? Around our neck of the woods, we just had a lot of limbs scattering the roadways and some patio furniture had to be rescued by some East Valley residents, but I hadn't heard of anything real bad. On Monda...
Longtime Cathlamet resident Polly Britton passed away at the Hospice Care Center February 7, 2011 at the age of 73. She was born November 10, 1937 in Los Angeles to Alan and Jane (Hart) Macrae. Polly grew up in California and graduated from Placerville High School in 1955. She married Bruce Britton on May 26, 1956 in Reno. While Bruce was in the military, they travelled extensively, raising their three daughters. Highlights of Polly's life were her family time, gardening, camping, cooking and animals, especially her dog Winnie. Polly loved the...
Brush Prairie resident, Cathy A. Seaberg, 67, passed away peacefully, February 13, 2011 at Kaiser Sunnyside Hospital in Clackamas, Ore. She was born July 15, 1943 in Longview to Robert and Virginia Bacon. She grew up in Cathlamet, participated in Rainbow Girls and graduated from Wahkiakum High School in 1961. She attended Washington State University for two years, and subsequently University of Washington. On August 7, 1964 she married Dick Seaberg in Cathlamet; he survives her after 46 years of marriage. Together they moved in the Vancouver...
Rosburg resident Alma E. Wirkkala, 88, a 76 year resident of Wahkiakum county, died in Cathlamet on February 13, 2011. Born of Finnish/Swedish parents on January 12, 1923 in Ewen, Michigan, Alma moved with her family to Rosburg in 1935 where she attended Riverside grade school. Alma married Walter Wirkkala in 1942 and became a devoted wife, mother and homemaker. A woman of strong Christian faith, she was active in various capacities at Valley Bible Church in Rosburg. She enjoyed being a homemaker and was known for her baking, canning and...
Wahkiakum Public Utility District Commissioners Dennis Reid and Bob Jungers voted Tuesday to broaden the search for a Position One commissioner to fill the position vacated by Larry Reese, who was not present at the meeting. Commissioners accepted Reese’s resignation which is effective March 31. The district will enlarge ads and advertise in The Longview Daily News as well as The Wahkiakum Eagle and accept resumes through March 18 at 4 p.m. “I want to do this thoroughly,” Jungers said. “It’s an important position.” The commissione...
CALL FOR BIDS ROADSIDE MOWING OF WAHKIAKUM COUNTY ROADS WAHKIAKUM COUNTY CATHLAMET, WASHINGTON NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received by the Wahkiakum County Public Works Dept. in the County Courthouse at 64 Main Street, P.O. Box 97, Cathlamet, WA 98612 until the hour of 11:00 A.M. on March 1, 2011. Sealed bids will then be opened and publicly read in the chambers of the Board of County Commissioners for the 2011 roadside mowing of Wahkiakum County roads. Project Description: This project provides for the roadside...
Call For Bids NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids for body repair and painting of (1) AM General 6x6 Chassis, as more particularly described in the District's detailed specifications, will be received by the Board of Commissioners of Wahkiakum County Fire Protection District No. 4, at their office, 13 Boege Road, PO Box 766, Cathlamet, Washington 98612, until the hour of 5 P.M., local time, on Thursday, February 24th, 2011, and thereafter shall be opened and read. Late bids will not be considered and will be returned to the...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: February 7--12:15 p.m. Cathlamet schools reported a large dog was on the playground and it was bothering students. 3:59 p.m. A caller said a man with a stocking cap and long black coat was dancing on the Elochoman Valley Road; an officer made contact and said there were no problems at that time. 4:09 p.m. A caller reported a theft of an auto which might possibly be at an Elochoman Valley residence. February...
DRIPPY--As this week begins, it's a little wet but not too bad and of course, if you were inside watching the Super Bowl, it really didn't matter what the weather was doing! Hope you were a Packer's fan, or the damp weather went along with your dampened mood! It was the most watched TV program of all time with over 11 million viewers! STORMS--After I turned in my news last week, I heard from several folks who were dealing some serious weather issues. Former resident Cheryl Moore Stamper was dealing with some very icy conditions back in St....
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: February 1--8:34 a.m. Officers and the Cathlamet ambulance responded to aid a woman with a head injury from a one-car accident on SR at Cathlamet. 11:53 a.m. A caller reported someone had stolen fishing rods and gas cans at the Elochoman Slough Marina. 3:30 p.m. Cathlamet firemen responded to River Street where a pickup caught on fire. 5:07 p.m. A motorist reported young people in a station wagon were...
