Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Following an attack that led to the death of a small dog, the Town of Cathlamet is moving to enforce its ban of pitbulls in the town limits. The attack occurred on the evening of Dec. 8 at the DeBriae Fire Hall. Carol Wegdahl was inside the hall to collect materials for a first aid class she was scheduled to teach. Her husband, Bob was outside loading materials into their car with their small mixed breed dog, Roxie, who was on a leash by the car. The sounds of children playing came from across the street. Suddenly, Bob Wegdahl told the...
With two new members at work, the Cathlamet Town Council tackled a variety of business at the December meeting on Monday. Town Attorney Fred Johnson issued oaths of office to Bill Wainwright and Paige Lake, who were elected this fall. They took seats at the table; Robert Stowe was also elected this fall but chose to sit in the audience; he swore the oath of office after the meeting and will join the council at their next meeting. The council started with consideration of service fees and...
It is that time of year again and Grays River Grange #124 held their annual Christmas potluck with caroling, gift exchanges, numerous raffle drawings, and a visit from Santa. The food was sensational as well as a large variety of desserts. The Grange wasn't filled to capacity, but there would have been more food anyway even if the Grange was filled to capacity. No one person went away hungry. Grange Master Krist Novoselic was a great host who kept the evening lively even though the crowd was...
The Port 1 Board of Commissioners met briefly last Thursday to go over reports and say goodbye to Commissioner Bob Kizziar, whose term was ending. “I’d like to thank you for your service to the community by being a commissioner,” Commissioner Scott Anderson told Kizziar. “You’ve done a wonderful job.” “We want to thank you for your service and your work on the non-motorized dock,” Port Manager Jackie Lea added. Brewery owners have received their permits, according to the manager’s repor...
THURSDAY Wahkiakum School District 200 Board, HS Library, 5 p.m. Cowlitz-Wahkiakum Council of Governments, 1900 7th Ave, Longview, Noon. Community Center, Cathlamet, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Community Center, Cathlamet, 6-7:15 p.m. Learn to knit, crochet and mend, Sandra Sews, Community Center, Cathlamet, 10:30 a.m.-Noon. Walking Group, Community Center, Cathlamet, 9 a.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, The Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. CathlameTones, Hotel Cathlamet, 6 p....
It's not just a rumor now. There really has been a bobcat in Cathlamet. On Monday, students at Wahkiakum High School were introduced to one, a family pet. Ziva was pretty patient with the kids who stopped by the greenhouse on school grounds to see and pet her, becoming only mildly cross with the attention now and again. She belongs to Holly Cox, a vet tech in Longview, and is best friends with a dog named Diesel, and a boy named Gage. She eats raw meat and is pretty much an indoor cat. Gage, in...
A short-handed Wahkiakum County Board of Commissioners cruised through their pre-Christmas holiday meeting on Tuesday. Commissioners approved resolutions for the county's 2020 budgets, increasing property taxes 1 percent, and acting on a variety of other business. Commissioners also approved a resolution amending 2019 budgets to incorporate unanticipated revenues and expenditures. Harvest of timber in the county produced some of the unanticipated revenue. Revenues from harvest of state-managed trust land totaled $1.5 million, $300,000 more...
When I first arrived at the Appelo Archives Museum my thoughts were to get photos of Santa and the children and write a few words about the event in Downriver Dispatches and that would be the end of it. As I listened to Anita Raistakka tell the true story of this incredible woman, Santa Lucia, I realized that she was the real story and the celebration of her was like the icing on a wonderful cake. The custom of Santa Lucia originated in Sweden and is celebrated in Nordic countries, although...
Wahkiakum County commissioners addressed issues ranging from junk vehicles to transportation funding when they met Tuesday. In response to a question from an Elochoman Valley resident, Health and Human Services Director Chris Bischoff said a committee formed to update the county's ordinance governing storage of junk vehicles on private property. The resident asked if agencies such as the US Environmental Protection Agency should be concerned about fluids leaking from old cars. Bischoff responded that neither the EPA nor the state Department of...
The Washington State Board of Natural Resources adopted a long-term conservation strategy for the marbled murrelet and set the sustainable harvest level for state trust lands in western Washington at its meeting Dec. 3. The state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) says the strategy and the state's new sustainable timber harvest plan will allow the department to manage public lands across western Washington to provide important habitat for the seabird while guaranteeing a regular, sustainable revenue stream for public school construction,...
Wahkiakum residents Rich and Sharon Casapulla shared stories of his father, Thomas, a trumpet player with ties to big band and vaudeville recently. This is the second installment, where we learn about Rich's early life in New Jersey, and how he met and wooed a young woman a world away. Rich's parents were secretly married when his father was 17 and his mother was 16. Like the plot of a Shakespearean comedy, she was not allowed to marry before her elder sister. The two carried on like that, with...
THURSDAY Community Center, Cathlamet, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Walking Group, Community Center, Cathlamet, 9 a.m. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Community Center, Cathlamet, 6-7:15 p.m. Food Addicts, Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, 6-7 p.m. Senior Fitness & Balance Class, Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, 12:45-1:45 p.m. Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. Sandra Sews, Community Center, Cathlamet, 10:30-Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. CathlameTones, Hotel Cathlamet, 6 p.m....
