Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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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...
Submitted by Bill Tawater On Dec. 17, at a ceremony at the Wahkiakum High School gym, Veterans of Foreign Wars Wahkiakum Post 5297 presented a certificate and $250 cash award for first place to Voice of Democracy winner Colton Vik. Colton also won third place in District 16 and awarded a certificate and a cash award of $75. On Dec. 20, at a ceremony at the Thomas Middle School gym, certificates and cash awards were presented to winners of the Patriots Pen and Youth Essay contests. The winners...
On Tuesday, it appeared that the print edition of The Wahkiakum County Eagle would be delivered a day later than usual this week. The US Postal Office in Cathlamet closed down at noon on Tuesday,Christmas Eve, and we were unable to deliver this week’s edition in time to meet that holiday schedule. The delay meant that the papers would be mailed Thursday and delivered Friday, a day later than normal. However, we spoke Tuesday morning with clerk Lisa Mooers, and thanks to her, we were able to get our papers into the postal system after hours. T...
Wahkiakum County residents will soon see information about the 2020 census coming their way. "It's pretty important because those numbers give you lots of things," local census coordinator Sandi Benbrook Rieder told the Wahkiakum County Board of Commissioners on Dec. 17. Benbrook-Rieder is working for the Cowlitz/Wahkiakum Council of Governments, which is conducting the census for the two counties. "Our goal . . . is to count everybody and get as complete a count as possible," she said. Planning for the 2020 census has been underway since...
Newly elected School Board Director Patty Anderson was welcomed at the Wahkiakum School District Board of Directors meeting last Thursday, which was moved up from Dec. 24 because of the Christmas holiday. Anderson and Director Paula Culbertson, who was re-elected to her position on the board, took the oath of office, Principals Stephanie Leitz and Nikki Reese then gave an overview of the Highly Capable Program, before the directors approved an application for a $3,000 grant for the program. All...
Commissioners of Port District 2 breezed through a light agenda when they met Dec. 17 in Skamokawa. Commissioners held a public hearing on their comprehensive plan update. They plan to vote on the plan at their January 20 meeting. Manager Jeff Smith reported the paving project went well and the contractor was able to do more than planned. Parking at the tent sites is improved, and more tent sites can be developed. Smith said he has submitted a grant funding request to the Wahkiakum County Marine Resources Committee to help finance replacement...
Lewis and Clark National Historical Park will offer special programs about the Corps of Discovery’s winter at Fort Clatsop on the days following Christmas. Starting December 26, Fort Clatsop will feature scheduled living history programs by park rangers each day through January 1 from 9:30 a.m., until 4:40 p.m. Rangers in period clothing will present flintlock muzzle-loading programs, demonstrations, talks and walks about various aspects of the explorers’ winter at Fort Clatsop. The visitor center also features exhibits, the Fort Clatsop Boo...
Martin L. “Iceman” Wheeler is running for Governor of Washington State. His official campaign website is WheelerForGov2020.com and his campaign headquarters can be reached at Wheeler2020Campaign@gmail.com. Wheeler is a retired professional firefighter and chief financial officer in the corporate world. Talking points are listed on the website for all to review....
The Cowlitz-Wahkiakum Council of Governments (CWCOG), as the Longview-Kelso-Rainier Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) and lead agency for the Southwest Washington Regional Transportation Planning Organization (RTPO), invites the public to comment on Amendment No. 1 to the 2020 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP). The UPWP is a federally required work program of how state and federal funds will be used by the CWCOG for regional transportation planning during a fiscal year (July 1 to June 30). The work program is developed by CWCOG staff...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: December 16 – 8:12 a.m. The Grays River ambulance aided a Rosburg resident with respiratory issues. 11:04 a.m. Deputies, the Skamokawa Fire Department, state patrol, and the Skamokawa ambulance responded to a one vehicle accident on KM. 11:15 a.m. A Deep River resident reported a verbal dispute with her husband, who had agreed to move out. 11:50 a.m. A caller reported a possible abandoned vehicle on Beaver C...
Submitted by Superintendent Lisa Nelson The Naselle/Grays River Valley School District Board of Directors met for its monthly meeting on Dec. 17 at 6:30 p.m. in the Middle School Commons. After approval of the consent agenda, re-elected Board Member Chuck Hendrickson was sworn into office, and then the board re-elected him as chairman and Amy Hunt as vice chair. Review of the procedures for the Gender-Inclusive Schools policy continued with the Board receiving a variety of comments from a handful of citizens. The following policies were...
The second annual Lighted Christmas Parade and the added Holiday Market was a hit with visitors to the Elochoman Slough Marina and Main Street in Cathlamet on Saturday. "Super wowza," Organizer and Cathlamet resident Paige Lake said on Tuesday. "I wasn't sure I wanted to take this on, but people love it. The marina was completely jammed with people shopping the vendor fair and Main Street was full of spectators." There were 22 entries in the parade, and Lake, who would like to keep this a...
The Wahkiakum County PUD Board of Commissioners met on Tuesday to listen to a conservation update and other reports, and approve the write off of some accounts as they do at the end of each year. According to Lia Sealund, a customer service representative for the PUD, they have already pre-approved 41 percent of their budget for rebates in the current biennium, which began in October 2019, with a balance of $56,777 remaining for projects around the county. “We’re definitely consuming a big chu...
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....
