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Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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The Charlotte House Advisory Board is sponsoring the 12th annual Chocolate Extravaganza this Friday at the Hotel Cathlamet. The event runs from 4 - 6:30 p.m. and features local bakers competing for the title of "Most Decadent Dessert." Last year's winner was Susan McClain Kuhn with her Almond Roca. Amongst this years entries include Peanut Butter Cups, Chocolate Snickers Pie, Sweet and Salty Cake, and Malted Fudge Brownies. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for children and seniors. To Go boxes will be available for $10. Tickets can be purchased...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: September 20--8:58 p.m. A Barr Road resident reported a power outage that apparently caused the PUD water system pump to stop working; Wahkiakum PUD personnel responded. 11:33 p.m. A Cathlamet man reported being harassed by his estranged wife; a deputy was advised. September 21--10:38 p.m. A caller reported a hit and run collision on Columbia Street; a vehicle mirror was destroyed and there was lots of debris...
Wahkiakum PUD commissioners reviewed water rights applications, talks with the town, and their disconnect policy at their meeting on September 21. Manager Dave Tramblie recalled the board’s request at the last meeting that he contact Cathlamet Mayor George Wehrfritz to discuss ways to partner on similar activities, such as the town contracting with the PUD for water meter reading or billing services. Tramblie reported that he had spoken with the mayor but clarified that he had no specific details to offer and needed clear directions from the co...
Cathlamet Mayor George Wehrfritz has ordered a selective spending freeze in response to an anticipated budget shortfall for 2010, and some department heads aren't happy. Wehrfritz said Monday it appears the town's general fund will be about $41,000 short of its expected revenue for 2010 because of declines in sales tax receipts and other taxes which are suffering in the national recession. The town's sewer and water departments, with revenues based on usage fees, however, are doing fine. In other business Monday, the council asked the planning...
SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR WAHKIAKUM COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF Case No. 10-4-00013-1 THE ESTATE OF JACK A. KNOPSKI, PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Deceased. 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 Representative or...
NOTICE OF CHANGE OF MEETING DATE FOR THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF WAHKIAKUM COUNTY COMMISSIONERS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Tuesday, September 28, 2010, Regular Meeting of the Board of County Commissioners for Wahkiakum County shall be changed to Monday, September 27, 2010, and shall commence at the hour of 9:30 a.m. Regular Meetings of the Board of County Commissioners are held in the Board's Public Meeting Room, 3rd Floor, Wahkiakum County Courthouse, 64 Main Street, Cathlamet, Washington. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY...
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON FOR WAHKIAKUM COUNTY MARCELLA KRAFT NO. 10-2-00029-1 Plaintiff, SUMMONS v. UNKNOWN HEIRS OF OTTO SALME AND HELGA SALME, UNKNOWN HEIRS OF ESA POUTTU AND SOPHIA POUTTU, JACOB MEHTONEN AND JANE DOE MEHTONEN, ISAAC WAGLAND AND MARY WAGLAND, ELMER BERRY AND JANE DOE BERRY, ULRIKA YRJALA AND JOHN DOE YRJALA, DAVID WILSON AND LILJA WILSON, AMALIA WILSON AND JOHN DOE WILSON, UNKNOWN HEIRS OF ERIC NICHOLSON AND IRENE NICHOLSON, ED LEMPKE AND THEODORA LEMPKE aka THEODORA A. HANSEN, THEODORA A. HANSEN...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: September 13-- 8:44 a.m. A caller reported free ranging guard dogs at a site used for storing junk vehicles. 9:29 a.m. A Skamokawa resident reported the theft of a cell phone. 9:44 a.m. A caller reported a deer stuck in a fence. DFW was notified. 3 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to aid an elderly female who had fallen and was unable to get up. September 14--10:10 a.m. Cathlamet fire crews responded to...
Cathlamet officials learned this week that their grant application to the state Recreation and Conservation Office received a low ranking and likely won't be funded. The grant would have gone for work on the proposed Queen Sally Park project. "We ranked 49th on the funding list," said Mayor George Wehrfritz. "The lowest down that list the RCO has ever gone is 42. I had hoped to rank in the low 30s, which would have put us in the running. "Nevertheless, there are other grants out there, one which we've already identified. The low ranking is a...
The Longview based band Diamond Rio is planning a tribute for the late Hadley Caliman this Sunday at The Carousel Restaurant in Longview. Band member Willis Moss said the tribute will be part of a 5:30 p.m. dinner show at the restaurant. The band will have a blues show on Sunday. Caliman played with the band when he first moved to the Cathlamet area in the early 1980's. "We wanted to do something for Hadley," Moss said. "I knew him for 28 years."...
After spending three hours discussing the latest draft of an update to the Cathlamet zoning ordinance, members of the town council and planning commission agreed Tuesday that a new start is needed. Meeting in a special meeting for a workshop, planners and councilors agreed that the latest version, known as Cathlamet Municipal Code Chapter 18A had too many problems to fix easily. Instead, planners suggested the council should reject 18A when it meets Monday. Planners said they could revive a previous draft that seems more in line with council...
(Editor's Note: At The Eagle's invitation, Roger Caliman submitted this article in place of an obituary about his father, jazz saxophone player Hadley Caliman.) Former Cathlamet resident and Jazz Legend Hadley Caliman died September 8 after a two-year battle with liver cancer; he was 78. He was preceded in death by his daughter Harmony Caliman and is survived by his wife Linda Caliman, former wife Jan Caliman, children Lia Caliman and Roger Caliman, nephew Pride Cannaday, and father-in-law...
