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Mike Johnson, a Hancock Forest Management forester, explained the process of preparing a culvert installation to students from Naselle and Wahkiakum high schools involved in the summer Columbia Estuary Environmental Education Program. Photo by Sunny Manary High school students in Wahkiakum County and Naselle can participate in a summer program called the Columbia Estuary Environmental Education Program or CEEEP. “The purpose of CEEEP is to try to get students to have an interest in Environmental Science where they grew up so they will come back...
The annual Grays River Covered Bridge celebration will be held this Saturday in Grays River. The Bridge Celebration will be held at Ahlberg Park on the south end of the Bridge beginning with a walk/run at 9 a.m. with registration starting at 7 a.m. The awards ceremony will be at 10:30 a.m. Music and dancing begin at noon. Vendors and food will be available starting at 10 am. The Kite Museum from Long Beach will help kids make their own kites to fly at the park as well. The five acre Ahlberg Park at the Bridge is owned and operated by the...
The 27th Annual Bald Eagle Celebration brought large crowds to enjoy the sunshine, entertainment and good food last weekend. Members of the Cathlamet Woman's Club, who organize the parade, said there were more entries than any previous parade. The parade results are as follows: Grand prize went to the Portland Yacht Club. Equestrian: 1. Wahkiakum 4-H Club. Decorated Vehicles: 1. Multnomah Yacht Club 2. USCG Auxiliary 3. tie, Wahkiakum class of 98 graduates, Lower Columbia Realty. Marching Group: 1. Strutter’s Baton 2. Cub Scouts of Cathlamet 3...
Cathlamet Councilmember Danielle Erickson has resigned effective July 29. She and her husband are moving to Oklahoma City to take new jobs. The council received Erickson's resignation last week and accepted it at their meeting on Monday. Her husband, Ryan, will be employed in the city planning department, and she has found a teaching job. She has been a teacher in the Naselle-Grays River Valley School District. It will be up to the council to appoint a replacement who will later have to stand for election to the unexpired term. The council...
The 27th Annual Bald Eagle Festival kicks off tomorrow with activities to last all weekend. The first annual chalk art contest will take place on Broadway Street by Wright Pro Hardware from 3:30 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. The cost is free for participants and the chalk will be provided. Age groups for the art contest are, seven years and under, 8-13, and 14 and over. Each participant will be allotted one sidewalk square to decorate. Judging begins at 5:30 p.m. The artwork will remain on the sidewalk for all to enjoy until Monday morning. Prizes will...
, 2008 This Saturday and Sunday, the former fire hall on Main Street will host the first annual local artist art show featuring local artists from Wahkiakum County and Naselle. The show will take place from 12 p.m. until 4 p.m. both days. The purpose of holding the show Sunday as well as Saturday, is to give residents and visitors alike something to enjoy after they have visited the Wooden Boat Fair at the Elochoman Marina, said Janet Cimino, Art Gallery chair. The lack of an artist guild hasn’t stopped the art show from taking place, but show...
, 2008 Anglers planning to fish on the lower Columbia River now have a new place to launch their boats. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) recently leased a new boat launch site on Deep River in Wahkiakum County to serve anglers fishing for sturgeon, salmon and other species in the Columbia River estuary. The new site, called Lori’s Launch, is open to the boating public at no charge, seven days per week. It is located near the end of Waranka Road, about half a mile south of State Route 4 off Miller Point Road. Chuck Leidy, WD...
, 2008 Grays River gets new ambulance Saturday was a fine day for celebrating with Fire District #3 and the Grays River Ambulance Service. A new ambulance was delivered to the EMS crew at the Grays River station. It’s a beauty with all the latest amenities. The new rig will be outfitted and on the job within the next 30 days. The Wahkiakum County Emergency Medical Services Council provides management for the entire county and provides funding for new equipment and vehicles on a rotation basis, with county taxes collected through our EMS l...
