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Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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On Tuesday morning, July 2nd, in the presence of a large audience, the Wahkiakum County Commissioners approved the appointment of Sergeant John Mason to the position of County Sheriff. Following a retirement party last Saturday that appeared to include every resident of the county, Mark Howie’s retirement as Sheriff officially began on July 1st. During the past year, he has mentored Sheriff Mason for the position and recommended his appointment to the County Commissioners. Following the a...
The Wahkiakum School District received a stamp of approval for the Economy and Efficiency Waiver (WAC 180-18-030) by Washington OSPI (Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction) on June 28th. The Board of Education submitted the application following the June meeting and have been eagerly awaiting the announcement. Washington raised the waiver allotment from 10 to 30 this year. Wahkiakum is one of several districts that applied for the waiver. According to OSPI’s website, “part of the basic education requirements in Washington state mus...
During the Fire District’s regular Monday evening meeting on July 1, Cliff Kilponen was surprised when the dispatcher toned out his number and announced that as of today, Cliff Kilponen has served as a member of Pacific County Fire District 4 for 50 years. “I knew it had been somewhere around that long,” said Kilponen, “but I thought the anniversary was later in the year.” Assistant Fire Chief Nate Engleson had researched the department’s record books and found the entry where, on July 1, 197...
The Cathlamet Town Council met on Monday where the Mayor read a proclamation declaring July 1, 2024, as Sheriff Mark Howie Day in recognition of his dedicated service to the Town of Cathlamet and Wahkiakum County. Sheriff Howie addressed the Council, “I look forward to seeing you on the streets when I meet for coffee with the guys.” Enjoy your retirement, Sheriff Howie! A citizen expressed their concern about speeding all along Columbia Street. Suggestions were changing the speed limit to 20 MPH, just plain driving the speed limit and/or pai...
Working families who file their taxes with an individual taxpayer identifcation number (ITIN) or social security number may qualify to receive $315-$1,255 in returns through the Working Families Tax Credit. Collaborative Partners Initiative is conducting an outreach program in which they will provide free filing help to working families. The Working Families Tax Credit program provides a return of state sales tax for qualified low to mid-level income families. Events will take place throughout the summer including Bald Eagle Days on July 20,...
It’s easy to stereotype common veggies and fruits growing in the garden to fit a specific culinary repertoire. Potatoes are mashers, lettuce makes a beautiful salad and corn is best eaten from the cobb. These norms hardly use some of our most common produce to the best of their abilities. This especially goes for those that grow beautiful tops above the ground, while their eaten counterpart digs deep within the earth. Carrots, radishes and other root vegetables are those mysterious garden anomalies that rarely are eaten for anything more t...
WET BEGINNING. As I start this column on the very last day of June, it is quite wet out here in West Valley, while that's not ideal for those wanting to get their hay crop in, it is good for the fire danger. With the Fourth of July holiday coming up and all the fireworks being lit off, this wetness should help keep our area a bit greener and wetter and hopefully, we will not see any fires caused by fireworks. However, a big drying trend is coming they say and with temperatures up in the mid-80s it will be great to get that hay crop, camp, or...
Eileen Eddie walked into the Wahkiakum County Eagle’s office with her daughter to place an ad, the subject, a 15-pound black and white poodle mix named Ronnie. A worried Eileen was now facing every pet owner’s nightmare: her sweet boy had run off and was now missing. Heartbroken but unwilling to give up on her pup, Eileen looked to her community for help and several business owners allowed her to put up lost signs on their windows and doors while others shared on social media, including loc...
John C Thomas Middle School students recently explored the nation’s capital and the Big Apple June 17th-21st. Carrie Badger, the PE and Leadership teacher at JC Thomas, chaperoned Ryan Hurley, Shiloh Hoven, Abigail McKay-Beech, and Elias Cochran on the 5-day adventure. They joined students from Warrenton, OR, South Dakota, and California on a quest to learn about the nation’s history and see iconic monuments through WorldStrides, an experiential learning program. WorldStrides organizes opp...
The Cathlamet Town Council is thrilled to announce that the Town of Cathlamet has been awarded two grants totaling $583,420 to restore and develop the last piece of town-owned waterfront property, located near the marina, into a beautiful and accessible seven-acre recreational space. This is a multi-phased project which aims to create a serene area for both locals and visitors to relax and enjoy the stunning views of the Columbia River. Given our community's limited outdoor recreational spaces, we conducted various surveys and workshops to...
If you were part of the email group receiving Evelynn Miller’s daily updates, you were privy to a student’s account of our daily activities. I wanted to highlight a few of my favorites and speak from a coach/chaperone's perspective. Josh Miller and I lead the four kids around DC to see sights including the Natural History Museum, Ford’s Theater, the Holocaust Museum, the National Archives, and the National Portrait Gallery. We toured the National Mall to see the Jefferson and Lincoln Memor...
Inside Violet Prairie Grange hall in Tenino, a crowd of about two dozen sits on folding chairs and benches awaiting Joe Kent, the man most, if not all, want to see elected this fall to represent southwest Washington in Congress. Pastor Jim Gilman is among the first to greet the Republican candidate when he enters just before 6:30 p.m. and, after a brief chat, gets a selfie. Gilman, of neighboring Bucoda, voted for Kent in 2022 and is eager to do so again. “I’m a conservative. He’s pro-U...
The 3rd Annual Terry Bonny Fun Run and Walk is set to take place July 20th, in conjunction with Bald Eagle Days. This fun run and walk is for a fun cause; to support the Wahkiakum Track and Field team. It is organized and run by high school track coach Tina Merz who is a veteran track coach to the program. This year’s theme for Bald Eagle Days is “Wings Over Wahkiakum,” which will be adopted by the fun run on a sky-blue T-shirt and our track Mule mascot sporting the iconic winged running gear....