A large crowd enjoyed the Cathlamet Lighting Festival last Saturday. A group of local singers, the CathlameTones (below, top), led carol singing and were joined by children and other onlookers. At the appropriate hour, Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce members turned on the lights for the community tree (below, right), and, according to Cathlamet tradition, Santa Claus arrived on a fire truck (below middle), greeted youngsters and proceeded to the community center for conferences and photos with...
The Wahkiakum PUD water crew will soon have to stop water flow to Puget Island to replace a faulty valve, General Manager David Tramblie announced at the Tuesday meeting of the utility board of commissioners. The water crew recently replaced the master meter at the Island end of the highway bridge, and when they tried to open the valve to restore flow, they found the valve was frozen and wouldn't work. Water continues to flow to the Island through a bypass. To replace the valve, the crew will have to shut off water flow "for the better part of...
Commissioners of the Grays River Habitat Enhancement District have set their sights on a big project: Clearing the channels of Grays River and Deep River across Grays Bay. They'll have support from the Wahkiakum County board of commissioners. The bay is filling up with silt and sand which backs up the two rivers and exacerbates flooding in storms, county Commissioner Gene Strong said Tuesday. Local officials also say the dredging program of the US Army Corps of Engineers has piled up sand from Columbia River shipping channel maintenance at the...
Consolidated Diking District No. 1 of Puget Island will embark on an extended vegetation management program next year along Island dikes. Diking Commissioner Tony Aegerter on Tuesday announced that the district will be removing trees and other vegetation on exposed areas on the outside edges of the dikes. The work is in response to the US Army Corps of Engineers, which walked the dikes last summer to inspect. The vegetation needs to be cleared away so that inspectors can see the base of the dike and out 15 feet. Aegerter said the work--mowing...
To clarify a recent report about a Naselle High School entry in a Veterans of Foreign Wars essay contest, Theron Frame placed first in judging of entries in the competition hosted by Long Beach VFW Post 3721....
A short-handed Cathlamet Town Council made their second vote of approval for their 2020 budgets in a special meeting Monday night. Mayor Dale Jacobson was ill, so Council Member Ryan Smith presided as mayor pro tem. Also attending were Council Members Laurel Waller and David Olson. According to a town ordinance, the council must vote three times on the budget; the council gave first approval Nov. 18. The budget totals $6.2 million. Of that $2.3 goes to water system operations;$704,926 to sewer bond payment; $148,587 to water bond payment,...
The Wahkiakum County PUD Board of Commissioners met Nov. 26 to approve budgets for the coming year and listen to reports. General Manager David Tramblie said the line crew had completed a project to remove overhead service and replace it with underground at the customer’s request and his financial assistance because a couple of alder trees would eventually cause problems. “It was a good project for the PUD and the customer,” Tramblie said. Another “good project” was the replacement of more than...
County commissioners from Pacific, Wahkiakum and Cowlitz counties will hold a special meeting Dec.12 to update the local legislators on the County Fiscal Sustainability Initiative priorities that Washington State Association of Counties and the Washington Association of County Officials are pursuing in 2020. The meeting, open to the public, will be held in the Pacific County Commissioners Meeting Room, 1216 W. Robert Bush Drive, South Bend, starting at 10:30 a.m....
Wahkiakum County Commissioners handled a variety of issues at their meeting Nov. 26. Commissioners approved a contract with InSight Medical Group, PA for the provision of telehealth-based professional mental health and psychiatry services, at the request of Chris Bischoff, Director of Health and Human Services. They also approved Auditor Nicci Bergseng’s request to hire a new deputy auditor II at Step 3. They approved a contract amendment with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife to i...
THURSDAY Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. CathlameTones, Hotel Cathlamet, 6 p.m. 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. Food Addicts Meeting, Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, 6-7 p.m. Westside Play & Learn Group, Valley Bible...
A crowd turned out for another successful Christmas Bazaar at St. James on Saturday, buying beads, books, Christmas decorations, arts, crafts, cookies, and more. Above, shoppers stopped to check out crafts and chat with members of the Wahkiakum Fiber Group. Below, photographer Genie Carey took advantage of a quiet moment after the morning rush. Right, Becky Ledtke felt a little left out when she performed with her guitar playing husband, Jerry, so she decided to try making her own drum. Now...
The Wahkiakum School District Board of Directors met Nov.19 for updates on several matters and to adopt a school bond resolution for a coming ballot. Calvin Grasseth, who is in charge of transportation at the school district, spoke to the board about a proposal to replace the district’s aging bus fleet. “The buses have a depreciation schedule, and the state bid, what we pay for buses, is paid back 100 percent in 13 years. That’s almost unheard of in a vehicle,” Grasseth said. “The goal is t...
Commissioners of Wahkiakum County Port District 2 last week adopted their 2020 budget, heard suggestions to work on two Westend properties and approved improvemets at two parks. The commissioners approved a $1.05 million budget, highest in the district's history. This included a 1 percent increase in property taxes, which will raise $724.91 for a total levy of $72,490.92. Port Manager Jeff Smith presented a draft update to the district's comprehensive plan. According to the plan's Executive Summary, "The goals associated with this plan are to...
