Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Lifelong Rosburg resident Norman Elmer Anderson, 98, died in Forks, Wash., Aug. 23, 2014, a mere four days short of his 99th birthday. Norman was born in Astoria, Aug. 27, 1915, after his mother took a boat across the Columbia River, staying with a friend in Astoria, awaiting his arrival. His parents were Hjalmar and Minnie (Peterson) Anderson. Norman attended the Seal River school in Rosburg, traveling there by row boat through the sixth grade. Seventh and eight grades were at Riverside Grade and Norman was a 1932 graduate of Naselle High...
David Terrill Curl died at his Naselle residence on September 8, 2014 at the age of 55. He was a surfer, welder, teacher, blacksmith, artist, draftsman and commercial fisherman. A veteran of the US Coast Guard, Dave was a lover of the water and boats. David was a spiritual warrior and student of life. A standing member of the Northwest Blacksmith Association, he died loving his work. Dave touched so many lives in a postive manner. Survivors include his wife Karen Caspers-Curl; siblings Shelley, Dotty, Jeff, Vicki and Jenny; and his mother Pat...
The state Board of Natural Resources on September 2 authorized the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to transfer about 66 acres of forestland, managed for the benefit of Pacific and Wahkiakum counties, into conservation status. The parcels were selected because each has timber harvest restrictions related to the endangered marbled murrelet. “Today’s unanimous action by the Board of Natural Resources shows how the State Forest Trust Land Replacement Program is working to support struggling rural timber economies while pro...
THURSDAY 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. Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. Puget Island Fire Department, drill night, 7 p.m. Port District No. 1, District Office, 500 2nd St., 5 p.m. Wahkiakum County Real Property Rights Advisory Board, Courthouse, Commissioners Meeting Room, 6 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Congregational Church, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Community...
News from Naselle: Sports calendar for the Naselle Comet teams this week include: Friday, the 12th-football at Rockaway at 7 p.m.; Tuesday, the 16th-volleyball at Kelso at 5:45 p.m.; Thursday, the 18th-volleyball at Quinault at 5:45 p.m. Go Comets! The Naselle-Grays River Valley School District board meeting will be held on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. A few years back, a Naselle resident, Chuck Wolfe, lost a lawsuit he had filed against WSDOT relating to the loss of property due to the SR4 Bridge over the Naselle River directing the flow of water...
Annual Columbia River Country Days to benefit Wahkiakum 4-H Friends of Extension and Wahkiakum 4-H present the seventh annual Columbia River Country Days on October 3 and 4, 2014. Featured this year are events at the Puget Island Farmers Market on Friday beginning at 3 p.m. Activities planned at the Market include a Pie Social to benefit 4-H, live music, vendors, and plenty of fresh local grown produce for participants to purchase. Saturday includes a 4-H Open House at the Wahkiakum Fairgrounds located in Skamokawa from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and...
September 4 - September 11, 2014 THURSDAY Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. 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. Yoga Classes, Grays River Methodist Church, 5-6:30 p.m. Art Group, Grays River Methodist Church, social hall, 3-5 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Congregational Church, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) GRVC at Johnson Park, activity room, 2 p.m. AA...
News from Naselle: Welcome back students and faculty, to the new school year. Here’s to another great year. Sports calendar for the coming week includes: Friday, the 5th-football at Tacoma at 7 p.m., Tuesday, the 9th-volleyball with Ilwaco in Naselle at 5:45 p.m., Wednesday, the 10th-volleyball with Knappa in Naselle at 5:45 p.m. Go Comets! Westend news: The Free Friday Night movie this week is a rated PG movie that we had scheduled previously and were unable to get the disc. So this week we will have our own copy and after showing the film, i...
If you are looking for something to do this weekend, head down to the Elochoman Slough Marina where the Wooden Boat Show and Buzzard Breath Chili Cookoff will coincide with the first day of the Fall Fishing Frenzy Salmon Derby. The Fall Fishing Frenzy Salmon Derby begins on Saturday and continues until September 7. "To celebrate the return of the largest number of salmon on record,” Bud Mickelsen said, “we are having nine days of fun, fishing and competition to determine the best fis...
Kooper Howard Fritzie was born on Mother’s Day, May 11, 2014, to Blain and Nicole Fritzie of Cathlamet. He weighed 8 lbs 4.6 oz., and was 21 1/8 inches long. Maternal grandparents are Rick and Tina Laney from Naselle; paternal grandparents are Robby and Krista Fritzie of Cathlamet. Kooper joins sister, Cayln Fritzie, at home....
August 28 - September 4, 2014 THURSDAY Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. 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. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Congregational Church, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) GRVC at Johnson Park, activity room, 2 p.m. AA Meeting, Cathlamet Congregational Church, 7:15 p.m. Community Computer Center, GRVC at Johns...
Here comes another year of school days, and the end of what has been a really nice summer, though a little warm for my taste. With a long Labor Day weekend ahead for everyone, here's to a safe and fun holiday. News from Naselle: Students will return to classes on Tuesday at 8 a.m. Here's to another successful and fun school year. Sports calendar for the coming week includes: Saturday, the 30th-football at Ilwaco at 1 p.m. Go Comets! Westend news The Free Friday Night movie this week is a kid...
