Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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The Wahkiakum School District Board of Directors met last Tuesday, with some candidates for the coming election listening in the audience. Directors heard an overview of the special education program, the German Club members gave a rundown of their recent trip to Germany and the Mecha Mules talked about this year’s experience at the International SeaPerch Challenge. Superintendent Brent Freeman said that the district was awarded a two grants, including $395,000 that will pay to have the second p...
Next week, senior classes from Wahkiakum and Naselle High School will be taking their turns on stage to celebrate their respective graduations. Wahkiakum’s Class of 2023 will hold their graduation in the football field again this year and this time, students will sit in the field while guests will watch from the grandstands, extra bleachers, and folding chairs. The event takes place on Friday, June 9. Guests are welcome beginning at 5:30 p.m., and graduation will begin at 6 p.m. The motto t...
The Elochoman Slough Marina Farmers Market and Trunk Sale opened last Friday. There were several vendors, including Skamokawa resident Pat Conrad, who started learning woodturning just a few years ago. The farmers market is a great opportunity to meet with friends and pick up some produce or a gift or two. It's open Fridays all summer at the marina from 3-6 p.m. Photos by Diana Zimmerman....
Last Thursday, a crowd of Westend residents filed into Rosburg Hall for the first workshop in a series planned to address changing water levels in the Grays Bay Area, and it's impact on habitats and the people who live there. According to Jackson Blalock of Sea Grant, it was while working with the Port of Ilwaco in 2020 to find funds to address flooding at the Ilwaco marina, that they noticed that issues of flooding, erosion, sedimentation, and habitat change extended well beyond the port distri...
THURSDAY Wahkiakum Fire District 3 Commissioners, 7:30 p.m. Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Hope Center, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. 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. Wahkiakum Fire District 2 Commissioners, Skamokawa Fire Hall, 7 p.m. Cathlamet Public Library Board of Trustees, 12:45 p.m. Free Senior Fitness and Balance Class, Hope Center, 3rd & Maple,...
Members of the Local Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5297 and others held a brief ceremony on Monday morning to mark Memorial Day. Photo by Diana Zimmerman....
Have you checked out the online auction organized by Wahkiakum Dollars for Scholars yet? They are hoping to raise $20,000 this year to continue to provide scholarships for Wahkiakum County students who want to further their education, whether at a two year, four year, or vocational school. There are several fun items available. Overnight stays, dinners, seafood, cords of wood, an hour in flight with a recent Wahkiakum graduate, a handmade quilt or bench, and so much more. The auction ends on June 11 at 6 p.m. To learn more, view the auction...
The Town of Cathlamet is installing an ornamental ironwork fence at the Cathlamet Pioneer Cemetery and a crew from Vancouver Graniteworks is expected to arrive soon to begin resetting headstones. According to Mayor David Olson, the town is also working with the Chinook Indian Nation on a memorial to recognize unmarked Chinookan graves. Olson expressed gratitude to Public Works Superintendent David McNally and his crew for their work, and Town Treasurer Sarah Clark for managing the grant from...
Reigha Niemeyer has known for many years that if she wanted to go to college, she would have to pay for it. That's one reason this year's valedictorian at Wahkiakum High School is graduating with a 4.0, but it may also be another expression of the competitiveness that is so central to this four and even five sport athlete. "I've always had good grades," Niemeyer said. "I don't know why. If I didn't do good, I would be failing myself." Like both her parents before her, Niemeyer will continue her...
Graduating with a 3.951 GPA, Malia Ana Silva is the salutatorian for Wahkiakum High School's Class of 2023. Silva is Wahkiakum High School's ASB president, Key Club president, and her class president, and while classmates and teachers may recognize her leadership ability and Silva herself may willingly step in when she recognizes a need, it's not something that comes naturally. "I think I was just kind of thrown into it," Silva said. "My class needed a leader, and everyone decided that was me...
The filing period for the next election ended on Friday, with 18 candidates signing up for 13 offices. Three offices received no candidates for the coming term including the Naselle Grays River Valley School District Director 1 position currently held by Tyson Vogeler, the Skamokawa Water/Sewer Commissioner 1, currently held by Levi Helms, and Cemetery District 1, Commissioner 1, currently held by Cathy LaBerge. According to Amanda Boehler in the Wahkiakum County Auditor’s Office, there will b...
Commissioners met on Tuesday with Gene Strong attending via zoom. Much of the agenda had to be put off until a later date but some decisions were made. The commissioners approved a payment of $2,649.30 to the sheriff's office for cost overruns on the sheriff's department remodel. Commissioners praised the department for staying as close as possible to the 148,000 budget. The extra payment is only 1.8 percent of the total budgeted for the remodel. The board approved the contract with Cowlitz County for housing juvenile inmates, and requested...
In a story last week about the county commissioners meeting the last sentence was cut off. It should have read “Finally, the commissioners approved the $87,936 bid of Conframe construction for construction projects at the Health and Human Services campus....
