Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Wahkiakum County's board of commissioners will hold a public hearing next Monday before beginning final deliberations on their 2020 budgets. Commissioners met Tuesday (as The Eagle went to press) with county fair officials to go over issues. The board's preliminary budget shows revenues of $81,470 for the fair and expenditures of $85,870, a deficit of $4,400. Last week, fair officials asked the board to increase the appropriation to add hours for the manager so that she can work on fund raising activities in the off season. They point out that...
Cathlamet's Holiday Lighting Festival and Visit from Santa Claus will take place this Saturday on Main Street, rain, snow or shine. According to the sponsoring Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce, the festival will include: --Vendor fair at the Hotel Cathlamet, 3-8 p.m.; --Caroling at the courthouse, 4:30 p.m., and --Tree lighting and arrival of Santa Claus at 5 p.m. Many Main Street businesses will be open, and refreshments will be served. Children and adults may mingle with Santa afterwards at the Community Center....
Editor’s Note: With painting and decking work on the Puget Island bridge apparently at an end, I contacted the Washington State Department of Transportation early last week to ask if this were the case. A reply indicated the project had come to an end, and we published a story last Thursday providing details as we knew them. However, WSDOT personnel sent an updating email Wednesday morning that arrived while we were composing pages, and I didn’t see it until printing was completed. I updated the story on our website, but the story in the pri...
Because of incorrect information furnished The Eagle, some errors occurred in the cutline reporting on the annual meeting of the Wahkiakum County Historical Society in the Nov. 14 edition. The cutline should have read: Guest Dan Hoggatt of Puget Island, a member of the Sioux Nation, performed music in the style of his tribe on handcrafted flutes built by world renowned flute maker and musician Charles Littleleaf of the Warm Springs Reservation. Courtesy photos....
THURSDAY Happy Thanksgiving! FRIDAY Community Center, Cathlamet, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Brown Bag Lunch, Community Center, Cathlamet, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. River City Strippers, quilters, St. Catherine Catholic Church, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. AA Meeting, Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, 7 p.m. (360) 560-6946. Play & Learn Group, Valley Bible Church, Rosburg, 9:30-11 a.m. Community Library & Computer Center, Johnson Park 11 a.m.-4 p.m. SATURDAY Community Library & Computer Center, Johnson Park, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. SUNDAY Wahkiakum Acoustic Guitar Society, Community...
The Naselle/Grays River Valley School District Board of Directors met for its monthly meeting on Nov. 19 at 6:30 p.m. in the Middle School Commons. After approval of the consent agenda, a review of the procedures for Policy 3211, Gender-Inclusive Schools, was conducted. About fifteen residents attended the meeting. Seven expressed concerns with the logistics of the new legislation. No decisions were made regarding the procedural piece of the policy. The following policies were adopted: 6230 Relations with Vendors and 3241 Student Discipline. A...
Photo and story by Rick Nelson Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to include information received after the print edition went to press. Work on the Puget Island bridge is coming to an end this month, Washington State Department of Transportation officials said this week. The project, which consisted of painting and installation of a new deck on the bridge, has been completed over a year ahead of schedule, according to a department news release. On Nov. 8, construction workers removed l...
Wahkiakum County Commissioners Dan Cothren and Mike Backman were asked to adjudicate neighborhood disputes at their meeting Tuesday. [Commissioner Gene Strong was out of town at a statewide meeting of county officials.] The first dispute involved the commissioners. Cathlamet resident Jim Kolberg asked the board to trim trees along the property line between his house and the Johnson House on Division Street. The trees drop debris, and one leaning tree hovers dangerously over the skylight in his bedroom, Kolberg said. He added that he had...
Members of the Cathlamet Town Council on Monday voted 3-1 to open their Butler Street lot to parking with a six-month deadline to begin improvements to the lot. The action was one of several initiatives from Council Member David Olson who also suggested changes to the composition of the town planning commission, a formal agenda for meetings, and guidelines for conduct during meetings and public comment. In other business, Mayor Dale Jacobson announced that Public Works Director Duncan Cruickshank is leaving his position at the end of this...
Washington State Climatologist Nicholas Bond spoke toa small crowd about the complexities of climate change and how it might affect our ecosystems and the salmon that has been so important to the people of the Northwest at the Wahkiakum Outdoors event at the Hope Center on Nov. 12. "2014 brought record returning numbers of Chinooks coming through Bonneville Dam," Bond said. "We ended up having a drought in Washington State in 2015. It wasn't a lack of precipitation, it was so warm that it was...
Sometimes I just get lucky. From the moment I saw that the first woman to sail solo across the Pacific Ocean would be speaking at the Cathlamet Yacht Club's Fall Dinner, I'd been daydreaming ways to finesse an invitation. I never verbalized the wish, but somehow, someone got the message, and I got that invitation. I'm glad. I like stories, and Sharon Sites Adams had a fine one to tell. Adams, who grew up in Prineville, was an adult the first time she saw the ocean. "I wasn't impressed," she...
