Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Naselle Comet sports calendar for the coming week includes: Thursday, high school track at Ilwaco at 3:30 pm.; Friday, high school softball at Seaside at 4 p.m. Go Comets! Students will be on Spring Break next week and will return to classes on Monday, the 11th. Have a safe and enjoyable week. Mark your calendar for the annual Spring Chicken Dinner sponsored by the Rosburg Community Club. This year’s event will be held on April 3 from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Rosburg Hall. Enjoy the baked chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, hot rolls, s...
William Shakespeare's Macbeth got a fun retelling in the Naselle High School Drama Club's performance of Macbeth: Off-Kilter last weekend. Set in a high school, athlete Scotty Macbeth wants more, but Duncan Morro is in his way. Macbeth's girlfriend, Sadie Macnutt goes along with Macbeth's plan to set up Morro by putting knives in his locker. Macbeth rises as reputations are ruined but he can't stop wearing plaid and his girlfriend is consumed by a need to clean. It all works out, but not...
Norman and Phyllis Sotka of Rosburg,WA had their 65th wedding anniversary February 18, 2016. Friends and family are invited to celebrate with them on Saturday, April 9 at 1:00 p.m., at the Valley Bible Church, 4723 State Route 4, Rosburg, WA 98643. Refreshments will be served. Norman and Phyllis met at the Elochoman Grange Hall at a dance following Norman's basketball game, where he played for the Grays River Grange team. The Sotka's dated for over a year and were married February 18, 1951 in th...
Home games and matches in bold face type Comet Girls Fastpitch April 1 at Seaside DH 4:00 11 Wishkah 4:00 12 at Ocosta Dh 3:00 14 at MM Knight 4:00 18 Oakville 4:00 21 at Wishkah 4:00 25 MM Knight 4:00 27 Lake Quinault 4:00 28 at Oakville 4:00 Home Games in Bold Face Comet Track & Field March 31 at Ilwaco April 16 at Seaside TBA 22 at Chehalis 23 at Chehalis TBA 26 Naselle Comet Invite at NHS TBA 30 at Shelton TBA May 3 at Ilwaco 5 Home meet at NHS 7 Freshmen at Centralia 9:30 19 District meet at NHS 5:00 26-28 State at Cheney (EWU) Meets start...
Winners of the 32nd annual Great White Tail Run art contest are: 1st place, Janessa Frink, 4th Grade; 2nd place, Dmitry Goldinov, 4th grade and 3rd place, Peter Vik, 4th grade, all from the Wahkiakum School District. Frink will receive t-shirts with her winning design and $25, Goldinov and Vik each will receive art supplies. Honorable Mention goes to Shayla Russell, 5th grade of Wahkiakum School District and Abigail Knopski, 7th grade from the Naselle Grays River Valley School District. The GWTR is slated for May 14. Run registration forms...
THURSDAY Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Congregational Church, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. District No. 4 Fire Department, drill night, 7 p.m. Grays River Fire Department, fire/ambulance, 7 p.m. Skamokawa Fire Department, 7 p.m. Wahkiakum Fire District 2 Commissioners, Skamokawa Fire Hall, 7 p.m. Eastside Play & Learn Group, St. James Family Center, 1:30-3 p.m. Westside Play & Learn Group, Valley Bible Church, 9:30-11 a.m. Community Library & Computer Center, GRVC at Johnson Park, 1-5 p.m. West...
News from Naselle Sports calendar for the coming week with the Naselle Comet teams: Today (Thursday), high school track in Naselle at 3:30 p.m., high school baseball at Astoria JV Tourney at 5:30 p.m.; Friday, high school softball with Winlock in Naselle at 3 p.m., high school baseball at Astoria at 3 p.m.; Monday, high school softball at Quinault at 4 p.m.; Wednesday, middle school track at Ocosta at 3:30 p.m. Go Comets! Grab your kiddos, their Easter baskets, and head on over to the Naselle football field for the annual ESA Alpha Theta...
The Naselle-Grays River Valley Schools Drama Club has announced their production of Macbeth: Off-Kilter, which will be performed on Friday, March 25 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, March 26 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tickets are $7 for adults and $6 for seniors and students. Tickets will be available at the door beginning 30 minutes prior to the show. The performance is a comedy and this year’s cast includes many returning actors/actresses, including Cameron Burch as Scotty Macbeth, Selah Wulf as Sadie Macnutt and Cody Kirkman as Willie. Mother Weird is p...
