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Just when you think the worst is over as far as storms are concerned, here comes another one with lots of rain. This time it has filled our field to the brim and Lake Fred is back, great for the ducks but not for driving in or out the driveway. Looks like we are in for a couple of days. The dogs are happy campers, as they like to hunt the mice that climb the trees. It’s almost like picking apples off the tree. Unfortunately they come in with wet and muddy feet. Oh well, I guess that’s why we live in the country, and I wouldn’t trade it for a...
What happens when a nation of nearly only a million residents takes on the mighty Soviet Union in the late 1980s? What do you use when you have no army or weapons? What role can singing play when a nation is faced with annihilation by its neighbors? Those questions are answered in a 2008 documentary by James and Maureen Tusty. "The Singing Revolution" will be shown on Saturday, February 22 at 11:00 a.m. at the Appelo Archives Center, 1056 SR 4, Naselle. There is no admission charge. Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania had been occupied for more...
The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) was awarded $2.2 million in grant funding by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to support three critical coastal wetland projects in Washington state, including Ellsworth Creek and the Naselle River. Washington was one of 12 states and Puerto Rico to receive funding under the National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grants Program. “The projects selected for the grant funds will help restore and enhance our wetlands which are vital habitat for fish and wildlife,” said Lauren Driscoll, wetlands man...
Since I didn’t have to go anywhere during the snowy days we have had, I took the opportunity to enjoy what little accumulation we had. It was a beautiful sight with the snow causing the tree branches to hang almost to the ground, heavy with the white stuff. We were the lucky ones though, I think. All around us it was pretty scary, especially if you had to drive. News from Naselle: Sports calendar for the coming week for the Comet teams: Friday, the 14th-middle school boys basketball with South Bend in Naselle at 5:45 p.m. Go Comets! Last F...
More frosty mornings and probably cold, cold daytime temperatures for the next few days. Make sure you are prepared for the freezing nights, possible frozen water pipes and make sure your pets are warm and safe. News from Naselle: Sports calendar for the Naselle Comet teams for the upcoming week include: Thursday, the 6th-girls basketball with South Bend in Naselle at 7 p.m.; Friday, the 7th-boys basketball at South Bend at 5:45 p.m.; Monday, the 10th-middle school boys basketball with North Beach at 5:45 p.m.; Wednesday, the 12th-middle...
Is it winter yet? They say maybe some rain and cooler temps the rest of this week. We can certainly use a little rain, as the grass and brush is not as fire proof as it could be. It looks like someone on Covered Bridge Road found that out the hard way. Fortunately, not much damage was done, only grass and a couple fence posts. Take precautions with fire, no matter what the season is. News from Naselle: I had the pleasure of being invited to attend the Christmas Party (yes, that’s right) for the employees of Okie’s Select Market last Sunday eve...
BRR--Here in West Valley, we still know it's winter time as it's been freezing at night and with the fog rolling in upon us in the evening and morning hours, we wind up with "freezing fog" that definitely makes things white with frost and slick to boot, not to mention, cold! Even though the sun looks nice, you'd best not be strutting outside without a warm coat the first half of the day, as in spite of that bright orb in the sky, it's still not too warm out there. SPECIAL DAYS--Those celebrating birthdays from January 23-29 are Sharon...
The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission is seeking public comments on a revised draft policy to improve salmon management in Grays Harbor. The revised draft policy includes new provisions recently proposed by the commission to conserve wild salmon runs, clarify catch allocation, and reduce conflicts between sport and commercial fishers in the harbor. The commission added the new provisions during a public meeting attended by more than 150 fishers Jan. 10-11 in Tumwater. In other business, the commission modified fishing rules for two...
Can you believe the sunshine we have been experiencing? Even though it’s frosty almost every morning, the night skies have been so clear and beautiful that you just want to sit and watch the stars, and during the day all you want to do is soak up the sun. News from Naselle: Sports calendar for the Naselle Comet teams this week: Thursday, the 23rd-JV boys basketball at North Beach at 4 p.m., Varsity boys basketball at North Beach at 5:45 p.m., and girls basketball at North Beach at 7 p.m.; middle school boys basketball with Valley in Naselle a...