Wahkiakum Community Network has announced the recipients of this year’s funding projects. They are: Keep The Music Alive Memorial Concert, $1,500; Naselle-Grays River Missoula Theater, $1,200, Naselle-Grays River Student Activity Night, $1,000; Wahkiakum K-12 School Resource Officer, $26,177; Horizons Project Community Center, $450; Out of School Hours Care (After School Program), $10,000; and Family Support Services, $10,058. Each of the programs have similar goals of reducing youth substance abuse, drinking and driving, youth violence, c...
The biennial Finnish-American Folk Festival will be arriving in Naselle on July 25-27. Most events will take place at the Naselle School at the junction of Highway 401 and SR4. Hailed as one of the most authentic folk festivals in the state, this community event not only has performances and lectures but also offers exhibits of crafts, photography, genealogy, films, logging displays, arts, music, buffet dinners and the Tori (market) for shopping as well as sporting events like the Paavo Nurmi Run and the Wife Carry, the Boot Throw and the...
Naselle's Finnish American Folk Festival (FAFF) will be held July 25, 26, and 27 at the Naselle school complex located at the junction of SR 4 and SR 401. The theme of this 14th biennial festival is "Knee Deep in Finns." The festival began in 1982 as a way to celebrate the heritage, customs, and traditions of the numerous Finnish immigrants who moved to this area starting in the late 1800s. This family-oriented festival is for young and old alike. Attendees can have fun while learning about Finnish/Finnish-American history, culture, and...
Elochoman Valley resident Bob Hake has retired after working 30 years as a driver for United Paracel Service, a tenure in which he became known around the county for his humor and dedication. Photo by Sunny Manary. It has been said that all good things must come to an end. For Wahkiakum County, it is the retirement of a very familiar face. Bob Hake is hanging up his brown jacket after 30 years with the United Parcel Service (UPS). Things are different than they were three decades ago. When Bob started with the company, he said they would hire...
Dr. Rob Stockhouse (bottom left) and students work to eradicate knotweed in Birnie Creek in Cathlamet. The Wahkiakum Community Foundation has received a $62,000 grant from the Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership (LCREP) and NOAA to support two groups of high school students working in habitat restoration in Wahkiakum County. The grant will support the Columbia Estuary Environmental Education Program (CEEEP) at the Community Foundation. The Foundation is partnering with both Wahkiakum and Naselle/Grays River School Districts to support...
Naselle High School held graduation ceremonies for its 21 seniors last Saturday. Valedictorian was Sylvia Herrold. Awards which she received included Washington State Honors, Principal's Leadership, Wendy's National High School Heisman, and US Army Reserve National Scholar/Athlete. Salutatorian was Kevin Schei. Graduating with Gold Honors for a grade point average of 3.5 or higher were Herrold, Schei, Stephanie Wise, who also received a Washington State Honors Award, Ashley Ahlstrom and Logan Hazen. Graduating with Silver Honors, 3.2-3.49, was...
Cathlamet’s annual festival, Bald Eagle Days is fast approaching. Festival organizers say with gas prices at an all time high, there will be festivities to keep folks engaged all day Saturday. Tanja Winebrenner, executive director of the Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce, event sponsor, has developed a partial program of events for the day, and she added that the Chamber is accepting parade and vendor applications for the festival until July 12. This year's festival theme is "Art from the Heart." The weekend kicks off on Friday afternoon with an ar...
High schools set graduation Local high school seniors will have their graduation ceremonies this weekend and next. Naselle High School seniors will have their commencement ceremony this Saturday, 4 p.m., in the Lyle Patterson Gymnasium. The valedictorian for Naselle High is Sylvia Herrold, and the salutatorian is Kevin Schei. Wahkiakum High School will hold its graduation June 13, 7:30 p.m. Valedictorian is Valle Ledtke, and salutatorian is Michael Weiler. The Eagle will run photos of the seniors in next week's edition....
The Finnish American Folk Festival is looking for food vendors for the festival to be held July 25-26 at the Naselle schools. Finnish foods will be given a preference. Booth fees are 10 percent of the daily till. Contact Linda Laney, 199 Upper Naselle Rd., Naselle, WA 98638 for registration forms. Questions can be directed to Linda at 360-484-3244 or to Loretta Smalley at 360-484-3467 in the evenings. The Adult Choir of the Finnish American Folk Festival will begin rehearsals June 7, at 9 a.m. at the Naselle Lutheran Church. Rehearsals will be...