Polly Britton, 73 of Cathlamet died February 7, 2011 at hospice. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m on Saturday at Dowling Funeral Home in Cathlamet....
Wahkiakum County commissioners on Tuesday approved funding for just over $100,000 in capital improvement projects for 10 public entities serving the county. Money for the projects comes from a 0.25 percent tax on real estate sales, with sales of large timber parcels providing most of the funds. By state law, the funds can only be used on capital projects. Last year, county commissioners formed a committee to collect and evaluate applications for capital projects. Members included citizens Bob Hake, Lori Scott and Tony Aegerter and three county...
Larry Reese has submitted his resignation as Wahkiakum PUD commissioner effective at the end of February for medical reasons, though he says the decision was based on more than health concerns. Reese, representative for District 1, was elected to a second term in 2008. Reese said he and his wife, Pat will be dividing their time between Cathlamet and Rockport, TX, a climate that agrees with his wife’s health. Reese said, “My blood pressure has dropped 30 points since I made the decision.” Reese said his 31 years at GE immersed him in corpo...
GRAY BEGINNING--The first couple of days of this week have been gray and drizzly but the sun came up Tuesday morning while temperatures dropped below freezing. They say we're going to have some clear but colder temps, so I hope you are prepared for that. Despite the mild temperatures we had the last week in January, this is still winter. Remember when the water line to Puget Island froze and broke? I bet everyone on Puget Island does! Let's hope we don't get that kind of weather again, as it was registering zero degrees in West Valley that day...
January 18 and 24, 2011 Michael Sullivan, judge A jury acquitted a Skamokawa man of a charge of malicious mischief/domestic violence after a three-day trial last week. James Derek Cheeks was charged with 1. tampering with a witness/domestic violence, 2. malicious mischief/domestic violence, and 3. interfering with the reporting of domestic violence after an incident last May. In a pre-trial hearing before the jury trial started last Monday, the first charge was dismissed, leaving him charged with two counts for the jury trial. At the close of...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: January 24--10:15 a.m. A woman said that her ex-husband had been committing fraud by writing checks on closed bank accounts; an officer investigated. 3:34 p.m. A Greenwood Road resident said someone had let air out of tires during the night and requested more patrols of the area. January 25--11:43 a.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to aid an Elochoman Valley youth inured in a fall. 12:05 p.m. The...
Willapa Hills recently released its second CD, A Portrait of Place, celebrating life on the Lower Columbia River with a mix of new and traditional songs. Band members Andrew Emlen, Sunrise and Jessica Fletcher, Kerrie McNally, Fern Fey and Jennifer Hanigan have all moved to the area. “Not one of us has been born in the county. There’s something to be said for that. We chose it with our eyes open,” said Emlen, who formed the band with musicians he’d performed with in the Skamokawa review after he moved to the area in 1999. Band members are poe...
PUD commissioners Bob Jungers and Dennis Reid met briefly for a regular board meeting Tuesday. Larry Reese was absent. The board discussed criteria for a new program to distribute donations to low income neighbors and discussed proposed changes to its contract with the Bonneville Power Administration. PUD auditor Erin Wilson requested the board set criteria for the funds the ratepayers may donate to low income neighbors. The PUD is still implementing the program. In December, 2009 the PUD received $4400 of Enron Settlement funds to be used for...
Wahkiakum County residents this week appointed persons to form a county marine resources committee. The committees are part of a program sponsored by Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) to encourage community based stewardship of the coastline and its estuaries. The committees conduct citizen-driven marine science studies and protect and restore marine habitat. They are set to receive funding of $40,000 every two years. Just over a year ago, commissioners agreed to form a council and appointed WSU Wahkiakum Extension Agent Carrie...
A class to teach the basics for starting vegetables from seed will be held February 17. Taught by Carrie Kennedy, WSU Wahkiakum County Extension, and Melissa Wong, Wahkiakum County Health Department, the class is open to all and free. It will begin at 4:30 p.m. at the WSU extension building on River Street in Cathlamet. Participants will learn what fruits and vegetables to start indoors and how to transition them out to the garden. Registration is appreciated. Call 795-6207 or e-mail wongm@co.wahkiakum.wa.us to register....
