Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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In late March, the Washington Department of Natural Resources put the Freedom timber sale up for auction. Located on 138 acres of state forestland 17 miles northeast of Naselle, the sale offered over 8,500 metric board-feet of hemlock and Douglas fir. The DNR’s timber cruise report calls it some “nice looking wood.” Nice enough for Stimson Lumber to bid more than $3 million, despite a conservation group’s appeal of the sale in Pacific County Superior Court a few weeks earlier. To the nonprof...
June 24 6:15 a.m. The Wahkiakum County Sheriff’s Department and the Washington State Patrol responded to a two vehicle collision in Skamokawa. One individual with an injury declined transportation to the hospital. 7:59 a.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to a Puget Island resident with breathing difficulty. 8:21 a.m. Emergency services responded to a Cathlamet resident who had fallen. 4:48 p.m. A welfare check was requested on a Cathlamet resident. Deputies contacted the individual who declined assistance. 4:54 p.m. A caller in Cathlamet r...
In loving Memory, Betty Lou Lillian (Jackson) Bowles was born on April 17, 1935, in Missoula, Montana to parents Louis Jackson and Elma Sears. She was the fourth of nine children and two step children; Louis Jackson, Robert Jackson, Eugene Jackson, Bessie (Jackson) Axmaker, Shirley (Jackson) Magnuson, Evelyn (Patricia) (Jackson) Hopkins Mary (Jackson) DeMuth, Roger Jackson, Sandra Wolfe and Edwin Wolfe. Her family moved to Cathlamet, Wa. When Betty was five years old. When Betty was eight years...
At the Cathlamet Town Council Monday night the Council members debated several issues. However the Resolution of Adopting Rules of Decorum for Council meetings was postponed until all Town Council members were in attendance. The Council approved the bid for a new ambulance manufactured by Braun Northwest. Wahkiakum County will pay for the ambulance, but the Town of Cathlamet was required to conduct the bidding process. The mayor reported that the Swimming Pool Advisory Committee met Monday morning and discussed the future of the kiddie pool,...
Naselle technology students put on the national map this month. The Bubbleheads” placed ninth in a team robotics competition that attracted entries from four continents. Their coach, Rudi Rudolph, returned from the East Coast bubbling with praise. “Students did a great job at the competition,” he said. “I am proud of their accomplishments and their drive to succeed. Every year teams are learning design ideas from each other, making it tougher to get to the top.” The Naselle team consists...
As the dust settles on Naselle's WIAA state track accomplishments, coaches are already looking ahead. Some middle school-age athletes contributed to high school successes, including points that helped the Comet team become District track champions. Two advanced to the 1B state meet, where June Miller earned three medals and Halle Miller placed well in two events. June set a school record of 26.61 seconds placing third in the 200 meters final. But earlier in their own middle school competitions,...
These smiling faces belong to Naselle schoolchildren who earned Citizenship Awards from Occident 48, the Masons lodge, in Ilwaco. Students in the lower grades were honored for what the group’s master, Mike Carmel, called, “doing the right thing when no one was looking.” They are pictured with guest speaker, Daniel Garcia, the Pacific County sheriff. Back row, left to right, are Margrit Engelson, Jake Erickson, Dakotah Williams, Marvin Tucker and Karsen Green. At front are Grace Brown, Quinn...
Naselle’s baseball and softball teams figured significantly in the Coastal B League All-League selections. In Baseball, Randy Lindstrom was named coach of the year and Jacob Lindstrom was named the most valuable player. The league honored nine other baseball players on its first team and four were from Naselle: Jack Strange, Dean Helvey, William Anderson and Leith Chadwick. Two Naselle players earned honorable mentions: Logan Quashnick and Trajen Ford. The team sportsmanship award was shared by Naselle and Mossyrock. The Comets concluded t...
Halle Miller put it into words better than anyone. "It's been a great season!" she exclaimed. The eighth grader expressed her excitement as the Naselle track team headed to pack up the district vans for the journey home from the WIAA 1B state meet. With them were 11 medals. Three were won by June Miller, who placed second in the high jump, second in the 400 meters in a time of 1:01.18 and third in the 200 in 26.61 seconds. Derek Suomela concluded his Comet sports career with two medals from...