The 8th Annual Derby Dollars for Scholars Sturgeon Derby and Rods and Reels Car Show was held Saturday at the Wahkiakum Fair grounds. Organizers report a good crowd and expect that last year's total of $20,000 was surpassed. The fish and chicken BBQ served 837 lunches. Trophies were awarded in the fishing category, with Landon Luce, of Cathlamet being the youngest fisherman at age four, and James Sweat, 82, of Longview the oldest. A trophy for the biggest sturgeon caught, weighing in at 31.8 lbs., was given to Serena Brooks of Columbia City,...
Athletes from local high schools earned medals at last week's state Class 2B track and field meet at Eastern Washington University, Cheney. Naselle Comet senior Kyle Burkhalter won the championship in the high jump with a mark of 6'2". The effort came after he had injured a shoulder and scratched out of the triple jump. Comet teammate Tylor Nortrup, a junior, tied for third in the pole vault with a mark of 11'. The two finishes gave the Comets 15.5 points, good enough for 18th place in the team standings. In the girls division, the Comettes'...
For a change, commercial and recreational salmon fishermen found cause to agree at a town hall meeting in Cathlamet May 7. They told representatives of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife that fishermen on the lower Columbia were shortchanged in the 2008 spring season, and they want the department to negotiate harder for them in the future. The fish and wildlife departments of Washington and Oregon managed recreational and commercial salmon fishing on the Columbia through an agreement called the Columbia River Compact. This year,...
SW Class 2B District Track and Field May 17 at Naselle Winners, Wahkiakum Mule and Naselle Comet results Boys (top four advance to state) 100m--1. McNeal Tacoma Baptist (TB) 10.84; 7. Riley Prestegard W 12.04. 200m--1. McNeal TB 22.45; 8. Bryce McClain W 25.54. 400m--1. McNeal TB 49.13; 5. Kyle Burkhalter N 52.77; 7. McClain W 55.67. 800m--1. David Lorton South Bend 2:03.33; 2. Walker Riley W 2:03.46; 5. Conor Smith N 2:09.13. 1600m--1. Nathan Perry White Pass 4:33.21. 3200m--1. Perry WP 10:20.69. 110m hurdles--1. Josiah Sims TB 15.31. 300m...
The Wahkiakum Mule girls track and field teams finished second in team competition at the Southwest District Meet last Saturday at Naselle, and many local athletes qualified for the state meet. Tacoma Baptist won the boys meet with 106.5 points; the Mule boys were eighth with 36 points. Northwest Christian won the girls with 106 points; the Mules were second with 70. The top five girls and top four boys advanced to the state meet this Friday and Saturday at Eastern Washington University, Cheney. Sarah Doumit won the high jump for the Mules,...
The Julia Butler Hansen Heritage Center in Cathlamet is again sponsoring a week long camp for seventh and eighth grade girls from June 16-21 at the Hansen Center. The leadership camp has been a popular one in the past when the girls spent a week at the Center having classes on government, history, manners and entertaining, caring for historic artifacts, writing and public speaking. Guests are invited to a luncheon the girls serve and cooking classes are an important part of the camp curriculum. The week-long activities culminate in a public...
, 2008 Finn-Am Jams bring famed Brazilian drummer to Naselle Schools Brazilian drummer and vocalist, Eduardo Mendonca of the Seattle group "Show Brazil" will come to Naselle schools on May 23 as the last of the Finn-Am Jam series this year. Mendonca will perform at the Naselle Youth Camp [not open to the public] and then for the Naselle Schools in two different assemblies, which are open to the public. The first will be held from 12:30-1:15 p.m. for elementary students. The second will be held from 1:30-2:15 p.m. for junior high and high...
Naselle Comet track and field athletes Tylor Nortrup and Kyle Burkhalter qualified for the state meet with their marks at last Saturday's district meet. The 1600m girls relay team of Jodi Christie, Haleigh See, Nicole Tarabochia and Nicole Laney also qualified by placing fifth. Nortrup was second in the pole vault, and Burkhalter was third in the high jump and fourth in the triple jump....