Washington State University has announced their President’s Honor Roll for the 2013 fall semester. Local students making the list are Amanda Christine Collier and Kimberlee Herren, both of Cathlamet and Krist Anthony Novoselic and Rebecca Michelle Rostad, both of Naselle. The President’s Honor Roll recognizes students who stand above the rest with excellent academic performance. To be eligible for the honor roll, undergraduate students must be enrolled in a minimum of nine graded hours in a single term at WSU and earn a grade point average of...
January 6--7:57 a.m. A caller reported a teenage son was attacking family members with a baseball bat; a deputy responded. 8:31 a.m. A Deep River resident reported someone had tried to break into the caller's house; a deputy responded 2:18 p.m. Wahkiakum High School asked for a deputy's assistance in dealing with a fight between two students. 6:02 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to a report of a woman who was very ill at an Elochoman Valley residence. January 7--6:08 a.m. A caller reported a rollover accident on SR 4; the Cathlamet...
Lia Sealund is looking forward to a little down time. After 11 years with the Wahkiakum Community Network (WCN), she is stepping down as Executive Director to take some time for herself and let newcomer Ginger Hake take the reins. WCN hired Sealund in 2003. It started out as a part time position but soon grew into full time work. The same thing happened with her part time job at the PUD. Before she knew it she was working 60 to 80 hours a week, committed to two jobs that brought her a lot of joy...
This week’s sports calendar for the Naselle Comet teams is as follows: Thursday, January 16-girls basketball with Ocosta in Naselle at 7 p.m.; Friday, January 17-JV boys basketball, girls basketball and varsity boys basketball all at Valley beginning at 5 p.m.; Tuesday, January 21-girls basketball at TRCHS at 5:30 p.m., and boys basketball at TRCHS at 7 p.m., middle school boys basketball with Ocosta in Naselle at 5:45 p.m.; Wednesday, January 22, middle school boys basketball at Oyehut at 5:45 p.m. Go Comets! The Naselle-Grays River Valley S...
On Thursday, January 9, six Naselle High School Knowledge Bowl teams participated in an ESD 113 Knowledge Bowl meet at Westwood Baptist Church in Olympia. Forty two different teams from 10 different schools participated in the meet. There were 14 teams from 1A schools, 18 from 2B schools, and 10 from the 1B classification. Naselle's team, "The Force" placed 10th overall and 1st among the 1B schools. The Force is comprised of Emily Gjovik, Kyler Wulf, Amethyst Wirkkala, Brittany Waltemate, and Abigail Bennett. "Newton's Hipsters," consisting of...
Loggers, truck drivers and operators will gather on Saturday, January 25 at the Appelo Archives Center to celebrate the Center’s 4th Annual Old Time Loggers Reunion. Held annually, the Reunion is intended to bring together timber industry workers of all ages and their families as well as other community members who want to honor the industry’s significance in the region. As is their tradition the Center will honor two locals, Ed Wirkkala and Martin Nygaard. Each has a long history of working in the woods. Martin Nygaard grew up working on the...
Letters from Karelia is a documentary produced by the National Film Board of Canada in 2004. It will be shown at the Appelo Archives Center, 1056 SR 4, Naselle, at 11 a.m.. on Saturday, January 18. This film tells the story of Aate Pitkanen, an idealistic Canadian-Finn who went to Soviet Karelia in 1931. Aate sent letters home to his sister in Ontario until 1941 when Hitler attacked the USSR. After that no one knew what happened to Aate until 60 years later. Aate lived his last days in a Finnish prisoner-of-war camp and wrote letters home, but...