Branded and ready for service, three brand-new buses arrived at the Elochoman Valley Campus last week. Back in April, Wahkiakum on the Move received a new-to-them 2022 Ford Starcraft Passenger Van from CHOICE Regional Health Network. This addition was the youngest of the fleet by nearly 10 years; WOTM vehicles were on average around 15 years old. Wahkiakum on the Move was able to purchase the three newest buses with funding between two grants: the Regional Mobility Grant and a Consolidated...
The Pioneer Community Association is excited to announce their first children’s musical theatre camp, Shel Silverstein: Poems & Songs running July 8-12. Town Council member Joe Baker is the Artistic Director. Baker brings over 40 years of experience directing such musicals as Annie, The Wizard of Oz, The Sound of Music, Godspell, and Anne of Green Gables. Delee Baker will choreograph. In addition to teaching dance and aerobics during the school year in the Kent School District, Delee brings several years’ experience choreographing for K-6 sum...
The U.S. government on Tuesday acknowledged, for the first time, the harmful role it has played over the past century in building and operating dams in the Pacific Northwest — dams that devastated Native American tribes by inundating their villages and decimating salmon runs while bringing electricity, irrigation and jobs to nearby communities. In a new report, the Biden administration said those cultural, spiritual and economic detriments continue to pain the tribes, which consider salmon p...
The Grand Opening of this year’s open season at the Stella Historical Society Museum is our annual Kids’ Day from 11 am through 4 pm on Saturday, July 6 at 8530 Ocean Beach Highway, about 10 miles west of Longview. We have old-fashioned games such as hop-scotch, bean-bag toss, string games (remember cat’s cradle?), a treasure hunt, and other fun activities. The kids can earn pennies by participating in the games which they can use to spend for treats in the General Store if they like. The museu...
Wahkiakum County 4-H in association with the WSU Extension office are offering sewing lessons from July 8th through the 10th at the Johnson Community Center, 30 Rosburg School Road, in the Sewing Room, from 9:00 a.m. until 12:15 p.m. each day. The first two hours of the class will be introductory, and younger students will be allowed to leave at 11:15, instruction will continue for another hour with a different project for older or more advanced sewers. The classes are open to all students who have completed third grade thru 12th grade. An...
The Wahkiakum PUD met on the chilly morning of June 18th. Unlike most mornings, PUD had a delightfully brief show and tell that, unfortunately for me, took place outside where we celebrated the arrival of the new bucket truck. After a little over three years of waiting, Wahkiakum PUD finally welcomed this beautiful 2023 Ford F550xl. The new bucket truck was ordered to replace the 2014 little bucket truck. To their demise, the 2014 Little Bucket Truck proved to be the little engine that blew. The new bucket truck nicknamed the Big Bucket Truck,...
MIXED BAG. It's been a bit of this and that for weather, one day it was hot and toasty and the next we got cooler. We saw some light rain Saturday evening and Sunday morning, the hay makers weren't too thrilled. We're going to start this work week out dry with a drippy couple of days mid-week. Dry, not overly hot, which is fine by me but not so great for those that need heat to make decent hay. One thing that kills a good hay crop is moisture, and in Skamokawa we always seem to get more than our fair share of that! Here's hoping things dry out...
This summer Skyline Golf Course will be hosting summer golf lessons for middle school and high school kids of any skill level. Skyline Golf Course has been generous to provide the High School coaching staff with their facility for us to teach golf to the area youngsters for FREE. Additionally, as a commitment to area youngsters that want to further their golf playing careers, all the golfers that come through the Junior training program and gravitate to the High School golf team are given playing privileges to play until the end of their...
The 33 people of the Lewis and Clark Expedition spent the winter of 1805-06 at Fort Clatsop. The 34th “member” of this Corps of Discovery was Seaman, Captain Meriwether Lewis’ Newfoundland dog. The 31st annual Seaman’s Day, commemorating the dog of the Corps of Discovery, will be Wednesday, July 10, at Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, Fort Clatsop. According to the explorers’ journals, Seaman served as a watchdog, hunter, retriever, companion, and diplomat during his three-year voyage o...
The GFWC-Cathlamet Woman's Club gathered with the community on Flag Day, Friday, June 14th, at the Julia Butler Hansen rose garden to celebrate Julia Butler Hansen's 117th birth date and to honor our 2023 Citizen of the Year, Jan Silvestri. A velvety black red rose named Ink Spots was planted in Jan's honor. Her rose is planted alongside the roses of the other citizens of the year going back to 2006. Music was provided by Susan Bate singing "America the Beautiful" with rain drops falling. The...
A regular meeting of the Wahkiakum School District Board of Education convened at the high school library Tuesday, June 18th at 5:30. The full house was awaiting the news on a decision of the choice the board would be making as leadership for the district after current Superintendent Brent Freeman announced his retirement in May. The board unanimously voted to suspend the current search and to select an interim replacement, Ric Palmer. Palmer will begin his duties on July 10th and work through...
EO Media Group is making substantial changes across the company, including layoffs and reductions in print frequency at several newspapers. EO Media Group, a fourth-generation, family-held media company, operates 12 newspapers in Oregon and Washington, including the Chinook Observer and the regional agriculture publication Capital Press. During the past year, advertising revenues have dropped and operating expenses have increased substantially. As a result, the company needs to make these changes to stabilize its operations. Despite the cuts,...