Wahkiakum 4-H Leaders’ Council and Friends of Extension present their third Annual Columbia River Country Days on October 1 and 2. This one-of-a-kind event raises money for Wahkiakum 4-H youth programs. The event kicks off at 3 p.m. Friday with a Slow Moving Parade with tractors, trucks and all things “slow-moving” progressing from downtown Cathlamet, over the Puget Island Bridge, and ending at the Two Islands Farm Market on East Birnie Slough. The Two Islands Farm Market will feature an old-time Pie Social, Friday, 3 to 6 p.m, along with...
To The Eagle: A month from now, I will be running my second Portland Marathon on 10 October 2010 (10/10/10! The date alone was a huge incentive!). I am excited to participate; it’s such a rush to plod through my natal city for hours with thousands of other runners and walkers. However, I think that running a marathon is a pretty selfish endeavor. Training takes many miles and hours, mostly dedicated to oneself. In all those miles and hours, I’ve been thinking of a way to make my run a little less selfish, and maybe a little more fun. “Hi...
To The Eagle: Current Undersheriff Jon Dearmore's qualifications include graduation from Washington's Basic Law Enforcement Academy. Could Troy Norris tell us if he has ever attended this academy and what the outcome was? Current Prosecuting Attorney Dan Bigelow's qualifications include being, in fact, an attorney. Could Dennis Gordon please tell us if he has graduated from law school and if he has passed the Washington State Bar Exam? It is my understanding that the state law does not disqualify unqualified candidates until they actually win....
SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR WAHKIAKUM COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF Case No. 10-4-00013-1 THE ESTATE OF JACK A. KNOPSKI, PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Deceased. 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 Representative or...
The Adna Pirates took on the Wahkiakum Mules and their new passing offense last Friday and left Cathlamet with a 28-7 victory. The Mules, a traditionally run-oriented offensive team, ran the ball 12 times and passed for 38. They moved the ball at times on last year's Class 2B football champion but hurt themselves with penalties and turnovers. The Pirates took the opening kick and mounted a touchdown drive, with Bubba Lara scoring from one yard out. The Mule defense stopped the conversion attempt, leaving the score 6-0 at 7:39 of the first...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: August 31--7:26 a.m. A caller reported illegal dumping along Hull Creek Road and a possible suspect was later identified. 8:31 a.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to aid a West Valley woman with abdominal pain. 11:59 a.m. A person camping at Hornstra's Beach reported a theft of medications. 2:24 p.m. A Grays River man reported someone had loosened bolts on a tractor wheel which led to $500 or more in damage...
On September 11, an exhibit of quilts by the River City Strippers - a Wahkiakum County based quilters group - will open at Redmen Hall. This will be a celebration of their 10th anniversary as a group, having started with 11 members in February 2000, and now grown to just over 40 quilters. They meet weekly in Cathlamet and have become well known for the Comfort Quilts they make and donate to seriously ill children and adults in local hospitals. They will be showing over 80 pieces of their work from quilts to bags, clothing and smaller items....
Former Long Beach resident Ken Lentz, 72, died in Cathlamet on September 1, 2010. The son of Walter and Clara (Halsey) Lentz, he was born in Oak Grove, Mo, on June 19, 1938. He lived in southern California for a time before moving to Skamokawa to be near family. There he worked in the woods and married Judy Heagy. They had a son, Curtis. Later the couple moved to Kansas City, Mo. where Ken was employed as an iron worker in construction. In 1965 he returned to the local area where he again worked in the woods and fished commercially out of...
Jerrold Samuel Florek, 51, of Cathlamet, passed away September 3, 2010 as the result of a logging accident. He was born August 4, 1959 to Joseph, Sr. and Corliss (Sotka) Florek in Longview. Jerrold attended school in Cathlamet and graduated in 1977 from Wahkiakum High School. He worked as a timber faller, starting the profession when he was 15 years old. He spent two and a half years working as a roughneck in the Oklahoma Oil fields in the early 1980s. He traveled to New Zealand 20 years ago to work as a timber faller there for six months and...
Longtime local resident, James Rainey, 63, passed away September 4, 2010 at St. John Medical Center in Longview. He was born February 6, 1947 in Tillamook, Ore. to Douglas and Jennie (Crivella) Rainey. He attended school in Grays River and Naselle. Big Jim enjoyed his work as a dairy farmer and he was a timber faller for Weyerhauser until a logging accident in 1984. He and his dad enjoyed racing horses around the Northwest for many years. He loved working on old trucks, and spending time with his family and friends. He is survived by his sons,...
Wahkiakum PUD commissioners and management met September 7 to discuss policies and hear updates on ongoing projects. Ken Ruche, who owns a house on Covered Bridge Road, attended the meeting to comment on the PUD’s deposit policy. Ruche said his family moved into their home in March of 2008. The PUD required a two-month deposit of $700 and told Ruche that he would receive the deposit back in two years. When he came to the PUD office recently to inquire about the deposit, he was told that if a customer makes a late payment, the 24-month window s...
A Cathlamet Marine is one of a group of veterans bringing peace of mind to fellow veterans through a program centered on fly fishing. A lot of veterans are coming back now from Iraq and Afghanistan with amputations, disabilities and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and the program attempts to do something for them, says Bill Talley, who served 22 years in the US Marine Corps, and learned personally about PTSD from his tour in Somalia. A severe anxiety disorder, PTSD can develop after exposure to any event that results in psychological...
To The Eagle: As local boaters we want to thank the many last minute volunteers who last Saturday pulled off a great function at the marina featuring several events and a chili cook off. It makes us feel good when boaters and land yachters (RV’ers) from other areas look favorably on Cathlamet, which in turn makes us more welcome when we visit their marinas. David Goodroe was like the Dutch boy who found a hole in the dike and rallied the town’s people to save the day. Several hundred people had a great time enjoying chili, racing rubber duc...
