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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....
The Wahkiakum Mule boys and girls track teams both finished second in their subdistrict meet last Friday. Toutle Lake claimed the boys title with 113 points; the Mules had 84. White Pass won the girls title with 91.5 points; the Mules had 87. Jasmine Bingham won two events for the Mule girls, and Valle Ledtke and Sarah Doumit each won one. The Mule girls also won two relays. For the Mule boys, Walker Riley won the 800m, and the Mules won one relay. Winners and Mule results were: Boys: 100m--Zach Stanfield Adna 11:24; 4. Riley Prestegard W...
Reserve the date - May 31. That is the day when the annual Dollars for Scholars Sturgeon Derby, Barbecue and Rod and Reel Car Show will be held at the Wahkiakum County Fairgrounds in Skamokawa. It will be a day full of entertainment and food, and all proceeds will go to support scholarships for students of the two area high schools. The fund-raising event established to fund student scholarships for students from the Wahkiakum and Naselle-Grays River Valley High Schools is organized by the Wahkiakum Dollars for Scholars and the Naselle-Grays...
Friends of Skamokawa will host an official launch party to celebrate the premiere issue of Northwest Coast Magazine, recently released in Naselle by editor Bryan Penttila. The gala event will take place at Redmen Hall in downtown Skamokawa on May 17 at 1 p.m. FOS board members will serve appetizers and cookies with sparkling cider. The program for the afternoon includes readings by feature article contributors including Irene Martin, Jim LeMonds, Donna Quinn, Suzanne Martinson, Tracy Laine, Laurie Choate and Brian Harrison. Penttila describes t...
April 26 48th Shelton Invitational Fifty-six teams from Class 2B to 4A competed. In the girls competition, the Mules finished 11th, highest of any 2B team at the meet. Wahkiakum Mule results Girls: 100m--2. Jasmine Bingham 12.92. 200m--4. Bingham 26.96; 7. Valle Ledtke 27.34. 400m--11. Ledtke 62.69. 400m relay--(preliminaries, top 8 advance) 9. Mules (Bingham, Abby Burns, Sarah Doumit, Whitley Wirkkala) 52.74. 1600m relay--(finals) 7. Mules (Doumit, Ledtke, Bingham, Wirkkala) 4:20.48. High jump--2. (tie) Doumit and Tara Ramsey, Shelton, 5'. Boy...
The Naselle-Grays River Valley school district has released its honor roll for the middle and high schools' third term. An asterisk indicates a 4.0 GPA. Naselle Middle School 7th Grade Jordan Badger; Chandler Chapman; Jacob Condon; Jayson Cooley; Victoria Corona; Danielle Larson; Makenzie Matthews; Ciara Sandell; Jordan Smith; Nathan Spurbeck; Levi Wasmundt; Mary Wirkkala. 8th Grade Rob Baker; Alana Darcher; Robert Eaton; Tara Joyce; Trevin Leeland; Keely McGuire; Ryley Queener; Lidia Sanchez; Beau Santjer; Seth Scrabeck; Austin Smith; Cramer...
Port District No. 2 administrators hope to be able to call for bids to construct Svensen Park next week. Port Manager Steve McClain reported at the Tuesday meeting of Port 2 commissioners that consulting engineers are awaiting the permit for the park's septic system; once they have that, they'll be able to issue the call for bids, and that could come as early as next week. That would mean the contract could be awarded in May, and work would start around June 1 on a project that has been in the works for over a decade. The port district has...
One of the first photographs in the Appelo Archive Center's elders photo project is of Glenrose Hedlund, long time resident of Deep River who has her own small museum in her home. The Appelo Archives Center has launched a new photography project honoring elders and seniors in the Naselle/Grays River Valley area. Audrey Wirkkala, Archive Center staff, is a well known photographer in the area and with a new camera, she has begun taking photographs of seniors and elders to add to the extensive photo collection already at the Center. Wirkkala will...
The suit over control of Johnson Park in Rosburg is going to the Washington State Court of Appeals. Joy Johnson, Peder Johnson and Earl Johnson, descendents of the Johnsons who donated land to Wahkiakum County in 1938 for use as a school or public park, filed suit last September to regain control of the property. A deed dating back to 1938 says Wahkiakum County owns for park purposes forever, provided School District #66 or its successors shall have the right in the event that it shall deem necessary or proper to construct and maintain a...
The next in a series of Finn-Am Jams will be a film from Finland entitled “ Mother of Mine" screened at the Naselle School Commons beginning at 2 p.m. on April 20. The blossoming film industry in Finland has turned out many interesting films as well as award winning directors and actors. “ Mother of Mine” tells the story of the children who became refugees from Finland to Sweden during World War II, known as the “Continuation War" in Finland. This is a story of one of the largest groups of children ever to become refugees, some 70,000, who wer...