I thank the editors of the Chinook Observer and the Wahkiakum County Eagle for their extensive reporting on the future of the Fields Fir proposed timber sale on Naselle’s watershed land. Riley Yusan did a fine job of soliciting and including views from many of the people involved both within and without the logging community. While the respected voices quoted in the piece covered much of the fact, opinion, and guesswork about this proposed project, there is one important aspect of this story that was not fully represented. That is the q...
NASELLE — At least twice, plastic flagging tipped locals off to the Fields Fir timber sale — a 174-acre harvest the DNR is proposing in the Lane and O’Conner Creek watersheds, which supply Naselle’s drinking water. It was a hunter both times. One saw ribbons left over from the timber cruise, and told his friend and longtime Naselle resident Rex Ziak about it. The other was Gavin Maxwell, also a longtime Naselle resident, who saw sale tags in late 2022. Not that there was anything to hide. For the DNR, this was business as usual, and a slow-mo...
Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03) announced she will be holding her third set of mobile office hours in Naselle, Washington. Residents of Washington’s Third District will be able to walk in to get assistance with federal agencies like the VA, IRS, and State Department. The Congresswoman’s team will be available on Wednesday, May 22, 2024 from 12:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Naselle Timberland Library Meeting Room at 4 Parpala Road, Naselle, WA 98638. Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez has already recovered more than $1.7 million for 1,198 con...
The Naselle Comets Track and Field team hosted the District 4B Meet on May 8th at Naselle High School. Both the men’s and women’s team took first place among the eight schools that competed with 118 and 189 points, respectively. Congratulations, Comets! Naselle Men’s Varsity Results: 100 meters – 8. Gus Burkhalter 12.46, 16. Andy Rosas 13.20 200 meters – 7. Gus Burkhalter 25.51 400 meters – 1. Derek Suomela 52.00, 5. Jacob Pakenen 58.48. 7. Bo Dunagan 1:04.00 800 meters – 1. Derek Suomela 2:14.44, 10. Joey Sabey 2:50.88 1600 meters – 4. C...
The talent show was listed in Wahkiakum County paper as being held at Johnson Park is incorrect. The play is being held at Naselle - Grays River Valley high school. Auditions May 7, 2024, and the talent Show on May 14th, 2024....
THURSDAY Johnson Park advisory board, 10:00 a.m. Johnson Park West End Food Pantry, Johnson Park, 1- 5 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Noon, Hope Center 320 S 3rd St. Cathlamet. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Noon, Rosburg Hall, Rosburg. Community Library & Computer Center 12-5 p.m. Johnson Park, Rosburg SAIL Program, Exercise for Seniors, 12:45-1:45 p.m. Hope Ctr. 320 S. 3rd St. Cathlamet. Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. Skamokawa Fire Department, 7 p.m. Grays River Fire Department, 7:30 p.m. Puget Island Fire Department, 7 p.m. District No. 4 Fire...
The Johnson Park Community Center is hosting a talent show along with Naselle High School. The talent show is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. on May 14th, at the Johnson Park community center. Auditions will take place on Wednesday May 7th at 6:00 p.m. Come and be a part of this exciting night. There will be prizes for the first, second, and third places in the elementary, middle-high school, and adult categories. A panel of three judges will be voting and deciding who’s got talent. Registration forms can be picked up at Johnson park or the high s...
Glenn Ray, the longtime manager of the Okie's Select Market in Naselle is retiring. On April 30, the reins will be passed on to Leonard McGrath who has served for a number of years as the Assistant Manager for the Okie's store in Ocean Park. Ray's work history is interwoven within the history of the Okie's stores themselves. Okie Johnson first opened the Naselle store in 1967. When deciding to retire, he passed the store on to his two daughters Carol and Joyce. The two sisters married two young...
