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Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Cathlamet Public Library’s Summer Reading Program will begin next Thursday (July 7) and will be held every Wednesday for six-weeks, through August 11. The Preschool Storytime and the Elementary School Age programs are at 11 a.m. and the Middle school Program is at 4 p.m. Sessions last about one hour. Summer Reading is free and is open to all children. For more information, contact librarian Connie Christopher at 795-3254 or e-mail connielib@centurytel.net....
Summary for publication: The full text of this ordinance is available for reading at the Town Hall and will be mailed upon request. Requests should be directed to the Town of Cathlamet, P.O. Box 68, Cathlamet, WA 98612. TOWN OF CATHLAMET ORDINANCE NO. 531-10 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 518-09 AND CATHLAMET MUNICIPAL CODE (CMC) CHAPTER 2.55 AND ENACTING NEW PROVISIONS RELATING TO PERSONNEL RULES AND REGULATIONS. WHEREAS, the Council of the Town of Cathlamet recognizes the Town's growing dependence on electronic communications media in...
The Inn at Crippen Creek Farm will no longer be baking artisan breads for the retail market. "Our Bed and Breakfast and farm activities are taking more of our time. We thank all of you who have been such wonderful customers from Cathlamet Market, Two Islands Farm Market and as bread subscribers," said Kitty Speranza. The Inn will continue to offer cooking classes which includes artisan breads and will be available for baking bread for special events by request...
Summary for publication: The full text of this ordinance is available for reading at the Town Hall and will be mailed upon request. Requests should be directed to the Town of Cathlamet, P.O. Box 68, Cathlamet, WA 98612. THE TOWN OF CATHLAMET ORDINANCE NO. 530-10 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CATHLAMET MUNICIPAL CODE (CMC), TITLE 2 - ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL; ADDING CHAPTER 2.00, DEFINING MAYOR AND COUNCIL ROLES AND PROVIDING FOR THE ORDERLY SUCCESSION IN THE OFFICE OF MAYOR IN THE EVENT OF ABSENCE OR EMERGENCY WHEREAS, the Town of Cathlamet has...
3-2011 Final Budget Hearing Notice is hereby given that the final budget hearing for the 2010-2011 school year of Wahkiakum School District No. 200, Wahkiakum County, Cathlamet, WA, will be held in the Wahkiakum High School library on July 21, 2010, 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...
WHERE IS IT?--As our work week began, so did Summer, but considering it was mostly cloudy and wet, it wasn't the start to Summer that most of us had envisioned. We are promised some nice days at mid-week, and as I'm writing this, we do have some brightness in the sky, so let's hope that these warmer temperatures and brighter days come about, as all these drizzly, cloudy, gloomy days are getting pretty depressing. THIS IS IT--It's here at last: The third annual "Smoky Water Follies" is opening this weekend at the Skamokawa Grange Hall and runs...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: June 14--1:06 a.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to aid a Cathlamet woman who was very ill. June 15--6:49 p.m. Officers responded to a Skamokawa area residence where a son had threatened his father and placed him in a choke hold; officers took the son into custody. June 16--3:15 a.m. Longview police asked Wahkiakum officers to watch for a vehicle that an officer had stopped but restarted and took off...
The Lower Columbia Economic Development Council’s (LCEDC) plan for a new incubator business park in Wahkiakum County is on hold. During his report to county commissioners last Tuesday LCEDC Director David Goodroe said Port District No. 1 had informed him they were no longer going to act as the sponsoring agency involved in developing a business park. “Port 1 identified the business park plan as one of its development goals in 2006,” said Goodroe. He went on to say the Town of Cathlamet and the county also had identified the LCEDC’s business par...
The first show of the “Silver Buckle Series” was held last Saturday, it was a fun and successful event. Stewart Moonen sounded like a professional announcer as he called the classes into the arena to compete and later announced the winners. For setting up the barrels and poles our crew was: Ginger Moonen, Debbie Twiet, Joni Matthews, Connie Luthi and Kathy Perkins. Their job was to measure out the correct number of feet between the poles or barrels and set them in place. They were quick with a rake between the contestants to keep the dirt smo...
Cathlamet Public Library’s Summer Reading Program starts July 7 and will be held every Wednesday for six-weeks, through August 11. Sessions include: pre-school story time at 11 a.m., elementary school age program and the middle school program at 4 p.m. Sessions last about one hour. Summer Reading is free and is open to local kids as well as those who are visiting for the summer. This year’s program “Make a Splash” will be run by Toni Hardy. She was a children’s librarian at North Central Regional Library Wenatchee before moving to Cathlamet...
The boards are waxed for the triumphant return of Vaudeville Della and her entertainers at the Skamokawa Grange Little Theatre Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. The Third Annual Skamokawa Follies includes music, comedy and melodrama from an era when rural entertainment included traveling shows. All tickets are $10 and are available at the Cathlamet and Naselle Bank of the Pacific; the doors will open one half hour before the show. Written and directed by Adele Swift with musical direction by Sunrise Fletcher, the cast...
The Wahkiakum County Board of Commissioners started Tuesday’s meeting by approving their minutes and invoices. The board accepted the resignation of Wahkiakum Fair Board Manager Bill Coons and moved on to new business. The board recertified the liquor license of Duffy’s Irish Pub in Grays River and The Oasis Tavern in Skamokawa. The approval required no action and the Board approved recertifying the licenses. A decision was made on the distribution of the PUD privilege tax. As the name indicates the tax applies to PUDs for the privilege of ope...