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 Planning Commission, Courthouse, 6 p.m. Wahkiakum Commissioners, Courthouse, 9:30 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Hope Center, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Free Senior Fitness and Balance Class, Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, enter via door on 3rd, 12:45-1:45 p.m. Walking Group, Community Center, Cathlamet, 9 a.m. Eastside Play & Learn...
The Naselle GRV School District Board met on Tuesday, May16 in the school library. At the opening of the meeting, Chair Amy Hunt made the following statement: “It has come to my attention that at the March 2023 meeting, we the Board violated the Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA) by having a discussion during the Executive Session which was not on the announced subject. I was aware of the discussion and I want to apologize for this violation of the OPMA. An error such as this erodes trust with the Board and the public. I have been in contact w...
Alia Lebovitz of the Naselle Bubbleheads robotics team shared some of her thoughts about attending the International SeaPerch Challenge earlier this month. Here’s what she had to say: “I got to talk to other kids who shared my interests from all over the world. I even got the chance to joke around with native Chinese speakers in Chinese. “We did a good job working with what we had. We met teams who practiced everyday for hours, and had been doing the challenge for years. Despite this being our s...
On June 14, there will be a flurry of activity in Cathlamet to celebrate Flag Day and Julia Butler Hansen's 116th birthday. From 11:30 to 12:30 p.m., David Hansen, the son of Julia Butler Hansen, will open his childhood home for tours, and the Woman's Club will recognize their Citizen of the Year, Diane Hollenbeck, with an annual planting of a rose in the late congresswoman's rose garden. Washington State Chief Historian John C. Hughes and author of Julia Butler Hansen: A Trailblazing...
Haley Eastham is one of the most impressive students I have talked with. She is the young woman we older women want to see succeed as far as she wants. Even with a challenging health situation, she never backs off. She is not only beautiful, but also poised, thoughtful and very intelligent. She expressed appreciation for her parents, "Without them, I don't know what I'd do." Haley wants to be a CRNA (Certified Registered Nurse in Anesthesiology). This fall she will enter Corban University (Warri...
Wahkiakum Dollars for Scholars is giving $29,500 worth of scholarships to local students this year, and their annual online auction to raise money for the fund starts May 25 at noon and ends June 11 at 6 p.m. There are some amazing things to bid on this year, including an hour long airplane flight, or a three night stay in a Sunriver home. There is a spring salmon fishing trip for two, or an event space for 50 people for four hours, as well as a custom knife by Dan Westlind, a Civil War quilt,...
The Mule girls golf team were named state champions at the State 1B/2B Golf tournament at Tumwater Valley Golf Course on Wednesday. Junior Avrey Wiltse Hiatt shot a 179 at the two day tournament for a fifth place finish, and eighth grader Brienna Cothren scored 207 for 17th place....
The Wahkiakum Mecha Mules Water Damage robotics team took first place in the open division of the International SeaPerch Challenge over the weekend and can proudly claim themselves World Champions, or as Wahkiakum School District Superintendent Brent Freeman says, “Intergalactic champions of the universe!” Last week, the Mecha Mules and the Naselle Bubbleheads traveled to Washington D.C. for a little sightseeing at our nation’s capitol, and on Saturday, they joined 17 other teams from the U.S.,...
Wahkiakum School District was the target of what is being referred to as a swatting call last Thursday morning. The Wahkiakum County Sheriff’s Office received an untraceable phone call at 9:55 a.m. indicating a threat of violence from someone claiming to be an active shooter in the parking lot at Wahkiakum High School. Deputy Brian Hornback and State Patrol officers responded immediately and the school was secured, while students, who were all accounted for, continued their studies in d...
Dan Cothren presided over the weekly commissioners meeting with the other two commissioners attending via zoom. In the public comment portion of the meeting a Westend resident expressed concern about new development on Altoona-Pillar Rock Rd. She said that a homeowner had counted seven vacation rentals on the road, leading to increased traffic. The homeowner was concerned that publicity about the road would further increase traffic. This started a wide ranging debate about timber companies selling land for development, new home projects not...
Summer is coming and so is the Elochoman Slough Marina Farmers Market, which starts next Friday, May 26. The market opens every Friday from 3-6 p.m. through September 1 at the Elochoman Slough Marina, and after hearing from the public, it was decided that the trunk sale will continue. “A lot of people liked it that way,” Organizer Mackenzie Jones said. As of last week, 11 vendors were confirmed, including a couple new vendors that Jones is excited about. Vendors will be selling eggs, hand sewn g...
Wahkiakum County Port 2 meeting was backed by a rhythm section on Tuesday, with the staccato of hammers meeting the roof, which is being replaced. The main hall of the annex was recently carpeted, and everyone seemed pleased with the results. “The carpet really looks nice,” Commissioner Brian O’Connor said. “It looks really beautiful.” Port 2 Assistant Manager Terina Davis said that they were able to salvage the top part of the steeple, and there were plans to clean it, paint it, and build a pla...
