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Financial Peace University (FPU) classes will be held in Cathlamet at Cathlamet Christian Fellowship located at 503 SR 409. The program is designed to help families positively change their financial future by teaching them how to handle their money through common-sense principles and small group accountablility. FPU is available for churches, companies, military bases, financial literacy programs, Spanish speaking organizations and community groups. Topics covered include: •Saving for emergencies. • Budgeting. • Relationship and...
Erickson Park in Cathlamet is getting a facelift. Jerry DeBriae Logging has contracted with the town to remove excess brush, fallen trees and branches and invasive plants that have overgrown in the area over several years. The removed debris was transported to the 4.7 acres the town recently purchased from the school district. A controlled slash burn will be conducted at a later date. Upon the completion of the clearing, Dr. Rob Stockhouse will work with students from Jeff Rooklidge’s Environmental Science and Kyle Hurley’s Vocational Edu...
Participants in the 2008 LoCo Round Up practiced the differences between paddling canoes and kayaks at a weeklong conference last week. Photo by Sunny Manary. The second annual Lower Columbia Kayak Round up, or as it is affectionately called by participants, “LoCo Round-Up,” wrapped up last Sunday. Visitors from as far away as the Netherlands come to Wahkiakum County to take part. The round up is the brainchild of local farmer, kayak enthusiast and founder of Columbia River Kayaking, Ginni Callahan of Puget Island. “Kayak symposiums are getti...
Wahkiakum County commissioners took steps toward adopting an amended county comprehensive plan Tuesday. The board voted to split a detailed section on economic development from the plan and use it for an updated county economic plan. They’ll insert a summary of the section supplied by David Goodroe, executive director of the Lower Columbia Economic Development Council, for the economic development segment of the comprehensive plan. From there, the board tabled work on the comprehensive plan to work out details on issues such as densities in r...
A Wahkiakum celebration to coincide with WSU Statewide Harvest Days is to happen on October 4. As a county wide historic view spotlighting rural America, the "Columbia River Country Days" event promises a broad range of interests centering on Cathlamet, Puget Island, Skamokawa, Grays River and beyond. Wahkiakum organizers are working to start a celebration that will "Let Wahkiakum Shine" planning entertainments to include food and farm tours, harvest dinners and dances. Cathlamet and Puget Island will be the scene of a tractor parade and...
The Wahkiakum Dollars for Scholars Non-Traditional Scholarship committee has announced the recipients of their 2008 scholarships. Thanks to a generous donation from the John C. Thomas Memorial Scholarship Fund and an anonymous donor, the group was able to fund six scholarships. Scholarships of $1,000 were awarded to Erynn Grasseth, Rachael Gerlach and Sean Reichert; a $500 scholarship was awarded to Phillip Most. Erik Schillios and Brenden McClain were awarded $250 each. The Non-Traditional scholarships are available to past graduates of...
In a 2-1 vote, the Cathlamet Town Council voted to appoint former Mayor and Councilmember Bob Rendler to fill a vacant seat on the council. Councilmembers David Goodroe and William Talbott voted for Rendler; Councilmember Wally Wright voted for the other applicant for the position, Ruth Doumit. Councilmember John Hannah didn't attend the Monday meeting. The council had interviewed the two candidates in a special meeting August 13. In other business at the 2.5 hour meeting Monday: --Councilmember Goodroe reported finding a firm interested in par...
The Cathlamet Town Council interviewed two applicants to fill a vacant seat on the council last night (Wednesday) after The Eagle had gone to press. Mayor Dick Swart said Tuesday that the council might appoint one of the persons to fill the vacancy; he had originally suggested the appointment be at the council's next regular meeting next Monday. The candidates are Ruth Doumit and former mayor and council member Bob Rendler. An artist, Doumit has lived and operated businesses of several kinds in Cathlamet for 35 years. She has been active in...