April 15 8:27 p.m. An Elochoman Valley caller reported a dog getting into their garbage. Deputies returned the dog to its owners. 10:24 p.m. A Puget Island resident requested emergency services after experiencing chest pains. April 16 1:51 a.m. A Puget Island resident reported that a person had knocked on their door wearing only shorts and reported that they had been assaulted. 10:55 a.m. A forest worker reported a possible illegal marijuana grow seen by drone. Sheriff’s deputies responded and found a community garden. 7:27 p.m. The C...
April 21st, 3:00 p.m. Naselle Community Center 14 Parpala Road, Naselle, Wa. 98638 $10.00 for tickets The Brownsmead Flats are a wonderful, popular group from Astoria. They play acoustic music that may be best described as “Crabgrass” with a folk/bluegrass style. The band has a strong focus on vocal harmonies and several of their numbers are composed by members of the group. These numbers reflect living in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. A variety of instruments are played by the 5-member band. Dan Sutherland is featured on the hammered dul...
April 7 11:19 a.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to a possible heart attack. 2:15 p.m. A erratic driver was reported in the Flandersville area. 7:08 p.m. Two horses we reported loose on East Valley road. 11:05 p.m. A Puget Island caller reported that a person was underneath their trailer; a mental health referral was made. April 8 5:45 p.m. A caller reported people checking doors on a storage unit at the Cathlamet Marina. 11:37 p.m.The Cathlamet ambulance responded to a Cathlamet resident after getting an alert from an alarm company. April...
Karl Marlantes’ latest novel, “Cold Victory,” is historical fiction set in post-World War II Finland, where tensions play out on a battlefield of snow and ice under the northern lights. In the book, two men, an American and a Russian, agree to a cross-country ski race. Five hundred kilometers, just over 300 miles, spread over 10 days in the middle of an Arctic winter. Meanwhile, their wives strike up a friendship that’s clouded by harsh realities. ‘I sort of see this world, ‘Deep River’ and now ‘Cold Victory,’ and I have in my mind, I have a...
The Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife held a North of Falcon meeting on March 28 to discuss salmon fishing rules for the 2024-25 season in Willapa Bay. Escapement estimates continue to be below goals, a factor certain to influence this year’s fishing seasons. The significant development from the meeting and presentation is an extra effort to conserve fish in the Naselle River. One option being explored is requiring any fish snagged between Aug. 1 and Oct. 15 to count toward an angler’s daily limit. “The intent of this idea is re...
THURSDAY Johnson Park Advisory board, 10:00 a.m. Johnson Park, Rosburg West End Food Pantry, Johnson Park, 1- 5 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Noon, Hope Center 320 S 3rd St. Cathlamet. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Noon, Rosburg Hall, Rosburg. Community Library & Computer Center 12-5 p.m. Johnson Park, Rosburg SAIL Program, Exercise for Seniors, 12:45-1:45 p.m. Hope Ctr. 320 S. 3rd St. Cathlamet. Rosburg Community Club 7 p.m. Rosburg Hall Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. Skamokawa Fire Department, 7 p.m. Grays River Fire Department, 7:30 p.m....
ple were cutting trees down on a nearby property without the owner’s permission. 3:14 p.m. A Cathlamet resident requested emergency services to respond to a person who was unconscious. The Cathlamet ambulance responded but the person refused transportation to the hospital. 3:33 p.m. A person in Cathlamet lost their wallet and gave their information in case it was turned into the Sheriff's Office. 10:12 p.m. The Captain of the Cathlamet ferry reported that a person was looking into cars after the ferry left Puget Island. April 2 1:17 a.m. A N...
The twins were born April 6, 1931 in Astoria, to Abraham Fredrik Lyla and Katherine (Sackrison) Sotka whose grandparents had immigrated to the United States from Finland. The couple settled in Eden Valley. Corliss and Norman graduated in 1949 from Naselle Grays River High School. Corliss married Joseph Edward Florek in November 1950 and Norman married Phyllis Rae Boldt in February 1951. Joseph and Corliss’ children are: Joseph Edward, Jerrold Samuel (deceased), Carolyn, Kristy, Katherine J...