The 2016 Wahkiakum Mule baseball season got off to a good start with four wins in the last week against Naselle, Vernonia and Mossyrock. Last Wednesday, the Mules beat the Naselle Comets 6-0 in a game that had been postponed due to rain the day before. Pitcher Zach Brown got the win. On offense, Z. Brown went 1-3. He hit a double and drove in two runs. Joey Moore, James Anderson and Cody Terpsma had one RBI apiece. "Our pitchers did a good job keeping hitters off balance," Coach Marc Niemeyer...
THURSDAY Rosburg Community Club, 7 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Congregational Church, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Cathlamet First Aid Division, Fire Hall, 7 p.m. Skamokawa Fire Department, First Aid Division, 7 p.m. Grays River Fire Department, ambulance training, 7 p.m. Wahkiakum Fire District No. 4, 7 p.m. Westside Play & Learn Group, Valley Bible Church, 9:30-11 a.m. Community Library & Computer Center, GRVC at Johnson Park, 1-5 p.m. West End Food Pantry, GRVC at Johnson Park, 1-5 p.m. TOPS (Take Off Pounds...
Finnish film to show Saturday at Appelo Archives Center “Leningrad Cowboys Go American” is a 1989 Finnish film written and directed by Aki Kaurismäki. It will be shown on Saturday, March 19, at 11:00 a.m., at the Appelo Archives Center, 1056 SR 4, Naselle, WA, two miles east of the Naselle schools. The PG-13 film is 78 minutes. It is in Russian and Finnish with English subtitles. There is no admission charge, but donations are appreciated. The comedic plot is about an extremely inept band from Siberia with foot-long hairstyles and long Wink...
The Naselle-Grays River Valley School District Board of Directors met for its monthly meeting on March 15. Several personnel moves were approved. These included the retirements of Principals Karen Wirkkala at the K-12 school and Alan Bennett at the Youth Camp School. Shirley Miller, Gear-Up Coordinator, will be resigning at the end of the year as well. The board approved the hire of Rob Dalton as middle school track coach. The board approved an inter-local agreement with Sunnyside School District for future purchases of Apple computers. The agr...
The Wahkiakum High School baseball season has started. Tuesday's game with Naselle was postponed due to rain, but the boys took advantage of the weather to get a little batting practice. Zach Brown, pictured. There was little interest in softball this year and no coach, so the season was cancelled. The Wahkiakum High School Track and Field team has started practice. Rayanna Carlon, Cheyenne Barton and Grayci Thomas laugh during a hill running drill....
THURSDAY Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Congregational Church, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Puget Island Fire Department, drill night, 7 p.m. Port District No.1, 500 2nd St., 5 p.m. District No. 4 Fire Department, 7 p.m. Grays River Fire District, No. 3 Commissioners, 7:30 p.m. Grays River Fire Department, fire training, 7 p.m. Skamokawa Fire Department, 7 p.m. Wahkiakum County Real Property Rights Advisory Board, Courthouse, 6 p.m. Eastside Play & Learn Group, St. James Family Center, 1:30-3...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: February 29 — 10:27 a.m. A caller reported that an individual who was angry and driving while intoxicated had shown up at his home. The individual yelled at him and drove away. 11:08 a.m. A Rosburg resident reported that 100 gallons of fuel had been stolen. 12:56 p.m. A two year old Rosedale resident was reported missing. He was found in a vacant home nearby. 1:49 p.m. A Deep River resident reported that h...
THURSDAY Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Congregational Church, noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, noon. Skamokawa Fire Department, 7 p.m. Grays River Fire Department, work night, 7:30 p.m. Puget Island Fire Department, drill night, 7 p.m. District No. 4 Fire Department, 7 p.m. Cathlamet Public Library Board of Trustees, 12:45 p.m. Westside Play & Learn Group, Valley Bible Church, 9-11:30 a.m. West End Food Pantry, GRVC at Johnson Park, 1-5 p.m. TOPS, (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) GRVC at Johnson Park,...