THURSDAY 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.m. Fire Protection District No. 1 Commissioners, Fire Hall, 5:30 p.m. Fire District No. 4, 7 p.m. Cathlamet First Aid Division,...
Wahkiakum County Port 1 Commissioners met briefly last Thursday to talk about a variety of issues. An error was discovered on the 2020 rate schedule. Three vendor fees had been listed when there should have been only one, set at $10. Commissioners approved the correction. They also approved a correction to an RV rate that was listed at $400 and should have been set at $410 and set a rate for an open storage unit at $250. According to a report prepared by the Port Manager, Jackie Lea, representatives from a lake community in northwest Oregon...
As I walked down the hallway at Naselle High School to their gymnasium last Friday, I was focused only on where to get the best pictures without disturbing their ceremony. As I was approaching the entrance to the gym, it suddenly hit me that it had been 50 years since I was drafted into the United States Army. As I took many pictures of the veterans and heard their stories, I was almost overcome with a multitude of diverse emotions. Like many veterans from the Vietnam War era, I never received...
Above: US Navy veteran Dennis Reid talked to Wahkiakum students about his service in the US Navy at the Veterans Day Assembly at Wahkiakum High School on Friday. Below, right: Veterans were treated to a video created by Wahkiakum youth. Students explained what the word veteran meant to them and expressed appreciation for those who served. Below, left: An audience filled the Wahkiakum High School gym on Friday for the 2019 Wahkiakum High School Veterans Day Assembly. Guest speakers were Dennis...
The Wahkiakum County PUD Board of Commissioners held rate and budget hearings and listened to reports on Tuesday. A $7 increase in the electric base rate for every customer and a two percent rate increase on the Western Wahkiakum Water System has been proposed. There will be no change for the Skamokawa Water System or the Puget Island Water System. “I think the increase being on the base fee for the electric is a good way to go, because we need to get more on to the base fee and off of the usage...
Wahkiakum County Commissioners on Tuesday tentatively accepted an offer from Port District 1 to purchase the county's Johnson House. Commissioners have wanted to sell the house on Division Street but maintain ownership of the land on which it sits for possible future county use. Port Manager Jackie Lea presented the offer to the county commission, suggesting a 10-year lease, after which the port would remove the house and pay $5,000 for it. Commissioner Gene Strong suggested the county would like a provision that would allow them access to the...
The Cathlamet Town Council will hold a public hearing on the proposed 2019 budget revenues today (Thursday) at 6 p.m. in the DeBriae Meeting Room, Fire Hall, 255 2nd Street, Cathlamet. Staff will present budgetary reports, and the council will discuss a possible 1 percent increase to the town property tax levy. To comment on budgetary items, audience members are asked to sign in with their name and address. They will be called upon to comment in the order of sign-ups. Additionally, before speaking, speakers are asked to state their name for...
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....
By Diana Zimmerman I heard Bob Saari mutter something and turned to find him struggling a bit with a rope he was using while perched in a tree nearby. I had been momentarily distracted by the breathtaking view of the Columbia River flowing far beneath the cliff side property belonging to Richard and Lorielee Schoen in eastern Wahkiakum County where Saari was working. His quiet frustration alerted me to a potential problem, and I suddenly found myself assessing the descent. I felt my stomach...
The effort to find the cause of elk hoof disease has turned into a scientific quest. The disease attacks the hooves of elk, eating away the foot and causing them to walk on soft tissue. The hooves grow long and can eventually slough off. The disease was first observed in southwest Washington but has been observed in Clallam County, the Skagit River valley, east of the Cascades in Washington and Oregon along the state line and into Idaho. Residents of southwest Washington have noticed a decrease...
In an election with low turnout, voters in Wahkiakum and Pacific counties joined others across the state in deciding few contested races and showing their will on statewide issues. In one of the few contested local races, Bill Wainwright defeated Janis Dodrill 76-42 in a race for a position on the Cathlamet Town Council. In another contested local race, incumbent Brian O'Connor held off challenger Austin Smith in a race for a seat on the Port District 2 board of commissioners, 241-166. In a contested race for Pacific/Wahkiakum Superior Court...
Tricks and treats were up for grabs at the annual Neewollah Day Celebration at the Bank of the Pacific last Thursday. Children, adults, and even some dogs came in costume. One participant, Henri Ervest, fully embraced his logger costume and attempted to cut down the bank's sign. There were balloon animals, a raffle and prizes, lots of candy, and to be sure, the piñata was a real hit. See more photos at www.waheagle.com. Photos by Diana Zimmerman....
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. Free Low Impact Senior Fitness Class, Hope...
Wahkiakum County commissioners covered lots of ground this week, including wrapping up their work on preliminary budgets for 2020. Besides budget work, commissioners approved installation of gates at the KM Transfer Station and design of expanded restroom facilities on the ferry Oscar B. Commissioners and department heads have been discussing requests for two weeks, and the board completed that work Monday and Tuesday. The board agreed to follow recommendations of a salary committee to adjust wages and salaries of union, non-union and elected...