The Wahkiakum Mule boys basketball team stormed through their opponents in the annual Dayton Christmas tourney that also marked the return to action of senior shooting guard Seth Doumit. The Mules opened the tournament with a 68-38 victory over the Elgin Huskies, a 2A school from Northeast Oregon, before routing the Lacrosse-Washtucna-Kahlotus Tigercats in the championship game, 88-49. The Mules used a strong surge in the second and third quarters against Elgin to put the game out of reach, outscoring the Huskies 44-16 over that stretch....
BRR--As this week begins, it is mighty cold outside and everything is sparkling with a thick white layer of frost. The forecasters assure us that this is going to be short-lived and we'll be back to rain by the time you read this and that will be fine with me. There were a few folks who woke up to frozen pipes again and no water so I'm sure they'll be more than happy to see it warm up. Considering the arctic blast that is still hanging around the Midwest and East coast, I'm grateful we're in the 20s and not in the minus 20s with a foot or more...
The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission will hold public hearings on a proposed policy for salmon fisheries in Grays Harbor and three other fishing policies during public meeting scheduled Friday and Saturday in Tumwater. The public will have an opportunity to comment on fishery policies scheduled for discussion at the meeting. Lower Columbia River salmon management: Commissioners will review the results of the broad-based policy approved last year that set the course for restructuring the gillnet fishery, banning the use of barbless...
It looks like we are back to the rain again, and though we probably need it, I know everyone has really been enjoying the sunshine. News from Naselle: The Naselle Comets sports calendar for this week includes: Thursday, boys basketball at Raymond at 5:45 p.m.; Friday, girls basketball at South Bend at 7 p.m.; Saturday, boys basketball with South Bend in Naselle at 5:45 p.m.; Tuesday, boys basketball at Westport at 5:45 p.m.; January 16, girls basketball with Ocosta in Naselle at 7 p.m. The Comet Booster Club will meet on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m....
WELCOME 2014—It is hard to believe that this is the first column of the new year. I trust you all had a great Christmas and hopefully your new year is starting out on the right foot as well. We have certainly been beginning our days with a lot of fog lately so I hope everyone is turning on their headlights when they're out and about in order to be as visible as possible. IN MID-WEST/EAST-- While we may have cool temperatures and some fog here, many parts of the country are being hammered by severe ice and snow storms. While this fog and...
The road from Woodstock to Wahkiakum might have traveled faster as the crow flies, but Jerry Ledtke’s journey was grounded by wrong turns and right places. He was called first to the sea, and then to the woods, but always to the music. This year, with the encouragement of friends and fellow musicians, Ledtke recorded his first album, Woodstock to Wahkiakum. It’s all original music in Ledtke’s unique style, which he describes as Americana, a catchall for folk, rock, country and blues. “I’ve playe...
January Mike Backman joins the Wahkiakum County Board of Commissioners. With erosion threatening the Steamboat Slough dike that protects the Hansen National Wildlife Refuge, US Fish and Wildlife, Army Corps of Engineers, Diking District 4 continue negotiating conditions for a setback dike and breaching of the existing dike. The Christmas Bird Count identifies a record 122 species in the county. King County police officer Steve Marshall becomes Wahkiakum County Undersheriff. Wahkiakum PUD abandons monthly meetings in western Wahkiakum County and...
No. 14-06 NOTICE OF SPECIAL BOARD MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Naselle-Grays River Valley School District will hold a Special Board Meeting on January 8, 2014, at 6:30 p.m. in the Commons. The purpose of the meeting is twofold: To interview and possibly appoint a board member for the District #3 vacancy and to hear community input on the status of the superintendent position. Lisa Nelson Interim Superintendent, Naselle-Grays River Valley School District Naselle Youth Camp Principal Publish January 2, 2014...
No. 14-03 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR WAHKIAKUM COUNTY IN PROBATE In the Matter of the Estate of: ) ) No. 13-4-00030-6 ) GEORGE E. KLINT, ) PROBATE ) NOTICE Deceased. ) TO CREDITORS ) (RCW 11.40.030) PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS The Personal Representative named below has been appointed as Personal Representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in...
