Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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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...
March 25 6:20 p.m. A Cathlamet caller requested sheriff’s deputies after a relative threatened to assault them. March 26 5:13 a.m. Emergency services were called to help a Skamokawa resident after a fall. 9:52 a.m. A caller in Naselle requested The Grays River ambulance responded to a family member who had fallen. The caller stated that medics would need at least four people to help. 1:45 p.m. A motorist called in to report a large rock in the West bound lane of SR4 near Flandersville. 2:41 p.m. A car was reported speeding and swerving on S...
THURSDAY 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. Puget Island Fire Department, 7 p.m. District No. 4 Fire...
I reckon at this point it’s officially Spring. Or least it would appear so based on the lilacs, Italian plums, peaches, apricots, daffodils, and on and on in bloom here at the house. The jetty sparrows – y’all know them simply as song sparrows – have started nesting, the ‘little’ geese (the Cackling geese, Aleutians, and Lesser Canadas) have, with a handful of exceptions, gone home to The Great White North, and I expect to see yellow balls of fluff, i.e. Canada goose goslings, on local farm pond...
THURSDAY 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. East side play & learn Group 1:30-3 p.m. St. James Family Ctr. 1134 Columbia 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...
On Thursday, March 14, five young ladies from Wahkiakum High were treated to the latter learning center, a facility that many know by a different name – The Long Beach Peninsula. Lead by Kyle Hurley, wearer of many hats and professional educator for subjects and extracurriculars including Ag Mechanics, Environmental Science, Natural Resources, Future Farmers of America (FFA), and Trapshooting, and assisted by ... well ... me, M.D. Johnson, the group travelled to the Peninsula to take part in a...
Darlene Harriett (Kimball) Kapron was born in Lake Alice, Minnesota on October 1, 1930, to Harry and Laura Kimball and passed away quietly on January 13, 2024, in Longview, Wash. She was 93. On September 20, 1947, she married Johnny Kapron of Grays River and lived on their farm where they raised their five children: Clark, Yvonne, Becky, Marlys and Tina. Mom was an accomplished cook and baker and hosted many memorable Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners through the years in Grays River. Aromas...
THURSDAY 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. Puget Island Fire Department, 7 p.m. District No. 4 Fire...
Before the colonization of what is now the United States, the Clatsop lived on the south shore of the Columbia River. At the river’s mouth, where the Columbia rushes into the Pacific Ocean, were the Lower Chinook on the north shore and the Willapa Chinook on the bay north of the river. The Lower Chinook and Clatsop had close familial and kinship ties to the Wahkiakum and the Cathlamet, who lived just a canoe ride to the east. Today, the Chinook Indian Nation encompasses all five nations that h...
March 4 8:39 a.m. A traffic complaint was called in regarding a tree blocking both lanes at Nassa Point. 2:30 p.m. A Deep River caller reported a person was speeding up and down Deep River Rd. 2:43 p.m. The sheriff’s department assisted a driver who was locked out of their car on Main Street in Cathlamet. 3:36 p.m. A Cathlamet resident reported that they had not been able to locate their child for almost 24 hours after dropping them off at a friend’s house. 3:47 p.m. A welfare check was requested on Cathlamet resident. The caller said that the...
On March 23, 7:30 p.m. Grays River Grange will host an old time movie night. “Natural Timber Country” is a 1972 film telling the story of the logging industry. We're setting up an old film projector in our hall to watch the reel of this historical documentary. Local historian Rex Ziak will lead a discussion after the screening. Popcorn and refreshments will be served. There will be no charge to watch the film. “Natural Timber Country” was filmed by Oregon native Ron Finne and is the story of old-time logging in the forests of the Northwe...
The Naselle-Grays River School District is assessing damage to Naselle High School after a vehicle crashed into the building on Saturday, March 3 at around 8:22 p.m. The district is still determining how much repairs will cost. Emergency responders from the Naselle Volunteer Fire Department, Pacific County Sheriff’s Office and Washington State Patrol responded to the scene. At the time of the collision, the driver was described as intoxicated.“[The] driver [was] issued a citation and given a courtesy transport to a residence in Ocean Par...
To the Voters of Naselle-Grays River Valley School District: I am writing to express my gratitude to the voters who supported the recent EducationalPrograms and Operations levy. Your commitment to investing in the education of our children is commendable and speaks volumes about our shared values as a community. Supporting the Educational Programs and Operations levy has a significant and positive impact on our students, our educators, and our support staff. Your ‘yes’ vote ensures that our school has the necessary resources to provide a hig...