Chemistry, physics and math may never be the same at Wahkiakum High School. Sharon Dennis, who has been teaching there for at least 31 years, has decided to put away her protractor, at least for now. In the beginning of her career, most math teaching jobs were connected to coaching sports like basketball and football. There weren’t many women in the field. Graduating from Anchorage High School in Alaska and Greenville College in Illinois, Dennis was the first woman to graduate from her college with a major in physics. That was in 1964. When D...
Changes in salmon management practices will bring much change to Wahkiakum County starting this fall. The Elochoman Salmon Hatchery will be closed, and the Elochoman and Grays Rivers will become refuges for naturally spawning salmon. The moves are part of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife's new Conservation and Sustainable Fisheries Plan. WDFW staff came to Cathlamet Tuesday evening to explain the plan and seek support from local residents. They didn't find a lot; many of the 30 or citizens attending said they felt the plan was a...
Tuesday’s Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce meeting was full of information regarding upcoming and recent events. Chamber President Sandi Benbrook reported this years Bald Eagle Festival was a huge success. There was a good turn out and people seemed to stick around all day, she said. This year’s celebration turned a profit of approximately $3500. The 5th annual Buzzard’s Breath Chili Cook-off will take place at the Elochoman Slough Marina on Saturday, August 30 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. There will be musical entertainment and events to last throug...
Around 100 Wahkiakum County residents got a good view of candidates for county commissioner at a candidate forum August 6 at the River Street Meeting Room. After opening welcomes from the sponsors, the Grays River Grange and the Wahkiakum Food and Farm Network, the candidates gave a summary of their experience and goals and then took questions, first from Rob Stockhouse of the Food and Farm Network, and then from members of the audience. County Auditor and Chief Elections Officer Diane Tischer presented information about the state’s new Top T...
The Ilwaco based swing band All That Jazz is set to perform at Cathlamet’s Pioneer Church on August 23 at 7 p.m. The group plays standards, pop tunes, Latin favorites and light jazz. Selections for the evening performance include Cherry Pink, Moonglow, These Foolish Things, and Besame Mucho. Performers are Jim Miller and Jerry Pedersen from the Cathlamet-Puget Island area, along with Glen Hansen, Lee Stromquist, Chuck Windham, David Graves, Jeanne Bellinger, and Chris Jacobsen. Sunrise Fletcher of Skamokawa will step on stage joining Miller a...
The Friends of Skamokawa have announced their annual Wine and Cheese Evening and silent and live auctions. This year's event takes place on September 13 at the Skamokawa Grange from 7-10 p.m. The theme this year is "From Tasmania to Romania" and will feature wines from many different wine-producing locations. The silent auction begins at 7 p.m. and ends at 9:30 p.m. The live auction begins at 8 p.m. with Rob Stockhouse as auctioneer. Tickets are $15 per person and include unlimited wine tasting and appetizers. Starting August 11, advance...
*The following news release arrived after The Eagle had gone to press Wednesday. Public meetings will outline lower Columbia River hatchery changes OLYMPIA – Modifications to salmon and steelhead hatchery operations on the lower Columbia River will be discussed at four public meetings this month in southwest Washington. The public meetings will begin at 6 p.m. and are scheduled for: * Aug. 12 – Cathlamet: River Street Meeting Room, 25 River St., Cathlamet. * Aug. 13 – Longview: Cowlitz PUD, 961 12th Ave., Longview. * Aug. 20 &...
Is it a time for a change in leadership on the Wahkiakum County board of commissioners, or should voters give Dan Cothren a third term in office? This is the question in the race for the commission seat representing District 2, which includes the Elochoman Valley, Rosedale, part of Cathlamet, and areas east to the Cowlitz County line. Cothren, who is running as an independent, is seeking a third term. Challenger Wayne Flohr, running as a Democrat, is looking to unseat him. Neither has opposition in this month's primary election, so their race...
As college students everywhere prepare to start a new semester, the National Association for the Self-Employed has made the tuition bill easier to pay for Heather Kehrli, a graduate of Wahkiakum High School in Cathlamet with a $4,000 college scholarship. The scholarship award can be used to defray the cost of tuition, which has risen to an average of $6,185 per year for four-year public colleges, and $23,712 per year for private schools, according to the College Board. Kehrli will continue studies at the University of Washington this fall. She...