The Cathlamet Town Council continued with steps to impose a six-month building permit moratorium for Columbia Ridge Estates subdivision and handled other business items at its monthly meeting Monday evening. The council had adopted Resolution 280-10, imposing the moratorium, at its May 17 meeting. Following up with steps to satisfy legal requirements for the moratorium, the council held a public hearing Monday on the resolution and adopted Mayor George Wehrfritz's May 4 letter to the estates community association as a findings of fact. Town...
To The Eagle: Our mayor's bleak characterization of the Wahkiakum Welfare State in last week's Eagle seems a bit skewed, particularly when he chooses to kick around those old straw dogs "political axes" and "ideological blinders." The "shrill critics" at the meetings we attended were mostly citing real concerns from past local history or thoughtful studies from respected foundations giving mixed reviews of the 27 year history of NHAs or making polite inquiries about the apparent connections between ShoreBank Enterprise Cascade and the Chicago...
To The Eagle: When I last checked, there were 565 souls living in Cathlamet, so these are my questions about the Queen Sally park design, (The Eagle, 6/10/10). Will the amphitheater reliably drain this existing aquifer sideways, or will water pool at its base and flow directly under the building? (I've had practical experience with this from my own faulty design.) Are any hydrodynamic or soil studies contemplated? Where is there to be parking for all that ADA access? Can the Town (County?) pay a new full time employee for maintenance:...
Wahkiakum County Notice of Determination of Nonsignificance Wahkiakum County issued a determination of nonsignificance (DNS) under the State Environmental Policy Act Rules (Chapter 197-11 WAC) for the following project: Nelson Creek Restoration Phase 1 seeks to restore half of the 180-acre tract of historic intertidal freshwater wetlands within the Elochoman and Nelson Creek watershed. The project is located in Section 26, T9N, R6W, W.M. The site has a physical address of 209 Nelson Creek Road, Cathlamet, WA 98612. Proposed by Columbia Land Tru...
SAW THE SUN--Last Saturday was certainly gorgeous and it got flat hot outside. My skin starting turning dark pink after a short time of being out in my flower beds. By the following morning though, it was so foggy and socked in, the ground was all wet and the trees were dripping, so at first, I thought it was raining. It sure was a far cry from the blue skies the morning before. The sun finally came out later in the afternoon but it was accompanied by a lot of wind. Monday brought us more overcast weather, while in Seattle they still had a...
A graveside service was held for C. Fred Heim of Myrtle Point, Ore. on June 12, 2010 at Bunker Hill Cemetery in Longview. Fred was born December 18, 1902 in Wilderswil, Switzerland, the son of Fred and Madelina Heim. He died June 8, 2010 in Coquille Ore. at the age of 107. He came to America in March of 1923 and worked in the dairy business until 1955. He married Rena Mae Howard on February 26, 1931. They owned and operated the Eufaula Grocery Store in Longview from 1955-1962. From 1966-1969 they ran a dairy farm in Cathlamet then retired and...
In their regular meeting Tuesday, Wahkiakum county commissioners moved to cancel a previously scheduled June 17 forum to discuss what was to be the Columbia Pacific National Heritage Area after ShoreBank Enterprise Cascadia (SBEC) announced Friday it would no longer seek Congressional designation for the project. “They (SBEC) cited several reasons for withdrawing seeking a Congressional designation for a National Heritage Area,” said Commissioner Lisa Marsyla. “But they said the main problem was at the federal level.” Public Works Directo...
The Mass Casualty exercise last Thursday went off like clock work. Sponsored by Southwest Washington’s Region 6, Homeland Security Coordinating Council, the multi-county exercise included Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania and Wahkiakum counties. The exercise was designed to test the emergency response capabilities of each county. Public Information Officer Jerusha Kasch said as part of the exercise there was a shooting scenario. “The exercise was the example of a man who went looking for his wife in a m...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past two weeks, including: May 31--12:15 p.m. A man reported malicious mischief to a roof and said other things had been happening to his property on South Third Street. 5:52 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to aid a woman with possible kidney failure. 9:05 p.m. Motorists reported a westbound vehicle was running people off SR 4 east of Cathlamet; the state patrol was notified. June 1--7:04 a.m. The Cathlamet ambulance...
PERFECT--No matter that it was raining last Friday or that it was just an all day soaker on Sunday, what really mattered was that on Saturday, the Wahkiakum Dollars for Scholars annual car show and sturgeon derby was basking in sunshine all day long down here in Skamokawa at the fairgrounds and surrounding area! Everyone involved had all been holding their breath all week long, so when I woke up and saw the fog, I knew we'd have sunshine soon to follow, so it worked out perfect! There were over 200 awesome cars and trucks registered this year...
Wahkiakum Community Network is accepting Requests for Proposals for direct service programs. Total funds expected to be released are $27,850. The funding source is $17,850 provided by state grant funds (Washington State Family Policy Council grant) and $10,000 provided by pass-through federal grant funds (Department of Commerce Community Mobilization Grant). Applications must focus on preventing or reducing youth substance abuse, youth violence, and/or increase community mobilization. Wahkiakum Community Network provides this funding to...
Just Grow It! and partners are asking youth to participate in an art contest for a sign to be displayed at the garden in Erickson Park in Cathlamet. They are looking for a design that is transferable to a large sign format. Entries should have a theme that represents the spirit of gardening, healthy eating, and community. The winner's artwork will be prominently displayed at the park garden site. Mail entries to Wahkiakum County Health Department, PO Box 696, Cathlamet, WA 98612. Entries may also be taken to the Health Department office at 64...
Wahkiakum County has been awarded federal funds under the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program in the amount of $4,953 to supplement emergency food and shelter programs. The selection was made by a National Board chaired by the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency and consists of representatives from American Red Cross, Catholic Charities USA, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, the Salvation Army, the Jewish Federations of North America, the Salvation Army and United Way...