Abbie Eaton of Naselle was crowned Queen at the 2014 Wahkiakum County Fair. The six princesses who competed for the crown raised more than $8,000 this year, much to Fair Manager, Patty Dursteler's delight. Several local musicians took the stage and entertained locals and other visitors at the three-day event. There was salmon and ice cream and elephant ears. Teens chatted and tried to look cool while the younger kids raced around, playing in the inflatable castles, or walking on water in...
August 21 - August 28, 2014 THURSDAY 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. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Congregational Church, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) GRVC at Johnson Park, activity room, 2 p.m. AA Meeting, Cathlamet Congregational Church, 7:15 p.m. Community Computer Center, GRVC at Johnson Park, 1-5 p.m. Grays River Valley Library,...
Looks like we are back to the warm trend again. Personally I prefer the cooler but this makes it nice for picking berries and getting them frozen or made into jam or pies without fear of mildew. If I could keep my dogs from helping me by eating them off the vines, I would have lots more. The gardens are producing in abundance again this year, and our neighbor, Nancy George, as usual is providing us with delicious veggies grown with her tender loving care. Thank you Nan. Our yellow transparent apple tree had lots of apples and we have found a...
The Naselle High School Class of 1964 gathered July 25th at the Grays River Valley Center at Johnson Park in Rosburg for their 50 year class reunion. Back row, l-r, are Ed Blain, Jon Pakenen, Allan Niemi, Lawrence Elliott, Bert Juhala (former grade school classmate), Jerome Elliott, and Dave Sotka. Middle row, l-r, are Barbara Cox Page, Shirley Olson Niemi, Kay Koski McAnulty, Phyllis Johnson Mercer, Gail Strange Lewis, Kathy Wirkkala Baker, Jeannine Larson Johnson, Mary Jo Nicholson Smith,...
A fallen tree snapped power lines along East Valley Road last Wednesday evening and caused a fire. On August 6 at 4:38 p.m. Wahkiakum Fire District 4 was dispatched to the 100 block of East Valley Road in Skamokawa for a brush fire that had gotten into the trees. Chief Jim Wilson reported that crews from the district's main station in Rosedale on Ocean Beach Highway and from the Elochoman Valley Road Station responded with two brush trucks and two water tenders. A tree had fallen onto another tree and in turn fell across the power lines...
With federal funds, the US Fish and Wildlife Service is one of several agencies able to hire high school students to work through the Youth Conservation Corps each summer. Students from South Bend, Naselle and Ilwaco have traditionally been offered positions at Willapa Wildlife Refuge, according to Wahkiakum High School teacher Jeff Rooklidge, but four years ago, the service opened up a branch at Julia Butler Hansen Refuge. "There have probably been 25-30 applications each year for four...
August 14 - August 21, 2014 THURSDAY 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. Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. Puget Island Fire Department, drill night, 7 p.m. Port District No. 1, District Office, 500 2nd St., 5 p.m. Wahkiakum County Real Property Rights Advisory Board, Courthouse, Commissioners Meeting Room, 6 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Congregational Church, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg H...
Did you enjoy the noisy light show on Tuesday morning? The rain was nice as well. Hopefully it dampened the area enough to alleviate some of our fire danger. Unfortunately our four large (100 pounds each) dogs weren’t too happy with the thunder and lightning and all wanted to be in someone’s lap to be petted and hugged. Not fun when there are only two laps available. Sometimes they are worse babies than real kids. News from Naselle: Are you interested in serving on the facilities committee of the Naselle-Grays River Valley School District? I un...
On August 6 at 4:38 p.m. Wahkiakum Fire District #4 was dispatched to the 100 block of East Valley Road in Skamokawa for a brush fire that had gotten into the trees. Chief Jim Wilson reoprted that crews from the district's main station in Rosedale on Ocean Beach Highway and from the Elochoman Valley Road Station responded with two brush trucks and two water tenders. A tree had fallen onto another tree and in turn fell across the power lines bringing them to the ground and into the brush. The arc...
News from Naselle: We live in a very special place, with quite a few local businesses that depend on us to help them stay in business. I know that it is often cheaper to drive to Longview or Astoria for most items but I for one would rather pay a little more to shop closer to home and make sure that these businesses remain open. In Naselle we have a wonderful grocery store, a bank, several restaurants, a hardware store, a liquor store, a couple of espresso stands, a gas station and even a...
Port District 2's historic gillnetter has been moved thanks to Bill Chamberlain and his crew of volunteers. The boat is now sitting on its permanent site at Vista Park and construction of the boat shed has begun. Prestegard Construction's bid for the work was accepted by the Port's Board of Commissioners in July. Prestegard will be building the shed covering and fence due to be completed by September 5. Naselle Rock donated the rock for the area where the boat will be permanently placed....
August 7 - August 14, 2014 THURSDAY Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. 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. Yoga Classes, Grays River Methodist Church, 5-6:30 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Congregational Church, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly), GRVC at Johnson Park, activity room, 2 p.m. AA Meeting, Cathlamet Congregational Church, 7:15 p.m. Community Computer...
Mike McGuire, who oversees all the post offices in the 986-- zip code area for the United States Postal Service, spoke to residents this week in Rosburg and Skamokawa about the USPS plan to keep their local post offices open by reducing the number of hours the window at each post office will remain open. It's about money, he said. “We get no taxes,” McGuire said of USPS. “We are self-supported just like any other business. We make our money off of any products we sell. Since we are losing money...