Photo and story by Sunny Manary He doesn’t speak. He doesn’t make eye contact. But his painting caught the eye of his caregivers. Christopher Taylor, son of Cathlamet resident Dian Eakin, is autistic. For the past 20 years, he has lived in a Spokane group home. The painting was selected as the representation of what autistic children can do, Dian said. His painting won the 5th Annual Mayor’s Proclamation sponsored by the NW Autism Center and Autism Society of Washington (ASW), Spokane Chapter. During the month of April, which is “Auti...
Each summer, the Community Foundation celebrates a year of service to the Lower Columbia area with a summer Garden Party at the Julia Butler Hansen Heritage Center in Cathlamet. Bob Crissman from Gallery of Diamonds in Longview has donated a diamond pendant for a drawing during the event. Food is provided and music by Greg Parke as well. Updates on Foundation projects are given and information on the invested funds at Anderson & Anderson is also reported. Featured speaker this year is Marc Alexander from SEI Investment Co. Another featured...
Cathlamet Library’s Summer Reading Program, “Catch the Reading Bug,” got off to a grand start on Wednesday morning, July 9. Some of the children who attended the first session are pictured here with new books the Library recently received through a grant from The Libri Foundation. Participants and parents were greeted in the parking lot by a giant bug, nearly six-feet tall, carrying a placard simply stating “Read,” Traci Hering, volunteer and mother, read “Hey Little Ant” and helped the kids make clay ants. Brianna Parsons, youth volunteer, pro...
Republican candidate for governor Dino Rossi listened as well as spoke when he made a campaign stop Monday afternoon in Cathlamet. Rossi described his vision for Washington and touted his leadership to a crowd of about 20 persons. Then he invited local residents to share their concerns. Chief among those concerns were comments from commercial fishermen urging the potential governor to protect what they see is the public's interest in a share of the Columbia River's salmon runs. Irene and Kent Martin, Skamokawa, reviewed the past winter and...
Candidates for Wahkiakum County commissioner are making final plans for their efforts leading to this year's primary election. Because the primary has been advanced from the third Tuesday in September to the third Tuesday in August, August 19 this year, the county's ballots for the vote by mail election will go to voters in Commissioner District 1 this weekend. Also, the state has changed to a top-two primary in which the two candidates with the highest vote tallies in the primary advance to the general election. That affects the race in...
The 27th Annual Bald Eagle Celebration brought large crowds to enjoy the sunshine, entertainment and good food last weekend. Members of the Cathlamet Woman's Club, who organize the parade, said there were more entries than any previous parade. The parade results are as follows: Grand prize went to the Portland Yacht Club. Equestrian: 1. Wahkiakum 4-H Club. Decorated Vehicles: 1. Multnomah Yacht Club 2. USCG Auxiliary 3. tie, Wahkiakum class of 98 graduates, Lower Columbia Realty. Marching Group: 1. Strutter’s Baton 2. Cub Scouts of Cathlamet 3...
Cathlamet subscribers of The Oregonian recently received a letter stating that as of August 1, home delivery will no longer be available. Customers will still be able to purchase their papers from local racks and newspaper machines. According to staff at The Oregonian, Cathlamet is the only area affected by this change. Bernie Wright, independent dealer of The Oregonian said because of the rising fuel prices and the small number of subscribers in Cathlamet, home delivery is no longer an option. “I have someone going out there anyway, but t...
The 27th Annual Bald Eagle Festival kicks off tomorrow with activities to last all weekend. The first annual chalk art contest will take place on Broadway Street by Wright Pro Hardware from 3:30 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. The cost is free for participants and the chalk will be provided. Age groups for the art contest are, seven years and under, 8-13, and 14 and over. Each participant will be allotted one sidewalk square to decorate. Judging begins at 5:30 p.m. The artwork will remain on the sidewalk for all to enjoy until Monday morning. Prizes will...