If you haven’t driven through Grays River to Rosburg lately, you are really missing a beautiful sight. The trees are filled with eagles and seagulls are flying in huge flocks up and down the river and settling in all the hay fields. In a couple of fields, it looks almost like it snowed seagulls. The smelt are definitely here. News from Naselle: Congratulations on a fantastic basketball season for both the boys and girls Comet teams. You did an outstanding job this year. Westend news The 3rd Annual Community In-door Super Sale will be held on M...
The Naselle Middle School knowledge bowl teams competed in their final meet on February 26 at Grays Harbor College in Aberdeen. The Naselle 8th grade team consisted of Abby Moten, Zanith Wulf, Haley Depoe, Jaclyn Steenerson, Hannah Wirkkala, Cody Condon, and Ethan Lindstrom. The 8th grade team competed against 14 other teams from Elma, Montesano, Ocosta, North Beach, Hoquiam, Ilwaco and Wishkah. The 8th grade team placed 5th out of 15 at this meet and 5th overall for the season. The Naselle 7th grade team was comprised of Emma Colombo, Abigail...
Darlene M. Haataja, 88, a life long resident of the Altoona-Rosburg area, died at her home in Rosburg on February 23, 2016. Both her father and mother were of Finnish ancestry, and she was born at home in Altoona on June 17, 1927, the daughter of Helge and Jenny (Buskala) Saari. She grew up on the family farm, attended Altoona grade school and graduated from Naselle high school. Following high school she worked at the Altoona fish cannery. In 1951 she married Deep River native Robert Haataja and they established their home close to where...
Wahkiakum 4-H members from Carol Ervest's Sugar n Spice club modeled their outfits at the Sewing and Stitchery Expo Saturday, February 27 in Puyallup. Shelby McEneny, Lindsay Hunt and Grace Hunt, all of Grays River, were part of the 4-H dress revue contest at the Washington State Fair in Puyallup last September. They were chosen to come back in February to the Expo and model the dresses they had made. Shelby, the daughter of Shane and Sherry McEneny, is in the 7th grade at Wahkiakum Middle...
Editor's note: Be sure to check under photo tab for complete set of photos. Supporters of the Chinese Immersion Program at Naselle/Grays River Valley School District and other community members gathered at the old Rosburg School at Johnson Park to celebrate the Chinese New Year on Saturday. The Chinese zodiac has a 12 year cycle. Each year is denoted by a different animal, and 2016 is the Year of the Monkey. There will not be another Year of the Monkey until 2028. Children played games and...
THURSDAY Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Congregational Church, noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, noon. District No. 4 Fire Department, drill night, 7 p.m. Grays River Fire Department, fire/ambulance, 7 p.m. Skamokawa Fire Department, 7 p.m. Wahkiakum Fire District 2 Commissioners, Skamokawa Fire Hall, 7 p.m. Eastside Play & Learn Group, St. James Family Center, 1:30-3 p.m. Westside Play & Learn Group, Valley Bible Church, 9-11:30 a.m. West End Food Pantry, GRVC at Johnson Park, 1-5 p.m. TOPS, (Take Off Pou...
Spring is definitely in the air. The daffodils are in massive bloom, trees are beginning to bud out, eagles are practically running into each other as they fly over the Grays River or land in the trees fishing for the smelt, and so, too, the sea gulls near Burkhalter’s fields in Rosburg. Baby calves are bouncing around in the pastures all along the highway. New life everywhere. I love Spring. News from Naselle: Students will be out of school on Wednesday, March 2 through Friday, March 4 for the mid-winter break. On a high note, the Naselle C...
Robert Fauver, of Deep River, died February 15, 2016. He was born April 20, 1927 in Spring Valley, Minn., to David C. and Blanche (Stuhr) Fauver. His family moved from Minnesota to Deep River in 1937. He graduated from Naselle High School in 1946 and joined the U.S. Army. He was stationed in Korea during World War II. He returned to Deep River and married Marcia Harrison in 1950. They had four children and later divorced. Bob worked as a timber faller for several logging companies, retiring...
The Naselle Comets boys basketball team placed third in the Southwest District 1B tournament on Saturday after beating the Oakville Acorns 45-41. The Comets will face Shorewood Christian in regional play on Saturday at 2 p.m. at Renton High School. The winner of the game will continue on to the State 1B tournament which takes place in Spokane on March 3-5, 2016....
